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In this issue: M&A the Right Way, Part 1; Women in IT, R.I.P., SBS; Network Diversity; IoT Storage Conundrum; Alibaba’s Cloud Push

Welcome to the February 2020 digital edition of ChannelPro-SMB Magazine. Features from this month’s issue include:

2020 State of the Channel: Cloud and Managed Services Are All Grown Up Results from our latest channel opinion survey suggest that the two defining markets of the decade just ended are fully mature

Putting the ‘CO’ Into Co-Managed Services Offering co-managed services scales easily with your current model but requires developing a true partnership with internal IT personnel

Taking Desktops Virtual‚ Finally? When Microsoft rolled out Windows Virtual Desktop, it removed barriers to mainstream adoption and opened new opportunities for channel pros

Searching for higher profits? Look no further than your operational and financial processes. Getting them right, these resources from ChannelPro show, can translate directly into a bigger bottom line. There’s more business management advice available at ChannelPro’s 2020 SMB Forum events too.

No need to reinvent the wheel when it comes to operational best practices. Your peers in the channel pro community have already figured out what works and what doesn’t Take a look at these peer-to-peer columns to learn all about developing a vertical specialty, building a thriving sales team, and hiring and retaining staff. And for more operational insights from readers like you, visit one of our 2020 ChannelPro SMB Forum events.

Managed services are big. Security is even bigger. Bring them together and you’ve got one of the hottest and most lucrative markets in IT today. Check out these ChannelPro resources to see why, and join us at one of our 2020 ChannelPro SMB Forum events for more information on both managed services and security.

If you’re a fan of low margins, selling cloud products is for you. If you prefer high profits, building cloud solutions is where it’s at, as these helpful resources from ChannelPro illustrate. For more strategic advice on cloud computing, join us at one of our 2020 ChannelPro SMB Forum events.

From PCs and smartphones to 3D printing and the Internet of Things, there’s plenty of life left in hardware, and these helpful resources from ChannelPro prove it. For more great tech trends insights, join us at one of our 2020 ChannelPro SMB Forum events.

Welcome to the January 2020 digital edition of ChannelPro-SMB Magazine. Features from this month’s issue include:

From Turning Screwdrivers to Strategic Consulting Reframing customer relationships by offering vCIO and other strategic advice to advance business goals, can lead to more enduring rewards

2020 Predictions, 20/20 Hindsight Our preview of the year ahead in IT explores what experts predict for 2020 and what they could have predicted in 2019 if they could see the future as clearly as the past

Augmented Reality Meets IoTWith technology improving and prices dropping, AR interfaces for industrial IoT use cases are moving into the mainstream

In conjunction with the announcement of MXOtech’s Joanna Sobran as the winner of ChannelPro’s inaugural Peer of the Year award, here’s a look at all 12 nominees’ stories.