Channel Bytes September 24, 2021-Two new ways to get paid; new identity solutions; MSP conference virtualization; and more

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Clik2pay launches credit card alternative

Clik2pay, a payment service provider based in Toronto, has launched a new solution that allows immediate payment from a customer’s bank account, just like a debit card. The company touts it as a safe and convenient online payment method for consumers that can improve the customer experience and reduce transaction costs for sellers. It also supports payment of bills and invoices from customers’ bank accounts via SMS, email or QR codes. Its corporate features include easy-to-use APIs, end-to-end payment tracking, real-time notifications, status updates, transaction history, and complete settlement documents.

New member of the ServiceNow Partner Program

Operational technology and industrial control system (OT/ICS) security provider Verve Industrial Protection has joined the ServiceNow partner program to provide ServiceNow customers with OT/ICS asset information, security alerts, vulnerabilities, and risk and compliance data to strengthen Environmental management.

Robert Held, vice president of customer success and sales engineering at Verve Industrial, said: “As the OT environmental risks increase, the company is looking for ways to gain visibility into its control system network. “In addition to measures such as patching and configuration updates, Verve Industrial The unique ability to count hardware, software, vulnerabilities, configuration, and log and alert data combined with the powerful product suite available on the ServiceNow platform is a big step forward in OT risk and security management. “

Orangutech was named one of the fastest growing companies in Canada

Ottawa-based Orangutech is Microsoft’s Gold Certified Partner in cloud productivity, collaboration and content, and application development. It was named one of the fastest growing companies in Canada by the Globe and Mail Business Report, with revenue growth of 197% in three years . In the past seven years, it has entered the list six times.

“The past year has demonstrated the resilience of our Orangutech team. For COVID-19, our team must quickly adapt to new ways of interacting with customers by using Microsoft Teams and other digital methods.” Orangutech general manager Lachlan Henderson in a press release Said in. “The impressive growth that Orangutech has achieved over the past few years is the direct result of this adaptability and the hard work and commitment of our employees, consultants and software partners to provide services to customers; Modern and high-quality solutions are an important task in today’s environment.”

ConnectBooster integrates with Zomentum to speed up payments to suppliers

ConnectBooster, a provider of secure payment solutions for IT service companies, announced a comprehensive new integration with the Zomentum IT sales acceleration platform, which creates new features to improve the efficiency of the “quote-to-pay” process and improve the performance of partners and their customers. Experience.

The two-way information flow between Zomentum and ConnectBooster allows customers to accept project or service quotations and pay immediately, thereby helping managed service providers (MSPs) complete transactions faster, reduce labor costs, and enhance cash flow. The two companies stated that in most cases, with just seven mouse clicks, a connection can be established and fully operational in about five minutes. After configuration, the sales prospect can immediately accept the offer and pay for any goods and services using a credit card or through an automated clearing house (ACH) in the United States, all through the Zomentum platform. All customer payment information is transmitted and stored in a secure ConnectBooster customer vault, and users can enable automatic payment for any future invoices.

Beyond Identity and Splunk collaborate to announce the launch of Secure DevOps

Beyond Identity, a passwordless multi-factor authentication (MFA) provider, announced that it is now integrated with Splunk to provide fine-grained authentication event data at the device level in real time to support investigations and identify issues and risk behaviors that introduce risks. In addition, it also released a new Secure DevOps product that establishes a simple, secure and automated way to confirm all source code that enters the corporate repository and is processed by the continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline Both are signed by a key and encrypted and bound to the corporate identity and device.

DattoCon NOW MSP conference virtualization

Datto, a cloud-based solution provider designed for managed service provider (MSP) delivery, has announced the agenda for its free virtual meeting on October 13, 2021. DattoCon NOW will provide six hours of content, including the development of MSP conference services, management of customers and endpoints, connecting business networks, restoring critical data and protecting digital assets, as well as providing a virtual exhibition hall with more than 50 vendors.