ChannelPro Weekly Podcast

ChannelPro Weekly #19 is here! This week Rich, Cecilia, and Matt discuss Sophos and its new encryption solution, Windows 10 Research from Spiceworks, the Hardware Hit Parade, and July's peer-to-peer story "Cloud or Bust." Also, Rich interviews Todd Schwartz from Skykick about their research into Office 365 market penetration, and a few other surprises, too! Download/subscribe and listen today!

ChannelPro Weekly #18 is here! WPC is a wrap and Rich, Cecilia, and Matt breakdown follow up the WPC special with the remaining stories from Microsoft's huge partner event. Also, Microsoft admits it won't hit a billion devices by 2018, Tech Data's IoT announcement, Acronis adds Office 365 and Azure backup, BitTitan and Dropbox partnership, StorageCraft on its first cloud-to-cloud backup, Seth Bostock on workspace as a service, and much more! Download/subscribe and listen today!

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Episode #: 018 Title: Desks as a Service Duration: 1:42:05 File size: 93.2MB Regulars: Rich Freeman - Senior News Editor, Cecilia Galvin - Editor in Chief, Matt Whitlock - Technology Editor

Topics and Related Links Mentioned:

• Microsoft WPC Part 2
• • Channel program improvements
  • Affiliate badges and logo improvements
  • Going all-in on cloud
  • Bots, and the future of machine learning
  • Skype heading to more platforms
  • Surface as a service
• Tech Data Adds Customizable Storefront and APIs to StreamOne Cloud E-Commerce Platform
• Tech Data Launches Internet of Things Business Practice
• Acronis Adds Office 365 and Azure Backup to BDR Platform
• BitTitan and Dropbox Launch Global Partnership
• StorageCraft Announces Its First Cloud-to-Cloud Backup Solution
• Interview: Seth Bostock of IndependenceIT on workspace-as-a-service
• Where's Joel?
• Matt's Museum Pick: SoundBlaster Vibra 16C
• Matt's Tech Pick: SoundBlaster Z

ChannelPro Weekly #18 is here! WPC is a wrap and Rich, Cecilia, and Matt breakdown follow up the WPC special with the remaining stories from Microsoft's huge partner event. Also, Microsoft admits it won't hit a billion devices by 2018, Tech Data's IoT announcement, Acronis adds Office 365 and Azure backup, BitTitan and Dropbox partnership, StorageCraft on its first cloud-to-cloud backup, Seth Bostock on workspace as a service, and much more! Download/subscribe and listen today!

Day 2 of Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto has wrapped, and with so much to talk about we've decided to put out a special edition podcast to cover some of the big news! Satya Nadella's vision for Microsoft, Windows 10 Enterprise comes to CSP, Office 365 news, Hololens, Surface as a Service, and much more! Download/subscribe and listen today!

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Episode #: SP001 Title: Microsoft WPC 2016 Duration: 28:50 File size: 26.4MB Regulars: Rich Freeman - Senior News Editor, Cecilia Galvin - Editor in Chief, Matt Whitlock - Technology Editor

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Day 2 of Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto has wrapped, and with so much to talk about we've decided to put out a special edition podcast to cover some of the big news! Satya Nadella's vision for Microsoft, Windows 10 Enterprise comes to CSP, Office 365 news, Hololens, Surface as a Service, and much more! Download/subscribe and listen today!

This week on ChannelPro Weekly - Rich, Cecilia, and Matt share some of the results of the 2016 ChannelPro Reader's Choice Awards, as well as talk about what they're hoping to see at the upcoming Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference. Also discussed are Avast's big buyout of AVG, Dell's tablet move, the new Skype Meetings, and more top stories from the week, plus an audio interview with Datto CEO Austin McChord, Matt's museum and hardware picks, and much more! Download/subscribe and listen today!

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Episode #: 017 Title: Waiting for Microsoft Love Duration: 1:28:58 File size: 81.4MB Regulars: Rich Freeman - Senior News Editor, Cecilia Galvin - Editor in Chief, Matt Whitlock - Technology Editor

Topics and Related Links Mentioned:

• RCA 2016 Awards!
• WPC preview: What each of us hopes/expects Microsoft to talk about
• • Kevin Turner Leaves Microsoft
• Avast Agrees to Acquire AVG for $1.3 Billion
• Dell tablet news, which closely resembles the HP tablet news we discussed last week
• Skype for Business vs. Skype Meetings
• Interview: Austin McChord of Datto on two of the company's biggest new products
• • Datto Looks to Disrupt with New Product Rollouts
  • Datto Focuses on Listening to Partners and Marketing to End Users
• Where's Joel?
• Matt's Museum Pick: HTC Dream/T-Mobile G1
• Matt's Tech Pick: Dell OptiPlex 5040 PC

Avast acquires AVG

This week on ChannelPro Weekly - Rich, Cecilia, and Matt share some of the results of the 2016 ChannelPro Reader's Choice Awards, as well as talk about what they're hoping to see at the upcoming Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference. Also discussed are Avast's big buyout of AVG, Dell's tablet move, the new Skype Meetings, and more top stories from the week, plus an audio interview with Datto CEO Austin McChord, Matt's museum and hardware picks, and much more! Download/subscribe and listen today!

Happy 4th of July to all of our ChannelPro Weekly listeners! Leading up to the big holiday Cecilia, Rich, and Matt are here with an extra jam-packed episode 16! Topics include LOGICnow addressing the elephant in the room at a recent conference, Amazon's new elastic file system, a new vendor to watch, HP doubling down on Windows Mobile, CompTIA's report on MSPs, an interview with Charlie Tomeo of Webroot, and much more! Download/subscribe and listen today!

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Episode #: 016 Title: Elastic Elephants Duration: 1:28:58 File size: 81.4MB Regulars: Rich Freeman - Senior News Editor, Cecilia Galvin - Editor in Chief, Matt Whitlock - Technology Editor

Topics and Related Links Mentioned:

• Teasing the RCA 2016 Awards!
• LOGICnow and the elephant in the room
• AWS Launches Elastic File System
• • More info: http://aws.amazon.com/efs/
• Vendor to Watch: BlackStratus (innovative cybersecurity product that prevents data breaches)
• HP Inc. Doubles Down on Windows Mobile
• CompTIA Sees Mix of Confidence and Concern Among MSPs
• Interview: Charlie Tomeo of Webroot on threat intelligence
• Where's Joel?
• Matt's Museum Pick: HP iPaq hx2495
• Matt's Tech Pick: StarTech.com 1U 19" Horizontal Cable Management Panel

Happy 4th of July to all of our ChannelPro Weekly listeners! Leading up to the big holiday Cecilia, Rich, and Matt are here with an extra jam-packed episode 16! Topics include LOGICnow addressing the elephant in the room at a recent conference, Amazon's new elastic file system, a new vendor to watch, HP doubling down on Windows Mobile, CompTIA's report on MSPs, an interview with Charlie Tomeo of Webroot, and much more! Download/subscribe and listen today!

ChannelPro Weekly Episode 15 is here, and it's an episode chock-full of the stuff you need to know. The team breaks down all the news from Datto's recent event (including a fantastic interview with Datto CEO Austin McChord), the recent CloudPlus and Telarus partnernership to help fuel telecom convergence, concrete examples of IoT solutions in business, Dell's recent selloff of its software division, drone myths, Rich's interview with Arnie Bellini of ConnectWise, and much more! Download/subscribe and listen today!

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Episode #: 015 Title: Did Datto Bring the Chips? Duration: 1:09:43 File size: 63.8MB Regulars: Rich Freeman - Senior News Editor, Cecilia Galvin - Editor in Chief, Matt Whitlock - Technology Editor

Topics and Related Links Mentioned:

• Datto news/interviews
• • Datto Focuses on Listening to Partners and Marketing to End Users
  • Datto Looks to Disrupt with New Product Rollouts
• CloudPlus and Telarus Join Forces to Fuel IT-Telecommunications Convergence
• How the Internet of Things Will Help Your Company in the Future
• Francisco Partners and Elliott Management to Acquire the Dell Software Group
• The 2 Biggest Myths About Drones
• Arnie Bellini of ConnectWise with updates on some big company initiatives and some thoughts on cloud computing and managed services.
• • Catching Up With ConnectWise
• Where's Joel?
• Matt's Museum Pick: Gravis PC Gamepad
• Matt's Tech Pick: SteelSeries Stratus XL