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title: "Tech Channel Video Cast: The Future of IoT and Channel Partners"
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# Tech Channel Video Cast: The Future of IoT and Channel Partners

### 06.29.17

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This week [Diane Krakora](https://www.partner-path.com/about/team/diane/), CEO of PartnerPath is joined by Stephen DiFranco, Principal of IoT Advisory Group to discuss the development of channels for IoT solutions.

The industry has seen continued growth of the inter-networking of things or "connected devices" embedded with electronics, software and sensors which enable these objects to collect and exchange data (in other words IoT).  In a quick 10 minutes we cover a lot of topics pertaining to channels and this growing market:

- The rise of IoT markets and solutions
- The complexity of these solutions
- The need for adventurous solution providers to invest in an IoT practice
- How vendors with components that comprise an IoT offering find solution providers 

 

 

 

| [![Stephen DiFranco](https://www.partner-path.com/hs-fs/hubfs/headshots%20PartnerPath/SDF.jpg?width=127&name=SDF.jpg "Stephen DiFranco")](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sdfiot) | [![Diane Krakora headshot](https://www.partner-path.com/hs-fs/hub/361854/file-4070984966-jpg/blog-files/diane-krakora.jpg?width=120&name=diane-krakora.jpg "Diane Krakora headshot")](https://www.partner-path.com/about/team/diane/) |
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| **Stephen DiFranco, ***Principal, ***IoT Advisory** | **Diane Krakora, ***CEO* at **PartnerPath**  |

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