Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services Analysis

Today

• The EU high court rules on US data

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/top-eu-court-ruling-throws-transatlantic-digital-commerce-into-disarray-over-privacy-concerns/2020/07/16/d2c0fe06-c736-11ea-a825-8722004e4150_story.html

• Twitter falls to social engineering crime

https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/15/21326656/twitter-hack-explanation-bitcoin-accounts-employee-tools

https://www.msspalert.com/cybersecurity-breaches-and-attacks/twitter-hack-2020-investigation-faq

AND

• Microsoft patches and Outlook outage

https://www.cyberscoop.com/microsoft-dns-patch-check-point-july-2020/

https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/15/21325902/microsoft-outlook-crash-launch-issues

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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Today

• The EU high court rules on US data

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/top-eu-court-ruling-throws-transatlantic-digital-commerce-into-disarray-over-privacy-concerns/2020/07/16/d2c0fe06-c736-11ea-a825-8722004e4150_story.html

• Twitter falls to social engineering crime

https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/15/21326656/twitter-hack-explanation-bitcoin-accounts-employee-tools

https://www.msspalert.com/cybersecurity-breaches-and-attacks/twitter-hack-2020-investigation-faq

AND

• Microsoft patches and Outlook outage

https://www.cyberscoop.com/microsoft-dns-patch-check-point-july-2020/

https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/15/21325902/microsoft-outlook-crash-launch-issues

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Today

• Google has a single partnership program now!

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/google-cloud-announces-new-capabilities-to-simplify-security-operations-and-strengthen-data-protection-301092605.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=458&v=QHP27MdoEvo&feature=emb_logo

AND

• Datto files for IPO – do we care?

https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/vista-equity-backed-datto-files-for-ipo-8211-bloomberg-59433188

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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Today

•   Google has a single partnership program now!

 https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/google-cloud-announces-new-capabilities-to-simplify-security-operations-and-strengthen-data-protection-301092605.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=458&v=QHP27MdoEvo&feature=emb_logo

AND

• Datto files for IPO – do we care? 

https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/vista-equity-backed-datto-files-for-ipo-8211-bloomberg-59433188

Today

• There’s enough data to have a solid 2020 projection and strategy

https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/oecd-economic-surveys-united-states_19990103

https://www.channele2e.com/business/sales/saas-revenue-trends/

https://www.channelpro.co.uk/news/11815/gartner-global-it-spending-to-drop-by-73-in-2020

https://www.channelpro.co.uk/news/11815/gartner-global-it-spending-to-drop-by-73-in-2020

AND

• Microsoft’s two moves to watch

https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/14/21323982/microsoft-citrix-workspace-virtual-desktops-deal-partnership

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-new-microsoft-consulting-services-unit-to-launch-july-14

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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Today

• There’s enough data to have a solid 2020 projection and strategy

https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/oecd-economic-surveys-united-states_19990103

https://www.channele2e.com/business/sales/saas-revenue-trends/

https://www.channelpro.co.uk/news/11815/gartner-global-it-spending-to-drop-by-73-in-2020

https://www.channelpro.co.uk/news/11815/gartner-global-it-spending-to-drop-by-73-in-2020

AND

• Microsoft’s two moves to watch

https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/14/21323982/microsoft-citrix-workspace-virtual-desktops-deal-partnership

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-new-microsoft-consulting-services-unit-to-launch-july-14

Support the vendors who support the show:

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

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Today

• What’s the number one reason security is failing?

https://channelnomics.com/2020/07/10/sophos-70-of-companies-report-cloud-security-incidents/

AND

• Why words matter when talking security

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-confirms-cyberattack-on-russian-trolls-to-deter-them-during-2018-midterms/2020/07/11/66a845e8-c2c3-11ea-b178-bb7b05b94af1_story.html

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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Today

•   What’s the number one reason security is failing? 

 https://channelnomics.com/2020/07/10/sophos-70-of-companies-report-cloud-security-incidents/

AND

• Why words matter when talking security

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-confirms-cyberattack-on-russian-trolls-to-deter-them-during-2018-midterms/2020/07/11/66a845e8-c2c3-11ea-b178-bb7b05b94af1_story.html

Most providers think they are in the cloud already.. which isn't true. What are the three levels of cloud, what opportunity is being missed by only knowing about the first, and how are the tools failing to provide the answer.

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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Most providers think they are in the cloud already.. which isn't true. What are the three levels of cloud, what opportunity is being missed by only knowing about the first, and how are the tools failing to provide the answer.