Topic: Cloud - Page 75

Breakfast! It’s the most important meal of the day. Especially if you’re Matt and Rich, and you’ve got plenty of hot IT topics to discuss with guest host Bob Nitrio, CEO of Ranvest Associates. Items on the menu today include HPE’s compact new micro-server for SMBs, Nerdio’s new Windows Virtual Desktop deployment and administration system, WatchGuard’s acquisition of Panda Security, and Axcient’s new backup protection technology.

Research from Logicworks finds that a shortage of talent is one of the biggest obstacles to cloud success.

Aimed at midsize and larger organizations, the system is designed to help users add Windows desktops quickly to an existing Azure infrastructure while exerting tighter control over administrative access and data residency.

With an expanded schedule of cities for 2020, ChannelPro has launched its “Game Theory” tour to help MSPs, IT consultants, VARs, and integrators win big in business.

With offerings including hybrid cloud, security, SAP, IoT, and myriad others, there could be potential for channel partners to enjoy a first-mover advantage.

The cloud computing exec’s departure for an unspecified opportunity elsewhere comes as U.S. advanced solutions leader Tim Ament transitions to chief country executive for Australia and New Zealand.

The $8 million Series A funding round will help the IT-as-a-service vendor accelerate its product roadmap, expand into overseas markets, and sign more partnerships with third-party providers of Azure software and services.

The vendor’s first foray beyond endpoint security, the three new systems provide consolidated threat monitoring for a widely used cloud productivity suite that lacks multitenant management tools.

The IoT Security Services Association holds the first of six one-day Cyber Security Expos in Houston, gathering IT service providers and security experts for networking and education.

Drafting strategic business plans and generating leads were also on the agenda at the first of this year’s four quarterly conferences for VARs and MSPs.