Erick and Rich share thoughts on the latest ChannelPro State of the Channel survey, suggestions on leveraging ChatGPT to boost productivity and strengthen client relationships, and some very special news about the future of this podcast.
Erick and Rich discuss why news from Nerdio and Microsoft made this a big week in cloud management, why it’s never too soon to get rid of a toxic employee, and why getting a victory tattoo of your favorite team BEFORE the big game can be a bad idea.
With each issue packed full of powerful news, reviews, analysis, and advice targeting IT channel professionals, ChannelPro-SMB will help you cultivate your SMB customers and run your business more profitably.
Wrapping up its highest attendance year ever, ChannelPro hosted MSPs, IT consultants, VARs, and integrators for a full day of business building and networking.
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The third of four ChannelPro SMB Forum events this year featured presentations from industry experts and some of the top SMB resellers and managed service providers in the country.
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Alliances and services from NetSuite and Schneider Electric, IoT offerings from Microsoft, and some fun and not-so-fun celebrations of April Fool’s Day from tech vendors are among the stories we’ve finally managed to tell you about.
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The new devices are 20 percent lighter than equivalents with lead acid batteries, and are designed to require less maintenance as well, making them a fit for distributed IT and edge computing environments.
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The first of four ChannelPro SMB Forum events this year featured presentations from industry experts and some of the top SMB resellers and managed service providers in the country.
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You knew Clippy was annoying. Did you know he’s evil too? That’s one of many things you’ll learn in this episode of ChannelPro Weekly, featuring guest host Ed Correia of Sagacent Technologies.
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Speaking to partners this week, Eaton executive Herve Tardy (pictured) previewed forthcoming RMM integrations, a new asset management tool, a wave of security-related UPS upgrades, and the eventual arrival of “software-defined power.”
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Neither a vacation nor several feet of snow is enough to keep Erick Simpson from joining Rich Freeman for a discussion of Eaton’s new partner program, how and why to build an employee certification program, and (just in time for Valentine’s Day) Tinder for cows.
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Speaking with ChannelPro at the power quality vendor’s annual partner summit event, executives credited an ongoing infrastructure refresh cycle, a reorganized sales team, and a heightened emphasis on solution selling for its recent sales momentum.
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The latest edition of the power quality vendor’s PartnerAdvantage program, which includes a new managed services track, imposes higher requirements but also rewards the most committed partners with higher discounts and added benefits.
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