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Three things to know today

• Pizza drives voice assistants

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/10/07/dominos-pizza-website-accessibility-supreme-court-wont-hear-case/3904582002/

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• Hackers target a different kind of small business

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/technology/iranian-campaign-hackers-microsoft.html

• Changes to policy and law around information management… of platforms.

https://popular.info/p/facebook-says-trump-can-lie-in-his?no_cover=true

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/business/tech-shield-trade-deals.html

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CompTIA lays out its 2025 vision, with big goals in testing, expansion, training, influence, and changing learning.

CompTIA lays out its 2025 vision, with big goals in testing, expansion, training, influence, and changing learning.

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Three things to know today 

• CompTIA announces UK Tech Town 2019 Index 

https://www.comptia.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/2019/10/07/location-location-location-comptia-tech-town-index-identifies-top-places-to-work-in-it-across-the-uk

https://www.comptia.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/2018/10/23/new-comptia-study-identifies-america-s-top-20-tech-towns-based-on-job-opportunities-and-quality-of-life 

• A Panel  on“What I learned” from London

AND

• Security offerings from Synnex last week.

https://www.channelpronetwork.com/news/synnex-launches-outsourced-managed-security-program

https://www.channelpronetwork.com/slideshow/3-last-updates-synnex-inspire-2019

Three things to know today

• CompTIA announces UK Tech Town 2019 Index

https://www.comptia.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/2019/10/07/location-location-location-comptia-tech-town-index-identifies-top-places-to-work-in-it-across-the-uk

https://www.comptia.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/2018/10/23/new-comptia-study-identifies-america-s-top-20-tech-towns-based-on-job-opportunities-and-quality-of-life

• A Panel on“What I learned” from London

AND

• Security offerings from Synnex last week.

https://www.channelpronetwork.com/news/synnex-launches-outsourced-managed-security-program

https://www.channelpronetwork.com/slideshow/3-last-updates-synnex-inspire-2019

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Three things to know today

• A biotech conference shows where Silicon Valley’s investor is moving

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/03/synbiotech-showed-the-real-future-of-silicon-valley-biology.html

• There are more IT workers out there than commonly known, but perhaps not where we are looking

 https://www.techrepublic.com/article/skilled-tech-workers-are-among-the-majority-of-the-57-million-americans-who-freelance/ 

AND

• Facebook meetings leak, and why the focus on Big Tech on privacy matters.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/1/20892354/mark-zuckerberg-full-transcript-leaked-facebook-meetings

https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/3/20897932/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-live-qa-leaked-audio-elizabeth-warren-response

Three things to know today

• A biotech conference shows where Silicon Valley’s investor is moving

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/03/synbiotech-showed-the-real-future-of-silicon-valley-biology.html

• There are more IT workers out there than commonly known, but perhaps not where we are looking

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/skilled-tech-workers-are-among-the-majority-of-the-57-million-americans-who-freelance/

AND

• Facebook meetings leak, and why the focus on Big Tech on privacy matters.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/1/20892354/mark-zuckerberg-full-transcript-leaked-facebook-meetings

https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/3/20897932/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-live-qa-leaked-audio-elizabeth-warren-response

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Three things to know today 

• ZenDesk is breached

https://www.channele2e.com/technology/security/zendesk-chat-data-breach/

• Gaming PC shipments may tell us about future trends 

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/03/gaming_pcs_uptick/

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• Auvik gives onsight into the makeup of networks

https://www.prweb.com/releases/networking_hardware_market_becoming_more_fragmented_new_auvik_networks_report/prweb16610706.htm

Three things to know today

• ZenDesk is breached

https://www.channele2e.com/technology/security/zendesk-chat-data-breach/

• Gaming PC shipments may tell us about future trends

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/03/gaming_pcs_uptick/

AND

• Auvik gives onsight into the makeup of networks

https://www.prweb.com/releases/networking_hardware_market_becoming_more_fragmented_new_auvik_networks_report/prweb16610706.htm

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Three things to know today 

• Highlights from the Continuum Navigate event

https://www.channele2e.com/channel-partners/msps/continuum-navigate-live-blog/ 

https://www.channelpronetwork.com/news/continuum-showcases-new-products-vision-navigate19

• Rulings for and against the FCC around net neutrality.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/01/appeals-court-upholds-trump-administrations-cancelling-net-neutrality-rules/

https://slate.com/technology/2019/10/federal-net-neutrality-is-dead.html

AND

• EU’s top court changes those cookie popups.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/01/europes-top-court-says-active-consent-is-needed-for-tracking-cookies/