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SMB Nation Webinar Thursday, May 14th, 2020

Presented By: Harry Brelsford , Scot Henley , Susan Krautbauer , Daniel Bartholomew

The coronavirus COVID-19 matter is possibly the ultimate Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) scenario (in many cases). In this panel discussion, we review the role of BYOD in terms of reliability, quality assurance and productivity. Then we talk about the hardware refresh opportunity from both an MSP and OEM point-of-view that MSPs can capitalize on. Next we visit with a not-for-profit about where to recycle and redeploy all of the used computer equipment that is caused both by a refresh and literally a quick trip to your business mini-storage (and that of your clients) to gather surplus equipment to re-deploy to those in need in a kind way!

Bonus – we will do some geeking such as what is the proper way to implement a Remote Management and Monitoring tool to make your support for remote workers possible?

SMB Nation Webinar Tuesday, May 12th, 2020

Presented By: Harry Brelsford, Phelim Rowe, Josh Weiss, Ryan Becker

 First and foremost, it’s essential to set-up a cyber security safe remote office for your own employees and your customers as an MSP. In this session you will be advised of different resources to download and use as you start your stay at home, stay safe and stay SECURE initiatives.

Calling all managed service providers (MSP) who want to efficiently make security a focal point of their portfolio and ensur their business can meet client expectations for data, applications, and systems security and protection.  If this is you be sure and check out Acronis's Cyber Protect, an innovative new cyber protection solution that integrates backup, disaster recovery, next-gen anti-malware, cybersecurity, and endpoint management tools into one service.

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Ingram Micro Inc. announced two new financial services offerings in efforts to solve for the industry cash crunch caused by the COVID-19 crisis. The two service offerings are 90-Days Same as Cash and the Bakers Dozen — for channel partners in the U.S. and Canada.

New figures released by SolarWinds MSP, taken from its global email security traffic findings, reveal an increased spike in threat attacks since the outbreak of COVID-19, with an increase of over 80% in phishing and malware attacks in March 2020. During this timeframe, SolarWinds® Mail Assure has detected and blocked approximately 10 million phishing attacks per week[1] with a filtering accuracy of over 99.999%.[2]

Atera, today announced an integration with Acronis, to enable Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and IT professionals to simply and seamlessly ensure their customers’ data stays safe.

SMB Nation Webinar Wednesday, May 6th, 2020

Presented By: Harry Brelsford and Wayne Turmel

 Everyone is only a few weeks into working remotely and hard realities are landing. Join us as we’ve teamed with Wayne Turmel from The Remote Leadership Institute to answer the basic question: now what? Topics that we will cover include:

SMB Nation Webinar Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020

The impact of the current COVID crisis on IT is unmistakable – the move to the Cloud and remote work scenarios is accelerating rapidly and here to stay.

SMB Nation Webinar Tuesday, April 21st, 2020

COVID-19 outbreak has accelerated the demand for rapid digital transformation even further.

April's Patch Tuesday release contains 113 total CVE numbers addressed, with 19 of them listed as “Critical,” including a fix for a recently announced 0-day vulnerability from March. The “Critical” vulnerabilities affect Windows operating systems, browsers, SharePoint, and Microsoft Dynamics. As always, we recommend testing these patches on a small set of systems before approving them for wider deployment.

SMB Nation members will be pleased to know that long-time friend of the family Amy Luby as landed at Acronis. In her new role, Luby will help Acronis increase its awareness in the IT channel by demonstrating how incorporating cyber protection into their portfolio helps MSPs grow their business and reduce churn.