I got my start in computer journalism back in 1986 when eWeek was called PC Week — I was part of the original launch team on its Connectivity section. I am now writing a monthly column for eWeek’s Strategic Partner demographic about new technologies that the channel should keep an eye on. Here are links to the pieces that have run.

• June 2008: 64-bit goodness for the channel
• May 2008: Time to talk about tablets
• April 2008: Online backup for the channel
• March 2008: Server repurposing comes to the channel
• February 2008: Virtual processors
• January 2008: Real-time presence-aware applications
• December 2007: Virtual applications streaming
• November 2007: The resurrection of JavaScript
• September 2007: Applications layer forensics
• August 2007: Five Microsoft technologies to watch for the channel
• July 20, 2007: How to sell IPTV
• July 12, 2007: Microsoft extends its Lending Reach
• July 11, 2007: SharePoint as your enterprise search app?
• July 11, 2007: Microsoft partner dashboard announcement
• June 25, 2007:Unified communications is the new frontier
• June 6, 2007: Changes to the Linksys channel program
• May 2007: Time is ripe for VARs to sell encryption
• April 2007: Where’s the Remote? (Web-baased remote control)
• March 2007: Finding gold by using network discovery tools
• February 2007: Prepackaged Linux SMB servers
• December 2006: Selling managed SMB firewalls
• November 2006: IM Profits for VARs
• October 2006: The Asterisk VoIP ecosystem
• September 2006: Selling online storage/backup
• August 2006: Virtualization for VARs
• July 2006:Getting a lock on endpoints for the channel.
• June 2006: RFID the next old thing.
• May 2006: VARs, Pay Attention to SaaS

In addition to these columns, I also contribute to a new online community called ITLink. During 2007-8, I interviewed various industry luminaries about channel and technology issues. Here is a video I did at the Microsoft Partner conference. Here are links to the “Channel Chat” podcasts.

• Mike Brunner, Wyse Technologies, Thin is in
• Chander Kant, Zmanda, Open source data backups
• Rich Bader, Easystreet Online Services, Building the Green Data Center
• David Goodman, IT manager, Third-world IT support
• Robert Packer, Presidio Networks, the challenges for selling to SMB customers
• Gregg Kalman, Meru Networks,Enterprise Wireless Channels
• David O’Berry, So. Carolina IT manager, on his predictions for 2008
• Jake Player, TechTurn, making money from recycled PCs
• Mike Adams,Lighthouse Computer Services, Picking the best storage vendor partners
• Mark Damphouse, Trinet Systems, Selling converged VOIP solutions
• Rob McKernan, APC, Power and cooling for the channel
• Michael Baum, Splunk, Data navigation by the numbers
• Wade Wyant, ITS, Selling Altiris managed desktop solutions
• Bob Longo, Clearpointe, Data-less data center
• Lane Smith, Do It Smarter, Selling managed services
• Bernard Larouche, Symantec, Endpoint protection channel opportunities
• Brian Gladstein, Bit9, Locking down your endpoints
• TM Ravi, Mimosa Systems, Discovering email all over again
• Neal Creighton, Ratepoint, Where your reputation preceeds you
• Rich Bader, Easystreet, Managed data center services
• John Powell, Virtela, Long distance carrier services
• Mikki Sandorfi, Sepaton, Data protection and backup
• Eran Farajan, Asigra, Managed backup services
• Marc Osofsky, Optaros, Open Source meets SaaS
• Vivek Khullar, DiVitas, The new breed of wireless VAR
• Jason Crea, Sitecore, The evolution of software plus services
• Chris Schwartzbauer, Shavlik Technologies, Four degrees of security VARs
• Ari Tammam, Promisec, “The importance of regular security audits“
• Deepak Thadani, Sysintegrators, “What VARs should know about firewalls“
• Steve Harvey, Digium, “How to become a VOIP VAR“
• John DiLullo, SonicWall, “Creating a Profitable Managed Services Offering“
• Karen Hartsell, PGP Corp., “Pretty Good Partner“
• Mark Eppley, “MobileMania“
• David Goodman, “When VARs don’t add value“
• Ann Revel-Pechar, “Can Resellers make online communities work?“