2019 Predictions from Forrester

Research shows that 70% of MSPs are looking for an exit in the next 5 years.  96% of them are not able to scale...

Jay McBain Discusses 2019/2020

My interview with Jay McBain was to be just a twenty minute chat about his thoughts on what happened in the channel this year...

Aptum Study: Various Cloud Environment Complexities are Causing IT Headaches

Aptum, a global provider of Managed Services and Advisory & Consulting Services, released part one of its annual Cloud Impact Study 2023 – Clear...

Verge.io Survey Reveals VMware Customers’ Concerns

A recently conducted survey of hundreds of VMware customers sheds light on growing concerns they have about the state of the virtualization software and the...

Four Types Of Channel Partners

Roughly speaking, we could divide the current IT Channel into four main types. “I got this” type: These Channel partners have already invested and transformed their...

Current State of the Channel with Jay McBain

We have had the pleasure again to chat with Jay McBain, Chief Analyst at Canalys, on the current state of MSPs, with Jay providing...

SMB IT Spend to Reach $1.4 Trillion According to Analysys Mason Forecast

A latest release of its SMB Technology Forecaster, Analysys Mason predicts that IT spending by SMBs will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.5%...

Top 10 things to know as we approach the end of 2023

At the recent Canalys conference in Palm Springs, California, I heard that by 2025, most channel decision makers will be millennials. It’s sort of obvious as...

Cybersecurity is Top Priority for IT Pros in Ninth Annual Kaseya MSP Benchmark Survey

Kaseya, the leading provider of IT infrastructure management solutions for managed service providers (MSPs) and internal IT organizations, released the results of its 2020...

COVID Reshapes Traditional Customer Service

Uniphore, an early leader in Conversational Service Automation (CSA), announced results from its latest COVID-era survey that underscore how challenges facing customer service centers...