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.
Partner program updates from Dell Technologies, new Azure services from Microsoft, and a Brazilian parrot who refused to be a stool pigeon are among the stories we’ve just now managed to tell you about.
- read more
Piles of cloud news from Google, loads of devices from Acer, and a prowler with a genuinely spotless record are all among the stories we’ve just now gotten around to telling you about.
- read more
Sales of Microsoft Office 365 and firewalls, with assistance from increased adoption of Microsoft Azure and Google G Suite, helped the distributor grow SMB revenue a record 31 percent last year, according to Vice President of Sales John Phillips (pictured).
- read more
Experts from SolarWinds, Trend Micro, Vade Secure, WatchGuard Technologies, and Webroot discuss five things worth worrying about online, and suggested countermeasures for mitigating them.
- read more
An updated security awareness training solution from Webroot, an enhanced SD-WAN solution from Citrix, and a forthcoming mobile DNS filtering product from WatchGuard are our final trio of product-related stories from last week’s giant security confab.
- read more
AlienVault, Barracuda Networks, LogRhythm, SolarWinds, Sophos, Spiceworks, and WatchGuard preview what 2019 has coming for security. Warning: It’s not pretty.
- read more
Join Erick, Rich, and some unusual hats as they review the latest firewall with SD-WAN functionality, the rewards of giving yourself a holiday gift in the form of a rate increase, and the mixed blessing of living in a place where the streets are paved with chocolate.
- read more
It’s quite possible that neither Matt nor Rich has ever done anything successfully 100 times before, but somehow or other they’ve managed to record 100 episodes of this podcast without inspiring any lawsuits. Worth a celebration, wouldn’t you say?
- read more
Dynamic path selection functionality in the new release lets SD-WAN users failover to a backup network connection automatically when performance drops below preset thresholds. Other new features include integration with the Tigerpaw PSA platform.
- read more
A PowerPoint alternative from Salesforce, a managed desktop service from Microsoft, and a hint of the chaos that would reign in a world without editors are among the stories we took our sweet time getting around to this week.
- read more