ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #247 – Pickles in a Black Box
Do you like pickles? Do you like them enough to reach into a black box supposedly full of them and eat whatever comes out? We recommend re-thinking matters if your answer was yes.
ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the Week of November 14th, 2022
Erick and Rich draw on research from Axcient to explore the costly effects of supporting multiple BDR solutions, discuss why now’s the time to refresh your marketing materials, and tell the strange tale of a man who misplaced an ear bud for five years…in his ear.
Barracuda Adds Jason Beal to Global Partner Leadership
As the security vendor’s first-ever vice president of worldwide partner ecosystems, the AvePoint, Palo Alto, and Ingram Micro veteran will serve as a liaison between his new employer and an increasingly diverse, complex channel.
MSP Sales Roles: Hunter vs. Farmer
Having dedicated staff for each role tends to correlate with higher profitability in managed services.
Post-Merger TD SYNNEX to Merge its Two Partner Communities
The distributor has long-term plans to unite its Varnex and TechSelect communities into a single company-wide membership organization, according to Kaye McMillan (pictured), who heads up the company’s CommunitySolv organization.
Building Resilience in Uncertain Times
How managed service providers can navigate challenging conditions by leveraging vendor partner and channel ecosystems.
MSP Initiative Wrapping Up a Year of Events
The vendor collective gets ready for its final “Channel Strong” tour of the year after pulling off its last community block party of 2022 in Orlando during Hurricane Nicole.
Next Major QuoteWerks Release Shipping Soon
Due within two weeks, the update will include support for MFA via authentication apps, a new set of procurement reports, and the ability to send order tracking numbers to end users automatically.
Voice of the Vendor: 7 Figure MSP Q4 2022
Joel Zaidspiner checks in with Actifile, CybrHawk, Datagate, and OITVoiP at the last 7 Figure MSP event of the year in Orlando.
ConnectWise Investing in Partner and Product Security Readiness
The company is rapidly staffing up a team tasked with helping MSPs get a security practice off the ground and a separate team led by CISO Patrick Beggs (pictured) charged with protecting ConnectWise products from external attack.









