With so much going on in the IT community, here’s a quick recap of what to expect from us in the second half of 2024.

Highlights for vendors:

  1. Canada’s ChannelNEXT West will take place on October 21-22. The largest and most established independent channel convention in the country. Check out what happened at our last event!
  2. If you’ve got strong cybersecurity solutions, here is the place for you to meet, network and educate cybersecurity-first channel partners. WEST: Sept 19 California and EAST: Oct 18 New Jersey. Designed for minimal event planning (in and out in one day), affordability and maximizing returns with a digital marketing extension to our Cybersecurity Defense Ecosystem community built in!
  3. Canada’s Reseller Choice voting begins on November 1, 2024 (watch for announcements), 50 Best Managed IT Companies, Top 100 Channel Partners (NEW) and Women In Tech Awards Gala coming on Feb 6, 2025 – see ChannelNEXT for details. If you do business in the Canadian channel, then this is your biggest industry evening of the year!
  4. United Kingdom in December is for Britain’s 50 Best Managed IT Companies and Reseller Choice (voting begins September 1, 2024) and Top 20 Cybersecurity Vendors Awards Gala, as well as the launch of the Cybersecurity Defense Ecosystem Summit in Europe. Keep an eye on ChannelNEXT for more information coming soon. One of the biggest recognition evenings for Britain’s IT Channel community and now, one of the most important events for the Cybersecurity-First channel.

Highlights for MSPs or VARs

  1. If you live in Western Canada or the United States, ChannelNEXT will be in Whistler from October 21 to 22. This is your opportunity to grow your business on multiple levels. Find out why you shouldn’t miss it at ChannelNEXT.
  2. If you want to be considered for the 50 Best Managed IT Companies Awards and recognition in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States for 2024, complete the assessment before the deadline. To be eligible for this award, you must score among the top 50. Learn more at Best Managed IT Companies. Remember that it not only about winning a cool award – it will actually help you benchmark your own best business practices and improve!
  3. If you are a cyber-first MSP, welcome to your new home designed just for you: Cybersecurity Defense Ecosystem. Membership for 2024 is FREE so you can experience the value and determine whether this is a fit for you. Come meet us and other members at any of the upcoming events in the fall for FREE! You only a half day to experience how we can have a major impact on your cyber managed services.
  4. Ready to BOOST your business into orbit? Ask about our Public Relations services by our PR partner, add AI-powered marketing automation platform from our partner and then pour gasoline over it from our marketing business alignment partner to build the biggest marketing fire you’ve ever seen for your firm! And, add one more game-changing hyper-business booster from our private-label marketplace partner to help you manage ALL of your SaaS (and hardware) transactions, licenses, quotes, renewals and sales automatically! Discover all of our Business Partners (and more to come).

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Have a great fun and safe summer!