Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services Analysis

Three things to know today

•   Stormy clouds ahead with lessons in the mist

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/12/09/nws-data-limits-internet-bandwidth/

• Jobs ups and downs in two CompTIA reports

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/128-000-it-jobs-lost-in-november-6-details.html

https://www.comptia.org/blog/tech-towns-job-openings

AND

• Botnet flashbacks show up in Court

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/teen-who-shook-the-internet-in-2016-pleads-guilty-to-ddos-attacks/

Three things to know today

• Lessons from FireEye’s breach about what to protect

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fireeye-reveals-that-it-was-hacked-by-a-nation-state-apt-group/

https://www.wired.com/story/russia-fireeye-hack-statement-not-catastrophe/

• Tech regulation – why 94% matters

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/data-governance-top-of-mind-for-tech-policy-chiefs

AND

• Another step on the privacy journey

https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/08/cloudflare-and-apple-design-a-new-privacy-friendly-internet-protocol/

About Business of Tech: The daily MSP news and analysis podcast for managed service providers and IT services leaders. Host Dave Sobel covers AI for MSPs, MSP pricing and profitability, MSP M&A and private equity, vendor partner programs, MSP cybersecurity and liability, and MSP operations — and answers the question every story raises: Why do we care? Produced by MSP Radio.

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Three things to know today

•  Lessons from FireEye’s breach about what to protect

 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fireeye-reveals-that-it-was-hacked-by-a-nation-state-apt-group/

https://www.wired.com/story/russia-fireeye-hack-statement-not-catastrophe/

• Tech regulation – why 94% matters

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/data-governance-top-of-mind-for-tech-policy-chiefs

AND

• Another step on the privacy journey

https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/08/cloudflare-and-apple-design-a-new-privacy-friendly-internet-protocol/

Three things to know today

• Exposure notifications: A huge opportunity for providers

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/technology/coronavirus-exposure-alert-apps.html

Overview video: https://youtu.be/tmsRQWPlQ20

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Find out if your geography has an app: US: https://9to5mac.com/2020/12/07/covid-19-exposure-notification-api-states/

Countries: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-apple-covid-19-contact-tracing-exposure-notifications-api-app-list-countries/

• AWS opens the marketplace for services

https://www.channelpronetwork.com/news/amazon-makes-joining-aws-ecosystem-easier-service-providers

AND

• Microsoft’s top-secret cloud

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-announces-azure-cloud-for-top-secret-government-data/

About Business of Tech: The daily MSP news and analysis podcast for managed service providers and IT services leaders. Host Dave Sobel covers AI for MSPs, MSP pricing and profitability, MSP M&A and private equity, vendor partner programs, MSP cybersecurity and liability, and MSP operations — and answers the question every story raises: Why do we care? Produced by MSP Radio.

MSP Radio is supported by our partners:

ABC Solutions · CometBackup · Firetail · Guardz · HaloPSA · LogMeIn · Mailprotector · Pax8 · Rythmz · ScalePad · TimeZest · Transit AI

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Three things to know today

• Exposure notifications: A huge opportunity for providers

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/technology/coronavirus-exposure-alert-apps.html

Overview video: https://youtu.be/tmsRQWPlQ20

Make you own video script: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bcsqso5ykrz5fvr/End%20User%20Exposure%20Script.docx?dl=0

Use this pre-done video: https://youtu.be/8WAHPM-RKF4

Find out if your geography has an app: US: https://9to5mac.com/2020/12/07/covid-19-exposure-notification-api-states/

Countries: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-apple-covid-19-contact-tracing-exposure-notifications-api-app-list-countries/

• AWS opens the marketplace for services

https://www.channelpronetwork.com/news/amazon-makes-joining-aws-ecosystem-easier-service-providers

AND

• Microsoft’s top-secret cloud

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-announces-azure-cloud-for-top-secret-government-data/

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Three things to know today

• Economic outlook revised upward

https://www.ciodive.com/news/IT-spend-predictions-2021/589729/

• Smartphone sales data

https://channellife.co.nz/story/gartner-worldwide-smartphone-sales-decline-xiaomi-moves-ahead-of-apple

AND

• What insecure by design means

https://sneak.berlin/20201204/on-trusting-macintosh-hardware/

About Business of Tech: The daily MSP news and analysis podcast for managed service providers and IT services leaders. Host Dave Sobel covers AI for MSPs, MSP pricing and profitability, MSP M&A and private equity, vendor partner programs, MSP cybersecurity and liability, and MSP operations — and answers the question every story raises: Why do we care? Produced by MSP Radio.

MSP Radio is supported by our partners:

ABC Solutions · CometBackup · Firetail · Guardz · HaloPSA · LogMeIn · Mailprotector · Pax8 · Rythmz · ScalePad · TimeZest · Transit AI

Supporting the IT services community through insights, analysis, and transparency.

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Three things to know today

• Economic outlook revised upward  

https://www.ciodive.com/news/IT-spend-predictions-2021/589729/

• Smartphone sales data

https://channellife.co.nz/story/gartner-worldwide-smartphone-sales-decline-xiaomi-moves-ahead-of-apple

AND

• What insecure by design means

https://sneak.berlin/20201204/on-trusting-macintosh-hardware/

Three things to know today

• IBM warns of cyberattacks on the coronavirus vaccine supply chain

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/us/politics/vaccine-cyberattacks.html

https://www.crn.com/news/security/covid-19-vaccine-supply-chain-assailed-by-mass-phishing-ibm

• AI principles to come

https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/2/22094902/massachusetts-facial-recognition-ban-bill-vote-passed-police-reform

AND

• Remember you’re “On mute”

https://qz.com/1941207/ceos-and-executives-cant-remember-to-unmute-video-calls-either/?mc_cid=27020f96d4&mc_eid=70cbbe1cdc

About Business of Tech: The daily MSP news and analysis podcast for managed service providers and IT services leaders. Host Dave Sobel covers AI for MSPs, MSP pricing and profitability, MSP M&A and private equity, vendor partner programs, MSP cybersecurity and liability, and MSP operations — and answers the question every story raises: Why do we care? Produced by MSP Radio.

MSP Radio is supported by our partners:

ABC Solutions · CometBackup · Firetail · Guardz · HaloPSA · LogMeIn · Mailprotector · Pax8 · Rythmz · ScalePad · TimeZest · Transit AI

Supporting the IT services community through insights, analysis, and transparency.

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Three things to know today

•   IBM warns of cyberattacks on the coronavirus vaccine supply chain

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/us/politics/vaccine-cyberattacks.html

https://www.crn.com/news/security/covid-19-vaccine-supply-chain-assailed-by-mass-phishing-ibm

• AI principles to come

https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/2/22094902/massachusetts-facial-recognition-ban-bill-vote-passed-police-reform

AND

• Remember you’re “On mute”

https://qz.com/1941207/ceos-and-executives-cant-remember-to-unmute-video-calls-either/?mc_cid=27020f96d4&mc_eid=70cbbe1cdc

Three things to know today

• SMB data from the UK

https://www.computerweekly.com/microscope/news/252492950/SME-customers-showing-signs-of-coronavirus-impact

• Computer crime and the Supreme Court

https://www.protocol.com/van-buren-v-united-states-supreme-court

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/01/cybersecurity-202-supreme-court-may-finally-rein-an-outdate-anti-hacking-law/

AND

• A hack with no physical contact

https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/1/21877603/apple-iphone-remote-hack-awdl-google-project-zero

About Business of Tech: The daily MSP news and analysis podcast for managed service providers and IT services leaders. Host Dave Sobel covers AI for MSPs, MSP pricing and profitability, MSP M&A and private equity, vendor partner programs, MSP cybersecurity and liability, and MSP operations — and answers the question every story raises: Why do we care? Produced by MSP Radio.

MSP Radio is supported by our partners:

ABC Solutions · CometBackup · Firetail · Guardz · HaloPSA · LogMeIn · Mailprotector · Pax8 · Rythmz · ScalePad · TimeZest · Transit AI

Supporting the IT services community through insights, analysis, and transparency.

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