Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services Analysis

Today

• Google data and geofence warrants

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/google-tracked-his-bike-ride-past-burglarized-home-made-him-n1151761

• 2009 making a comeback

https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-poor-iot-security-is-allowing-this-ten-year-old-malware-to-make-a-comeback/#ftag=CAD-03-10abf5f

AND

• The Nearly Daily COVID-19 update

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

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Today

• Google data and geofence warrants  

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/google-tracked-his-bike-ride-past-burglarized-home-made-him-n1151761

• 2009 making a comeback

https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-poor-iot-security-is-allowing-this-ten-year-old-malware-to-make-a-comeback/#ftag=CAD-03-10abf5f

AND

• The Nearly Daily COVID-19 update

An extended episode of the Business of Tech: An interview with Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, who previously criticized MSPs for under delivering on security. The Secretary discusses his experiences with Managed Services Providers, his thoughts on the way they engage and communicate with their customers, their obligations on service delivery, and the legislation he is introducing to require registration in the state as an MSP or an MSSP.

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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An extended episode of the Business of Tech:  An interview with Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, who previously criticized MSPs for under delivering on security.   The Secretary discusses his experiences with Managed Services Providers, his thoughts on the way they engage and communicate with their customers, their obligations on service delivery, and the legislation he is introducing to require registration in the state as an MSP or an MSSP. 

A conversation with Heather Margolis of Spark Your Channel and Channel Maven around how marketing laws can impact the delivery of content to solution providers.

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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A conversation with Heather Margolis of Spark Your Channel and Channel Maven around how marketing laws can impact the delivery of content to solution providers.

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Today

• New data on the Gender Pay Gap in Tech

https://www.channelfutures.com/business-models/next-to-no-salary-equality-for-women-in-tech

• Crowdstrike with insight on MSP attacks

https://www.crowdstrike.com/resources/reports/2020-crowdstrike-global-threat-report/

AND

• COVID-19 updates

https://www.ingrammicrocloud.com/press-releases/ingram-micro-cloud-postpones-cloud-summit-2020-early-2021/

https://tmt.knect365.com/channel-partners-conference-expo/staying-healthy-at-channel-partners-conference-expo

https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2020/03/04/coronavirus-banks-homes-employee-trading-room-floors-screens/

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:

🌐 https://www.businessof.tech

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

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Today

•   New data on the Gender Pay Gap in Tech

https://www.channelfutures.com/business-models/next-to-no-salary-equality-for-women-in-tech

• Crowdstrike with insight on MSP attacks

https://www.crowdstrike.com/resources/reports/2020-crowdstrike-global-threat-report/

AND

• COVID-19 updates

https://www.ingrammicrocloud.com/press-releases/ingram-micro-cloud-postpones-cloud-summit-2020-early-2021/

https://tmt.knect365.com/channel-partners-conference-expo/staying-healthy-at-channel-partners-conference-expo

https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2020/03/04/coronavirus-banks-homes-employee-trading-room-floors-screens/

Today

• SMBs plan to spend more on IoT than security

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/04/small-businesses-want-to-invest-more-in-iot-despite-cyberthreats.html

https://www.msspalert.com/cybersecurity-breaches-and-attacks/ransomware/payments-top-140-million-fbi-reports

• Two bits of information with two ideas for new services in your practice

https://www.zdnet.com/article/browsers-to-block-access-to-https-sites-using-tls-1-0-and-1-1-starting-this-month/#ftag=CAD-03-10abf5f

https://www.fastcompany.com/90471349/study-facebooks-fake-news-labels-have-a-fatal-flaw

AND

• SETI@Home comes to an end

https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/04/seti-home-stops-for-now/

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:

🌐 https://www.businessof.tech

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

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/28908079

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Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/businessof.tech

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Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today

• SMBs plan to spend more on IoT than security

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/04/small-businesses-want-to-invest-more-in-iot-despite-cyberthreats.html

https://www.msspalert.com/cybersecurity-breaches-and-attacks/ransomware/payments-top-140-million-fbi-reports

• Two bits of information with two ideas for new services in your practice

https://www.zdnet.com/article/browsers-to-block-access-to-https-sites-using-tls-1-0-and-1-1-starting-this-month/#ftag=CAD-03-10abf5f

https://www.fastcompany.com/90471349/study-facebooks-fake-news-labels-have-a-fatal-flaw

AND

• SETI@Home comes to an end

https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/04/seti-home-stops-for-now/

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

Pitch your story or appear on Business of Tech: Daily 10-Minute IT Services Insights:

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