Topic: Managed Services - Page 128

Part of SimplySecure for MSPs 6.6, which reached market this week, the new feature is designed to help businesses show auditors that data on lost or stolen PCs, Macs, and mobile devices is safe from unauthorized access.

With an expanded schedule of cities for 2020, ChannelPro has launched its “Game Theory” tour to help MSPs, IT consultants, VARs, and integrators win big in business.

Fighting bravely through hotel Wi-Fi issues, Erick and Rich discuss Axcient’s new technology for protecting backup data from ransomware, a book every channel pro should read on handling difficult client discussions, and why a guy brought a tuxedo-clad llama to his sister’s wedding.

Called AirGap and quietly added to the vendor’s X360 platform four months ago at no extra cost, the new system employs a variety of techniques to stop ransomware and other attacks from tampering with data that is often a company’s last line of defense.

So close, yet so far away! Both in sunny Southern California, Erick and Rich discuss the forthcoming unified Carbonite/Webroot partner program, why you should hire a forensic accountant before closing an acquisition, and the $60 million reasons an Irish drug dealer should have backed up his data.

In the completion of deals announced late last year and early this one, Sophos has been formally acquired by Thoma Bravo and Veeam has been bought by Insight Partners.

Frank Abagnale, of “Catch Me If You Can” fame, was one of many speakers at the IT membership group’s conference yesterday in Long Beach, Calif., to discuss challenges and opportunities in cybersecurity.

Not easy to get clients to read your emails, is it? Maybe referencing this week’s episode will do the trick.

Priced at $4 per firewall per month, the new service feeds inbound and outbound data directly from Cisco Meraki, Fortinet, SonicWall, Sophos, and WatchGuard products to RocketCyber’s SOC, where analysts look for malware, spam, and other threats.

Called the Malwarebytes Premier Partner Program, it includes a track for MSPs offering monthly pricing and a consumption-based tiering structure aligned with recurring revenue business models, according to channel exec Mike LaPeters (pictured).