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Partners say they’re already delivering quality as a value proposition; they need help mitigating risks to enable growth.

Partner training and enablement are essential, but vendors need to do better in defining and measuring the true value of these programs.

Making training available to everyone will cultivate a strong, capable labor pool while showing empthy to partners and their families.

Vendors should make account protection an earned reward, not a guarantee

As disease and technology conspire to keep people separated, the local channel has the potential to bring vendors, partners, and customers closer together.

Many resellers and service providers don’t have the cash reserves to weather a prolonged economic downturn, revealing how finances are just as important as technical certifications.

Vendors need more than just collaboration platforms; they need insights and strategies to make the tools more effective.

As economic conditions get tougher, vendors should look at investing in the COVID-19 recovery in the second half of the year.

Our exclusive survey finds channel executives are responding to the immediate and long-term ramifications of the pandemic’s disruptions.

Long-term nontransferable licenses are imposing undue risk on partners that can sell only short-term contracts to their customers.

Precautions to stop the virus’s spread will cause short-term disruptions and long-term changes to the way vendors go to market.

One in four channel chiefs struggle to demonstrate the value of their partner programs to senior executives; a large part of that challenge is getting on the same page in terms of language and metrics.

The annual 2112 Channel Chief Outlook report finds vendors are turning back to resellers as they look to partners to resell services.

If channel professionals want to prepare for future market conditions, they must start leaving their past behind.