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Raise Your Game Roadshow in Pictures

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Last week we held the final roadshow on the Raise Your Game UK tour. Raise Your Game is an initiative aimed at helping Managed Service Providers to become more profitable.

The event was held at the Emirates Stadium, home to Arsenal Football Club and was a fitting venue to discuss taking MSP business practices to the next level.

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There were experts from a hosting of leading companies including Epsom, CompTIA, Infrascale and Tigerpaw, each giving unique insight into what makes a profitable MSP.

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The interactive sessions covered every aspect of operating an MSP from sales and marketing to security and strategic partnerships.

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As headline sponsor, AVG was present to help guide the conversation and Francois Daumard, AVG’s VP of Global Channel Sales, spoke about the critical importance of forging partnerships in the MSP industry.

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Afterwards, Sales Engineer Manager Matt Chinnery showed the MPS the new Managed Workplace platform that enables MSPs to easily onboard, easily gain access to key reports and effectively manage their clients to help maximize profits and improve security.

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After the sessions concluded, the guests were treated to a stadium tour of the Emirates.

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Visit the full gallery on Flickr

 

This is one of many roadshows that AVG Business are holding throughout the country, watch out for the next dates coming shortly or contact for more information.

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Managed Service Providers – ‘Raise Your Game’

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LONDON – July 21, 2015 – AVG® Technologies N.V. (NYSE: AVG), the online security company™ for more than 200 million active users, today announced that it is the headline sponsor of the Raise Your Game roadshow series aimed at managed service providers (MSPs).

The series of events will be held at various iconic sporting locations across the United Kingdom. The full roadshow schedule takes place during the following dates in July:

  • Monday 20th – BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
  • Tuesday 21st – St James’ Park, Newcastle
  • Wednesday 22nd – Old Trafford, Manchester
  • Thursday 23rd – Emirates Stadium, London

 

The events also sees the involvement of heavyweight industry support too. CompTIA, with more than 2,000 members and 3,000 academic and training partners that focus initiatives on supporting businesses across the full IT channel, lends its support for large and small vendors alike.

Working with a number of organisations AVG Business aims to provide value added resellers and managed services providers with an unprecedented opportunity to learn how they can achieve an efficient and profitable business.

Whether starting out or well versed in the industry, the event will help MSPs to:

  • Use vendor partnerships to meet client business needs
  • Develop and execute a go-to-market strategy to help business develop fast
  • Increase business with optimum sales and technical strategies that achieve high revenue growth

The morning sees a number of companies, including Epson, Infrascale and TigerPaw taking to the stage for presentations, informative panel discussions and Q&As on everything from upcoming trends to marketing tips before having a private stadium tour of the stadium after lunch.

All topics covered are designed to assist MSPs and the challenges they face. As such, Francois Daumard, Vice President Global Channel Sales at AVG Business will also be on hand to discuss which products and services can assist in growth opportunities, including the recently launched AVG Business Managed Workplace 9.1.

“AVG is taking this valuable opportunity to engage with MSPs as they are an integral part of our success and ongoing strategy. Events such as this really give us the opportunity to share learnings from both sides of the table so that everyone can benefit from the best solutions,” said Daumard. ”It is the perfect forum for everyone involved to network with their peers, discuss industry challenges and outline the routes to success in the future.”

 

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AVG Business Opens State-of-the-Art Facility in Ottawa

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AMSTERDAM / Ottawa, Ontario – June 4, 2015 – AVG® Technologies N.V. (NYSE: AVG), the online security company™ for more than 200 million monthly active users, announced today that its AVG Business unit now has a new, state-of-the-art facility in Ottawa, Ontario. This Global Center of Excellence for Managed Workplace serves the growing, international small-to-medium business (SMB) market from a new 34,400 square foot facility supporting more than 140 technical, sales and management staff.

“We chose Ottawa as the AVG Business Global Center of Excellence because of the workforce talent and our confidence in the region, which are key ingredients in our focused customer support and development strategy,” says Marco La Vecchia, Vice President Channel Sales, AVG Business. “AVG is increasingly focused on SMBs because we know the number of attacks on SMBs nearly doubled since 2011.  Also, the trend to mobile and flexible working conditions within businesses continues to rise.  This highlights the need for the facilities and technology that would allow us to continue such growth, as well as the need for additional employees.”

AVG Business provides a suite of integrated solutions for IT administration, integrated security, Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM), and mobile device management. Working with more than 10,000 partners globally, including thousands of  Managed Service Providers (MSPs), AVG Business helps them achieve their business goals by being able to provide best-in-class Internet security products and services to their customers.

“We see potential growth in the SMB space through our channel partners, with RMM combined with security services,” adds La Vecchia. “As far as AVG’s growth, we contribute that to talented sales, support and engineering teams.”

In April 2015, the company introduced AVG Business Managed Workplace, the most comprehensive version of AVG’s fully integrated, open ecosystem RMM platform. Managed Workplace Version 9.1 delivers an enriched social media-style user interface that streamlines workflows to simplify the lives of IT providers, MSPs and their small-to-medium sized business customers.

The new site on-boarding process displays actionable data on the dashboard within minutes of deployment. The addition of remote mobile security, through AVG Secure Sign-On, and Backup and Disaster Recovery enable data to be protected on any device at any time.

Dedicated, global customer service and technical support is available to all partners, with a value-add, two-tier premium Network Operations Center support service, that offers 24/7 response; and remediation available for additional support in English-speaking markets.

In 2014, AVG Business offices were added in strategic regions for future growth – DACH, Nordics and Brazil.  The new Ottawa facility was officially opened earlier today by LaVecchia and AVG executives and employees. .

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The New AVG Business Center of Excellence in Ottawa

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It seems appropriate that in the year when Ottawa is host to the International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, AVG Business also chooses the city to be home to its new, state-of-the-art, global center of excellence for small-to-medium business IT management.

Our AVG Business unit has grown tremendously over the last year and we’ve evolved into a focused organization designed and dedicated to the success of our Partners. To accomplish this we need to continue to develop and improve the tools and solutions we already provide; listen and anticipating your technology needs and respond with solutions; and be proactive in our support of your efforts.

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This year we’ve already released significant updates to Managed Workplace and CloudCare, introduced new Secure Sign On and Backup and Disaster Recovery solutions and are preparing to introduce the 2016 update to our Business AntiVirus and Internet Security products.  At the same time we realize we can improve our development and support efforts. After critically reviewing our teams, talent and the ability to support Partners around the world, we chose Ottawa our center of excellence for Managed Workplace and have brought together our experts in support, engineering, sales and product management and marketing together for the first time.

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As we join the over 1800 technology companies that have made this historic and cultural city a global technology center, we look forward to supporting your continued growth and association with AVG Business.

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AVG Business: Volles Haus beim Auftakt der Roadshow 2015

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Basel und Düsseldorf, 18. Mai 2015 – AVG (NYSE: AVG), der Online Security Anbieter für mehr als 200 Millionen aktive Nutzer, präsentiert seine neuen Produkte für Business-Anwender in Deutschland und in der Schweiz. Bei den Auftaktveranstaltungen seiner Partner-Roadshow 2015 in München, Stuttgart und Frankfurt am Main mit mehr als 100 Teilnehmern verzeichnete der Hersteller ein hohes Interesse an seinen Lösungen zum Remote Monitoring und Management. Für die kommenden Termine in Düsseldorf, Zürich und Basel sind noch wenige Plätze für kurzentschlossene Interessenten verfügbar.


Francois Tschachtli

Francois Tschachtli, Sales Director AVG Business DACH & Benelux (Quelle: AVG).

AVG Partner-Roadshow 2015 im Überblick
AVG Business zeigt auf seiner Roadshow Bestandspartnern und solchen die es werden möchten, wie sie mit den neuen Managed Services Mehrwert im Unternehmen schaffen können. Zudem steht eine Präsentation inklusive Live-Demonstration der Produkte aus dem Business-Portfolio auf dem Programm.

Deutschland

  • Mi, 20.05.2015 – Düsseldorf

Anmeldung online, telefonisch unter +49 211 586 99 200 oder per Mail an [email protected]

Schweiz

  • Di, 19.05.2015 – Zürich
  • Do, 21.05.2015 – Basel

Anmeldung online, telefonisch unter +41 61 317 25 25 oder per Mail an [email protected]

Über AVG
AVG ist ein Online Security Anbieter, der Software und Services für die Sicherheit von Geräten, Daten und Menschen herstellt. AVG hat mehr als 200 Millionen aktive Nutzer als Kunden. Die AVG-Produkte und Services für Endkunden bieten Internetsicherheit, Leistungsoptimierung, persönliche Privatsphäre und Identitätsschutz für den PC und mobile Endgeräte. Das AVG Business Portfolio für Sicherheit und einfachere Prozesse im Unternehmen ist über Managed Service Provider, Value Added Reseller und Händler erhältlich und enthält Lösungen zur IT-Administration, Überwachung und Reporting, integrierte Sicherheit und Mobile Device Management.

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Secure your business this Small Business Week

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Small businesses don’t typically make the headlines when it comes to cyber security. Fortunately for small businesses, those stories remain the domain of large enterprises. However, cyber security for small businesses has the attention of hackers, insurers and the government.

While large enterprises may be the ultimate treasure, small businesses often represent easier targets, and compromising enough small business can add up quickly.

A recent Business Journals article citing a National Small Business Association survey reported that half of small business report that they’ve been a victim of a cyber-attack and that the average amount of money stolen through those attacks rose to $19,948 by the end of 2014.

The tools that have become so critical to small business success also create multiple points of vulnerability. Laptops, tablets, and smartphones continue to proliferate and with BYOD becoming a reality, the ability to control and manage access to data and applications has become overwhelming for many small and medium sized businesses.

Clearly, a comprehensive security review is essential for all companies and in many cases a good starting point is evaluating and addressing the risk of attack through the range of devices connected to a company’s systems.

Whether your business has its own IT department or works with a Managed Service Provider, be sure to spend time during Small Business Week 2015 to address the following vulnerabilities:

Mobile devices:

The ability to easily authorize and de-authorize mobile devices for specific applications and data sources, even BYOD, is critical. Your mobile device management system should allow for complete reporting of all connected devices, who they belong to and what they can access. This not only saves time as new employees come on board, it allows instant removal of access when an employee leaves. In the event a device is lost or stolen, locking and/or wiping of the device can be managed quickly and effectively.

Identity and password management:

Employees simply have too many passwords to remember and resort to repeatedly using the same password or writing them down on post-it notes. To make matters worse, when passwords are forgotten, employees call support which reduces their efficiency and increases costs to a small business. Single sign on with multi factor authentication and easy integration with Office 365 is an essential security component and will help protect systems, reduce costs and improve employee efficiency.

Not all attacks simply take information

They may also delete or remove critical business data. It’s essential that a comprehensive backup and disaster recovery system is implemented to ensure that your operations can continue even in the event of a natural…or un-natural disaster.

Small business cyber security doesn’t require huge budgets or even a dedicated IT department. MSPs like those that work with AVG Business can help evaluate your systems and recommend a set of security measures that will help your company to operate effectively and efficiently, even in the face of uncertain attackers.

For more information on keeping your business secure check out our AVG Small Business Digital Policy Guide

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AVG’s Marco La Vecchia named among CRN Channel Chiefs

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AVG is delighted that our own Marco LaVecchia has been recognised by CRN as a top channel chief. The nomination, which came earlier in April, underlines AVG’s commitment to excellence and expertise in the channel.

This isn’t the first time that Marco has been recognised by CRN, as he was named as among their “100 People You Don’t Know, But Should” in 2012.

With more than 10 years’ experience in the channel industry, Marco has made a big impact since joining AVG little over a year ago. He now leads a team that handles over 4,500 managed service providers (MSP) to help them get the most out of their technology.

As part of his nomination, Marco interviewed with CRN where they asked him to talk about his highlights since joining AVG.

 

The Power of Partnerships

Marco is a firm believer in the power of partnerships and has overseen more than 1,000 new partners join AVG since he arrived.

This is in no small way down to AVG’s Partner Enablement Program which helps MSPs to evolve from a reactive business model where they are responding to incidents as and when they occur to being an aware, proactive and preventative system.

 

The best tools for the job

Marco also highlighted the arrival of AVG Managed Workplace 9.0 which shows that innovation and technology are at the heart of AVG Business.

AVG Businesses’ insistence on providing powerful, cutting edge and easy to use remote management tools means that our partners can focus on what matters to them – running their business.

 

Rewarding excellence

2014 was a busy year for Marco, attending over 50 industry events. These included the inaugural AVG Business Partner Summit in Phoenix, Arizona which was attended by more than 200 partners from around the world.

They also included the first ever AVG Awards given to outstanding partners across the globe.

 

Building for the future

Looking into 2015, Marco hopes to champion partner satisfaction by making it one his key priorities for the year.

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AVG Business lights up Europe!

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It’s been a really exciting week for AVG Business as we’ve launched AVG Business Managed Workplace 9.1 globally. As part of its development process, we spoke to hundreds of partners around the world to get their input and feedback. There’s been significant effort behind the scenes here, and we’re delighted to be have been able to share the new version with our partners.

This week, we’re taking AVG Business on the road to “light up” Europe. On April 22nd, Francois Tschachtli, Sales Director, DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) & Benelux and I spoke to 20 journalists in Munich about the company’s new vision and offering.

We are proud to have launched localized German language versions of AVG Business Managed Workplace, AVG Business CloudCare and AVG Business Secure Sign On. All data and products will be hosted at an AWS data center in Frankfurt. This is a significant step forward in our effort to be a major force in the German Internet security and remote monitoring and management (RMM) markets.

Today we’re speaking to a group of Swiss journalists in Zurich, where we will confirm our commitment to this market through our investment in infrastructure, people and products.

We’ve been joined on this press tour by our valued partners Centrify, Infrascale and Jackobsoftware. It’s been great to have them alongside to help get the word out. This press tour will be followed in May by a series of partner dedicated roadshows in Germany, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, where we’ll be sharing this new vision and offering with existing and potential partners.

Our commitment is and has always been to put partners first. Not just in the DACH region, but globally. Our vision is to help our channel partners and their customers be confident in their choice of services for their business.

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AVG Business Extends Global Footprint with Latest Release of AVG Business Managed Workplace Platform

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AMSTERDAM and SAN FRANCISCO – April 22, 2015 – AVG® Technologies N.V. (NYSE: AVG), the online security company™ for 200 million active users, today announced the immediate availability of the most comprehensive version of AVG Business Managed Workplace, AVG’s fully integrated, open ecosystem remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform.

Featuring Secure Sign-On and Backup and Disaster Recovery extensions and including seamless Microsoft365 and VMware integration, AVG Business Managed Workplace makes it easy for partners to deploy and administer remote IT management services to their business customers. Released in key markets worldwide, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the Nordics, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and it is also localized for partners in Austria, Germany and Switzerland through AVG’s new regional offices.

AVG Business Managed Workplace Version 9.1 delivers an enriched social media-style user interface that streamlines workflows to simplify the lives of IT providers, Managed Service Providers and their small-to-medium sized business customers. The integration of remote mobile security through AVG Secure Sign-On and the Backup and Disaster Recovery management capabilities enable new site on-boarding in fifteen minutes or less*. Dedicated, global customer service and technical support is available to all partners, with a value-add two-tier premium Network Operations Center support service offering 24×7 response and remediation available for additional support in English speaking markets.

“We chose AVG Business Managed Workplace as our remote monitoring platform for its simple single screen user interface and the fact that it was very easy to deploy. This allows our staff to proactively respond to our customer needs as well improving productivity. AVG Business is providing us a great service with comprehensive training and local support that we need and ensures that we get real value from their technical support services,” said Roger Lundström, CTO Protelosolutions AB.

Among the key benefits provided to partners by the latest enhancements are:

  • Faster, easier navigation and monitoring – Enhanced, intuitive new user interface** enables fast, simple navigation. The display of important customer systems information at-a-glance, sleek design and optimized workflows deliver an improved user experience allowing partners to not waste any time in training.
  • Simple security deployment for cloud and mobile applications – An intuitive, guided process simplifies deployment and enables actionable information to be delivered directly to the central dashboard for ease of administration.
  • Secure Sign-On – Single sign-on, cloud identity, identity management and multi-factor authentication come together in a system that solves the Bring-Your-Own-Device challenge by tackling small business IT concerns around employees using a ‘real world’ mix of personal and company-issued devices to do business both inside and outside the four walls of the office. Availability with Active Directory and multi-factor authentication makes deployment straightforward and provides extra security measures.
  • Ready available BDR services integration – Full BDR integration lets partners build new recurring revenue streams via premium data protection services for customers, including server backup, endpoint backup, data archive, file sharing and disaster recovery to any on-premise, hosted cloud or in-house datacentre location.
  • Industry-leading Premium Network Operations Center (NOC) services – A new two-tier premium NOC services option enables skilled IT resources to be extended to 24×7 response without hiring additional headcount.
  • Richer connectivity experience with leading industry applications – Open ecosystem approach makes it easier than ever to seamlessly manage popular applications such as Microsoft Office 365 and VMware as well as leading connectivity tools like ScreenConnect, TeamViewer and LogMeIn Pro.

 

“Success for us is making it easy for our partners to move to AVG Business Managed Workplace because we know that success for them is being able to deploy and administer IT services easily and flexibly to their business customers. Our centralized approach through a ‘single pane of glass’ user interface integrates the core AVG functionality with industry-standard solutions including Microsoft365 and VMware for maximum productivity. This lets partners see all the information they need to make the best informed decision for their business,” said Mike Foreman, General Manager, AVG Business. “Being able to deliver the platform in local language to partners in Germany and Switzerland is a significant milestone in the growth of AVG Business and testament to the partner demand we are seeing in new markets.”

* Based on AVG internal tests

** Images in English language and German language available here: http://now.avg.com/avg-managed-workplace-9-1-press-kit/