Kris Blackmon
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High-Profile Consultants Offer Advice to Hopeful 501ers/NextGen 101ers
Apply early to the MSP 501/NextGen 101 and enter for a chance to win free advice from a number of industry high-profile consultants. → Read More
New Survey Measures Impact of COVID-19 on Partners
Channel Partners and Channel Futures launched a new survey today to gauge the impact of COVID-19 on partners’ businesses. → Read More
Channel Partners 2020 Is Coming. Are You Ready to Become a Champion?
2020 is kicking off with a bang for the channel, and over here at Channel Partners, we’re gearing up for our annual spring conference, Channel Partners Conference and Expo. → Read More
AT&T Partner Exchange: Wireless WAN, 5G Drive Big IoT Revenue
We traveled to Dallas, Texas this week to see the latest and greatest solutions coming out of AT&T's cutting edge IoT Foundry, and talked with Palmer about what's taking some partners so long to jump on the IoT bandwagon, how AT&T is helping solution providers conquer the connected devices market, and how 5G is going to change everything. → Read More
IDC Fellow on the Innovation Imperative
IDC's Michelle Bailey told the audience during her keynote at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo that technology is at a tipping point where third platform tech is about to once again disrupt the way organizations structure their businesses, and that partners must be forward-thinking to survive. → Read More
Generation CX: Masters and Disties on What Partner Support Means in 2019
The annual masters and distributors panel at Channel Partners Expo & Conference this year featured Ian Kieninger from Avant Communications, Ryan Walsh from Pax8, Ted Schuman from PlanetOne Communications, Ansley Hoke from ScanSource, Adam Edwards from Telarus and Geoffrey Shepstone from TBI discussing Powering Possibilities in a Changing Channel. → Read More
How One Partner Tinkered with Its Business Model and Conquered Commoditization
Everyone recognizes that the commoditization of IT services is among the biggest threats to the traditional MSP business model, and there are a number of ways partners are trying to adjust and evolve along with market demand. → Read More
How to Set Yourself Apart from the Partner Pack
Finding a competitive differentiation in such market conditions can challenge even the most successful of partners, especially those smart enough to step away from the race to the bottom that selling on price is. → Read More
Janet Schijns, Unleashed
After nearly a decade in corporate environments, channel champion Janet Schijns — former Verizon and Office Depot executive and our 2019 Influencer of the Year — is setting out in new directions to help the channel thrive. → Read More
Avant: MRR Models Make Channel Businesses More Attractive to Buyers
Avant Communications CEO Ian Kieninger says the managed IT services space is growing up, and investors are snapping up partners left and right. → Read More
Office Depot, Janet Schijns Go Separate Ways
Janet Schijns, a longtime channel veteran who really made a name for herself at Verizon, has left Office Depot and for now has rejoined consulting firm JS Group, which she founded 10 years ago. → Read More
Datto CEO Steps Down, Follows Brother Out the Door
For the last 11 years, Austin McChord has devoted himself to building the company he founded in his parents' basement. Today, McChord announced he's leaving the C-suite. → Read More
Business Hackathon Serves Up Marketing Ideas
MSPs and telco agents learned some marketing strategy tips and tricks from the experts at the Business Hackathon on Day One of Channel Partners Evolution in Philadelphia. → Read More
Sirius: This Is How We Became a Top MSP
Sirius Computer Solutions has once again earned the top spot on the Channel Futures MSP 501 ranking list. At Channel Partners Evolution, attendees will learn just what it's done to stay at the top of the heap. → Read More
How to Fix Your Inefficient Partner Business
CompTIA's Carolyn April says managed service providers these days are up to their ears in data, applications and end customers. In this era of business transformation, it's critical to make your operation as lean and efficient as possible to turn and maximize profit. → Read More
Full MSP 501 Report Coming Tuesday
Channel Futures will release the full 2018 MSP 501 report at Channel Partners Evolution. → Read More
AT&T: IT and Telco Convergence Driving IoT Innovation
At the AT&T Business Summit this week, executives told us that the lines between telco agents and IT service providers are blurring, and it’s leading to an IoT boom. → Read More
Channel Influencer Spotlight: Datto’s Rob Rae
Datto's Rob Rae, a Channel Partners/Channel Futures Channel Influencer for 2018, sits down with our Kris Blackmon for a look at what makes him tick. → Read More
2018 MSP 501 Award Winners: Fresh Faces. Big Revenue. Smart Technologies.
Just as the Channel Futures website and coverage grew more diverse in 2018, so too did the MSP 501. → Read More
MSP 501 Executive of the Year: Ensono CEO Jeff VonDeylen
Ensono CEO Jeff VonDeylen, the 2018 MSP 501 Executive of the Year, tells how he found his ideal customer and built an MSP powerhouse. → Read More