VIRTUAL DESKTOP TOOLS, SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
Splashtop | February 06, 2023
Splashtop, a leading secure remote IT solutions provider that simplifies and supports the work-anywhere world, recently announced the release of Splashtop Antivirus powered by Bitdefender. The award-winning cyber security solution is now available for a number of Splashtop products, allowing MSPs and IT teams to safeguard endpoints against attacks with the advantages of a centralized management experience.
Splashtop's newest solution enhances its dedication to protecting customers on several fronts, from securing endpoints to providing secure remote access from any device. Splashtop Antivirus powered by Bitdefender offers the antivirus, anti-malware, and other robust security features required to protect today's contemporary corporate endpoints from modern cyber threats. In addition, the integrated functionality available as an add-on to Splashtop subscriptions makes it even easier for businesses of all sizes to consolidate their IT plans, management, and costs with Splashtop.
Splashtop Antivirus powered by Bitdefender contributes to the company's goal of creating a 'single pane of glass' solution in which clients can view everything they require right within the Splashtop web console. As a result, it enables clients to boost security capabilities while eliminating the need to access diverse solutions through different websites or consoles, reducing the strain on IT personnel.
The following built-in features are all managed in the Splashtop single web console:
Anti-malware Scanning: Schedule fast scans, complete scans on demand, and activate on-access scanning for real-time malware protection.
Alerts & Logging: View each device's protection status and logged threats, and receive real-time notifications if a threat is discovered or prevented.
Web Traffic Security: The use of firewalls, anti-phishing, and traffic scanning to stop unauthorized connection attempts and safeguard users from fake websites or harmful content such as viruses and spyware.
Advanced Threat Control: Continuously monitor applications and processes using Bitdefender's heuristic scoring algorithm to identify threats before they are formally identified.
Device Scanning: Prevent sensitive data leaks and malware infection from external USB devices and CD/DVD media by scanning them.
Policy Assignment: Create antivirus policies that are tailored to specific computers and groups in order to meet the demands of various clients and organizations.
About Splashtop
Splashtop is a leading secure IT solutions provider that simplifies and streamlines the work-anywhere world. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley and provides enterprise, academic and research institutions, government agencies, small companies, MSPs, IT departments, and individuals with next-generation remote access and remote assistance software and services. Splashtop's cloud-based, secure, and easily maintained remote access strategy is rapidly replacing outdated systems such as virtual private networks (VPNs) while receiving an impressive 93 Net Promoter Score (NPS), a criterion for gauging customer satisfaction. Its products are used by over 30 million people worldwide, including those in 85% of Fortune 500 companies.
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Kahoot | January 09, 2023
Kahoot! has announced a partnership with Zoom to introduce Kahoot!’s 360 Essential premium app as part of Zoom’s curated Essential Apps. This allows users with Zoom One Pro, Business, or Business Plus online plans to add collaborative learning and engagement to their virtual meetings. The collaboration between Kahoot! and Zoom improves engagement with fun and collaborative learning games, even when they are held remotely.
The app is now available for these subscribers and allows them to access the app, along with other Essential Apps, on a dock within Zoom Meeting. From there, users can instantly join a Kahoot! session or host their own using a collection of ready-to-use interactive learning sessions. This provides an exciting way for Zoom users to take their virtual meetings to the next level with collaborative learning activities.
"Online meetings now play an essential role in the modern workforce, but many companies have yet to realize their potential for engagement and productivity. With powerful solutions like Kahoot!, corporate teams can transform their virtual meetings to bring learning to life, spark collaboration, build team spirit and more. Now, users have even easier access to Kahoot! during their online meetings as part of Zoom curated Essential Apps, empowering any meeting host to take engagement to the next level in seconds."
Eilert Hanoa, CEO, Kahoot!
Users with these plans can also redeem a free one-year Kahoot! 360 Essential license, which includes premium features to make virtual meetings, training, and presentations more engaging with Kahoot! This provides an excellent opportunity for subscribers to access more engaging and collaborative learning activities. It offers an easy way for Zoom users to connect with their colleagues and students through interactive activities that foster discussion and encourage active participation.
About Kahoot!
Kahoot! is a learning platform that is dedicated to making learning fun and engaging for everyone. It allows individuals and organizations to create and host learning sessions that are interactive and compelling. Since its launch in 2013, Kahoot! has hosted millions of learning sessions for over 8 billion participants in more than 200 countries. The company has a number of subsidiaries, including Clever, DragonBox, Poio, Drops, Actimo, Motimate, and Whiteboard.fi. Kahoot! is based in Oslo, Norway, but has offices around the world, including in the US, UK, France, Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Spain, and Poland. It is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker KAHOT.
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WatchGuard Technologies | February 21, 2023
On February 20, 2023, WatchGuard Technologies released a line of tabletop firewall appliances for remote and distributed businesses called the Firebox T25/T25-W, T45/T45-POE/T45-W-POE, and T85-POE. They are part of the Unified Security Platform architecture of WatchGuard Cloud and can be managed from a distance.
These devices offer secure solutions for small offices, home offices, retail settings, and remote users, with little network configuration and management needed. Different devices have different throughput and port options to meet the needs of different businesses.
Ryan Poutre, product manager at WatchGuard Technologies, said, "Attackers pose advanced and sophisticated threats to IT environments of all sizes and types, but SMBs and branch offices usually don't have dedicated technical staff to install, configure, and manage network security appliances." He also said, "This new generation of fireboxes takes full advantage of our unified security platform architecture." This lets MSPs offer the strong solutions and easy management they need to meet the needs of a wide range of customers and deployment scenarios."
(Source: ITWire)
The Fireboxes are made to help managed service providers offer a simple, reliable solution to a wide range of customers and deployment scenarios.
About WatchGuard Technologies
WatchGuard Technologies is a globally recognized leader in providing award-winning products and services with a focus on network security, endpoint security, secure Wi-Fi, multi-factor authentication, and network intelligence. With over 18,000 security resellers and service providers and 250,000 trusted customers worldwide, the company aims to offer enterprise-grade security that is simple and accessible to businesses of all types and sizes. WatchGuard Technologies was started in 1996 and has its main office in Seattle, Washington. It also has offices in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America to serve the needs of midmarket businesses and distributed enterprises.
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