Tag Archive for Small Business

SolarWinds MSP unveils new, more granular automated document recovery solution

SolarWinds MSP’s price to partners of $4 per endpoint in Canada is designed to allow both the MSP to make money while also being less expensive for the customer than consumer-grade alternatives.

New Toronto office highlights Canadian-specific announcements at Toronto Sage Summit

Sage also announced new data from a survey they commissioned about small business in Canada, and pledged to work to bring together groups to lobby on their customers’ behalf.

HPE strengthens small business servers with ClearCenter partnership, reborn MicroServer

The exclusive deal with ClearCenter provides a Linux platform that provides server, networking and gateway functionality, and combined with the HPE ProLiant MicroServer, provides a low-cost offering for small businesses and SOHOs.

Trend Micro brings new XGen technology to small business Worry-Free services

XGen technology brings Trend’s machine learning to the endpoint, both to improve effectiveness, and to provide Trend Micro partners with a counter to machine learning-based next-gen providers.

WPS Office enhances software, looking to take small business share from Office 365

WPS Office has been primarily consumer and OEM-focused in North America, using a freemium model, but they have a paid product, and recently began to recruit a reseller channel.

Cisco beefs up SMB wireless portfolio

The highlight of the multiple product announcement is the upgrading of the Cisco Mobility Express management software, to deliver true enterprise functionality at a small business price point.

Zyxel targets upgrades from 1GB with new 10G Uplink Layer 3 Managed Switches

The new series, a complete redesign rather than an upgrade of the series it replaces, is also priced at around half what similar switches used to go for, which Zyxel thinks will help it with small business customers.

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.

My Digital Shield adds assurance protection against breaches

Security-as-a-service provider My Digital Shield recently launched an assurance program to cover its small business customers in the event of a breach, with a major mobility initiative likely the next to roll out.

Digital transformation focus creates larger opportunity: Nadella

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at WPC 2016.

Kicking off the company’s 2016 Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella outlines what a focus on the digital transformation of business will mean to both Microsoft and its partners.

Sad news: SAP Anywhere launch in Canada delayed indefinitely

SAP Anywhere formally launched in the U.S. this week. But while demand for the small business-focused CRM solution is strong, a change in SAP’s SMB applications strategy has led to the Canadian launch being put on hold for now.

Datto unveils SMB Sync and Share offering with low cost, free year offer

Datto is looking to disrupt a highly commoditized market, attract a significant number of new prospects for its channel, and provide upgrade options to better monetize the offering.

HPE releases hybrid compute managed service for small business/ROBO market

The HPE ProLiant Easy Connect Managed Hybrid solution is a subscription based offering for small businesses and ROBO environments. But while American partners get access to it in a couple weeks, Canadian ones will have to wait a while – like until Q4.

Linksys enhances small business line by adding clustering to all wireless APs

Linksys continues a strategy it began by expanding captive portal from its flagship product to its entire wireless line, to beef up the entire portfolio at a time when small business demand for wireless is strong.

Xirrus enhances MSP support with CommandCenter to simply Wi-Fi-as-a-Service management

In addition to CommandCenter, which greatly simplifies the provisioning of new customers, Xirrus is also announcing enhancements to their MSP program to improve benefits.