528 PitchIT Vendor Spotlight: Kamanja

In this episode of the IT Business Podcast, Marvin Bee and Sean Lardo discuss ConnectWise's pitch competition and its aim to find innovative vendors in the IT industry. They highlight the diverse range of vendors and solutions involved in the competition, emphasizing the importance of supporting MSPs and end-users. 

Later, they introduce Shay Cohen, CEO and founder of Kamanja, a compliance-as-a-service company. Shy explains how he started the company to address the need for affordable and automated compliance solutions. Kamanja offers a unified compliance service platform that covers various aspects of compliance, including vulnerability scanning, risk assessment, incident reporting, and supply chain management. They emphasize Kamanja's unique approach of making compliance a journey rather than a task. Shay also discusses the company's internal and external audit automation and asset management capabilities. The episode concludes with Marvin wishing Shy good luck and expressing interest in exploring Kamanja further.

Website: https://kamanja.io/

Highlights:

• ConnectWise's pitch competition aims to find innovative vendors in the IT industry.
• The competition features vendors from various verticals and industries, offering diverse solutions.
• Shay Cohen from Kamanja joins the podcast as a vendor in the competition.
• Kamanja provides compliance-as-a-service, focusing on automation and affordability.
• Their unified compliance service platform covers vulnerability scanning, risk assessment, incident reporting, and more.
• Kamanja emphasizes making compliance a journey and simplifying the process.
• The company offers internal and external audit automation and asset management capabilities.
• Shay discusses the cultural differences in the MSP market and Kamanja's tailored approach.

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PitchIT is an annual accelerator program created by ConnectWise in 2018 to incubate growth in startup integration partners dedicated to the MSP space. The company is offering small companies the chance to take part in a 16-week program where participants receive a thorough business assessment, gain coaching from industry experts, earn placement on the ConnectWise marketplace, engage in co-marketing and more.

The finalists are selected to present their solutions on the center stage at IT Nation Connect. The PitchIT 2023 program is officially underway, and 27 companies have been selected to participate in the program.

Interested but still have questions? Email PitchIT@ConnectWise.com.

Join the PitchIT  waitlist for next year: https://www.connectwise.com/theitnation/pitchit

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