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Announced ahead of next week’s CES conference, the forthcoming hardware arrives at a time when work-from-home computing, remote learning, and other newly pervasive use cases are driving demand for flexible products optimized for videoconferencing.

2021 is here, and not a moment too soon. To celebrate that happy occasion, we invited 22 (count ’em) of our guest hosts from 2020 back on the show for a series of group chats about top IT industry story lines from last year and predictions for next year, plus the latest can’t-miss reading recommendations from the ChannelPro Book Club. Heck, we even managed to get in a super fun round of museum picks from five former co-hosts, and a bonus pick from Matt that he’s been saving up for weeks.

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.

The latest release of the BDR solution includes support for Microsoft’s Resilient File System technology, instant recovery for up to 4TB of data, and streamlined technician workflows, among other features.

Seeking to promote collaboration and transparency in the fight against cybercrime, the vendor has made four AI-powered tools developed in its labs freely available to researchers, fellow vendors, and security service providers.

The managed services co-op sees a path to becoming a multibillion-dollar behemoth that private equity firms will line up to buy.

Following a drop during its fiscal Q2, the hardware giant saw partner revenue grow 1% worldwide and 4% in North America in Q3. Now it’s counting on the recently introduced PowerStore portfolio to help it turn around its still struggling midrange storage business.

Integration services, endpoint managed services, and project-specific services have been rolling out this year and will continue arriving in 2021, according to Jason Bystrak (pictured), who leads the new venture along with the distributor’s cloud business.

Some things can only be accomplished by “boots on the ground,” as the saying goes. And if you’re Barbara Paluszkiewicz, CEO of CDN Technologies, host of the KnowTechTalk podcast, and guest host of this week’s episode, those boots will probably have very pointy heels.

Amid unending uncertainty, the security vendor is keeping surprises in requirements, rewards, and profits to a minimum.