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.
Post-Halloween goodies from Intel, nonprofit industry software from Microsoft, and the fastest, easiest Thanksgiving dinner recipe ever invented are all among the stories we’re just now telling you about.
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Join Erick and Rich as they ponder Zyxel’s disruptive entry into the SD-WAN market, the value of holding strategic company retreats, and beer for dogs. Yup, you read that right. Beer for dogs.
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Available for as little as $149 a year, the new add-on for the networking vendor’s ZyWALL VPN firewalls (pictured) lets users run voice and video traffic across the same internet connections they use for everything else without compromising performance.
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New hardware and OS software from Microsoft, print and security goodies of various kinds, and historical proof that the pumpkin spice craze really IS getting old are among the stories we’re just now telling you about.
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This week Erick and Rich (plus Erick's Amazon Echo, in an uninvited cameo appearance) discuss WatchGuard's new AI-powered firewall OS, the secrets to onboarding managed services clients profitably, and a disruptive new service called Amish Uber.
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The new patch management, threat security, and endpoint detection and response offerings are the latest additions to the vendor's MSP Security Suite.
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The Zyxel USG40 Unified Security Gateway and GS1920-24HP Smart Managed Switch make an appealingly out-of-sight, out-of-mind SMB networking tandem.
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June has become the month for Webinars!
I have four scheduled this month. Please sign up for at least three (one's kind of a repeat).
All are free.
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The dish from Dell Technologies World, AI resources from Intel, and a celebration of humanity’s terrible password habits are all among the stories we’ve finally gotten around to telling you about.
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Education products from Microsoft, mesh wi-fi networks from D&H, and every journalist’s favorite—a man bites dog story—were all among the news we really meant to report on this week, but didn’t.
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