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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Today Google Claims Quantum Supremacy Facebook in Congress https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/10/23/20928859/libra-hearing-congress-mark-zuckerberg Computers reading your brain …
Today FTC rules on stalkerware https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614614/the-ftc-has-banned-a-company-from-selling-stalkerware-for-the-first-time/ Edge computing as a risk …
Today More Facebook feature changes https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/21/20925204/facebook-2020-election-interference-prevention-tools-policy-false-misinformation Security data and an FBI warning …
Today: Maybe Shadow IT isn’t so bad https://www.zdnet.com/article/maybe-shadow-it-isnt-so-bad-after-all-study-suggests/ Drones deliver for Wing, Google & FedEx …
Today Brexit affect on Tech https://www.zdnet.com/article/revealed-the-dramatic-changes-tech-firms-are-making-ahead-of-brexit/ Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd dies at 62 …
Today A new anti-monopoly fund https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/17/facebook-co-founder-critic-chris-hughes-spearheads-million-anti-monopoly-fund/ Another ban on facial recognition …
Google’s event has a theme you care about https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/15/google-ambient-computing-puts-its-services-everywhere.html …
Four things to know today A roundup of Tech vs China https://www.vox.com/2019/10/15/20915729/google-hong-kong-video-game-revolution-of-our-times Microsoft puts its hand on its heart for open source …
Three things to know today Gaming apps from the cloud in preview https://thenextweb.com/gaming/2019/10/15/microsoft-public-preview-project-xcloud/ The impact of the ban of Huawei in rural America …