Managed Services

Managed Services

Mobile management at rock-bottom price highlights Kaseya Release 9

February 3, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Mobile management at rock-bottom price highlights Kaseya Release 9
R9 manages BYOD, MDM and MAM, all for a dollar per user per month (or ten dollars per year), regardless of the number of devices

Managed Services

Passportal expands market for MSP password management solution with ConnectWise integration

February 3, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Passportal expands market for MSP password management solution with ConnectWise integration
The ConnectWise deal is the first of what Passportal intends will be a series of deals with RMM vendors this year, which are key to the Calgary-based company’s growth strategy.

Managed Services

MSP Unified Office adds analytics to managed hybrid cloud

January 28, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on MSP Unified Office adds analytics to managed hybrid cloud
A year out of the gate, Unified Office is going after the 10-100 space with a high-quality VoIP offering sold through channel partners, and has now added an optional analytics suite.

Channel Programs

Lenovo unveils first managed service provider program

January 27, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo unveils first managed service provider program
Lenovo’s first program for MSPs was designed by ex-IBMers, but is very different from the program IBM had.

Cloud

N-able expands Arcserve relationship with Arcserve UDP

December 11, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on N-able expands Arcserve relationship with Arcserve UDP
N-able expands on its relationship with arcserve to carry the arcserve next-gen UDP solution for the first time, which is branded as N-able Backup Manager UDP.

Cloud

Internet of Things has strong potential for Canadian MSPs: AVG

October 24, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Internet of Things has strong potential for Canadian MSPs: AVG
AVG’s commercial market strategy is now based around MSPs, who the company thinks are well positioned to handle the additional management tasks that the Internet of Things is bringing.

Kaseya CEO Yogesh Gupta
Managed Services

Security, compliance enhancements highlight Kaseya R8

September 30, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Security, compliance enhancements highlight Kaseya R8
R8 sees the release of a new generation of the AuthAnvil product acquired with B.C.’s Scorpion Software, in which the Single Sign On, Two-Factor Authentication and Password Server have all been updated with new capabilities.

Data Centre

Dimension Data rolls out globally standardized managed services for data centres

September 16, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dimension Data rolls out globally standardized managed services for data centres
The solution provider looks to capitalize on a trend where 70 per cent of private cloud adopters will utilize third parties to manage their environments.

Matt Urmston, director of product management at Storagecraft
Managed Services

Storagecraft doubles down on management

September 15, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Storagecraft doubles down on management
With its own control platform built out, and new hooks into key RMM vendors, Storagecraft is focused on management as it looks to larger customers.

Channel Programs

TrapX Security targets MSSPs with new global partner program

August 28, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on TrapX Security targets MSSPs with new global partner program
Trap-X has placed its TrapX Security Operation Center on the Google Cloud Platform, which allows partners to deploy entire secure SOCs and sensors quickly and inexpensively.