Managed Services

Rocco Seyboth, vice president of marketing at BitTitan
Managed Services

BitTitan seeking Canadian expansion after landing first external funding

June 13, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on BitTitan seeking Canadian expansion after landing first external funding
BitTitan’s 15 million (U.S.) in series A financing arrives just as the vendor feels cloud expansion is about to explode in Canada and around the world.

Adtran access point
Managed Services

Adtran introduces network rental for MSPs

June 10, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Adtran introduces network rental for MSPs
Adtran’s ProCloud services aim to take networking sales — including hardware — from CapEx to OpEx, a move that could make the network much more intriguing to MSPs.

Managed Services

Auvik adds NetFlow analysis

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Networking RMM vendor partners with Kentik to bring AuvikFlow NetFlow analysis to help MSPs answer common customer questions their networks.

Cloud

Solarwinds MSP: What does the future look like?

June 6, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Solarwinds MSP: What does the future look like?
Alistair Forbes, LOGICnow’s general manager, discussed what the creation of the new company will mean to partners, and the new company’s priorities going forward.

Distribution

AVG adds EarthBend to North American distribution in new specialty distribution emphasis

May 24, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on AVG adds EarthBend to North American distribution in new specialty distribution emphasis
AVG continues its strategy of adding more focused, value-added distributors with EarthBend, which brings an MSP background and experience with AVG’s Managed Workplace solution, as well as a strong regional presence in both the American mid-west and Canadian prairies.

Panel members Struters (second from left), Dawson (centre) and Perez (second from right), flanked by Intel Security's Richard Steranka (left) and Ken McCray (right)
Managed Services

MSSP panel dishes on pains, pleasures of managed security model

May 17, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on MSSP panel dishes on pains, pleasures of managed security model
Three top managed security service providers on why managed security is different from other managed services.

Richard Steranka, vice president of global channel operations at McAfee
Channel Programs

Intel Security channel chief sees channel partners becoming alliance partners

May 16, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Intel Security channel chief sees channel partners becoming alliance partners
Intel Security’s Richard Steranka outlines channel opportunities in repeatable solutions and managed security services.

Big Data

RMM/PSA provider Atera offers business intelligence capability to all MSPs

May 16, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on RMM/PSA provider Atera offers business intelligence capability to all MSPs
Atera’s technology, which facilitates jointly developed RMM and PSA solutions, is designed for the Internet of Things environment, and collects massive amount of sensor data, which it is using in a free BI offering, not just for its own MSP partners, but anyone who wants to use it.

Managed Services

Sophos launches partner program for MSPs

May 9, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sophos launches partner program for MSPs
While Sophos has MSP partners, they have not had a program that provides support for their specific business model and requirements before now. MSP Connect is aligned with the ways MSPs sell, and provides rewards for upselling and cross-selling Sophos’ broad range of security services.

Cloud

Hosted workspace vendor CloudJumper spins off from nGenx with unique licensing

May 3, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hosted workspace vendor CloudJumper spins off from nGenx with unique licensing
CloudJumper thinks its option of a concurrent user licensing model will be particularly popular in larger enterprise accounts, because rather than a license for each named user, it requires only licenses for the maximum number using the offering at the same time.