Video: Q1 2025 Channel Insights and Trends with the Channel Insider Editorial Team

Look back at the biggest IT channel stories and trends that emerged from the first quarter of 2025.

Written By: Katie Bavoso
Apr 3, 2025
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In this episode of Channel Insider: Partner POV, the Channel Insider editorial teams unites to break down the biggest news stories, trends, challenges, and opportunities that defined the IT channel in the first quarter of 2025. Join host Katie Bavoso, Managing Editor Victoria Durgin, and Writer Jordan Smith as they discuss and review everything from evolving partner strategies to the latest in AI-driven solutions, as well as where the industry is headed in Q2 and deeper into the year. This conversation is packed with insights for MSPs, VARs, and IT leaders and buyers. 

🔍 Key Topics & Timestamps: 

00:00 – Introduction: What shaped the IT channel in Q1 2025? Top stories from the first three months of the year 

02:15 – Emerging partner strategies: Adapting to market shifts, customer demands, and what partners really want 

06:00 – Reviewing predictions from Q4 of 2024 

06:45 – AI and automation: The impact on IT services and cybersecurity 

13:00 – Q1 surprises 

15:20 – Challenges in cloud cost management and optimization 

18:00 – Is the demand for AI cooling or just heating up? 

20:05 – Success stories: Channel partners thriving in today’s market 

24:50 – Predictions for Q2 and beyond 

30:00 – Who and what to watch in Q2: Kaseya and HPE’s blocked acquisition of Juniper Networks 

35:00 – Where to find the Channel Insider team on the road in Quarter 2 or 2025 

thumbnail 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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