Datto CEO: MSP Focus Is Driving Company Growth And Expansion

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Datto in the last couple of years has actually moved beyond data protection into both networking and security. How important was it for Datto to expand into these areas rather than focus its core data protection technology?

I take issue with you using the word 'rather.' Just look at DattoCon. If anything, we've doubled down on the core data protection story. And if anything, where our strategy comes from is listening to partners and that feedback. … Datto's job, and our big passion, is around giving MSPs amazing tools. And so, we saw these other areas, and we said we think that somebody can do a better job.

Maybe we're a little bold at Datto in saying that maybe we can be the ones that do that better job. But we're certainly not afraid to take those chances. And so we put a little bit of resources, a little team, in those areas, and we've made great progress and great strides. And it's generating great feedback.