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December
5, 2016
Issue 11-15 |
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Start-over as a Network Engineer!
Granted many of the SMB Nation
readers are experienced IT Pros. But one layer below, many MSPs have a
rising star. Typically a “newbie,” this individual is being eyed for
bigger things. Which gets me to my point. Chip Reaves of Bigger Brains
and I teamed up with Emily Wilson a just over a year ago to create the
Networking Essentials: CompTIA Network Plus Exam Prep course. I proudly
consider this the 20th publication I’ve been an author or co-author
of...
READ MORE HERE.
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Start-over: 435
Congressional Districts
Before the end of the year, Karl Palachuk and I
intend to do our quarterly analyst briefing webinar that typically
enjoys a receptive audience. On deck on the agenda for our
to-be-announced 4Q Analyst Report webinar is a non-partisan review of
the election. We’ll stick to the facts and discuss how it results
impact MSPs. Trust us!
I want to leak one topic right here, right now. At a high-level it
concerns each part of America having the ability to innovate
technology. For example...
READ MORE HERE.
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Analysis:
How Seattle Became Cloud City!
Seattle
is a great investment! Why? Because this city consistently reinvents
itself. Follow the dots: timber to gold to aerospace to tech to cloud.
I’ve enjoyed living here nearly 30 years and confirm that every time I
land after a trip, realizing I’m home!
So what is Seattle’s secret sauce in becoming Cloud City? I’d offer
competition. Both AWS and Azure were invented here. Hell even
competitors like Google are now moving north to drink the water. I have
a question for you before we discuss...
READ MORE HERE.
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Webinars this Week!
(1) Stockholm Syndrome in IT
(2) Making and saving money with IaaS Clouds
Good news! We have two educational webinar next week (week of December
11-17, 2016.
Details
are as follows:
Webinar:
“Stockholm Syndrome in IT”
Efficiency losses are real, and this webinar will discuss one of the
biggest losses incurred by IT departments. This risk extends to
existential threats like downtime caused by ransomware--tape backup
systems.
Join Infrascale’s Channel Chief Chris Sterbenc, to talk about how IT
departments and businesses can get unstuck from behind the tape backup
barrier to greater efficiency and protection.
When: December 13, 2016, 12:00PM Pacific (Noon, GMT-8)
Register HERE!
Webinar:
Making and saving money with IaaS Clouds
Most companies are thinking about, or already utilizing, public clouds
to replace their on-prem infrastructure. Learn about the major IaaS
players, how to create and position your services in the age of cloud
computing. Learn about the benefits of IaaS services, and how to use
them to your advantage.
When: December 15, 2016, 12:00pm Pacific (Noon, GMT-8)
Regsiter HERE!
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Trending – Trend Micro’s
Office365 play
Back
in the early Windows Small Business Server (SBS) days, Trend Micro made
a significant commitment to developing solutions and branding around
SBS. In no small part it contributed to the multi-fold growth Trend
Micro has experienced over the past 15-years. I certainly appreciate
its community commitment because year-in and year-out, community
members could depend on Trend Micro to suit up and show up.
Now it feels like déjà vu. Trend Micro is going big in the Office 365
community this year. Read More Here!
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