Dave Sobel

Tues Nov 17 2020: IT Industry Outlook 2020, Smart Cities, and Smart Monitors

Three things to know today CompTIA’s IT Industry Outlook 2021   How many smart cities will there be by 2025? AND Why do we care about a smart monitor

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Episode 86 – 3D Printing, AI Analysis of Reddit, and Bias in Facial Recognition

Topic 1: 3D printing that makes sense. We have covered 3D printing several times. Now we get to report on some seriously cool applications. Medical applications are some of the coolest applications for 3D printing. 3d Printing is moving out of the…

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Mon Nov 16 2020: Chromebooks Up, Ransomware vs industry, and do you own your computer?

Three things to know today  Quarterly PC Sales data exposes the next thing Which industries are most susceptible to ransomware AND macOS security implications are bigger than the headlines

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2020 US Election: Laws and changes tech services companies care about

2020’s US Election was charged and engaged. But politics is about governance, and there are significant state and local laws that technology services providers care about. In this episode, let’s explore the tech issues impacting providers, why they…

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Fri Nov 13 2020: Training effectiveness, Threat Landscape, Gartner on EMEA, and Amazon’s CareHub

Four things to know today How Effective are the technologies being implemented?      Q3 Threat Landscape Report   Gartner gives insight into the EMEA Market AND Amazon’s Care Hub  

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Thu Nov 11 2020: Disrupted industries, virtual RSA, and the cybersecurity job market

Three things to know today   Analysis on which industries are performing RSA is going virtual for 2021 AND How bad is the cybersecurity job market?

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Wed Nov 11 2020: Canalys says up when data says down, macOS and Root Cert warnings, and SMB Cloud fundamentals

Four things to know today   Canalys says things are up when they are down Revisiting the fundamentals New Mac OS tomorrow AND Root certificate concerns to come

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Tue Nov 10 2020: Zoom settles, Microsoft targets, and IT Jobs data

Three things to know today  Zoom settles with the FTC Microsoft has their eyes on Zoom AND IT Jobs data

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Episode 85 – Firing Robots, Analyzing AI, and Implementing Smart Tech

Topic 1: Walmart fires inventory robots. Walmart fires inventory robots after five years. Goes back to humans. Plus, they learned a lesson about customer service (and customer experience). Related Link: Topic 2: Who am I to pick the algorithm? We’ve…

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Mon Nov 9 2020: IT Operations 2020, the DOJ takes $1B, and new rules on text, email and IM

Three things to know today IT Operations 2020 report from Kaseya   The DOJ gets its final piece of the Silk Road AND New rules on text, email and IM for debt collectors

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