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Six months after Cisco’s multi-billion-dollar purchase of multifactor authentication vendor Duo Security, both companies are barreling down the road toward offering bundled solutions and combining separate partner programs into one.

Update 4 to Acronis Backup 12.5 extends the range of workloads supported by the system and doubles the number of protected devices it can manage from a single management server.

Users of Splashtop Remote Support can now deploy Bitdefender’s Antimalware Security Tools solution to managed endpoints from within the Splashtop console and then view the protection status of those devices.

New features added to the system include Azure Active Directory synchronization, automated anti-phishing campaign setup, access to InfoArmor’s advanced threat intelligence platform, and real-time dark web monitoring notifications.

The two-day event is geared to help MSPs grow their business, help their customers transition to the cloud, and increase monthly recurring revenue opportunities.

Sales of Microsoft Office 365 and firewalls, with assistance from increased adoption of Microsoft Azure and Google G Suite, helped the distributor grow SMB revenue a record 31 percent last year, according to Vice President of Sales John Phillips (pictured).

Announced on the same day as a resale agreement with threat detection and response vendor Perch Security, the new system is part of a larger, evolving push by ConnectWise into the massive and growing market for security solutions and services.

Part of the vendor’s increasingly strategic device-as-a-service program, the new offering is part of a larger shift from transactional to contractual customer relationships highlighted today by CEO Dion Weisler (pictured) at HP’s Reinvent conference.

The new release can identify and block anomalous application or user behavior and includes both a web-based management console and administrative automation features.

The new offerings, which include end-to-end professional services, managed security services, and cloud migration services, are targeted at members of Palo Alto’s NextWave partner program building cybersecurity and cloud practices.