Themed “Protect and Profit,” the live online event featured panels on trends channel pros need to stay on top of, including compliance and liability, ransomware, cyber insurance, workplace threats, and more.

Named Stratosphere, it features an unconventional requirements and rewards structure modeled after airline frequent flyer programs that’s designed to be “simple, memorable, and profitable,” according to channel chief Brian Feeney (pictured).

The new tools are designed to help MSPs identify revenue-generating opportunities to close compliance gaps with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, CISA’s Cyber Essentials standard, GDPR, and Australia’s Essential Eight controls.

The Check Point unit’s platform, which uses artificial intelligence to guard against ransomware, business email compromise campaigns, supply chain attacks, and other threats, is the most recent newcomer to Pax8’s growing menu of security offerings.

A dedicated member portal is just one of five key benefits MSPs will receive by joining the Dell Expert Network, a one-stop shop and support program for managed service providers and IT consultants to help them better serve their SMB customers.

Available now, FortiOS 7.2 includes some 300 new or enhanced features spanning the Fortinet Security Fabric’s closely integrated security and networking components.

Featuring Windows 11 SE, designed for K-8 students, the Dynabook E10-S gets a good report card for being rugged and responsive.

You’ve got to pity those poor accountants. Bad enough they’ve got all those tax returns to complete this time of year. Now they’re getting the cold shoulder from channel pros too.

In this report, Redstor examines how Microsoft 365 is not intended to include an all-encompassing backup solution. A simple recovery can be a massive problem if data has fallen out of the retention period and Microsoft 365 has deleted it forever. You can avoid this with a data management and protection service that allows you to set your own retention policies very easily and whose sole purpose is to ensure that your data can be recovered directly back to Microsoft 365, regardless of the state of your live data.

Erick and Rich explore Cytracom’s bold move into secure networking, explain why watching Google for local ransomware stories can help MSPs land new business, and question why anyone would want to take their house plants with them on vacation.