Passportal Adds Ex-Level Platforms VP Dan Wensley
Passportal, a Calgary, Alberta-based password management systems provider, has added former Level Platforms Vice President Dan Wensley as an advisor.
Wensley has over 20 years of experience in the managed services space and previously held executive positions with Level Platforms, Net Integration Technologies and MCI WorldCom Canada.
“Having had the privilege of working with thousands of managed service providers (MSPs) globally, and knowing what Passportal can deliver, I look forward to working with the Passportal team in expanding their brand and exposure to the channel,” Wensley said in a prepared statement. “Our mutual objective is to expand awareness, exposing the Passportal brand and value to the channel.”
Passportal has more than 500 MSP partners and is prepared to ramp up both its executive team and product development, according to CEO Colin Knox.
Passportal eyes ConnectWise integration
Passportal currently is targeting an automated integration with ConnectWise, a Tampa, Florida-based professional services automation (PSA) software provider, that is expected to be available next month.
“The ConnectWise integration will allow the replication of both user accounts and client records from ConnectWise to Passportal while also populating quick-click access to client-specific passwords directly from their related accounts in ConnectWise,” Knox told MSPmentor. “MSPs should expect less redundant data entry between disparate tools when onboarding new clients and streamlined access to passwords for technicians when engaged on service tickets.”
Knox added Passportal plans to develop new feature enhancements and integrations with numerous remote monitoring and management (RMM) products.
RMM software providers Kaseya and LogMeIn (LOGM) both have recently entered the password management space, acquiring Scorpion Software and Meldium, respectively.
Knox said he believes the increasing demand for MSP security solutions could lead RMM software providers to target other password management companies as well.
“With security becoming an overwhelming topic these days, MSPs are looking not only to automate and streamline operations, but reduce their own risk footprints,” he said. “The number one place that technicians are using passwords each day are in their RMM tools when remotely connecting to client devices or even running scripts; it makes perfect sense to have a solid integration between RMM and password management tools where passwords can be retrieved and used in a single step without the technician needing to ever see or know the password. While the options of MSP-centric password management solutions are quite limited, I do believe we will see additional acquisitions of this nature in the future, or in the very least, strong partnerships being formed between RMM and password management providers.”
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