Highlights: 2024 MSP Summit Keynote Stage

CHANNEL PARTNERS CONFERENCE & EXPO/MSP SUMMIT — Day one of the MSP Summit, co-located with the Channel Partners Conference & Expo at the Venetian Las Vegas, was packed with information on the keynote stage that managed service providers and other partners interested in recurring revenue could take home to improve their businesses.

Not surprisingly, artificial intelligence (AI) was a significant topic, with several keynotes either wholly focused on AI or spending at least some time addressing it.

After an introduction on the state of the market by Channel Futures executives, Jay McBain, chief analyst with Canalys, now a Channel Futures sister company, offered up some compelling stats as part of our "Hot Data" series. The fast pace continued through the morning and afternoon with no presentation longer than 20 minutes.

It concluded with consultant Debbie Kane of Omdia (also a Channel Futures sister research company) interviewing Chance Weaver of New Charter Communications. Weaver, the Channel Futures MSP 501 Lifetime Achievement winner for 2023, offered his advice to MSPs looking to be as successful as he is.

In between, audience members heard from top channel brass at Google Cloud, SonicWall, Lenovo, HPE and many more big names in the industry.

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See our slideshow above for a recap of day one on the keynote gate.