Barracuda

Avast looks to Barracuda strategic partnership as first step in collaborations with RMM vendors

February 4, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off

Barracuda will also resell Avast’s anti-virus solutions to their MSPs, which is a major extension of Avast’s go-to-market, and one they are looking to replicate with other RMMs. They are also planning a major solution announcement around RSA a month from now.

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Barracuda acquires Managed Workplace from Avast and will resell Avast Antivirus

February 4, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off

Barracuda and Avast announce a new partnership which adds the ability to resell Avast’s anti-virus solution to Barracuda’s own portfolio. Barracuda will actually acquire the Managed Workplace RMM business, which should be a better fit with their MSP business than it was at Avast. Barracuda also stated its commitment to retain the Managed Workplace presence in Ottawa, where it originally began as Level Platforms.

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Barracuda beefs up Total Email Protection bundle with new Forensics and Incident Response capability

January 17, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off

This is the first new capability Barracuda has added to the Total Email Security bundle since they created it last fall, and they say that others are on the way.

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Barracuda makes three e-mail solutions available on a single SKU

September 20, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

Barracuda also related their latest Threat Spotlight, which found that account takeover incidents, which are addressed by the Barracuda Sentinel solution that is part of the bundle, are increasing in frequency.

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Soft launch of Managed Phishline builds on Barracuda MSP Momentum

August 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

Barracuda made Managed Phishline, an MSP-focused version of the technology they acquired from Phishline this year, available to MSPs in July.

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Barracuda unveils PhishLine offering for mid-size organizations

June 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

Barracuda has released a version of the PhishLine social engineering simulation offering they acquired early this year that is targeted at the 1000 seat market and under, with the big difference from the enterprise version coming from the removal of industry-specific customization options.

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Barracuda adds social engineering training capability with PhishLine acquisition

January 3, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

Barracuda said this new capability is something that their partners have been asking for, and will allow them to take a more full-featured offering to their customers – which will be an additional revenue generator as well.

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EXCLUSIVE: Barracuda partners with browser-based unified workspace vendor Awingu

December 19, 2017 Mark Cox 1

The solution will be easy for partners to put together, and is available broadly through distribution, without requiring certification. It is available now for the Azure cloud, with further cloud support on the horizon.

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Avoiding the MSP Integration Blues

December 5, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

To avoid a nightmare integration when adding a new service or capability,, MSPs should look for services that easily plug into your existing tools and platforms, and vendors that understand your needs by providing intuitive tools to ease the process.

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Barracuda MSP launches Intronis Backup integration for ConnectWise Automate

November 7, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

Barracuda MSP builds on earlier integrations with LabTech/Automate with new automated deployment capabilities, as well as improvements to manageability.

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Six Best Practices for Securing Multiple Sites

October 13, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

Barracuda suggests six best practices MSPs should be using for securing multiple sites, improving their client service and strengthening their role as trusted advisor.

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3 Warning Signs of a Problem Client

September 28, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

Barracuda MSP identifies three warning signs early in a client relationship, which indicate it may be time to cut bait.

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Intronis name gives way to Barracuda as new ECHOplatform, educational resources roll out

September 13, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

Global expansion is a key factor in retiring the Intronis brand as a business unit in favor of Barracuda MSP. The Intronis name will live on as the backup product within the MSP platform.

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Barracuda Backup now enabled for replication to AWS cloud

August 15, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

Barracuda Backup joins their firewall solutions in being authorized and enabled for the AWS cloud, with the Azure cloud next on the priority list.

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Study shows startlingly slim penetration rates in security and backup managed services

August 4, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

A new study that looks at managed services business by the channel generally – not just self identified MSPs – finds quite low rates of adoption. A significant number to plan to move into security however.

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Controlling Hidden Costs Boosts MSP Success

June 26, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

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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Neal Bradbury, Senior Director of Business Development, Intronis MSP Solutions by Barracuda

Talking data protection with Neal Bradbury [Podcast]

June 13, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Neal Bradbury of Intronis discusses data protection for MSPs in the post-WannaCry world in this edition of the ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast.

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Barracuda expands MSP Professional Services offerings

June 6, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

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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