A greenfield in business outcomes as an opportunitySome new thinking and data from TechAisle. Quoting the blog: Although 71% of partners offer digital... By: Dave Sobel/October 6, 2020/Business Strategy
Is the Watch the way for voice?Today is clearly contrarian day, I want to highlight some thinking on Above Avalon about the... By: Dave Sobel/October 5, 2020/Business Strategy
The end of the American internet?Highlighting a piece by Benedict Evans, which declares the end of the American Internet. Here’s the... By: Dave Sobel/October 5, 2020/Business Strategy, Newsletter, Regulation
Twitter’s work from home investmentsPointing listeners to a bit of a long read for the weekend on the Washington Post,... By: Dave Sobel/October 2, 2020/Business Strategy
Microsoft managed services in healthcareMicrosoft has announced Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, which will be generally available on October 30, 2020,... By: Dave Sobel/September 30, 2020/Business Strategy
Cloud is outperforming – by how much?It’s not all gloom and doom out there – Synergy Research Group’s data reveals that “Across... By: Dave Sobel/September 29, 2020/Business Strategy
Robotic Process Automation is acceleratingForrester has released information about the increase in robotic process automation – 48% of organizations are... By: Dave Sobel/September 28, 2020/Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates
A study on the kinds of jobs that can go remoteInstinctively we have a sense of which jobs were able to move to work from home,... By: Dave Sobel/September 25, 2020/Business Strategy
Boring cybersecurity training doesn’t work. So what does?Here’s a shocking headline – boring cybersecurity training doesn’t make for secure employees. Osterman Research conducted... By: Dave Sobel/September 25, 2020/Business Strategy, Newsletter, Security
Forrester with new projections for IT spend for this year and nextForrester is warning CIOs to prepare for a longer US downturn, with more severe IT spending... By: Dave Sobel/September 24, 2020/Business Strategy
Microsoft announces a RMM product: Microsoft 365 LighthouseIn another announcement coming from Microsoft Ignite, the company has announced Microsoft 365 Lighthouse, which is... By: Dave Sobel/September 23, 2020/Business Strategy, Newsletter, Product & Company Updates
Spiceworks research on IT trends: Hardware, IT Automation DownParticularly with two more stories that are very RMM heavy, let’s make sure to talk trends... By: Dave Sobel/September 23, 2020/Business Strategy
Microsoft Ignite Day One Roundup — Three TrendsMicrosoft Ignite started today, and the announcements are here. Teams new Together Mode has several new... By: Dave Sobel/September 22, 2020/Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates
T-Mobile moves into managed services with Microsoft 365T-Mobile has announced new small business plans with Microsoft 365. With their Magenta for Business plans,... By: Dave Sobel/September 22, 2020/Business Strategy
New data on smart speakers and voice adoptionMore Americans own a smart speaker than ever before and the devices are also seeing an increase... By: Dave Sobel/September 21, 2020/Business Strategy
Kids privacy concerns over school from home point to opportunityLet’s talk privacy… today, children’s privacy and rules. Axios is reporting discussions with experts in how... By: Dave Sobel/September 21, 2020/Business Strategy, Security
Tech confidence drops even furtherA third of Americans think that tech companies aren’t regulated enough, according to a new study... By: Dave Sobel/September 18, 2020/Business Strategy
HP may be your next competitorHP has announced a subscription program for hardware and services for SMBs. Called HP Business Boost,... By: Dave Sobel/September 18, 2020/Business Strategy, Newsletter, Product & Company Updates
Robotic Process Automation – some data pointsCIO Dive is reporting on automation and the changes to company structure. Quoting from the piece:... By: Dave Sobel/September 17, 2020/Business Strategy
IoT data shows it’s well beyond emergingA new report from the IoT market research firm Berg Insight says that IoT managed service... By: Dave Sobel/September 16, 2020/Business Strategy