Newly added features, which include analytics and orchestration functionality and an enhanced user interface, position the distributor to turn Odin into a comprehensive platform for provisioning, orchestrating, and managing†cloud-based software and infrastructure.

Originally developed for use with Intercept X, the security vendor’s next-generation end point protection solution, CryptoGuard identifies ransomware attacks in real time, shuts them down, and automatically rolls impacted files back to their pre-encrypted state.

The dual moves give resellers access to Symantec’s Integrated Cyber Defense solution portfolio and resources they can use to design cloud solutions and managed services for clients in specific industries.

Based on the vendor’s Detector network security appliance, the new offering features subscription-based, unlimited use licensing that lets MSPs offer internal threat mitigation assistance to all of their customers at no incremental cost.

The deal makes Ingram Micro the first distributor authorized to sell Cisco’s integrated telephony, messaging, and conferencing solution through a cloud solution storefront.

The new release, which adds deduplication, boot from backup functionality, and support for Windows Server 2016, arrives amid a U.S. channel recruitment push.

The new program aims to redefine the way in which partners work with direct sales organizations.

Paid for via subscription fees that offer MSPs an incremental source of recurring revenue, the new services supplement previously introduced managed wireless and local-area networking services.

Designed to help former service members get IT businesses off the ground, the new initiative offers training, business counsel, marketing assistance, and up to $5,000 of fully refunded revenue on sales of cloud-based security and productivity solutions.

The new devices are part of the hardware maker’s ongoing effort to grab a hunk of the $55 billion market for A3 copiers.