As part of an occasional series about how channel pros are coping with the Coronavirus outbreak, this Staten Island, N.Y.-based MSP talks about helping customers work from home.

A mashup between VMware and Kubernetes, an alliance between AVANT and Zoom, new Wi-Fi hardware from D-Link, and a new way to satisfy your toilet paper hoarding urge are just a few of the stories we’re belatedly bringing your way.

COLLABSolv, the latest addition to the distributor’s family of “Solvs”, offers products and services for unified communications, audio-visual, secure networking, and other market segments.

The recently introduced enhancements provide more control over what data the unified communications integration platform exchanges with ConnectWise Manage and Autotask PSA, and provides greater visibility into unanswered calls, among other topics.

Breakfast! It’s the most important meal of the day. Especially if you’re Matt and Rich, and you’ve got plenty of hot IT topics to discuss with guest host Bob Nitrio, CEO of Ranvest Associates. Items on the menu today include HPE’s compact new micro-server for SMBs, Nerdio’s new Windows Virtual Desktop deployment and administration system, WatchGuard’s acquisition of Panda Security, and Axcient’s new backup protection technology.

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The new server (pictured), which is about the size of a hardcover book, comes with an extensive selection of management software, HPE’s “silicon root of trust” security technology, and optional as-a-service pricing that starts at less than $20 a month.

Aimed at midsize and larger organizations, the system is designed to help users add Windows desktops quickly to an existing Azure infrastructure while exerting tighter control over administrative access and data residency.

March 10, 2020 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time