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May 25th, 2019

ICYMI: Our Channel News Roundup for the Week of May 20th

Article | James E. Gaskin

Conference news from Veeam, Citrix, and Synergy, a free book on AI from Microsoft, and an internet challenge that has Austrian cows fighting off would-be suitors are all among the many stories we’ve just now gotten around to reporting. - read more

May 16th, 2019

CloudJumper Paves Path for Windows 7 in Azure with 3 Years of Extended Microsoft Support at No Charge

Press Release | ChannelPro

Company Provides Windows Virtual Desktop Customers with No Cost Microsoft Support and Smooth Migration to Windows 10 - read more

May 10th, 2019

ICYMI: Our Channel News Roundup for the Week of May 6th

Article | James E. Gaskin

Conference news from (deep breath) Microsoft, Nutanix, SAP, Google, Red Hat, and ServiceNow, plus a reminder for submarine crews that closing the hatch is pretty important, are among the many stories we’ve just now found time to report. - read more

May 10th, 2019

Red Hat and Microsoft Fuel Hybrid Cloud Development with Azure Red Hat OpenShift

Press Release | ChannelPro

Co-developed solution brings industry’s most comprehensive enterprise Kubernetes platform to Microsoft Azure First jointly managed OpenShift offering in the public cloud now available - read more

May 8th, 2019

Tech Data Introduces Pre-Assembled, Pre-Validated IoT Solution Offering

News | Rich Freeman

The new Analytics and IoT Solution Factory, like the previously introduced Cloud Solution Factory, is designed to help partners capitalize on a rapidly growing next-generation IT market faster, more easily, and with less risk. - read more

May 8th, 2019

ID Agent Builds Azure Active Directory Synchronization into its Security Training Solution

News | Rich Freeman

Available at no extra cost, the new functionality lets users of the vendor’s BullPhish ID product identify “targets” for awareness campaigns without manually uploading user lists, according to ID Agent exec Dan Tomaszewski (pictured). - read more

May 3rd, 2019

ICYMI: Our Channel News Roundup for the Week of April 29th

Article | James E. Gaskin

Partner program updates from Dell Technologies, new Azure services from Microsoft, and a Brazilian parrot who refused to be a stool pigeon are among the stories we’ve just now managed to tell you about. - read more

May 3rd, 2019

CRITICALSTART Announces Collaboration With Microsoft To Offer A Managed Detection And Response Service For Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection

Press Release | ChannelPro

Combined Technologies Will Reduce Alerts by 99% and Deliver a Full Range of Security Capabilities from Mobile Devices - read more

May 3rd, 2019

Databricks Collaborates with Microsoft on MLflow Open Source Project

Press Release | ChannelPro

Databricks, the leader in Unified Analytics and founded by the original creators of Apache Spark, announced Microsoft is joining the open source MLflow project as an active contributor and adding native support for MLflow in Microsoft Azure Machine Learning service. MLflow is an open source platform for the machine learning lifecycle. - read more

April 26th, 2019

ICYMI: Our Channel News Roundup for the Week of April 22nd

Article | James E. Gaskin

Software from Microsoft, hardware from NVIDIA, and a beatdown from the Easter Bunny are three of many stories we’re only now telling you about. - read more

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May 16th, 2019

CloudJumper Paves Path for Windows 7 in Azure with 3 Years of Extended Microsoft Support at No Charge

Press Release | ChannelPro

Company Provides Windows Virtual Desktop Customers with No Cost Microsoft Support and Smooth Migration to Windows 10 - read more

May 10th, 2019

Red Hat and Microsoft Fuel Hybrid Cloud Development with Azure Red Hat OpenShift

Press Release | ChannelPro

Co-developed solution brings industry’s most comprehensive enterprise Kubernetes platform to Microsoft Azure First jointly managed OpenShift offering in the public cloud now available - read more

May 8th, 2019

Tech Data Introduces Pre-Assembled, Pre-Validated IoT Solution Offering

News | Rich Freeman

The new Analytics and IoT Solution Factory, like the previously introduced Cloud Solution Factory, is designed to help partners capitalize on a rapidly growing next-generation IT market faster, more easily, and with less risk. - read more

May 8th, 2019

ID Agent Builds Azure Active Directory Synchronization into its Security Training Solution

News | Rich Freeman

Available at no extra cost, the new functionality lets users of the vendor’s BullPhish ID product identify “targets” for awareness campaigns without manually uploading user lists, according to ID Agent exec Dan Tomaszewski (pictured). - read more

May 3rd, 2019

CRITICALSTART Announces Collaboration With Microsoft To Offer A Managed Detection And Response Service For Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection

Press Release | ChannelPro

Combined Technologies Will Reduce Alerts by 99% and Deliver a Full Range of Security Capabilities from Mobile Devices - read more

May 3rd, 2019

Databricks Collaborates with Microsoft on MLflow Open Source Project

Press Release | ChannelPro

Databricks, the leader in Unified Analytics and founded by the original creators of Apache Spark, announced Microsoft is joining the open source MLflow project as an active contributor and adding native support for MLflow in Microsoft Azure Machine Learning service. MLflow is an open source platform for the machine learning lifecycle. - read more

April 25th, 2019

Acronis Announces Open APIs for its Acronis Cyber Platform

News | Rich Freeman

Part of a larger move by Acronis from BDR and storage into security as well, the new interfaces are designed to let a broad ecosystem of technology partners tailor Acronis solutions to specific needs or weave those solutions together with their own. - read more

April 9th, 2019

Google Introduces Hybrid Cloud Computing Platform

News | Rich Freeman

Named Anthos, the new offering is designed to make embracing hybrid cloud computing easier by enabling organizations to run containerized applications without modification both on premises and in the public cloud. - read more

April 4th, 2019

Adobe, Microsoft and SAP Announce New Open Data Initiative Details

Press Release | ChannelPro

Global Industry Partners Join Effort to Connect Data and Gather Powerful Insights Fueled by AI and Intelligent Services - read more

April 2nd, 2019

Lenovo Ships Servers and Data Center Appliances Bearing New Intel Data Center Products

News | Rich Freeman

The 15 servers and five converged infrastructure appliances provide double-digit performance increases and a 12.5x improvement in recovery times, according to their manufacturer. - read more

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2018 ChannelPro SMB All-Stars

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Best File Share and Sync

Best Managed Hosting/Cloud Infrastructure

Best Cloud Email/Collaboration

Best Private Cloud Computing

Best Server Virtualization

Best Desktop Virtualization

Best Storage Virtualization

Best Partner Program

Best Hybrid/Convertible PC

Best Mobile Device Management

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November 19th, 2018

ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #094 - Meet Alfred Applebaum

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Joined by consultant extraordinaire and MSP Foundry chief Ronnie Parisella, Matt and Rich dive into the news about Kaseya buying Spanning, Hewlett Packard Enterprise refreshing its secondary storage portfolio, Microsoft refreshing its hardware lineup and Windows OS, best practices for selecting RMM platforms, and more. They also introduce you to some guy named Alfred Applebaum. And no, we’ve never heard of him either. - read more

November 14th, 2018

ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #093 - For Donut-Level Partners Only

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Don’t try and fool us. We know you haven’t attained donut-level status in the ChannelPro Weekly partner program yet. We’ll let you listen in anyway, though, as Matt, Rich, and guest host Karl Palachuk discuss Continuum’s analysis of the managed services market, Microsoft’s new VDI solution, StorageCraft’s new partner program, CloudJumper’s single-server WaaS solution, USB extenders old and new, and more. - read more

August 15th, 2018

ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #085 - Behold! Checklists and Chicken Fingers

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Did you attend this year’s Microsoft Inspire partner conference? Bet you didn’t eat as many chicken fingers there as Rich did. Find out what else he snacked on during meetings, not to mention what he and Matt have to say about Microsoft’s slow but steady progress toward the big partner program and sales process changes it announced last year. - read more

August 3rd, 2018

ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #084 - Hooray for Titles! I Guess.

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If you like industry news you’ll love this week’s episode of ChannelPro Weekly, in which Matt and Rich explore announcements from Microsoft on the eve of its annual partner conference, Lenovo’s recently launched “channel transformation” initiative, a new threat detection solution from SolarWinds, some affordable wide-format printers from Epson, and more. - read more

May 15th, 2018

ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #076 - Code Blue!

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Get some ChannelPro editors in here, stat! We need them to discuss the Kaseya-Unitrends merger and the launch of Ingram Micro’s new cloud commerce platform, plus mesh networking, the differentiating attributes of top-tier cloud computing resellers, and the amazing things you can do with USB pluggable devices (hint: they include sustaining life). It’s just what the doctor ordered! Subscribe to ChannelPro Weekly! - read more

April 20th, 2018

ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #073 - Remember Etiquette?

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Kids today. No manners! Sadly, the same often goes for channel pros too, as you’ll discover in the live interview Matt and Rich conduct with MSP and “personal branding” expert Lisa Shorr, who explains why the way you dress, act, and talk is a vital part of building a successful business. - read more

March 7th, 2018

ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #068 - Hyper Makes Everything Better

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Hyperconverged! Hyperscale! Doesn’t everything sound better with “hyper” in front of it? - read more

January 30th, 2018

ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #064 - Absolutely NOT a Linux Distro

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Joined on air for the very first time by ChannelPro managing editor Colleen Frye, Matt and Rich explore what the appearance of the first Windows 10 laptops bearing ARM-based Qualcomm processors means for Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Intel alike before exploring some selections from avid bibliophile Colleen’s recently created ChannelPro Book Club. - read more

November 28th, 2017

ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #062 - Thanksgiving Conflabulation

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With just hours to go until Turkey Day, Matt and Rich fill your plate with meaty discussions about VMware on Azure, ISL Online’s affordable remote access solution, opportunities in the industrial Internet of Things, the merits of inkjet printers, and more. - read more

November 5th, 2017

ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #060 - Welcome to the Uber Uber MSSPMHSP Insurance Era

Download | ChannelPro Weekly

Matt and Rich are just itching to tell you all about BitTitan’s latest solution update and managed services vision; a detachable workstation from HP that may or may not have a reason for being; the long-awaited return of Microsoft’s Intellimouse; the just announced debut of the new Surface Precision Mouse; a thin, fast, stylish notebook from ASUS; and some recently published research from CompTIA about SaaS channel partners. - read more

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