Pax8’s addition of a new cybersecurity vendor to their portfolio also signals a broadening out of their initial model to provide their partners with more options.
Technology from last year’s Invincea acquisition by Sophos gives Intercept X massively scalable machine learning, which far exceeds the number of data sets machine learning has traditionally processed.
New improvements in Kaseya VSA 9.5 for technicians include native Microsoft PowerShell integration, and improved file management capabilities.
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.
The UEFI Scanner, which protects UEFI firmware that anti-malware software typically misses because it is outside the OS, is likely to appear in a forthcoming commercial product release.
Defendpoint 5.0 also adds a Trusted Application Protection capability to prevent attacks against trusted applications like Microsoft Office, Adobe, and web browsers.
Chrome Cleanup provides the same benefits for the Google browser that Defender provides for Microsoft tools, and while it’s not itself a channel play, it has some indirect benefits for ESET partners.
McAfee channel chief says data-sharing and automation partnership with Cisco will lead to Cisco partners coming to it for non-network security components.
Barracuda suggests six best practices MSPs should be using for securing multiple sites, improving their client service and strengthening their role as trusted advisor.
VIPRE Endpoint Security – Cloud Edition, is a built for the cloud solution, not its server product ported into the cloud.
Available in two tiers, from basic Monitoring to the more aggressive Active Response, SentinelOne also plans to expand the service to allow partners to provide the basic support, while SentinelOne does the Tier Two.
SentinelOne’s technology is strong on remediation of malicious attacks, and the partnership with SonicWall will enable automatic remediation of ransomware and other attacks by reversing system and file modifications.
The new ESET CyberSecurity Awareness Training is provided free, and ESET partners are encouraged to have their customers make use of it.
In addition to multiple product enhancements, McAfee also announced a new portal to host their OpenDXL community, with an app marketplace and a new bootstrap utility.
Adding Mac support to Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud should open markets for which Kaspersky Enterprise Support for Business was not a good fit.
The Dell solution with Cylance has been extended to an air gap mode for networks with no or little connectivity to the Internet.
Avecto, which sells endpoint and privileged access management solutions to the enterprise and midmarket, has moved from direct to close to 100 per cent channel sales within two years.
Marya Munir comes over from Webroot to lead the execution of VIPRE’s channel strategy – which now includes a program for managed services partners.
The three year deal makes KYOCERA Document Solutions Canada an Avast Elite Channel Partner, and the managed IT services portfolio from AVG Business by Avast will be offered both to KYOCERA Document Solutions Canada’s customers and to their own channel.
The expanded relationship between the two companies leverages the Webroot Unity API, which they rolled out last year, and which is designed specifically for MSPs.
