Accompanied by the release of a new L3 private core and a new application visibility and control solution, the SD-WAN and SASE services are tailored to the needs of hybrid workplaces with cloud-focused IT strategies.

Three new plans unveiled today replace five earlier options, and add new capabilities like DNS filtering and automated incident response.

A new “Inspector” aims to help MSPs simplify management, accounting, and reporting by automatically collecting detailed security, licensing, and billing information from Vade for M365 and then feeding it to the Liongard system’s consolidated interface.

Called EdgeConnect Microbranch, the new offering aims to help businesses extend the SD-WAN and SASE services at their main office to remote sites without deploying bulky gateway hardware or software agents.

Now that new guidance from the DoD makes that clear, will MSPs run and hide, or achieve compliance to earn bigger profits?

Ransomware is only part of the disaster recovery picture; user training, automation, and natural disaster preparedness are also critical.

Bring your own…pitchfork? Poodle? Pompadour? You’ll just have to listen to this week’s show to find out. Luckily for you, you’ll also hear Matt, Rich, and returning guest host Rory Sanchez, of True Digital Security, discuss the new stand-alone small business edition of Microsoft Teams, Poly’s desk phone trade-in program, research from Auvik revealing the future of SMB networking, and evidence from Sophos and Trend Micro that security vendors are all-in on cloud.

Speaking with ChannelPro during the Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference this week, both vendors said that while IT providers are gradually learning to protect cloud workloads, there’s further progress to be made.

Providing access to the CIS security controls compliance tool from within its solution, the vendor says, will help channel pros develop detailed and comprehensive client recommendation reports more rapidly.

The deal, which comes two weeks after OpenText’s acquisition of Zix and two years after its purchase of Carbonite, is the latest step in a larger campaign to build an end-to-end “cyber resilience” platform.