Here’s a thought. Rename the OS drive on your PC the Q drive. Makes about as much sense as the letter you probably use now. Next, tune into this week’s jam-packed episode, in which Matt, Rich, and guest host Paul Nebb, of Titan Technologies, discuss Eaton’s move into peripherals, Datto’s new BDR appliances and cloud continuity solution, and a new managed SD-WAN offering from Fortinet, Ingram Micro, and Masergy.

Erick and Rich discuss a managed SD-WAN solution that MSPs and managed service newcomers should look into, explore how and why to raise your rates due to inflation, and pity the fool who now holds the world record for balancing a chainsaw on your chin.

MSPs have an opportunity to add vulnerability scanning to their service offerings, providing an additional layer to secure customers.

At its 2022 partner conference this week, the power vendor called management software an increasingly critical ingredient in hardware deals, and outlined forthcoming plans to roll all of its management tools together into a single, unified platform.

At the vendor’s partner conference in Fort Lauderdale, executives like Steve Loeb (pictured) discussed the financial and other benefits of selling Tripp Lite peripherals alongside UPS, PDU, and other power products.

By focusing on data management and governance, you begin the process of building an IT environment that becomes increasingly efficient and adaptable.

The new offering, which combines hardware and software from Fortinet with outsourced management by Masergy and distribution through Ingram Micro, is designed to help channel pros with limited in-house expertise bring SD-WAN services to SMB customers.

Like other notebooks announced in recent weeks, the new 2-in-1 and workstations aim to balance portability and power for work-from-anywhere employees.

It sees revenue for itself and its partners as well, in both certificate lifecycle management and related web security fields.

Retail edge devices from Dell, DaaS from Citrix, enhanced VPN from Bitdefender, and a road sign in desperate need of assistance are among the stories we waited all the way until Friday to tell you about.