Dave Sobel

Episode 154 -Meta lawsuit, office space, NFTs, and more!

Special guest co-host: Topic 1: Texas Sues Meta Over Facial Recognition Texas is suing over past use of facial recognition technology. The suit accuses Facebook of violating the state’s privacy laws by capturing biometric data on tens of millions of…

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Mon Mar-3-2022: Ukraine & Cybersecurity, plus NVIDIA’s unique extortion problem

Three things to know today AND   Want to get the show on your podcast app or get the written versions of the stories? Subscribe to the Business of Tech:   Support the show on Patreon:    Want our stuff?  Cool Merch? …

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What you need to know working with a headhunter – Mark Sasson of Pinpoint Search Group

While cybersecurity vendors are outsourcing what they don’t specialize in (recruitment) to “experts,” not all headhunters are created equal.   What do they do, and what do they bring to the table.  Mark Sasson, Managing Partner for…

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How Fleet DM makes money with open source monitoring

Mike McNeil is the CEO and co-founder of Fleet DM — a device management platform that recently raised $5M from the founder of GitLab and CRV.    How is the company going to market when the software is free?        Want…

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Episode 153 – Fusion Energy, Monitoring vs. Observability, and Ugly 5G

Topic 1: Fusion Energy Will Save The World (Eventually) The most successful nuclear fusion test shows impressive progress and potential at the JET tokamak reactor in the UK. Link:    Topic 2: Monitoring vs Observability We are quickly…

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Forrester’s Jay McBain discusses the under discussed focus areas for IT Service Providers

Jay McBain of Forrester with insights and on what the IT services space may be missing. Who is Jay and what does he do for Forrester?   What trend or news do you think isn’t getting enough attention that IT services companies should be paying…

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Immutable Storage – what is it, and why should IT services companies and MSPs care?

Immutable storage – what is it, and why did MSP360 add it to their product?   Brian Helwig, CEO of MSP360, explains what the technology is and why we care. What is immutable storage?  Can it be undone? Is this based on the blockchain? …

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Thu Feb 24 2022: Show update and programming note

Some information on the show for the upcoming week, so you know what is going on!          Want to get the show on your podcast app, or get the written versions of the stories? Subscribe to the Business of Tech:…

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Wed Feb 23 2022: Gartner Tech trends, hybrid work’s impact on people, and AT&T shuts down 3G

Three things to know toda AND     Want to get the show on your podcast app or get the written versions of the stories? Subscribe to the Business of Tech:   Support the show on Patreon:    Want our stuff?  Cool…

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Tue Feb 22 2022: FBI, CISA, and NIST advice, plus Windows 11 to require Microsoft Account?

Two things to know today AND   Want to get the show on your podcast app or get the written versions of the stories? Subscribe to the Business of Tech:   Support the show on Patreon:    Want our stuff?  Cool Merch? …

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