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.
Held last week in Los Angeles, the first of the distributor’s live events for 2018 showcased mobility, security, IoT, and vertical industry solutions, among other opportunities, as hot markets for SMB resellers in 2018
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A referral program the distributor introduced last year and will expand in 2018 pays commissions to resellers when buyers of smartphones, tablets, and IoT devices activate mobile service with carriers like Verizon and T-Mobile.
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The new Driven for Cisco Meraki program is designed to provide all of the resources channel pros need to sell and support Meraki networking, security, and mobility management solutions, and enjoy elite-tier benefits in Cisco’s partner program.
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Rich and Erick are at home instead of the Mobile World Congress, but they've got some thoughts to share about the smartphone market anyway, and Erick's got some important advice about cross-selling and upselling managed services as well.
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Unveiled in Barcelona at this week’s Mobile World Congress event, Sophos Mobile 8 adds support for devices running Apple’s MacOS operating system to a solution that enables consolidated administration of Windows and mobile endpoints as well.
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Available for both iOS and Android devices, the new edition of the vendor’s RMM app for smartphones and tablets arrives on the same day parent company SolarWinds announced that it has acquired cloud-based log monitoring and analytics vendor Loggly.
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The BlackBerry channel back in its mobile device heyday was mainly telcos. Now, as they move broadly into security software they are expanding their channel, but also trying to focus it squarely on BlackBerry’s vision of the future.
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That’s according to the Usman Choudhary (pictured), the vendor’s chief product officer, who says that usability—especially on mobile devices—can be the single most important factor in a security system’s effectiveness.
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Integrators have to master new technology that they think may not apply to them, such as IoT, AI, and mobile, because "futuristic" tech is already filtering into your customer requests.
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