The floor is buzzing at the first full day of IT Nation Connect in Orlando and the Acronis team is having some great conversations as nearly 3,000 MSP professionals are roaming the show floor. As Gold Sponsors of this year’s event, it’s great to hear that so many attendees who are looking to expand their business are finding value in the program and their interactions with different vendors. And since today is also Halloween, plenty of our peers are having fun with costumes and candy, making the show floor as festive as it is informative.  While visiting Acronis at Booth #108, attendees expressed a lot of interest in many of the presentations that directly touched on concerns facing MSPs – particularly those regarding the rise in cyberthreats that Acronis has been addressing.

There are dark and dreadful things that lurk in the shadows of the digital world, ready to bleed your company of data and dollars. This year a number of monstrous ransomware strains creeped and crawled their way into the headlines. Brace yourself and take a peek at the most nightmarish strains that came to light this year – and learn how Acronis can help keep you and your data safe from dusk to dawn.

We’re looking forward to spending an engaging and exciting three days at next week’s IT Nation Connect. ConnectWise’s annual conference (which is happening Wednesday, October 30 through Friday, November 1 in Orlando, FL) is always a great opportunity to catch-up with industry peers. With more than 3,500 attendees expected, there will be plenty of fellow industry pros to connect with – whether they sell, support or service technology. We’re proud to be Gold Sponsors for this year’s event and are hoping to meet as many of the attendees as possible – especially since we have a lot to talk about with anyone looking to build and expand their business.

A valuable aid in determining whether legacy data protection and cybersecurity solutions are effective against modern cyberthreats is to leverage independent third-party research. These parties measure the actual performance and protection of competing solutions. These studies can be vital, providing the kind of unvarnished, professional analysis that most MSPs, VARs and IT pros cannot do on their own – helping them determine whether or not the vendor they use (or are considering) will protect data against today’s threat landscape.