Recent News & Press Coverage
Stay informed with official news and updates from The ASCII Group. This section features company announcements, strategic initiatives, and industry coverage that reflect our continued commitment to the MSP community and the broader IT channel.
The ASCII Group Appoints Ted Roller as Chief Community Officer
Washington, D.C.– January 14, 2026 – The ASCII Group, North America’s original and vendor-neutral community for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), is pleased to announce the appointment of Ted Roller as Chief Community Officer, a newly created executive role focused on strengthening member engagement and expanding ASCII’s community across the United States and Canada.
In this role, Roller will lead initiatives designed to deepen member connection and engagement, working closely with MSPs to help shape the future of the ASCII community. His focus will be on ensuring ASCII continues to reflect the real-world needs of MSP business owners and remains a trusted resource for peer insight and collaboration.
Roller brings more than 25 years of experience in the IT channel, with a career spanning MSP ownership and senior channel leadership roles. Earlier in his career, he owned and operated an MSP that was recognized locally as one of the Fast 50 fastest-growing companies, providing firsthand experience with the operational and strategic realities MSPs face.
He has since held senior channel leadership positions at LogMeIn, Intronis, Mailprotector, CloudRadial, Zomentum, and FlexPoint, where he helped build partner programs, strengthen community engagement, and support growth through indirect sales models. In addition, Roller has contributed to industry education as faculty for CompTIA and has been recognized by organizations including MSPmentor, The Channel Company, and SMB Nation.
“Ted’s background as both an MSP owner and a channel executive makes him uniquely qualified to lead our community efforts,” said Jerry Koutavas, CEO of The ASCII Group. “His role will be instrumental in strengthening member engagement and expanding ASCII’s reach as we continue to support MSPs across North America.”
“ASCII has always represented something different in this industry,” said Roller. “It is a community built on trust, openness, and shared experience. I’m honored to join the team and look forward to helping shape the next chapter of member engagement and community leadership.”
About The ASCII Group, Inc.
The ASCII Group is the premier community of North American MSPs, MSSPs and Solution Providers. The Group has members located throughout the U.S. and Canada, and membership encompasses everyone from credentialed MSPs serving the SMB community to multi-location solution providers with a national and international reach. Founded in 1984, ASCII provides services to members including leveraged purchasing programs, education and training, marketing assistance, extensive peer interaction and more. ASCII works with a vibrant ecosystem of leading and major technology vendors that complement the ASCII community and support the mission of helping MSPs to grow their businesses. For more information, please visit www.ascii.com.
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Tel: 800-394-2724
Email: jturner@ascii.com
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Rise Offers Discounts to ASCII Members
ChannelPro-SMB, March 23, 2012
Rise, a cloud computing and hosted IT services provider, is sponsoring the ASCII IT Success Summit in Los Angeles, taking place March 22. Rise recently joined The ASCII Group and is offering discounts to fellow members who join the Rise partner program discounts, including free cloud infrastructure services during the first month for the first five reseller contracts.
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http://www.channelprosmb.com/article/29085/Rise-Offers-Discounts-to-ASCII-Members/?highlight=the+ascii+group
Datto Inc.'s SIRIS Wins ‘Best Cloud Solution' Award At The ASCII Orlando Success Summit 2012
BusinessSolutions, March 20, 2012
Datto Inc., the leading provider of hardware based on-site and off-site backup, disaster recovery and business continuity solutions, won the award for ‘Best Cloud Solution’ for their hybrid cloud solution, SIRIS, at an ASCII SMB IT Success Summit.
Norwalk, CT (PRWEB) – The ASCII Group, Inc., the world’s largest IT Solution Provider community, announced on March 1, 2012 that DattoInc. won the ASCII Orlando Success Summit ‘Best Cloud Solution’ award for their business continuity solution, SIRIS.
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http://bsminfo.com/doc.mvc/Datto-Incs-SIRIS-Wins-Best-Cloud-Solution-0001
Bradford.Cloud Named Best New Product at the ASCII Group Summit, Bradford Networks, March 6, 2012
Managed Service Providers Select Bradford for Delivering Network Security and Control over BYOD via the Cloud
CAMBRIDGE, MA – March 6, 2012 — Bradford Networks, the best choice to enable secure network access for corporate issued and personal mobile devices, today announced that Bradford.cloud, the industry’s only pure Network Access Control (NAC) Security-as-a-Service offering (SaaS), was named the Best New Product at the ASCII Success Summit Orlando. Bradford.cloud was selected by the Managed Service Providers (MSP) attending the conference for its ability to deliver network security via the cloud.
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http://www.bradfordnetworks.com/bradford-cloud-named-best-new-product-at-the-ascii-group-summit
ASCII Success Summit 2012: Orlando
ASCII‘s first Success Summit of 2012 was a huge success for the community of IT solution providers. The one-day event took place from February 29 to March 1 in Orlando. ASCII‘s Success Summits aim to provide busy business practices for channel partners and educate IT pros on new technologies.
ChannelPro-SMB, Elaine Hom, March 6, 2012
Read more….http://www.channelprosmb.com/blog/entry/28833/ASCII-Success-Summit-2012-Orlando/?highlight=the+ascii+group
Datto Inc.’s SIRIS Wins ‘Best Cloud Solution’ Award at the ASCII Orlando Success Summit 2012
www.dattobackup.com, March 6, 2012
The ASCII Group, Inc., the world’s largest IT Solution Provider community, announced on March 1, 2012 that Datto Inc. won the ASCII Orlando Success Summit ‘Best Cloud Solution’ award for their business continuity solution, SIRIS.
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http://www.dattobackup.com/news/datto-incs-siris-wins-best-cloud-solution-award-ascii-orlando-success-summit-2012
How to Choose an IT Contractor
The Business Journals, January 25, 2012, by Robert Celaschi
Information technology budgets are growing at a fast clip. In 2010, small- and medium-sized businesses in the United States spent $125 billion on technology, and should grow by an average rate of 5.5 percent by 2014, according to Research firm International Data Corp.
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http://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/how-to/technology/2012/01/how-to-choose-an-it-contractor.html
EMRapproved 4Med Program, EMRapproved.com, February 2012
ASCII has partnered with EMR approved to create ascii4med. This will be a focused network of healthcare technology resellers who will get positioned to reach the nationwide medical community.
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http://www.emrapproved.com/ascii-program.php
ASCII Group Offers E-Newsletter, Social Marketing Service to Members, Channel Insider, January 4, 2012, by Alison Diana
Most VARs and MSPs know they need to do marketing, but can’t find the time. The ASCII Group’s new e-newsletter service lets IT solution providers outsource their email newsletter marketing efforts with a customizable solution tailored to their own markets.
Read More….http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Business-and-Finance/ASCII-Group-Offers-ENewsletter-Service-to-Members-557735/
ASCII Group Offers New E-Newsletter Services to Members, January 4, 2012, by Channelpro-SMB
The ASCII Group, a community of solution providers, is now offering an e-newsletter service that provides members the ability to personalize and brand a newsletter with relevant content.
Read More….http://www.channelprosmb.com/article/28018/ASCII-Group-Offers-New-E-Newsletter-Service-to-Members/?highlight=ascii
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