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Let our step-by-step playbook show you the way to win big in digital signage.
With a 2017 theme of “Fast Lane to Success Tour,” these live events deliver the financial, sales, marketing, and operational insights to succeed in today’s fast-paced, competitive business environment
Equifax became the latest giant enterprise with even giant-er security holes. Who knew a company with “fax” in the name would be baffled by modern computer security details like keeping servers updated and changing “admin/admin” to real user names and passwords. On the positive side, security VARs have a new bad example to show potential customers. And oh, yes, Apple said something about phones on Tuesday, our European friends got together at VMworld Europe, and we missed a few other things. Dive into the news pool with us.
The full-day event for channel resellers, integrators, consultants, and cloud and managed service providers is designed to get channel partners on the quickest road to business success.
MSPs can help medicare providers earn an average of $100K per year using a new law called MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) … and get the government to subsidize their managed service fees.
The transition to SaaS applications and an expanding buyer community are forcing many IT firms to rethink their sales and marketing strategies.
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ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #057 - Iguanas in the Ghost Shell
September 19th, 2017 | ChannelPro Weekly
Back after an unscheduled hiatus and glowing with pride over their just-completed SMB Forum event in Long Beach, Calif., Matt and Rich preview ChannelPro's forthcoming October issue and catch up on the latest news from Avast Business and HP before discussing Matt's thoughts on building pint-sized workstations and the channel's laudable effo - read more
 
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Signs of Victory: A Digital Signage Game Plan
September 19th, 2017 | Rich Freeman
Let our step-by-step playbook show you the way to win big in digital signage. - read more
 
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CloudJumper Turns Partner Portal Into End-to-End WaaS Lifecycle Management Tool
September 19th, 2017 | Rich Freeman
First launched last year, the vendor’s my.CloudJumper offering will now unify tools for orchestration, provisioning, migration, and other functions, plus a newly introduced customer management module, within one interface. - read more
 
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Autotask Links Platform Unification to Digital Transformation
September 19th, 2017 | Rich Freeman with Michael Siggins
In a keynote at this year’s Community Live partner event, CEO Mark Cattini (pictured) argued that the productivity Autotask’s integrated software suite makes possible frees up time MSPs can use to re-invent themselves as digital technology strategists. - read more
 
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Solving the MSP Margin Mystery
September 18th, 2017 | Rich Freeman
According to a recent study, most MSPs saw margins decline slightly in recent years. So what does the minority of providers whose profits are rising do differently from everyone else? - read more
 
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Scenes from the ChannelPro SMB Forum 2017 - Long Beach
September 17th, 2017 | ChannelPro
With a 2017 theme of “Fast Lane to Success Tour,” these live events deliver the financial, sales, marketing, and operational insights to succeed in today’s fast-paced, competitive business environment. - read more
 
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ICYMI: Our Channel News Roundup for the Week of September 11th
September 15th, 2017 | James E. Gaskin
Equifax became the latest giant enterprise with even giant-er security holes. Who knew a company with “fax” in the name would be baffled by modern computer security details like keeping servers updated and changing “admin/admin” to real user names and passwords. On the positive side, security VARs have a new bad example to show potential customers. And oh, yes, Apple said something about phones on Tuesday, our European friends got together at VMworld Europe, and we missed a few other things.... - read more
 
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ChannelPro SMB, September 2017
September 15th, 2017 | ChannelPro
Signs of Victory: A Digital Signage Game Plan | No Time Like The Present to Think About Cashing Out | Solving the MSP Margin Mystery - read more
 
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Leverage a Little-Known Healthcare Law to Jump onto the Revenue Side of Your Clients’ Businesses
September 15th, 2017 | Mark Smith
MSPs can help medicare providers earn an average of $100K per year using a new law called MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) … and get the government to subsidize their managed service fees. - read more
 
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Micro Focus Outlines First Steps of its Post Spin-Merger Future
September 14th, 2017 | Rich Freeman
Announced at majority owner Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Protect conference this week, the moves are mostly designed to help businesses secure hybrid cloud environments and help software developers tap into Micro Focus functionality. - read more
 
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Datto Ships Two New Network Switches
September 14th, 2017 | Rich Freeman
Optimized for environments with lower power requirements, the devices are priced lower than Datto’s earlier switches too. - read more
 
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Vendor to Watch: itopia Inc.
September 14th, 2017 | Rich Freeman
The workspace-as-a-service vendor turns Microsoft Windows and the Google Cloud Platform from strangest of bedfellows to dynamic duo. - read more
 
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ChannelPro's Fast Lane Tour Makes a Pit Stop in Long Beach
September 14th, 2017 | Colleen Frye
The full-day event for channel resellers, integrators, consultants, and cloud and managed service providers is designed to get channel partners on the quickest road to business success. - read more
 
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Barracuda Drops Intronis Name from MSP Business Unit
September 13th, 2017 | Rich Freeman
The security and data protection vendor has also added provisioning and integrated billing support to its ECHOplatform MSP management portal. - read more
 
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ChannelPro SMB Forum 2017 Long Beach Session Deck: Managed Services in a Minute: Tools to Use
September 13th, 2017 | ChannelPro
This presentation is from the Long Beach ChannelPro SMB Forum. The ChannelPro SMB Forum is a full-day, live event for channel resellers, integrators, consultants, and managed service providers. Attendees of the ChannelPro SMB Forum learn to fuel their companies’ growth in today’s challenging marketplace and profit from the latest trends in IT solutions for small and midsize businesses. - read more
 
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