Carbonite

Though its acquisition spree isn’t over, the BDR, failover, migration, and now security vendor plans to make growth through partner engagement, recruitment, and cross-selling bigger priorities this year, according to channel exec Tim Puccio (pictured). - read more

Another week, another major managed services acquisition. Join co-hosts Erick Simpson and Rich Freeman as they discuss Carbonite buying Webroot, the merits of tracking service delivery metrics closely, and the chaos that ensues when you dump 80,000 cans of beer in the middle of a crowded street. - read more

In addition to combining Webroot’s security portfolio with its own BDR and high availability products, the $618.5 million deals also merges Webroot’s extensive base of MSP partners with Carbonite’s VAR-heavy channel. - read more

The new Carbonite Data Protection Console lets both business users and MSPs administer all of their virtual machine backups in one place. - read more