Automation Exposes Coordination Debt—MSPs Must Govern It or Absorb ItAutomation Divide AI use is spreading, but readiness is uneven, and the operational expectations around speed... By: Dave Sobel/April 7, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Regulation, Security
Richard Luna: MSPs Risk Margin Erosion by Relying on Rented Stacks and App ResellingThe episode exposes a structural shift in the MSP sector toward increased commoditization and infrastructure dependence,... By: Dave Sobel/April 6, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Security
Fragmented IT Stacks and Broken Operating Models Are Turning AI Into an MSP LiabilityStack Fragmentation The signal is that core IT delivery is getting more fragmented, not more unified,... By: Dave Sobel/April 3, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates
AI Is Directing Work Now; MSPs That Don’t Own the Control Layer Will Pay for ItBossless Workforce The signal is showing up in three places at once: workforce expectations, company formation,... By: Dave Sobel/April 1, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Community Sentiment, Product & Company Updates, Security
The Same Force Driving VMware Exits and Apple’s Platform Push Is Now Threatening MSP MarginsConsolidation Wave TechCentral is out with a piece that should feel uncomfortably familiar if you run... By: Dave Sobel/March 31, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Community Sentiment, Product & Company Updates, Security
Howard Rubin: Why Tech Spending Benchmarks Often Mislead OperatorsA persistent structural challenge highlighted in this episode is the disconnect between technology investment and demonstrable... By: Dave Sobel/March 30, 2026/Business Strategy
Draup Data Shows Cybersecurity Hiring Pressure Will Persist Into 2028 – Vijay SwaminathanThe core structural shift highlighted involves a skills convergence and expanded role definition across technology and... By: Dave Sobel/March 27, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Security
Compliance Now Drives Tech Selection: FCC Router Ban and AI Procurement Terms Shift MSP LiabilityContract Conditions Policy is starting to behave less like a guardrail and more like a steering... By: Dave Sobel/March 24, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Regulation, Security
Hybrid IT Is Now the Default Operating Environment—MSPs That Can’t Govern It Will Leak MarginAI Cost Shock AI is changing the cost behavior of IT: hardware availability, endpoint refresh cycles,... By: Dave Sobel/March 23, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Security
The AI Productivity Promise Is Stalling — and Labor Is Absorbing the CostBusier With AI The promise around AI has been simple: less busywork, more time back, more... By: Dave Sobel/March 20, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Community Sentiment
How Cyber Insurance Analytics Are Changing Risk Accountability for MSPs – Nir Perry of CyberwriteThe episode highlights a structural shift in the cyber insurance market, marked by increasing reliance on... By: Dave Sobel/March 19, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Regulation, Security
MSPs Must Prove Continuous Security Outcomes or Cede Client Relationships to VendorsAttackers Adapt Security is not breaking because defenders do not care, or because budgets are missing. ... By: Dave Sobel/March 18, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates, Security
Platforms Own the Factory; MSPs Must Sell What Platforms Can’t PackageTools vs Outcomes The winners stop selling “we run the tools” and start selling governance, risk... By: Dave Sobel/March 17, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Community Sentiment, Product & Company Updates, Security
The Pentagon Didn’t Just Drop Claude—It Proved the Model Is Now a Managed DependencyPentagon vs. Anthropic As I’ve covered previously, Anthropic had their contract with the Pentagon cancelled, and... By: Dave Sobel/March 16, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates, Regulation
RAM Shortages Reshape Channel Economics: Interview with Howard DaviesThe episode centers on sustained component shortages in the IT channel, specifically RAM, which are expected... By: Dave Sobel/March 15, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy
Microsoft, Anthropic, and Falling PC Sales Are All Rewriting How MSPs Make MoneyAI Channel War Microsoft is enhancing Copilot by integrating Anthropic through Copilot Cowork, marking a deliberate... By: Dave Sobel/March 13, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates, Security
AI Reshapes Channel Economics: MSPs Risk Margin Loss to PE, PlatformsChannel Bypassed Large language models are transforming online search, replacing traditional engines as users rely more... By: Dave Sobel/March 12, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Community Sentiment
AI Governance Becomes Billable: Vendors Create the Risk, Then Sell the Fix to MSPsAI vs. Judgment A study in Nature Medicine found that OpenAI’s ChatGPT Health underestimated emergency severity... By: Dave Sobel/March 10, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates
MSPs Face Compounding Risk as AI Acts at Scale Without Governance, Contracts, or TrustPlatform Land Grab In February, the U.S. economy experienced an unexpected decline, with employers shedding 92,000... By: Dave Sobel/March 9, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Community Sentiment, Product & Company Updates, Security
AI Integration Raises Data Governance Demands for MSPs — Colin BlairThe episode centers on D&H’s strategic approach to vendor selection, AI program development, and partner enablement... By: Dave Sobel/March 8, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Security