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The $8 million Series A funding round will help the IT-as-a-service vendor accelerate its product roadmap, expand into overseas markets, and sign more partnerships with third-party providers of Azure software and services.

Successful recent efforts to protect an MSP whose credentials were for sale on the dark web, which came to light last week, are a short-term win in a long-term war, according to founders of a previously behind-the-scenes threat information sharing group.

Speaking at a virtual partner kickoff meeting for the new year, global sales chief Bill Scannnell (pictured) said partners should expect deeper investments in earlier efforts aimed at making Dell easier to work with, rather than major shakeups.

The vendor’s first foray beyond endpoint security, the three new systems provide consolidated threat monitoring for a widely used cloud productivity suite that lacks multitenant management tools.

Working through a security information sharing group formed last summer, the two vendors successfully investigated and remediated an attempt to sell an undisclosed MSP’s administrative credentials on the dark web.

Included as well in version 4.5, which arrives in the U.S. next week, is an option to require permission from end users before initiating remote control sessions on Windows devices and a new quick access “favorites bar” for devices, groups, and customers.

A string of updates introduced by the unified communications vendor in recent days lets users store and access more detailed information, and provides greater flexibility in how technicians access that information.

The IoT Security Services Association holds the first of six one-day Cyber Security Expos in Houston, gathering IT service providers and security experts for networking and education.

Drafting strategic business plans and generating leads were also on the agenda at the first of this year’s four quarterly conferences for VARs and MSPs.

The consistency part of that formula will result in globally aligned policies and benefits for HP’s partner program beginning this May, according to Christoph Schell (pictured) in an interview on the ChannelPro Weekly podcast.