Security

Networking

Sophos continues to build out Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem with Braintrace acquisition to add innovative network detection and response technology

July 26, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sophos continues to build out Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem with Braintrace acquisition to add innovative network detection and response technology
The deal comes on the heels of the Capsule8 acquisition earlier this month, which also further built out Sophos’ ACE technology.

Cloud

ConnectWise announces two free new tools at IT Nation Explore, and fleshes out upcoming roadmap

July 23, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on ConnectWise announces two free new tools at IT Nation Explore, and fleshes out upcoming roadmap
ConnectWise announced a new reconciliation tool for ConnectWise Manage, and a simplified version of BrightGauge for analytics newbies. They also announced an extension of their partnership with SentinelOne, and provided a much anticipated update on the progress of their new universal platform.

Backup

Optimism reigns in Datto MSP survey, with 93% saying it’s a good time to be an MSP

July 22, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Optimism reigns in Datto MSP survey, with 93% saying it’s a good time to be an MSP
While the effects of COVID on MSPs were mixed, coming out of COVID, competition has become the primary concern of MSPs, for the first time in the five year history of this survey.

Podcasts

Kaspersky’s managed services value prop

July 21, 2021 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Kaspersky’s managed services value prop
Kaspersky MSP lead Trevor Serebro joins the podcast to discuss the company’s value prop for MSPs, the challenges of security in managed services and more.

No Picture
Managed Services

N-able hits ground running as a separate company (again) after completion of SolarWinds spin-out

July 21, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on N-able hits ground running as a separate company (again) after completion of SolarWinds spin-out
N-able, the first company acquired by SolarWinds when they created their MSP division now formally re-emerges as a separate company, which is confident that it can go farther, faster, on its own.

Security

Cybereason strengthens XDR offering with acquisition of empow and its predictive response technology

July 21, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cybereason strengthens XDR offering with acquisition of empow and its predictive response technology
The empow technology uses machine learning to correlate inputs from the entire cyber ecosystem, including endpoint, network, identity and application telemetry, to determine where an attacker has been, and where it is going.

Podcasts

What solution providers need to know about Zero Trust

July 14, 2021 Robert Dutt Comments Off on What solution providers need to know about Zero Trust
Mark Ballegeer, systems engineer at Barracuda MSP, takes us through what Zero Trust security is, how it works, and what it means for solution providers in this edition of the podcast.

Networking

Illumio strengthens Zero Trust Segmentation platform Illumio Core

July 14, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Illumio strengthens Zero Trust Segmentation platform Illumio Core
Enhancements in the new version include adding reducing the time it takes to protect against attacks, by providing more flexibility to automated security enforcement, by improving Intelligent Visibility and by adding new SuperClusters to scale up the number of supported workloads.

Channel Programs

Cybereason rolls out enhanced and rebadged Cybereason Defenders League partner program

July 13, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cybereason rolls out enhanced and rebadged Cybereason Defenders League partner program
The new program is global, unlike its predecessors, has added a new classification for Referral Partners and beefed up another, Incident Response, as part of a move to broaden the partner base in that segment.

Artificial Intelligence

Five key MSP growth areas in the evolving economy

July 12, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Five key MSP growth areas in the evolving economy
Midwestern MSP Aunalytics identifies the key trends they are seeing in managed services today, and what areas of their practice are increasing as a result.