New Comprehensive Building Security Platform Integrates Enterprise-Grade Video Management and Access Control Systems for a Unified Security Experience

New connectivity with the Cisco Meraki Marketplace will enable users to discover and monitor Meraki routers, switches, and access points automatically inside the N-central dashboard.

The new Driven for Cisco Meraki program is designed to provide all of the resources channel pros need to sell and support Meraki networking, security, and mobility management solutions, and enjoy elite-tier benefits in Cisco’s partner program.

Tech Data will incorporate Cisco Meraki into its go-to-market and enablement strategy through Momentum, providing service and support for partners at all levels.

Cisco Meraki Solutions enable VARs to monitor and manage end customer networks across multiple client sites from a single interface, accessible from any device.

On the opening day of its 2022 Cisco Live event, networking and cloud exec Todd Nightingale (pictured) outlined measures aimed at layering remote online administration atop switches, routers, and access points that predate the era of cloud-first everything.

NetFlow Analyzer’s New Deep Packet Inspection Feature Enhances Visibility for Faster Troubleshooting, Root Cause Analysis

Cisco’s roundtable included updates on its SMB go-to-market strategy and scaling how SMBs are served and supported.

Eager to grab an outsized share of a giant addressable market, the tech industry heavyweight is actively helping current and aspiring MSPs develop and sell Cisco-based offers, according to channel exec Alexandra Zagury (pictured).

The new program provides tools and financial rewards aimed at motivating channel pros to reduce electronic waste—and make money in the process—by returning used hardware for refurbishment and recycling.

They will be the latest manifestations of an ambitious campaign led by Michelle Ragusa-McBain (pictured) designed to drive deeper engagement with managed service providers by simplifying procurement, training, and other critical processes.

Cisco simplifies networking and security operations with an expanded Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) architecture, and unveils innovations to cloud-native platform, SecureX.
Cisco launches Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) offer with ability to purchase all core components in a single offer and the flexibility to easily transition to a unified subscription service in the future.
Cisco continues to bring radical simplicity to security with SecureX platform enhancements that significantly reduce time to detect and remediate security threats.

New products and solutions help with today’s most pressing challenges

– Technology to help businesses work from home securely and new hybrid work environments

– Easy to install networking devices now at the right price point to help businesses grow and scale

– Simple management tools that work from your phone

New Cloud-Driven Solutions from Cisco Make Buying, Installation & Maintenance Easy

New dedicated online destination for small businesses on Cisco.com.
New “Buy Now” button on Cisco.com, providing faster access to Cisco & partner expertise
New technology and offers in the Cisco ‘Designed for Business’ portfolio built for simplicity and security

Called SecureX and scheduled to enter general availability in June, the new system is designed to ease the challenges of operating multiple security products with separate administrative interfaces and little inter-platform coordination.

Called Life-Cycle Financing, the new funding option lets qualified MSPs sell bundled combinations of solutions from Cisco and other vendors for a single recurring monthly fee.

Cisco is announcing innovative solutions that help customers embrace a new age of wireless connectivity. Wi-Fi 6 (also known as 802.11ax), the new standard for Wi-Fi networks, is redefining what’s possible for businesses — powering a new era of immersive wireless experiences and the connecting of billions of things.

Cisco is unifying its security and†software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN)†technologies to help organizations embrace the cloud faster with choice and confidence.†

Called Branch Interconnect and Clinic Interconnect, the two new offerings combine networking, security, and collaboration products from Cisco with outsourced, white-labeled managed services from Tech Data.

Called Cisco 1Source, the new platform makes e-commerce capabilities previously available only to larger Cisco partners available to resellers of any size.

CenturyLink, Inc.†announced it has secured Cisco†Powered Cisco Spark Service Provider (SP) designation, confirming the company’s ability to support the complete portfolio of Cisco Spark solutions. CenturyLink has broadened its hosted Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC&C) solutions to include this cloud-based collaboration suite, which allows teams and individuals to meet, message, call, conference, white board, and share, regardless of location.

Mathematical modeling and contextual insights represent the next major advancement in intent-based networking revolution

Waves of software innovation fuel evolution of networking portfolio toward subscription-led model

Cisco delivers an industry leading end-to-end intent-based networking portfolio, which spans the data center, campus, branch and edge

Managed services platform to help Cisco partners efficiently deliver managed IT services

Cloud-based SD-WAN Solution Offers Flexibility to Global Enterprises and Telecom Carriers

The PerfStack dashboard, the latest innovation from the global market leader in network management software, enables IT administrators to identify, isolate, and troubleshoot performance problems in ways never before possible

The distributor teams with Cisco for a series of training intensives designed to help VARs grow their SMB practices through cutting-edge solutions.

Managed Wireless LAN Leverages Cisco Meraki Wi-Fi 6 Technology

Priced at $4 per firewall per month, the new service feeds inbound and outbound data directly from Cisco Meraki, Fortinet, SonicWall, Sophos, and WatchGuard products to RocketCyber’s SOC, where analysts look for malware, spam, and other threats.

Speaking at the vendor’s GlueCon partner event, vice president of product Luis Giraldo (pictured) said the documentation platform now collects data from Office 365 and Cisco Meraki deployments, and will soon support Auvik’s network management platform too.

Industry upstart Meter is impressing MSPs with a comprehensive NaaS offering at one low monthly price.

The ChannelPro Network proudly recognizes these vendors for their significant contributions to the profitability of the IT channel.

These cutting-edge technologies are designed to optimize operations, increase customer satisfaction, and add a significant bump to your bottom line.

The program will help partners make it easier for their customers to fill every manufacturing and operational blind spot across commercial and classified area processes.

Take a tour through our latest batch of overlooked, up-and-coming, and lesser-known vendors in managed services, cloud computing, security, and the Internet of Things.

The deal aims to help the vendor’s Managed Threat Response and extended detection and response offerings collect data from a broader range of sources and act on it more effectively. It was announced a day after updates to the Sophos Firewall rolled out.

The former SolarWinds MSP will spin off from parent company SolarWinds to become an independent business entirely focused on managed service providers in a much-anticipated transaction under consideration since last August.

At the managed services software maker’s Empower partner conference today, execs including President John Pagliuca (pictured) outlined plans to add DNS filtering and endpoint analytics now and cloud management functionality later.

The threat detection vendor’s solution, which is designed to defend SaaS collaboration applications from ransomware, malware, and phishing, will be Datto’s first security-related product other than BDR offerings.

Laptop gaming chips from Intel, cloud management updates from VMware, and a Super Bowl prediction from a dolphin on a sports bet hot streak are just a few of the stories we’re bringing your way just in time for the weekend.

SD-WAN adoption is starting to extend down from the midmarket, and managed service providers are getting on the bandwagon.

The newly established link lets users of SolarWinds Remote Monitoring and Management deploy, administer, and upgrade EDR agents on any Windows device via the same interface they use to perform other administrative tasks.

We present 16 companies in six categories that you may not know about but should.

Small business tech from Cisco, healthcare tech from Microsoft, and a surprise four-legged wedding guest are just three of the many stories we are just now bringing your way.

LOS ANGELES – February 3, 2020 —† TPx Communications, the premier managed services provider, announced today the general availability of MSx Networks, a managed service offering that helps customers efficiently create and maintain network solutions, including Wi-Fi, Security, software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) and Switching.

The new feature lets MSPs view data on topics like license counts and expiration dates for all of their customers, versus one client only. It arrives shortly after new integration with Continuum’s BrightGauge reporting solution.

An alliance between the two companies announced today essentially makes Chargifi’s cloud management, analytics, and integration platform a centralized, multitenant point of control for deployments of Belkin charging spots at multiple customer sites.

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.

The new functionality lets MSPs upload configuration data about cloud services, network devices, and on-premises software to IT Glue’s documentation solution automatically.

The acquisition adds new vendors and digital marketing resources to Temprano’s growing security business.

The managed services vendor also announced that the ConnectWise Advanced Security Dashboard, which was introduced earlier this week by Cisco, enters piloting next month and general availability in September.

Enhancements to Industry’s First Unified Access Management (UAM) Platform Serve Demands of Growing Enterprise Customer Base

Newly Released Ipswitch’s WhatsUp Gold 2018 Adds Cloud Performance, Wireless, and SaaS Capabilities

‘Branch of the Future’ Simplifies Enterprise Network Infrastructure, Addresses Business and IT Challenges

Industry-recognized technical visionaries join Cradlepoint in the roles of vice president of product and senior vice president of engineering

Cutting-edge WiFi Distribution Solutions Accommodate Consistent Bandwidth Performance for More Seamless, Flexible, and Collaborative Wireless Small Business Environments

Looking to help resellers protect data traffic flows that increasingly bypass network perimeters, the distributor is conducting more security-related education sessions and introducing new tools for promoting security solutions from Cisco and other vendors.

The latest updates to the SolarWinds Orion platform offer complete cloud and deep on-premises visibility in a unified interface to better understand systems and improve their performance.

The distributor is offering seminars and exhibits designed to help resellers take advantage of hybrid cloud and mobility trends.

A newly embiggened version of Microsoft Intune, more integrations from Gradient MSP, a new head of global sales at Axcient, and a huge payoff for buying an iPhone and not using it for 16 years are just a few of the stories we’ve finally gotten around to.

As the shift toward hybrid work arrangements continues, the network management vendor reports in newly published research, businesses are embracing simpler, speedier network architectures that rely more on Wi-Fi access points than switches and firewalls.

Wi-Fi 6 brings WLAN performance to a new level with aggregate throughput potential measured in Gigabits per second. The advent of Wi-Fi 6 also brings economics to a new level as higher performance and higher density impact price-performance and total cost of ownership (TCO) calculations. Get the full report that benchmarks the performance of its tri-radio XV3-8 (8×8/4×4 MU-MIMO) and XV2-2 (2×2 MU-MIMO) Wi-Fi 6 Access Points (APs) and comparable APs from Aruba, Meraki (Cisco) and Ruckus (CommScope).

NIOS 8.4.8, 8.5.2 and 8.6 adds security, cloud automation, and multi-cloud integrations for building hybrid networks

Collection of Hundreds of Fully Vetted Scripts Help Eliminate Repetitiveness and Speed Up Technician Tasks—So MSPs Can Focus More “on” the Business Instead of “in” It

New Macs from Apple, new firewalls from SonicWall, and a new source of nightmares for bears (and maybe humans) are all among the many stories we’re bringing your way just in time for the weekend.

2020 report reveals hundreds of device vendors compete for limited space on today’s networks

2019 report says hundreds of network hardware vendors compete for space on MSP-managed networks

One in three businesses still utilize at least one instance of Windows XP; Businesses turn to next-gen security solutions to face evolving threats and vulnerabilities

SD-WAN Infrastructure Market Share Leaders include Cisco, VMware, Silver Peak, Nokia-Nuage

Cybereason has expanded its senior management team by naming Ghazal Asif its Senior Vice President of Worldwide Channels. Asif is a recognized industry leader, award-winning channel executive, and advocate for diversity and inclusion.

New report documents a challenging degree of vendor diversity on MSP-managed networks

SD-WAN Infrastructure Market Share Leaders include Cisco, VMware, Silver Peak, Riverbed

Complete backend consolidation of the two companies’ ordering systems and inventory databases is just weeks away.

At its IT Nation conference today, CEO Arnie Bellini (pictured) showcased ConnectWise’s new Unite portal and forthcoming Developer Kit as key elements of a larger plan to provide one platform for managing every solution an MSP offers.

Called Continuum Security and scheduled to reach market early next year, the solution combines software for erecting and managing a defensive perimeter with threat detection and response technology and a 24/7 security operations center.

New agreements with Quantela, iValu8, and Molex give resellers in the Americas access to a range of new “smart city,” retail marketing, and network-connected lighting solutions featuring Cisco networking gear.

Cloud-based Network as a Service, or NaaS, presents a unique opportunity for channel professionals to set up efficient and affordable networks for SMB customers. By Martin Sinderman