When we launched ChannelE2E in September, we gave readers a red carpet invite to post comments and interact on the site. We're thrilled to see executives from across the IT channel weighing in with comments each day on ChannelE2E. Here's a sampling of who's saying what...
1. Kaseya Turnaround: An MSP Reality Check: The MSP software provider says it's listening to service providers, delivering innovation & managing 10 million endpoints. Here's the progress & challenges. Reader comments include...
- Austen Clark, managed services provider, United Kingdom
- Dave Cava, COO and Co-founder, Proactive Technologies
- Nick Bock, CEO, Five Nines Technology Group
2. Carbonite Buys EVault Cloud Backup at Fire Sale Price: Carbonite sees $14 million deal as a low-risk/high reward bet to extend from SMBs to midmarket customers. The question: How did Seagate stumble with EVault? Reader comments include...
- Jim Lippie, Chief Advisor, Clarity Channel Advisors
3. 10 Managed Services KPIs for VARs and MSPs: Leverage these business and financial KPIs (key performance indicators) to track and maximize the performance & valuation of your IT services business. Reader comments include...
- Thomas Fox, CEO, Tech Experts
4. Top 10 MSP Predictions for 2016: ChannelE2E's 10 managed services provider (MSP) predictions for 2016 describe where channel partners are heading next with recurring revenue services. Reader comments include...
- Marc Haskelson, President and CEO, The Compliancy Group
- Jay McBain, CEO, ChannelEyes
- Rohit Pandey, Business Development Manager, Techila Solutions
5. Management Tips: Let Them Go: Hire your staff. Train them well. Do your best to make sure they know how to do their job. Then... Reader comments include...
- Lynette Bohanan, President, CommCentric Solutions
6. IoT vs M2M Definitions: Making a Clearer Distinction: The Internet of Things. Machine to Machine communications. In many ways, IoT and M2M sound similar. But here's why they're different. Reader comments include...
- Bob Biddle, Director, Channels/Alliances, Rivetz
7. Succession Planning: Father, Son and the Leadership Journey: Like many of America's family-owned businesses, CCB Technology's leadership & ownership may ultimately shift from a founding father to his son. Here's how. Reader comments include...
- Stuart Crawford, CEO and Creative Director, Ulistic
8. Tomorrow's RMM Isn't RMM: The next leap for managed services providers (MSPs) involves DevOps and application performance monitoring. Here's a look at the tools & first-mover MSPs. Reader comments include...
- Mahdi Hedhli, Founder and Principal, Go Vanguard
9. Is Your Business On the Right Path?: A brief moment in time with Marcus Lemonis ("The Profit), Arnie Bellini, IT Weapons CEO Ted Garner, Amy Katz -- and 3,000 channel leaders. Reader comments include...
- Arnie Bellini, CEO, ConnectWise
10. Containers: Are Enterprises, DevOps Ready?: Part of a DevOps toolkit, containerization is the obvious choice to help a digital enterprise build, release & run software even faster, Capgemini asserts. Reader comments include...
- David H. Deans, Principal Consultant, GeoActive Group
- Craig Deveson, CEO, Cloud Manager Inc.
Thanks again to our readers for weighing in, sharing feedback, and driving daily conversations on ChannelE2E.