What teachers teach us, and the divide between employer and employeeHow about some perspective on change… from teachers? A poll by Khan Academy found more than... By: Dave Sobel/October 6, 2021/Business Strategy, Newsletter
Microsoft’s launch day is tomorrow, but does anyone know?Tomorrow is launch day for Microsoft. Office 2021 launches, and final pricing was announced. Quoting the... By: Dave Sobel/October 4, 2021/Newsletter, Product & Company Updates
Why patch delays happen and two new tools from CISACompTIA’s State of Cybersecurity report — Three in 10 survey respondents said they are “completely satisfied”... By: Dave Sobel/October 1, 2021/Newsletter, Security
What does the usage of online medical records tell us?Here’s one I’m pondering. A new report from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology... By: Dave Sobel/October 1, 2021/Business Strategy, Newsletter
Amazon to offer cyber insurance to SMBs in the UK (and already announced the US)Amazon is going to offer cyber insurance to SMBs in the UK. Partnering with Superscript, companies... By: Dave Sobel/September 29, 2021/Business Strategy, Newsletter
Did you know about weeks of outages in VoIP?So… I don’t generally cover outages. A cloud outage, like Microsoft 365 or AWS is generally... By: Dave Sobel/September 28, 2021/Business Strategy, Newsletter, Security
Companies aren’t revealing their post-pandemic plans, and it mattersWhile 79% of companies intend to make moderate to extensive changes to enable hybrid work, only... By: Dave Sobel/September 27, 2021/Newsletter, Product & Company Updates
Allstate blocks RMM usage, Datto’s CISO respondsA quick update to a story from earlier this week – a provider quoted a notice... By: Dave Sobel/September 24, 2021/Newsletter, Security
Nearly half of SMBs run in the cloud now, and who do they ask for help?AppDirect asked SMBs about their SaaS usage, and found that 45% of SMBs have most or... By: Dave Sobel/September 23, 2021/Business Strategy, Newsletter
Facebook launches device management platform for SMBSo… Facebook launched several new pieces of their Portal hardware this week, and that’s not the... By: Dave Sobel/September 22, 2021/Business Strategy, Newsletter, Product & Company Updates
Bug bounties, sanctions on ransomware payments, and Vendor Security 2.0The Biden administration is taking new actions to make it more difficult to profit from ransomware... By: Dave Sobel/September 21, 2021/Newsletter, Security
Microsoft offers password less plus the StateRAMP verificationMicrosoft has announced that users can remove passwords from the Microsoft account and go passwordless. Signing... By: Dave Sobel/September 17, 2021/Newsletter, Security
Insights into Insurance companies from a brokerLet’s talk about insurance. Joseph Brunsman, who has been a guest on the show before, has... By: Dave Sobel/September 16, 2021/Newsletter, Product & Company Updates, Regulation
Datto releases continuity for AzureDatto has released Datto Continuity for Microsoft Azure, which per their press release is “architected to... By: Dave Sobel/September 14, 2021/Newsletter, Product & Company Updates
Three areas TechAisle says are solution areas for hybrid workTechAisle’s new research believes 409 million SMB employees will still be in hybrid remote work at... By: Dave Sobel/September 13, 2021/Business Strategy, Newsletter
Windows 11 Management guidance releasedMicrosoft has issued guidance on Windows 11 Management – policies for Windows 10 via Group Policy... By: Dave Sobel/September 10, 2021/Newsletter, Product & Company Updates
Companies who work with competitors outperform, says studyA new study on the digital strategies of better performing companies (and their leaders) versus followers. ... By: Dave Sobel/September 9, 2021/Business Strategy, Newsletter
With hiring so hard, where are the opportunities to do things differently?After looking at the larger market, let’s dive down into staffing. CompTIA’s analysis of the US... By: Dave Sobel/September 8, 2021/Business Strategy, Newsletter
CISA to MSP’s customers: ask these questions, including financial healthOn Thursday of last week, CISA released its “Risk Considerations for Managed Service Provider Customers” paper. This... By: Dave Sobel/September 7, 2021/Business Strategy, Newsletter, Security
Did you know Windows Server 2022 is out? Did you know Windows Server 2022 is out? Yesterday was the official announcement of general availability,... By: Dave Sobel/September 2, 2021/Newsletter, Product & Company Updates