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Channel Happy Hour Episode 75 – 2017 Year In Review

By Brett Martin on December 27, 2017

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Channel Happy Hour Show Notes – Episode 75

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A Big Year for M & A

CompTIA Buys AITP – January 2017
- http://www.baselinemag.com/careers/comptia-rallies-the-tech-professional-community.html
- http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170109/business/170109083/
Tech Data Acquires Avnet Technology Solutions – February 2107
- http://www.crn.com/news/channel-programs/300083930/a-new-distributor-dawns-tech-data-avnet-ts-deal-closes-avnet-partners-want-to-retain-existing-people-level-of-service.htm
- https://www.channelinsider.com/news-and-trends/tech-data-acquires-avnet-ts.html
HPE Expands it Storage Capabilities With Nimble, Simplivity Deals – February and April
- https://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/it-unmasked/hpe-applies-ai-and-analytics-to-storage-management.html
Datto Merges with Autotask – October 2017
- https://www.channele2e.com/news/autotask-datto-merger-10-things-know/
- https://www.channelinsider.com/managed-services/much-at-stake-for-msps-in-merger-of-datto-and-autotask.html
Solution Provider Merger: Sirius Buys Forsythe – November
- http://www.crn.com/news/channel-programs/300092946/sirius-inks-blockbuster-deal-to-acquire-forsythe-creating-3-26b-solution-provider-behemoth.htm

Rise and Resurgence:

Rise of Influencer Channel Programs
- https://www.channelinsider.com/news-and-trends/influencers-add-another-layer-of-channel-complexity.html
Rise of Kubernetes
- https://www.channelinsider.com/news-and-trends/kubernetes-comes-to-the-channel.html
- https://containerjournal.com/2017/11/20/cncf-launches-kubernetes-certification-to-increase-interoperability/
Rise of Microsoft Azure
- https://www.channelinsider.com/cloud-computing/slideshows/microsofts-cloud-channel-begins-to-mature.html
The resurgence of HP, Inc.
- https://www.channelinsider.com/news-and-trends/hp-says-its-time-to-reinvent-the-channel.html
Avaya entering and exiting Chapter 11
- https://channelhappyhour.com/2017/12/15/avaya-exits-bankruptcy/

Channel Programs

Merger of Dell and EMC channels
- https://www.channelinsider.com/tech-companies/slideshows/what-the-channel-should-know-about-dell-emc.html
- https://channelhappyhour.com/2017/12/22/dell-add-30000-new-customers/
Cisco Employs Certification to Create a Software-Defined Channel
- https://channelhappyhour.com/2017/11/22/software-defined-era-of-it-will-require-partners-to-get-recertified/
IT Channel Remains Financially Healthy
- https://channelhappyhour.com/2017/12/26/channel-sees-healthy-revenue-exit-2017/
Samsung and the Coming of the Unlocked Phone for the Channel
- https://insights.samsung.com/2017/06/26/sizing-the-true-scope-of-the-mobile-computing-devices-opportunity/
- https://www.channelinsider.com/mobile-devices/samsung-sells-unlocked-mobile-phones-via-the-channel.html

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- https://www.channelmechanics.com/
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- http://www.gorillaict.com/

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