Lexful’s AI-Native Documentation: New Accountability and Risk for MSPs – With Pinar OrmeciThe episode highlights the shift toward AI-driven knowledge management within the MSP sector, revealing increased operational... By: Dave Sobel/August 13, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Guest Interviews, Product & Company Updates, Security
Nobody Renews a LogoRecurring Revenue Went BackwardsDisclosure: I am an N-able shareholder. Start with the press release itself, which... By: Dave Sobel/August 12, 2026/Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates, Security
N-able’s Security Revenue Faces Decline as License Portability Undercuts MSP MarginsThe episode details a structural shift for MSPs and IT service providers: the separation of security... By: Dave Sobel/August 11, 2026/Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates, Security
Lexful’s AI-Native Documentation: New Accountability and Risk for MSPs – With Pinar OrmeciThe episode highlights the shift toward AI-driven knowledge management within the MSP sector, revealing increased operational... By: Dave Sobel/August 11, 2026/Business Strategy, Guest Interviews, Product & Company Updates, Security
The Tools Got Better. The Work Got Bigger.Your Next 90 Days, Already BookedYour maintenance calendar for the next ninety days was written by... By: Dave Sobel/July 28, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates, Security
Microsoft Patch Volumes and AI Shifts Deliver More Work, Less Margin for MSPsThe dominant structural mechanism highlighted in this episode is the compounding effect of ungoverned AI adoption... By: Dave Sobel/July 27, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates, Security
The Seat Survived. The Fixed Price Didn’t.Your Subscription Became a MeterThe way your clients pay for AI changed shape, and most of... By: Dave Sobel/July 24, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates, Regulation
Operator Implications of Cloud Scarcity: Why AI Spending Now Demands Active MonitoringThe dominant structural shift highlighted is the migration from flat-rate software subscriptions to usage-based billing models... By: Dave Sobel/July 23, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates, Regulation
AI Adoption Shifts Costs to Individual Level: Seth RobinsonThe episode identifies a significant structural shift in the technology sector where the adoption of AI... By: Dave Sobel/July 23, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Live Shows, Product & Company Updates, Security
The Insurance Floor Is Rising, and the Insurer Is Setting ItThey’re Selling the Protection NowThe company that pays for your client’s breach is now selling the... By: Dave Sobel/July 22, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates, Security
Why Security Work is Now Free for MSPs: Automation and CommoditizationThe dominant structural shift in the cybersecurity market is the relocation of value from security work... By: Dave Sobel/July 21, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates, Security
Capability Went Free. The Check Didn’t.AI Went Free, the Checks Didn’tTwo things are happening in AI at the same time, and... By: Dave Sobel/July 21, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Community Sentiment, Product & Company Updates
AI Capability vs. Accountability: Who Owns the Harness?The episode reveals a fundamental structural shift in AI deployment: the deliberate decoupling of powerful AI... By: Dave Sobel/July 20, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Community Sentiment, Product & Company Updates
AI Adoption Shifts Costs to Individual Level: Seth RobinsonThe episode identifies a significant structural shift in the technology sector where the adoption of AI... By: Dave Sobel/July 17, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Live Shows, Product & Company Updates, Security
IBM Lost $70 Billion Misreading the Budget You Sell IntoWatch the Money MoveMoney is leaving some parts of the technology economy and showing up in... By: Dave Sobel/July 17, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates
IBM’s $70B Signal: AI Spend Reshuffles IT Budgets, Exposing MSP Revenue RiskThe core structural shift identified is budget reallocation within technology spending, as funds are redirected from... By: Dave Sobel/July 16, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates
Vendor and Token Risk in AI: Howard Cohen Explains Shifting Economic Pressure on MSPsThe episode highlights a shift from technology selection to operational risk management in the AI landscape... By: Dave Sobel/July 16, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Guest Interviews, Product & Company Updates, Regulation
The Good-Enough ExodusThe Quiet WalkoutThe tools companies build for people to use are the tools those people are... By: Dave Sobel/July 10, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Product & Company Updates, Security
Vendor and Token Risk in AI: Howard Cohen Explains Shifting Economic Pressure on MSPsThe episode highlights a shift from technology selection to operational risk management in the AI landscape... By: Dave Sobel/July 9, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Business Strategy, Guest Interviews, Product & Company Updates, Regulation
Usage, Not Compliance: The New Benchmark for MSP Value in AI Tool AdoptionA structural shift is occurring as employees and customers increasingly bypass sanctioned IT systems in favor... By: Dave Sobel/July 9, 2026/Artificial Intelligence, Product & Company Updates, Security