Showpad, a sales enablement platform, released a report that says in-person sales are dead—quoting from Tech Republic. Eighty-six percent of buyers now prefer to be…
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Microsoft Inspire Highlights
By Dave Sobel on July 21, 2022
Microsoft’s Inspire event was this week, the annual partner event. Here are some highlights. Kicking off the event, Satya Nadella urged partners to go beyond…
The recession planning conversation, outlined
By Dave Sobel on July 19, 2022
So, Gartner. I quoted them last week with that 3% increase in IT spending… well, digging into that, note it’s a drop from 5%. So,…
Vendor promises, examined: Single pane of glass?
By Dave Sobel on July 18, 2022
AWS announced a “one console to manage everything” approach, focusing on AWS Cloud WAN. Cloud WAN is presented as a way to quickly set up…
One in four businesses looking to replace their CRM
By Dave Sobel on July 15, 2022
Third Door Media surveyed marketing executives, and found that almost one out of every four (26 percent) small businesses (companies with less than $25 million…
Microsoft’s rollback, plus Autopatch hits GA
By Dave Sobel on July 13, 2022
Microsoft with a pair of critical moves. First, they confirmed recently that they are undoing their block of Visual Basic for Application macros in Office. …
What are CEO’s saying about the current climate?
By Dave Sobel on July 12, 2022
This one is too good. IoT analytics analyzed 3,000 earnings calls in Q2 of 2022 across about 1500 companies and dug into the topics. Here…
Let’s update on that Louisiana MSP registration law
By Dave Sobel on July 11, 2022
Kicking things off with an update on a story, courtesy of StateScoop. Long-time listeners remember our coverage in 2020 of Louisiana adopting a law to…
Warnings about cybersecurity burnout
By Dave Sobel on July 8, 2022
Cybersecurity burnout is real – per a survey by Bridewell, 95% are experiencing factors that would make them likely to leave in the next 12…
N-Able and Acronis moves to consider
By Dave Sobel on July 8, 2022
And going into the weekend, I’ll make my rare product observations. N-Able has purchased Spinpanel, which makes a product quote “focused on managing, automating, and…