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Carbonite’s Play for Data Protection Dominance Enters Next Phase
February 15th, 2019 | Rich Freeman
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
 
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Four Glimpses into the Future from Eaton
February 15th, 2019 | Rich Freeman
Speaking to partners this week, Eaton executive Herve Tardy (pictured) previewed forthcoming RMM integrations, a new asset management tool, a wave of security-related UPS upgrades, and the eventual arrival of “software-defined power.” - read more
 
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Arctic Wolf Signs Distribution Pact with Ingram Micro
February 12th, 2019 | Rich Freeman
The agreement will expand Arctic Wolf’s reach by making its managed security and risk assessment services available to Ingram’s global base of reseller and MSP partners. - read more
 
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Axcient Names Former Webroot Chief Revenue Officer David Bennett its Soon-to-Be CEO
February 12th, 2019 | Rich Freeman
His charter when he officially steps into his new role next month will be helping a company that has completely re-tooled itself in the last 19 months as a business availability vendor with an MSP-first channel hit the gas pedal on growth. - read more
 
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ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the Week of February 4th, 2019
February 10th, 2019 | ChannelPro
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
 
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The Carbonite-Webroot Deal All Boils Down to One Word
February 8th, 2019 | Rich Freeman
And that word is “synergy.” Joining forces will allow the two companies to deliver a complementary stack of data protection technologies to an equally complementary set of channel partners. - read more
 
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Carbonite Buys Webroot in Bid to Become Comprehensive Data Protection Leader
February 7th, 2019 | Rich Freeman
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
 
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I.T. Solutions of South Florida Celebrates Crystal Anniversary
February 6th, 2019 | ChannelPro
Local Award-Winning Business Turns 15 - read more
 
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For Avast Business After Barracuda Deal, It’s All Security All the Time
February 4th, 2019 | Rich Freeman
According to General Manager Kevin Chapman (pictured), selling its RMM solution positions Avast Business to focus 100 percent of its attention on security—including new solutions coming shortly—and forge integration pacts with leading RMM vendors. - read more
 
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4 Business Development Predictions for MSPs in 2019
February 4th, 2019 | Rob Rae
To thrive this year, MSPs should emphasize compliance, security and privacy, IoT, and finding creative solutions to staffing needs. - read more
 

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