Cybersecurity. It’s delicious, nutritious, and a big part of this week’s episode, in which Matt, Rich, and guest host Luis Alvarez discuss the security-heavy news from…

With Amiel Harper and Delia Gutierrez McLaughlin

This week, Erick and Rich talk over what Veeam’s latest product news says about tech in the time of COVID-19, why now’s a good time to reevaluate your MSP toolset, and why you might want to rethink packing a bag full of gold bars on your next trip if you’re forgetful.

Is there anything more refreshing on a summer day than a cool glass of sharkleberry fin juice? Matt, Rich, and guest host Dave Seibert would tell you if they knew what the heck a sharkleberry fin is. What they can tell you about is the addition of Salesforce Essentials to Ingram’s cloud marketplace, the surprising resilience of Ingram’s U.S. SMB business, and NinjaRMM’s latest update.

Establishing endpoint resilience minimizes the impact of a cyberattack and restores employee endpoints and operational systems to ensure business continuity. n an era when CISOs can no longer prepare for if there will be a breach but when a successful incident will occur, it’s more important than ever for organizations to adopt a proactive posture of endpoint resilience. CISOs need to move beyond protection-only measures and adopt endpoint resilience – see how through these five essential steps.

MSPs are continuously challenged to protect their customers against the rugged terrain of today’s threat landscape, with the constant need to eliminate more infections, block new threats, and maintain a high level of customer productivity and confidence. Check out these three examples of MSPs who overcame their challenges to enable their businesses to thrive to show what Malwarebytes can do for you.

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In this issue: M&A the Right Way, Part 2, The New Tech Buyer’s Journey, Summer Reading, The eSports Opportunity, IoT MSPs, Gamified Training for Incident Response

Erick and Rich explore the money-making implications of SonicWall’s new branch office networking solution, what MSPs can learn from SpaceX’s rigorous safety processes, and a brilliant DIY invention that automatically shuts off your webcam if it shows you’re not wearing pants.

Start buying house plants, channel pros. There’s at least a small chance it could get you federal grant money, according to guest host and channel finance expert Rayanne Buchianico, of ABC Solutions. She’s also got thoughts to share about the new security solutions from Sophos and SonicWall, the new integration platform and partner program from Cytracom, and the latest set of summer reading recommendations from the ChannelPro Book Club.

Take a look at the key features of solutions that keep data safe, always accessible, and always optimized at-a-glance. Data protection and management through ShadowXafe and OneXafe Solo, and cloud services and backup, see what these solutions can offer you for business continuity.

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As a qualified expert with an arsenal of offsite data protection options, you need to have the expertise to build an intelligent, cloud-based disaster recovery platform that offers your customers total business continuity. A disaster recovery cloud can provide 99.999+ percent uptime for customers, which is a number they will surely appreciate. Take a closer look at four key areas in this white paper to become a recovery cloud expert.

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All MSPs say they’re proactive. But often, once you dig a little deeper, their roles, processes, and results tell a different story. The core of being truly proactive is centered around standards and compliance. n this ebook, find out how to develop and maintain a standards library and review how to build a high-value vCIO process using standards and alignment as a foundation.

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Have Teams, will travel. Virtually, that is. Though still grounded, ChannelPro’s Joel Zaidspiner checks in on the latest news from CloudOak, Nerdio, and Tigerpaw.

Julian Lee of eChannelNews interviews ChannelPro’s Joel Zaidspiner about how the coronavirus pandemic and associated economic contraction are impacting MSPs and VARs.

Matt and Rich have a fever, channel pros, and the only prescription is this episode. Joined by MSP, author, and improv comic Bob Coppedge, of Simplex-IT, your hosts discuss co-managed IT, Dell’s attempt to “democratize” artificial intelligence, a new managed services suite from Pulseway inspired by the coronavirus pandemic work-from-home phenomenon, and the 20th birthday of ConnectWise’s IT Nation Evolve organization, formerly known as HTG Peer Groups.

Erick and Rich take a few moments at a tense time to celebrate the 20th birthday of ConnectWise’s IT Nation Evolve peer groups (formerly known as HTG Peer Groups), extol finding moments of calm, and point you to a brief video sure to bring a smile to your face. Just Google “teddy bear roller coaster”!

The stories of ransomware attacks have unfortunately become more common, especially among municipalities. But, when the Town of Colonie, in the greater Albany, NY region, became the latest to fall prey to a ransomware attempt, the outcome was different than many others thanks to protection from Carbonite. Find out how Colonie avoided the outcome of so many other ransomware victims in this case study.

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In honor of Memorial Day, Erick and Rich discuss why veterans make great IT employees, why now’s the time to finalize your back-to-the-office plans with clients, and why the latest scheme to make empty sports arenas feel less empty during games is as weird as all the others.

It’s hard to put a price tag on good health and a good job these days. A good sandwich, though? That’s worth a cool million. Just ask Michael Goldstein, president and CEO of LAN Infotech and this week’s guest host. He has thoughts to share with Matt and Rich on other topics too, like the cross-platform “cyber resilience” functionality coming soon to Carbonite and Webroot, the many reasons veterans make good IT employees, and Kaseya’s latest product integrations.

With Karl Palachuk and Caroline Smith.

Catching up from afar again, our own Joel Zaidspiner checks in with Liongard, SOCSoter, and The Sky’s The Limit Consulting on what’s new and next in SMB tech.

Off the road but back on the air, our own Joel Zaidspiner returns with remotely recorded updates from AvePoint, BVoIP, and SiteLock.

From deep within their continuing stay-at-home blur, Erick and Rich discuss Kaseya’s software integration strategy, the merits of attending virtual events, and a well-intentioned attempt to simulate a pro sports crowd gone horribly awry.

Hips don’t lie, folks. Neither do Matt, Rich, or their guest host this week, MSP extraordinaire and former IT Glue exec Luis Giraldo of Ook Enterprises. Listen in as they discuss Tin Can, Luis’s interesting new cooperative services venture, plus Dell’s latest commercial laptops, stats about ransomware, and ChannelPro‘s 2020 Vendors on the Vanguard list.

Erick and Rich chat about the coronavirus pandemic’s effect on hardware sales, surveying your clients about when they’ll return to the office (if ever), and the recent spike in people who say they’re locked down at home with a ghost.