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Networking player believes its message is a good one for channel partners to take out to customers drawing up future strategies

Distributor issues end-of-year trading update indicating that its second half was strong and its pipeline is looking healthy going forward

Channel urged to make sure customers are not left using inadequate products that they acquired in March last year to get them through the pandemic

Analyst house Canalys forecasts another decent year ahead for those set to can help customers fend off cyber attacks

Channel roundup: Who’s gone where?

Another busy week in HR departments across the industry with some significant channel appointments being made
Keysource talking expansion after MBO

Datacentre specialist Keysource starts fresh chapter with financial backing that can support a buy-and-build strategy
CrowdStrike backing top partners

Security player will deepen investment in its top-level partners as it looks to reward those who have invested in the firm
Commvault’s channel chief outlines a busy year ahead

Recently appointed John Tavares has plans to reach out to MSPs, get more partners involved with SaaS and has a partner programme to launch in Q2
Kaseya CEO: MSPs stopped an SME catastrophe

The managed service community has kept many small and medium-sized enterprises going throughout the course of the pandemic, says Kaseya CEO
Distribution comes through pandemic year strongly

Record sales and a rapid response to the changing demands caused by the coronavirus pandemic helped the channel get through 2020

Five-minute interview: Gerry Sheldrick, Exclusive Networks Ireland

Exclusive Networks Ireland’s country manager, Gerry Sheldrick, tells MicroScope about his career and ambitions, as well as some insight into what makes him tick
2021: Security market predictions

Home workers remain vulnerable, IoT devices need to be better protected, ransomware will remain a problem and customers want help to consolidate security tools
2021: What the channel thinks is coming next

This year has been a strange one, and the pandemic is going to linger into the next, along with Brexit and other unknowns, but the channel is ready for whatever comes

The cyber security channel – what’s in store for 2021?

Ben Richardson, head of channel EMEA at Forcepoint, shares his thoughts about what cyber security could look like in the year ahead
Ransomware has MSPs in its sights

Peter Geytenbeek, senior manager of channels EMEA at Thycotic, shares a warning about the need for managed service providers to take their own security seriously
The problems of brand association

Billy MacInnes wonders whether SolarWinds MSP partners might have been asked some questions over the past few weeks