Synnex and Tech Data merge – do we care?The merger between Synnex and Tech Data is complete, the companies said Wednesday that TD Synnex... By: Dave Sobel/September 1, 2021/Newsletter, Product & Company Updates
Those biometric devices in Afghanistan? Not even the biggest data riskLet’s follow up to a story I covered recently – the loss of US military biometric... By: Dave Sobel/August 31, 2021/Business Strategy, Newsletter
Azure flaw exposed, and what it tells us about cloud servicesMicrosoft has warned Azure customers about a flaw in Azure Cosmos DB that left data completely... By: Dave Sobel/August 30, 2021/Newsletter, Security
How the hiring process is looking around diversityTwo-thirds (68%) of businesses feel there’s a lack of diversity in their technology workforce, but less... By: Dave Sobel/August 27, 2021/Diversity, Newsletter
What were the outcomes from the meeting at the White House?As I mentioned in the close of the show yesterday, the White House hosted a meeting... By: Dave Sobel/August 26, 2021/Newsletter, Security
Are insurance companies nearing their limits, with ransomware up and hiring harder?Proofpoint and the Ponemon Institute say the costs of phishing attacks has tripled since 2015. T-Mobile... By: Dave Sobel/August 24, 2021/Newsletter
Microsoft raises Microsoft 365 and Office 365 pricingMicrosoft is raising the price of Microsoft 365 and Office 365 commercial packages. These new prices... By: Dave Sobel/August 23, 2021/Newsletter, Product & Company Updates
A scary new ransomware tactic: insidersResearch from Proofpoint and the Ponemon Institute found that ransom payments typically account for less than 20%... By: Dave Sobel/August 20, 2021/Newsletter, Security
A tech mistake in data management exposes Afghan riskThis isn’t an international general politics and news show, and so I hadn’t covered Afghanistan. That... By: Dave Sobel/August 18, 2021/Business Strategy, Newsletter, Security
What does a technology investment do for a business?How are the top organizations standing out digitally? CIO Dive with this: Technology, labor, outsourcing and... By: Dave Sobel/August 17, 2021/Business Strategy, Newsletter, Product & Company Updates
The McFlurry machine is broken, and why IT providers careLet’s talk about McFlurrys. A judge has awarded a temporary restraining order against Taylor company, the... By: Dave Sobel/August 13, 2021/Newsletter, Regulation
Google’s remote pay disparity, and the SMB opportunityReuters is reporting that after examining Google’s pay calculator, employees based in the same office before... By: Dave Sobel/August 11, 2021/Newsletter, Product & Company Updates
BlackHat stories, plus DHS’s new group and MSPs targetedNational Cyber Director Chris Inglis on Monday made the case for establishing an office within the Department of... By: Dave Sobel/August 5, 2021/Newsletter, Security
Google and Microsoft: A tale of two support perceptionsGoogle, known for killing off products, is working to back on that perception. Quoting Protocol: Starting... By: Dave Sobel/July 30, 2021/Business Strategy, Newsletter, Product & Company Updates
Kaseya didn’t pay for the decryption, but what about those NDAs?So, Kaseya. Updating on yesterday, the company strongly denied paying to get access to the universal... By: Dave Sobel/July 27, 2021/Business Strategy, Newsletter, Security
Respect in Security shows a lot of abuse of professionals – and what you can doWhile there’s a lot of security today, this one I wanted to keep as a distinct... By: Dave Sobel/July 22, 2021/Diversity, Newsletter, Security
Cali and Virginia go big on Broadband.. and let’s collect those billsThere’s a lot of news in the broadband space to catch up on. Quoting Ars Technica:... By: Dave Sobel/July 21, 2021/Newsletter, Regulation
Big movement from the US government on ransomwareThe U.S. Government launched a new website to help public and private organizations defend against the... By: Dave Sobel/July 19, 2021/Newsletter, Security
Action in lobbying, with a new group forming for IT Service ProvidersLet’s talk lobbyists for a minute. Politico covers the decline of the Internet Association, which is... By: Dave Sobel/July 14, 2021/Newsletter, Regulation
Kaseya’s CEO gives us insight into software vendors financial incentivesFinally, I want to quote the Miami Herald in an interview with Kaseya CEO Fred Voccola,... By: Dave Sobel/July 14, 2021/Business Strategy, Newsletter, Security