The ChannelPro Weekly Podcast is a weekly audio program for channel professionals, focusing on topics of interest as related to the recent week in news, as well as other information, guest interviews, and more!
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It's true! Your eyes are not deceiving you, loyal listeners and new friends, ChannelPro Weekly is back! After quite a hiatus and some big changes behind the scenes, we are pleased to present our first ChannelPro podcast episode of 2024. Our Tech Guru and host Matt Whitlock is joined by a special guest, podcaster extraordinaire and self-proclaimed n…
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ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #258 - Farewell Johnny Appleseed of the Channel
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Can it be true? After 16 wonderful years, Rich is stepping down from his day-to-day duties at ChannelPro, and therefore as co-host of this podcast. To mark the occasion, Matt and Rich invite their colleagues Michael Siggins, Colleen Frye, and Joel Zaidspiner to tell you exactly what they REALLY think of Rich, not to mention the many ways he’s impac…
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ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Special Edition: He's Doing It Again - Sponsored by Sophos
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There’s just no stopping that guy, is there? Sigh. In any event, Matt, Rich, and returning guest host Bob Coppedge, of managed services provider Simplex-IT(link is external), aren’t about to let that prevent them from diving into the new cyber insurance pact between Sophos and Cowbell Cyber, the upgraded endpoint protection solutions Sophos release…
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ChannelPro Weekly Special Edition: Squeezing the Juice - Sponsored by JumpCloud
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Juicers easily squeeze out every last drop for your breakfast OJ. Unfortunately, there's no machine for squeezing out every last drop of margin from your solutions, but you'll get some sound ideas on how to do just that when you hear Matt, Colleen Frye, and Reilly Scull of Macktez discuss JumpCloud's solution for identity transformation and tackle …
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ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #257 - Not in a Jail Cell
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If you’re not behind bars when you see this, things could be worse. But things are about to get better in a hurry once you hear Matt, Rich, and guest host Henry Timm, of Phantom Technology Solutions, discuss two new enterprise-grade firewalls that Sophos says could be right for SMBs too, why Mac management is a profit-booster many MSPs ignore, and …
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ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #256 - Florida Man
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Oh, Florida Man. Will you ever cease to amuse us with your zany antics? Actually, we know two Florida men who you’re wise to take seriously. One is Matt Rose, co-founder and director of technology services at Tech Rage IT, who joins Matt and Rich this week to talk about ConnectWise’s AI-based automated scripting tool, Kaseya’s forecast for the year…
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ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #255 - Ham and Dam, Sam I Am
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We asked ChatGPT to suggest a show title inspired by Dr. Seuss, and this is what it came up with. Actually, we’re responsible for the name, and its inspiration will become clear enough after you’ve listened to Matt, Rich, and returning guest host Jamison West, of ConnectStrat and TimeZest, discuss the new unified Kaseya and Datto partner program, R…
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ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #254 - Yeeeee Haawww!
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Ride ‘em, channel pros! It’s time to join Matt, Rich, and guest host Neil Medwed, of big-time managed services provider Meriplex, as they roundup the lowdown on Datto’s latest network products, Craig Fulton’s departure from ConnectWise, managing Azure environments, and closing the IT skills gap. Then do NOT miss the interview that follows with Davi…
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ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #253 - Quantum Donut
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If you like donuts as much as WE like donuts, you’ll understand why we’re always willing to make a quantum leap for one when they’re nearby. Even if you don’t like donuts that much, however, you’ll love this episode of ChannelPro Weekly, in which Matt, Rich, and guest host Dawn Sizer, of 3rd Element Consulting and the Rebel Executives podcast, disc…
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ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #252 - High Jerk Tolerance
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If you want to sell your business, be prepared to kiss a lot of... jerks. So says Rory Sanchez, formerly of True Digital Security, in an insightful conversation about his exit process with Matt, Rich, and returning guest host Rayanne Buchianico, of ABC Solutions, PSA Impact, and Sell My MSP. Matt, Rich, and Rayanne also have much to say about Intel…
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ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #251 - Raccoon Buffet
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Everyone loves a good buffet, don’t you think? Even raccoons, though they probably don’t fill their plates with the same goodies you and I do. Here’s something everyone will find appetizing, though: a new ChannelPro Weekly episode in which Matt, Rich, and returning guest host Chad Kempt, of Fast Computers, discuss hardware news from CES and the sec…
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ChannelPro Weekly - 2022 Holiday Special
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! And Matt and Rich can think of no finer way to celebrate it than by hosting a great big podcast party featuring 24 of this year’s fabulous guest hosts. Actually, this episode is more like four mini-parties in which subsets of those guests discuss security and cloud computing trends from 2022, managed servic…
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ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #250 - All Cyber Insurance Will be Taco Bell
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Today, cyber insurance is a headache. In the future, some say, it will be smothered in guacamole and coated with zesty salsa. Or something like that. What we know for sure is that Matt, Rich, and returning guest host Joshua Liberman, of Net Sciences Inc., have plenty to say this week about cyber liability, data encryption, and the vendor community’…
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ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #249 - More Money, More Problems
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No one likes problems, everyone likes money, and the two have a habit of going together. Quite a conundrum, no? You’ll have a much easier time listening to this week’s show, in which Matt, Rich, and returning guest host Nancy Henriquez, of Synetek Solutions and the Business + Tech = Success podcast, talk about CompTIA’s new Cybersecurity Trustmark,…
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ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #248 - Nap Statistics
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Sure, you may think you’re an elite napper, but you’ll never really know until you start collecting and crunching some numbers. But you’ll want to be wide awake for this week’s show, in which Matt, Rich, and returning guest host Paco Lebron, of ProdigyTeks and the MSP Unplugged podcast, discuss SkyKick’s recently introduced cloud security solution,…
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ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #247 - Pickles in a Black Box
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Do you like pickles? Do you like them enough to reach into a black box supposedly full of them and eat whatever comes out? We recommend re-thinking matters if your answer was yes. We also recommend tuning in to this week’s show, in which Matt, Rich, and returning guest host Ed Correia, of Sagacent Technologies, discuss Datto’s new EDR solution, som…
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ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #246 - The Taste of Red
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Red. You know it when you taste it, right folks? You’ll get similarly tasty insights on this week’s show, in which Matt, Rich, and returning guest host/former MSP/EOS implementer Zac Cramer discuss the news from ConnectWise’s IT Nation Connect event, Ingram Micro’s ONE conference, and Acronis’s #CyberFit Summit, all of which were visited by Rich an…
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