Massive Hack Hits Continuum... and Other MSP News from October
From product releases to perspectives in the field, here's a recap of top headlines from the month of October.
October 31, 2016
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The Dyn network outage, which was made possible by default login credentials on IoT devices, underscores the responsibility of MSPs to understand and fix security risks like these for their users. Full story.
From DellEMC World in Austin, Texas, some long-time partners hailed the vendor’s commitment to helping them succeed in the SMB space. Full story.
The AWS Certified Solutions Architect topped the list of valuable certifications, according to a new report by training firm Global Knowledge. Full story.
The tool – a version of which is available for free – brings together metrics, logs and metadata from multiple cloud accounts into a single pane of glass. Full story.
Business advice from industry experts. Full story.
James Foxall said targeting managed service providers beyond traditional IT is key to remaining competitive in the crowded PSA space. Full story.
Business advice from industry experts. Full story.
Geographic expansion, vertical market penetration and new solutions development underway at the company. Full story.
Partner alliances of Dell and EMC are being brought together, following completion last month of the $67 billion merger that created the world's largest privately owned IT organization. Full story.
Improving security on the Internet of Things after the Dyn attack means moving beyond password-based authentication. IoT devices can instead use technologies like blockchain to authenticate. Full story.
Failure to change a default setting on a new server caused private patient information to be publicly accessible over the Internet for an entire year. Full story.
Following the Aug. 1 acquisition, Symantec said this week it plans to combine the component efforts into a single alliance program by the end of the fiscal year on March 31, 2017. Full story.
Tigerpaw’s CEO extolled his company’s year-old Tigerpaw One initiative, which discourages partners’ a la carte selection of add-ons and pushes an all-in pricing model. Full story.
Government agencies in the U.S. and internationally are increasingly favoring open source software. MSPs should therefore embrace open source solutions. Full story.
"Partners and solution providers will be a key element of our strategy," a VMware spokesman said. Full story.
The Aug. 4 communication informed partners of a significant attack that resulted in unauthorized administrator accounts being created inside end-client servers. Full story.
Two months after the cyberattack was discovered, the full extent of the damage remains unclear. Full story.
Read the full text of Continuum's statement regarding a cybersecurity breach affecting MSPs and their end clients. Full story.
MSPs can use the container technology to help customers build and deploy new apps, but it remains less useful as a solution for legacy apps. Full story.
SecureVue Cloud is designed for the midmarket and vendor EiQ Networks seeks to partner with MSPs and VARs to drive sales. Full story.
The idea is for the servers to exist in the background, as a resource that scales up or down automatically, according to the application's needs. Full story.
Nancy Sabino, co-founder and CEO of Katy, Texas-based SabinoCompTech, shares three suggestions she'd apply if she were launching an MSP from scratch today. Full story.
Business advice from industry experts. Full story.
Less than three months after its major acquisition of Blue Coat, the software vendor also reiterated its commitment to the channel during Symantec Partner Engage 2016 in Los Angeles. Full story.
Less than three months after its major acquisition of Blue Coat, the software vendor also reiterated its commitment to the channel during Symantec Partner Engage 2016 in Los Angeles. Full story.
From product releases to perspectives in the field, here's a recap of top headlines from the month of October.
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