How to find more people for tech jobs: CompTIA StudyCompTIA has new research out also focused on diversity – the punchline? Diversity is positively correlated... By: Dave Sobel/September 14, 2020/Business Strategy, Diversity
IT Channel Leadership Diversity Report 2020We had a summer of reckoning around racial justice. In my interview with Todd Thibedeaux, he... By: Dave Sobel/September 14, 2020/Business Strategy, Diversity, Newsletter
The economy around office space: what it meansLet’s look more about the impact to the economy related to office space… not the space... By: Dave Sobel/September 11, 2020/Business Strategy
An update on the Voice Interoperability Initiative: the long play on voiceAn update on the Voice Interoperability Initiative, which Amazon has been promoting and which has announced... By: Dave Sobel/September 11, 2020/Business Strategy
A new hack targets MSPs as the landscape continues to worsenHuntress Labs has reported in a blog post a elaborate malware that targets managed services providers. ... By: Dave Sobel/September 11, 2020/Security
Portland comes down hard on facial recognitionThe City of Portland has passed legislation that bans government AND private use of facial recognition,... By: Dave Sobel/September 10, 2020/Regulation
5G not living up to the hypeFollowing up on some coverage about 5G, PC Magazine has released their fastest mobile networks report... By: Dave Sobel/September 10, 2020/Business Strategy
Big Opportunities in Zero Trust SecurityI want to highlight an article in CIO Dive. Quote: The pandemic pushed 37% of organizations... By: Dave Sobel/September 10, 2020/Business Strategy, Newsletter, Security
Bluetooth vulnerability & Windows Patching automationGood ones in blocking and tackling today. All devices using Bluetooth 4.0 through 5.0 are vulnerable... By: Dave Sobel/September 10, 2020/Product & Company Updates
Smart Home Updates have an opportunityLet’s kick off with two smart devices stories. First, Project Connected Home over IP posted an... By: Dave Sobel/September 9, 2020/Business Strategy
School from home is not work from homeLots of media coverage yesterday for the return to school for many students in K-12, with... By: Dave Sobel/September 9, 2020/
Blocking and tackling for Patch WednesdayPatch Wednesday includes a significant round of security updates, fixing 23 critical and 105 important flaws,... By: Dave Sobel/September 9, 2020/Product & Company Updates
Unemployment for IT occupations and insolvency projections upCompTIA’s analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics report was published on Friday, showing unemployment for... By: Dave Sobel/September 8, 2020/
The Pentagon gives JEDI to Microsoft, Amazon protestsIn what is a shock to no one, the Pentagon has upheld its $10 billion JEDI... By: Dave Sobel/September 8, 2020/Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates
Alexa for Residential: Smart ApartmentsAmazon has announced Alexa for Residential, focused on landlords and property managers to add Alexa to... By: Dave Sobel/September 4, 2020/Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates
Data on cost versus service for cell phones: Not good for Americans and CanadiansThe Markup has taken a look at cell phone plans around the world – and the... By: Dave Sobel/September 4, 2020/Business Strategy
Apple takes makes a pause on anti-trackingApple is delaying that announced ad anti-tracking feature until 2021. The company indicates this is to... By: Dave Sobel/September 4, 2020/Product & Company Updates, Security
What are better performing companies doing in the shift to work from home?Data from Catchpoint showing what higher performing companies are doing regards to work from home. Quoting... By: Dave Sobel/September 3, 2020/
Another mastermind in the Twitter hackAnother update to this summer’s Twitter compromise – turns out there may have been another mastermind... By: Dave Sobel/September 3, 2020/Security
Augmented Reality: A use case shown in integrationTeamViewer has announced an integration with Microsoft Teams, allowing for connections via teams, but more interestingly,... By: Dave Sobel/September 3, 2020/Business Strategy, Newsletter, Product & Company Updates