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Speaking at its annual Inspire partner event, CEO Dennis Polk (pictured) said that capitalizing on the distributor’s acquisition of Westcon-Comstor Americas will be a priority in the year ahead as well.

A new set of faster StoreOnce backup appliances, which now integrate with both the vendor’s Nimble storage arrays and software from Commvault, are available on a pay-as-you-go basis through HPE’s GreenLake Flex Capacity program.

Announced six months after the addition of an Office 365 backup solution based on Spanning technology to Kaseya’s RMM platform, the deal is the latest step in an ongoing effort to build a comprehensive suite of tools for MSPs.

The two-day educational and networking event touched on hot topics like the Internet of Things and and included business continuity lessons learned from Hurricane Harvey.

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.

Enhancements to the company’s RMM and BDR solutions set for release later this year will help MSPs administer Microsoft Azure environments and backup Azure data. Integration with IT Glue’s documentation solution arrives next month.

A down payment on the vendor’s commitment to refresh its PSA solution quarterly, the new release offers 10 additional time entry screen configuration options, a re-designed client homepage, and greater control over contract access rights.

By reducing infrastructure hosting costs, the new deployment option makes running cloud workspaces in single-tenant configurations a cost-effective option for companies with as few as 20 employees, opening up a vast new market for MSPs.

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.