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.
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.
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Aimed at midsize and larger organizations, the system is designed to help users add Windows desktops quickly to an existing Azure infrastructure while exerting tighter control over administrative access and data residency.
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Easily distracted by the latest…anything, channel pros? Join the crowd. As guest host and MSP Vince Tinnirello of Anchor Network Solutions observes, IT providers have a tendency to glom onto whatever’s new, bright, and shiny.
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Taking a break from the slopes during his ski vacation, Erick talks with Rich about the surprising departure of Renee Bergeron from Ingram Micro, the rewards of saying “no” to customers sometimes instead of “yes,” and the death grip Windows 7 seems to have on the last PCs running it.
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The cloud computing exec’s departure for an unspecified opportunity elsewhere comes as U.S. advanced solutions leader Tim Ament transitions to chief country executive for Australia and New Zealand.
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Hmm, what to do with $8 million of venture capital? ChannelPro Weekly regulars Matt and Rich, plus special guest host and MSSP Rob Boles of BLOKWORX, have an idea for the first million.
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The $8 million Series A funding round will help the IT-as-a-service vendor accelerate its product roadmap, expand into overseas markets, and sign more partnerships with third-party providers of Azure software and services.
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The vendor’s first foray beyond endpoint security, the three new systems provide consolidated threat monitoring for a widely used cloud productivity suite that lacks multitenant management tools.
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Looks like this cloud computing thing still has a whole lot of upside ahead of it. Erick and Rich discuss the latest evidence this week, along with the importance of using the data in your PSA system to drive strategic decision making and a routine traffic stop by sheriffs in Wisconsin that's notable only because it involved an Oscar Meyer Weinermobile.
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Offered at monthly subscription rates, the pre-assembled collections of hardware, cloud software, and professional services arrive amid double- and triple-digit growth for the distributor in strategic markets like cloud computing, pro AV, and esports.
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