Podcasts by Business of Tech
Each day, the flood of technology news hits. In an industry that always changes, those who deliver technology services need to focus on the information that matters to them. The Business of Tech podcast focuses on the news you need to know. Covering both the story and why it matters to the way services are created and delivered, channel veteran Dave Sobel brings you up to speed and gives you resources to go deeper. With insights and analysis, this five minute podcast focuses on the knowledge you need to be effective, profitable, and relevant.
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Tue Apr-19-2022: Industry trust levels, breach reporting around the world, and Insteaon disappears from 2022-04-19T21:00:02
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Mon Apr-18-2022: CISA's first guidance on breach reporting, and spam of all kinds up from 2022-04-18T21:00:19
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Microsoft Apple and Datto RMM: An analysis of the moves in April 2022 from 2022-04-16T20:30:29
As we move into April, two significant moves from the OS players threaten the position of traditional RMM players. And then Kaseya buys Datto.
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Fri Apr-15-2022: Connectwise's Predictions, Apple's Vulnerabilities, and Microsoft's potential licensing changes from 2022-04-15T21:00:13
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Thu Apr-14-2022: Trust in tech falls right alongside SMB owner sentiment , and an opportunity in data analysis from 2022-04-14T21:00:24
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Wed Apr-13-2022: Security hiring is bleak, and what it means, plus the ideal number of days in the office from 2022-04-13T21:00:58
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Tue Apr-12-2022: Remote work @ macro level, and practical data to address it from 2022-04-12T21:00:22
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Mon Apr-11-2022: Kaseya buys Datto (and here's my take), plus the real future of IT services from 2022-04-11T19:40:04
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Novel or Useful, Part 1: The Metaverse and NFTs from 2022-04-08T21:00:04
Novel or Useful? A discussion between Seth Robinson of CompTIA and Dave Sobel of the Business of Tech around these two trends, and asking if we care.
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Thu Apr-7-2022: Amazon's union, Big Tech impersonates SMB, and GitHub services? from 2022-04-07T21:00:13
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Wed Apr-6-2022: Microsoft RMM, Cloud PC, plus US EU Data deal and security EO extended from 2022-04-06T21:00:10
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Tue Apr-5-2022: Moody's data on cyber success, and CFO sentiment surveyed from 2022-04-05T21:00:21
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Mon Apr-4-2022: Apple's MSP offering, Arcserve's data loss, State's Cyber Bureau, and employee pushback at Activision Blizzard from 2022-04-04T21:00:52
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My wrong prediction on Datto and $MSP and what it says about the the market from 2022-04-01T20:30:30
So, I make a lot of predictions, and I’ve been thinking about one that I got wrong.
In my piece in October 2020, I called out Datto for claiming the MSP stock ticker. My predict...
Thu Mar-31-2022: Q1 2022 IT Leadership Diversity Report from 2022-03-31T21:00:38
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Wed Mar-30-2022: Treasury talks insurance, SMB PCs, and Deepfakes on LinkedIn from 2022-03-30T21:00:53
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Tue Mar-29-2022: Office space warning, Okta's mistake, and GDC's numbers from 2022-03-29T21:00:40
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Mon Mar-28-2022: Do Americans hate their jobs? and Microsoft accused of bribery from 2022-03-28T21:00:10
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Marketplaces and SLO's: An interview with Marcin Kurc from 2022-03-26T21:00:21
Marcin Kurc is the co-founder and CEO of Nobl9 and has been involved in IT for over 20+ years. He has held leadership positions at some of cloud computing’s biggest names, including Novell, Amazon ...
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Fri Mar-25-2022: Congress introduces new cyber bills, defines MSP, and Lapsus$ arrests from 2022-03-25T21:00:10
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Thu Mar-24-2022: Employment trends to review as employers miss the obvious from 2022-03-24T21:00:15
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Wed Mar-23-2022: Market sentiments as analysts worry of recession, Microsoft confirms breach from 2022-03-23T21:00:44
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Tue Mar-22-2022: Okta hacking, White House Warnings, and IE11 from 2022-03-22T21:00:33
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Mon Mar-21-2022: Browser in Browser attacks, Matter delayed again, and DUNs replacements from 2022-03-21T21:00:02
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The cyber-fallout from Ukraine for MSPs and IT services companies: Jon Murchison of Blackpoint from 2022-03-19T21:00:12
Jonathan Murchison, the founder and CEO of Blackpoint, started his career in Network Engineering and IT operations, but quickly made the switch to the quiet world of the intelligence community. He ...
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Fri Mar-18-2022: Microsoft's partner program chanegs, the four strains of ransomware, and small business creation data from 2022-03-18T21:00:53
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Thu Mar-17-2022: Cyber notifications become law, Kaspersky scrutiny, and Google Stadia's course correction from 2022-03-17T21:00:51
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Wed Mar-16-2022: Tech debt, robotic processes, the State of Managed Services, and Sustainable IT from 2022-03-16T21:00:16
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Tue Mar-15-2022: Gartner's Human-Centric work and Salesforce's real world experiment from 2022-03-15T21:00:42
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Gartner’s human-centric work as we examine the state of p...
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Mon Mar-14-2022: N-able says MSP risk up, IoT Device risk, and FinOps and cloud costs from 2022-03-14T21:00:43
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Fri Mar-11-2022: NCE, Twitter Tor, Russian internet, and Kaseya hacker extradited from 2022-03-11T22:00:21
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Thu Mar-10-2022: Return to work tensions and big changes in cybersecurity regulation from 2022-03-10T22:00:13
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The return to the office, with employers and employe...
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Wed Mar-5-2022: Kaseya's Benchmark study, RSPA's Retail Insights, and IDC's update based on war from 2022-03-09T22:00:52
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Tue Mar-4-2022: Digitalization, the job market, and women's pay gap from 2022-03-08T22:00:56
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Mon Mar-3-2022: Ukraine&Cybersecurity, plus NVIDIA's unique extortion problem from 2022-03-07T23:00
Three things to know today The cybersecurity situation in Ukraine
What you need to know working with a headhunter - Mark Sasson of Pinpoint Search Group from 2022-03-04T13:00:12
While cybersecurity vendors are outsourcing what they don't specialize in (recruitment) to “experts,” not all headhunters are created equal. What do they do, and what do they bring to the tabl...
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How Fleet DM makes money with open source monitoring from 2022-03-02T13:00:20
Mike McNeil is the CEO and co-founder of Fleet DM — a device management platform that recently raised $5M from the founder of GitLab and CRV. How is...
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Forrester's Jay McBain discusses the under discussed focus areas for IT Service Providers from 2022-02-28T13:00:26
Jay McBain of Forrester with insights and on what the IT services space may be missing.
Who is Jay and what does he do for Forrester?
What trend or news do you think isn’t getting...
Immutable Storage - what is it, and why should IT services companies and MSPs care? from 2022-02-26T13:00:29
Immutable storage - what is it, and why did MSP360 add it to their product? Brian Helwig, CEO of MSP360, explains what the technology is and why we care.
What is immutable storage?
Can ...
Thu Feb 24 2022: Show update and programming note from 2022-02-24T22:00:07
Some information on the show for the upcoming week, so you know what is going on!
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Wed Feb 23 2022: Gartner Tech trends, hybrid work's impact on people, and AT&T shuts down 3G from 2022-02-23T22:00:32
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Gartner’s 2022 tech trends & the Managed services marke...
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Tue Feb 22 2022: FBI, CISA, and NIST advice, plus Windows 11 to require Microsoft Account? from 2022-02-22T22:00:44
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CISA’s warnings, the FBI’s moves, and geo politics coll...
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Mon Feb 21 2022: Weighted Average Contract Value, and Cisco&Salesforce incentive insights from 2022-02-21T22:00:03
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There’s a new metric in town – weighted average co...
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MSP Corp is buying MSPs -- how are they valuing them? from 2022-02-19T22:00:58
A conversation with Ravi Ramharak of MSP Corp -- how are they buying companies and valuing them?
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Fri Feb 18 2022: Mandates&gender gap in the return to work, Google's pivot on ads, and data on the digital trends from 2022-02-18T22:00:28
Three things to know today Vaccine mandates and gender gap in the shift of work
Thu Feb 17 2022: Threats from Russia to kids to deepfakes, and Google&Microsoft extend the OS from 2022-02-17T18:45:57
Two things to know today From Russia to your kids to deepfakes, threats evolve
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Wed Feb 16 2022: Office reopenings, SMBs like their banks, Americans support regulation, and the CIA is hoovering up data from 2022-02-16T22:00:07
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Office reopening, and SMB owners bank satisfaction
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Tue Feb 15 2022: The latest security warnings, and MSP Vendor Disclosure and Bounty programs listed from 2022-02-15T22:00:31
One area of focus today
Security, including The latest warni...
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Mon Feb 14 2022: Microsoft leap on Google, WFH ploys, and SSD and supply chain woes from 2022-02-14T22:00:56
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Microsoft leaps on Google as employee...
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Fri Feb 11 2022: Labor market rebounds, career gaps, and tech alone isn't enough for customers from 2022-02-11T22:00:06
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The labor market has rebounded, and gets harder still...
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Thu Feb 10 2022: Google's whitelabel pivot, ID.me retreat, and Black tech workers move jobs more.. why? from 2022-02-10T22:00:15
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Google pivots on Stadia to a whitelabel approach
Wed Feb 9 2022: Data on trouble tickets, and researchers reveal surprising data on COBOL from 2022-02-09T22:00:01
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Data from trouble tickets speaks to video conferenc...
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Tue Feb 8 2022: IRS backs off, as Congress moves on two more areas, MFA adoption and geo politics in security from 2022-02-08T22:00
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Mon Feb 7 2022: Employment&Retention, SMB Maturity, and Google's Shadow IT Move from 2022-02-07T22:00:04
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Employment, job particiation and even numbers abo...
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An Investor view of the security market: Gary Guseinov, CEO of RealDefense from 2022-02-05T22:00:35
M&A velocity is completely changing the funding dynamics and even the product roadmaps for security startups. Mega-rounds for unicorns are sucking a lot of the VC oxygen out of the room for the ...
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Fri Feb 4 2022: In the world of work, engagement, retention, culture and time management data all factors from 2022-02-04T22:00:25
One thing to know today In the world of work, engagement, ...
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Thu Feb 3 2022: Ransomware as cover, Olympians warned, vaccine mandates and the Great Reorganization from 2022-02-03T22:00:38
Two things to know today Ransomware as a cover for data breach among security insigh...
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Wed Feb 2 2022: IT spend up alongside skills gapl; Best-in-Breed bests single vendor from 2022-02-02T22:00:57
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IT spend goes up, right alongside the digital skills gap<...
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Tue Feb 1 2022: Work of employment shifts, White House declares Zero Trust, and Web site data exposure from 2022-02-01T22:00:10
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Mon Jan 31 2022: Mac Renaissance&PC resurgence, 3 FCC moves, and Adobe's push on deepfakes from 2022-01-31T22:00:20
It’s Monday, January 31, 2022, and I’m Dave Sobel. Three things to know today
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Fri Jan 28 2022: CEO optimism explored, updates from retail, and revisting facial recognition and Log4Shell from 2022-01-28T22:00:28
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Wed Jan 26 2022: Hybrid work tipping point&chip shortage to last a while from 2022-01-26T22:00:43
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The tipping point – the majority of workers are now h...
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Tue Jan 25 2022: CIO priorities, hacker chatter, and a tale of two bills from 2022-01-25T22:00
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Mon Jan 24 2022: Sales Compensation, New MSP law in Pennsylvania, and insurance moves from 2022-01-24T22:00:50
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Thu Jan 20 2022: PPP examined, workflow and meetings measured, and the market data points to consulting from 2022-01-20T22:00
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Wed Jan 19 2022: Stakeholder capitalism backed up by data, and the TLDR law from 2022-01-19T22:00
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Larry Fink’s CEO letter backed up by two other reports Listen
Tue Jan 18 2022: Russia arrests REvil and the state of play returning to work with COVID surges from 2022-01-18T22:00
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Russia arrests REvil hackers related to Colonial Pip...
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Cybersecurity at in SLED: An interview with John Zanni, CEO of Acronis SCS from 2022-01-16T06:00
What is the impact of Federal cybersecurity initiatives at the SLED level - State and Local Government and Education. What certifications matter? An interview with John Zanni, CEO of Acronis SCS...
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Fri Jan 14 2022: the PC Revival&digital transformation, legislation, and Twitter's diversity gains from 2022-01-14T22:00
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Thu Jan 13 2022: Data reveals the new worker pattern, and a novel approach to ransomware recovery from 2022-01-13T22:00
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GitHub data reveals what the ...
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Wed Jan 12 2022: New predictions, the four day work week, and a bug bounty program for SMBs and MSPs from 2022-01-12T22:00
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Tue Jan 11 2022: COVID staff shortages, security updates, and ignoring a breach in a press release from 2022-01-11T22:00
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Staff shortages over COVID as the fed te...
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Mon Jan 10 2022: Jobs data, CTO priorities, and Europol's data deletion from 2022-01-10T22:00
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Analysis of the jobs data and trends in the world ...
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Fri Jan 7 2022: FTC says conequences for Log4J, Germany considers no data retention, and FCC maps from 2022-01-07T22:00
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FTC says Log4J can result in legal consequences
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Thu Jan 6 2022: PC sales&job quit data, plus Theranos CEO found guilty (and why we care) from 2022-01-06T22:00
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PC sales up as job quit numbers are also up...
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Wed Jan 5 2022: SMB's priority, security or something else? and the White House moves on cybersecurity from 2022-01-05T22:00
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Research into what SMBs care about.. is it...
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Tue Jan 4 2022: CES starts, IT and business collaboration data, and Alexa goes unused from 2022-01-04T22:00
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Thu Dec 30 2021: Predictions related to security for 2022 from 2021-12-30T14:00
Today, lets talk cloud and the march towards its dominance. What I'm predicting for 2022 in this space. This is the Business of Tech's 2022 Prediction Series.
Learn abou...
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Wed Dec 29 2021: Predictions related to the SMB Business landscape from 2021-12-29T14:00
Today, What is coming in the business landscape, building on the cloud predictions from yesterday. What to look out for in 2022. This is the Business of Tech's 2022 Prediction Series.
Tue Dec 28 2021: Predictions on the cloud for 2022 from 2021-12-28T14:00
Today, lets talk cloud and the march towards its dominance. What I'm predicting for 2022 in this space. This is the Business of Tech's 2022 Prediction Series.
Want to get the show ...
Mon Dec 27 2021: A Review of what I got right and wrong predicting the year from 2021-12-27T14:00
Today, revisiting my predictions for 2021 to see what I got right... and what I got wrong. This is the Business of Tech's 2022 Prediction Series.
Want to get the show on y...
Thu Dec 23 2021: Omicron looms, CES issues, and new satellite speed data from 2021-12-23T22:00
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Omicron looms over next year with changing plans galor...
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Wed Dec 22 2021: Renewals will be big in 2022, Security, and the Q4 Diversity Report from 2021-12-22T22:00
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Tue Dec 21 2021: Forrester with news for the Fed, IT leaders speak, and Microsoft right to repair from 2021-12-21T22:00
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Forrester tells the Fed how it did on customer exp...
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Mon Dec 20 2021: Decreasing revenues and increasing costs in 2022, plus third Log4J vulnerability from 2021-12-20T22:00
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A coming decrease in revenue and increase in cost f...
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Author Jennifer Brown discusses DEI initiatives in small companies from 2021-12-18T22:00
A conversation with Jennifer Brown, whose new book Beyond Diversity: 12 Non-Obvious Ways To Build A More Inclusive World hit bookshelves on November 9. How to make these ideas work for small com...
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Fri Dec 17 2021: MSPs react to supply chain attacks, CMMC, and Rural Broadband Business from 2021-12-17T22:00
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MSPs response to supply chain attacks, plus CM...
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Thu Dec 16 2021: New data on phishing, the Internet Association, and more hybrid work from 2021-12-16T22:00
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New data on users and phishing – and it’s not what...
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Wed Dec 15 2021: Customer Experience EO, Second Log4J vulnerability&Cyberinsurance stats from 2021-12-15T22:00
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Tue Dec 14 2021: Log4Shell could be the worst yet (and it's impact on trust), plus holiday parties and zoom fatigue from 2021-12-14T22:00
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Log4Shell could be the worst yet, and the impact on t...
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Mon Dec 13 2021: Log4Shell, AWS post-mortem, and Cloud Adoption from 2021-12-13T22:00
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Jason Beal on Regulation, Compliance, the cloud, and how he would build an IT services company from 2021-12-11T22:00
A discussion with Jason Beal of AvePoint. What is coming for regulation, for compliance, the cloud, and what would he build in an IT services company.
What's your take on the regulation m...
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Fri Dec 10 2021: Consultancy around world of work a scam?, and impact of employee surveillance from 2021-12-10T22:00
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Thu Dec 9 2021: The cyber criminal justice system, Amazon's new top secret region, and online population numbers from 2021-12-09T22:00
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Wed Dec 8 2021: All about that AWS outage, Microsoft's price increase, and the House and Senate moves from 2021-12-08T22:00
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Tuesday's AWS outage and the impact on providers
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Tue Dec 7 2021: The Jobs report, breaches, and Marriott's breach data reported to the SEC from 2021-12-07T22:00
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Mon Dec 6 2021: Ingram Micro's three trends for 2022, US Cyber Command acknowledges military action from 2021-12-06T22:00
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Ingram Micro weighs in with three trends for next year ...
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Fri Dec 3 2021: An insider job at Ubiquiti, Apple's new Hardware as a Service, and Microsoft's standalone Teams from 2021-12-03T22:00
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Thu Dec 2 2021: Aussie workers give insight, and AI regulations in the UK and EU and the US impact from 2021-12-02T22:00
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What lessons from Aussie workers around men...
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Wed Dec 1 2021: Skills and data gaps, Private 5G from Amazon, and SMB's unaware of cyber insurance from 2021-12-01T22:00
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Tue Nov 30 2021: Customers more at risk with cyber insurance and a potential privacy move from 2021-11-30T22:00
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Mon Nov 29 2021: Employees lengthen holiday travel, are disconnect from the boss, and have a security gap - why we care from 2021-11-29T22:00
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The MSP Tools Space 2021 Review - What I Tell Investors from 2021-11-26T14:00
2021 has brought several moves in the MSP tools space that make the landscape different. Let’s discuss what those moves mean for the space in this episode of What I tell investors.
As the...
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Wed Nov 24 2021: ConnectWise's Bot controversy, JEDI becomes JWCC, and employees isolation from 2021-11-24T22:00
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ConnectWise's bot controversy has providers unnerved...
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Tue Nov 23 2021: Ransomware warnings&focus, and will iPhone customers repair their phones? from 2021-11-23T22:00
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The long holiday weekend brings warnings of ...
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Mon Nov 22 2021: Apple says ok to talk wages, Americans focus less on work, and insurance coverage and premiums from 2021-11-22T22:00
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Is Work from home bad for MSPs? Ravi Ramharak on Mental Health from 2021-11-20T22:00
A conversation with Ravi Ramharak of MSP Corp, addressing mental health for MSPs. Is working from home bad?
Intro, who is Ravi?
Why does burnout resonate for Ravi?
Isn't remot...
Fri Nov 19 2021: What is RoR, is a ticket based approach antiquated, and broadband second order impacts from 2021-11-19T22:00
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The RoR ratio, and why you care
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Thu Nov 18 2021: Apple reverses course, and the culture of blame in security problems from 2021-11-18T22:00
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Apple reverses course on Right to Repair
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Wed Nov 17 2021: CompTIA's 2022 Outlook, Tech vs Traditional SMBs, and HP's new offering from 2021-11-17T22:00
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CompTIA’s outlook coupled with Tech vs Traditional SMBs...
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Tue Nov 16 2021: the coming Cloud SaaS domination, and an employee perk led by Portugal from 2021-11-16T22:00
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All the stats pointing more towards Cloud SaaS domin...
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Mon Nov 15 2021: FBI Breached, and Gartner says how fast we're getting to cloud first from 2021-11-15T22:00
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The FBI breached and start sending emails out...
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What should I do next? An MSP owner asks for advice from 2021-11-13T22:00
A question from a listener.
“What does a 25 year outsourced IT/MSP veteran business owner do after their “done/burned out” with their business? My context is that I am a people-focused Hi...
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Fri Nov 12 2021: Russian Mercenaries, the DoD&Comic Books, plus getting IT to the front line. from 2021-11-12T22:00
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What do Russian Mercenaries, the DoD and co...
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Thu Nov 11 2021: What broadband is in the infrastructure bill, and Apple and ConnectWise's big moves in management offerings from 2021-11-11T22:00
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What America got in the infrastructure bill
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Wed Nov 10 2021: IT's seat at the table brings scrutiny, Microsoft's Windows 11 SE challenge, and gifts keeping employees? from 2021-11-10T22:00
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Tue Nov 9 2021: Ransomware arrests post Kaseya, the Senate looks at MSPs, and the metaverse from 2021-11-09T22:00
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The US government moves on ransomware.. and inclu...
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Mon Nov 8 2021: Hybrid work brings services upside, cloud spending and pricing adoption, and Microsoft's carrot and stick from 2021-11-08T22:00
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Hybrid work brings software money and even m...
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Could Seal Team Six Stop Ransomware? from 2021-11-05T21:00
I’m revisiting my thinking on talking about cyber security. I want to reframe the discussion.
I’ve talked about the use of language around cybersecurity. This isn’t new. I’ve said before ...
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Thur Nov 4 2021: FBI warnings on M&A and DDoS, plus two product moves predict MSP disruption from 2021-11-04T21:00
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Government warnings on ransomware and vulne...
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Wed Nov 3 2021: Managed Employee Experience Services, Chromebook saturation, and Google IT support certs from 2021-11-03T21:00
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Managed Employee Experience Services – is that t...
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Tue Nov 2 2021: Signal reveals key details of warrants, and employee burnout&work life balance from 2021-11-02T21:00
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Signal reveals key details of police warrants
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Mon Nov 1 2021: 2022 Tech Predictions, plus the US Copyright office makes a key change from 2021-11-01T21:00
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Forrester’s 2022 Tech Predictions
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Fri Oct 29 2021: The Bureau of Cyberspace as N. Korea hits IT supply chain, 5G via marketplace, and is your company ethical? from 2021-10-29T21:00
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The Bureau of Cyberspace is co...
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Thu Oct 28 2021: IT jobs interest surges while providers lag, Australia privacy moves and Cisco's ecosystem for WebEx from 2021-10-28T21:00
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IT Jobs interest surges while providers lag on c...
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Wed Oct 27 2021: Nobelium hacks MSPs, and Pay and benefits movements as quitting jobs continues from 2021-10-27T21:00
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Nobelium is hacking IT service providers and MSPs
Tue Oct 26 2021: The trust divide among IT, the FTC eyes ISPs, and following the money from 2021-10-26T21:00
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Mon Oct 25 2021: REvil hacked, Groove Responds in escalation, and the growing employer/employee divide from 2021-10-25T21:00
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REvil hacked, Groove responds, as cybercriminals bulk u...
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Fri Oct 22 2021: Government moves on security with holiday treats impacted, and tech figures out dispersed work from 2021-10-22T21:00
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The government bureaucracy changes ab...
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Thu Oct 21 2021: Worker dissatisfaction as we hit a tipping point, and a small business cloud on the horizon? from 2021-10-21T21:00
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Worker dissatisfaction grows as the economy h...
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Wed Oct 20 2021: Data from Gartner's Symposium, and WhatsApp's impact on communications from 2021-10-20T21:00
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Data coming out of the Gartner Symposium
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Tue Oct 19 2021: TV, Telco, and Food Breaches tell us what, and what is a Technology Solutions Brokerage? from 2021-10-19T21:00
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TV, Telco and Food Breaches, oh my!
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Mon Oct 18 2021: The insight that isn't about waste, and the coming marketplace threat and opportunity from 2021-10-18T21:00
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The missed headline of the data – it’s not waste, an...
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Starting an SMB today for the future -- and what MSPs can learn from 2021-10-16T20:30
I’ve previously commented on what I would do if I was starting an MSP, and how I would adapt one, and how I might choose different tools…
But I wanted to take another step even further ba...
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Fri Oct 15 2021: Sizes of software audits, IT services, and Managed Services; NDAs; and a coming disruption in the MSP market? from 2021-10-15T21:00
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Market sizes: software audits, IT services, an...
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Thu Oct 14 2021: Small business recovery data, plus pay disparity and broadband insights from 2021-10-14T21:00
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Small Business Recovery -- prices, pay, and labor all...
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Wed Oct 13 2021: Large attack surfaces & spending up, office parties, and Microsoft's right to repair change from 2021-10-13T21:00
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Spending up on security amidst...
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Tue Oct 12 2021: Worker and job data asks what's next, and uncertainty for the future plagues SMBs from 2021-10-12T21:00
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Jobs data, worker sentiment, and filling the gaps -...
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Windows 11 reluctance - and why it's bad for MSPs and IT Services Providers from 2021-10-09T20:30
I thought the Windows 11 rollout would get a lot of traditional hoopla. When it didn’t, I started looking into why, and what I found is not good news for technology services companies and their ...
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Fri Oct 8 2021: Bandwidth & Cloud growth, United Airline's mandates spur hiring, and the financial hit to Bandwidth.com from 2021-10-08T21:00
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Thu Oct 7 2021: Twitch's breach, mandatory 2FA, and Microsoft's 20% premium costs from 2021-10-07T21:00
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Twitch's breach, the government's moves, and 2FA for all<...
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Wed Oct 6 2021: Cloud consumption up but trust down, and the divide between employer and employee from 2021-10-06T21:00
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Increase in cloud consumption couples...
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Tue Oct 5 2021: Laws and enforcement around critical infrastructure, and the FB outage's exposure of communications issues from 2021-10-05T21:00
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Laws and law enforcement begin to mo...
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Mon Oct 4 2021: Competing forces on disruption of work, Microsoft launch day (but does anyone care?) and search and seizure laws from 2021-10-04T21:00
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Fri Oct 1 2021: Why patch delays happen, two tools from CISA, jobs with vaccine mandates, and medical records tech insights from 2021-10-01T21:00
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Thu Sep 30 2021: Where is IT spend going, and Microsoft's insurance move that foreshadows from 2021-09-30T21:00
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Wed Sep 29 2021: SMBs left behind, not mirroring the past, and Amazon to offer insurance in the UK from 2021-09-29T21:00
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Growth in SaaS, and the risk to SMBs of being left ...
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Tue Sep 28 2021: Deaths due to security, disproportionate impact on BIPOC, and weeks of VoIP outages from 2021-09-28T21:00
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Mon Sep 27 2021: Trust and privacy, post-pandemic plan reveals, and a new tech charter from 2021-09-27T21:00
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Digital trust and privacy -- a hurt and a help factor...
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Vulnerability Disclosure Programs: What MSPs need to know with Jason Slagle from 2021-09-25T20:30
A conversation with Jason Slagle, VP of Operations at an MSP and a security researcher. What is a Bug Bounty program, why do MSPs care, and what should you know about some of the top vendors in ...
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Fri Sep 24 2021: Security + stress, employee resource groups, and Allstate blocks RMMs, Datto's CISO responds from 2021-09-24T21:00
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All the security stuff, and the stress it causes
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Thu Sep 23 2021: Amazon open to pot, who do SMBs ask for help on cloud, and Apple undermines third party techs from 2021-09-23T21:00
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More demand in Open Source, Amazo...
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Wed Sep 22 2021: ShadowIT & partner growth, Facebook's IT Management platform, and FBI had the decryption key from 2021-09-22T21:00
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Outlooks on the chip shortage, partner growth, an...
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Tue Sep 21 2021: Bug bounties, sanctions, Vendor Security 2.0; Tech workers happy & unhappy at the same time from 2021-09-21T21:00
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Bug bounties, sanctions on ransomware pa...
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Mon Sep 20 2021: Where are remote workers, Office 2021, and ASCII & NSITSP announce initiatives from 2021-09-20T21:00
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Fri Sep 17 2021: Microsoft password less, StateRAMP, and lessons from the Air Force's CSO from 2021-09-17T21:00
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Microsoft offers passwordless plus the StateRAM...
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The Sept 16 2021: new Small and Medium Business report, and insights from an insurance broker from 2021-09-16T21:00
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The new Small and Medium Business trends report.
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Wed Sep 15 2021: Business travel and work week length down, and what college hires want from 2021-09-15T21:00
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Business travel and work week length changes in t...
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Tue Sept 14 2021: CISA's architecture and Datto's notable product are the releases to notice from 2021-09-14T21:00
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Among security news, it's the CISA's Clou...
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Mon Sep 13 2021: Competing employee benefits, and three solution areas for hybrid work from 2021-09-13T21:00
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Competing employee benefits among a challengi...
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Fri Sep 10 2021: Microsoft: WFH indefinite and impacted productivity, Windows 11 Management Guidance Revealed, and FCC looks at landlords from 2021-09-10T20:30
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Thu Sep 9 2021: REvil and the pressure to compromise security; Companies who work with competitors outperform from 2021-09-09T21:00
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REvil back, rise in attacks, and the pressure to compromise...
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Wed Sep 8 2021: IT spend & hiring and staffing opportunities explored from 2021-09-08T21:00
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A look at where the opportunities are in IT spend ...
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Tue Sep 7 2021: CISA tells MSP's customers to ask for financials, and return to the office in 2022? from 2021-09-07T20:30
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CISA to your customers: ask these questi...
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Thu Sep 2 2021: Sales disconnect, updates on reopening, and Windows Server 2022 from 2021-09-02T21:00
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Where the sales and employees are going leads ...
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Wed Sep 1 2021: Reframe the security conversation, and Synnex + Tech Data: Do we care? from 2021-09-01T20:30
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In security, there’s a framing of the data that...
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Tue Aug 31 2021: Windows 11 release details, more on Afghan data risk, and FCC's additional data collection from 2021-08-31T20:30
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Windows 11 coming in October, now on more devices
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Mon Aug 30 2021: SMB perspectives on vaccine mandates, Azure flaw exposed from 2021-08-30T20:30
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SMB perspectives on vaccine mandates and curren...
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Fri Aug 27 2021: Overwhelming broadband demand, provider revenue data and hiring stumbles from 2021-08-27T20:00
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The overwhelming demand for broadband investment
Thu Aug 26 2021: White House Security Summit, Prop 22, and tech law review from 2021-08-26T20:30
Wed Aug 25 2021: Challenging landscape of employee sentiment returning to work, and tech fallout in Afghanistan from 2021-08-25T21:00
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The challenging landscape of employee sen...
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Tue Aug 24 2021: Insurance companies don't like raising prices as ransoms escalate, and Boards are changing the way comp works for CEOs, and why we care from 2021-08-24T20:30
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Are insurance companies near...
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Mon Aug 23 2021: Why employees are resigning, Microsoft 365 price increase, and video call fatigue from 2021-08-23T21:00
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Continued changes in employee sentiment in ...
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Configuration management vs automation: Attigy's CEO on RMM's and design choices from 2021-08-21T20:00
Today, a conversation with Jason Dettbarn, Founder and CEO of Attigy. We talk security, cloud, RMM configurations and what MSPs should think about for the future.
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Configuration management vs automation: Addigy‘s CEO on RMM's and design choices from 2021-08-21T20:00
Today, a conversation with Jason Dettbarn, Founder and CEO of Addigy. We talk security, cloud, RMM configurations and what MSPs should think about for the future.
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Fri Aug 20 2021: Data management, more than security, and the scary new ransomware tactic: insiders from 2021-08-20T20:00
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Data management: it's more than just security
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Thu Aug 19 2021: How does the IT market view its future, and the disparity between workers and execs grows from 2021-08-19T21:00
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How is the IT Provider market viewing its future?
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Wed Aug 18 2021: Return to work with vaccine mandates? A tech mistake in data exposes Afghan risk from 2021-08-18T20:30
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The continuing shift in the return to wor...
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Tue Aug 17 2021: Security & skills, Data management opportunity, and tech investment benefits from 2021-08-17T21:00
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Mon Aug 16 2021: Cloud gains, multi-cloud, and Top Secret options, plus the fall outlook turns bleaker for SMB from 2021-08-16T20:00
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Office 365, Microsoft 365, and Windows 365: Naming explained and why IT services companies care from 2021-08-14T21:00
So I messed up last week.
When talking about Microsoft’s new Cloud PC initiative, I called it Microsoft 365, when in fact it’s Windows 365. I did issue a correction, and the listener who ...
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Fri Aug 13 2021: AI in call centers and decision making, the McFlurry machine and why you care, and Sweden's Silicon Valley from 2021-08-13T20:30
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Artificial Intelligence impact on call centers a...
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Thu Aug 12 2021: Infrastructure security, Microsoft vulnerabilities, Accenture breached, and the final broadband investment from 2021-08-12T20:00
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Wed Aug 11 2021: Public cloud pushback, Google's remote pay disparity, and the new fight between Microsoft and Amazon from 2021-08-11T20:00
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A public cloud pushback, highlighting the next opp...
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Tue Aug 10 2021: How ransomware and API data are linked, and the leaked playbook, plus business travel - is it coming back? from 2021-08-10T20:00
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SMB ransomware and API data tracks together...
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Mon Aug 9 2021: reopening & jobs data, the FCC's new maps, and legacy tech costs from 2021-08-09T20:00
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Reopening and jobs data interconnects at opportunity <...
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Fri Aug 6 2021: Americans hate their broadband, IT operations maturity, and the lack of belonging in tech from 2021-08-06T20:00
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Americans hate their broadband – and why we care
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Thu Aug 5 2021: BlackHat, DHS, and MSPs targeted; Vaccination and hybrid work, the connection from 2021-08-05T20:00
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BlackHat stories, plus DHS’s new group and MSPs targete...
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Wed Aug 4 2021: Device, cloud and IT Operations insights, and Microsoft 365 sells out and why we care from 2021-08-04T20:00
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Tue Aug 3 2021: The link between Small business and vaccination, and Microsoft 365's pricing and its implications from 2021-08-03T20:00
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The links between small business and COVID vaccination<...
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Mon Aug 2 2021: Zero trust rises, so does Dark Side and REvil, and insurance says catastrophe, plus a lesson from AirBNB from 2021-08-02T20:00
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Fri Jul 30 2021: Earnings Eason lessons, Google & Microsoft perceptions, and SMB innovation from 2021-07-30T21:00
It’s Friday, July 30, 2021, and I’m Dave Sobel. Three things to know today
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Thu Jul 29 2021: New CDC guidelines changes the reopening plans, and broadband's impact on work -- the hidden perks in both from 2021-07-29T21:00
It’s Thursday, July 29, 2021, and I’m Dave Sobel. Two things to know today
Wed July 28 2021: Government security movements, stats on the landscape, and other side’s smarts from 2021-07-28T21:00
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Government security movements we care about
Stats on that landscape
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The other side gets smarter and smarter
Tue Jul 27 2021: Commutes, employee happiness, and small town lures - what's working, and Kaseya's NDA position from 2021-07-27T20:00
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Saving time on commutes, employee happiness, and small town lures — which ...
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Mon Jul 26 2021: Semiconductors, travel, virtual doctors and the market, plus Kaseya acquires decryptor from 2021-07-26T20:00
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Semiconductor shortage, business travel, and virtual doctors visits… a market perspective
Cybersecurity v Information Security: What's the difference? from 2021-07-24T21:00
Today, a conversation with Dimitri Nemirovsky, Co founder and COO of Atakama. Our conversation is on the difference between cybersecurity and information security, the mess of delivering this, a...
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Fri Jul 23 2021: Gartner, CIOs, ISG, IBM, and Datto on the market, TechAisle on Cloud PC, and mandatory disclosures from 2021-07-23T21:00
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Market data from Gartner, CIOs, ISG, IBM, and Datto
The Jul 22 2021: Big increase in data leaks due to ransomware, and Respect in Security harassment data from 2021-07-22T21:00
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Big increases in data leaks as we review the ransomware landscape
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Wed Jul 21 2021: Cali and Virginia go big on broadband, the recession is over, and Zoom's big strategy reveal from 2021-07-21T21:00
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- Cali and Virginia go big on Broadband.. and let’s collect those bills
Tue Jul 20 2021: Opportunity in work from anywhere - gender, politics, location, happiness.. which matter? from 2021-07-20T21:00
More than three data points to know today
Work from home, and we look at
Political leanings
Location
Employee motivation
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Mon Jul 19 2021: Consumers impacting SMB, Big movement from the US government, and $31 and why you care from 2021-07-19T21:00
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What we need to know about consumers
MSP Legislation and the National Society of IT Service Providers: What you need to know. from 2021-07-17T21:00
Karl Palachuk thinks the industry needs to professionalize, and has proposed draft legislation to bring to state houses across the country, and possibly the world. What is he proposing, and what...
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Fri Jul 16 2021: Windows 365 is here. The details… and a big dose of why do you care. from 2021-07-16T21:00
The one thing to know today
Let’s talk about Cloud PC, because Windows 365 is here. The details… and a big dose of why do you care.
Thu Jul 15 2021: Updated Essential Eight, new email security, bug bounties, REvil down, and more from 2021-07-15T21:00
Security things to know today
New Essential Eight and Trend Micro Data
Bug bounties and why we care
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REvil down... and more
Wed Jul 14 2021: Variables in returning to work, new lobbying moves for providers, and Kaseya's CEO's financial incentives from 2021-07-14T21:00
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How age and gender are two more variables in returning to work, and unemployment benefits aren’t
Tue Jul 13 2021: IT Provider profit data isn't good, plus how a media diet may matter from 2021-07-13T21:00
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IT Provider profit data isn’t great, and so let’s consider the market
Mon Jul 12 2021: Kaseya's employees had reported issues, and the EO that opens up opportunities for small companies from 2021-07-12T21:00
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Kaseya’s employees reported security issues prior
Kaseya's July 4 weekend hack: Is it time to dump your RMM? from 2021-07-10T21:00
Kaseya was hit by the REvil gang.
Now IT services companies are asking... what now? What do we do next? To do that, let's examine the history of these products, listen to the vendor in th...
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Fri Jul 9 2021: Record low layoffs, right to repair may come federally, and Cloud PC might come next week from 2021-07-09T21:00
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Record low layoffs and big plans to hire
Thu Jul 8 2021: Data overload & the opportunity, and Microsoft and Kaseya both not patched - is it all minimal? from 2021-07-08T21:00
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Data overload, and the opportunity it presents
Wed Jul 7 2021: The menu items on the changing world of work, and the Pentagon cancels JEDI from 2021-07-07T21:00
Two things to know today
The ever-changing world of work offers a menu board of options
Tue Jul 6 2021: Kaseya breached, Microsoft PrintNightmare, and infosecbikini from 2021-07-06T21:00
Three things to know today
Tools provider Kaseya attacked
Fri Jul 2 2021: Interpol, CISA and MITRE, Right to repair in effect, and an Instagram lesson from 2021-07-02T21:00
Three things to know today
Strong words from Interpol, new resources from CISA and MITRE, and who's phished the most?
Thu Jul 1 2021: IT decision maker dynamics & the 17.9% reason why workers and remote work matters from 2021-07-01T21:00
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The dynamics of IT Decision makers in data from Forrester
Wed Jun 30 2021: The laws coming for tech this week, and the truce we care about, plus Windows 11 details from 2021-06-30T21:00
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All the laws coming for technology this week – and the truce we care about.
Tue Jun 29 2021: Security: Cyber insurance is about to change, where the problems are, criminals refocus, and more from 2021-06-29T21:00
Security things to know today
Cyber insurance is about to change
Data on where the problems are
The Criminals refocus
And more
Mon Jun 28 2021: The ever changing world of work, and IoT, endpoints and cloud: which is short term, and which is long term? from 2021-06-28T21:00
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More on the ever changing world of work.
Is Diversity like digital transformation? The Q2 Diversity Report from 2021-06-26T21:00
The Q2 Diversity Report, including an interview with Jeffrey Bowman about how to address building diversity using digital transformation skills.
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Fri Jun 25 2021: Opposing research from ConnectWise and JumpCloud to understand.. and why you care from 2021-06-25T21:00
All the security of the week, with opposing research from ConnectWise and JumpCloud to understand.. and why you care.
Thu Jun 24 2021: Chips & life expectancy, plus Windows 11: what IT services companies need to know from 2021-06-24T21:00
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Chip shortage, IT impact, and life expectancy: how they link
Wed Jun 23 2021: Worker sentiment and its impact, plus the Teamsters and Amazon from 2021-06-23T21:00
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Let’s talk about workers – remote… where they work, and finding them
Tue Jun 22 2021: Security, how words impact hiring, and right to repair from 2021-06-22T21:00
Three things to know today
The security roundup
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Mon Jun 21 2021: Data day: Data, Staffing, and Broadband from 2021-06-21T21:00
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All data today
First, data about … data
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Digital Cashflow Management: Improving the supply chain from 2021-06-19T21:00
An interview with Gert Sylvest, on lessons from the pandemic about cash flow management and how integrations are leveraged.
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Gert Sylvest is Co-founder of Tradeshift and...
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Thu Jun 17 2021: The week in geo-politics, and the changes in cyberinsurance from 2021-06-17T21:00
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All the political moves made this week
Wed Jun 16 2021: IT Outsourcing sentiment, the Supreme Court on privacy, and Microsoft's key langugage shift from 2021-06-16T21:00
Three things to know today
How is IT Outsourcing going?
Tues Jun 15 2021: The Great Resignation, IoT,Smartphones and Data, plus Cyberinsurance from 2021-06-15T21:00
Three things to know today
What is the Great Resignation and how is it impacting work?
Mon Jun 14 2021: Congress’s moves are becoming clear, NY's two moves, and from 2021-06-14T21:00
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Congress’s moves are becoming clear while New York takes a step forward and one back
Pushing back on misinformation: an interview with Jordan Bitterman from 2021-06-12T21:30
An interview with Jordan Bitterman, CMO for TripleLift, about misinformation in the digital space.
What is his premise on how to take on misinformation
How does the incentive matter...
Fri Jun 11 2021: That internet outage this week, plus how fast criminals move on phishing from 2021-06-11T20:30
Two things to know today
Let’s figure out what happened with that internet outage this week
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Thu Jun 10 2021: The changing dynamics of labor, and of devices from 2021-06-10T20:30
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Let’s talk about the dynamics of labor – because workers are quitting
Wed Jun 9 2021: What you need to know from regulators, and 123-style passwords from 2021-06-09T21:00
Two things to know today
What you need to know from regulators and governments
Tue Jun 8 2021: Traffic patterns and work changes, plus good news on the security front from 2021-06-08T21:00
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What traffic patterns tell us about changes in work
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Mon Jun 7 2021: What the weekend brought for ransomware, plus the last year in market changes from 2021-06-07T21:00
Two things to know today
What changed over the weekend for ransomware?
Fri Jun 4 2021: SAP goes all remote, a new version of Windows, and the new SMB Tech Stack from 2021-06-04T21:00
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SAP goes all remote while Apple splits
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Thu Jun 3 2021: JBS and the Biden Administration, and the Supreme Court changes computer fraud from 2021-06-03T21:00
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The security roundup, including JBS and the Biden Administration
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Wed Jun 2 2021: The next generation of technical workers weigh in as we ponder work from home, plus Amazon's lawsuits from 2021-06-02T21:00
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The next generation of technical workers weigh in as we ponder work from home
Tue Jun 1 2021: The hackers who hit SolarWinds are back, plus JEDI Lives from 2021-06-01T21:00
Two things to know today
The hackers are back from SolarWinds with a new campaign, and there is already fallout
IT companies can't assume all the risk for security from 2021-05-29T21:00
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
This often misattributed quote is on my mind a lot of late. Not because I’m trying to figure out it’s...
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Fri May 28 2021: Microsoft Build highlights, and collaboration lessons from Gen Z from 2021-05-28T21:00
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Microsoft Build highlights, with a big focus on Teams
Thu May 27 2021: Market data, the FCC's bold statement, and lessons from fed employees from 2021-05-27T21:00
Three things to know today
Lets look at the latest market data
Wed May 26 2021: Colonial Pipeline: the flaw known before, the new regulation, the lawsuit, and the trend, and it's not all bad news from 2021-05-26T21:00
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Colonial Pipeline: the flaw known before, the new regulation, the lawsuit, and the trend
Tue May 25 2021: Broadband, disclosures, the third anniversary of GDPR, and NIST's supply chain recommendations from 2021-05-25T21:00
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Broadband, disclosures, and the third anniversary of GDPR
Mon May 24 2021: The financials within security incidents, and CEO pay pushback from 2021-05-24T21:00
Two things to know today
Let’s review the financials of various security incidents
Fri May 21 2021: Data showing diversity opportunity, and security incentives drive behavior from 2021-05-21T21:00
Two things to know today
The data on around diversity that shows the opportunity
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Thu May 20 2021: Is your job killing you, changing security standards, and privacy perspectives from 2021-05-20T21:00
Three things to know today
It’s a great headline – is your job killing you?
Wed May 19 2021: Tech implications coming out of the pandemic & the interesting announcement from Google I/O from 2021-05-19T21:00
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Tech implications coming out of the pandemic
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Tue May 18 2021: Employees views on the office and the threats other than ransomware from 2021-05-18T21:00
Two things to know today
How many want to go back to the office, how, and with what skills?
Mon May 17 2021: Intense ransomware activity on the weekend, with government responses from 2021-05-17T21:00
Two things to know today
It was a weekend of ransomware….
Digital vs Traditional Marketing: Bill Durrant, author of Digital Stone Age from 2021-05-15T21:00
An interview with Bill Durrant, author of Digital Stone Age, about the tension between digital and traditional marketing.
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Fri May 14 2021: Tech sentiment, right to repair, and JEDI's end? from 2021-05-14T21:00
Three things to know today
Tech sentiment continues to fall
Thu May 13 2021: Pipeline fallout leading to disclosure laws, and patch management guidance changes from 2021-05-13T21:00
Two things to know today
Colonial Pipeline fallout becomes clear
Wed May 12 2021: Consequences of ransomware, WiFi design flaw, and broadband investments from 2021-05-12T21:00
Three things to know today:
Ransomware consequences
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Tue May 11 2021: Jobs: New jobs data from the fed, changes to jobs, and new research around WFH among more from 2021-05-11T21:00
One thing to focus on today, jobs.
- New jobs data from the fed,
- Changes to jobs
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- New research around Work from Home
Mon May 10 2021: Ransomware shutdowns give hidden insight, Microsoft says no Windows 10X, and Google pushes 2FA from 2021-05-10T21:00
Three things to know today
- Ransomware shuts down pipeline; the hidden insight into their operation
Mental Health in IT: A topic to be more open about from 2021-05-08T22:00
I've wanted to talk about Mental Health in IT for a while, and when an MSP I really respected spoke out, I had to add to the chorus. We need to be a lot more open about mental health issues in g...
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Fri May 7 2021: Broadband = jobs, new study on WFH, and a mental health data breach from 2021-05-07T21:00
Three things to know today
- Data showing the link from broadband to jobs
Thu May 6 2021: Children's data privacy, security standards, and police car data forensics from 2021-05-06T21:00
Three things to know today
- Let’s talk children’s data privacy
Wed May 5 2021: Chromebooks, tablets, breaches, labor, skills, and diversity from 2021-05-05T21:00
Three things to know today
- Chromebooks & Tablets & Breaches, oh my!
Tue May 4 2021: Open source ransomware, cloud streaming, and broadband growth from 2021-05-04T21:00
Three things to know today
- Open source ransomware to come
Mon May 3 2021: Amazon's ups and downs, regulators say "bring it on", and Basecamp fallout from 2021-05-03T21:00
Three things to know today
- Amazon surges among cloud data, with headwinds
Asking WHY to go back to the office is the real value from 2021-05-01T21:00
Listeners to the Business of Tech know I’m really interested in the return to the office. I think this is going to be a critical trend.
I’m really struck today by how many of the conversa...
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Fri Apr 30 2020: Device growth and employee stress, plus lessons from Basecamp from 2021-04-30T21:00
Two things to know today
- Device trends and employee trends – where the two collide
Thu Apr 29 2021: MSPs called to task, JEDI's survival, and Google's stumble from 2021-04-29T21:00
Three things to know today
- The Ransomware Task force calls out MSPs
Wed Apr 28 2021: COVID-19 impact to sales, tech earnings around the cloud, and New York State weighs in on security from 2021-04-28T21:00
Three things to know today
- Kaspersky asks how COVID-19 is impacting sales process
Tue Apr 27 2021: What's working best in digital transformation, and extortion ware gets worse from 2021-04-27T21:00
Two things to know today
- Digital transformation efforts – what’s working best
Mon Apr 26 2021: The Florida company with the IP addresses, new SolarWinds analysis, and ISG's data on IT services from 2021-04-26T21:00
Three things to know today
- A worlds largest block of IPs from a company you haven’t heard of
It's not about you - Making marketing about them from 2021-04-24T21:00
Answering a listener question: "“You mentioned on your rebuttal to the comments regarding ecommerce, that a website should be about the customer and not the MSP. Can you elaborate on that, speci...
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Fri Apr 23 2021: DOJ moves on ransomware, UK on security and EU on AI, plus virtual meeting fatigue from 2021-04-23T21:00
Two things to know today
- DOJ focuses on ransomware, UK on secure by design and EU on AI
Thu Apr 22 2021: Microsoft's Cloud PC, SonicWall 0-days, Apple Extortion, two breaches, and cloud data from 2021-04-22T21:00
Three things to know today
- Microsoft’s Cloud PC could be almost here
Wed Apr 21 2021: Norms and standards, which breach matters more, and the UK looks at Arm from 2021-04-21T21:00
Three things to know today
- Norms and standards of cyber press forward
Tue Apr 20 2021: Hybrid work: maybe it won't last? Broadband redux, and the danger in optimistic data from 2021-04-20T21:00
Three things to know today
- Hybrid work – does the data say it won’t last?
Mon Apr 19 2021: Vulnerabilities up but response time down, NATO ups their game, and the chip shortage from 2021-04-19T21:00
Three things to know today
- We’re catching incidents faster, but how do customers feel?
Fri Apr 16 2021: Unlocking that iPhone, Amazon's racial and gender data, and network latency business lesson from 2021-04-16T21:00
Three things to know today
- How DID they unlock that iphone?
Thu Apr 15 2021: Employer optimism faces off with employee worries, and US sanctions post SolarWinds from 2021-04-15T21:00
Two things to know today
- Employer optimism faces off against employee worries
Wed Apr 14 2021: Microsoft bigger in healthcare, the FBI hacks servers, and another tech union from 2021-04-14T21:00
Three things to know today
- Microsoft goes big on healthcare
Tue Apr 13 2021: MSP Security, should we return to the office, and FCC's speed app from 2021-04-13T21:00
Three things to know today
- MSP Security report released
Mon Apr 12 2021: IDC says we won't go back, Man plots to blow up the internet, and Amazon's Union from 2021-04-12T21:00
Three things to know today
- IDC says MSPs aren’t going back to pre-pandemic
Getting started on addressing diversity from 2021-04-10T22:00
Small companies may not think they can get started on a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion effort. Studies show how those companies that do ...
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Fri Apr 9 2021: Managed services lessons from the fed, mobile payments, and licensing partner sues Microsoft from 2021-04-09T21:00
Three things to know today
- Managed Services buying lessons from the fed
Thu Apr 8 2021: Back to the office changes, and micro business threat from 2021-04-08T21:00
Two things to know today
- Back to the office changes, and states work from home data
Wed Apr 7 2021: IT market data, another Supreme Court angle, and water plants under attack from 2021-04-07T21:00
Three things to know today
- IT spending trends examined
Tue Apr 6 2021: The Supreme court rules on Google & Oracle, and new job growth data from 2021-04-06T21:00
Two things to know today
- The supreme court rules on Google and Oracle relating to APIs,
Mon Apr 5 2021: AR goes big, Facebook's big data leak, and reopenings change from 2021-04-05T21:00
Three things to know today
- Augmented reality gets its major break
FinTech for MSPs - Professor Stephen Taylor discusses what providers need to know. from 2021-04-03T22:00
What is FinTech? Does it apply to small companies? An interview with Professor Stephen Taylor, a Professor of Finance at New Jersey Institute of Technology, with a background in both technology ...
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Fri Apr 2 2021: The infrastructure package, Google and Amazon return to work, and tech workforce issues from 2021-04-02T21:00
Three things to know today
- The White House’s infrastructure package
- Google and Amazon return to the office
Thu Apr 1 2021: is encryption.. private thoughts? Apple's repair program, and that catastophic breach from 2021-04-01T21:00
Three things to know today
- Is encryption private thoughts?
https://www.theregister.com/20...
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Wed Mar 31 2021: Tech market data perspectives, and N-Able's SEC filing from 2021-03-31T21:00
Two things to know today
- We talk a walk through industry and market data
Tue Mar 30 2021: COVID passports, chromebooks big growth, broadband as a utility, and big tech goes back to the office from 2021-03-30T21:00
Four things to know today
- COVID-19 passports
Mon Mar 29 2021: When finding a breach isn't clear, security motivations, and extensions to SBA Loans from 2021-03-29T21:00
Three things to know today
- When catching a breach may not be so clear cut
Fri Mar 26 2021: Cloud spending surged, vaccine websites, and one law disappears from 2021-03-26T21:00
Three things to know today
- Cloud spending surges past data center spend
Thu Mar 25 2021: Slack backs off, return to the office data, and a hacker goes to prison from 2021-03-25T21:00
Three things to know today
- Slack Connect stumbles out and back in
Wed Mar 24 2021: Slack DMs across companies, Google & Microsoft team up, and the FCC wants to hear from you from 2021-03-24T21:00
Three things to know today
- Slack lets you DM across companies
Tue Mar 23 2021: Digital Transformation Fails, and Zoom's Platform play from 2021-03-23T21:00
Two things to know today
- Digital Transformation – how we can resolve conflicting data
Mon Mar 22 2021: Microsoft reopens, Distribution merger and hacker payback from 2021-03-22T21:00
Three things to know today
- The reopenings have begun
IT Leadership Diversity Report : March 2021 from 2021-03-20T22:00
This is the third quarter reporting around the diversity of leadership teams in the IT industry, with a specific bent of those serving the IT Channel and SMB customers. The first report was in S...
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Fri Mar 19 2021: Datto delivers eCommerce, and opportunity across tech failures from 2021-03-19T21:00
Two things to know today
- Is Datto delivering on eCommerce?
https://www.channele2e.com/busi...
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Thu Mar 18 2021: Amazon in healthcare, hacking timetables, and Facebook's Partner Program from 2021-03-18T21:00
Three things to know today
- Amazon expands its healthcare offerings
Wed Mar 17 2021: Lawmakers sound like customers, SMS hackers, and data and analytics go mainstream from 2021-03-17T21:00
Three things to know today
- When lawmakers… sound like customers.
Tue Mar 16 2021: Workers on the techlash, Microsoft and Google clash, and who might disrupt the MSP space? from 2021-03-16T21:00
Three things to know today
- How do tech workers feel about their companies?
Mon Mar 15 2021: Cloud spend - wasted? and broadband infrastucture from 2021-03-15T21:00
Two things to know today
- How are we doing with that cloud spend?
Threat Modeling: What is it, Why do it, and are we winning the cyber war? from 2021-03-13T23:00
A conversation with John Ayers of Nuspire. What is threat modeling, how do you do it, and what does it mean? How do you combat an enemy with infinite resources, and are we actually winning this ...
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Fri Mar 12 2021: The future of providers from market data, and this week in nation state breaches from 2021-03-12T22:00
Two things to know today
- Market Data shows the future of providers
Thu Mar 11 2021: Physical security hacked, the PC market improves a lot, and Right to Repair from 2021-03-11T22:00
Three things to know today
- Physical security gets a hard look
Wed Mar 10 2021: Remote work shifts, exodus and security; Suing foreign hackers, and how ransomware devs test from 2021-03-10T22:00
Three things to know today
- Remote Work: the shifts, the exodus, and the security
Tue Mar 9 2021: SMB IT spend trends, and more Exchange Server hack fallout from 2021-03-09T22:00
Two things to know today
- New projections for IT spend in the SMB for 2021, and the why
Mon Mar 8 2021: The bigger security issues, broadband developments, and JEDI from 2021-03-08T22:00
Three things to know today
- That Exchange Server issue continues to blow up, plus two more
Nine Objections to my eCommerce marketing editorial addressed from 2021-03-06T23:00
I did a podcast that got a lot of attention about using eCommerce in marketing. Lots of comments, pushback and discussion. For me, that’s amazing. That’s the point. Let's discuss nine of the obj...
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Fri Mar 5 2021: Google's ad changes (and why you care), and This Week In SolarWinds from 2021-03-05T22:00
Two things to know today
- Google’s ad changes, and why you care
Thu Mar 4 2021: Microsoft Ignite Roundup, and the Zoom ecosystem come together from 2021-03-04T22:00
Two things to know today
- First, Microsoft’s roundup from Ignite
Wed Mar 3 2021: IT Stress levels, Unions, Virginia's Privacy Law, and new ransomware from 2021-03-03T22:00
Three things to know today
- IT pros stress levels measured
Tue Mar 2 2021: Hybrid cloud to explode, French leadership on right to repair, and broadband.. where? from 2021-03-02T22:00
Three things to know today
- TechAisle says hybrid cloud will explode
Mon Mar 1 2021: A market data roundup, and an increased reliance on service providers from 2021-03-01T22:00
Two things to know today
- All the market data! Let’s make sense of it.
Cloud Desktops as a stepping stone or full vision: Nerdio's Vadim Vladimirskiy from 2021-02-27T23:00
A discussion with Vadim Vladimirskiy about the direction of the cloud. Are Virtual Desktops just a stepping stone? Is he worried about Microsoft swallowing the space? Why all the discussion abou...
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Fri Feb 26 2021: SolarWinds, Google cancels a smart city, and NSA guidance for all from 2021-02-26T22:00
Three things to know today
- This week in SolarWinds
Thu Feb 25 2021: Four regulations, How to solve Zoom fatigue, and government IT spending from 2021-02-25T22:00
Three things to know today
- Australia, EU, California, and the Fed
Wed Feb 24 2021: Customers buying habits, help desk, exec investments, and Microsofts new clouds from 2021-02-24T22:00
Two things to know today
- How customers buy, how help desks work, and exec investment
Tue Feb 23 2021: Broadband, Facebook changes course, and the 25x25 initiative from 2021-02-23T22:00
Three things to know today
- Broadband regulation moves
Mon Feb 22 2021: Privacy, right to repair and gig workers, plus new security breach and job data from 2021-02-22T22:00
Two things to know today
- Regulation – privacy, right to repair, and gig workers
The Simple Thing MSPs are missing in marketing from 2021-02-21T22:00
I’ve been thinking a lot about marketing again. I didn’t really want to – but a Patreon asked, and look, that’s the best way to get my attention. Ask a question and I can’t stop thinking about i...
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Marketing Lessons from Home Services from 2021-02-20T22:00
An interview with Kevin Urrutia, an Entreprenuer with a tech background, selling services. Not IT services, but home services. What can we learn from the parallels in that space?
Fri Feb 19 2021: FCC maps, this week in SolarWinds, and Australian regulation from 2021-02-19T22:00
Three things to know today
- The FCC works on maps
Thu Feb 18 2021: Data from secret shopping, Spotify works from home, and the story didn't end there from 2021-02-18T22:00
Three things to know today
- Data from secret shopping
Wed Feb 17 2021: Chromebooks big growth, regulations pass and fail, and fifth gen cyberattacks from 2021-02-17T22:00
Three things to know today
- Chromebooks 2020 growth
Tue Feb 16 2021: Microsoft to Co-Sell to SMBs, French IT providers hacked, and another union from 2021-02-16T22:00
Three things to know today
- Microsoft partner program – co selling to SMBs
Want to start an IT Services company? from 2021-02-15T16:00
Inspired by a reddit comment, let's tackle the question "what should you do if you're new to the space?"
I’ve done two videos that are super popular – “If I were to start an MSP”, and “Do...
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Network Management: Now and into the future with Alex Hoff of Auvik Networks from 2021-02-13T23:30
An interview with Alex Hoff of Auvik Networks.
A large percentage of IT pros don’t know what is on their network
Alex thinks networks are going to get more simple: Why?
Why ...
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Fri Feb 12 2021: Broadband perception, state law roundup, and This week in SolarWinds from 2021-02-12T22:00
Three things to know today
- Broadband perception is changing fast
Thu Feb 11 2021: NDA's & searches, COVID tracing works, and that Florida Hack & Supply Chains from 2021-02-11T22:00
Three things to know today
- NDA’s and searches in the US
https://www.protocol.com/Policy/new-califo...
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Wed Feb 10 2021: MSP performance data, Jobs Data, and Jobs locations... from 2021-02-10T22:00
Three things to know today
- New MSP performance data from Channel Pro
Tue Feb 9 2021: Water plant breach, 2FA in open Source, and spurring tech innovation from 2021-02-09T22:00
Three things to know today
- Water plant breached in Florida
Mon Feb 8 2021: Remote work thinks hybrid & Big tech hate fuels a new bill from 2021-02-08T22:00
Two things to know today
- Remote work starts thinking hybrid work
Cloud Management and Security: Jim Lippie of SaaS Alerts from 2021-02-06T23:30
A conversation with Jim Lippie, CEO of SaaS Alerts. The discussion is about his history in the space, what he sees for cloud management, why this hasn’t happened before, and what the big risk is...
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Fri Feb 5 2021: Yet another tech union, This week in SolarWinds, and call center lessons from 2021-02-05T22:00
Three things to know today
- Yet another tech worker union
Thu Feb 4 2021: Comcast changes tune, macOS moves, and why are we so bad with zero days? from 2021-02-04T22:00
Three things to know today
- Comcast changes their basic internet package
Wed Feb 3 2021: Smart(er) office plays, the future of app streaming, and social media bias from 2021-02-03T22:00
Three things to know today
- JLL gets smart about the office
Tue Feb 2 2021: Pulse of the MSP 2021 & Service Leadership answers our question from 2021-02-02T22:00
Two things to know today
- The Pulse of the Managed Services Provider 2021 Report
Mon Feb 1 2021: SolarWinds hack .. isn't SolarWinds; Broadband laws, and tech unions from 2021-02-01T22:00
Three things to know today
- The SolarWinds hack.. isn’t the SolarWinds hack
https://apple.news/Ah1knrfThSnOn07oM...
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Wed Nov 4 2020: What do CEO's want? Customer experience; and two election results to focus on from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Three things to know today
- What do CEOs want?
https://www.ciodive.com/news/CEO-cio-csuite-t...
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Wed Oct 14 2020: National 5G? Or, How prepared are MSPs for crisis? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Three things to know today
- Is National 5G a thing?
Wed Oct 7 2020: AT&T discontinues DSL, with big implications from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Three things to know today
- Congress says Big Tech is a monopoly
Tue Oct 6 2020: A greenfield opportunity, rebrandings to know, and the best examples for customers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Three things to know today
- The greenfield in business outcomes
Mon Oct 5 2020: New law on cybersecurity for small businesses introduced from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Three things to know today
- New law on cybersecurity for small businesses introduced
Datto: It's wrong to hijack $MSP's value from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Datto filed for their IPO. They intend to go public, raise a bunch of money, and have made a bunch of statements about the market, about their position in it, and the like. Every comp...
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Fri Oct 2 2020: You could be breaking the law if you pay ransomware from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Three things to know today
- A warning from the US Treasury
Thu Oct 1 2020: Risks in Coronavirus theatre look like cybersecurity ones from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Four things to know today
- Risk in Coronavirus theatre
Mon Nov 16 2020: Chromebooks Up, Ransomware vs industry, and do you own your computer? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Three things to know today
- Quarterly PC Sales data exposes the next thing
Wed Sep 30 2020: 9 trends businesses are embracing from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Three things to know today
- 9 trends businesses are embracing
Tue Sep 29 2020: Vegas doesn’t pay out this time – what does it mean? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two things to know today
- Cloud is outperforming – by how much?
Mon Sep 28 2020: The channel's marketing & Sales pandemic shift from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Three things to know today
- Trends in channel company marketing and sales
Microsoft's RMM should mean a shift in your strategy: Why do you care? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Fri Sep 25 2020: How not to deliver cybersecurity training from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Three things to know today
- A study on the kinds of jobs that can go remote
Thu Sep 24 2020: Forrester's new projections for this year and next from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two things to know today:
- Forrester with new projections for IT spend for this year and next
Wed Sep 23 2020: Microsoft's big MSP announcement, plus RMM's for sale by hackers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Four things to know today
- Microsoft makes a MSP related announcement
Tue Sep 22 2020: MS Ignite, T-Mobile moves on MSPs, and a lesson from a small welsh town from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Three things to know today
- Microsoft Ignite is here
Mon Sep 21 2020: Kids privacy concerns expose school from home opportunity from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Three things to know today
- New data on smart speakers and voice adoption
Fri Sep 18 2020: Tech confidence falls, HP may compete with you, and ransomware's first human death from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Three things to know today
- Tech confidence drops even further
Thu Sep 17 2020: What we can learn from remote working trends, staff relocations, and job listings from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two things to know today
- A romp through remote work, hiring, staffing, and the opportunity there
Wed Sept 16 2020: Why might customers leave you & ASCII expands benefits from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Three things to know today
- Why might customers leave you?
Tue Sept 15 2020: Which cloud provider to pick? Gartner exposes the weaknesses from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two things to know today
- Digging into Gartner’s analysis of Amazon, Microsoft and Google
Mon Sept 14 2020: How to grow your customer base 10%, achieve above industry medium performance, and find more people to hire from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today.
- How to grow your customer base 10%
IT Channel Leadership Diversity Report 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We had a summer of reckoning around racial justice. In my interview with Todd Thibedeaux, he brought up his focus on diversity for CompTIA as it related to the workforce. He’s not alone – I’m su...
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Fri Sept 11 2020: The economy around office space provides data from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- The economy around office space
Thur Sept 10 2020: 5G over hype hurts, but Zero Trust offers opportunity from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- Portland clamps down hard on facial recognition
Wed Sept 9 2020: School from home is not work from home from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- An update on the interconnected device framework
Tue Sept 8 2020: IT unemployment and insolvency data from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- Unemployment numbers released, plus insights into insolvency
Fri Sep 4 2020: Americans and Canadians get the worst deal on cell phones from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- Alexa for Residential launched
https://www.theverge.com/2020/...
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Thu: Sep 3 2020: What are better performing companies doing? Plus, an augmented reality use case! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- What are better performing companies doing in the shift to work from home?
Wed Sept 2 2020: Amazon's dystopia, Microsoft on deep fakes, and lessons on codeless deployment from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- Amazon goes full on dystopian future
Tue Sep 1 2020: Microsoft's small but massive move for providers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- Microsoft makes a small but massive move
Mon Aug 31 2020: Google sees the opportunity in ethics too from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- The laptop shortage continues
CompTIA's Todd Thibodeaux on Lobbying, Regulation, and Diversity Initiatives from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CompTIA's President and CEO Todd Thibodeaux talks with Dave Sobel, Host of the Business of Tech Podcast, about issues ranging from their change in direction on lobbying efforts, his take on comi...
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Fri Aug 28 2020: The US is already falling behind on 5G, and why providers care from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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- The US is already falling behind on 5G, and why providers care
Thur Aug 27 2020: SaaS Management is here from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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- SaaS management is here
https://www.channele2e.com/channel-partners/msps/saas-...
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Wed Aug 26 2020: What tech is selling, and what isn't? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- What tech is selling, and what isn’t?
Tue Aug 25 2020: Service Leadership's Mid Year Report Card from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- Service Leadership’s Mid Year IT Service Provider Report Card. How are we doing?
Mon Aug 24 2020: "Remove a pillar of their strategy" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- Kaseya gives insights into the current market
- New Q2 2020 Threat reports
Fri Aug 21 2020: "Only 21% refrain from deployment when there is a security risk" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- Benefits lessons from Salesforce
https://www.crn.com/news/clou...
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Thur Aug 20 2020: "The super power of smaller companies " from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- Stocks, CEO pay, and furloughs. What can we learn?
Wed Aug 19 2020: "Go a very, very long way in your defense for that inevitable day when something goes wrong." from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- Phone spear phishing on the rise
https://www.wired.com/story/phone-spear-phish...
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Tue Aug 18 2020: "Ripple effect the move to remote work may have caused" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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- Laptop shortages in education
Mon Aug 17 2020: "Of all of the problems they could solve, they picked ...." from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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- Insight into the security landscape
Insurance and Regulation: How the Two Connect. An interview with an expert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
An interview with Joseph Brunsman around Insurance and Regulation. Joseph is a cybersecurity expert and insurance broker and we discuss why insurers are going to be part of the upcoming push for...
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Fri Au 14 2020: "Pick a fight in a coordinated, well executed manner" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- Epic Games picks a fight with Apple and Google
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euiSHuaw6Q4
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Thu Aug 13 2020: "Now criminals can franchise. Epic." from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- Americans weigh in on data privacy
Wed Aug 12 2020: "Beyond the work from home pivot, don’t rest on your laurels" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- How are those cloud businesses doing?
Tue Aug 11 2020: "Balance sheets are armored against sudden financial damage" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- Which businesses are doing well in the pandemic?
Mon Aug 10 2020: "Big numbers are harder to grow" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- The new Infrastructure as a Service sector, per Gartner
Playing MSP Tetris: How to figure out which products fit where? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, a question from a Patreon supporter.
The question: How to best play "MSP Tetris" How do you get vendors to understand how all of their tools fit together?
The challenge ...
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Fri Aug 7 2020: "Well played stock bump." from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- Executive order against ByteDance
- One more company stays home
Thu Aug 6 2020: "Let’s not pat ourselves on the back too much on how well this whole work from home thing is going" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- How is remote work going? Maybe not as well as we think.
https://hbr.org/2020/07/remo...
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Wed Aug 5 2020: "Staggeringly large number of misconfigurations" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- How bad is the misconfiguration problem?
https://www.ciodive.com/new...
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Tue Aug 4 2020: The opportunity after the rush to work from home from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- More insights into the rise in tablet use and how we can leverage it
Mon Aug 3 2020: Bested by teenage hackers, or why you should care about Chromebooks from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- Microsoft may buy TikTok
Do customers care about the brands you work with? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
From a Patreon supporter: “Do customers care about brands anymore besides maybe Apple or MS? My position is the MSP should provide a good outcome and should change their product mix as old threa...
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Fri Jul 30 2020: Big Tech earnings.. or EU's big move? Pick a headline! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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- Lessons from Big Tech Earnings
https://www.channelpartnerinsight....
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Thur Jul 30 2020: The big four on capitol hill from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- The big four on Capital Hill
https://www.protocol.com/tech-hearings-how-t...
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Wed Jul 29 2020: How much impact will SaaS take in SMB? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- New market data on SMB IT spending
Tue Jul 28 2020: Configuration is the key.. to everything. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- Google’s ad portal had a disturbing bias
Mon Jul 27 2020: Lessons from Twitter, Work from Home, and Microsoft from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- More learnings from Twitter
How would I transform an existing provider? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Previously, I answered ""What market focus and tool set would you start an MSP with if you started a new one today?" Now, the question is -- how would I transform an existing provider. This wee...
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What is the Cloud Module for Rapid Fire Tools and how does it fit? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
An interview with Michael Mittel, GM of RapidFireTools, who gives perspective on the new cloud module, where it fits in the ecosystem, and what cloud manageemnt could look like.
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Fri Jul 24 2020: Criminals follow the money! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- Monetization drives criminals
Thu Jul 23 2020: Remote work as competitive advantage from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- Amazon enhances it’s voice assistant with all new features
Wed Jul 22 2020: Are the parts there to transform managed services? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- Stories from Inspire by Microsoft
Tue Jul 21 2020: How many more customers do you lose to ransomware than you think? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- Is the cloud and digital transformation a real link?
Mon Jul 20 2020: Is the insurance industry coming with regulation too? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- How many impacted by Privacy Shield?
https://www.protocol.com/privacy-shield-struck-down
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Selling Security is a Mirage... how to change the words and succeed from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We're picking all the wrong words. Security, attack... which words are we picking, and which are we mising? In this episode, Dave Sobel, host of the Business of Tech Podcast, looks at the words ...
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Fri Jul 17 2020: A feature I care about! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- More about Twitter
Thu Jul 16 2020: Three massive security stories in one day from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today
- The EU high court rules on US data
What I Tell Investors Series Preview: The RMM Market from 2021-01-30T23:30
This is a preview of our new YouTube Show, "What I Tell Investors".
In this series, Dave Sobel, host of The Business of Tech and long time IT services expert, analyzes markets, sectors, a...
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Fri Jan 29 2021: Microsoft responds to providers, this week in SolarWinds, and automatic threat modeling from 2021-01-29T22:00
Three things to know today
- Microsoft responds to providers criticism
Thu Jan 28 2021: macOS market share news, Pepsi goes Minecraft, and European data sovereignty from 2021-01-28T22:00
Three things to know today
- The macOS share of market is different than you think
Wed Jan 27 2021: Law enforcement moves, convictions, & iOS plus tax laws cause issues for remote work from 2021-01-27T22:00
Two things to know today
- Security: law enforcement moves, convictions, and iOS
Tue Jan 26 2021: AV Integrator insights, deeper data on broadband, and the IoT Security law from 2021-01-26T22:00
Three things to know today
- Insights from the AV integrator space
Mon Jan 25 2021: Virus v lockdowns, Security data, and Google shutting down in Australia? from 2021-01-25T22:00
Three things to know today
- Shutdowns or virus? The answer to which caused the slowdown.
Is Cloud Management the new MSP Toolkit? from 2021-01-23T23:30
Is Cloud Management the new MSP Toolkit? A discussion with Jeff Nevins, cofounder of Simeon Cloud, about the MSP toolkit, his vision of cloud management, the market gap, and other players in the...
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Fri Jan 22 2021: Service Leadership stats, the week in SolarWinds, and FCC policy from 2021-01-22T22:00
Three things to know today
- Service Leadership Data
- This Week in SolarWinds
Thu Jan 21 2021: New Administration programs, Microsoft's direct program, and the future of ransomware from 2021-01-21T22:00
Three things to know today
- new administration, new programs
Wed Jan 20 2021: Auvik's Network Field Report, a deal with Russians?, wearables, and misinformation stats from 2021-01-20T22:00
Four things to know today
- Auvik’s 2021 Network Field report
https://www.auvik.com/franklyi...
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Tue Jan 19 2021: EU and Brazil market data, Back to the office too soon, the Internet Association, and Worst of CES from 2021-01-19T22:00
Four things to know today
- European and Brazilian market data with insights
Private Equity for MSPs: If he says its bad, why did this owner sell to one? from 2021-01-16T23:30
Peter Melby is CEO of Greystone Technology. He’s spoken out about how private equity is bad for MSPs and for the MSP market. Now, he’s sold to one. Learn who he is, what his perspective is, and ...
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Fri Jan 15 2021: CES roundup, a collection of note, and SolarWinds again from 2021-01-15T22:00
Three things to know today
- CES did happen
Thu Jan 14: Microsoft sales competes with its partners, Projections for managed and cloud services, and internet blocks from 2021-01-14T23:00
Three things to know today
- Microsoft may be moving more aggressively against its partners
Wed Jan 13 2021: Inconsistent Work from home data, Ecosystems gets RingCentral noticed, and Parler just didn't close the door from 2021-01-13T23:00
Three things to know today
- Lessons from inconsistent work from home data
Tue Jan 12 2021: Violence against tech workers?, Market data on phones and computers, and SolarWinds timeline released from 2021-01-12T23:00
Three things to know today
- Threats of violence against tech workers
Mon Jan 11 2021: Tech shuts down Trump; AWS deals with HBO; CEO experience, and extortionware from 2021-01-11T23:00
. Four things to know today
- More tech fallout
Low Code, No Code, and Platforms: Perspective for Providers from DayBack from 2021-01-10T01:00
An interview with John Sindelar, discussing low code and no code, as well as their approach to platforms. He offers insights on how providers should understand these key concepts.
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Fri Jan 8 2021: Endpoint complexity, Windows 7, 2021 Managed Services Spending... and SolarWinds from 2021-01-08T23:00
Four things to know today
- Endpoint complexity
https://www.path.absolute.com/resou...
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Thu Jan 7 2021: Tech fallout from DC, WiFi 6E, and will SolarWinds Orion survive? from 2021-01-07T23:00
Three things to know today
- Tech fallout from yesterday in DC
Wed Jan 6 2021: Cloud data centers, Right to repair renewal, the NSA offers help, and Haven from 2021-01-06T23:00
Four things to know today
- Cloud data center growth
Tue Jan 5 2021: Tech unions, Windows UI changes, Netscape returns, and Broadband outage costs from 2021-01-05T23:00
Four things to know today
- The first big tech worker union
Mon Jan 4 2021: Data misuse in cars, Apple's important court loss, N-Able-ing a poor brand choice, and SolarWinds roundup from 2021-01-04T23:00
Four things to know today
- Data misuse in new ways
Thu Dec 31 2020: 2021 Prediction: What major shift in marketing will happen? from 2020-12-31T23:00
The tradeshow event circuit is dead as it was. Don’t listen to the channel chiefs that are running around telling you it’ll be back. They want it to be back, because it’s what they have been...
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Wed Dec 30 2020: 2021 Prediction: What portion of the industry will be ripe for disruption? from 2020-12-30T23:00
Let’s talk the big MSP players for this prediction.
When I covered the impact Capital has on a market, I focused on the lack of R&D investment. PE based companies often focus on cut...
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Tue Dec 29 2020: 2021 Prediction: What will the security landscape be? from 2020-12-29T23:00
I spend a lot of time on the show bemoaning the cybersecurity landscape. The adversaries are better organized than we are. They have a coherent business strategy, complete with Diversifi...
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Mon Dec 28 2020: 2021 Prediction: How will 2021 look for business? from 2020-12-28T23:00
My first prediction for 2021 is regrettably not a cheery one – if you are expecting things to bounce back right away, you’re not going to get that.
The good news is that it appears that t...
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Thu Dec 24 2020: What advice would I have for a 20 year old starting out? from 2020-12-24T23:00
A listener came with a great question.
"I’m 20 years old and have been working at a help desk for about 6 months. I dont have any certifications yet and will have a associates in May of 2...
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Wed Dec 23 2020: Zoom's platform move & my prediction, Microsoft's silicon, Verizon's 5G, and who around SolarWinds looks bad from 2020-12-23T23:00
Four things to know today
- Zoom makes a platform move, and my big prediction
Tue Dec 22 2020: 5 steps to cloud, 3 IoT tiers from Verizon, Two new laws, and One SolarWinds Roundup from 2020-12-22T23:00
. Four things to know today
- 5 steps to cloud adoption
https://www.ciodive.com/news/...
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Mon Dec 21 2020: Congress' bill includes tech provisions, the SolarWinds hack fallout continues, and the tech blame game worsens from 2020-12-21T23:00
Three things to know today
- Congress’ relief bill includes tech provisions
Multi-SaaS Management and RMM 2.0: A conversation with the CEO of Nuvolex from 2020-12-20T00:00
In this interview, Dave Sobel interviews Brian Hamel, CEO of Nuvolex. The discussion ranges starts with Multi-SaaS management, the idea of RMM 2.0, and who is best positioned to make the leap to...
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Fri Dec 18 2020: Why customers buy from MSPs, and further updates on the SolarWinds hack from 2020-12-18T23:00
Two things to know today
- Research updates on why customers buy from managed services providers
Thu Dec 17 2020: Big picture lessons emerge from the SolarWinds hack, and a JEDI update from 2020-12-17T23:00
Two things to know today
- Big picture lessons emerge from the SolarWinds Hack, and they might not be obvious
Wed Dec 16 2020: Moves on Big Tech, More SolarWinds updates, and another systems management exploit from 2020-12-16T23:00
Three things to know today
- EU and US moves on Big Tech
https://www.protocol.com/companies-...
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Tue Dec 15 2020: Further updates on the SolarWinds Hack, what we can learn from gaming, and Windows on ARM takes a forward step from 2020-12-15T23:00
Three things to know today
- Continuing fallout from the SolarWinds hack
Mon Dec 14 2020: Major Russian hack via SolarWinds, US Schools use terrorist finding tools on students from 2020-12-14T23:00
Two things to know today
- The Russian government backs a major hack of Treasury, Commerce and more via Solarwinds Orion products
The Business of Tech: Q4 2020 Diversity Report from 2020-12-13T01:00
Back in September, I released data around the diversity of leadership teams in the IT industry, with a specific bent of those serving the IT Channel and SMB customers. I identified 100 companies...
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Fri Dec 11 2020: MSPs are number one, in a very bad way, plus the end of Flash and the Modern Computing Alliance from 2020-12-11T23:00
Four things to know today
- MSPs now number one… and it’s not good news
Thu Dec 10 2020: Planning lessons from the Weather Service, jobs data from CompTIA, and guilty charges in botnet attack from 2020-12-10T23:00
Three things to know today
- Stormy clouds ahead with lessons in the mist
Wed Dec 9 2020: Lessons from FireEye's breach on what to protect, Tech Regulation and why 94% matters, and a new step on privacy for DNS from 2020-12-09T23:00
Three things to know today
- Lessons from FireEye’s breach about what to protect
Tue Dec 8 2020: Opportunity in Exposure Notifications, AWS Marketplace, and Azure's Top-Secret Cloud from 2020-12-08T23:00
Three things to know today
- Exposure notifications: A huge opportunity for providers
Mon Dec 7 2020: Economic outlook, smartphone data, and what insecure by design means from 2020-12-07T23:00
Three things to know today
- Economic outlook revised upward
https://www.ciodive.com/news/IT-...
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Fri Dec 4 2020: Attacks on the vaccine, AI principles, and "On Mute" from 2020-12-04T23:00
Three things to know today
- IBM warns of cyberattacks on the coronavirus vaccine supply chain
Thu Dec 3 2020: SMB COVID data, Computer Crime & The Supreme Court; A Hack with no physical contact from 2020-12-03T23:00
Three things to know today
- SMB data from the UK
Wed Dec 2 2020: Salesforce + Slack, Google's MDM, and Microsoft backs off from 2020-12-02T23:00
Three things to know today
- Salesforce and Slack – why you care.
Tue Dec 1 2020: Microsoft's creepy patent, macOS now on demand from AWS, and why gaming demographics matter from 2020-12-01T23:00
Three things to know today
- Microsoft’s creepy patent
Mon Nov 30 2020: EU moves on right to repair, CEO password value, and Mailprotector's patent from 2020-11-30T23:00
Three things to know today
- The EU leads on right to repair and pushes forward
Pax 8's John Street: COVID-19, Marketplaces, and the future from 2020-11-27T07:00
I was bothered by some comments in CRN magazine by CEO John Street of PAX8, and said so on LinkedIn. He wanted to clarify those statements, and the conversation was an opportunity to talk about...
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Wed Nov 25 2020: Threat report, the next GDPR, and opportunity in Zoom fatigue from 2020-11-25T23:00
Three things to know today
- Threat report 2021 from Sophos
Tue Nov 24 2020: A new IoT law, the CISA, and investment rounds noticed from 2020-11-24T23:00
Three things to know today
- A new law heads to the president’s desk about IoT
Mon Nov 23 2020: IT workers plans around remote work, Microsoft Teams goes big, and the hotel industry in trouble from 2020-11-23T23:00
Three things to know today
- What are IT workers saying about their plans?
Fri Nov 20 2020: We care about chips again, the National Cyber Force, and protecting high value users from 2020-11-20T23:00
Three things to know today
- We care about chips again
https://om.co/2020/11/17/why-m1-chip-by-apple-...
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Thur Nov 19 2020: Market & job data for cities and states, EU Privacy project DOA?, and Data privacy lessons from the IRS from 2020-11-19T23:00
Three things to know today
- State and city job data
https://www.geekwire.com/2020/ch...
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Wed Nov 18 2020: Opportunity in the training gap, Ransomware professional gangs, year end bonus insights, and zoombombs from 2020-11-18T23:00
Four things to know today
- Cloud opportunity in the gap
Tues Nov 17 2020: IT Industry Outlook 2020, Smart Cities, and Smart Monitors from 2020-11-17T23:00
Three things to know today
- CompTIA’s IT Industry Outlook 2021
2020 US Election: Laws and changes tech services companies care about from 2020-11-15T00:30
2020's US Election was charged and engaged. But politics is about governance, and there are significant state and local laws that technology services providers care about.
In this episode...
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Fri Nov 13 2020: Training effectiveness, Threat Landscape, Gartner on EMEA, and Amazon's CareHub from 2020-11-13T23:00
Four things to know today
- How Effective are the technologies being implemented?
Thu Nov 11 2020: Disrupted industries, virtual RSA, and the cybersecurity job market from 2020-11-12T23:00
Three things to know today
- Analysis on which industries are performing
Wed Nov 11 2020: Canalys says up when data says down, macOS and Root Cert warnings, and SMB Cloud fundamentals from 2020-11-11T23:00
Four things to know today
- Canalys says things are up when they are down
Tue Nov 10 2020: Zoom settles, Microsoft targets, and IT Jobs data from 2020-11-10T23:00
Three things to know today
- Zoom settles with the FTC
Mon Nov 9 2020: IT Operations 2020, the DOJ takes $1B, and new rules on text, email and IM from 2020-11-09T23:00
Three things to know today
- IT Operations 2020 report from Kaseya
Microsoft & Google's Play: Solution Provider Insights on the new platforms from 2020-11-08T00:30
I was asked by a Patreon about my thinking on Google's recent re-branding of G Suite to "Google Workspace". The Patreon was focused on the positioning – was google betting on a younger workforce...
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Fri Nov 6 2020: Ingram's financial insights, data trust, and Apple search from 2020-11-06T23:00
Three things to know today
- Ingram Micro ONE with financial insights
Thu Nov 5 2020: No to Robots, Yes to Automation, and online events are working from 2020-11-05T23:00
Four things to know today
- Customers to be more demanding on less money
Tue Nov 3 2020: Things we know even before election results, and cloud infrastructure trends from 2020-11-03T23:00
Two things to know today
- Things we know even before election results
Mon Nov 2 2020: Big Ransomware's finanials, plus right to repair and IoT from 2020-11-02T23:00
Four things to know today
- IoT data from Gartner
What a K Shaped Recovery Means for Tech Services Companies from 2020-10-31T23:00
Let’s talk about the recovery.
Here’s the question I was asked. “What does a K shaped recovery looks like? Our industry, and a few others, while not unaffected, have many of us prospering...
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Fri Oct 30 2020: Politics, Distribution users outperform, and the No-Code Generation from 2020-10-30T22:00
Three things to know today
- Politics or not in tech businesses
Thu Oct 29 2020: Data Privacy predictions, hospitals under siege, and Teams + Platform from 2020-10-29T22:00
Three things to know today
- Forrester’s 2021 global data privacy predictions
Wed Oct 28 2020: The Workforce, Amazon for Business, and Extortion ware in the wild from 2020-10-28T22:00
Three things to know today
- Data on changes in the work force
Tue Oct 27 2020: Right to Repair, "Learning Engineers", and Forrester 2021 cybersecurity from 2020-10-27T22:00
Three things to know today
- Right to repair
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/23/climate/righ...
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Mon Oct 26 2020: The National Guard against cybercrime, + MSP Market Data and HPE Layoffs from 2020-10-26T22:00
Four things to know today
- Louisiana calls in the national guard
Don't Start an MSP from 2020-10-25T01:00
This came from a discussion with a consulting organization about "advice for immature MSPs".
And I just could not resist.
When all the messaging is "the opportunity is so big", we ...
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Fri Oct 23 2020: Edge computing market insight, plus Teams and Salesforce from 2020-10-23T23:00
Three things to know today
- What does edge computing … look like?
Thu Oct 22 2020: Work from home stress on employees, and the opportunity from 2020-10-22T23:00
Three things to know today
- Work from home stress – new data
Wed Oct 21 2020: Gartner's Tech Trends for 2021, plus SMB security may be worse than we thought from 2020-10-21T23:00
Three things to know today
- Gartner’s strategic tech trends for 2021
Tue Oct 20 2020: Edge & IoT, the human impact of security, and the EU Cloud from 2020-10-20T23:00
Three things to know today
- Edge and IOT projects that work
Mon Oct 19 2020: Markets, subscription commerce, and education tech issues from 2020-10-19T23:00
Three things to know today
- Let’s measure the markets
Channel is an overloaded term: Why the confusion matters from 2020-10-18T00:00
I recently spotted what I considered an odd hashtag on LinkedIn -- #savethechannel
The channel is an interestingly overloaded phrase. It’s used to refer to the indirect sales path for tec...
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Fri Oct 16: 5 trends for 2021, plus research on distribution from 2020-10-16T23:00
Three things to know today
- Forrester weighs in on trends in Europe
Thu Oct 15 2020: Video chat platforms are a thing - what industries and what to build on from 2020-10-15T23:00
Three things to know today
- US CyberCommand moves on a botnet
Tue Oct 13 2020: IDC's Digital Parity & bold SMB predictions from 2020-10-13T23:00
Three things to know today
- IDC: Digital Parity and SMB predictions
Mon Oct 12 2020: The "lie" and "fallacy" of as-a-service from 2020-10-12T23:00
Four things to know today
- Scrooge McDuck riches
https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2020/10/06/d...
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Paying Ransomware may break the law: A discussion of the implications from 2020-10-11T00:00
The US Treasury says that paying on ransomware may be illegal. Why? What does it mean? What are the next steps?
A discussion with Joseph Brunsman, a cybersecurity expert and insurance bro...
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Fri Oct 9 2020: Industry winners and losers from 2020-10-09T23:00
Four things to know today
- Which industries are winners, and which losers?
Thu Oct 8 2020: COVID-19 and the cloud; Compensation gaps to address from 2020-10-08T23:00
Four things to know today
- Oracle vs Google in the Supreme Court