Digital transformation drives new opportunities for connected power—and the potential for risk.

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.

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.

Unveiled today at Amazon’s re:Inforce conference, FortiCNP draws on input from Fortinet’s Security Fabric and integration with the new Amazon GuardDuty Malware Protection solution to provide prioritized, actionable information on vulnerable assets.

Recent research from Nexthink finds that less than half of devices are ready for Windows 11 migration.

Enhancements to the vendor’s Cloud One platform introduced ahead of Amazon’s re:Inforce security conference let end users shift hosting and processing burdens from their own environments to Trend Micro’s.

CaaB (Cloud as a Business) is a channel-only public cloud infrastructure and service provider.

A new managed service partner offer from Cisco and Webex, a DLP solution from Cato Networks, a new channel chief at DataStream, and the one human no bear should ever challenge are among the stories we’re belatedly bringing your way.

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.

Erick and Rich discuss Microsoft’s cautious messaging during its Inspire partner conference, how to prevent your best techs from leaving for another employer, and the dubious opportunity now available in Cincinnati to smell a corpse flower in full bloom.