Tag Archive for Endpoint Security

Addition to Sophos Central big element for channel in Sophos Mobile 7 EMM release

Sophos announced some significant feature additions, including the introduction of Internet of Things support and the further expansion of container support, but for most partners today, adding Mobile 7 to Sophos Central is likely to have the most immediate impact, because of the cross-sell opportunities.

VIPRE looks upmarket with new, simplified VIPRE Advanced Security for Business

VIPRE has consolidated its business portfolio into a single full-featured offering, at a rock bottom price for 250 seats and over. It’s part of a broad strategy to expand the traditionally sub-250 seat-focused vendor upmarket.

Sophos lays out integration plans for Invincea technology, channel

The channel integration plans are of particular interest given that Invincea had been featuring some innovative aspects in their channel program before Sophos acquired them

Invincea revamps partner philosophy and program around next-gen antivirus solution

Invincea’s next-gen machine learning-based X by Invincea has been on the market for seven months, and now they have designed an appropriately named Next-Gen Partner Program to help partners sell it.

LANDESK, HEAT to combine as LANDESK is purchased by HEAT owner

Current LANDESK CEO Steve Daly will become CEO of the new company – as yet unnamed. HEAT CEO John Ferron becomes the Executive Chairman of the new company’s Board of Directors.

Intel Security delivers on functional integration promise with four-pronged announcement

Intel Security is announcing 18 new or enhanced products at their Focus event, but the key thing here is that the products have now been reworked into four integrated systems which provide a much more interconnected level of security.

New Dell EMC data protection bundle tip of spear for more integrated solutions

Dell EMC has announced a new data protection bundle which at this point is basically an unintegrated sales bundle with multiple consoles. They are already working on plans to change that however, and bring more technically integrated solutions cutting across multiple brands to market.

Avast to embrace AVG for Business non-freemium model as acquisition closes

Avast also stresses its commitment to AVG’s RMM business, and indicates that while the goal is to expand the number of resellers, they will also be rationalizing the product line.

Sophos next-gen InterceptX endpoint offering stresses anti-exploit, anti-ransomware

Sophos integrates innovative technologies it acquired from Dutch vendor SurfRight to add new capabilities, including ones around signatureless detection and cleanup.

Kaspersky enters SaaS market with Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud

Kaspersky has been out of the SaaS market for a while, but now jumps back in with a cloud version of its Endpoint Protection product which uses the exact same core technology.

AppSense adds patch management to Endpoint Security Suite in 2.0 release

This release becomes the first AppSense product to benefit from the LANDESK merger, as it adds patch management from Shavlik Protect, which is an independent business unit within LANDESK.

Avast sees AVG acquisition as bolstering SMB, channel presence

For the channel, the key issue is what the acquisition will mean to the SMB businesses of both companies, particularly the MSP-focused RMM business AVG originally acquired from Level Platforms. Avast CEO Vince Steckler addresses the issue.

Security vendor Quick Heal enhances scalability, mobile device management functionality

The Indian-based vendor, which entered the North American market a little over a year ago, is also planning to roll out a cloud-based model for MSPs, likely later this year.

AppSense unites privilege control, discovery solutions in a single suite

AppSense had this single SKU on the roadmap before their acquisition by LANdesk, but further integration is coming, including bringing LANdesk’s patch management offerings in for an even fuller security solution