Dave Sobel

Editorial: All that matters is what the customer thinks

How do you predict now what customers may do? How do you get an intimate understanding of your customers right now with so much uncertainty? What can we learn from the mistakes of how solution providers are handled by their channel partners to make…

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Fri May 8 2020: New Data points in trends, JEDI Pettiness, and Mark Cuban weighs in

Today   Several trends get additional data points JEDI Is back! And this time it’s.. petty! AND Mark Cuban secret shops in Dallas

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Thur May 7 2020: UX Opportunity, Good news for Zoom, and financial help for MSPs

Today A User experience tool from google – opportunity there? More good news for Zoom AND IT By Design helps MSPs

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Wed May 6 2020: Canalys Cloud Data, 2112 Group Optimism Data, and Broadband impact on Americans

Today   Canalys cloud data   2112 Group’s optimism data AND The impact of lack of broadband on Americans.

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Tue May 5 2020: Cybersecurity Data, Virtual Court, and More Events go online

Today  SMB cybersecurity data.. from Cisco   How did the Supreme Court do on the phone? AND Event updates with an eye to the trend

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Episode 58: Virtual Events, Economic Speculation, and Office Space after the Pandemic

Check out the “Killing IT Reading List” at . Topic 1: Virtual Events — what you want to see A different kind of discussion here. Would you rather rush out from quarantine to a channel-focused event, or maybe a sporting event, a social event, or…

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Mon May 4 2020: Features for the pandemic, Ransomware and the SEC, and Windows 10X refocuses

Today   Salesforce’s new features, and what we can take from them Ransomware and the SEC AND Microsoft’s Windows 10X refocuses.  

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Bonus: Making Ethics Pay in a World of Distrust & Big Tech

Originally prepared as a presentation before the current health crisis, there are business lessons to be learned by leveaging ethics in a business sense. How did big tech damage technology’s trust? What can be done? What are strategies to deal with…

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Fri May 1 2020: Amazon earnings, Work from Home trends, 5G delays, and Microsoft Virtual Desktops and Build 2020

Today   Amazon’s financial report is out Okta tells us about new work from home trends Will 5G be delayed? AND Microsoft Virtual Desktop and Build 2020

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Thur Apr 30 2020: Microsoft’s Earnings Insights, Big Tech Trust Problems, The New Workplace, and Dreamforce

Today   What Microsoft’s earnings mean for providers Big Tech’s trust problem AI cameras in the new workplace AND Dreamforce… now virtual

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