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Called MSP Ignition! and available free of charge to both eFolder partners and anyone else interested in participating, the new offering will provide instruction in launching, growing, and selling a managed services practice.

In addition to X, T, and L series models, the laptops unveiled today include the Miix 630 (pictured), the hardware maker’s first Windows 10 device powered by an ARM-based processor.

The latest in a string of executive departures, the move comes less than a year after the hardware manufacturer added responsibility for its U.S. SMB business to Kinlaw’s duties atop the partner organization.

Available for both iOS and Android devices, the new edition of the vendor’s RMM app for smartphones and tablets arrives on the same day parent company SolarWinds announced that it has acquired cloud-based log monitoring and analytics vendor Loggly.

Aimed at better positioning both companies to help MSPs embrace operational best practices, the move brings a leader in managed services software and a leader in managed services peer groups together under one roof.

Called IoTConnect, the new platform runs on Microsoft’s Azure public cloud. A family of ready-made “smart” solutions based on that platform, also introduced today, target common use cases in a range of vertical industries.

Both moves are intended to burnish the distributor’s capabilities in the strategic cybersecurity market and help resellers make the transition to selling solutions rather than products.

The deal adds the Avast Business security portfolio to the line card of a distributor owned and operated by Temprano Techvestors, which helps eastern and southern European software vendors bring their products to North American buyers.

Developed, sold, and supported by a new and independently run subsidiary named Unitrends MSP, the subscription-based, aggressively-priced product adds functionality tailor-made for MSPs to the legacy Unitrends backup solution’s core engine.

Named MSP Insights, the new online business intelligence portal lets Kaseya partners evaluate new and emerging service offerings, refine their bundling and pricing strategies, and compare business metrics to those of their peers.