Yes, the year will usher in a continued focus on digital transformation, automation, and collaboration, but focusing on the fundamentals will prove key. On this year’s first episode of SAP’s “Out to Lunch” podcast, Channelnomics CEO and Chief Analyst Larry Walsh sat down to discuss…

The foundation behind the MITRE ATT&CK cybersecurity framework is turning its considerable expertise to helping managed security services providers (MSSPs) better understand how prepared they are to protect the systems and data of their many end customers. Important Step for Managed Security Chris Gonsalves, senior…

With still one calendar page to turn, there’s plenty of time for news to break about another merger or acquisition or capital investment in a channel program technology provider or marketing solution vendor. But if a bow was tied on all activity now, 2021 would…

The dramatic transition to remote work is forcing businesses to adopt new technologies and solutions, and MSPs are key to supporting that transition by eliminating tech worries from customer minds, particularly at a time when there continues to be an ongoing skills shortage and concern…

Some of the biggest names in tech are promising to spend more than $30 billion to bolster cybersecurity capabilities, from securing the supply chain and expanding the adoption of the zero trust model to growing the talent pool, ramping up security awareness and revamping parts…

Microsoft is struggling through a rough July for security issues even as the company continues to add more cybersecurity capabilities through acquisitions. Microsoft and Security The bad luck streak harkens back to the days a decade or more ago when Microsoft was seen as a…

Chris Gonsalves is an IT security expert with Channelnomics. Before that, he was with the Institute for Applies Network Security. Gonsalves spoke with GBH All Things Considered host Arun Rath. After more than two weeks, the Massachusetts’ vehicle inspection system is still offline. People whose…

The road to channel prosperity isn’t smooth. Knowing the trends and understanding their root causes is the foundation for successful navigation. Let’s face it: The past 12 months haven’t been a fount of good news. Amid the ongoing pandemic, political turmoil – particularly in the…

According to Larry Wash, CEO and Chief Analyst at Channelnomics, the only thing that’s certain moving forward is more change. The Covid pandemic may have accelerated Digital Transformation, but we’re still more at a point of digitalization and haven’t even started the transformation yet. And…

GitHub has added a CSO to its ranks, as the platform seeks to grow and maintain one of the world’s largest collections of open source software projects. Hanley a big win for GitHub By all accounts, Hanley’s hire is a win for GitHub — a…

Offloading SAN management to an MSP partner could free IT admins from an infrastructure component that sometimes gets short shrift among other data center priorities. What’s under the hood? IT managers looking to hire an MSP for managed storage might need to dig a bit…

Security is baked into most low-code development platforms, but developers still need to pay attention to security issues and test for vulnerabilities. Beware the citizen developer? The rise of citizen developers has underpinned the movement toward low-code/no-code platform, but this population brings built-in security risks…