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I took 30-mins to carefully read Jay McBain’s 2020 forecast titled “What I See Coming for the Channel in 2020” and I still didn’t completely understand. McBain, a principal analyst at Forrester, is truly a gifted expert and the report is well written. But at

Contributor Michael Fraser shares insights on the recent IT Nation conference where he was a speaker and had a booth on the floor. His talking points included DevSec Opps and “Everything as a Service” at the conference. Notably Fraser shares the

Contributor Mike Hanauer (CRO, Skout) gives us a year-ender with a look to 2020. His roadmap includes a focus on education: AI, Machine Learning, Cybersecurity. Any one of these three topics could be a separate

This born in the cloud undistributor based in Denver, Colorado has grown into a really big deal in the SMB Managed Services Provider (MSP) space over the past few years. I kept hearing the “buzz” about Pax8 and I had to visit it’s HQ to get the scoop.

Our best dressed analyst Ken Dwight is back joining us from Houston, Texas (Go Astros!) and talking about security chatter he’s detecting in his anti-virus community (don’t forget that Ken is the “Virus Doctor”). Dwight uses this interview to announce

It’s possible you’ve heard of us. We’ve been around for a couple of decades, we’ve won a few awards, and we’ve cultivated strong relationships with a network of more than 6,000 partners along the way.

But we’ve changed a lot since our early days as a web hoster. We’re constantly growing, developing our portfolio and increasing value for our partner network. We also have a brand new look to show off!

Just when you thought you’d heard of all the “…as a Service” combinations, along come an innovative financing program for partners from Ingram at the Ingram ONE conference in Denver, Colorado. Essentially it’s a cash flow problem solver for

This is a story of a geek from the senora desert who has NAILED YOUTUBE! Carey Holzman, over the past decade, has built a YouTube audience north of a quarter million followers who look to his point-of-view (POV) cinematic presentation style to

Earlier this year, DanTech Services, directed by Dan Foote (Anchorage, Alaska) was the grand prize winner of the MSP Makeover contest. We visited with Dan in August and provided advice on his Managed Services Provider (MSP) business

The man, the author and legend (and our contributor) Andrew Bettany joins us to talk about YET ANOTHER BOOK he has authored! This guy is nonstop and we’re lucky to have his attention. In this interview, we’re

Keith Nelson, Vistem Solutions (Los Angeles, CA), talks about the importance of offering security solutions in his MSP practice.

Our check-in with contributor Marc Haskleson where he drives home the concept of Business Solution Provider (BSP) as a way to elevate and expand beyond the traditional Managed Services Provider (MSP) business model. It’s all about grappling