When Rich gets his hands on an interesting story, he’s like a man possessed. No, really, you’ll see what we mean a little ways into this week’s episode, which features a guest hosting appearance by Josh Weiss, president and virtual CIO of L.A. Creative Technologies, plus an interview with the consistently fascinating David Friend, president and CEO of cloud storage innovator Wasabi Technologies.

Minorities and women can succeed in the IT industry and be valuable contributors by supporting each other and using our differences to stand out from a sea of sameness.

Endpoint protection products from Panda Security, which WatchGuard bought in March, are now available to all of the company’s partners while membership in the WatchGuardONE partner program is now open to former Panda resellers.

One new offering walks partners through the process of creating NetSuite-based solutions for customers in narrowly defined industries. The other gives resellers of products like NetSuite’s email marketing system and PSA solution an easier route into the vendor’s channel.

The October issue of ChannelPro magazine will be devoted to one critical topic: bringing greater diversity, equity, and inclusion to IT, guided by 11 guest editors from the channel who bring an array of perspectives to the table.

Building on last year’s inaugural award, the selection process is now expanded to include nominations from the ChannelPro audience of vendors and readers.

The new offering, which features just two membership tiers and a simplified discount structure, is designed to be both easier for partners to understand and more profitable for them to join.

Look inside and outside your network and partner with training programs to build your team, then invest in developing your people.

Erick and Rich dive into some conflicting stats about how much people like working from home, discuss the importance of taking guilt-free time away from work, and explore further evidence that 2020 is driving everyone just a little crazier than usual.

The October 1 full-day virtual event offered Canadian-based IT consultants, VARs, and MSPs expert advice on how to profit from managed IT, security services, and emerging markets.