Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services Analysis

Today

• Salesforce’s new features, and what we can take from them

https://www.axios.com/salesforce-debuts-business-software-for-the-coronavirus-era-b3ee5e42-7dd7-45e2-9c8a-dd118a6cb19f.html

• Ransomware and the SEC

https://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-mentioned-in-1000-sec-filings-over-the-past-year/

AND

• Microsoft’s Windows 10X refocuses.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-officially-acknowledges-windows-10x-is-coming-first-to-single-screen-devices/

https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/4/21246561/microsoft-windows-10x-single-screens-windows-usage-demand-coronavirus-pandemic

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

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Today

• Salesforce’s new features, and what we can take from them

https://www.axios.com/salesforce-debuts-business-software-for-the-coronavirus-era-b3ee5e42-7dd7-45e2-9c8a-dd118a6cb19f.html

• Ransomware and the SEC

https://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-mentioned-in-1000-sec-filings-over-the-past-year/

AND

• Microsoft’s Windows 10X refocuses.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-officially-acknowledges-windows-10x-is-coming-first-to-single-screen-devices/

https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/4/21246561/microsoft-windows-10x-single-screens-windows-usage-demand-coronavirus-pandemic

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Originally prepared as a presentation before the current health crisis, there are business lessons to be learned by leveaging ethics in a business sense. How did big tech damage technology's trust? What can be done? What are strategies to deal with that?

Dave Sobel, host of the Business of Tech podcast, presents a way to interpret that and how to move forward.

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 · Oveka · Pax8 · Rythmz · ScalePad · TimeZest · Transit AI

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

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Originally prepared as a presentation before the current health crisis, there are business lessons to be learned by leveaging ethics in a business sense. How did big tech damage technology's trust? What can be done? What are strategies to deal with that?

Dave Sobel, host of the Business of Tech podcast, presents a way to interpret that and how to move forward.

Today

• Amazon’s financial report is out

https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/30/21243112/amazon-q1-2020-earnings-covid-19-coronavirus-jeff-bezos

• Okta tells us about new work from home trends

https://www.okta.com/businesses-at-work/2020/work-from-home/

• Will 5G be delayed?

https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/1/21243856/5g-delay-mobile-carriers-hardware-suppliers-us-europe

AND

• Microsoft Virtual Desktop and Build 2020

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-windows-virtual-desktop-spring-refresh-whats-new-and-next/

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 · Oveka · 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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Want the show on your favorite podcast app or prefer the written versions of each story?

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Looking for the links from today’s stories?

Every episode script — with full source links — is posted at:

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Today

•   Amazon’s financial report is out

https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/30/21243112/amazon-q1-2020-earnings-covid-19-coronavirus-jeff-bezos

• Okta tells us about new work from home trends

https://www.okta.com/businesses-at-work/2020/work-from-home/

• Will 5G be delayed?

https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/1/21243856/5g-delay-mobile-carriers-hardware-suppliers-us-europe

AND

• Microsoft Virtual Desktop and Build 2020

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-windows-virtual-desktop-spring-refresh-whats-new-and-next/

Today

• What Microsoft’s earnings mean for providers

https://www.channele2e.com/channel-partners/csps/microsoft-cloud-revenue-quarterly-azure-office-365-results/

https://www.channelpartnerinsight.com/news/4014650/microsoft-ceo-achieved-transformation-months-q3

• Big Tech’s trust problem

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/04/29/most-americans-are-not-willing-or-able-use-an-app-tracking-coronavirus-infections-thats-problem-big-techs-plan-slow-pandemic/

• AI cameras in the new workplace

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-surveillance-tech/companies-bet-on-ai-cameras-to-track-social-distancing-limit-liability-idUSKCN22914R

AND

• Dreamforce… now virtual

https://www.channelnomics.com/2020/04/30/add-dreamforce-to-the-list-of-canceled-events/

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 · Oveka · 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.

👉 https://businessof.tech/plus

Want the show on your favorite podcast app or prefer the written versions of each story?

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Looking for the links from today’s stories?

Every episode script — with full source links — is posted at:

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Pitch your story or appear on Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services Analysis

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Today

•   What Microsoft’s earnings mean for providers

https://www.channele2e.com/channel-partners/csps/microsoft-cloud-revenue-quarterly-azure-office-365-results/

https://www.channelpartnerinsight.com/news/4014650/microsoft-ceo-achieved-transformation-months-q3

• Big Tech’s trust problem

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/04/29/most-americans-are-not-willing-or-able-use-an-app-tracking-coronavirus-infections-thats-problem-big-techs-plan-slow-pandemic/

• AI cameras in the new workplace

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-surveillance-tech/companies-bet-on-ai-cameras-to-track-social-distancing-limit-liability-idUSKCN22914R

AND

• Dreamforce… now virtual

https://www.channelnomics.com/2020/04/30/add-dreamforce-to-the-list-of-canceled-events/

Today

• Four items from the cloud giving us a forward plan

https://www.engadget.com/google-meet-free-gmail-account-100034641.html

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-oracle-zoom-video-commn/oracle-wins-cloud-computing-deal-with-zoom-as-video-calls-surge-idUKKCN22A1R9

https://www.zdnet.com/article/multicloud-deployments-become-go-to-strategy-as-aws-microsoft-azure-google-cloud-grab-wallet-share/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-cloud-revenue-climbs-in-q1-ad-sales-sink-due-to-pandemic/

• Trends in Managed Services from CompTIA

https://www.comptia.org/members/resource-library/content/trends-in-managed-services

AND

• Ingram with even more programs to leverage

https://www.channelpronetwork.com/news/ingram-micro-adds-two-financing-offers-fuel-deals-during-coronavirus-slowdown

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 · Oveka · 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.

👉 https://businessof.tech/plus

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Looking for the links from today’s stories?

Every episode script — with full source links — is posted at:

🌐 https://www.businessof.tech

Pitch your story or appear on Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services Analysis

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Today

• Four items from the cloud giving us a forward plan

https://www.engadget.com/google-meet-free-gmail-account-100034641.html

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-oracle-zoom-video-commn/oracle-wins-cloud-computing-deal-with-zoom-as-video-calls-surge-idUKKCN22A1R9

https://www.zdnet.com/article/multicloud-deployments-become-go-to-strategy-as-aws-microsoft-azure-google-cloud-grab-wallet-share/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-cloud-revenue-climbs-in-q1-ad-sales-sink-due-to-pandemic/

• Trends in Managed Services from CompTIA

https://www.comptia.org/members/resource-library/content/trends-in-managed-services

AND

• Ingram with even more programs to leverage

https://www.channelpronetwork.com/news/ingram-micro-adds-two-financing-offers-fuel-deals-during-coronavirus-slowdown

Support the vendors who support the show:

👉 https://businessof.tech/sponsors/

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

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🌐 https://www.businessof.tech

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