Topic: Managed Services - Page 162

Drawing on some $80 million in recently raised outside funding, the company formerly known as Coronet is actively recruiting MSP and referral partners for its “all-in-one” security platform.

Speaking at the latest ChannelPro SMB Forum, Datto’s Rob Rae acknowledged that the company’s pending acquisition by Kaseya is producing more questions than answers, offered reasons for cautious hope, and cautioned against “kneejerk reactions.”

Cybersecurity’s tough, but is anything more puzzling than seafood? No really, think about it. Or better yet, don’t think about it and listen to this special edition of ChannelPro Weekly sponsored by Datto instead. Matt and Rich are joined by Datto partner Brian Weiss, of ITECH Solutions, to discuss Pax8 adding AWS to its line card, Dell’s surprisingly strong PC sales two years into the work-from-home era, and the secrets to influencing vendor roadmaps.

The six-city, two-day conference series headed west to Chicago, featuring a lineup of educational sessions addressing the top issues and trends managed service providers and integrators care about.

Erick and Rich discuss the potential merits of buying remote access software from a security vendor, why expressing gratitude to employees and customers is a win-win, and the many, many holidays besides Star Wars Day celebrated this week.

The joint initiative will help ASCII Group members expand beyond IT services into new and profitable markets at a time when providers of voice and connectivity services are adding network and device management to their offerings.

MSPs that create healthy, proprietary ecosystems with diverse offerings to solve SMBs’ real business problems will gain a competitive edge.

Channel pros can help SMBs understand which security metrics are crucial to shaping a stronger security posture.

MSPs will need to address the endpoint and infrastructure holistically, leveraging new technology and modern practices.

Here’s a thought. Rename the OS drive on your PC the Q drive. Makes about as much sense as the letter you probably use now. Next, tune into this week’s jam-packed episode, in which Matt, Rich, and guest host Paul Nebb, of Titan Technologies, discuss Eaton’s move into peripherals, Datto’s new BDR appliances and cloud continuity solution, and a new managed SD-WAN offering from Fortinet, Ingram Micro, and Masergy.