Dave Sobel

Mon Oct 19 2020: Markets, subscription commerce, and education tech issues

Three things to know today   Let’s measure the markets Subscription commerce in the new normal AND Problems with Education tech

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Channel is an overloaded term: Why the confusion matters

I recently spotted what I considered an odd hashtag on LinkedIn — #savethechannel The channel is an interestingly overloaded phrase. It’s used to refer to the indirect sales path for technology, which takes technology and the resulting services…

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Fri Oct 16: 5 trends for 2021, plus research on distribution

Three things to know today   Forrester weighs in on trends in Europe Transportation agencies are lacking cybersecurity AND Research on going direct versus a tiered distribution model

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Thu Oct 15 2020: Video chat platforms are a thing – what industries and what to build on

Three things to know today   US CyberCommand moves on a botnet Data center growth stalls… and stays the same AND Video chat platforms are a thing!

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Wed Oct 14 2020: National 5G? Or, How prepared are MSPs for crisis?

Three things to know today   Is National 5G a thing? How prepared are MSPs for crisis? AND Governments big and small weigh in on cyber

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Tue Oct 13 2020: IDC’s Digital Parity & bold SMB predictions

Three things to know today   IDC: Digital Parity and SMB predictions PC Shipments are up, but the news isn’t great   AND Microsoft’s new remote work policy

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Episode 81 – Remote Report Card, Total Connectivity, and Tech Budgets

No awards this week . . . but we have a sponsor! —– Topic 1: Remote work versus distributed work We all “went remote” all of a sudden. Did we do it right? The fact that you can go remote does not mean that you maintained culture, and all the good…

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Mon Oct 12 2020: The “lie” and “fallacy” of as-a-service

 Four things to know today   Scrooge McDuck riches More, and less, bandwidth Axios looks at Big Tech Diversity AND The “lie” and “fallacy” of as a service

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Paying Ransomware may break the law: A discussion of the implications

The US Treasury says that paying on ransomware may be illegal. Why? What does it mean? What are the next steps? A discussion with Joseph Brunsman, a cybersecurity expert and insurance broker on the implications of this and what solution providers and…

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Fri Oct 9 2020: Industry winners and losers

Four things to know today   Which industries are winners, and which losers? More MSP moves from Microsoft Slack connects organizations … more   AND Data on how the internet is performing

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