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.

The podcast is hosted by Dave Sobel, a leading expert in the delivery of technology services with broad experience in both technology and business.    He owned and operated an IT Solution Provider and MSP for over a decade, both acquiring other organizations and eventually being acquired.  This firm was a winner of multiple awards, including Kaseya’s Cutting Edge and ConnectWise’s Best New Idea, as well as being a finalist for Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner of the Year in the Small Business Specialist category.    After his MSP experience, he worked for multiple vendors at such companies as Level Platforms, GFI, LogicNow, and Solarwinds, leading community, event, marketing, and product strategies, as well as several M&A activities.

He was named a CRN Channel Chief multiple times, to the CRN UK A-List, as a Channel Futures Circle of Excellence winner, to Channel Pro’s 20/20 Visionaries, and has been an MSPmentor 250 member for multiple years  Dave has been recognized as one of the top virtualization experts globally as a Microsoft MVP for Virtualization. and author of “Virtualization: Defined.  A Primer for the SMB Consultant.” Dave has served on the executive council for Managed Services and Emerging Technologies, the Vendor Advisory Council, as founding Chair for the Mobility Community for CompTIA.

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All Episodes

Wed Dec-7-2022: Inflation comes down as SaaS pricing goes up, Rackspace confirms attack, Europe’s right to repair

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Tue Dec-6-2022: DHS’s new investigation, Log4J continues, and Hiring or layoffs: which is it?

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Mon Dec-5-2022: AWS services revenue per partner, Rackspace’s Exchange incident, product announcements to note

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The Worlds’s Greatest Corporate Spy Robert Kerbeck

Robert Kerbeck’s true crime memoir, RUSE: Lying the American Dream from Hollywood to Wall Street is the story of how a wannabe actor became the world’s greatest corporate spy. Frank Abagnale, author of Catch Me If You Can, said, “Kerbeck has…

Fri Dec-2-2022: Mandatory reporting for UK MSPs, and EU business outlook compared against the US

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Thu Dec-1-2022: Industry data from legal on tech usage, US lagging Europe on sustainability

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Wed Nov-30-2022: Is the doom and gloom off target, mainframes, and IT Skills and Salary data

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Tue Nov-29-2022: The most challenging parts of managing SaaS, consumer and industry confidence, and a lingering data point

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Mon Nov-28-2022: Gartner: You’re doing hybrid work wrong, and Amazon’s $3B Alexa loss

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