Channel Brief: Thrive, Windstream, Fortinet

Grab a cup of your favorite morning beverage and check out the return of our regular market briefing for managed services providers (MSPs), IT service providers (ITSPs), technology service providers (TSPs), cloud service providers (CSPs) cybersecurity consultants, systems integrators, VARs, independent software vendors (ISVs), and distributors.

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A. Today’s Tech, Channel and MSP News

1. Thrive intros incident response & remediation service - Cloud, cybersecurity and managed service provider giant Thrive has launched Thrive Incident Response & Remediation, an on-demand cybersecurity response service to contain and remove threats, along with engineering assistance to rebuild and restore critical systems.

2. Customer win - Fortinet has won the business of Windstream Enterprise an IT managed services provider, which has unveiled Secure Flex Premium, a suite of cybersecurity infrastructure solutions from Fortinet. The solution provides a bespoke technology package built upon existing on-premises, hybrid or cloud environment, providing large enterprise clients with one solution backed by a team of managed services experts.

3. Email migration enhancement - ShareGate by Workleap, a management solution for Microsoft 365, now includes tenant-to-tenant mailbox migration capability, to lighten the load of big migration projects. ShareGate by Workleap already offers SharePoint and Teams migration and has added Exchange Online migrations for streamlined tenant-to-tenant transitions to Microsoft 365.

4. Identity & Access Management service now in Azure - Identity and access management for IoT provider Device Authority is now offering its Enterprise KeyScaler as a Service (KSaaS) on Microsoft Azure Marketplace. The solution won Microsoft’s Partner of the Year awards as its Rising Azure Technology of 2023 and Device Authority is now offering a free trial with introductory pricing options also available. The service is an infrastructure-free alternative to the company’s on-premise KeyScaler platform.

5. Fiber network expansion - Arelion and Telxius are collaborating to provide fully diverse, multi-terabit connectivity into Telxius’ landing stations in Boca Raton and Jacksonville, Florida. This fiber network expansion establishes Arelion Points-of-Presence (PoPs) at each Telxius landing station. For Telxius, it empowers customers with resilient Tier-1 optical transport and high-speed access to Arelion’s North American network. Together, Arelion and Telxius are making a significant investment in the Florida Peninsula to connect Latin American customers to North America through submarine and terrestrial systems.

B. In-Person MSP and Channel Partner Events