This week, Erick and Rich take a look at ChannelPro’s annual industry preview article for 2021, explore the importance of reviewing your performance in 2020, and discuss the wisdom of sampling a new variety of gin made with Elephant dung.
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.
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The company foresees robust SMB spending on next-generation technologies, security, and compliance. It’s also pursuing multiple vendor acquisitions, preparing for an IPO later this year, and spending big on securing its products.
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At the company’s latest online partner event, CEO Tim Weller (pictured) discussed hiring hundreds of product and partner-facing employees next year, raising cloud-related investments 40%, and keeping a watchful but wary eye on the security market.
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Dude, silos of chaos ROCK! Unless you’re an MSP, in which case they’re a pain. Or so says ConnectWise, whose acquisition of Perch Security and StratoZen is among the topics discussed this week by Matt, Rich, and guest host Chad Kempt, of Fast Computers.
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Together, the two companies will arm ConnectWise to help MSPs centralize, interpret, and act on security data more effectively, according to CEO Jason Magee (pictured) speaking at the vendor’s IT Nation Connect event this morning.
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In a year when standout vendors have never been more needed, these 15 impacted channel pros for the better in an especially meaningful way, according to our editors.
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The annual honors include recognition to the entire channel vendor community for coming to the aid of partners in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Announced at the vendor’s online GlueX conference, the enhancements include PSA and RMM integrations that signal longer-term ambitions to turn IT Glue’s documentation system into a centralized console for most of a technician’s day-to-day work.
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Unveiled during the staffing and outsourced service provider’s 2020 Build IT conference today, the new offerings include an online university, peer groups, an employee performance management solution, and an MSP consulting service.
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“If you boil them all down, they’re about MSPs being able to be more efficient,” says Chief Strategy Officer Mike Puglia (pictured) of the changes, which Kaseya discussed during its 2020 Connect IT conference.
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The Graphus solution, which Kaseya has integrated with products from its ID Agent unit, uses artificial intelligence to detect and block threat-bearing emails, offering an added layer of defense against ransomware and business email compromise attacks.
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