Dave Sobel

Thu Oct 15 2020: Video chat platforms are a thing – what industries and what to build on

Three things to know today   US CyberCommand moves on a botnet Data center growth stalls… and stays the same AND Video chat platforms are a thing!

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Wed Oct 14 2020: National 5G? Or, How prepared are MSPs for crisis?

Three things to know today   Is National 5G a thing? How prepared are MSPs for crisis? AND Governments big and small weigh in on cyber

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Tue Oct 13 2020: IDC’s Digital Parity & bold SMB predictions

Three things to know today   IDC: Digital Parity and SMB predictions PC Shipments are up, but the news isn’t great   AND Microsoft’s new remote work policy

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Episode 81 – Remote Report Card, Total Connectivity, and Tech Budgets

No awards this week . . . but we have a sponsor! —– Topic 1: Remote work versus distributed work We all “went remote” all of a sudden. Did we do it right? The fact that you can go remote does not mean that you maintained culture, and all the good…

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Mon Oct 12 2020: The “lie” and “fallacy” of as-a-service

 Four things to know today   Scrooge McDuck riches More, and less, bandwidth Axios looks at Big Tech Diversity AND The “lie” and “fallacy” of as a service

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Paying Ransomware may break the law: A discussion of the implications

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 broker on the implications of this and what solution providers and…

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Fri Oct 9 2020: Industry winners and losers

Four things to know today   Which industries are winners, and which losers? More MSP moves from Microsoft Slack connects organizations … more   AND Data on how the internet is performing

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Thu Oct 8 2020: COVID-19 and the cloud; Compensation gaps to address

Four things to know today   Oracle vs Google in the Supreme Court COVID-19 and the Cloud Compensation gaps to address in tech AND A botnet that wipes everything

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Wed Oct 7 2020: AT&T discontinues DSL, with big implications

Three things to know today Congress says Big Tech is a monopoly AT&T ends DSL, with big implications AND Eero partners with ISPs

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Tue Oct 6 2020: A greenfield opportunity, rebrandings to know, and the best examples for customers

Three things to know today   The greenfield in business outcomes Rebrandings you need to know about AND The most ridiculous tech problems make the best examples.

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