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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Today US government and tech: JEDI, Warrantless searches, and the FCC https://www.zdnet.com/article/its-official-aws-is-challenging-microsofts-10-billion-jedi-contract-win/ https://www.wowt.com/content/news/564816162.html …
Today JEDI followup and insights https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/11/08/oracle-presses-ahead-with-pentagon-cloud-lawsuit-despite-amazons-loss/ …
Today 5G making news on multiple fronts https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-government-is-tripping-over-itself-in-race-to-dominate-5g-technology-11573527840 https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-good-news-about-5g-security-11573396200 …
Today Cloud adoption data in the financial industry https://www.channelfutures.com/mssp-insider/is-the-financial-industry-abandoning-cloud Content moderation lessons from porn …
Today Tech job data and employee motivation https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/07/tech-workers-command-high-pay-but-its-not-always-what-they-want-most.html News on breaches from an unlikely source …
Today ConnectWise Automate targeted by hackers https://www.msspalert.com/cybersecurity-news/hackers-target-connectwise-automate/ The on demand economy hits car repair …
Today Facebook and the new government privacy agency https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/05/tech/facebook-apps-user-data/index.html https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/5/20950171/democrat-privacy-bill-data-agency-dpa-eshoo-lofgren Patch…
Today The Internet is less free than last year https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/11/5/20947419/internet-freedom-report-2019-social-media-election-interference-surveillance Hack your Echo with a laser …
Today Google and Fitbit https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/11/1/20943583/google-fitbit-acquisition-privacy-antitrust Aussie & NIST Cybersecurity Help https://www.msspalert.com/cybersecurity-research/australian-smb-guide/ …