Combine two flavors of ice cream in one cone, and you get a delicious treat. Combine two RMM systems into one and you get…well, that depends, doesn’t it?

While partners at this week’s TD SYNNEX conference discuss booming IT market conditions, Erick and Rich discuss how to prepare for the inevitable slowdown to come, along with recent evidence that artificial intelligence isn’t all that intelligent yet.

Cybersecurity’s tough, but is anything more puzzling than seafood? No really, think about it. Or better yet, don’t think about it and listen to this special edition of ChannelPro Weekly sponsored by Datto instead. Matt and Rich are joined by Datto partner Brian Weiss, of ITECH Solutions, to discuss Pax8 adding AWS to its line card, Dell’s surprisingly strong PC sales two years into the work-from-home era, and the secrets to influencing vendor roadmaps.

Erick and Rich discuss the potential merits of buying remote access software from a security vendor, why expressing gratitude to employees and customers is a win-win, and the many, many holidays besides Star Wars Day celebrated this week.

Greetings from Nashville, where our Joel Zaidspiner recently checked in with Lifecycle Insights, Spot, Vertical Axion, and Wasabi Technologies.

Here’s a thought. Rename the OS drive on your PC the Q drive. Makes about as much sense as the letter you probably use now. Next, tune into this week’s jam-packed episode, in which Matt, Rich, and guest host Paul Nebb, of Titan Technologies, discuss Eaton’s move into peripherals, Datto’s new BDR appliances and cloud continuity solution, and a new managed SD-WAN offering from Fortinet, Ingram Micro, and Masergy.

Erick and Rich discuss a managed SD-WAN solution that MSPs and managed service newcomers should look into, explore how and why to raise your rates due to inflation, and pity the fool who now holds the world record for balancing a chainsaw on your chin.

Live from fabulous Las Vegas, ChannelPro’s Joel Zaidspiner speaks with Hook Security, ImagIT, NYNJA, and SaaSMAX.

Ransomware just struck your client. Our suggestion? Do NOT place your first call to Ghostbusters. To find out who you should call, listen to this week’s episode, in which Matt, Rich, and guest host Ben Pearce, of ACP Technologies, discuss the news from the 2022 Robin Robins IT Sales and Marketing Boot Camp event, the new incident response service from ConnectWise, and the secrets to generating big financial results with small managed services teams.

Erick and Rich discuss how small MSPs can generate big financial results, explain why you need to know your company’s market value even if you’re not ready to sell it, and marvel at the Dubliner who lodged 34 complaints about airport noise a day for a year.

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.

Erick and Rich share hot takes on Kaseya’s earth-shaking acquisition of Datto, discuss the smart way to deal with FUD when change comes to the vendor landscape, and greet some unexpected visitors, live and on the air!

Listen up as Joel Zaidspiner checks in with Curricula, PC Matic, and ThreatAdvice, live from Austin, Texas.

Erick and Rich ask why channel pros aren’t talking about blockchain more, urge you to stop giving away services out of the kindness of your heart, and marvel at the people in Dallas who scanned a random QR code in the sky recently and got Rickrolled.

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.

Erick and Rich explore Cytracom’s bold move into secure networking, explain why watching Google for local ransomware stories can help MSPs land new business, and question why anyone would want to take their house plants with them on vacation.

It takes all kinds, folks, and you’re welcome to join us at ChannelPro Weekly no matter how much hair you have. Or don’t. Or what color it is.

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.

Erick and Rich urge you to get in on compliance services even if you’re a regulatory newbie, explain why dumping low margin services regularly is a good idea, and make plans to place an order for Iron Mike Tyson’s ear-shaped cannabis edible.

Erick and Rich dive into the upbeat numbers in this year’s ChannelPro State of the Channel report, explain why ticket escalation rate is a KPI, and ponder why anyone would think sneaking reptiles across the border in your pockets is a good plan.

Live from sunny Mexico, our Joel Zaidspiner checks in with Blackpoint Cyber, CrewHu, and ScalePad.

It’s dangerous out there, ma. Always use toofah. If you don’t believe me, take it from Matt, Rich and returning guest host Lawrence Cruciana, of Corporate Information Technologies. They and this week’s interview guest—Grayson Milbourne, security intelligence director at Webroot—have plenty to say about ransomware-as-a-service, Log4j threats, and a bunch of other reasons why none of us can have too much toofah these days.

Erick and Rich tally up the reasons why direct-to-cloud BDR is on the rise, discuss a new and better way to sell BDR, and agree that the man who discovered a pearl worth thousands of dollars in his clam dinner is the good news story we need right now.

Live from the first ASCII Group event of the year, Joel Zaidspiner checks in with Binox MSP, HelpDesk.tech, and Redstor.