Topic: Hardware - Page 47

The two-day educational and networking event touched on hot topics like the Internet of Things and and included business continuity lessons learned from Hurricane Harvey.

Now that it’s launched security systems, Continuum plans to teach MSPs how to sell them and link them more tightly with its RMM product and outsourced help desk, according to Chief Revenue Officer Bob Kocis (pictured).

The compliance system lets MSPs assess, monitor, and produce reports for customers bound by the federal government’s HIPAA regulation. The Office 365 security capabilities extend protection previously available only for on-premises applications into the cloud.

Enhancements to the company’s RMM and BDR solutions set for release later this year will help MSPs administer Microsoft Azure environments and backup Azure data. Integration with IT Glue’s documentation solution arrives next month.

A down payment on the vendor’s commitment to refresh its PSA solution quarterly, the new release offers 10 additional time entry screen configuration options, a re-designed client homepage, and greater control over contract access rights.

By reducing infrastructure hosting costs, the new deployment option makes running cloud workspaces in single-tenant configurations a cost-effective option for companies with as few as 20 employees, opening up a vast new market for MSPs.

The vendor also plans to leverage its parent company’s expansive portfolio of network management systems to help MSPs enjoy single-pane-of-glass control over the ever-widening array of onsite and offsite solutions sharing SMB infrastructures today.

Users of the popular vulnerability assessment tool now receive preliminary information about compromised user credentials at no additional cost. The integration is the first of roughly a dozen coming from ID Agent soon.

Intended for use with the vendor’s commercial access points, the new system is designed to make Linksys a business networking leader in the SMB channel by providing a simple, affordable foundation for Wi-Fi-as-a-service offerings.

Named Pulseway Scale, the system includes functionality intended to help teams of technicians collaboratively support larger organizations more easily.