Topic: Industry Events - Page 40

Speaking at its annual Inspire partner event, CEO Dennis Polk (pictured) said that capitalizing on the distributor’s acquisition of Westcon-Comstor Americas will be a priority in the year ahead as well.

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.

Two of many products announced at the vendor’s annual conference for IT pros, including several for IoT developers, the new virtual desktop and threat protection offerings are designed for use with the Microsoft 365 productivity and security bundle.

Marketopia’s three-day event provides training, workshops, and panels to give channel pros actionable strategies for driving more business.

Lenovo Chairman and CEO Yuanqing Yang (pictured) recapped the year of accomplishments since the last Transform, which he said has made the company the leader in “intelligent transformation.”

The Roadmap to Profits tour featured a full day of business building sessions for IT solution providers, MSPs, and channel pros on service, sales, marketing, and operations.

Both efforts will culminate at the vendor’s IT Nation Connect conference in Orlando this November.