The purpose of this report is to empower MSPs and IT solution providers to hone defense and recovery strategies in order to keep SMBs safe in the year ahead.
Join Erick and Rich as they discuss the potentially game-changing RMM system Kaseya has coming, how to handle a sales prospect who says “we’ve got a guy,” and just how big the biggest freshwater fish ever caught turns out to be.
Erick and Rich discuss Cisco’s big MSP recruiting drive, why you should have an offboarding process for clients that’s as good as your onboarding process, and whether or not being removed from a vat of chocolate you’re swimming in is really being “rescued”.
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.
Events for fans of SharePoint, Docker, and Ingram Micro, analytics product news from Microsoft, and the anniversary of the lamest—and first—YouTube video ever are all coming up for the SMB channel this week.
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Retail’s Big Show, product news from Epson, OKI Data, and Zyxel, and the inauguration of a new president are all on the agenda for the SMB channel this week.
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SMB Techfest is held four times a year in Anaheim. It is well worth the effort to attend.
I try to go at least three times per year because the content is always changing. Great presentations, great vendors, and all kinds of nice people to hang out with for a day.
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Speakers at the fourth and final SMB TechFest of the year last week made clear that for all the talk these days about emerging markets like the Internet of Things, there are still plenty of opportunities and challenges ahead for the channel in cloud computing.
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Product and partnership news from Lenovo, earnings updates from multiple tech industry bellwethers, and as good a reason as any to enjoy some time with a gone-but-not-forgotten comedy legend are all up ahead for the SMB channel this week.
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A peek inside the books of Microsoft and Intel, the latest SMB TechFest event, and a little-known holiday celebrating summer’s stupidest conversation starter all lie ahead this week for the SMB channel.
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Today I have the sad job of canceling this year's SMB Online Conference.
The reason is very simple: Extremely low attendance. Maybe 100 of you were just about to register and put it off til the last month of registration. But probably not.
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Automated prospecting, rather than cold calls, is the key to building and filling a sales pipeline big enough to generate large volumes of low-margin leads quickly.
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The return of earnings season, product news from Autotask, and a good reason to invest in technology that puts corporate memos exactly where they belong are all in store for the SMB channel this week.
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