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Now that it’s launched security systems, Continuum plans to teach MSPs how to sell them and link them more tightly with its RMM product and outsourced help desk, according to Chief Revenue Officer Bob Kocis (pictured).

The compliance system lets MSPs assess, monitor, and produce reports for customers bound by the federal government’s HIPAA regulation. The Office 365 security capabilities extend protection previously available only for on-premises applications into the cloud.

Two of many products announced at the vendor’s annual conference for IT pros, including several for IoT developers, the new virtual desktop and threat protection offerings are designed for use with the Microsoft 365 productivity and security bundle.

Users of the popular vulnerability assessment tool now receive preliminary information about compromised user credentials at no additional cost. The integration is the first of roughly a dozen coming from ID Agent soon.

The new offering, which arrives two months after the introduction of the vendor’s Threat Monitor product, is designed to connect MSP users of that system with carefully vetted providers of outsourced security operations center services.

Lenovo Chairman and CEO Yuanqing Yang (pictured) recapped the year of accomplishments since the last Transform, which he said has made the company the leader in “intelligent transformation.”

Named Aurora and due to reach market in December, the new system is designed to help users of Fortinet’s FortiSIEM more easily manage and operate that complex system.

Called Kaseya Compliance Manager, the new system is based heavily on RapidFire Tools’ Audit Guru product. RapidFire Tools will continue operating as an independent business unit, and continue selling, supporting, and enhancing all of the products it offers today.

InDoc, a new and free feature of the vendor’s Network Detective Reporter solution, offers smaller and less established MSPs a lightweight, entry-level alternative to more sophisticated documentation products from companies like IT Glue and Passportal.

Announced at this week’s VMworld conference in Las Vegas, the new offerings combine products from the parent company’s VMware, Dell, Dell EMC, RSA, and Pivotal units, and play a central role in VMware’s edge computing strategy.