During this day-long virtual event, cybersecurity experts and practitioners shared best practices for keeping businesses safe in the midst of the pandemic and for the future workplace.

Common sense and state-by-state guidelines are your safest guides.

Erick and Rich discuss Bitdefender’s new managed detection and response service, surveying your clients about changing needs caused by the coronavirus, and a new, totally sold out, style of Crocs sandals that look and smell like a bucket of KFC chicken.

Bleach! It keeps both your socks and your SOCs clean, if Matt and Rich are to be believed. And that’s just one of the hot topics they discuss this week with guest host and channel pro Michael Cocanower, of itSynergy. There’s also SonicWall’s latest security research, Bitdefender’s new managed detection and response service, Tech Data’s new Americas president, and Windows 10’s fifth birthday.†

Together with a free cloud-to-cloud migration program, the company says, the new interfaces remove a significant impediment to transferring data from Amazon Web Services to Backblaze’s comparatively economical platform.

Sitima Fowler, co-founder and vice president of marketing for Iconic IT, offers three tips on growing your MSP, and explains why it’s a lot like a recipe for chicken curry.

Listen in as Erick and Rich ponder Lenovo’s Microsoft 365 managed service, holding sales meetings online, and a new service that lets you uncork the giant scream of coronavirus frustration you’ve been bottling up in an Icelandic canyon.

Nothing ill-gotten here, folks. Just interesting talk by Matt, Rich, and guest host Erick Simpson about Microsoft’s Inspire partner conference, Lenovo’s Microsoft 365 managed services, BitTitan’s “IT toolbox” solution for technicians, and SolarWinds MSP’s RMM integration with Microsoft Intune.

Called the Lenovo Partner Hub, the new site gives both client device resellers and data center partners unified access to comprehensive sales, marketing, training, and support resources for the first time.

Sharing knowledge, information, and business opportunities through peer relationships has become more important than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic and resultant economic downturn.