This week, Erick and Rich take a look at ChannelPro’s annual industry preview article for 2021, explore the importance of reviewing your performance in 2020, and discuss the wisdom of sampling a new variety of gin made with Elephant dung.
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.
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This week, Erick and Rich take a look at ChannelPro’s annual industry preview article for 2021, explore the importance of reviewing your performance in 2020, and discuss the wisdom of sampling a new variety of gin made with Elephant dung.
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The company foresees robust SMB spending on next-generation technologies, security, and compliance. It’s also pursuing multiple vendor acquisitions, preparing for an IPO later this year, and spending big on securing its products.
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The deal will add deep network traffic visibility and analysis to the vendor’s existing detection and response capabilities, according to CEO Kyle Hanslovan (pictured).
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Sharing we like. Oversharing, not so much. And sometimes the kindest thing you can do for others is close up that kimono of yours. Or so say Matt, Rich, and their guest host, cloud consultant and entrepreneur Jamison West.
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For networking, VPN, and threat protection capabilities, the FLEX series of UTM gateways may very well be the cure your SMB customers are looking for in a post-COVID world.
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We could be in for another rough year on the security front, based on what Avast, Centrify, ConnectWise, Fortinet, Huntress Labs, iProov, One Identity, OpenText, Pulse Secure, WatchGuard, and Webroot anticipate for the months ahead.
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(Cedar Rapids, Iowa) December 17, 2020 – CryptoStopper today announced Kevin Torner, formerly the organization’s channel director, has been appointed President of the ransomware protection company.
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Ah, the power of euphemisms. They can turn what might otherwise be called a smashup and make it sound far more appealing. That’s just one of the useful facts you’ll learn this week from Matt, Rich, and guest host Angel Rojas, president and CEO of DataCorps. They’ve also got input for you on SolarWinds getting hacked, Datto’s plans for the future, D&H betting big on professional services, and the challenges of cloud management.
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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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