Dave Sobel

Episode 93 – Online Shopping Report, Good News on Cybersecurity, Electricity

Topic 1: Forrester says US online holiday shopping to reach $173 B Constant question: How much of this is temporary vs. permanent? Have you built a store for your clients? We think this is a great opportunity for IT professionals. Related Link: …

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Mon Jan 4 2021: Data misuse in cars, Apple’s important court loss, N-Able-ing a poor brand choice, and SolarWinds roundup

Four things to know today   Data misuse in new ways Apple loses a court case Lessons from N-Able-ing a poor brand choice AND A SolarWinds catchup

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Thu Dec 31 2020: 2021 Prediction: What major shift in marketing will happen?

The tradeshow event circuit is dead as it was.  Don’t listen to the channel chiefs that are running around telling you it’ll be back.    They want it to be back, because it’s what they have been doing for 20 years, and they…

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Wed Dec 30 2020: 2021 Prediction: What portion of the industry will be ripe for disruption?

Let’s talk the big MSP players for this prediction.   When I covered the impact Capital has on a market, I focused on the lack of R&D investment.     PE based companies often focus on cutting expenses by headcount…

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Tue Dec 29 2020: 2021 Prediction: What will the security landscape be?

I spend a lot of time on the show bemoaning the cybersecurity landscape.     The adversaries are better organized than we are.     They have a coherent business strategy, complete with Diversification of…

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Episode 92 – End-of-Year show: 2020

Special show – and video! We recorded a video version of this podcast. You can view it at . Or on YouTube on the Small Biz Thoughts channel (). In this episode, we take a look at technology in the year gone by and what it means for the year ahead. So,…

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Mon Dec 28 2020: 2021 Prediction: How will 2021 look for business?

My first prediction for 2021 is regrettably not a cheery one – if you are expecting things to bounce back right away, you’re not going to get that. The good news is that it appears that things in 2020 were not as bad as initially thought it would…

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Thu Dec 24 2020: What advice would I have for a 20 year old starting out?

A listener came with a great question. “I’m 20 years old and have been working at a help desk for about 6 months. I dont have any certifications yet and will have a associates in May of 2021. I would love to start a side hustle in the IT field to…

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Wed Dec 23 2020: Zoom’s platform move & my prediction, Microsoft’s silicon, Verizon’s 5G, and who around SolarWinds looks bad

Four things to know today   Zoom makes a platform move, and my big prediction Microsoft making its own silicon Verizon’s 5G … turn it off. AND SolarWinds roundup

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Tue Dec 22 2020: 5 steps to cloud, 3 IoT tiers from Verizon, Two new laws, and One SolarWinds Roundup

.    Four things to know today  5 steps to cloud adoption 3 levels of tiered IoT services Two new laws to know about     AND   One SolarWinds roundup      

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