Dave Sobel

Thu Dec 17 2020: Big picture lessons emerge from the SolarWinds hack, and a JEDI update

Two things to know today   Big picture lessons emerge from the SolarWinds Hack, and they might not be obvious AND A JEDI Update

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Wed Dec 16 2020: Moves on Big Tech, More SolarWinds updates, and another systems management exploit

Three things to know today  EU and US moves on Big Tech More updates to SolarWinds Orion Hack AND Another vector for systems management hacks

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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

Three things to know today   Continuing fallout from the SolarWinds hack What we can learn from gaming collaborations AND Windows on ARM gets one step closer

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Episode 90 – Pandemic Burnout; Modern Data Centers; Uber and Out

We’re approaching Episode 100. Also planning a big year-end podcast. Always stay tuned. Topic 1: Burnout in a Pandemic World … and What to Do About It Okay. It’s been nine months of being shut in. This is getting old. What does that really look…

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Mon Dec 14 2020: Major Russian hack via SolarWinds, US Schools use terrorist finding tools on students

Two things to know today   The Russian government backs a major hack of Treasury, Commerce and more via Solarwinds Orion products   AND US Schools use terrorist finding tools on students

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The Business of Tech: Q4 2020 Diversity Report

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 that are known channel companies and looked at who they…

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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

Four things to know today   MSPs now number one… and it’s not good news Inclusion couples with diversity The modern computing alliance is formed AND Adobe Flash updates for the last time

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Thu Dec 10 2020: Planning lessons from the Weather Service, jobs data from CompTIA, and guilty charges in botnet attack

Three things to know today   Stormy clouds ahead with lessons in the mist Jobs ups and downs in two CompTIA reports AND Botnet flashbacks show up in Court

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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

Three things to know today  Lessons from FireEye’s breach about what to protect   Tech regulation – why 94% matters AND Another step on the privacy journey

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Tue Dec 8 2020: Opportunity in Exposure Notifications, AWS Marketplace, and Azure’s Top-Secret Cloud

Three things to know today   Exposure notifications: A huge opportunity for providers Overview video:  Make you own video script: Use this pre-done video: Find out if your geography has an app: US: Countries:   AWS opens…

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