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Xerox channel partners now have a single bundle of core Managed Print Services (MPS) software solutions to offer that will drive recurring revenue for themselves and better productivity for their small- and medium-size business (SMB) customers. Xerox’s new†MPS Essentials Suite†adds value as a package of tools for providing secure authentication, mobile print functionality, advanced scanning capabilities and productivity-enhancing apps to make MPS deployment easy and profitable.

Research suggests IT solution providers are upbeat about current market conditions and are starting to embrace high-growth opportunities like security and the Internet of Things

Heavy on functionality for managed print providers, version 17.3 of the vendor’s flagship offering includes new functionality designed to enhance asset visibility, improve billing accuracy, and simplify contract maintenance.

Hackers used a flaw in Kaseya’s RMM solution, which has since been patched, to deploy Monero crypto-mining software on managed endpoints.

VSA 9.5 integrates more closely with the company’s PSA and cloud backup products, includes a new API designed to simplify integration for third-party vendors, and allows techs to use Microsoft PowerShell during remote access sessions for the first time.

Called MSP Ignition! and available free of charge to both eFolder partners and anyone else interested in participating, the new offering will provide instruction in launching, growing, and selling a managed services practice.

Available for both iOS and Android devices, the new edition of the vendor’s RMM app for smartphones and tablets arrives on the same day parent company SolarWinds announced that it has acquired cloud-based log monitoring and analytics vendor Loggly.

Aimed at better positioning both companies to help MSPs embrace operational best practices, the move brings a leader in managed services software and a leader in managed services peer groups together under one roof.

The newly combined company has also introduced a revamped executive roster, headed by Datto CEO Austin McChord (pictured), that adds key Autotask managers to Datto’s senior pre-merger leadership team.