Tag: Managed Security Services

  • Managed Security Service Provider Mobile Apps Boon?

    Managed Security Service Provider Mobile Apps Boon?
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    The first fact solution providers should appreciate about mobile applications is that from a security perspective not all of them are created equal. For example, there’s been no major compromise of the mobile applications that users download via the Apple App Store. Not only has Apple validated each of those applications, but they also run… Read more

  • AVG’s New Tech Leader Puts Faith in the Channel

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    Similar to many companies in the security space, AVG Technologies has two distinct routes to market. One is consumer-focused in the form of a business unit that primarily offers anti-virus software, while the Business Division of AVG Technologies focuses mainly on corporate customers via partnerships with the channel. As the new general manager of the… Read more

  • Putting Solution Providers, MSSPs on the Same Team

    Putting Solution Providers, MSSPs on the Same Team
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    As the security landscape becomes increasingly complex, multiple players are needed to work in tandem to provide managed security services. For starters, the cost of delivering these services is becoming increasingly prohibitive. Not only is finding people with IT security expertise extremely difficult in a highly competitive market, the salaries those security professionals can command… Read more

  • Realigning Dell’s Sales Force Will Affect Channel

    Realigning Dell’s Sales Force Will Affect Channel
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    Realigning Dell’s Sales Force Will Affect Channel Realigning Dell’s Sales Force Will Affect Channel Dell’s realignment of its direct sales force has major implications for the company’s channel partners in 2016. Dell Direct Sales Force Realigns on Feb 1. Dell expects to have added 1,000 direct sales representatives in North America by year’s end. On… Read more

  • vArmour Launches Data Center Security Program

    vArmour Launches Data Center Security Program
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    The rise of hyperconverged infrastructure inside the data center has changed the way IT organizations need to think about securing those environments. As such, traditional firewalls simply can’t keep pace with the way those data centers now operate. To address that issue, vArmour created its Distributed Security System that makes use of multiple distributed sensors… Read more

  • Barracuda Networks Updates Its Channel Program

    Barracuda Networks Updates Its Channel Program
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    Barracuda Networks Revamps Its Channel Program Barracuda Networks added an improved discount structure, new tools and resources, and more lead opportunities to its channel program. The company also restructured the partner levels, including the addition of a new level, and added a new program for managed service provider (MSP) partners. The new partner levels—Premier, Preferred,… Read more