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ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the Week of September 12th, 2022
Erick and Rich sum up the action and mood at Datto’s first partner event since being acquired by Kaseya, urge you to charge for assessments instead of give them away, and marvel at the record-setting 1,109 pint Negroni recently poured in Bangkok.
ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the Week of September 5th, 2022
Erick and Rich discuss a forthcoming alerts management solution from Gradient MSP, why every MSP should build an organizational accountability chart, and a 38-year-old man in Japan paid $71 a booking to do nothing in particular.
ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #238 – Invoice Jenga
If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times: Billing customers is exactly like a 3D puzzle involving wooden blocks.
ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the Week of August 29th, 2022
Erick and Rich discuss the strategic significance of ConnectWise getting into payments processing, the importance of factoring truly complete service delivery costs into your rates, and a Florida alligator rudely evicted from what was supposed to be its home.
ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #237 – Casper the Friendly Editor
Coming to you from the HP Amplify Executive Forum, or maybe the great beyond given how ghost-like he looks, Rich talks with Matt and returning guest host Mile Bloomfield of Tekie Geek about HP’s new ink subscription service for SMBs, partner program updates, and hardware for hybrid workers.
ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the Week of August 22nd, 2022
Erick and Rich take a look at the surprisingly resilient M&A landscape for MSPs, discuss strategies for insulating yourself from supply chain woes, and marvel at the record-setting 69 fast food restaurants recently visited in 24 hours by two chefs in New York.
ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #236 – Cheerios Vs. Starvation
Cheerios or starvation? If you’re a breakfast cereal fan, that may not be an easy question. Don’t think it through, though, until you’ve joined Matt, Rich, and returning guest host Antwine Jackson, of Enitech Solutions, as they discuss Kaseya’s new auto-renewal policy, N-able’s new cloud management system, Huntress’s new managed EDR service, and Ingram Micro’s new membership program for ambitious cloud partners, not to mention how, when, and why to fire clients.
ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the Week of August 15th, 2022
Erick and Rich chew over N-able’s jump into cloud management, why having good data in tightly integrated business apps is the only way to make confident decisions about your company, and a wedding-saving emergency intervention by a Boston cop.
Voice of the Vendor: CompTIA ChannelCon 2022
Live from this year’s CompTIA ChannelCon event in Chicago, Joel Zaidspiner brings you the latest from Infosec, IronVest, Linode, and Phin Security.
ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the Week of August 8th, 2022
Erick and Rich discuss Kaseya’s revised auto-renewal policy, how to keep new managed service clients happy during onboarding, and an interesting job listing for anyone who likes the sound of sleeping for a living.
ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #235 – Greetings from the New Hampshire Chamber of Commerce
You know what they say in New Hampshire. Live free or die! Or maybe try the skiing and visit the beaches instead. It’s a lovely place. But before you go, please join Matt, Rich, and returning guest host Randolph Carnegie, of Ken-Kor Consulting, as they discuss Augmentt’s new security alerting functionality, the latest winner of the Cecilia Galvin Scholarship, and the results of this year’s Readers’ Choice Awards—live from CompTIA’s ChannelCon event!
Voice of the Vendor: Build IT Live 2022
In the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, Joel Zaidspiner catches up with ChatGenie, HacWare, Rewst, and event host IT By Design.
ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #234 – The Dark Upside Down
There are stranger things than this week’s ChannelPro Weekly episode, but little else as fun or informative. Joined by security expert and returning guest host Angela Hogaboom, the Cloud Chick herself, Matt and Rich discuss the new Surface for Business hardware at D&H, the new intrusion prevention and container security options from Trend Micro, and the new industry trend data from ConnectWise’s Service Leadership unit.
ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the Week of July 25th, 2022
Erick and Rich discuss favorite insights from Service Leadership’s new industry profitability report, what makes for a good—and bad—statement of work, and how a 13-year-old on her way to medical school next year makes us all look like slackers.
ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #233 – Zoo Scam
Seems like you can’t trust anyone these days, and ESPECIALLY not zoos, where the “animals” always seem to be “napping.” Really burns us up.
ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the Week of July 18th, 2022
Erick and Rich discuss Microsoft’s cautious messaging during its Inspire partner conference, how to prevent your best techs from leaving for another employer, and the dubious opportunity now available in Cincinnati to smell a corpse flower in full bloom.
ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #232 – Self-Licking Ice Cream Cone
If you love ice cream as much as we love ice cream it won’t surprise you that ice cream loves ice cream too.
ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the week of July 11th, 2022
Erick and Rich discuss N-able’s new solution bundle for emerging MSPs, the awesome employee training tool you already have but don’t use (hint: it’s LinkedIn), and a guy who loves pizza SO much he nearly climbed into an oven to get some.
ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #231 – Abaft Your Scuttlebutt
Why does so much nautical terminology sound vaguely naughty? While we ponder that vital topic, please enjoy this week’s ChannelPro Weekly, in which Matt, Rich, and guest host/MSP consultant extraordinaire Manuel Palachuk, of Manuel Palachuk International, discuss N-able buying a cloud management vendor, Augmentt offering free cloud management tools, and Acronis integrating with Splashtop.
ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the week of July 4th, 2022
Happy (belated) 4th! Erick and Rich mark the occasion by discussing why N-able bought a cloud management vendor, why now’s a good time to focus on the bottom line as well as revenue, and why there’s something fishy about a 95-0 soccer score.
Voice of the Vendor: ITEXPO 2022
Listen along with Joel Zaidspiner as he learns what’s new from Cyrisma, Premier BPO, Red Sentry, and Redstor.
ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Special Edition: Everybody Knows Sven – Sponsored by Exclusive Networks
How about that Sven? You do know Sven, right? Everybody knows Sven! Especially Matt, Rich, and their returning guest host for this special episode of ChannelPro Weekly sponsored by Exclusive Networks, Chris Ploessel of RedNight Consulting.
ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #230 – The Boomerang Effect
Heads up! There’s a new ChannelPro Weekly coming at you featuring Matt, Rich, guest host Vince Tinnirello of Anchor Network Solutions, and ChannelPro Managing editor Colleen Frye. They’ve all got lots to say about Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s new solution-as-a-service partner program, Dell’s strong but somewhat slower PC sales, documentation pro tips, and the 2022 summer edition of the ChannelPro Book Club.
ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the Week of June 27th, 2022
Erick and Rich discuss HPE’s new as-a-service partner program, the many ways to motivate client and employee behavior, and the world’s first, and we hope only, zero-star hotel.
Voice of the Vendor: Kaseya Connect IT 2022
The ever-wandering Joel Zaidspiner speaks with Evo Security, JumpCloud, and TitanHQ.















