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.

Remember your first Walkman? No?

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”.

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.

Live from the show floor in Miami, Joel Zaidspiner speaks with Probax, Scale Computing, and Sophos at Ingram Micro’s first in-person Cloud Summit since 2019.

Erick and Rich discuss the growing trend of alliances between IT management vendors and cyber insurance companies, how soon is too soon to fire a problem employee, and whether or not naming your baby after Ikea products is a good idea.

Take a listen to Joel Zaidspiner’s recent conversations with Breach Secure Now!, IRONSCALES, and Solutions Granted at MSP Sales Revolution’s first ever partner conference.

Put ‘er there, pal! Or come to think of it, maybe don’t per ‘er there just yet. While we think that through, we invite you to join Matt, Rich, and returning guest host Michael Goldstein, of LAN Infotech, as they discuss the new threat intelligence portal from Kaspersky, former Microsoft channel chief Rodney Clark’s new gig, the current state of play in the hardware market, and whether or not cloud vendors selling direct to end users is a threat to channel pros.

Are cloud vendors who sell direct a threat to channel pros? Ingram Micro doesn’t think so, and neither do Erick and Rich, who also discuss the possibility that M&A valuations for MSPs have peaked and that Elvis-themed Las Vegas wedding chapels are doomed.

Three MSPs discuss the sales, operational, and other techniques they use to produce lots of revenue with few or even no employees.

Think Halloween is the only time you can get a fun-sized Snicker-nugget? At ChannelPro you can get them year round, and there’s plenty for everyone with Rich out on vacation. That leaves Matt and guest host Erick Simpson to discuss Bitdefender’s new consumption-priced MDR service for MSPs, the latest edition of NinjaOne’s software suite, how to help SMBs leverage IT to drive growth, and some great tips on optimizing document migrations.

Rich is on vacation, but he and Erick still have a pre-recorded episode for you about strategies for getting peak value from vendor relationships and a strange but true story about their recent travels.

Don’t let those end users stay up past their bedtime, channel pros, and help yourself to any snacks in the cupboard. In the meantime, why not listen in as Matt, Rich, and guest host Frank Bravata, of MSP Cyber Brigade, discuss the news from Ingram Micro’s latest Cloud Summit, channel chief Rodney Clark departing Microsoft, and ChannelPro’s 2022 Vendors on the Vanguard list?

Side by side once more, Erick and Rich discuss Ingram Micro’s new “digital twin,” how and why to get MDF, and a brilliant invention from Johns Hopkins University that prevents burritos from unrolling.

Explore the underappreciated contributions to IT and beyond made by the AAPI community, and the equally underappreciated challenges members of that community face at work.

Joel Zaidspiner takes advantage of a brief stop back home between road trips to learn about one of the newest names in password management software for MSPs.

In this issue: Vendors on the Vanguard | Working Your Networks | Chart of Accounts 101 | Security Metrics | Women in Cybersecurity | Vertical Clouds |

Combine two flavors of ice cream in one cone, and you get a delicious treat. Combine two RMM systems into one and you get…well, that depends, doesn’t it?

While partners at this week’s TD SYNNEX conference discuss booming IT market conditions, Erick and Rich discuss how to prepare for the inevitable slowdown to come, along with recent evidence that artificial intelligence isn’t all that intelligent yet.

Cybersecurity’s tough, but is anything more puzzling than seafood? No really, think about it. Or better yet, don’t think about it and listen to this special edition of ChannelPro Weekly sponsored by Datto instead. Matt and Rich are joined by Datto partner Brian Weiss, of ITECH Solutions, to discuss Pax8 adding AWS to its line card, Dell’s surprisingly strong PC sales two years into the work-from-home era, and the secrets to influencing vendor roadmaps.

Erick and Rich discuss the potential merits of buying remote access software from a security vendor, why expressing gratitude to employees and customers is a win-win, and the many, many holidays besides Star Wars Day celebrated this week.

Greetings from Nashville, where our Joel Zaidspiner recently checked in with Lifecycle Insights, Spot, Vertical Axion, and Wasabi Technologies.

Here’s a thought. Rename the OS drive on your PC the Q drive. Makes about as much sense as the letter you probably use now. Next, tune into this week’s jam-packed episode, in which Matt, Rich, and guest host Paul Nebb, of Titan Technologies, discuss Eaton’s move into peripherals, Datto’s new BDR appliances and cloud continuity solution, and a new managed SD-WAN offering from Fortinet, Ingram Micro, and Masergy.

Erick and Rich discuss a managed SD-WAN solution that MSPs and managed service newcomers should look into, explore how and why to raise your rates due to inflation, and pity the fool who now holds the world record for balancing a chainsaw on your chin.

Live from fabulous Las Vegas, ChannelPro’s Joel Zaidspiner speaks with Hook Security, ImagIT, NYNJA, and SaaSMAX.