Erick and Rich ponder whether SMBs are being too easy on their security vendors, explain why now’s the time to revise your COVID safety protocols, and shudder at the slithery surprise two Australian grocery shoppers found in their lettuce.
This week, Erick and Rich discuss Datto’s new quoting and procurement solution, building client phase sign-offs into your project plans, and what happens when a tiger mom gets her hands on deepfake technology.
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Didn’t make it to Microsoft Inspire this year? Neither did Rich, technically speaking, but he was very nearby and met with a lot of Microsoft partners. Hear him discuss the latest from Barracuda, BitTitan, Tech Data, CloudJumper, and Pax8 with Matt.
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It’s a solutions aggregator. And if you don’t believe us, or don’t know what that means, just ask Americas President Joe Quaglia (pictured). The title of this story was his idea.
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Showcased at Microsoft’s 2019 Inspire partner conference, the 16 “click-to-run” solutions and cloud business enablement offerings are designed to help channel pros get new cloud services to market rapidly.
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Broadcasting from the latest SMB TechFest event, Erick and Rich explain why anyone not yet studying up on Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop will come to regret it, encourage you to fire some clients (seriously), and introduce you to a new nightmare: “meth gators.”
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New support for Azure Virtual WAN in the vendor’s CloudGen Firewalls and an all-new cloud security optimization and remediation solution both aim to maximize the speed, safety, and efficiency of Office 365 and Microsoft Azure environments.
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Named Voleer, the system helps integrators generate project work and recurring revenue by identifying gaps in an end user’s security defenses as well as opportunities for them to streamline their spending on platforms like Office 365 and Azure.
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Called Endpoint 360, the system is designed to back up data on desktops, tablets, and mobile devices while also securing SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange, Teams, and other Office 365 applications.
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Strategic agreements with NVIDIA and IGEL plus a new edition of CloudJumper’s Cloud Workspace Management Suite all seek to make deploying and administering Microsoft’s Windows Virtual Desktop platform, in particular, simpler for channel pros.
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Drawing on artificial intelligence and a threat intelligence engine informed by input from 600 million inboxes, the system can now identify malicious messages and delete them across all the domains an MSP protects without manual assistance.
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Erick and Rich chew over Microsoft’s now-you-see-‘em, now-you-don’t partner program changes, a classic strategy for getting your marketing onto a business owner’s desk, and what happens when a precision flying team is less than precise about navigation.
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