Island and Pax8, the global AI and cloud Marketplace for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), introduced Island for SMBs on the Pax8 Marketplace.
This makes Island available to MSP partners and their SMB customers worldwide.
Collaboration
The collaboration brings together two companies focused on simplifying technology for businesses that desperately need it.
Island for SMBs is a single, secure, browser-based platform that consolidates the tools most SMBs are already paying for separately, including VPN, web filtering, data loss prevention (DLP) and password management, into one unified workspace built on the familiar Chromium open-source browser project.
Through the Pax8 Marketplace, MSP partners can now provision, manage and bill for Island directly alongside their existing portfolio, with a full-featured trial available to initiate on behalf of any customer.
For MSP partners, the integration creates a meaningful consolidation opportunity.
Island highlighted that most SMB customers today run many separate security tools – each with its own licensing agreement, support escalation path and renewal cycle.
Island replaces that complexity with a single SKU, a single console and a single vendor relationship, while expanding the MSP’s recurring revenue through a modular add-on structure that grows with each customer account.
“SMB customers deserve the same level of protection”
Keith Weatherford, VP of Channels at Island commented: “SMB customers deserve the same level of protection that larger organisations have, without the complexity or the cost of stitching together a dozen different tools.
“Island solves that problem, and Pax8 is the premier partner to bring it to the MSP channel.”
“A unified approach that aligns well”
Oguo Atuanya, Corporate VP of Vendor Experience at Pax8 stated: “Our MSP partners are looking for solutions that simplify how they deliver security and productivity for their SMB customers without adding operational complexity.
“Island brings a unified approach that aligns well with that need, consolidating multiple capabilities into a single platform while supporting partner margin and growth.”
Benefits of Island for SMBS
According to the company, through Pax8, Island for SMBs delivers:
- Safe browsing, anti-phishing protection and web content filtering built directly into the browser
- Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) via Island Private Access, replacing legacy VPN for managed and unmanaged devices
- Last-mile data protection controls that govern copying, downloading, printing and screenshotting of sensitive data, including into AI tools. Island’s data boundaries enable safe use of consumer and enterprise AI across web AI tools, desktop apps, extensions and connectors with its new AI Protect offering
- An AI Browser option that embeds AI capabilities into the browser. Organisations can integrate multiple AI providers, including frontier and AI-enabled corporate data (via RAG), into a governed chat experience in a browser side panel
- Creation, distribution and governance of AI agents, enabling teams to safely build and run on-demand agents with defined permissions and full audit trails. Island’s AI Automate gives administrators the ability to build fully governed agents that adhere to policy, insert humans in the loop where appropriate and automatically distribute agents to the appropriate users
- A centralised management console with role-based access control, activity logging and policy enforcement
- Bring your own device (BYOD) and contractor onboarding in minutes. No mobile device management (MDM) and no endpoint agents are required
- The tools to help SMBs support SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA and HIPAA BAA compliance coverage