Topic: Partner Programs - Page 42

Chicago was the latest stop in The ASCII Group’s MSP Success Summit 2022 series of educational and networking events for MSPs and IT business owners.

Riddle me this, channel pros. What do you get when you combine a Kaseya with a Datto? Still don’t have it? Join the pack that includes Matt, Rich, and returning guest host Josh Weiss, of LA Creative Technologies. They have some details to share via Rich’s exclusive conversation with Kaseya CEO Fred Voccola, however, not to mention additional thoughts on Thoma Bravo selling Barracuda Networks to KKR and Cisco offering a new partner specialization in environmental sustainability.

The new program provides tools and financial rewards aimed at motivating channel pros to reduce electronic waste—and make money in the process—by returning used hardware for refurbishment and recycling.

Customer feedback via interviews and polls along with market factors help define product roadmaps.

You’ve got to pity those poor accountants. Bad enough they’ve got all those tax returns to complete this time of year. Now they’re getting the cold shoulder from channel pros too.

Called Zoom Up, it unifies three previously separate programs and introduces a first-ever tiering structure designed to reward partners who invest in building a Zoom practice with extra margin and resources.

ChannelPro celebrates its 15th anniversary by checking in with IT business owners featured in cover stories from our inaugural year.

Erick and Rich discuss what Microsoft’s huge partner program changes mean for its channel, explain why team-building events are more important than ever, and ponder how drunk you’d have to be to leave your dentures at a bar and never retrieve them.

Some matchups are competitive. Others not so much. And when it comes to bacon versus, well, anything, Matt, Rich, and returning guest host Brian Weiss, of ITECH Solutions, are in lockstep agreement.

Those of you resisting the switch from a hardware-focused managed services model to the cloud-first model of the future, at least, are the biggest threat to the vendor’s continued growth, according to execs like Joseph Landes (pictured).