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An upgraded trio of servers for midsize companies and a new as-a-service storage solution are the latest additions to an expanding family of products designed to help SMBs adopt hybrid cloud computing and usage-based pricing more easily.

The recently introduced enhancements are the latest changes to a product family designed for a new generation of cloud-oriented MSPs.

New mobile hardware from Lenovo and Samsung, new vPro chips from Intel, new security software from Microsoft, and a new tool for exacting revenge on noisy neighbors are among the many stories we’ve finally gotten around to sharing with you.

A new feature called Cloud AutoVerify, available now at no additional cost, automatically confirms the integrity and recoverability of backup files and allows users to deploy test versions of virtualized failover environments.

A new edition of the vendor’s Prisma SASE product layers a multitenant management portal atop a solution originally meant for corporate IT departments, resulting in a tool MSPs can use to provide SASE services to both enterprises and SMBs.

By taking control of SaaS management, MSPs can boost their value to business clients and increase recurring revenue.

A new cloud for Microsoft Defender to defend, an extreme new NUC from Intel, contact center software from Zoom, and a toddler whose hair literally cannot be combed into place are but a few of the stories we waited until the weekend’s edge to tell you about.

VendorRFQ is designed to accelerate the completion of sales quotes by helping channel pros collect and compare information on product availability, pricing, and more from multiple suppliers in real time through a centralized interface.

Equipped with built-in wired and wireless networking as well as PC-free scanning features, the new DS-790WN is designed for use by everyone from large offices with high-speed LANs to Wi-Fi-only small businesses and home-based remote employees.

Those of you resisting the switch from a hardware-focused managed services model to the cloud-first model of the future, at least, are the biggest threat to the vendor’s continued growth, according to execs like Joseph Landes (pictured).