Topic: Hardware - Page 54

Executive Editor Rich Freeman to moderate several sessions at Channel Partners Virtual 2021: Accelerating Evolution, which starts March 2.

Seeing nothing but ones and zeros right about now? You’re a perfect candidate to listen in as Matt, Rich, guest host Joanna Sobran, of MSP and solution provider MXOtech, and ChannelPro Managing Editor Colleen Frye discuss Lenovo’s new data center hardware purchasing program for MSPs, the latest update to WatchGuard’s cloud management console, and the secrets of cloud security.

Erick and Rich discuss Lenovo’s purchasing program for selling data center gear as a service, the dangers of perfectionism when it comes to running a business, and two great gift options for ex-significant others to remember for next year’s Valentine’s Day.

The new offering will let managed service providers pay for server, storage, and networking gear in monthly installments while selling capacity on those resources to customers on an as-a-service basis.

IT solution providers must double down on understanding their customers’ business goals and the required technology to keep them safe as they move toward digital transformation.

Security updates from PC Matic and Barracuda, new Teams migration features from BitTitan, and research proving that while pigs still can’t fly they can play computer games are among the stories we’ve finally covered for you.

The latest edition of WatchGuard Cloud includes new policy management, MFA, and threat analysis capabilities that advance the vendor’s strategic shift to an identity-first, zero-trust architecture.

At is annual briefing on that topic yesterday, company executives including channel chief Gavriella Schuster (pictured) outlined partner opportunities this year in the Microsoft’s Cloud Solution Provider and co-sell programs, as well as in hardware sales.

Trend Micro Vision One adds risk visibility, consolidated management, and other features to the vendor’s existing XDR solution in a bid to centralize siloed security tools and simplify threat analysis.

Results from our latest reader survey suggest that 2020, while hard, could have been far worse, and that 2021, while uncertain, looks way more promising.