The vendor community is back on the road, so ChannelPro‘s Joel Zaidspiner is too! Join him as he catches up in Orlando with members of the recently completed Channel Strong tour of America.
Vendors interviewed in this podcast:
Acer America
Acer America Corp. is a computer manufacturer of business and consumer PCs, notebooks, ultrabooks, projectors, servers, and storage products.
Location
333 West San Carlos Street
San Jose, California 95110
United States
San Jose, California 95110
United States
WWW: acer.com
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September 1, 2020 | ChannelPro Network
Voice of the Vendor: Channel Strong
Listen in as Acronis, BVoIP, ConnectBooster, Pax8, and SOCSoter tell Joel Zaidspiner why they and other vendors logged 7,000 miles in three weeks to speak with MSPs, safely and in person, on the Channel Strong road tour of America.
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