Going a little stir crazy these days? Thinking about cybersecurity a lot? Matt, Rich, and guest host Brian Weiss, of ITECH Solutions, certainly are. More specifically, they’re thinking about Datto’s acquisition of threat detection vendor BitDam and its implications for the vendor’s security plans, not to mention the latest SMB-friendly enhancements to Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s GreenLake platform and Schneider Electric’s managed power partner program.

This week, Erick and Rich have Datto’s big new security play on their minds, along with the power of sending unsolicited proposals to your clients and a new toy that proves it’s never too early to share the joys of work-from-home computing with your kids.

The new product, which will provide disaster recovery for Azure-based workloads, fits within a larger “cyber resilience” strategy that also includes security offerings like the software Datto officially bought this week, according to CEO Tim Weller (pictured).

The new edition of Barracuda’s zero-trust network access solution features multitenant management and subscription pricing. The vendor’s RMM system, formerly named Managed Workplace, is now called Barracuda RMM.

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The threat detection vendor’s solution, which is designed to defend SaaS collaboration applications from ransomware, malware, and phishing, will be Datto’s first security-related product other than BDR offerings.

The vendor expects bare metal deployment, along with smaller virtual machine and container configurations unveiled today, to make adopting GreenLake easier and more attractive for SMBs, which account for a rapidly growing portion of channel-led sales.

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The new offering is designed to help both newcomers to managed services and experienced MSPs learn how to augment one-time sales of power quality products with ongoing service and support revenue.