Topic: Hardware - Page 26

The tech giant’s sales climbed at the start of its current fiscal year and dipped more recently, resulting in essentially unchanged results for the last six months. Vertical industry solutions and work-from-home upgrades are among bright spots for what’s next.

Erick and Rich ponder the implications of HP’s new subscription hardware and software service for SMBs, why cloud solutions require a different approach to sales and marketing, and the perhaps coronavirus-related rise of the “technosexual.”

Called HP Business Boost, the new offering combines PCs, monitors, printers, and accessories with remote management and optional security assistance. Pickup and return services and onsite support for both home and office users are included as well.

Postponed from March due to the coronavirus pandemic, the three-day virtual event featured educational sessions, networking, and lively discussions on the future of the channel.

Mmm, there’s nothing like the taste of farm fresh CloudBerry. Just ask Matt, Rich, and guest host Randolph Carnegie, managing director of Chicago-based IT provider Ken-Kor Consulting.

ChannelPro’s fourth of five planned regional events offered a full day of content and networking geared at helping MSPs and IT solution providers build an action plan for thriving in our new normal and taking advantage of emerging opportunities.

New features added to the offering include dark web monitoring and the “human risk analytics” functionality Bitdefender introduced in July. Subscribers can also now choose among Core, Advanced, and Enterprise packages.

You think M&As were hard before? Try the new kind involving bears and elk. Matt, Rich, and guest host Bruce McCully, chief security officer of MSSP Galactic Advisors, discuss that topic and others this week with Linda Rose of M&A consultancy RoseBiz.

An add-on to its flagship RMM platform, the system is Ninja’s first step in a longer-term effort to build a portfolio of products like those offered by market leaders such as ConnectWise, Datto, Kaseya, and SolarWinds MSP.

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