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Announced some†five months after the security vendor exited Dell Technologies to become an independent company once more, the new offerings arrive amid rapid growth for its SecureFirst partner program.

The virtual classroom system, which delivers live interactive technical education via high-resolution video connections, is operated by a division of the former Avnet Technology Solutions group that Tech Data officially acquired last month.

The limited touch customer onboarding solution aims to improve efficiency and enhance profitability for partners.

Powered by the AVG Business by Avast solution portfolio and delivered exclusively by KYOCERA at first, the new services will ultimately be available as a managed security offering via KYOCERA’s network of Canadian dealers as well.

The company boosts its disaster recovery as a service offering with hardware refresh and suite of performance and efficiency enhancements.

Shipments of Datto Networking are “above forecast,” partners are gradually adjusting to the new Datto partner program, and solutions for entirely new market segments like networking are unlikely this year, according to channel executive Rob Rae (pictured).

The email services solution provider plans to use the investment, which leaves it in complete control of decision-making, to double employee headcount, enhance existing products, and introduce new ones.

The two new devices, both of which are slated to reach market later this year, utilize stationary line head print technology to produce pages dramatically faster than comparable SMB and departmental products while consuming dramatically less power.

The new devices program themselves automatically upon connection, freeing partners from that time-consuming task. Updated firmware due in June will equip the routers to provide securely segregated Wi-Fi connectivity in public spaces as well.

The new 2.0 release includes a simpler user interface, shorter boot times for temporary virtual servers, and the ability to launch VMs in Barracuda’s public cloud based on Microsoft Hyper-V.