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As our industry enters the 3rd wave of the cloud, it's both an exciting and a challenging time to be an MSP focused on the cloud. Partners are seeing even higher volumes of cloud adoption, a differentiated focus on security and the mainstreaming of hybrid work models. Accelerated SMB demand in this wave will also drive ITSPs to rapidly expand cloud support, administration and data protection models.

Presented by: Jessica McDowell, Frank Rauch, Harry Brelsford, Russ Schafer

September 14th 11:00am pst

Join Harry Brelsford and guests, September 14^th for a webinar to help you grow your security portfolio,  and manage your business, technological, and marketing needs.  Don’t miss out on this  opportunity.  Register today!

Barracuda Networks has acquired SKOUT Cybersecuriy bringing them into the extended detection and response (XDR) market.  With Barracudas mission to help MSPs with their security journey through their different products SKOUT seems like a great fit. 

MSP360 has released the company’s first-ever RMM solution for managed services providers (MSPs). 

Starting July 1st Patrick Pulvermueller the newly apponted CEO at Acronis will be diving into the world of cyber protection and is bringing his expertise in partner business to the company. Pulvermueller joins Acronis from GoDaddy, where he most recently served as President of the Partner Business. In that role, he led the company’s strategic expansion of its Hosting, Productivity, and Security services through resellers and agency partners. Combining that experience with his product development expertise, Pulvermueller is an expert in developing successful, cloud-based go-to-market strategies, particularly through service providers, resale channels, and strategic alliances. He previously held executive leadership roles as CEO of Host Europe GmbH and Group CEO of Host Europe Group (HEG), where he previously served as Group COO.

SMB Nation Webinar: June 17, 2021

9am PST/11pm CST/12pm EST

Presented By: Harry Brelsford, Mayur Pitamber, and Frank Ohlhorst

It’s happening much faster than forecast: economic recovery and widespread vaccination across the U.S. The slow roll is now a fastball that you’d better catch. Our panel of experts will report on fast emerging opportunities that are driving MSP success. They’ll focus on Experience Communications as a Service (XCaaS), a cloud communications deployment model that erases the boundary between Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) and Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS).

With the number of phishing attemps continuing to rise, N-able announced collaboration with DNSFilter to integrate its cloud-based security solution with N-able^™ N-central^® and RMM, providing MSPs with threat protection and content filtering.  The new embedded

On April 22nd, 2021 N-able (Formerly SolarWinds MSP) announced it has named Mike Adler to serve as its new chief technology and product officer.  Adler has over 20 years of experience in security, mobility, and cloud environments, and has held executive leadership positions at RSA, Constant Contact, and Symantec. 

March 18, 2021 12:00 PM PST

It’s been one year since the NBA shut-down that signaled how profoundly COVID-19 was destined to change American life. Like the NBA and its bubble, businesses found short-term coping solutions. But as we head into year two, it’s clear that remote work, telemedicine, video meetings, and other technologies that enable anywhere, anytime collaboration are permanent features of the landscape.

This webinar is about how MSPs and VARs can become a valued resource for customers and clients navigating the new way of work. We’ll share how partners are solving real-world problems for customers and clients by addressing concerns about compliance, security, and integration.

Acronis unvailed details of the new #CyberFit Partner Program this week. This update to the company’s existing program places increased emphasis on supporting partner development, particularly for cloud-based services, while rewarding service providers and resellers for their expertise, commitment, and growth with Acronis through performance-based benefits and financial compensation.

Danny Brown gives us a firsthand look at AppGallop.  AppGallop is a Cloud Commerce and MarketPlace platform enabling service providers to automate Billing, Provisioning & Subscription management.​  They partner with global brands and emerging cloud

Steve Biondi joined Lenovo at the beginning of 2020.  Despite the roller-coaster of a year, Steve and his team have successfully revamped the Lenovo DCG partner program.  These changes have brought on significant growth for the 2^nd half of the year for Lenovo.  Watch as Harry and Steve chat about Lenovo and what will come in the future.