Topic: Partner Programs - Page 41

ChannelPro celebrates its 15th anniversary by checking in with IT business owners featured in cover stories from our inaugural year.

Kansas City, Mo., was the latest stop in The ASCII Group’s MSP Success Summit 2022 series of educational and networking events for MSPs and IT business owners.

Erick and Rich discuss what Microsoft’s huge partner program changes mean for its channel, explain why team-building events are more important than ever, and ponder how drunk you’d have to be to leave your dentures at a bar and never retrieve them.

Some matchups are competitive. Others not so much. And when it comes to bacon versus, well, anything, Matt, Rich, and returning guest host Brian Weiss, of ITECH Solutions, are in lockstep agreement.

The five honorees were recognized for demonstrating industry leadership and a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The new policy is aimed at eliminating a barrier that has kept some MSPs from joining the threat intelligence sharing group, according to Chief Community Officer MJ Shoer (pictured), speaking at the association’s Communities and Councils Forum.

They will be the latest manifestations of an ambitious campaign led by Michelle Ragusa-McBain (pictured) designed to drive deeper engagement with managed service providers by simplifying procurement, training, and other critical processes.

Members now have access to a partner portal, more flexible licensing options, and an assessment tool they can use to sell services aimed at eliminating unneeded files and safeguarding sensitive ones.

The security vendor is aggressively recruiting MSP partners to help it protect every business’s biggest target: its employees.

Those of you resisting the switch from a hardware-focused managed services model to the cloud-first model of the future, at least, are the biggest threat to the vendor’s continued growth, according to execs like Joseph Landes (pictured).