Each day, the flood of technology news hits.  In an industry that always changes, those who deliver technology services need to focus on the information that matters to them.  The Business of Tech podcast focuses on the news you need to know.   Covering both the story and why it matters to the way services are created and delivered, channel veteran Dave Sobel brings you up to speed and gives you resources to go deeper.   With insights and analysis, this five minute podcast focuses on the knowledge you need to be effective, profitable, and relevant.

The podcast is hosted by Dave Sobel, a leading expert in the delivery of technology services with broad experience in both technology and business.    He owned and operated an IT Solution Provider and MSP for over a decade, both acquiring other organizations and eventually being acquired.  This firm was a winner of multiple awards, including Kaseya’s Cutting Edge and ConnectWise’s Best New Idea, as well as being a finalist for Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner of the Year in the Small Business Specialist category.    After his MSP experience, he worked for multiple vendors at such companies as Level Platforms, GFI, LogicNow, and Solarwinds, leading community, event, marketing, and product strategies, as well as several M&A activities.

He was named a CRN Channel Chief multiple times, to the CRN UK A-List, as a Channel Futures Circle of Excellence winner, to Channel Pro’s 20/20 Visionaries, and has been an MSPmentor 250 member for multiple years  Dave has been recognized as one of the top virtualization experts globally as a Microsoft MVP for Virtualization. and author of “Virtualization: Defined.  A Primer for the SMB Consultant.” Dave has served on the executive council for Managed Services and Emerging Technologies, the Vendor Advisory Council, as founding Chair for the Mobility Community for CompTIA.

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All Episodes

Fri Nov 6 2020: Ingram’s financial insights, data trust, and Apple search

Three things to know today   Ingram Micro ONE with financial insights We don’t trust the data AND Apple is more aggressively indexing the web  

Thu Nov 5 2020: No to Robots, Yes to Automation, and online events are working

Four things to know today Customers to be more demanding on less money   Walmart says no to robots Expedia loses a ton of money and that’s ok with them AND Online events.. maybe not as bad as you think

Wed Nov 4 2020: What do CEO’s want? Customer experience; and two election results to focus on

Three things to know today What do CEOs want?   Customer Experience from the other side of the globe AND Two results in from the elections we care about

Tue Nov 3 2020: Things we know even before election results, and cloud infrastructure trends

Two things to know today   Things we know even before election results   AND Cloud infrastructure trends

Mon Nov 2 2020: Big Ransomware’s finanials, plus right to repair and IoT

Four things to know today  IoT data from Gartner Not just big tech doing financial reporting AND Smartphone growth PLUS iPhone 12 and right to repair  

What a K Shaped Recovery Means for Tech Services Companies

Let’s talk about the recovery. Here’s the question I was asked. “What does a K shaped recovery looks like? Our industry, and a few others, while not unaffected, have many of us prospering while our neighbors may be unemployed (though I still…

Fri Oct 30 2020: Politics, Distribution users outperform, and the No-Code Generation

Three things to know today  Politics or not in tech businesses Those who leveraged distribution outperform AND The No-Code generation is coming  

Thu Oct 29 2020: Data Privacy predictions, hospitals under siege, and Teams + Platform

Three things to know today Forrester’s 2021 global data privacy predictions   Hospitals under siege AND Teams growth, and the platform play

Tue Oct 28 2020: The Workforce, Amazon for Business, and Extortion ware in the wild

Three things to know today   Data on changes in the work force Amazon for Business… for integrators AND Extortion ware is now in the field