Topic: Industry Events - Page 17

Managed security is a big opportunity that imposes big responsibilities, according to multiple speakers at the latest SMB TechFest conference.

Held at TopGolf in Brooklyn Center, Minn., the one-day event featured cybersecurity educational sessions and peer networking.

Though the managed services vendor has a toe in the security water through steps like its alliance with email security vendor Vade Secure, business development exec Rob Rae (pictured) says it’s biding its time before rolling out anything more ambitious.

According to CISO John Ford (pictured), the vendor is teaching its coder security best practices, rolling out a new team of security “champions,” and engaging in M&A discussions with over half a dozen vendors.

More than 6,000 agents, MSPs, VARs, consultants, integrators, service providers gather for three days of education and networking in Las Vegas.

The two-day event is geared to help MSPs grow their business, help their customers transition to the cloud, and increase monthly recurring revenue opportunities.

Part of the vendor’s increasingly strategic device-as-a-service program, the new offering is part of a larger shift from transactional to contractual customer relationships highlighted today by CEO Dion Weisler (pictured) at HP’s Reinvent conference.

Speakers and sponsors at the conference, which took place last week in Orange County, Calif., shared advice for capitalizing on rising demand for cybersecurity help and industry-specific services.

The first of six day-long events gathered channel pros and security experts to discuss insights, research, and best security practices for the Internet of Things.

Available in both free and advanced editions, the new functionality automatically searches for advanced persistent threats, keyloggers, malicious registry changes, and other intrusions that have gained a foothold on monitored end points.