The Channel Podcast

In this episode of the Channel Futures MSP 501 podcast, senior editor Kris Blackmon interview's Auvik CMO Jacqui Murphy. In this Q&A, Murphy talks about her company's go-to-market strategy and work with RMM vendors. Murphy also discusses Auvik's Treat Wave program. "10 days of fun, 10 of learning," Murphy says.

Cybersecurity trends and change in business models from Armor Cloud Security CEO Mark Woodward, plus insights on sales excellence from The Miller Heiman Group's CSO Insights MD Seleste Lunsford.

Members of Ingram Micro's SMB Alliance got together in Salem, Massachusetts, on Wednesday for their quarterly regional event to share best practices for improving their businesses. At the event, Channel Futures' Lynn Haber caught up with Sherif Mohamed, CEO of Alliance member DigitalShopper. In a wide-ranging interview, he shared a little about his business, the benefits of being an SMB Alliance member, and how SMBs can get started in his company's specialty, data analytics.

In this episode of The Channel Futures Podcast, Eran Farajun of Asigra explains why late 2018 attacks against U.S. MSPs by Chinese cybercriminals was a game changer for technology companies in the U.S. Once thought to be a safe haven, everyday MSPs — and their customers by way of extension — are now an attack vector. Also, Pax8's Nick Heddy and Ryan Walsh discuss the year that was and the one that will be. Hope you enjoy.

In this end of year podcast, we feature outgoing GTDC CEO Tim Curran, who is retiring. Curran has been at the helm of the trade council since 2002. Herein, he provides a view of the current state of IT distribution. He also shares his views on about future tech trends. In addition, we feature Kaseya CEO Fred Voccola. In this episode, Voccola address speculation that his market segment, IT infrastructure management software, will begin to consolidate in 2019. Don't bet on it, he says.

Insights on SD-WAN and UCaaS from Avant's Drew Lydecker and advice on what to say when someone asks you at a holiday party, "Why is networking so difficult?" from WWT's Neil Anderson.