Maybe things aren’t so bad in insurance this yearAnd on the insurance front, two updates on cyber insurance. First, new data from the industry... By: Dave Sobel/June 30, 2022/Business Strategy, Newsletter, Regulation
Gartner’s four predictions for cybersecurity, plus GAO’s view on cyber insuranceI managed to go last week without talking much security – well, it’s catching up with... By: Dave Sobel/June 27, 2022/Newsletter, Security
The three things I noted about Kaseya this weekOut in Las Vegas this week, Kaseya held their ConnectIT event, and one product announcement did... By: Dave Sobel/June 24, 2022/Newsletter, Product & Company Updates
Is anyone else feeling confused about the economy?The more I spend time reviewing articles about the economy, the less I think anyone has... By: Dave Sobel/June 23, 2022/Business Strategy, Newsletter
Brex got out of SMB and left a messy trailSo… let’s talk about Brex. Have you heard of them? I hadn’t – until they appeared... By: Dave Sobel/June 22, 2022/Business Strategy, Newsletter
Is the fed really going back to the office?With yesterday being a Federal Holiday, I wanted to look at some of the coverage around... By: Dave Sobel/June 21, 2022/Newsletter, Product & Company Updates
MSPs customers say they’re shopping for a new MSPSome new data from CloudBolt Software, which surveyed MSP customers. According to the survey, 80% of... By: Dave Sobel/June 15, 2022/Newsletter
Diversity reporting versus requirementsBloomberg Law took a look at the different approaches to Board diversity. Per their analysis, quote,... By: Dave Sobel/June 15, 2022/Diversity, Newsletter
Twitter’s reporting change brings a key learningTwitter redesigned its reporting process for policy violations, and it’s now widely available. It uses a... By: Dave Sobel/June 14, 2022/Newsletter, Product & Company Updates
The second-order effect of virtual courtsI’ve reported on many changes in the work world but noticed a new angle on the... By: Dave Sobel/June 13, 2022/Business Strategy, Newsletter
Insight into startups’ spend on softwareSo, what do startups spend their money on? Thanks to listener William for sharing this one... By: Dave Sobel/June 10, 2022/Business Strategy, Newsletter
Bigger and customer-centric new tactics from ransomware operatorsSome new tactics from ransomware gangs. The data extortion gang Industrial Spy is now publicly hacking... By: Dave Sobel/June 8, 2022/Newsletter, Security
Notable IT services stories out of Apple’s WWDCI didn’t cover Apple’s WWDC immediately due to it being a lot of things to come... By: Dave Sobel/June 8, 2022/Newsletter, Product & Company Updates
Right to Repair becomes law as a federal privacy one might just happen tooThe New York State legislature has passed the US’s first “right to repair” bill. The Fair... By: Dave Sobel/June 6, 2022/Newsletter, Regulation
What do MSP’s customers want?A bit of state of the market data from iTnews in Australia. Unsurprisingly, the number... By: Dave Sobel/June 2, 2022/Newsletter, Product & Company Updates
What’s the buy in on cyber insurance?A study by the insurance company Marsh with Microsoft has found that less than two-thirds of... By: Dave Sobel/June 1, 2022/Newsletter, Product & Company Updates
Not-in-my-backyard gets clever pushbackHere’s a clever use of tech. FastCompany reported on a new SimCity-like platform that allows communities... By: Dave Sobel/June 1, 2022/Business Strategy, Newsletter
Employees trust themselves… but not their colleagues. Nor tech.A new Morning Consult poll asked about monitoring employees – roughly half of tech workers who... By: Dave Sobel/May 31, 2022/Business Strategy, Newsletter
An update from the Ransomware Task ForceMore on the security landscape. NexusGuard released the “DDoS Statistical Report for 2021”. While 2021 had... By: Dave Sobel/May 26, 2022/Newsletter, Security
Secret Shopping Secrets for B2BA new report from Alinea Partners is a Secret Shopping organization for technology companies. Their Secret... By: Dave Sobel/May 25, 2022/Business Strategy, Newsletter