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Voice of the (Social Distanced) Vendor: Episode 13
Joel Zaidspiner’s BACK with a fresh round of interviews with top vendors. This time he catches up with Arctic Wolf, BVoIP, and ConnectBooster.
ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #174 – Branches of One
Everyone keeps talking about working from home, but who are they kidding? That home of yours is a branch office these days, and family and pets aside it has a total workforce population of…you.
ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the Week of January 25th, 2021
Erick and Rich trade thoughts on the new managed antivirus solution from Huntress, what to do when your managed services toolset is delivering diminished returns, and a Microsoft chatbot that lets you talk to dead people.
ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #173 – The Ghost Kitchen
Matt, Rich, and guest host Peter Melby, of MSP Greystone Technology, may not be ghosts but they have cooked up a great show for you this week.
ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the Week of January 18th, 2021
This week, Erick and Rich take a look at ChannelPro’s annual industry preview article for 2021, explore the importance of reviewing your performance in 2020, and discuss the wisdom of sampling a new variety of gin made with Elephant dung.
ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #172 – Project Bane
What does DC Comics archvillain Bane have to do with this year’s CES, not to mention this episode of ChannelPro Weekly? We simply don’t have time to tell you here, so listen in to find out. You’ll also hear what Matt, Rich, and guest host Jeff Halash, of TechNut Computer Repair and the MSP Unplugged podcast, have to say about all the latest gear from Dell, HP, Lenovo, and AMD.
ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the Week of January 11th, 2021
Erick and Rich mull the meaning of Kaseya’s new Unified RMM framework, encourage channel pros to rethink their marketing plans, and explain why dried yellow mealworms could be your secret to weight loss success.
ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the Week of January 4th, 2021
Erick and Rich greet the new year with a look at SolarWinds MSP’s new name, the new business plan you should be drafting right now, and the amusing fallout from a little too much holiday drinking for a reveler in the U.K.
ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #171 – Close the Kimono
Sharing we like. Oversharing, not so much. And sometimes the kindest thing you can do for others is close up that kimono of yours. Or so say Matt, Rich, and their guest host, cloud consultant and entrepreneur Jamison West. They also have some things to say about SolarWinds MSP’s soon-to-be new name and the security landscape in 2021, not to mention cloud management, a topic they discuss with RMM pioneer and now cloud identity management CEO Peter Sandiford, of Zerotek.
ChannelPro Weekly – 2021 New Year’s Special
2021 is here, and not a moment too soon. To celebrate that happy occasion, we invited 22 (count ’em) of our guest hosts from 2020 back on the show for a series of group chats about top IT industry story lines from last year and predictions for next year, plus the latest can’t-miss reading recommendations from the ChannelPro Book Club. Heck, we even managed to get in a super fun round of museum picks from five former co-hosts, and a bonus pick from Matt that he’s been saving up for weeks.
ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the Week of December 28th, 2020
With 2020 almost finally over at last, Erick and Rich share resolutions for 2021 and chew over the latest novelty Oreo flavor from the people who once brought you wasabi and hot chicken wing Oreos.
ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the Week of December 21st, 2020
Erick and Rich take a break from their holiday preparations to discuss the year’s biggest IT story (surprise! It’s work-from-home computing) as well as the perfect solution for people who want to wear pajamas to their next Zoom call but still look professional.
Voice of the (Social Distanced) Vendor: Episode 12
Ring in the new year with our Joel Zaidspiner’s latest executive interviews, this time with Carbon Systems and Trustifi.
ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #170 – Rapid Deconstruction
Ah, the power of euphemisms. They can turn what might otherwise be called a smashup and make it sound far more appealing. That’s just one of the useful facts you’ll learn this week from Matt, Rich, and guest host Angel Rojas, president and CEO of DataCorps. They’ve also got input for you on SolarWinds getting hacked, Datto’s plans for the future, D&H betting big on professional services, and the challenges of cloud management.
ChannelPro 5 Minute for the Week of December 14th, 2020
Erick and Rich mull over the grim implications of the SolarWinds Orion hack, discuss a specific technique for taking word of mouth marketing to the next level, and gaze in delighted wonder as 32 illuminated portable toilets sing Christmas carols.
CompTIA Biz Tech Podcast: Learners are Earners: Secrets of Top Technologists Pt. 2
Technology is embedded in just about everything we do – from starting our cars to mobile orders at our favorite coffee shop to connecting with colleagues and clients. As an aspiring or current technology professional, you can choose from a wide range of opportunities. †In the United States alone, there are about 750,000 tech jobs that go unfilled each year …. mostly due to a lack of qualified candidates. With the right skills and a learning mindset, one can having a thriving career.
CompTIA Biz Tech Podcast: Learners are Earners: Secrets of Top Technologists
Technology is embedded in just about everything we do—from starting our cars to mobile orders at our favorite coffee shop to connecting with colleagues and clients. As an aspiring or current technology professional, you can choose from a wide range of opportunities. In the United States alone, there are about 750,000 tech jobs that go unfilled each year, mostly due to a lack of qualified candidates. With the right skills and a learning mindset, one can have a thriving career.
ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the Week of December 7th, 2020
Erick and Rich discuss the latest news from Datto on its post-IPO plans, urge you to do performance reviews with your employees at least quarterly, and ponder why anyone would want to take up the world’s strangest martial art.
ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #169 – Stilettos on the Ground
Some things can only be accomplished by “boots on the ground,” as the saying goes. And if you’re Barbara Paluszkiewicz, CEO of CDN Technologies, host of the KnowTechTalk podcast, and guest host of this week’s episode, those boots will probably have very pointy heels.
ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the Week of November 30th 2020
Erick and Rich sift through the impact of Salesforce buying Slack, provide some advice on planning ahead for 2021, and ponder how it is that 56% of remote employees can watch TV while working, per a recent Nielsen survey, and still get something done.
ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #168 – Duchovny Training
Wouldn’t embracing zero-trust security be easier if Fox Mulder popped up on your PC every time you were about to click a bad link? Matt and Rich think so, as does their guest host, security expert Angela Hogaboom of RSI, Cloud Girls, and the Colorado chapter of Women in CyberSecurity.
ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the Week of November 23rd, 2020
In this short holiday week, Erick and Rich take time out from their usual routine to share the top ten things they’re thankful for this year, beginning with the resiliency of the managed services market and ending with science.
Voice of the (Socially Distanced) Vendor: Episode 11
Catch up with Compliancy Group, Dark Cubed, and managed services guru Karl Palachuk, courtesy of our own Joel Zaidspiner.
ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #167 – Crux of the Biscuit
Here at ChannelPro, we like our biscuits with a good hard crux. Or make that crust. The crux should be soft. Or should it? While we figure that out, grab a seat and listen in as Matt, Rich, and guest host Paco Lebron, of ProdigyTeks and the MSP Unplugged podcast, discuss channel investments from SYNNEX, a new cloud management tool from Pax8, and the new white-label NUC notebook from Intel.
ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the Week of November 16th, 2020
Erick and Rich explore the latest in a recent string of cloud management solutions, from Pax8 this time, urge you to start getting those 2021 quarterly business reviews booked now, and celebrate Baby Yoda’s first real-life journey into outer space.















