NexGen Security Workshop
NexGen Security is an intensive full-day workshop designed to help solution providers address their client’s critical cybersecurity challenges. These partners are expanding their security offerings and expertise to address the growing cybersecurity demands of customers. LEARN MORE
NexGen is custom designed for services-led and cloud-focused managed services professionals who want to capitalize on a managed services market that will generate an estimated 329 billion by 2025. High-velocity MSPs attend the event to: explore the future of technology, gain actionable intelligence on market trends, add strategic, long-term partners, connect with trusted peers, and grow recurring revenue streams.
Director, The Microsoft Garage - NYC and Author
Renowned as an outlaw within the tech industry, Mike Pell is an unapologetic disrupter, having spent over three decades pushing the tech industry’s boundaries well past innovative design and technologies into the realm of true breakthroughs.
Today, many of those breakthroughs are imbedded in our everyday lives – Apple’s stylized Font menu (1984), pioneering 3D work on the original Metaverse (1995), and most significantly, inventing Adobe Acrobat’s PDF (1990) – which Pell hacked together in a matter of days, bridging what was considered at the time the great insurmountable tech divide between Apple and Microsoft.
As one of the industry’s most dynamic presenters, Pell delivers impactful and entertaining talks on today’s most important topics—such as the nature of True Innovation, the Metaverse, AI and Mixed Reality, and Notes from the Future of Business. Pell’s unique approach to the work of rapidly bringing new ideas to life gave rise to his “Fast Design” methodology—an easily taught set of innovation principles used by teams around the world.
Widely recognized as a world-class designer and prolific thought leader, Pell currently leads The Microsoft Garage in New York City, part of the company’s worldwide innovation program for moving ideas forward quickly to foster a culture of experimentation. An attractor for the city’s brightest minds and bravest explorers, this unique space designed by Pell, enables a new kind of envisioning and rapid prototyping to turn promising ideas into reality, every day.
Pell’s first book, Envisioning Holograms (2017) is considered a must-have for tomorrow’s most influential storytellers and explorers. His second book The Age of Smart Information (2019) details how the fundamental nature of communication is transforming with the combination of AI and Metaverse technologies. Mike’s third book, Visualizing Business (2022), shows our most complex and dynamic businesses in an entirely new light.
CEO
The Channel Company
Blaine Raddon serves as The Channel Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Across his 30+ years of leadership experience in the IT channel, Blaine has held numerous executive positions: Vice President of NA Channels and Commercial Sales for Juniper; General Manager of North America for Acronis; Senior Vice President for Clear Center; Sr. Director of Channel Strategy and Partner Enablement for HPE; and 20 years at IBM, where he held several channel management roles, including Director of Distribution Sales. Blaine’s leadership experience also includes eight years of service in the United States Army.
Leadership Expert & Nationwide Best-selling Author
Michael Veltri is a leadership expert, battle-hardened business executive, and Nationwide Bestselling author. Recognizing that success in business and life is created by the daily decisions we make, Veltri elevates teams, fuel-injects leadership, and improves business performance through better decision-making practices.
From ancient Japanese warriors to brain science, from business titans to academic research, Veltri tapped wide-ranging resources to develop a groundbreaking model for better decision making that leads to exponential leadership growth and peak performance with balance, not burnout. Simple, elegant, and effective, Veltri‘s approach has positively impacted some of the world’s most successful organizations, brands, and leaders.
Veltriis also a cancer survivor, decorated U.S. Marine veteran, and master-instructor in classical Japanese martial arts. He brings his business savvy, martial arts discipline, and Marine Corps leadership to every keynote speech inspiring, motivating, and educating audiences worldwide.
CEO
Avatar Computer Solutions
Jason Wright is widely regarded as a powerful voice in the IT industry representing how to best deliver business outcomes driven by technology. A noted thought leader, industry veteran and Entrepreneur in the ever evolving field of technology, Wright was a founding partner and Vice President of Sales with Techcess which was “early to market” pioneering the business model for Managed Service Providers (MSP) nationally. Techcess quickly became one of the fastest growing MSPs in the country with over 10,000 endpoints under management and generating over $1 million in monthly reoccurring revenue.
In early 2015, All Covered, the IT Services division of Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA, and one of the nation’s leading IT Services companies, acquired Techcess Group of Houston. Wright was named Managing Director for the Texas region following the completion of the acquisition. Responsible for P&L, he also helped set and execute the go to market strategy and led sales and service delivery efforts for one of the nation’s largest Managed Services Providers. Wright was then tapped to lead business development efforts for the TOLA region for RSM US LLP – the nation’s leading provider of audit, tax and consulting services to the middle market. Most recently, Wright acquired Avatar Computer Solutions, an MSP with deep roots in Texas, with the goal of disrupting the industry by building the next generation managed service provider. In his new capacity, Wright will serve as President & CEO.
An Entrepreneur with direct sales and marketing, alliance, business and channel development experience, Wright is accomplished in critical start up, turn around and fast track growth opportunities with a diversified background in software and technology solutions for Fortune 500 companies throughout the US and abroad. Wright has held sales and leadership positions with other global integrators such as Wil-Tel, NetVersant and Nextira One. Wright is founder and President of Houston Hunters, a recognized network association of sales professionals and is an active board member with The Entrepreneurship Institute (TEI) and CRN Magazine.
Arrow
Arrow
Since 1935, Arrow Electronics has developed technology solutions that improve business and daily life. Arrow’s enterprise computing solutions business is a leading IT distributor that helps IT providers and vendors thrive. With a global line card of 500+ vendors, we enable our community of over 3,000 channel partners to deliver modern IT solutions. We provide deep technology expertise and an unmatched ability to solve the complexities of today‘s IT and business landscape. We work as an extension of your team so you can accelerate your business growth and create better outcomes. Find out how Arrow can guide your business: arrow.com/globalecs/na/
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Cisco
Cisco believes when we connect, anything is possible. Cisco leverages technology to build the bridge to possible and offers MSPs a comprehensive and integrated portfolio of fast-to-deploy, easy- to-manage, quickly scalable, and secure solutions. Our mission is to help get MSPs out of the vendor management business and put time back in their day to focus on growing their practices. Our new Cisco Provider Elevate Program builds a community for MSPs around the world to leverage our end-to-end solutions IT and networking brand that specializes in switches, routers, cybersecurity, cloud and IoT. Brands you know and trust include our SMB Portfolio of solutions- Meraki, Duo, Umbrella, Secure End Point, WebEx and more. Together, we elevate.
Visit client website >CrewHu
CrewHu
Crewhu is a customer feedback, gamification, and recognition platform built for MSPs that makes it easy to engage and excite your team by focusing on the metrics that matter to improve performance, keep customers happy, and grow your organization.
Visit client website >Cytracom
Cytracom
Cytracom makes business connectivity and network security simple for MSPs across North America. With a reliable platform built on flexible, cloud-based technology, Cytracom delivers fully managed, enterprise-grade voice, network, and security solutions. The company is committed to a 100% channel-focused go-to-market model. As the move to the cloud continues, Cytracom enables partners to expand their portfolios and ultimately extend their reach and revenue with end-to-end managed services. Unparalleled tools, support, and training gives partners an advantage over the competition, reinforcing Cytracom’s commitment to their success and confidence in its solution.
Datto
Datto
Datto is the leading provider of cloud-based software and security solutions purpose-built for delivery by managed service providers (MSPs) who in turn provide Datto solutions to over one million businesses across the globe. Since its founding in 2007, Datto continues to win awards each year for its rapid growth, product excellence, superior technical support, and for fostering an outstanding workplace. With headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut, Datto has global offices in Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. Learn more at datto.com.
Visit client website >Exclusive Networks
Exclusive Networks
Exclusive Networks is a global trusted cybersecurity specialist for digital infrastructure helping to drive the transition to a totally trusted digital future for all people and organizations. Our distinctive approach to distribution gives partners more opportunity and more customer relevance. Our specialism is their strength –equipping them to capitalize on rapidly evolving technologies and transformative business models. The Exclusive Networks story is a global one with a services-first ideology at its core, harnessing innovation and disruption to deliver partner value. With offices in 43 countries and the ability to service customers in over 170 countries across five continents, Exclusive Networks has a unique “local sale, global scale” model, combining the extreme focus and value of local independents with the scale and service delivery of a single worldwide distribution powerhouse.
Visit client website >Fortinet
Fortinet
Fortinet’s broad, integrated and automated Security Fabric platform provides the combined power of differentiated technology, proven credibility, and long-term commitment to the channel, so you can build long-term, profitable relationships with your customers.
Visit client website >Galactic Advisors
Galactic Advisors
MSPs turn to Galactic Advisors for penetration testing, third-party security assessments, and help focus their team’s culture around cybersecurity. If your MSP looking for a partner to help make you and your team more effective with sales and eliminate black-box security solutions and increase focus on impactful security initiatives, Galactic Advisors is definitely for you.
Visit client website >Huntress Labs
Huntress Labs
Hackers are constantly evolving, exploiting new vulnerabilities and dwelling in IT environments—until they meet Huntress, a leading provider of cyber security solutions for the small and mid-size business community.
Founded by former NSA Cyber Operators—and backed by a team of 24/7 threat hunters—our managed security platform defends businesses from persistent footholds, ransomware and other attacks. The company’s solutions include managed endpoint detection and response (EDR), security awareness training, managed antivirus and MacOS security tools.
Huntress has grown to provide its cyber security solutions to more than 3,600 partners serving over 83,000 organizations and 1.8 million endpoints.
Huntress’ mission is to secure the 99% - the small and mid-size businesses that are the backbone of the nation’s economy. Learn more at www.huntress.com and follow us on social @HuntressLabs.
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Lenovo
Lenovo
Lenovo is a US$70 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #171 in the Fortune Global 500, employing 75,000 people around the world, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver smarter technology for all, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company by further expanding into key growth areas including server, storage, mobile, solutions and services. This transformation together with Lenovo’s world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and sustainable digital society for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit https://www.lenovo.com.
Visit client website >Nerdio
Nerdio
Nerdio adds value on top of the powerful capabilities in Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365, and Microsoft Intune by delivering hundreds of features that simplify management, ensure efficient operations, and lower Azure compute and storage costs by up to 80% via intelligent automation. Leveraging Nerdio, MSPs can manage customers’ cloud environments through streamlined, multi-tenant, workflow-powered technology that allows them to create and grow cloud-based recurring revenues. Enterprise IT professionals can deliver and maintain a wide range of virtual Windows endpoints across hybrid workforces with ease and fine-tune end-user computing (EUC) approaches for maximum effectiveness using powerful monitoring and analytics capabilities. For more information, please visit www.getnerdio.com.
Visit client website >OpenText Cybersecurity
OpenText Cybersecurity
OpenText Cybersecurity, enables security for the modern world - where new attack surfaces and threat vectors are always evolving. We help customers be cyber resilient through the layered security approach across every aspect of their priorities. • Preventing threats coming to their environment • Detecting and responding to them quickly if they are at their doorstep • If they get impacted, we help them recover faster to minimize the downtime Empowering organizations to safeguard their information and use it to solve the next big problems—from climate and sustainability to diversity and inclusion, to governance and trust.
Visit client website >Pax8
Pax8
Pax8 is the world’s favorite cloud marketplace for IT professionals to buy, sell, and manage best-in-class technology solutions. Pioneering the future of modern business, Pax8 has cloud-enabled more than 400,000 enterprises through its channel partners and processes one million monthly transactions. Pax8’s award-winning technology enables managed service providers (MSPs) to accelerate growth, increase efficiency, and reduce risk so their businesses can thrive. The innovative company has ranked in the Inc. 5000 for five years in a row. Join the revolution at pax8.com.
Visit client website >ScalePad
ScalePad
ScalePad strengthens the connection between Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and their clients. Trusted by more than 10,000 partners worldwide, ScalePad’s applications are used by over 60% of the MSP 501 to improve their clients’ overall IT environments and enhance the client experience. The Best Apps in Your Stack™️ deliver actionable insights that lead to enhanced service delivery through automated data collection and analysis.
Visit client website >Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric
Schneider’s purpose is to empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all. We call this Life Is On.
Our mission is to be your digital partner for Sustainability and Efficiency.
We drive digital transformation by integrating world-leading process and energy technologies, end-point to cloud connecting products, controls, software and services, across the entire lifecycle, enabling integrated company management, for homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries.
We are the most local of global companies. We are advocates of open standards and partnership ecosystems that are passionate about our shared Meaningful Purpose, Inclusive and Empowered values.
Visit client website >Sherweb
Sherweb
Keep it simple with our all-in-one cloud marketplace. More than 6,500 partners and 80,000 companies worldwide grow their business using Sherweb’s value-added services. Our full-fledged cloud management platform, driven by evolving business needs, empowers IT professionals to leverage agile solutions paired with 5-star service by trusted experts they can count on. No matter the kind of tech pro you are, we can help you reach your true potential. Our award-winning partner program’s been developed to guide you on the path to surpassing your vision. With Sherweb, you’ll be surprised by what you can achieve!
Visit client website >TD SYNNEX
TD SYNNEX
TD SYNNEX (NYSE: SNX) is a leading global distributor and solutions aggregator for the IT ecosystem. We’re an innovative partner helping more than 150,000 customers in 100+ countries to maximize the value of technology investments, demonstrate business outcomes and unlock growth opportunities. Headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, and Fremont, California, TD SYNNEX’ 22,000 co-workers are dedicated to uniting compelling IT products, services and solutions from 1,500+ best-in-class technology vendors. Our edge-to-cloud portfolio is anchored in some of the highest-growth technology segments including cloud, cybersecurity, big data/analytics, IoT, mobility and everything as a service. TD SYNNEX is committed to serving customers and communities, and we believe we can have a positive impact on our people and our planet, intentionally acting as a respected corporate citizen. We aspire to be a diverse and inclusive employer of choice for talent across the IT ecosystem.
Visit client website >ThreatLocker
ThreatLocker
ThreatLocker® is a leader in endpoint security technologies, providing enterprise-level cybersecurity tools for the Managed Services Provider (MSP) industry, to improve the security of servers and endpoints. ThreatLocker’s combined Application Allowlisting, Ringfencing™, Storage Control, Elevation Control, and Endpoint Network Access Control (NAC) solutions are leading the cybersecurity market towards a more secure approach of blocking the exploits of unknown application vulnerabilities. To learn more about ThreatLocker® visit: www.threatlocker.com
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