Video: Ingram Micro’s Sanjib Sahoo on AI, Data & the Future of the Channel

Ingram Micro’s Sanjib Sahoo joins Channel Insider at Ingram Micro ONE 2025 to discuss how AI, data, and human creativity are shaping the future of the IT channel.

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Katie Bavoso
Katie Bavoso
Nov 11, 2025
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In this special BONUS episode of Channel Insider: Partner POV, Managing Editor of Channel Insider, Victoria Durgin, sits down with Sanjib Sahoo, President of Global Platform Group at Ingram Micro, during Ingram Micro ONE 2025. They explore how AI is reshaping the IT channel, the evolving role of data, and why Sanjib believes AI agents are like puppies — they need to be trained and nurtured over time to grow.

🔹 Topics covered: 00:00 – Intro from Katie Bavoso

01:00 – What AI really means for business growth

02:20 – Advice for channel partners embracing AI

03:15 – How Ingram’s Xvantage platform is transforming with AI

04:25 – Merging human creativity with AI innovation

05:38 – Why Sanjib says “AI agents are like puppies”

06:18 – Predictions for AI and the channel in 2026

Katie Bavoso

Katie Bavoso is a 2017 Regional New England Emmy-nominated broadcaster with over a decade of professional content creation, production, hosting, and interviewing experience. Starting her career off in TV news, she pivoted to the IT channel to help connect vendors, solutions and services providers, and IT buyers through exciting video content and storytelling. Katie is now the host of Channel Insider: Partner POV, a video and podcast series shining a light on the most innovative solution providers of the IT channel.

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