A major new upgrade named Compliance Manager GRC aims to turn an auditing and validation tool for a defined set of regulatory mandates into a more complete and flexible governance, risk, and compliance platform.

An upgraded trio of servers for midsize companies and a new as-a-service storage solution are the latest additions to an expanding family of products designed to help SMBs adopt hybrid cloud computing and usage-based pricing more easily.

The recently introduced enhancements are the latest changes to a product family designed for a new generation of cloud-oriented MSPs.

New mobile hardware from Lenovo and Samsung, new vPro chips from Intel, new security software from Microsoft, and a new tool for exacting revenge on noisy neighbors are among the many stories we’ve finally gotten around to sharing with you.

A new feature called Cloud AutoVerify, available now at no additional cost, automatically confirms the integrity and recoverability of backup files and allows users to deploy test versions of virtualized failover environments.

A new edition of the vendor’s Prisma SASE product layers a multitenant management portal atop a solution originally meant for corporate IT departments, resulting in a tool MSPs can use to provide SASE services to both enterprises and SMBs.

By taking control of SaaS management, MSPs can boost their value to business clients and increase recurring revenue.

Live from the first ASCII Group event of the year, Joel Zaidspiner checks in with Binox MSP, HelpDesk.tech, and Redstor.

A new cloud for Microsoft Defender to defend, an extreme new NUC from Intel, contact center software from Zoom, and a toddler whose hair literally cannot be combed into place are but a few of the stories we waited until the weekend’s edge to tell you about.

So maybe mom DOES love us best, but can you blame her? We’ve got Matt, Rich, and returning guest host Luis Alvarez, of leading-edge solution provider Alvarez Technology Group, here to discuss Nerdio’s melding of virtual and physical resource management, ThreatLocker’s innovative new network access control product, Pax8’s network security distribution deal with WatchGuard, and the secrets to thriving in the post-endpoint era of managed services.