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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Mon Apr-11-2022: Kaseya buys Datto (and here’s my take), plus the real future of IT services

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Novel or Useful, Part 1: The Metaverse and NFTs

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. Seth Robinson is the vice president of industry research for CompTIA, the leading trade…

Thu Apr-7-2022: Amazon’s union, Big Tech impersonates SMB, and GitHub services?

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Wed Apr-6-2022: Microsoft RMM, Cloud PC, plus US EU Data deal and security EO extended

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Tue Apr-5-2022: Moody’s data on cyber success, and CFO sentiment surveyed

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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

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My wrong prediction on Datto and $MSP and what it says about the the market

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 prediction was that Datto would take the marketing value of…

Thu Mar-31-2022: Q1 2022 IT Leadership Diversity Report

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Wed Mar-30-2022: Treasury talks insurance, SMB PCs, and Deepfakes on LinkedIn

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