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Plugable CEO Lynn Smurthwaite-Murphy on bringing Amazon-tested peripherals to the IT channel and introducing modular AI hardware

Plugable CEO Lynn Smurthwaite-Murphy joins In The Channel to discuss the company’s evolution from a consumer favorite on Amazon to a channel-focused peripherals vendor, the strategic value of its recent Acer Gadget investment, and how its new Thunderbolt 5 AI enclosure offers MSPs a modular approach to local artificial intelligence.

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Frank Balonis on why Canadian partners need to start CPCSC prep now, and what CMMC taught us

Kiteworks chief information security officer Frank Balonis joins In The Channel to explain what Canadian partners need to know about CPCSC, how it differs from CMMC, and why the window to get ahead of Level 2 requirements is already closing.

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Is technology expense management the MSP practice you haven’t considered?

Technology expense management doesn’t show up on most MSPs’ radar – but according to Jason Wieser, SVP of channel sales at Calero, it probably should. In this episode, Wieser makes the case for TEM as a genuine recurring revenue practice, and explains why SaaS sprawl has become the front door into the conversation.

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Red Hat’s Kennedy on why the swim lanes are gone – and what the partner program looks like now

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Cisco brings sovereign infrastructure to Canada with air-gapped portfolio

Cisco has launched its Sovereign Critical Infrastructure portfolio in Canada, giving government, financial institutions, and healthcare providers a new option for air-gapped, on-premises deployment. Cisco Canada president Raj Juneja says the offering is open to the full partner ecosystem, with certifications consistent with existing portfolio requirements.

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ESET’s Tony Anscombe on why breached SMBs feel more confident, and where MSPs fit in the insurance collision

ESET Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe joins In The Channel to unpack the 2026 SMB Cyber Readiness Index. We discuss the confidence paradox, the collision between cyber insurance and MSPs, why AI headlines distract from phishing fundamentals, and why monthly micro-training is the antidote to checkbox compliance.

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Buffering the madness: Dynabook Canada on building a channel in the age of RAMageddon

Dynabook Canada president and CEO Carmine Cinerari joins In The Channel to discuss the company’s new nationwide distribution partnership with TD SYNNEX Canada, and what it looks like to execute a channel-first strategy when memory prices are rewriting the economics of endpoint hardware.

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Logging in, not breaking in: Blackpoint Cyber’s Wil Santiago on the 2026 threat landscape

Wil Santiago, chief security and trust officer at Blackpoint Cyber, joins In The Channel to unpack the company’s 2026 Annual Threat Report – and what thousands of real SOC incidents reveal about how attackers are using trusted credentials and IT tools to get inside MSP environments undetected.