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Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services Analysis
Vendors are rewriting the rules on MSPs faster than anyone can track — pricing, partner programs, liability, and now AI. Business of Tech is the daily MSP news briefing that tells you what changed and what it means for your business. Every weekday, channel veteran Dave Sobel picks the MSP and IT services news that actually moves your margins, contracts, and risk, and answers the one question that matters: Why do we care? No vendor cheerleading and no press-release rewrites — independent…
Episodes
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisMon Mar-21-2022: Browser in Browser attacks, Matter delayed again, and DUNs replacements
Three things to know today Browser in the Browser attacks take the headline as Log4J lingers Matter delayed again AND The replacement to DUNs is almost here…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisThe cyber-fallout from Ukraine for MSPs and IT services companies: Jon Murchison of Blackpoint
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…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisFri Mar-18-2022: Microsoft's partner program chanegs, the four strains of ransomware, and small business creation data
Three things to know today Microsoft’s big partner program changes Spear-phishing up and the four strains of ransomware AND Small Business creation data Want…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisThu Mar-17-2022: Cyber notifications become law, Kaspersky scrutiny, and Google Stadia's course correction
Three things to know today Cyberbreach notifications become law Kaspersky under scrutiny by Germany AND Google’s Stadia change, and why we care Want to get the…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisTue Mar-15-2022: Gartner's Human-Centric work and Salesforce's real world experiment
Two things to know today Gartner’s human-centric work as we examine the state of play AND Salesforce’s experiments with no meetings Want to get the show on…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisMon Mar-14-2022: N-able says MSP risk up, IoT Device risk, and FinOps and cloud costs
Three things to know today The fed weighs in, while N-Able warns of MSP risk Some of those IoT Devices are running old tech AND FinOps and cloud costs move to…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisFri Mar-11-2022: NCE, Twitter Tor, Russian internet, and Kaseya hacker extradited
Four things to know today Microsoft’s NCE delay Twitter adds a Tor Service Cutting Russia off from the internet AND Kaseya hacker extradited Want to get the…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisThu Mar-10-2022: Return to work tensions and big changes in cybersecurity regulation
Two things to know today The return to the office, with employers and employees facing off AND The cyber security legislation landscape shifted due to war Want…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisWed Mar-5-2022: Kaseya's Benchmark study, RSPA's Retail Insights, and IDC's update based on war
Three things to know today Kaseya’s 2022 MSP Benchmark Survey How the retail IT services space looks AND IDC’s new predictions based on the Russia-Ukraine war…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisTue Mar-4-2022: Digitalization, the job market, and women's pay gap
Three things to know today A look at the state of play on digitalization The current job market and the redistribution of work AND Recognizing the pay gap on…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisMon Mar-3-2022: Ukraine & Cybersecurity, plus NVIDIA's unique extortion problem
Three things to know today The cybersecurity situation in Ukraine The situation everywhere else AND The very unique extortion NVIDIA is facing Want to get the…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisWhat you need to know working with a headhunter - Mark Sasson of Pinpoint Search Group
While cybersecurity vendors are outsourcing what they don't specialize in (recruitment) to “experts,” not all headhunters are created equal. What do they do…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisHow Fleet DM makes money with open source monitoring
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 the…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisForrester's Jay McBain discusses the under discussed focus areas for IT Service Providers
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…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisImmutable Storage - what is it, and why should IT services companies and MSPs care?
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…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisThu Feb 24 2022: Show update and programming note
Some information on the show for the upcoming week, so you know what is going on! Want to get the show on your podcast app, or get the written versions of the…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisWed Feb 23 2022: Gartner Tech trends, hybrid work's impact on people, and AT&T shuts down 3G
Three things to know toda Gartner’s 2022 tech trends & the Managed services market New insights into the impact of hybrid work on women and people of color AND…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisTue Feb 22 2022: FBI, CISA, and NIST advice, plus Windows 11 to require Microsoft Account?
Two things to know today CISA’s warnings, the FBI’s moves, and geo politics collide AND Windows 11 might require a Microsoft Account Want to get the show on…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisMon Feb 21 2022: Weighted Average Contract Value, and Cisco & Salesforce incentive insights
Two things to know today There’s a new metric in town – weighted average contract value AND Cisco and Salesforce’s incentive changes and what we learn Want to…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisMSP Corp is buying MSPs -- how are they valuing them?
A conversation with Ravi Ramharak of MSP Corp -- how are they buying companies and valuing them? Want to get the show on your podcast app, or get the written…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisFri Feb 18 2022: Mandates & gender gap in the return to work, Google's pivot on ads, and data on the digital trends
Three things to know today Vaccine mandates and gender gap in the shift of work Google is changing its ad tracking too AND Two data points that reveal the…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisThu Feb 17 2022: Threats from Russia to kids to deepfakes, and Google & Microsoft extend the OS
Two things to know today From Russia to your kids to deepfakes, threats evolve AND Google and Microsoft reach beyond the operating system Want to get the show…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisWed Feb 16 2022: Office reopenings, SMBs like their banks, Americans support regulation, and the CIA is hoovering up data
Two things to know today Office reopening, and SMB owners bank satisfaction AND Americans support data regulation as the CIA is hoovering up data Want to get…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisTue Feb 15 2022: The latest security warnings, and MSP Vendor Disclosure and Bounty programs listed
One area of focus today Security, including The latest warnings AND MSP Vendor Disclosure and Bounty programs, listed Want to get the show on your podcast app…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisMon Feb 14 2022: Microsoft leap on Google, WFH ploys, and SSD and supply chain woes
Two things to know today Microsoft leaps on Google as employees reveal their work from home ploys AND SSDs and the supply chain woes of 2022 Want to get the…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisFri Feb 11 2022: Labor market rebounds, career gaps, and tech alone isn't enough for customers
Two things to know today The labor market has rebounded, and gets harder still AND Technology alone isn’t enough for customers, and what the data tells us Want…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisThu Feb 10 2022: Google's whitelabel pivot, ID.me retreat, and Black tech workers move jobs more.. why?
Three things to know today Google pivots on Stadia to a whitelabel approach Apple, ID.me, and Amazon updates AND Black tech workers move jobs more – and why…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisWed Feb 9 2022: Data on trouble tickets, and researchers reveal surprising data on COBOL
Two things to know today Data from trouble tickets speaks to video conferencing’s IT Impact AND Researchers talk about … COBOL? Want to get the show on your…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisTue Feb 8 2022: IRS backs off, as Congress moves on two more areas, MFA adoption and geo politics in security
Three things to know today The IRS backs off as Congress focuses on two other areas Just how low is MFA adoption? AND The geo-politics in security Want to get…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisMon Feb 7 2022: Employment & Retention, SMB Maturity, and Google's Shadow IT Move
Three things to know today Employment, job particiation and even numbers about cursing SMB Maturity and cloud market data AND Google's Shadow IT move Want to…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisAn Investor view of the security market: Gary Guseinov, CEO of RealDefense
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…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisFri Feb 4 2022: In the world of work, engagement, retention, culture and time management data all factors
One thing to know today In the world of work, engagement, retention, culture and time management data all factors Want to get the show on your podcast app or…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisThu Feb 3 2022: Ransomware as cover, Olympians warned, vaccine mandates and the Great Reorganization
Two things to know today Ransomware as a cover for data breach among security insights AND Great Resignation or Reorganization? Want to get the show on your…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisWed Feb 2 2022: IT spend up alongside skills gapl; Best-in-Breed bests single vendor
Two things to know today IT spend goes up, right alongside the digital skills gap AND Best-in-breed beats single vendor in the latest Okta data Want to get the…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisTue Feb 1 2022: Work of employment shifts, White House declares Zero Trust, and Web site data exposure
Three things to know today The quicksand that is the world of employment The new White House memo on Zero Trust AND The exposure risks of data Want to get the…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisMon Jan 31 2022: Mac Renaissance & PC resurgence, 3 FCC moves, and Adobe's push on deepfakes
It’s Monday, January 31, 2022, and I’m Dave Sobel. Three things to know today The Mac renaissance and the PC resurgence The FCC’s three latest moves AND…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisFri Jan 28 2022: CEO optimism explored, updates from retail, and revisting facial recognition and Log4Shell
Three things to know today CEO cautious optimism explored Two updates from retail AND Revisiting facial recognition and Log4Shell Want to get the show on your…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisThu Jan 27 2022: Ukraine tensions result in cyber threats, Google gives up on FLoC
Tensions in Ukraine are bubbling over into significant cyber issues AND Google gives up on FLoC and pushes Topics instead Want to get the show on your podcast…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisWed Jan 26 2022: Hybrid work tipping point & chip shortage to last a while
Two things to know today The tipping point – the majority of workers are now hybrid AND Right to work success and chip shortage failure Want to get the show on…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisTue Jan 25 2022: CIO priorities, hacker chatter, and a tale of two bills
Three things to know today CIO priorities and data center builds Hacker chatter points to positive developments AND A tale of two bills Want to get the show on…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisMon Jan 24 2022: Sales Compensation, New MSP law in Pennsylvania, and insurance moves
Three things to know today A look at sentiment on compensation for sales people New ransomware and MSP focused bill passes in Pennsylvania AND Insurers costs…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisFri Jan 21 2022: Cyber resilience gaps as CISA issues warnings, IRS facial recognition, and EU DNS
About Business of Tech: The daily MSP news and analysis podcast for managed service providers and IT services leaders. Host Dave Sobel covers AI for MSPs, MSP…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisThu Jan 20 2022: PPP examined, workflow and meetings measured, and the market data points to consulting
Three things to know today The PPP program gets measured Workflow and meetings examined AND New marketplace data points to consulting. Want to get the show on…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisWed Jan 19 2022: Stakeholder capitalism backed up by data, and the TLDR law
Two things to know today Larry Fink’s CEO letter backed up by two other reports AND The TLDR law and Google Analytics in Austria Want to get the show on your…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisTue Jan 18 2022: Russia arrests REvil and the state of play returning to work with COVID surges
Two things to know today Russia arrests REvil hackers related to Colonial Pipeline AND The state of play as it relates to COVID return to work Want to get the…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisCybersecurity at in SLED: An interview with John Zanni, CEO of Acronis SCS
What is the impact of Federal cybersecurity initiatives at the SLED level - State and Local Government and Education. What certifications matter? An interview…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisFri Jan 14 2022: the PC Revival & digital transformation, legislation, and Twitter's diversity gains
Three things to know today The PC revival and digital transformation A legislative update AND Twitter makes diversity gains Want to get the show on your…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisThu Jan 13 2022: Data reveals the new worker pattern, and a novel approach to ransomware recovery
Two things to know today GitHub data reveals what the shift to work from home did to the workforce AND A novel approach to ransomware recovery Want to get the…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisWed Jan 12 2022: New predictions, the four day work week, and a bug bounty program for SMBs and MSPs
Three things to know today Three prediction pieces to discuss Another company goes four day work week AND A new bug-bounty program for SMBs and MSPs Want to…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisTue Jan 11 2022: COVID staff shortages, security updates, and ignoring a breach in a press release
Three things to know today Staff shortages over COVID as the fed tells us how many went remote Security updates, including forced MFA AND A tall tale in a…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisMon Jan 10 2022: Jobs data, CTO priorities, and Europol's data deletion
Three things to know today Analysis of the jobs data and trends in the world of work The CTO’s priorities reveal opportunities AND Europol to delete data and…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisFri Jan 7 2022: FTC says conequences for Log4J, Germany considers no data retention, and FCC maps
Three things to know today FTC says Log4J can result in legal consequences The island without connectivity AND Germany considers no data retention at all. Want…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisThu Jan 6 2022: PC sales & job quit data, plus Theranos CEO found guilty (and why we care)
Two things to know today PC sales up as job quit numbers are also up, and how it all relates AND Theranos CEO found guilty of wire fraud, and why small tech…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisWed Jan 5 2022: SMB's priority, security or something else? and the White House moves on cybersecurity
Two things to know today Research into what SMBs care about.. is it security, or something else? AND The White House sends a message on cybersecurity. Want to…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisTue Jan 4 2022: CES starts, IT and business collaboration data, and Alexa goes unused
Three things to know today CES starts up with even fewer companies Positive correlations when IT and business collaborate AND Alexa goes unused Want to get the…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisThu Dec 30 2021: Predictions related to security for 2022
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…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisWed Dec 29 2021: Predictions related to the SMB Business landscape
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…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisTue Dec 28 2021: Predictions on the cloud for 2022
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…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisMon Dec 27 2021: A Review of what I got right and wrong predicting the year
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…
Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services AnalysisThu Dec 23 2021: Omicron looms, CES issues, and new satellite speed data
Two things to know today Omicron looms over next year with changing plans galore AND New satellite internet data Want to get the show on your podcast app or…