Dave Seibert, CIO at IT Innovators, and Irvine, Calif.-based MSP and Datto channel partner, on the vendor's plans for its MSP partners. The plans, announced last week, include a move to give MSPs a virtual desktop infrastructure that will help them provide services to the hundreds of thousands of small businesses they may not be able to reach now.

"A lot of what was announced at DattoCon was what the channel wanted. A lot of vendors, especially those who are enterprise-focused, don't make changes based on what their SMB customers and partners tell them."