eFolder’s top execs outline why they think the merged company can take on the market leader, and how they intend to execute on their strategy.
Backup, Managed Services
eFolder-Axcient merger aimed at dethroning Datto in BDR space
by Mark Cox •
Managed Services
Backup, Managed Services
New eFolder CEO Matt Nachtrab lays out strategy to take company to the next level
by Mark Cox •
LabTech’s founder has an ambitious agenda, which involves improving the synergy of eFolder’s products, having a more systematic strategy around RMM and PSA integrations, and making eFolder the acknowledged technology leader in their space.
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Managed Services, Operating Systems, Security
Kaspersky adds Mac support to its SaaS endpoint SMB solution
by Mark Cox •
Adding Mac support to Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud should open markets for which Kaspersky Enterprise Support for Business was not a good fit.
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Managed Services, Security, Sponsored Content
Three Inconvenient Truths about Cybersecurity
by Mark Cox •
If one of your clients gets hit by the next ransomware attack,, that will reflect on you as much as on the client, unless you have done everything you can to help them address the inconvenient truths of cybersecurity.
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Managed Services
Kaseya launches Go-to-Market-in-a-Box services for security, network management
by Mark Cox •
The new bundles are part of new As-a-Service offerings for their AuthAnvil and Traverse products, and are designed to help Kaseya MSPs get more proactive and aggressive about selling these.
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Cloud, Managed Services
Microsoft CSP Atmosera brings managed Azure services portfolio to general availability
by Mark Cox •
Atmosera believes the combination of Azure’s maturity and problems many customers have had using the cloud themselves will sustain incredible growth rates for Azure-focused MSPs.
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Managed Services, Sponsored Content
Controlling Hidden Costs Boosts MSP Success
by Mark Cox •
Handling hidden costs is a kind of business self-awareness. If an MSP can identify and manage these costs, you’ll know your business better. And that helps you set a course for managed services success.
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Backup, Channel Programs, Managed Services
BackupAssist introduces MSP program into North America
by Mark Cox •
The BackupAssist-as-a-Service program for MSPs makes the Australian-headquartered company a much more forceful player in the North American MSP market.
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Managed Services
ConnectWise provides new details about unified product vision
by Mark Cox •
A Web-based version of Automate, which will use the same interface as Manage, and has the same instance as the Automate thick client, is set for release at the ConnectWise IT Nation event in the fall.
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ConnectWise beefs up CloudConsole with standalone capability outside Manage
by Mark Cox •
Originally an Office 365 management tool, ConnectWise added Azure management last year, will have Cisco management capabilities by the fall, AWS soon after that, and more coming down the road.
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Cloud, Distribution, Managed Services, Marketing
Cloud distributor Pax8 deepens integration with ConnectWise
by Mark Cox •
The latest Pax8 ConnectWise integration has optimized their interface within ConnectWise Manage to reduce the clicks in ordering, updating and linking cloud subscriptions.
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Managed Services
ConnectWise CEO Bellini advises partners how to catch the wave
by Mark Cox •
ConnectWise CEO Arnie Bellini says that while technology solution providers are beset by new challenges, the dynamics of the mature and nature of IT innovation continue to create ways for companies to reinvent themselves.
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Channel Programs, Managed Services, Storage
New service provider program highlights Pure Storage channel program enhancements
by Mark Cox •
In addition to a three tier program for service providers, Pure Storage is adjusting how its internal sales people are compensated to remove what service providers believed was a tendency to favor working with traditional partners over ones selling Pure as a service.
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Backup, Channel Programs, Managed Services, Virtualization
Virtual data protection vendor Altaro launches MSP program
by Mark Cox •
Altaro, which is focused largely on Hyper-V and the SMB market, has launched both a new MSP program and a free multi-tenanted console to manage it.
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Backup, Managed Services, Security
Barracuda expands MSP Professional Services offerings
by Mark Cox •
The new services for MSPs are around the Barracuda NextGen Firewall and Barracuda Backup Appliance, with the firewall service thought likely to generate the most demand.
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Managed Services, Storage
ClearSky Data formalizes partner program for metro-based on-demand primary storage
by Mark Cox •
The present ClearSky partner ecosystem includes both MSPs and traditional reseller partners, and they are looking to increase the numbers of both.
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Managed Services, Security
Kaspersky Lab completes ConnectWise integrations for MSP partners
by Mark Cox •
Kaspersky continues to build out the MSP Partner program that it formally launched in April.
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Channel Programs, Managed Services, Virtualization
Workspot adds second partner program for Cloud Consultant partners
by Mark Cox •
SaaS-based Workspot is creating the new channel program specifically for cloud-focused partners, following the strong growth of their business this year around Microsoft Azure.
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Managed Services
GMS Live Expert partners with Kaseya to provide exclusive help desk services
by Mark Cox •
GMS Live Expert will provide Kaseya’s MSPs access to their help desk services, in a deal that covers Kaseya’s main VSA platform, as well as their BMS PSA offering and NOC operations.
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Channel Programs, Managed Services, Security
Two-factor authentication SaaS provider Duo Security launches MSP program
by Mark Cox •
Following last year’s creation of a partner program, Duo has created another program specifically for MSPs.
