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ICYMI: Our Channel News Roundup for the Week of November 8th
An MDM service from Apple, Windows 11 support from NinjaOne, a $14 billion deal for McAfee, and three signs that Christmas has arrived sooner and weirder than ever are among the many stories we waited all the way until now to tell you about.
Axcient Introduces Direct-to-Cloud BDR Solution for Microsoft Azure
Designed to be an affordable complement to Microsoft’s own Azure backup services, the new system lets MSPs snapshot Azure virtual machines up to every 15 minutes and spin them up during cloud outages almost instantaneously.
Pax8 Adds Continuous Vulnerability Assessments to Cloud Catalog Through Deal with CyberCNS
The new partnership helps channel pros better protect office-based, work-from-home, cloud, and mobile assets more effectively while collecting extra revenue on security services.
Vendor to Watch: OIT
This channel-only vendor provides VoIP services by MSPs for MSPs.
Meet the National Society of IT Service Providers
Regulations are coming to managed services, and a new grassroots organization is working to give MSPs a say in that process.
ConnectWise Unveils New Platform and RMM Solution
According to Chief Product Officer Jeff Bishop (pictured), the platform is meant to provide a single interface for everything technicians do. The RMM solution is designed to be a faster, more scalable successor to the vendor’s two existing RMM products.
Insider Threat: IT Sabotage within the MSP Industry
Being aware of the predisposition characteristics and following best practices can help MSPs prepare for and mitigate this type of insider threat.
Pros and Cons of POS Financing
“”Buy Now, Pay Later”” options can potentially help custom PC makers sell more devices without taking on more risk.
OpenText Buys Zix
The $860 million deal is the latest step in OpenText’s ongoing efforts to build an end-to-end family of cyber protection products encompassing security, backup, and high availability solutions for SMBs and consumers.
Ingram Micro Highlights Partner Tools and Process Modernization at ONE Conference
At the distributor’s annual partner event, global technology solutions president Paul Bay (pictured) pointed to a new end-to-end lifecycle management interface for as-a-service solutions as an example of further investments in automation to come.