Erick and Rich greet the new year with a look at SolarWinds MSP’s new name, the new business plan you should be drafting right now, and the amusing fallout from a little too much holiday drinking for a reveler in the U.K.
Erick and Rich mull over the grim implications of the SolarWinds Orion hack, discuss a specific technique for taking word of mouth marketing to the next level, and gaze in delighted wonder as 32 illuminated portable toilets sing Christmas carols.
With each issue packed full of powerful news, reviews, analysis, and advice targeting IT channel professionals, ChannelPro-SMB will help you cultivate your SMB customers and run your business more profitably.
And they’re mostly good news for a change! Work-from-home upgrades, cloud opportunities, and 5G network rollouts are all on the way next year, according to Carbonite, Cradlepoint, Datto, Navisite, Nerdio, TBI, and Todyl.
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During its OpenText World conference this week, the parent company of Carbonite and Webroot said that an integrated mix of security and BDR is the only way to address this year’s expanded attack surface and treacherous threat landscape.
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SMBs have limited time and IT resources, and a lot on their plates – especially when it comes to cybersecurity. Unfortunately, SMBs have become the biggest target for ransomware attacks, and they need to face the harsh truth that ransomware can wreak havoc with data, budget and reputation. Yet many SMBs are not aware of the risk they face.
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With both Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 approaching their end of support (EOS) dates. For most businesses, the risks of running outdated applications narrows the decision down to two choices: upgrading on-premises or re-hosting in the cloud. Either way, large quantities of data will have to be migrated from one system to another.
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An industry first, according to Webroot, the new feature is designed to safeguard DNS traffic from snooping and manipulation, and is especially relevant at a time when millions of work-from-home employees are relying on poorly secured home networks.
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The stories of ransomware attacks have unfortunately become more common, especially among municipalities. But, when the Town of Colonie, in the greater Albany, NY region, became the latest to fall prey to a ransomware attempt, the outcome was different than many others thanks to protection from Carbonite. Find out how Colonie avoided the outcome of so many other ransomware victims in this case study.
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It’s hard to put a price tag on good health and a good job these days. A good sandwich, though? That’s worth a cool million. Just ask Michael Goldstein, president and CEO of LAN Infotech and this week’s guest host.
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Management of Carbonite backup software through Webroot’s admin portal will precede deeper “cyber resilience” integration between products from the two vendors, which became part of OpenText last year, according to CTO Hal Lonas (pictured).
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Many IT service providers have moved, or are in the process of moving, their customers to Microsoft Office 365. Carbonite Backup for Office 365 backup represents another potential opportunity for IT service providers. However, you may need to educate customers about its importance. In this document you’ll learn about the benefits of Office 365 backup, how to discuss it with your customers, and potential go-to-market strategies.
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Users of Untangle’s NG Firewall can now perform endpoint scans, view information about previous scans, and navigate to the Webroot Management Console from directly inside the Untangle Command Center administration tool (pictured).
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