In the news this week: Proofpoint and Ingram Micro Team Up, Sophos MDR tracks two ransomware campaigns, iVerify launches a new partner program, Logitech unveils new products, and much more.

Click to learn about The 20 MSP’s latest strategic acquisition, Synopsys’ rebrand, and Axio’s new quantification tool.

Based on the survey, impacted organizations reached out to law enforcement and/or official government bodies for a range of assistance with ransomware attacks.

Rate of attacks fell slightly, but recovery costs hit $2.73 million.

New Junk Gun Ransomware disrupts Ransomware-as-a-Service racket.

OXFORD, United Kingdom — Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions that defeat cyberattacks, today announced a strategic partnership with Tenable, the Exposure Management company, to provide Sophos Managed Risk, a […]

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Attackers Increase Their Use of Remote Ransomware 62% Annually, Based on Attacks Detected and Stopped by Sophos CryptoGuard Technology.

Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today introduced several new solutions that advance critical defenses against active adversaries. Sophos exposes how these active adversaries […]

Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today introduced several new solutions that advance critical defenses against active adversaries. Sophos exposes how these active adversaries […]

Only 26% of Surveyed Organizations Stopped Cybercriminals from Encrypting Their Data in a Ransomware Attack. This Is the Lowest Rate of Disruption in 3 Years. Recovery Costs Are Four Times Higher for Those That Pay the Ransom.

Veeam and Sophos technologies integrate to vigilantly detect cybersecurity threats like ransomware, determine the warranted response, and quickly recover impacted data by exchanging critical information.

Partnership Provides Access to Sophos’ Industry-Leading Endpoint Security, Creating New Opportunities for Students and Organizations Across the State.

Sophos MDR for Microsoft Defender adds human-led threat intelligence across the Microsoft Security suite of endpoint, SIEM, identity, and cloud solutions.

Sophos, a provider of cybersecurity as a service, today announced a new partnership with Cysurance, a next-generation risk mitigation company that insures, warranties and certifies security solutions. The partnership provides unique, fixed-price cyber insurance to U.S.-based organizations using Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR).

There’s just no stopping that guy, is there? Sigh.

The partnership allows Sophos customers to opt in to share endpoint health security data, simplifying the cyber insurance process.

New capabilities in the vendor’s Intercept X and ZTNA offerings include real-time protection from active adversaries, additional support for Linux and macOS, new gateways for cloud apps, and automated security health checks.

Though meant for enterprise and campus environments, the new XGS 7500 and XGS 8500 are also suitable, the vendor says, for increasingly complex SMB networks that support a diverse range of remote workers, SaaS solutions, and IoT systems.

The new functionality lets Sophos analysts, partners, and customers exchange data and instructions with endpoint, firewall, email, and other security systems from members of the vendor’s Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem in addition to its own products.

A new whitepaper from the security vendor’s recently formed X-Ops team documents how ransomware gangs, cryptominers, bots, and others are compromising the same networks within weeks or days of one another—and sometimes simultaneously.

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.

Sophos ZTNA, which works in combination with the vendor’s Intercept X product to provide endpoint protection and network access control through a single agent, is the second significant addition to the Sophos secure access portfolio this month.

The new Sophos Switch Series is designed for use with the vendor’s previously introduced firewalls, access points, and SD-WAN appliances in remote work sites, branch offices, and retail outlets.

Speaking with ChannelPro during the Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference this week, both vendors said that while IT providers are gradually learning to protect cloud workloads, there’s further progress to be made.

The new integration, which is the first to connect the two systems, aims to streamline threat detection and response by combining telemetry from Amazon Web Services with input from endpoints, firewalls, and other systems in Sophos XDR’s data lake.

Mounting threat activity has SMBs turning for help to MSPs, who are rolling out separately sold managed security bundles combining firewall, antivirus, email, Wi-Fi, and other services in response, according to MSP channel chief Scott Barlow (pictured).

ISAO members gain access to SophosLabs Intelix for rapid analysis of known and zero-day cybersecurity threats

CEO Michael Fraser (pictured) and his team will remain with the company to help Sophos provide DevSecOps automation resources to customers embracing “IT-as-code” approaches to system management.

Two acquisitions announced earlier this month are both designed to help the company provide a more complete view of threat activity by consolidating and cross-referencing input from a wider range of data sources.

Deal Expands the Sophos Portfolio of Detection and Response Solutions and Services for Underprotected Server and Cloud Environments

The new product, unveiled alongside a cross-vendor security framework, combines data from multiple Sophos and third-party systems to identify and block sophisticated attacks that any one of those platforms might miss on its own.

The vendor’s new XGS Series appliances contain a secondary processor that frees up capacity on the core CPU, enabling the devices to check encrypted traffic for hidden malware at dramatically faster speeds.

Available now at no extra cost, the new feature helps organizations identify and fix weaknesses in containerized applications at a time when use of containers is growing rapidly.

Version 8.0 of the vendor’s Unified Data Protection solution adds integration with Sophos Intercept X to the product’s on-premises software edition, and lets users backup Nutanix Files, Nutanix Objects, and Oracle databases.

A native ARM64 version of the vendor’s Intercept X endpoint protection system, due in the second half of the year, will secure an emerging class of thin, light, and fanless Windows 10 devices with continuous 4G and 5G cellular connections.

Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today announced that it has been named a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Numbering Authority (Read More

Seeking to promote collaboration and transparency in the fight against cybercrime, the vendor has made four AI-powered tools developed in its labs freely available to researchers, fellow vendors, and security service providers.

Comprehensive Report Provides 3D View of Cyberattack Trends from SophosLabs Researchers, as well as from Sophos’ Threat Hunters, Rapid Responders, and Cloud Security and AI Experts

Called Sophos Rapid Response, the new offering provides flat-rate assistance with ransomware strikes, deeply embedded malware, and other urgent threats for 45-day periods without ongoing contracts or retainers.

Strong demand for managed security help from businesses with work-from-home employees has MSPs reporting growth, according to Sophos, which has seen membership in its MSP partner program grow 30% since April and MSP billings rise 56%.

Sophos, a global leader in network and endpoint security, today announced two new appointments to its senior sales leadership team. Sophos has promoted Erin Malone to senior vice president of sales for Americas. Kevin Isaac has joined Sophos as senior vice president of sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Provided at no extra cost, the new functionality turns Cloud Optix into an unusual hybrid mix of security system and remote management tool.

Ransomware and malware, exposed data, compromised accounts, and cryptojacking to blame; GDPR shows promise with Europeans suffering least

Available now at no extra cost in select editions of Sophos’s Intercept X system for endpoints and servers, the upgraded product includes tools for detecting indicators of compromise and mitigating them through a command line management interface.

New integration eliminates the need for disparate solutions by tightly integrating AI-powered cybersecurity with award-winning backup and disaster recovery to protect backups from cyberattacks and data loss
Alliance extends the protection of backups to cloud and SaaS data with Arcserve Cloud Backup for Office 365 and Arcserve UDP Cloud Hybrid Secured by Sophos

Global survey shows average cost of recovery is $1.4 million if organizations pay ransom, $730,000 if they don’t

SophosLabs reports on Maze ransomware techniques that increase pressure to pay

In the completion of deals announced late last year and early this one, Sophos has been formally acquired by Thoma Bravo and Veeam has been bought by Insight Partners.

The new feature, one of several updates to the vendor’s next-generation firewall offering, is designed to let organizations dynamically inspect encrypted network traffic for cloaked malware without slowing system performance.

The new product, which updates and replaces the vendor’s Sophos Mobile Security solution, protects Chromebooks and other Chrome OS devices in addition to Android and iOS hardware.

Members of the vendor’s MSP Connect partner program can now purchase Sophos Managed Threat Response and Sophos Cloud Optix at pay-as-you-go rates that align with recurring revenue cash flow models.

New Features and Capabilities Showcased at AWS re:Invent 2019

Sophos 2020 Threat Report shows how cyberattackers are raising the stakes in ransomware, increasing stealth in malicious Android apps, exploiting misconfiguration in the cloud, and abusing machine learning

Valued at some $3.9 billion, the deal would add another major security vendor to the private equity firm’s investment portfolio, which already includes Barracuda Networks and Continuum, both of which offer extensive lineups of security solutions.

Intelligent Cloud Visibility and Security for AWS Customers Earns Sophos “Technology Partner of the Year” from AWS Partner Network

The managed threat hunting, detection, and response service is designed to let users of the vendor’s Intercept X endpoint security solution combine that system’s behavior-based AI with expertise from skilled analysts to act on threats faster and more effectively.

The vendors plan to help organizations shield backup files from cyber-attacks more effectively by integrating anti-ransomware software from Sophos with disaster recovery and availability offerings from Arcserve.

Sophos†(LSE: SOPH), a global leader in network and endpoint security, announced the findings of its global survey,†The Impossible Puzzle of Cybersecurity, which reveals IT managers are inundated with cyberattacks coming from all directions and are struggling to keep up due to a lack of securit

The vendor will combine Rook Security’s threat detection, investigation, and response capabilities with MDR platform technologies acquired earlier this year with DarkBytes to deliver MDR services through its partners.

Technicians can now initiate remote support sessions from directly within the Sophos Mobile interface.

The presales technical staff, partner success team, and additional channel account executives will be among several measures this year aimed at helping traditional product-oriented resellers become security service providers.

Called Cloud Optix, the new system is designed to help organizations identify and protect workloads in public cloud computing environments, and keep them in compliance with internal and external policies.

A new study published during this year’s RSA Conference suggests that attackers are replacing “spray and pray” techniques with active adversary assaults against servers, networks, and mobile devices in high-value verticals.

The new integration, which is available at no additional charge to users of both products, lets organizations apply policy-based access controls to mobile devices automatically in response to real-time mobile threat data.

The update, which closes the last gap in Central’s support for Sophos offerings, allows partners to manage all of the Sophos offerings they use through a single consolidated management interface.

Drawing on artificial intelligence, the Avid Secure platform provides visibility into cloud workloads and automates compliance and governance tasks.

The latest version of the vendor’s next-generation firewall also comes with a free, lightweight centralized management tool, enhanced intrusion prevention capabilities, and new support for Chromebooks.

Sophos†(LSE: SOPH) has launched its†2019 Threat Report providing insights into emerging and evolving†cybersecurity trends.†The report, produced by†SophosLabs†researchers, explores changes in the threat landscape over the past 12 months, uncovering trends and how they are expected to impact cybersecurity in 2019.

Available now through an early access program, the new addition to the vendor’s next-generation endpoint security solution allows users to analyze suspicious files and get targeted advice on responding to them from the SophosLabs threat intelligence database.

The system includes server-specific versions of the next-generation, deep learning-based predictive security features found in the original endpoint edition of Intercept X.

Duo Beyond’s Trusted Endpoints integrated with Sophos Mobile enables granular access management policies for enhanced BYOD security

Equipped with deep learning technology that enables it to block never-before-seen attacks, the system adds an online option to an email security portfolio that had previously relied solely on locally deployed firewalls and appliances.

According to Vice President of Global Channels Kendra Krause (pictured), the security vendor hopes to extend already solid results in all three areas during its 2019 fiscal year.

Unveiled in Barcelona at this week’s Mobile World Congress event, Sophos Mobile 8 adds support for devices running Apple’s MacOS operating system to a solution that enables consolidated administration of Windows and mobile endpoints as well.

The latest edition of Intercept X includes new malware detection functionality powered by a deep learning engine, as well as an extensive series of new anti-exploit safeguards.

Working in coordination with Sophos endpoint security software, the system scrutinizes network traffic streams in real time for previously unidentified and potentially dangerous software, so technicians can classify and block it if necessary.

The vendor also announced that Sophos Server Protection now supports Microsoft Azure server instances, and can coordinate defensive measures with Sophos XG Firewall on Azure.

Originally developed for use with Intercept X, the security vendor’s next-generation end point protection solution, CryptoGuard identifies ransomware attacks in real time, shuts them down, and automatically rolls impacted files back to their pre-encrypted state.

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The new Sophos Mobile 7 supports Internet of Things devices and integrates with Sophos Central, the security vendor’s consolidated cross-application management interface.

The company plans to combine Invincea’s signature-less solution with new technology developed internally in a forthcoming end point security solution to be released by the end of this year.

Based on software the security vendor acquired late last year, the new system enables channel pros to run automated phishing tests informed by real-time threat intelligence, and then provide automated training to users who flunk.

OXFORD, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwired – Dec 20, 2016) – Sophos (LSE: SOPH)

Qualifying managed service providers can now pay for the recently introduced endpoint protection solution the same way they bill customers: via recurring monthly fees rather than flat upfront payments.

Named Intercept X, the new system aims to prevent ransomware and advanced exploits rather than merely detect them.

Sophos Email offers advanced security for cloud-based business email applications such as Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Exchange 2013, and Google Apps for Work.

The newly released Sophos Wireless works together with the Sophos Central management platform and Sophos access points to simplify WLAN security.

By encrypting all of an organization’s files by default, the new system enhances security while relieving technicians of data classification and end user training burdens.

Designed to align the way Sophos supports MSPs with the way MSPs support their customers, the new program allows qualified partners to pay for licenses via monthly recurring fees for the first time.

The survey of IT professionals shows ongoing security challenges as businesses fail to take full advantage of encryption technology.

With the new Sophos XG Firewall with Security Heartbeat, IT organizations can benefit from advanced threat protection capabilities.

The acquisition enables Sophos to add cloud-based email security to Sophos Cloud.

The new solution expands Sophos Cloud to a comprehensive security platform designed to protect desktops, laptops, mobile phones, tablets, and now servers.

The New Sophos distribution-only model brings aggressive pricing, training, and resources for D&H VARs.

The new program offers onboarding and technical support and direct access to senior-level engineers.

As Kerio Workspace 2.0 enables customers to collaborate and share documents, the new Sophos security layer helps protect shared mission-critical business data by stopping malware and potentially harmful embedded code.

According to the terms of the agreement, D&H Distributing will offer Sophos’ threat management and data protections software solutions to SMB-focused VARs in North America.

XDR offers comprehensive protection by integrating data from endpoints, networks, cloud, and identity systems. But how do you choose the right platform?

Unlock the potential of IT vendor training programs to sharpen your team’s skills, boost client trust, and differentiate your MSP.

Join ChannelPro’s Joel Zaidspiner and Ray Lyons live at Right of Boom in Las Vegas speaking with AvePoint, Pax 8, Sophos, and Netarx.

Our Vendor Preference Guide eliminates the guesswork by highlighting vendors that MSPs actually trust and recommend—not just the ones with the biggest marketing budgets.

ThreatLocker Launches New Solutions, LastPass Brings Significant Partner Program Updates, Zoom introduces Zoom Up Services Program, and more.

Veeam’s big MSP play: AI, security, and the future of backup. Are you ready?

NetSuite expands its AI capabilities for improved efficiency, Cynet appoints a new CEO, Jabra launches the PanaCast 40 VBS, and more.

In the news this week: LogMeIn Returns as GoTo’s IT Portfolio Brand, INKY Introduces New Generative AI Capabilities, Barracuda Unveils Advancements to Email Protection, and more.

Learn about the impact and benefits of major career moves in the managed IT industry.

Get insights on the significant acquisition of CompTIA by H.I.G. Capital and Thoma Bravo and its impact on the channel.

Navigate the challenges of this evolving sector. Learn how MSPs can address cybersecurity, cloud computing, and other tech concerns.

Gain insights into the rise of insider threats targeting government contractors. Learn valuable strategies to enhance cybersecurity defenses.

The ASCII Group, a community of independent Managed Service Providers (MSPs) across North America, has announced the winners of the 2024 ASCII Cup. This award recognizes technology companies that have […]

Click to learn more about key partnerships, new capabilities, and benefits for your MSP from these announcements.

Get ahead of the competition with our partner news and industry insights. These announcements can drive smarter decisions.

Find out which vendors earned honors at the ASCII Edge 2024 MSP conference at the Hilton St. Louis Frontenac.

ConnectWise CEO steps down, Cynomi snags a channel celebrity, and other big career moves in the IT industry.

Learn more about the recent ASCII Edge Conference in Toronto and the channel vendors that took home gold.

Stay competitive in the dynamic MSP and IT landscape with our news roundup of the latest channel announcements for Aug. 12-16.

Stay informed and competitive in the MSP landscape with ChannelPro’s roundup of the week’s top channel announcements and industry trends for Aug. 5-9.

Check out the full list of the event’s most popular vendors.

Here are some ways IT services providers can work in advance to mitigate the financial and reputational risks of data breaches.

Join ChannelPro’s traveling reporter Joel Zaidspiner at the 2024 RSA Conference in San Francisco.

Hiring new cybersecurity analysts to keep up with customer growth and the latest cyberthreats was a top challenge for IT services providers, the report found.

After two days of dynamic collaboration and learning, this year’s ASCII Edge event in Denver culminated with the much-anticipated announcement of award winners.

Sophos offers key advice on how MSPs can equip their SMB customers to counter the most pressing threats with confidence.

Click to stay up-to-date with key staffing changes in the IT services industry in Q2 of 2024.

New Jersey was the latest stop on the road show that seeks to help services providers grow their businesses by investigating new recurring revenue opportunities, exploring new partnerships, and learning about the latest industry trends.

The final list includes more than 300 marketers from various companies across the IT and telecom channel ecosystem.

The 40-year-old membership-based community of independent North American managed service providers stopped in Texas as part of its ASCII Edge series of events.

An MSP should evaluate new or alternative solutions to see if they can enhance your stack, allowing you to better defend your customers and/or grow your margins.

The vendors were awarded for their unwavering commitment in partnering with the ASCII community for 20 years or more.

The ASCII group introduces the Channel Legacy Partnership Awards at ASCII Edge Events 2024.

Cyber preparedness has never been more critical for SMBs and IT services providers must help their customers become incident-ready

The Computer Hardware and Semiconductors industry contained the most open source vulnerabilities classified as high risk, followed by Manufacturing, Industrials and Robotics.

Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cyber security as a service, today announced that Kris Hagerman has stepped down as its CEO and will serve as an advisor […]

In the second of our new technical thought leadership series, Sophos X-Ops takes a detailed look at anti-ransomware techniques.

From intensifying threats to nationwide talent shortages, it’s become increasingly difficult for organizations to manage cybersecurity on their own. Here’s why — and what they can do instead.

Partner program news from HP and HPE; alliances for Veeam, Sophos, Syncro, and Acronis; a salvo of upgrades from GoTo; and comforting evidence that Americans aren’t the world’s only lazy tourists are among the many stories we’re finally telling you about.

ThreatScan Data from 1.3 Million Emails Found that 15% of Messages Already Scanned by Companies’ Legacy Security Software Still Contained Threats.

Security updates from Acronis, Sophos, Huntress, and others, hardware updates from HP, Zyxel, and ViewSonic, and a new post-graduate degree for people determined to be unemployable are among the many recent stories we’ve just now gotten to.

AI updates from Google, access points from Sophos, a gaming handheld from Lenovo (just in time for Christmas), and an extremely casual group bike outing in Philadelphia are among the many stories we’ve finally, belatedly, told you about.

MSPs leveraging Barracuda’s full XDR stack will be able to offer the new Barracuda Cyber Warranty to their SMB customers.

Recent cybersecurity research from Sophos finds that adversaries are speeding up and defenders are struggling to keep pace.

Belated security news from the RSA Conference, a google/JumpCloud alliance, goodies from GoTo, and a group bike ride event in Philadelphia that once seen can never be unseen are among this week’s we-finally-got-there stories.

New security AI from Microsoft, a new alliance between Evo Security and Solutions Granted, a new channel chief for NinjaOne, and a lost then found giant red spoon are just a few of the stories we’re finally bringing you.

Hybrid and remote work persist in 2023, but many organizations are still struggling to secure their multicloud and hybrid cloud environments. MSPs can help bridge the gap.

Called ThreatSync and provided at no extra cost to users of selected WatchGuard products, the new system is designed to simplify and automate a technology that MSPs too small for an in-house SOC often struggle to deliver.

The XaaS/IaaS business is about building more meaningful relationships with channel partners that lead to a deeper understanding of your MSP customers, the industry, and your business.

If you’re not behind bars when you see this, things could be worse. But things are about to get better in a hurry once you hear Matt, Rich, and guest host Henry Timm, of Phantom Technology Solutions, discuss two new enterprise-grade firewalls that Sophos says could be right for SMBs too, why Mac management is a profit-booster many MSPs ignore, and ChannelPro‘s Vendors on the Vanguard list for 2023.

New laptops from Apple and Lenovo, security goodness from Keeper and Trend Micro, another integration for Gradient MSP, and an unexpected use for ugly sweaters—foiling AI—are a few of the embarrassingly many stories we’re just now bringing your way.

Unlike competing single-vendor services, the Canadian master MSP’s recently introduced offering merges outsourced monitoring and management with best-of-breed products from enterprise-oriented vendors like Elastic, Qualys, and SentinelOne.

Data center gear from Lenovo and Dell, firewall upgrades from Sophos, backup cost cutting tech from MSP360, and an eminently fair solution to an election conundrum are among the many stories we’re at long last bringing to your attention.

The last stop on 2022’s six-city, two-day conference series designed for managed service providers and integrators serving SMBs featured a lineup of trending educational topics delivered by industry thought leaders.

A little shame in your life isn’t a problem. Piles of the stuff is a different story.

The six-city, two-day conference series designed for managed service providers and integrators headed to the Mid-Atlantic region with a lineup of trending educational topics delivered by industry thought leaders.

When enabled by a technician, the new and optional feature prevents users from accidentally or intentionally deleting protected data for the duration of a pre-defined retention period.

Attendees at a two-part online “Battle Royale” hosted next week by IT network and marketplace Channel Program will help select this year’s finalists in ConnectWise’s annual competition for startup makers of MSP software.

The six-city, two-day conference series headed south to North Carolina’s “Queen City” with a lineup of educational sessions addressing the top issues and trends managed service providers and integrators care about.

Security news from Microsoft, Sophos, and Arcserve, a new channel EVP for Kaseya, and the scariest looking virtual assistant ever made are just some of the many stories we waited way, way too long to tell you about this week.

The agreement arms partners to include devices like Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Go 2 (pictured) in solution bundles alongside Microsoft 365 and accompanying services for the first time.

The partner program that the security awareness training vendor launched last week, its first, is part of a broader effort to adopt a partner-led sales model, according to channel chief Tim Acker (pictured).

New hardware from Lenovo, Supermicro, and Arcserve, secure record sharing from Keeper Security, and the perfect belated Father’s Day gift for the dad who loves booze made with invasive aquatic species are a few of stories we’ve finally gotten around to.

D&H’s four-day tech conference in Hershey, Pa., gathered 600-plus channel partners and highlighted trends in cybersecurity, hybrid work, digital transformation, SMB devices, and more

Live from the show floor in Miami, Joel Zaidspiner speaks with Probax, Scale Computing, and Sophos at Ingram Micro’s first in-person Cloud Summit since 2019.

The threat intelligence startup hopes to convince MSPs that solutions capable of anticipating attacks before they happen are as important as systems that protect, detect, and respond to attacks already launched.

The six-city, two-day conference series rode southwest into Dallas with a lineup of educational sessions addressing the top issues and trends managed service providers and integrators care about.

The new release aims to ease and accelerate threat analysis by delivering a comprehensive, real-time view of emerging risks, unfolding attacks, and other activity based on data from Kaspersky’s own feeds and a variety of third-party sources.

When shipped later this year, the new offering will let MSPs outsource monitoring and management of Cytracom’s recently introduced ControlOne solution to a third-party SIEM staffed by experienced security analysts.

The six-city, two-day conference series headed west to Chicago, featuring a lineup of educational sessions addressing the top issues and trends managed service providers and integrators care about.

The change of ownership from one private equity investor to another will mean accelerated growth for Barracuda but “business as usual” for its partners, according to CEO Hatem Naguib (pictured).

The two-day event features thought leadership and educational sessions designed to keep IT solution providers at the forefront of cybersecurity.

Chips from AMD, resources from NVIDIA, peer groups ASCII, billing software from Zomentum, and a big fat pay day for a lucky person who’s mom didn’t throw away all his comic books are a few of the stories we’ve just now gotten around to.

Five exhibitors at ChannelPro’s first conference of the year—Axcient, Dark Cubed, Gradient MSP, Kaseya, and Quickpass—all have cross-product or cross-vendor data sharing on their near-term product roadmaps.

The six-city, two-day conference series opened in Newark, N.J., and featured a line-up of educational sessions that addressed the top issues managed service providers and integrators care about.

The recently introduced enhancements are the latest changes to a product family designed for a new generation of cloud-oriented MSPs.

New mobile hardware from Lenovo and Samsung, new vPro chips from Intel, new security software from Microsoft, and a new tool for exacting revenge on noisy neighbors are among the many stories we’ve finally gotten around to sharing with you.

The new product, ThreatLocker’s first to focus on hardware rather than software, uses locally installed agents to provide safe, short-term network access to trusted devices, in real time and without help from VPN connections.

ChannelPro’s in-person, six-city tour offers IT integrators, managed services providers, consultants, and VARs two days of educational content designed to help drive business growth.

Mmmm, nothing beats the intoxicating aroma of good salesmanship. Listen to Matt, Rich, guest host Lisa Shorr (of Secure Future Tech Solutions and Shorr Success) speak with sales expert Keith Lubner (of Sales Gravy), and you’ll see what we mean.

Help for frontline workers from Microsoft, new execs for Intel, Datto, and Pax8, and a nifty new mafia-busting use case for Google Maps are among the stories we’re bringing your way just in time for the weekend.

The forecast for this episode? Continuing business-building insights and information with pockets of fun. That’s courtesy of Matt, Rich, and returning guest host Dave Seibert, of channel pro IT Innovators and the SMB TechFest event series.

The full-day virtual event armed attendees with strategies for hiring in today’s job market, securing remote and hybrid workers, making money in post-endpoint managed services, and more.

A new “Inspector” aims to help MSPs simplify management, accounting, and reporting by automatically collecting detailed security, licensing, and billing information from Vade for M365 and then feeding it to the Liongard system’s consolidated interface.

Bring your own…pitchfork? Poodle? Pompadour? You’ll just have to listen to this week’s show to find out. Luckily for you, you’ll also hear Matt, Rich, and returning guest host Rory Sanchez, of True Digital Security, discuss the new stand-alone small business edition of Microsoft Teams, Poly’s desk phone trade-in program, research from Auvik revealing the future of SMB networking, and evidence from Sophos and Trend Micro that security vendors are all-in on cloud.

The ChannelPro SMB Online Forum West gathered MSPs, IT consultants, VARs, and integrators to discuss business strategies and technology trends for a changing workplace.

The ChannelPro SMB Forum Mid-Atlantic gathered MSPs, IT consultants, VARs, and integrators to discuss business strategies and technology trends for a changing workplace.

If there’s one thing channel pros serious about growth have in common, its killer penguin investigations. At least we think that’s what they’re all tracking on their dashboards. Maybe Ken Pecot, COO of The 20, can set us all straight on that.

The ChannelPro Network is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 SMB All-Star Awards. The only awards program of its kind in the channel, the ChannelPro SMB All-Stars recognizes a select group of IT hardware, software, and service vendors whose products, programs, and initiatives have made a significant impact on the SMB channel in the last 12 months, as determined by The ChannelPro Network editorial team.

What constitutes a significant impact? Some factors include:

New thinking on cybersecurity policies, processes, people and products are necessary for organizations to reverse perceptions, and perhaps realities, that they are falling behind in their preparedness, a new report from CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce, asserts.

The partnership brings single source, communications technology provider to TBI’s partner community.

A new generation of extended detection and response (XDR) solutions is taking endpoint detection and response to the next level.

The ChannelPro SMB Forum New England gathered MSPs, IT consultants, VARs, and integrators to discuss business strategies and technology trends for a changing workplace.

Big security commitments from Google and Microsoft, big (as in wide) printers from Epson, big gaming monitors from ViewSonic, and a real estate listing with a big, if unusual, kitchen amenity are among the stories we’ve finally gotten around to reporting.

The new Arcserve N Series, which combines Arcserve’s own UDP platform with products from Nutanix and Sophos, is designed to meet a wide range of backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery needs through a single, all-in-one SKU.

CryptoStopper provides ransomware protection by automatically detecting and stopping actively running ransomware attacks.

The first “”Cloud PCs”” from Microsoft, an XDR alliance from Exabeam, acquisitions by Ivanti and its Wavelink unit, and an Olympics equestrian course that stops horses in their tracks are a few of the many stories we have finally managed to tell you about.

The Cybersecurity Online Summit featured a full day of live sessions to help MSPs and IT solution providers tackle tough challenges to keep SMB customers safe while growing their business.

Autonomous breach protection leader Cynet plants Boston roots with new stateside hires

Readers of ChannelPro magazine and The ChannelPro Network select winners in hardware, software, services, and more.

If you like extended detection and response (XDR) solutions, you’ll probably like extra extra extended detection and response solutions even more. You’ll also probably enjoy hearing Matt, Rich, and guest host Bruce McCully, of Galactic Advisors, discuss the new XDR technologies from Sophos, the new file sync and share software from Acronis, and the new reporting and billing reconciliation software from ConnectWise.†

Apps for Zoom, private equity money for ScalePad, a new alliance between Splashtop and Addigy, and a new option for eco-conscious cocaine buyers are among the many stories we took our sweet time bringing you this week.

The result for partners, the now independent, publicly-traded company says, will be increased investment in products and MSP success.

A new CEO for Acronis, new acquisitions for Sophos and HPE, and a poorly timed fast-food stop during a police chase are a few of the stories we’ve finally managed to bring your way.

The ChannelPro SMB Forum Southeast gathered MSPs, IT consultants, VARs, and integrators to discuss business strategies and technology trends for a post-pandemic future.

A new XaaS configuration tool and outsourced help desk service are the latest additions to an integrated set of offerings designed to help traditional VARs replace one-time product sales with service-oriented recurring revenue.

15 months after its launch, CompTIA’s ambitious security information sharing and analysis organization is issuing some 50 actionable alerts a month to over 1,120 members based on expert analysis of threat intelligence from across the industry.

Speaking at the vendor’s IT Nation Secure event today, VP of Cybersecurity Initiatives Jay Ryerse (pictured) warned attendees that channel pros without security expertise are losing clients to more skilled peers in a process set to accelerate in the years ahead.

— D&H Adds Capabilities to its Growing MSP “Cloud Cluster,”
Plus Augments Professional Services with Disciplines Such as
Help Desk as a Service (HDaaS) and Managed Device Services —

Product previews from Apple WWDC, a new name for Windows Virtual Desktop, new virtual data protection software from Datto, and a new safety device for “”smartphone zombies”” are all among this week’s better-late-than-never news updates.

ChannelPro made its return to in-person regional events in the Lone Star state where MSPs, IT consultants, VARs, and integrators gathered to discuss business strategies for a post-pandemic future.

By storing files exclusively in the cloud instead of locally as well, Axcient says, the new solution protects against ransomware while providing anytime, anywhere access to data from mobile devices and affordable PCs with limited storage capacity.

A panel of industry thought leaders at CompTIA’s recent community meetings examined the impact of 2020’s events on DEI initiatives and why sustainability is key to success.

Give your cloud assets a seat at the security table

Give your cloud assets a seat at the security table

Give your cloud assets a seat at the security table

Give your cloud assets a seat at the security table

Get ready for a sucker punch of IT news, views, and insights. Joined by guest host Vince Tinnirello, of Anchor Network Solutions, Matt and Rich chew over IT Glue buying TruMethods, Pax8 buying Sea-Level Operations, Sophos entering the XDR market, and Cytracom adding team texting to its UCaaS solution. Then your hosts catch up with Darren Gottesmann of Ingram Micro for a look at the crazy year behind us and the “golden age” we may be entering now.

With an expanded schedule of cities, ChannelPro launched its 2021 tour to help MSPs, IT consultants, VARs, and integrators successfully position themselves for the future.

Actually, SCSI is an interface. Not sure who this bear is. Neither are Matt, Rich, and returning guest host Dave Seibert of managed service provider IT Innovators and the SMB TechFest event series. They do, however, have plenty to say about the change of channel chief at Microsoft, the latest firewalls from Sophos, the pending SYNNEX/Tech Data merger, and work-from-home security stacks.

Erick and Rich discuss the strategic importance of the latest firewall from Sophos, the strategic wisdom for channel pros of paying attention to customer experience, and the strategic genius of Natty Light’s new alcoholic popsicle.

While there’s no one perfect recipe for protecting remote employees, channel pros have learned a lot in the last year about what works best.

The live, full-day event focused on business-building strategies to take advantage of the latest trends in cloud and managed services.

Security goodies from Keeper, Sophos, and RocketCyber, new execs for BitTitan and NinjaRMM, and the perfect play set for work-from-home drones in training are but a few of the stories we’re finally bringing your way.

The live, full-day event focused on best practices in sales, marketing, operations, financials, and metrics for SMB technology providers.

The need to clear the IoT device security minefield on home office networks is a challenge and an opportunity for channel pros.

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.

14 executives named to Executive Advisory Council

The Cybersecurity Online Summit offered a full day of live sessions to help MSPs and IT solution providers tackle tough challenges to keep SMB customers safe while growing their business.

CES goodies and more CES goodies, including a smart dog collar that tells you what Fido is trying to say when he won’t stop yapping, are overrepresented in the embarrassingly tall stack of stories we waited until now to tell you about.

HCI from MSFT, AWS backup from Veeam, Salesforce and ServiceNow support from TeamViewer, and a new Olympic sport for people who can spin on their head are a few of the stories we really meant to bring your way earlier this week.

ezeep’s new mobile printing app delivers simple and secure printing to optimize business workplace productivity and security

New X Series Appliances combine advanced backup, cybersecurity and disaster recovery (DR) capabilities with over 3PBs of effective capacity to solve for unstoppable data growth, unabated cyber threats and IT disasters

A mammoth acquisition by Salesforce, new cloud goodies from Amazon, new calling features for Microsoft Teams, and a new world record for jet skiing Santas are among the many stories we’re finally sending your way.

Channel pros can now offer bundled combinations of cloud software and professional services on the AWS Marketplace. Those with custom-developed solutions to sell will gain access to a new partner program for developers next month too.

Wouldn’t embracing zero-trust security be easier if Fox Mulder popped up on your PC every time you were about to click a bad link? Matt and Rich think so, as does their guest host, security expert Angela Hogaboom of RSI, Cloud Girls, and the Colorado chapter of Women in CyberSecurity.

ChannelPro’s full-day Online Summit delivered proven best practices, practical instruction, and specific recommendations for creating, selling, delivering, and profiting from managed IT and cloud services.

Erick and Rich dive into the new incident response service from Sophos, knowing when it’s time to pull the plug on a new business strategy, and some Halloween decorations in Dallas that may have taken the holiday spirit a touch too far.

There’s nothing quite like a socially-distanced social gathering, is there? You’ll hear all about it on this week’s show, in which Matt and Rich are joined by co-host Corey Kirkendoll, of 5K Technical Services, as well as their ChannelPro teammate Joel Zaidspiner, who has the inside scoop on the latest Channel Strong road tour of America.

Version 6.7 of the product also includes geo-fencing functionality, the ability to enforce automated defensive measures on potentially compromised MacOS endpoints, and compliance reporting for both Macs and USB storage devices.

Shiny new phones from Apple, shiny new security tech from Untangle, McAfee, and Palo Alto, and a shiny new baby boy who delivered himself without medical assistance are among the stories we’re belatedly sneaking in before the weekend.

Looking for the SaaS app no business can resist? Matt, Rich, and guest host Sitima Fowler, of MSP Iconic IT, have it for you.

Erick and Rich examine the evolution of Sophos Cloud Optix into a hybrid security/management tool, the importance of using all your PSA system’s integration capabilities, and proof that artificial intelligence still can’t match the human kind sometimes.

Mmm, there’s nothing like the taste of farm fresh CloudBerry. Just ask Matt, Rich, and guest host Randolph Carnegie, managing director of Chicago-based IT provider Ken-Kor Consulting.

Gradually, in a series of changes rolled out over the last 12 months, the SMB security vendor has reinvented itself as a provider of comprehensive managed detection and response services for endpoints, networks, and cloud applications.

The Distributor Assembles a Roster of Guides, Checklists, and Marketing Brochure Templates, Plus an On-Demand Webcast to Help Partners Develop Long-term Recovery Plans for Their SMB Clients

Shiny new endpoints from Google and Apple, shiny new access points from Aruba and NETGEAR, and an ingenious criminal scheme involving an apparently well-trained cat are just a few of the stories we’ve finally found time to bring you.

During this day-long virtual event, cybersecurity experts and practitioners shared best practices for keeping businesses safe in the midst of the pandemic and for the future workplace.

Initially spearheaded by ConnectWise, the group now known as the CompTIA ISAO will strive to protect channel pros, vendors, and their customers from cybercrime by collecting and disseminating details about the latest threats.

New features for Windows Virtual Desktop, new security software from Sophos and Avast Business, CompTIA’s 2020 Spotlight Award winners, and a finger lickin’ good pair of Crocs are just some of the stories we took our sweet time bringing to you this week.

The new offering, which supplements the vendor’s GravityZone and other security solutions, is designed to help MSPs manage a never-ending torrent of alerts more effectively by offloading some of that task to an experienced third-party.

Visualizations of User/Host Relationships, Live Data Updates, and Quick Onboarding of Cloud Data Sources Make for a Powerful Security Analyst Experience

Hardware-as-a-service from Zoom, virtualization management help from SolarWinds, and a new high water mark in the globe’s ongoing hunt for stupid ways to spend $4,000 are just a few of the many stories we’ve finally gotten around to sending your way.

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.

Acquisitions by Microsoft and Intel, deeper ties between Sophos and Arcserve, and some family-unfriendly ersatz baseball spectators are among the stories we finally managed to sneak in before the holiday weekend.

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

New leaders for HPE, new chips from Intel, a new channel chief for Nutanix, and a failed attempt at ATM robbery involving a monkey (because slow news week) are all among the stories we’ve just now managed to bring your way.

UltraWarm offers a new, highly performant warm storage tier for Amazon Elasticsearch Service that enables customers to keep more log data accessible for a longer period of time at one-tenth the cost of existing options

Sophos, Asurion, and SparkPost among customers using UltraWarm

E-cycling. Coaching. If you’re doing them the way Matt, Rich, and guest host Scott Beck, of Canadian MSP BeckTek, recommend there should be no sweating involved and no one in a track suit barking at you. Tune in to this week’s episode to get the lowdown not just on e-cycling used hardware and Tech Data’s free professional coaching program, but the latest financing offers from D&H and a new cloud/security suite from Zix and AppRiver.†

With an expanded schedule of cities for 2020, ChannelPro has launched its “Game Theory” tour to help MSPs, IT consultants, VARs, and integrators win big in business.

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.

Drawing on an IP address reputation index from Webroot, Untangle’s next-generation firewall now automatically blocks access to dangerous web sites, adding another layer of security to existing web filtering and virus protection capabilities.

The IoT Security Services Association holds the first of six one-day Cyber Security Expos in Houston, gathering IT service providers and security experts for networking and education.

Officially announced during Auvik’s Frankly MSP Live partner conference, the new functionality lets Liongard partners import detailed information about routers, switches, and other network devices into their consolidated documentation data repository.

San Diego, California – January 15, 2020 – SaaSMAX Corp., the place where Technology Channel Executives come to fast-track their reseller channel programs, announced today that Stephen Orenberg will be joining SaaSMAX’s Strategic Advisory Board.

The blockbuster deal, which is the latest in a wave of private equity investments involving leading vendors, is valued at approximately $5 billion.

New Arm-based versions of Amazon EC2 M, R, and C instance families, powered by new AWS-designed Graviton2 processors, delivering up to 40% improved price/performance over comparable x86-based instances

New Amazon EC2 machine learning instance, featuring AWS-designed Inferentia chips, offer high performance and the lowest cost machine learning inference in the cloud

AWS Compute Optimizer machine learning-powered instance recommendation engine makes it easy to choose the right compute resources

AWS Transit Gateway now supports native IP multicast protocol, integrates with SD-WAN partners to enable easier and faster connectivity between customers’ branch offices and AWS, and provides a new capability to make it much easier to manage and monitor their global network from a single pane of glass

VPC Ingress Routing allows customers to easily deploy third-party appliances in their VPC for specialized networking and security functions

Wrapping up its highest attendance year ever, ChannelPro hosted MSPs, IT consultants, VARs, and integrators for a full day of business building and networking.

Announced by CEO Jason Magee (pictured), the blockbuster deals add BDR, security, and documentation to a lineup that already included RMM, PSA, quoting, and remote control, positioning ConnectWise to offer one of the industry’s most complete portfolios for MSPs.

The sprawling new product family includes a multi-layered edge and endpoint security solution, a purpose-built data protection infrastructure system, and a set of APIs and developer tools for connecting third-party solutions and services to those systems.

D&H Delivers Unique Seminar Content, Emerging Tech, and engagement to a New Geography of Partners, Including a kynote from Renowned Marketing Expert Jay Baer

Under newly enacted rules of engagement associated with a larger partner recruitment drive, the vendor’s reseller partners will share a common deal registration system with its field sales team when pursuing deals involving outsourced SOC services.

Growing fast in strategic markets like cloud computing and pro AV, the now 101-year-old distributor exuded a palpable sense of confidence at last week’s Technology Conference Mid-West.

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

HP executive Gordon Pelosse leads board of world’s leading technology industry association

New service aggregates security alerts from disparate sources and conducts continuous compliance checks, giving customers a single place to manage security and compliance
GoDaddy, HERE, The Pokémon Company International, Rackspace, Frame.io, Edmunds, and Move Inc. among the more than 3,000 customers processing more than 150,000,000 security findings using AWS Security Hub to date

Remote control capabilities can now be leveraged through TeamViewer-supported Mobile Device Management and Enterprise Mobility Management platforms

Part of a larger effort to enable everything-as-a-service business models, the new platform helps partners create, sell, and bill for subscription-priced solution bundles that combine software and hardware with their own managed services.

The competitive landscape of the global†unified threat management market†is highly fragmented with a plethora of players operating across the globe, says Transparency Market Research (TMR). Prominent players are emphasizing on integrating customized solutions for virtual & cloud-based environments to gain an edge in the unified threat management market.

The onetime printer/copier vendor is eight years into a journey toward delivering comprehensive technology services, with its legacy print dealers along for the ride. Will IT-oriented channel pros be invited to participate as well?

The vendor plans to bundle its new phishing simulation and end user education platform together with its flagship dark web monitoring service, and offer both at prices it says are significantly below what many MSPs currently pay for dark web protection alone.

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.

CTA expands member base to 23 companies adding NETSCOUT Arbor, Panda Security, and SecureBrain and welcomes industry veterans NTT Security Americas CEO John Petrie, Rapid7 CEO Corey Thomas and Sophos CTO Joe Levy to the 2019 Board of Directors to advance information sharing throughout the private sector

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 newest addition to the ConnectWise product family, which currently provides centralized control over cloud computing solutions, will soon perform similar functions for backup and security solutions from ConnectWise’s vendor partners.

The newest edition of the vendor’s PhishLine product family targets organizations with under 1,000 employees, extending the range of offerings in a portfolio that now includes multiple editions scaled and priced appropriately for different sized organizations.

The move completes Pax8’s lineup of Symantec cloud security solutions.

Webroot joins the value-added cloud distributor’s curated list of SaaS security offerings from Symantec, Sophos, IBM, and others.

Designed to help businesses embrace cloud computing without exposing themselves to threats on-premises security solutions can miss, the system is the latest addition to Pax8’s portfolio of Symantec offerings.

Strongarm, Percipient’s flagship product, will beef up the anti-phishing and anti-malware capabilities of WatchGuard’s network security platform and Total Security Suite bundle.

The deal adds the Avast Business security portfolio to the line card of a distributor owned and operated by Temprano Techvestors, which helps eastern and southern European software vendors bring their products to North American buyers.

The cloud business application vendor’s Intermedia Email Protection offering now comes with six different safeguards against one of today’s most rampant threats at no additional cost.

Securecast’s attack simulation and end user education tools will power a new solution that integrates with Webroot’s endpoint and DNS protection systems to help businesses teach best practices for avoiding phishing and ransomware threats.

Called Sentinel, the cloud-based system uses artificial intelligence technology to block dangerous messages in real time, and includes domain fraud prevention and end user awareness functionality as well.

The new Acronis Backup 12.5 includes a host of additional enhancements, and is the first release to come in both standard and advanced editions.

New Vice Chair Welson-Rossman from Chariot Solutions & TechGirlz

The software-as-a-service distributor is staffing up and rolling out new resources in support of a channel-growing campaign that’s showing signs of early momentum.

SAN FRANCISCO, February 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ —

Deerfield Beach, FL — (SBWIRE) — 11/07/2016 — Zion Research has published a new report titled “Cloud Security (Public Cloud, Private Cloud and Hybrid Cloud) Market by Service Type (Data Loss Prevention, Email and Web Security, Cloud Database Security, Cloud IAM, and Others) for Government and Public Utilities, BFSI, IT and Telecommunication, Healthcare and Other Applications – Global Industry Perspective, Comprehensive Analysis, and Forecast, 2014 – 2020” According to the report, global cloud security market was valued at around U

Based on parent company Barracuda’s NextGen Firewall F-Series, the new offering features MSP-friendly monthly subscription pricing.

The one-year and two-year plans let resellers turn BDR purchasing from a capital outlay into an operating expense.

Attendees at the first IT SMB Success Summit selected their favorite vendors in a variety of highly competitive categories.

Attendees of the ChannelPro SMB Forum’s Channel Therapy Tour learned to fuel their companies’ growth and profit from the latest in IT solutions for small and midsize businesses.

Highlights at the Hershey, Pa., event will include a focus on Microsoft Windows 10, Intel’s 6th Gen Core processing, and other innovations.

One-day event will feature more than 60 vendor partners, six seminars, and a K-12 education booth.

The distributor is offering a range of products to equip cloud-enabled office environments with cost-effective, accessible, resource-sharing solutions.

The show will also touch on SMB market developments, the evolution of the Ultrabook market, and Office 2013.

The distributor touts its series of solutions designed to help SMBs address problems related to “bring your own device” network access.

Kerio Control 7.3 comes with automatic support for IPv6 and can be used as an IPv6 router for the network.

Kerio Control 7.2 now comes with QoS management integrated into the interface of the unified threat management firewall appliance.

Android and iOS security holes can cripple your customer’s network with malware. Find out how to turn these security flaws into business opportunities. By Erik Sherman

The company upgrades its UTM server solution and software appliance, building on its WinRoute Firewall innovations.

From sticky-fingered employees to Web-based malware and vulnerable VPNs, security threats lurk. Here’s how to fight back.

UTM appliances provide solid security while maintaining network throughput.