Sunday, September 18, 2016

Initial Review of iPhone 7 Plus

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Well, the 24 hour mark has hit since picking up my iPhone 7 Plus 128GB in flat black. Here are my initial thoughts. Verdict:  Ho-hum The...
Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Nautical Adventures of the McBain Family

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As a family, we love the cruising lifestyle. Charting new ground across the North East and seeing new sights every time. Here is a visual ...
Tuesday, August 30, 2016

ChannelEyes Provides An Extra Set Of "Eyes" On Your Channel

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OPTYX is a predictive analytics platform developed by the team at ChannelEyes that is 100% dedicated to indirect channel sales teams....
Friday, August 12, 2016

Robin Williams committed suicide 2 years ago - what if Michael Phelps did too?

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The news about Robin Williams was so shocking at the time. How could someone so full of life and who created so much happiness in others be ...
Wednesday, August 3, 2016

An Open Letter to CompTIA

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As the time counts down on another successful ChannelCon, I wanted to document some thoughts before I return back to the grind. First ...
Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Yes, I am a social media-aholic. The first step is admitting it.

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I have tracked my social usage for about 6 years now. Looking at friends/followers is one of those metrics: Facebook has doubled over th...
Monday, July 11, 2016

Building a Channel Partner for the Year 2020

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Steve Jobs and Warren Buffett made a quote by Wayne Gretzky go viral in recent years: “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to whe...
Saturday, July 9, 2016

Technology reached a tipping point this week in America

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This brutal week in America had a number of technology stories buried underneath that mark a significant shift going forward. The first ...
Thursday, June 30, 2016

Jay McBain Driving a Ferrari in Albany - June 2016

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My wonderful wife, Michelle, purchased a very cool birthday present for my 44th birthday on June 24, 2016. From Motorsportlab.com she...
Sunday, June 19, 2016

The Bayliner Chronicles - Cruising thousands of miles across the Northeastern United States

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Michelle and I traded in a 40 foot Carver over the winter of 2014/15 and purchased a 2008 Bayliner 245 Ciera so that we could explore the No...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Here is why the traditional IT & Telecom channel is shrinking at an alarming rate - and what to do about it

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We have hit a tipping point in the IT and telecom channel. For years we have debated the impact of new technologies such as the cloud, mob...
Sunday, June 12, 2016

Response to Orlando Mass Shooting

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We all want to frame this tragedy in our own worldview - and then spend the next few weeks talking about political will, mental health, gun ...
Monday, June 6, 2016

Excited to be the opening keynote at Channel Visionaries 2016

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Excited to be the opening keynote for the Channel Visionaries event in Santa Clara on June 2, 2016.   http://www.channelvisionaries.com/ch...
Sunday, May 15, 2016

NuoDB Offers Cloud Computing Across Different Platforms

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No matter what type of device you are using or the platform that it is on, you will be able to use NuoDB to make sure that you are getting w...
Friday, May 13, 2016

ChannelEyes CEO Recognized Again as a Top 20 Channel Visionary

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ChannelPro-SMB, the premier source of business and technology insights for I.T. channel partners serving the small and midsize business mark...
Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Channel Focus (Baptie) Webinar - 5 Future Channel Trends You Should Be Planning for Today

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The pace of change in the indirect sales world has been mind-numbing over the past few years. There are new business models and partner ty...
Thursday, April 28, 2016

The End Of The IT Channel As We Know It. (And the start of something amazing!)

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While exploring the question of where are all of these so-called  “Born in the Cloud” partners are coming from, a bigger and more co...