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.

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.

IT By Design’s fourth annual conference opens by announcing new partnerships with N-able and Vijilan Security.

Called Incubiz, the offering aims to make becoming a provider of security and managed services to SMBs easier for people with the drive to launch and run a business but limited startup capital or experience.

The agreement arms partners to include devices like Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Go 2 (pictured) in solution bundles alongside Microsoft 365 and accompanying services for the first time.

Four lessons learned that can help women rise to the C-suite and champion the channel.

With the right preparedness, MSPs—and their vendors and customers—will be better equipped to manage and protect their critical business data.

CIO Landing’s growth strategy of acquisition, franchising, and organic expansion starts by establishing a competitive edge in hiring.

The partner program that the security awareness training vendor launched last week, its first, is part of a broader effort to adopt a partner-led sales model, according to channel chief Tim Acker (pictured).

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.