New features for Windows Virtual Desktop, new security software from Sophos and Avast Business, CompTIA’s 2020 Spotlight Award winners, and a finger lickin’ good pair of Crocs are just some of the stories we took our sweet time bringing to you this week.

Bleach! It keeps both your socks and your SOCs clean, if Matt and Rich are to be believed. And that’s just one of the hot topics they discuss this week with guest host and channel pro Michael Cocanower, of itSynergy. There’s also SonicWall’s latest security research, Bitdefender’s new managed detection and response service, Tech Data’s new Americas president, and Windows 10’s fifth birthday.†

Together with a free cloud-to-cloud migration program, the company says, the new interfaces remove a significant impediment to transferring data from Amazon Web Services to Backblaze’s comparatively economical platform.

Now is the time to offer a full security stack of cost-effective remedies designed to mitigate risk even as your business models shifts.

New report from GTDC underscores investments and capabilities of distribution companies

The new offering, which supplements the vendor’s GravityZone and other security solutions, is designed to help MSPs manage a never-ending torrent of alerts more effectively by offloading some of that task to an experienced third-party.

New IT automation software from Ivanti, new Ryzens from AMD, and a would-be criminal mastermind who should have used spell check on his phony death certificate are just a few of the stories we’ve finally made time to tell you about.

ANDOVER, MASS. – July 22, 2020 – Schneider Electric, the global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today launched the new Opportunity Registration Program (ORP) to provide increased financial incentives for partners that proactively identify, develop and close news opportunities in strategic IT growth areas.

Listen in as Erick and Rich ponder Lenovo’s Microsoft 365 managed service, holding sales meetings online, and a new service that lets you uncork the giant scream of coronavirus frustration you’ve been bottling up in an Icelandic canyon.

Nothing ill-gotten here, folks. Just interesting talk by Matt, Rich, and guest host Erick Simpson about Microsoft’s Inspire partner conference, Lenovo’s Microsoft 365 managed services, BitTitan’s “IT toolbox” solution for technicians, and SolarWinds MSP’s RMM integration with Microsoft Intune.