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Do you like pickles? Do you like them enough to reach into a black box supposedly full of them and eat whatever comes out? We recommend re-thinking matters if your answer was yes.

As the security vendor’s first-ever vice president of worldwide partner ecosystems, the AvePoint, Palo Alto, and Ingram Micro veteran will serve as a liaison between his new employer and an increasingly diverse, complex channel.

Designed for MSPs with limited in-house security expertise, the new product automatically maps threats to the MITRE ATT&CK framework and lets users perform remediation measures from directly within the same dashboard that displays alerts.

The distributor has long-term plans to unite its Varnex and TechSelect communities into a single company-wide membership organization, according to Kaye McMillan (pictured), who heads up the company’s CommunitySolv organization.

Conditions are strong now and should remain so for at least the next few months, said CEO Rich Hume (pictured) at the company’s CommunitySolv event today. What happens after that is unclear, but likely to be transitory for those who think long term.

Due within two weeks, the update will include support for MFA via authentication apps, a new set of procurement reports, and the ability to send order tracking numbers to end users automatically.

The new functionality, which is designed to help MSPs present the data Liongard collects to clients in a more readable format, is the latest in a string of updates this year that include new PSA integrations and scalability enhancements.

The company is rapidly staffing up a team tasked with helping MSPs get a security practice off the ground and a separate team led by CISO Patrick Beggs (pictured) charged with protecting ConnectWise products from external attack.

Now in an early access program, with general availability scheduled for early next year, the new feature is the vendor’s latest effort to help MSPs with multiple BDR solutions standardize on one system offering comprehensive functionality.

The recently introduced update is designed to help managers get disaffected employees re-engaged, according to IT By Design CEO Sunny Kaila (pictured).