Topic: Managed Services - Page 306

Designed to help MSPs grow their businesses, the two-day event in St. Petersburg, Fla., features thought leadership on increasing sales, branding, lead generation, closing deals, and more.

The announcement comes as the managed services software vendor officially retires its N-able and LOGICnow brands.

Designed to reflect the company’s evolution from backup provider to business continuity vendor, the four-tier program will dole out leads, margins, support, and other resources based chiefly on how many certifications members earn.

Positioned as a potential replacement for Microsoft’s terminated Azure RemoteApp service, the new offering comes with extensive automation and management capabilities.

Avast executive Glenn Taylor (pictured) will replace Fred Gerritse, but mostly leave the latter’s turnaround plan intact. Consolidating the newly unified company’s overlapping security portfolios integrating its security and RMM products will be top early priorities.

Solution providers convened in Ohio for two days of business and technology sessions and peer networking.

Day two of the Navigate 2016 user conference featured keynotes from NBA legend Bill Walton and cybersecurity specialist Mike Buratowski, and integration announcements with IT Glue and BrightGauge.

Scheduled for the end of October, the departure will occur nearly five months after SolarWinds acquired LOGICnow, where Forbes was general manager, and is one element of a larger boardroom shakeup.

New survey results suggest that economic and political uncertainty will keep most organizations from shelling out in bigger amounts for anything except cloud solutions next year.

Endpoint and network RMM from Continuum and Auvik combined with Continuum’s NOC services aims to deliver comprehensive network management.