RapidFire Tools has refocused and rebranded their Detector software appliance to better leverage its strengths for MSPs, which involve their being able to use it as the foundation of a higher-margin security practice.
The key technology piece here is BetterCloud adding the ability to set policies for alerts without the need for triggers. The new offering is also important, however, as a public reaffirmation of their relationship with Google.
CloudJumper has had partners ask for this to reduce the complexity of working with Azure, and large integrators who had not worked with the company before see this as a way to make large Azure deployments more cost-effective.
Auvik has brought back a promo they ran last year, in collaboration with ten vendors in total, including competing RMMs. The low-cost program got a strong response last year, which the company is looking to replicate.
SolarWinds expands into a new element of security for both on-prem and MSP customers with a light SIEM that also happens to be a very effective threat detection tool.
Some key changes involve Parallels responding to an opportunity created among Citrix and VMware customers by changes to their support and maintenance costs, as well as the End-of-Life of XenApp 6.5.
The 2018 version of the Institute, which should be all online by the September-October timeframe, has five series – three persona-oriented ones for manager/owners, salespeople and marketing, and two topic-focused on security and backup.
Pulseway’s new integration adds an integration with a commonly-used IT documentation platform, that will improve MSPs’ ability to troubleshoot Pulseway, and make Pulseway a more attractive option for MSPs.
Unitrends also promotes Clark Brown, who formerly managed their DMR relationships, to the channel chief role.
Montreal-based Accedian sold mainly direct and to service providers until their acquisition of a French company late last year. Now they can target the enterprise and midmarket, and will use a select channel to reach these new types of customers.
The new program is basically a change in the pricing structure that moves software costs into a subscription-based OpEx model, which Scale partners with an MSP practice can use to increase their profitability.
The new service is something that all Trend Micro partners can resell, but Trend’s goal is to expand it to make a white-labelled or broader version available to more sophisticated MSSP partners.
This new Pax8 relationship with Autotask builds on their existing distribution relationship with Datto, and the distributor is confident it will lead to a major increase in business.
Passportal, which just copped the Best Revenue Opportunity award from MSPs at the Datto18 show, sees the merged Datto-Autotask entity as a great Passportal opportunity.
A proof of concept for a tool to automate commissions and bonuses in ConnectWise takes the vendor’s first prize for developing new solutions and integrations.
HPE announced the core parameters of its new GreenLake Flex Capacity for partners late last year, but now, in deep consultation with partners, have developed what they believe will be an effective model by which the channel can monetize it.
Late last year, Continuum decided to supplement the endpoint security embedded in their core suite with a new security unit, and new service offerings, which became available in April. The CARVIR acquisition accelerates that initiative significantly.
The new live chat capability in the Atera joint RMM-PSA solution provides a faster and more efficient way than email to resolve customer issues in real time.
The vertical solution is FlexPod Datacenter for Epic EHR, and the short-range strategy is to roll out additional solutions for the health care vertical – including additional ones for EHR – and then move to other verticals.
BetterCloud believes that its new integration with Okta, which adds significant automation to the Okta solution and eliminates blind spots, will significantly expand their business with larger customers, and with larger channel partners like global SIs.
