ChannelPro Weekly Podcast

Extra! Extra! ChannelPro has exclusive news about Kaseya, and Matt, Cecilia, and Rich are all over it. They also have plenty to say about SYNNEX becoming the exclusive North American distributor of HP’s 3D printing system, the “A” that Tech Data gave itself for onboarding the former Avnet Technology Solutions rapidly, a high-speed, high-volume scanner from Kodak, the difference between “managed” and “smart” switches, and the ransomware-related explosion in security training investments.

After exchanging virtual high fives in the wake of a delightfully successful ChannelPro SMB Forum event in Chicago, your trio of hosts moves on to discuss Eaton's strategy for generating sustained growth in a rapidly evolving power protection market, TRENDnet's new DVR surveillance kits, how to make your move into print services, and why 1080p displays are finally about to lose their king-of-the-hill stature. Then they revisit a great Microsoft mouse from years gone by in Matt's tech museum and a new Microsoft mouse worth checking out if you're a member of the more-buttons-is-better crowd.

Plus, somewhere in there they briefly liken distributors to the mafia without actually meaning to, before quickly veering back to sanity. It's one more reason why listening to this week's show is an offer you can't refuse!

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Show Information:

Episode #: 043 Title: You Gotta Know a Guy Duration: 1:03:55 File size: 29.3MB Regulars: Rich Freeman - Senior News Editor, Cecilia Galvin - Editor in Chief, Matt Whitlock - Technology Editor

Topics and Related Links Mentioned:

• 9 Insights from Eaton's 2017 Partner Summit
• TRENDnet Launches New Line of DVR Surveillance Kits
• How To Break into Print Services
• The Death of 1080p?
• Where's Joel?
• Matt's Museum Pick: Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical
• Matt's Tech Pick: Microsoft Comfort Mouse 4500
• Rich's ICYMI and What's Up This Week preview

After exchanging virtual high fives in the wake of a delightfully successful ChannelPro SMB Forum event in Chicago, your trio of hosts moves on to discuss Eaton’s strategy for generating sustained growth in a rapidly evolving power protection market, TRENDnet’s new DVR surveillance kits, how to make your move into print services, and why 1080p displays are finally about to lose their king-of-the-hill stature.

Rich is back from his visit to the Ingram Micro Cloud Summit and itchin' to talk about it, along with the newly released free edition of ConnectWise's remote access solution and the secret to HTG Peer Groups' success. Matt, meanwhile, has plenty of insights to share from his visit to Lenovo's partner conference, not to mention recorded interviews with North American channel chief Sammy Kinlaw and president of Lenovo North America Emilio Ghilardi.

There's also a fond look back at a Motorola flip phone from Matt's tech museum, an admiring peek at Motorola's newest handset, and for reasons that will make at least a little sense when you listen, lots of talk about America's favorite movies, music, and TV shows from the year 2000. Has it really been that long since Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon came out?

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Show Information:

Episode #: 042 Title: The Y2K Trivia Edition Duration: 1:45:47 File size: 48.4MB Regulars: Rich Freeman - Senior News Editor, Cecilia Galvin - Editor in Chief, Matt Whitlock - Technology Editor

Topics and Related Links Mentioned:

• A Big Picture Look at Ingram Micro's Cloud Strategy
• ConnectWise Introduces Free Edition of its Remote Access Solution
• Lenovo Renews Focus on PCs and Trains New Attention on Services
• Live Blog: Lenovo Accelerate 2017 Keynote
• Where's Joel?
• Matt's Museum Pick: Motorola StarTAC
• Matt's Tech Pick: Motorola Moto Z
• Rich's ICYMI and What's Up This Week preview

Rich is back from his visit to the Ingram Micro Cloud Summit and itchin’ to talk about it, along with the newly released free edition of ConnectWise’s remote access solution and the secret to HTG Peer Groups’ success. Matt, meanwhile, has plenty of insights to share from his visit to Lenovo’s partner conference, not to mention recorded interviews with North American channel chief Sammy Kinlaw and president of Lenovo North America Emilio Ghilardi.

Join our very first Rich-free podcast, who couldn't make it this week due to travel or as revenge for being called "Chuckles" last week (or a bit of both). Matt and Cecilia do their best to steer the ship in his absence, covering some product introductions from Epson as well as the new Windows 10 Creator's Update. Later, Cecilia discusses two very interesting stories that every CEO would be wise to check out, like can you (should you) leave your business to your children and knowing when business owners need to get out of the way of their team. Plus, Matt discusses an ancient Toshiba notebook for his museum pick, and contrasts it with a new one to highlight the stark differences.

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Episode #: 041 Title: Going Rich Free, Man! Duration: 1:09:53 File size: 32.1MB Regulars: Rich Freeman - Senior News Editor, Cecilia Galvin - Editor in Chief, Matt Whitlock - Technology Editor

Topics and Related Links Mentioned:

• Epson Announces 3 New Workgroup Document Scanners
• Epson Introduces Compact, High-Speed WorkForce Pro All-in-One Printers
• Windows 10 Creator's Update
• Keeping a Business in the Family
• A Lesson in When to Get Out of the Way
• Where's Joel?
• Matt's Museum Pick: Toshiba Satellite Pro 400CS
• Matt's Tech Pick: Toshiba Portégé® Z30
• Rich's ICYMI and What's Up This Week preview

Epson Announces 3 New Workgroup Document Scanners

Join our very first Rich-free podcast, who couldn't make it this week due to travel or as revenge for being called "Chuckles" last week (or a bit of both). Matt and Cecilia do their best to steer the ship in his absence, covering some product introductions from Epson as well as the new Windows 10 Creator's Update.

Join your now fully healthy ChannelPro Weekly hosts as they peruse some all too easily overlooked announcements about Altaro's virtual machine backup solution, ADTRAN's managed Wi-Fi service, and a bunch of new products unveiled at the Channel Partners show in Las Vegas.

That's followed by Matt's take on what the rise of cloud-based gaming PCs could mean for makers of high-end physical machines, a look at SaaS adoption trends, and an interview with Steve Grady of Equus Compute Solutions about how one of the biggest names in system building is adapting to changed market conditions.

Enjoy! But heed this warning too: You do not want Rich Freeman to catch you calling him "Chuckles."

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Episode #: 040 Title: Chuckles for the Channel Duration: 1:21:26 File size: 37.3MB Regulars: Rich Freeman - Senior News Editor, Cecilia Galvin - Editor in Chief, Matt Whitlock - Technology Editor

Topics and Related Links Mentioned:

• Altaro Updates its Hyper-V and VMware Backup Solution
• ADTRAN Expands ProCloud Service to Include Unified Communications, Security, and Analytics
• It's Showtime in Vegas for Cloud and Communication Vendors
• Vote for your favorites in the 2017 ChannelPro Readerss Choice Awards!
• Clouds Form over the Lucrative Gaming Market
• System Builder Challenge: Going Halfsies on Graphics
• Where's Joel?
• Matt's Museum Pick: Jawbone Bluetooth headset
• Matt's Tech Pick: Plantronics Voyager Legend CS
• Rich's ICYMI and What's Up This Week preview

Join your now fully healthy ChannelPro Weekly hosts as they peruse some all too easily overlooked announcements about Altaro’s virtual machine backup solution, ADTRAN’s managed Wi-Fi service, and a bunch of new products unveiled at the Channel Partners show in Las Vegas.

Is Matt STILL getting over that cold? Yes, though just barely and not enough to prevent him from joining the conversation about BitTitan's new managed services automation release, Autotask's new fixed-rate BDR pricing, and the margin opportunities in custom digital signage.

There's also an interview with Adam Attanasio of ImagIT, which provides outsourced tech help to MSPs, a look at Matt's favorite travel routers old and new, and an overview of the (count 'em!) 54 new A3 printers HP introduced this week that exposes just how poorly the ChannelPro Weekly crew understands what the heck an A3 printer is.

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Show Information:

Episode #: 039 Title: Ex"SKUs" me, HP Duration: 1:26:40 File size: 36.5MB Regulars: Rich Freeman - Senior News Editor, Cecilia Galvin - Editor in Chief, Matt Whitlock - Technology Editor

Topics and Related Links Mentioned:

• BitTitan Updates and Expands MSPComplete Automation Platform
• HP Releases 54 A3 Multifunction Printers with Embedded Security
• Autotask Announces Backup Solution Partner Program
• Two Minute Drill: Mailprotector
• 60 Second Guru: Do You Know Your Effective Hourly Rate?
• Custom Digital Signage Systems Pay Off
• Where's Joel?
• Matt's Museum Pick: NETGEAR WGR101 Travel Router
• Matt's Tech Pick: TP-LINK TL-MR3020 and TL-WR802N
• Rich's ICYMI and What's Up This Week preview