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The new offerings give the vendor’s MSP partners visibility into endpoint status and self-serve access to sales, marketing, and training resources for the first time, according to CEO Jay Ryerse (pictured).

The former Autotask CEO sees upside in the blockbuster deal for the two companies involved and the MSPs they do business with, but wonders how long their commitment to openness and integration with third parties will last.

In meetings with ChannelPro at last week’s Empower MSP conference in Orlando, company executives including Dave Sobel (pictured) described plans to switch from device-centric to user-centric management, equip its RMM systems to make technicians more efficient, and roll out new security solutions.

Working in coordination with Sophos endpoint security software, the system scrutinizes network traffic streams in real time for previously unidentified and potentially dangerous software, so technicians can classify and block it if necessary.

Together, the two vendors seek to arm SMBs to block viruses, ransomware, and other threats at the network perimeter, before they can endanger servers housing sensitive or regulated data.

Called Mail Assure and announced during pre-day activities at the vendor’s Empower MSP conference in Orlando, the system acts as a protective layer for incoming and outgoing email.

The announcement of the DXL/pxGrid innovation comes on the heels of Cisco’s inclusion in McAfee’s expanding Security Innovation Alliance partner program.

DFLabs is looking to build a select channel of resellers, MSSPs, and distributors, and is offering margins more common in traditional sales than for a subscription-based offering.

The announcement extends a partnership that began in September of last year, when Webroot’s endpoint protection solution became an optional add-on to Atera’s integrated, cloud-based IT automation platform.

Looking to help resellers protect data traffic flows that increasingly bypass network perimeters, the distributor is conducting more security-related education sessions and introducing new tools for promoting security solutions from Cisco and other vendors.