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With a vivid demonstration of how fragile the world's technology ecosystem is when one cybersecurity vendor makes a configuration mistake, 45Drives president Dr Doug Milburn says it's time for organisations of all sizes to take greater control of their infrastructure, in a move he dubs demicrosoftification.

COMPANY NEWS:  Huntress has announced that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with CyberCert, the online certification issuer of the SMB1001 cybersecurity standard. The collaboration aims to deliver the dynamic cybersecurity standard, via the Huntress partner ecosystem, to businesses in Australia to increase their overall cyber resilience. Headed up by Huntress Regional Director APAC, Reece Appleton, and CyberCert Co-Founder & CEO, Peter Maynard, the partnership will offer SMB1001 certifications for a number of Huntress Managed Service Provider (MSP) partners.

COMPANY NEWS:  Great Place to Work, the global authority on workplace culture has announced leading technology services provider, has named Tecala as one of the 55 Best Workplaces in Technology for 2024 in Australia across three size categories.

COMPANY NEWS:  With a new Flex solution for Microsoft Teams, customers can seamlessly integrate Access4’s proprietary Enhanced User features alongside the cost-effective Basic Channel solution - all within the same tenancy. This innovative approach allows for a scalable and adaptable mixed user environment, perfectly tailored to meet the diverse and demanding requirements of MS Teams Calling customers.

iTWireTV: Rimini Street global head of Salesforce practice Jack Wagnon joins us to explain how Rimini Street shakes up the traditional Salesforce partner approach with its pragmatic approach and disciplined background.

COMPANY NEWS:  Partners highly rate WatchGuard for delivering a top partner experience, programs and enablement, and sales engagement.

Asking for help is not always easy. In a Harvard Business Review article Why it’s so hard to ask for help, Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries points out: ‘Although humans are social creatures, ready to both give and accept help, many of us struggle to actually ask for it.’

Mid-market managed services provider First Focus has announced the acquisition of Enee, an Adelaide based MSP.

COMPANY NEWS:  Innovative Next-Generation Firewalls Deliver Enhanced AI Threat Prevention up to 5 Gbps with a 99.8% block rate against zero-day malware, phishing, and ransomware

While 2023 continued to see opportunity and complexity for channels and alliances, the IT industry saw new technologies come on stream to further drive digital transformation despite global economic uncertainties. 

While 2023 continued to see opportunity and complexity for channels and alliances, the IT industry saw new technologies come on stream to further drive digital transformation despite global economic uncertainties. 

Unified communication-as-a-service provider Access4 has appointed Australian ICT managed service provider VITG as Diamond++ partner.

COMPANY NEWS: WatchGuard Technologies, a global leader in unified cybersecurity, today announced the release of its 2024 Cybersecurity Predictions. WatchGuard’s latest annual batch of predictions covers the most prominent attacks and information security trends that the WatchGuard Threat Lab research team believes will emerge in 2024, including malicious prompt engineering tricks targeting large language models (LLMs), managed service providers (MSPs) doubling down on unified security platforms with heavy automation, “Vishers” scaling their malicious operations with AI-based voice chatbots, hacks on modern VR/MR headsets, and more.

Auckland-based internet service provider Devoli is now offering its clients the ability to provision and manage internet and voice services for their customers in ANZ, expanding the reach of its Vumeda unified software platform.

COMPANY NEWS: ManageEngine, the enterprise IT management division of Zoho Corporation, today announced the launch of Endpoint Central MSP Cloud, which brings the advantages of the cloud’s scalability, flexibility, and efficiency to the remote monitoring and management (RMM) of endpoints for managed service providers (MSPs).

COMPANY NEWS:  Amid rising customer demand for MDR, the new offering allows MSPs to offer 24/7 threat detection and response services to customers without the burden of building and managing an in-house SOC.

COMPANY NEWS: Pax8, the leading cloud commerce marketplace, today announced Perimeter 81, a networking and network security leader, is now available on the Pax8 Marketplace.

GUEST OPINION by Austin Technology:  In an increasingly interconnected world, businesses are more dependent than ever on IT infrastructure. This dependence has led to a surge in demand for IT support, and MSPs (Managed Service Providers) have risen to the occasion by offering Remote IT Support.

COMPANY NEWS: Pax8, the leading cloud commerce marketplace, has announced its partnership with Blackpoint Cyber, a trailblazer in cybersecurity, offering a cutting-edge Managed Detection and Response (MDR) platform.

Security and protection software company Acronis says MSPs are a critical line of protection for businesses under growing cyber threats. Acronis has focused on MSPs and built a platform directly for them, to help MSPs protect their clients and build revenue.