In 10 minutes daily, The Business of Tech delivers the latest IT services and MSP-focused news and commentary. Curated to stories that matter with commentary answering ‘Why Do We Care?’, channel veteran Dave Sobel brings you up to speed and provides resources to go deeper. With insights and analysis, this focused 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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Inspired by a reddit comment, let’s tackle the question “what should you do if you’re new to the space?” I’ve done two videos that are super popular – “If I were to start an MSP”, and “Don’t Start an MSP”. The first is about the type of…
An interview with Alex Hoff of Auvik Networks. A large percentage of IT pros don’t know what is on their network Alex thinks networks are going to get more simple: Why? Why didn’t IoT drive new adoption as predicted? How do you think about…
Three things to know today Broadband perception is changing fast State law roundup – IT services companies care AND This week in SolarWinds
Three things to know today NDA’s and searches in the US Data that COVID tracing works AND Security from Florida’s hack to Supply Chain breach
Three things to know today New MSP performance data from Channel Pro Jobs and economic data AND And where will those jobs go?
Three things to know today Water plant breached in Florida 2FA in Open Source AND Does new tech spur innovation?
Two things to know today Remote work starts thinking hybrid work AND Regulation: How much do Americans dislike big tech, and what new law is introduced
A conversation with Jim Lippie, CEO of SaaS Alerts. The discussion is about his history in the space, what he sees for cloud management, why this hasn’t happened before, and what the big risk is for providers.
Three things to know today Yet another tech worker union This week in SolarWinds AND Call center technologies teach us
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