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New names for Office 365 SKUs, new printers from Epson, and the only cargo that could turn a truck fire in Dallas into national news are all among the stories we’ve finally roused ourselves from stay-at-home torpor to tell you about.

The new feature lets users define customized, multi-step procedures for responding to technical issues that launch automatically in response to alerts.

According to Jim Lippie (pictured), the COVID-19 crisis has the private equity investors behind regional and national MSPs anticipating lower prices on smaller, financially distressed firms. The time for deciding what to do about that, he warns, is now.

MSPs should encourage their clients to invest in five basic mitigation essentials.

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The new offerings, which are subject to eligibility requirements, include a mix of geographically-specific financing programs, leasing options, and short-term sales incentives for channel partners.

Designed by recently appointed North American data center channel chief Steve Biondi (pictured), the new program seeks to give members richer incentives to reach higher tiers.

Effective at least through June 30th, the program includes a more predictable flat-rate incentive scheme with faster payments, extended credit terms, and discounted work-from-home product bundles with forthcoming device-as-a-service pricing.

BeckTek is helping customers get set up with Microsoft Teams as well as using it internally to coordinate with remote staff and keep a check on morale during the COVID-19 crisis.

Aimed at medium-sized businesses with in-house IT departments, the new service offers Spanning resellers a fresh source of recurring revenue while helping end users turn a solution for recovering from data breaches into a tool for preventing them as well.