One to watch: Huntress in the MSP space
At the recent IT Nation 2023 event, we pulled CEO Kyle Hanslovan away for a quick update. It's growth has been impressive and makes it one to watch in the Managed Services Provider (MSP) space. It provides a variety of technical solutions for MSPs.
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Here is part of the transcript of the podcast.
Harry Brelsford 00:08
So I'm with Kyle from Huntress. It's been a pandemic since we've gotten together. So that's where I want to start. What is Huntress? What is Huntress today? Yeah,
Kyle Hanslovan 00:18
we first started out living on the endpoint, right? endpoint detection response, next gen antivirus and 24 by seven humans. But it turned out, hackers changed their tradecraft. So nowadays, we're a multi product platform that allows us to protect both the endpoint and the Microsoft 365 identities, we do some security awareness as well. So long story short, total cost of ownership managed security, that's what hunters provides. Interesting.
Harry Brelsford 00:43
Now, you know, what has been really interesting if I, you know, kind of put my analyst hat on for the industry is the past several years, the merger and acquisition activity, both with MSPs, and then the community sponsors. To my knowledge, you haven't been acquired, I mean, now, right? You're like one of the last ones. We're,
Kyle Hanslovan 01:06
we're the ones doing the acquiring. I had an interview not long ago, they asked him, Hey, is it going to be SEO or ConnectWise that acquire you? And I smiled back and I said, Why don't you think it's Huntress acquiring? Because they're ConnectWise? You know, just not a chance? Not interested?
Harry Brelsford 01:23
Exactly. So what's up for 24? What's going on event staffing about product once