Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services Analysis

Three things to know today

• A warning from the US Treasury

https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20201001

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/10/ransomware-victims-that-pay-up-could-incur-steep-fines-from-uncle-sam/

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/09/how-a-hacker-turned-a-250-coffee-maker-into-ransom-machine/

• Which leads to CompTIA’s research

https://www.channelfutures.com/mssp-insider/comptia-research-organizations-cybersecurity-improves-during-covid-19

AND

• Twitter’s work from home culture

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/01/twitter-work-from-home/?arc404=true

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

• A warning from the US Treasury

https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20201001

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/10/ransomware-victims-that-pay-up-could-incur-steep-fines-from-uncle-sam/

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/09/how-a-hacker-turned-a-250-coffee-maker-into-ransom-machine/

• Which leads to CompTIA’s research

https://www.channelfutures.com/mssp-insider/comptia-research-organizations-cybersecurity-improves-during-covid-19

AND

• Twitter’s work from home culture

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/01/twitter-work-from-home/?arc404=true

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Four things to know today

• Risk in Coronavirus theatre

https://channeldailynews.com/news/idc-canada-survey-digital-thermometer-checkpoints-more-popular-than-contact-tracing-among-businesses/72193

• New developments on Windows for ARM

https://www.neowin.net/news/it039s-official-x64-emulation-is-coming-to-windows-on-arm?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4

• They do as-a-service?

https://channellife.co.nz/story/yubico-rolls-out-subscription-service-for-hardware-authentication-keys

https://www.yubico.com/products/yubienterprise/

AND

• HPE’s as a service expansion

https://www.channelpro.co.uk/news/11910/hpe-expands-as-a-service-and-smb-options

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.

Get exclusive access to investigative reports, vendor analysis, leadership briefings, and more.

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Four things to know today

• Risk in Coronavirus theatre

https://channeldailynews.com/news/idc-canada-survey-digital-thermometer-checkpoints-more-popular-than-contact-tracing-among-businesses/72193

• New developments on Windows for ARM

https://www.neowin.net/news/it039s-official-x64-emulation-is-coming-to-windows-on-arm?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4

• They do as-a-service?

https://channellife.co.nz/story/yubico-rolls-out-subscription-service-for-hardware-authentication-keys

https://www.yubico.com/products/yubienterprise/

AND

• HPE’s as a service expansion

https://www.channelpro.co.uk/news/11910/hpe-expands-as-a-service-and-smb-options

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Three things to know today

• 9 trends businesses are embracing

https://channellife.co.nz/story/frost-sullivan-nine-growth-opportunities-out-of-covid-19

• Microsoft managed services in healthcare

https://hitinfrastructure.com/news/microsoft-cloud-for-healthcare-will-be-generally-available-oct.-30

AND

• Datto finally files for IPO

https://www.channele2e.com/channel-partners/msps/datto-ipo-filing-financial-details

https://www.crn.com/news/channel-programs/datto-files-for-ipo-with-ticker-symbol-msp-in-major-validation-of-industry?itc=refresh

This is the 1 year anniversary of the Business of Tech.

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

•   9 trends businesses are embracing

https://channellife.co.nz/story/frost-sullivan-nine-growth-opportunities-out-of-covid-19

• Microsoft managed services in healthcare

https://hitinfrastructure.com/news/microsoft-cloud-for-healthcare-will-be-generally-available-oct.-30

AND

• Datto finally files for IPO

https://www.channele2e.com/channel-partners/msps/datto-ipo-filing-financial-details

https://www.crn.com/news/channel-programs/datto-files-for-ipo-with-ticker-symbol-msp-in-major-validation-of-industry?itc=refresh

This is the 1 year anniversary of the Business of Tech.   

Two things to know today

• Cloud is outperforming – by how much?

https://www.capacitymedia.com/articles/3826405/cloud-players-record-20-revenue-rise-in-first-half?MvBriefArticleId=55922

https://channellife.co.nz/story/kiwi-smbs-forge-on-with-digital-evolution-despite-disruption

AND

• Vegas doesn’t pay out this time – what does it mean?

https://www.businessinsider.com/hacker-publishes-students-grades-private-info-after-demanding-ransom-2020-9

https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/28/universal-health-services-ransomware

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/09/28/health-care-provider-united-health-services-hit-cyberattack/3565533001/

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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Two things to know today

•  Cloud is outperforming – by how much?

 https://www.capacitymedia.com/articles/3826405/cloud-players-record-20-revenue-rise-in-first-half?MvBriefArticleId=55922

https://channellife.co.nz/story/kiwi-smbs-forge-on-with-digital-evolution-despite-disruption

AND

• Vegas doesn’t pay out this time – what does it mean?

https://www.businessinsider.com/hacker-publishes-students-grades-private-info-after-demanding-ransom-2020-9

https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/28/universal-health-services-ransomware

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/09/28/health-care-provider-united-health-services-hit-cyberattack/3565533001/

Three things to know today

• Trends in channel company marketing and sales

https://techaisle.com/blog/425-post-pandemic-lead-generation-is-proving-problematic-for-channel-partners

• Robotic Process Automation is accelerating

https://www.ciodive.com/news/pandemic-automation-adoption/585936/

AND

• 1M Dollars… in criminal marketing

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/revil-ransomware-deposits-1-million-in-hacker-recruitment-drive/

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.

Get exclusive access to investigative reports, vendor analysis, leadership briefings, and more.

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Three things to know today

• Trends in channel company marketing and sales

https://techaisle.com/blog/425-post-pandemic-lead-generation-is-proving-problematic-for-channel-partners

• Robotic Process Automation is accelerating

https://www.ciodive.com/news/pandemic-automation-adoption/585936/

AND

• 1M Dollars… in criminal marketing

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/revil-ransomware-deposits-1-million-in-hacker-recruitment-drive/

Support the vendors who support the show:

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