ChannelPro Weekly Podcast

Strike up the band and let loose the fireworks! The ChannelPro Weekly Podcast has hit the double digits with episode 10! This week the team celebrates by discussing Matt's article on the dangers of cloud powered hardware and Gartner's take on profit opportunities for PC vendors. In part 2, dive into some cabling nightmares that will haunt your dreams, Rich's lunch date with Skykick, and a great interview with Aldo Spensieri and Sarah Henderson of Clover Imaging Group on how MSPs can get into managed print.

Welcome one and all to ChannelPro Weekly Episode #9, the very last of our "single digit" episodes. We're steamrolling our way to #10 with an extra-extended edition, with Matt, Cecilia, and Rich talking the latest happenings from Lenovo's Accellerate 2016 partner conference; saying hello to "physicalization"; program news from Spiceworks, Sophos, and Blackberry (yes, the company still exists); as well as the 2016 ChannelPro 20/20 Visionaries list that just hit the wires. Also, Rich speaks with Nick Heddy, VP of Sales at Pax8, on working with smaller cloud marketplaces vs. the big boys. Matt's got his museum and hardware picks, Rich fills us in on the week ahead, and much more. Listen to ChannelPro Weekly and don't forget to subscribe!

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Show Information:

Episode #: 009 Title: Pressing the 'BS' Key Duration: 1:34:23 File size: 86.3MB Regulars: Rich Freeman - Senior News Editor, Cecilia Galvin - Editor in Chief, Matt Whitlock - Technology Editor

Topics and Related Links Mentioned:

• Lenovo Accelerate 2016
• • Lenovo Launches New N23 and N42 Laptops Geared for K-12 - Hands On
• Say hello to "physicalization"… (http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3315817)
• • OpenStack Vendor ZeroStack Introduces Global Partner Program
• Partner Program News:
• • Spiceworks Adds New Member Benefits
  • Sophos Launches MSP Partner Program
  • BlackBerry Revamps Partner Program
  • Poll: Are you selling Blackberry solutions or using any yourself?
• Introducing the 2016 ChannelPro 20/20 Visionaries
• • Visionary Moments
• Interview with Nick Heddy, VP of Sales at Pax8, on working with smaller cloud marketplaces versus the big ones.
• Where's Joel?
• Matt's Museum Pick: Sharp YO-500 Electronic Organizer
• Matt's Tech Pick: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Wireless Mouse
• ICYMI/What's Up This Week preview

Welcome one and all to ChannelPro Weekly Episode #9, the very last of our "single digit" episodes. We're steamrolling our way to #10 with an extra-extended edition, with Matt, Cecilia, and Rich talking the latest happenings from Lenovo's Accellerate 2016 partner conference; saying hello to "physicalization"; program news from Spiceworks, Sophos, and Blackberry (yes, the company still exists); as well as the 2016 ChannelPro 20/20 Visionaries list that just hit the wires.

ChannelPro Weekly episode 8 has arrived! Join a very tired Cecilia, Rich, and Matt, not a day after the ChannelPro SMB Forum event Anaheim wrapped, for a fascinating discussion on Intel's latest announcement that it's dropping some smartphone and tablet processor efforts, next-generation security, Windows 10, as well as highlights from the ChannelPro SMB Forum in Anaheim. Also, the team discusses common marketing pitfalls, which leads right into a great interview with Devin Chase, VP of JoomConnect. As always, we check in the whereabouts of JoelZ and find out what Matt's museum and hardware picks are. All this and more! Subscribe to ChannelPro Weekly today so you won't miss a single minute!

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Episode #: 008 Title: Those Delicious Electronics Duration: 1:20:08 File size: 73.3MB Regulars: Rich Freeman - Senior News Editor, Cecilia Galvin - Editor in Chief, Matt Whitlock - Technology Editor

Topics and Related Links Mentioned:

• ChannelPro SMB Forum 2016: Anaheim - Highlights and recap. (Join us at an upcoming event! Click here for more information.)
• Intel drops out of smartphone/tablet processors
• Next-Generation Security: What You Need to Know
• Windows 10 Hits 300 Million Active Devices, Free Upgrade Still Ends July 29 – Preemptive Upgrade for smaller clients?
• 5 Common Marketing Pitfalls to Avoid
• Interview with Devin Chase, VP of Sales at JoomConnect, on outsourced marketing services for MSPs.
• Where's Joel?
• Matt's Museum Pick: Intel i486 DX2 50/66
• Matt's Tech Pick: ViewSonic VP2780-4K
• ICYMI/What's Up This Week preview

ChannelPro Weekly episode 8 has arrived! Join a very tired Cecilia, Rich, and Matt, not a day after the ChannelPro SMB Forum event Anaheim wrapped, for a fascinating discussion on Intel's latest announcement that it's dropping some smartphone and tablet processor efforts, next-generation security, Windows 10, as well as highlights from the ChannelPro SMB Forum in Anaheim. Also, the team discusses common marketing pitfalls, which leads right into a great interview with Devin Chase, VP of JoomConnect.

It's here! ChannelPro Weekly episode 7 is here to provide a little food for thought - just don't feed it to the computers. Join Cecilia, Rich, and Matt as they discuss a variety of topics, like next week's ChannelPro Forum in Anaheim, why you need to be your customer's cybersecurity "Educator-in-Chief," a new case study from Scribe, and Form Factor Zombies. Also, Rich's recent thoughts surrounding RMM brought about an insightful discussion, while an interview with Zafar Khan from RPost led to an interesting back-and-forth regarding complexity in regulated industry. As always, we check in the whereabouts of JoelZ, and Matt does his first museum pick along with his weekly hardware pick. All this and more! Subscribe to ChannelPro Weekly today so you won't miss a single minute!

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Episode #: 007 Title: Don't Feed the Computers Duration: 1:13:14 File size: 67MB Regulars: Rich Freeman - Senior News Editor, Cecilia Galvin - Editor in Chief, Matt Whitlock - Technology Editor

Topics and Related Links Mentioned:

• ChannelPro SMB Forum 2016: Anaheim - Session previews and information. (Join us! Click here for more information)
• New posts from the Eaton Partner Summit
• • Eaton's Strategy Emphasizes Two Vendor Rarities: Humility and Simplicity
  • Six Surprising Predictions from Eaton's Herve Tardy
• Your Role as Cybersecurity Educator-in-Chief
• Case study: Colorado Improves Access to Quality Early Care and Education with Scribe iPaaS
• Form-Factor Zombies
• RMM Inflection point

• Interview with Zafar Khan, CEO of RPost, on their email security, tracking, and auditing solution for companies that need to be extra careful.
• • The madness of stacking complexity in regulated industries.
• Where's Joel?
• Matt's Museum Pick: iomega Zip 100 disk drive
• Matt's Tech Pick: Corsair Flash Voyager GTX USB 3.0 256 GB
• ICYMI/What's Up This Week preview

It's here! ChannelPro Weekly episode 7 is here to provide a little food for thought - just don't feed it to the computers. Join Cecilia, Rich, and Matt as they discuss a variety of topics, like next week's ChannelPro Forum in Anaheim, why you need to be your customer's cybersecurity "Educator-in-Chief," a new case study from Scribe, and Form Factor Zombies.

Rich, Cecilia, and Matt are back with Episode #6 of ChannelPro Weekly! Rich managed to stop in at Eaton's Partner Summit and SMB TechFest, and even though there's some disagreement over whether or not electricity and power is sexy, there are a lot of interesting takeaways from the event. In other news, we discuss Intel's announcement of layoffs in conjunction with continuing shifts in its business strategy, and a callout to long-time friend Shannon Mayer who recently landed a VP role at The ASCII Group. Naturally, digital signage is evolving to customer engagement, and there's a fascinating discussion around what opportunities that means for business and potential security risks worth thinking about. Plus, Rich interviews Hank Humphreys from Dropbox on the company's recent alliance with Ingram Micro and its channel offering. All this and more. Subscribe and listen now!

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Episode #: 006 Title: That Squishy Mid-Market Duration: 1:07:58 File size: 62MB Regulars: Rich Freeman - Senior News Editor, Cecilia Galvin - Editor in Chief, Matt Whitlock - Technology Editor

Topics and Related Links Mentioned:

• Eaton Partner Summit
• • Six Surprising Predictions from Eaton's Herve Tardy
• The ASCII Group Appoints Shannon Mayer as Vice President of Channel Development
• Intel Announces Major Layoffs in Conjunction with Shift to New Business Strategy
• Talking Back to Digital Signage
• Interview: Hank Humphreys of Dropbox Business on the company's recent alliance announcement with Ingram Micro (http://www.channelpronetwork.com/news/ingram-micro-adds-dropbox-business...) and why channel partners should partner with Dropbox for file sync and share services.
• May Issue Teaser
• • 20/20 Visionaries
  • The Dangers of Cloud Powered Hardware

• Where's Joel?
• Matt's Tech Pick: Linksys LAPAC1750 Dual-Band Access Point
• ICYMI/What's Up This Week preview

Rich, Cecilia, and Matt are back with Episode #6 of ChannelPro Weekly! Rich managed to stop in at Eaton's Partner Summit and SMB TechFest, and even though there's some disagreement over whether or not electricity and power is sexy, there are a lot of interesting takeaways from the event. In other news, we discuss Intel's announcement of layoffs in conjunction with continuing shifts in its business strategy, and a callout to long-time friend Shannon Mayer who recently landed a VP role at The ASCII Group.

Four distributor conferences, major news from Microsoft and HPE...This was an action packed week if there's ever been one. Rich attended not one, but TWO Arizona area events: Ingram Micro's Cloud Summit and Tech Data's TechSelect, while Matt spent time with Synnex at the Varnex Spring 2016 Conference in Dallas. Suffice it to say, there is a lot to talk about, and the team breaks down key highlights and shares a few interesting stories coming out of these events. HPE ships a hyperconverged SMB solution, while Microsoft announces Project Maderia and quietly announces the cancellation of many MPN competencies. Also, Rich talks with Brian Davis from Tech Data in a special interview. All of this and more! Subsribe to ChannelPro Weekly!

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Episode #: 005 Title: Distributor Intimacy Duration: 1:07:03 File size: 61.2MB Regulars: Rich Freeman - Senior News Editor, Cecilia Galvin - Editor in Chief, Matt Whitlock - Technology Editor

Topics and Related Links Mentioned:

• Creating a Corporate Culture
• • Audio highlight: Stan Slap talks corporate culture at Varnex 2016
• Tech Data TechSelect Spring Conference recap
• Varnex 2016 Spring Converance recap
• Ingram Micro Cloud Summit
• • Introduction of Project Medeira
• Microsoft cancels 18 MPN competencies
• Interview with Brian Davis, Tech Data, on the distributors top priorities for 2016 and cloud service opportunities for channel partners.
• HPE ships hyperconverged SMB solution

• Where's Joel?
• Matt's Tech Pick: HP Elite x2 1012 G1 Tablet
• ICYMI/What's Up This Week preview