Big Tech and AI dominated this week’s news. OpenAI announced GPT-4o, its new flagship model that can reason across audio, vision, and text in real time. And at the Google I/O developer conference, Google announced its newest large language model, Gemini 1.5 Flash, plus shared its vision for the future of AI assistants, Project Astra. But the channel wasn’t idle. In case you missed the news, MSP Success will help you catch up on the latest from Pax8, TD SYNNEX, ThreatLocker, and NinjaOne.
Distribution
Pax8 Aims To Help MSPs Tap Into Nonprofit Market
Cloud marketplace and distributor Pax8 announced Pax8 Tech for Nonprofit, a new global program built for nonprofit organizations and the IT service providers supporting them. According to Pax8, the program will provide tailored solutions that are easily accessible, affordable, and integrated by Pax8 partners.
Pax8 Tech for Nonprofit will also provide enablement resources to Pax8 partners who already serve or want to begin serving nonprofit customers. Nonprofit community groups are forming in regions across North America and EMEA, with APAC to follow. The program builds on the success of the existing partnership between Pax8 and Microsoft’s Tech for Social Impact Program. Now, Pax8 Tech for Nonprofit will include solutions from Microsoft, Dropsuite, MailGuard 365, Ironscales, and BitTitan, with additional vendors to come.
In other news, Pax8 announced that MSPs will now be able to acquire Lookout Mobile Endpoint Security directly from the Pax8 Marketplace. Lookout Mobile Endpoint Security combines visibility, research, and protection to deliver an EDR solution for iOS, Android, and ChromeOS. Lookout is the only mobile EDR solution in the Pax8 marketplace.
TD SYNNEX Rolls Out Center of Excellence To Enable The ‘Partner of the Future’
TD SYNNEX has launched a High-Growth Technology Center of Excellence (CoE) to accelerate its partners’ ability to tackle increasingly complex digital transformation initiatives. The distributor created the new resource hub to accelerate partner growth through AI integration across the business.
According to TD SYNNEX’s 2023 Direction of Technology report, the top five solutions that partners plan to offer over the next two years are artificial intelligence, security, hybrid cloud, modern infrastructure, and data analytics. TD SYNNEX sees the greatest opportunity for partners who are driving digital transformation through the convergence of these high-growth technologies across security, modern infrastructure, cloud, data analytics, and AI.
“As AI continues to rapidly transform the technology ecosystem, it is challenging our partners to diversify their portfolios, hone new skills and develop unique expertise,” said Lisa McGarvey, vice president of data, IoT and AI, North America at TD SYNNEX, in a press statement. “We see the ‘Partner of the Future’ as one who is ready for that challenge and understands how these technologies must be woven together.”
The High-Growth Technology CoE supports the efforts of Destination AI, launched last year to help partners initiate or expand their AI practice.
Key components of the CoE include: Practice Builder Experiences and AI Accelerator Workshops; High-Growth Solutions Factory focused on aggregated AI solutions that incorporate security, cloud, modern infrastructure, and data analytics; a Cyber Range where partners can engage with experts to hone their security skills and take advantage of demos and proofs of concept in TD SYNNEX’s Innovation Labs; New AI Services; Cloud Marketplace offerings that allow partners and vendors to co-sell; and Governance Frameworks that are led by experts who consult with partners and vendors to understand the impact of AI on key areas like FinOps.
Products
ThreatLocker Rebrands – And Teases A Big Announcement For Next Week
Fresh off receving $115M in Series D funding in April, ThreatLocker announced a visual rebrand of its product line and renamed its ThreatLocker Ops product to ThreatLocker Detect. ThreatLocker Detect alerts organizations of attempted bad behaviors happening in their environments, presenting itself as a Zero Trust endpoint detection and response (EDR) tool.
Plus, the cybersecurity company has been teasing a big announcement coming next week… Stay tuned!
Integrations
NinjaOne and Bitdefender Integrate Endpoint Protection And Management Solutions
Bitdefender, a cybersecurity provider, and NinjaOne, an IT platform for endpoint management, security, and visibility, have integrated their endpoint protection and management solutions. The integration combines NinjaOne with the Bitdefender GravityZone Platform, a unified security and risk analytics platform that provides advanced endpoint protection including endpoint detection and response (EDR), extended detection and response (XDR), and security across physical, virtual, and multi-cloud environments. The platform delivers deep security context to detections and offers a seamless path to Bitdefender MDR services.
“NinjaOne’s integration with Bitdefender makes it easier for organizations to manage and secure their endpoints,” said Rahul Hirani, senior vice president of product management at NinjaOne, in a press statement. “Now, our joint customers have a solution that incorporates endpoint management, advanced endpoint security, and a deep pool of cybersecurity talent to free up resources and strengthen their security posture.”
