Dave Sobel

Mon Dec 21 2020: Congress’ bill includes tech provisions, the SolarWinds hack fallout continues, and the tech blame game worsens

Three things to know today   Congress’ relief bill includes tech provisions   The SolarWinds hack dominates tech AND The tech blame game worsens

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Multi-SaaS Management and RMM 2.0: A conversation with the CEO of Nuvolex

In this interview, Dave Sobel interviews Brian Hamel, CEO of Nuvolex. The discussion ranges starts with Multi-SaaS management, the idea of RMM 2.0, and who is best positioned to make the leap to a changing business model. Link to the referenced blog:…

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Fri Dec 18 2020: Why customers buy from MSPs, and further updates on the SolarWinds hack

Two things to know today   Research updates on why customers buy from managed services providers   AND The SolarWinds hack continues to grow and expand

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Thu Dec 17 2020: Big picture lessons emerge from the SolarWinds hack, and a JEDI update

Two things to know today   Big picture lessons emerge from the SolarWinds Hack, and they might not be obvious AND A JEDI Update

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Wed Dec 16 2020: Moves on Big Tech, More SolarWinds updates, and another systems management exploit

Three things to know today  EU and US moves on Big Tech More updates to SolarWinds Orion Hack AND Another vector for systems management hacks

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Tue Dec 15 2020: Further updates on the SolarWinds Hack, what we can learn from gaming, and Windows on ARM takes a forward step

Three things to know today   Continuing fallout from the SolarWinds hack What we can learn from gaming collaborations AND Windows on ARM gets one step closer

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Episode 90 – Pandemic Burnout; Modern Data Centers; Uber and Out

We’re approaching Episode 100. Also planning a big year-end podcast. Always stay tuned. Topic 1: Burnout in a Pandemic World … and What to Do About It Okay. It’s been nine months of being shut in. This is getting old. What does that really look…

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Mon Dec 14 2020: Major Russian hack via SolarWinds, US Schools use terrorist finding tools on students

Two things to know today   The Russian government backs a major hack of Treasury, Commerce and more via Solarwinds Orion products   AND US Schools use terrorist finding tools on students

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The Business of Tech: Q4 2020 Diversity Report

Back in September, I released data around the diversity of leadership teams in the IT industry, with a specific bent of those serving the IT Channel and SMB customers. I identified 100 companies that are known channel companies and looked at who they…

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Fri Dec 11 2020: MSPs are number one, in a very bad way, plus the end of Flash and the Modern Computing Alliance

Four things to know today   MSPs now number one… and it’s not good news Inclusion couples with diversity The modern computing alliance is formed AND Adobe Flash updates for the last time

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