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I’ve been asked by some vendors how they should respond and help services providers now. I want to start by the way I look at companies and what it says to their communities and use that lens to give guidance. There are lessons here for service providers, vendors, and distributors alike. Bonus episode with Guidance releases on Sunday, April 5th on the podcast feed. Support the show on patreon: patreon.com/mspradio  💼 All Our SponsorsSupport the vendors who support the show:👉 https://businessof.tech/sponsors/ 🚀 Join Business of Tech PlusGet exclusive access to investigative reports, vendor analysis, leadership briefings, and more.👉 https://businessof.tech/plus 🎧 Subscribe to the Business of TechWant the show on your favorite podcast app or prefer the written versions of each story?📲 https://www.businessof.tech/subscribe 📰 Story Links & SourcesLooking for the links from today’s stories?Every episode script — with full source links — is posted at:🌐 https://www.businessof.tech 🎙 Want to Be a Guest?Pitch your story or appear on Business of Tech: Daily 10-Minute IT Services Insights:💬 https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/businessoftech 🔗 Follow Business of Tech LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/28908079YouTube: https://youtube.com/mspradioBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/businessof.techInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mspradioTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@businessoftechFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/mspradionews Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today Do Americans mind their data being used to fight the pandemic? https://www.axios.com/exclusive-americans-wary-of-giving-up-data-to-fight-coronavirus-330fc1d9-8b99-4a51-871b-25ee0e0591f2.html https://www.engadget.com/google-covid-19-community-mobility-reports-095050862.html Two more vendors offer relief programs https://www.channelnomics.com/2020/04/03/lenovo-launches-stimulus-package-for-partners/ https://www.channelnomics.com/2020/04/03/microsoft-eases-burden-on-struggling-partners/ Hospitals under attack https://www.msspalert.com/cybersecurity-markets/verticals/microsoft-hospitals-vpn-update https://www.zdnet.com/article/vpn-warning-revil-ransomware-targets-unpatched-pulse-secure-vpn-servers/ AND Amazon shifts Prime Day https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-prime-d/exclusive-amazon-to-delay-marketing-event-prime-day-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN21L2S6?il=0  💼 All Our SponsorsSupport the vendors who support the show:👉 https://businessof.tech/sponsors/ 🚀 Join Business of Tech PlusGet exclusive access to investigative reports, vendor analysis, leadership briefings, and more.👉 https://businessof.tech/plus 🎧 Subscribe to the Business of TechWant the show on your favorite podcast app or prefer the written versions of each story?📲 https://www.businessof.tech/subscribe 📰 Story Links & SourcesLooking for the links from today’s stories?Every episode script — with full source links — is posted at:🌐 https://www.businessof.tech 🎙 Want to Be a Guest?Pitch your story or appear on Business of Tech: Daily 10-Minute IT Services Insights:💬 https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/businessoftech 🔗 Follow Business of Tech LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/28908079YouTube: https://youtube.com/mspradioBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/businessof.techInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mspradioTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@businessoftechFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/mspradionews Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today New Economic Data from Bank of America https://www.channelnomics.com/2020/04/02/hp-comes-to-aid-of-channel-during-pandemic/ Backup insights from Acronis https://www.acronis.com/en-us/blog/posts/results-are-cyber-protection-week-2020-survey HP offers relief programs https://www.channelnomics.com/2020/04/02/hp-comes-to-aid-of-channel-during-pandemic/ https://www.channelfutures.com/channel-programs/hp-announces-new-covid-19-relief-initiatives AND Zoom responds to security concerns https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/2/21204018/zoom-security-privacy-feature-freeze-200-million-daily-users https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/04/01/a-message-to-our-users/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/technology/zoom-linkedin-data.html  💼 All Our SponsorsSupport the vendors who support the show:👉 https://businessof.tech/sponsors/ 🚀 Join Business of Tech PlusGet exclusive access to investigative reports, vendor analysis, leadership briefings, and more.👉 https://businessof.tech/plus 🎧 Subscribe to the Business of TechWant the show on your favorite podcast app or prefer the written versions of each story?📲 https://www.businessof.tech/subscribe 📰 Story Links & SourcesLooking for the links from today’s stories?Every episode script — with full source links — is posted at:🌐 https://www.businessof.tech 🎙 Want to Be a Guest?Pitch your story or appear on Business of Tech: Daily 10-Minute IT Services Insights:💬 https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/businessoftech 🔗 Follow Business of Tech LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/28908079YouTube: https://youtube.com/mspradioBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/businessof.techInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mspradioTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@businessoftechFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/mspradionews Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today Europe looking at contact tracing https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-tech-idUSKBN21J4HI Events guidance in the new normal https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-to-take-most-of-its-external-and-internal-events-for-the-next-year-digital-only/#ftag=CAD-03-10abf5f A vendor with direct financial assistance offers https://www.channele2e.com/channel-partners/msps/kaseya-cares-program https://www.kaseya.com/kaseyacares/ AND Microsoft patches a critical bug https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-remote-work-bug-microsoft-races-out-this-emergency-fix/\  💼 All Our SponsorsSupport the vendors who support the show:👉 https://businessof.tech/sponsors/ 🚀 Join Business of Tech PlusGet exclusive access to investigative reports, vendor analysis, leadership briefings, and more.👉 https://businessof.tech/plus 🎧 Subscribe to the Business of TechWant the show on your favorite podcast app or prefer the written versions of each story?📲 https://www.businessof.tech/subscribe 📰 Story Links & SourcesLooking for the links from today’s stories?Every episode script — with full source links — is posted at:🌐 https://www.businessof.tech 🎙 Want to Be a Guest?Pitch your story or appear on Business of Tech: Daily 10-Minute IT Services Insights:💬 https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/businessoftech 🔗 Follow Business of Tech LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/28908079YouTube: https://youtube.com/mspradioBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/businessof.techInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mspradioTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@businessoftechFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/mspradionews Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today Sales data on notebooks and more https://www.channelpartnerinsight.com/news/4013344/pc-sales-massive-surge-europe-nations-enter-lockdown Hackers band together https://www.reuters.com/article/us-coronavirus-cyber/cybersecurity-experts-come-together-to-fight-coronavirus-related-hacking-idUSKBN21D049 Zoom under fire for privacy https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/technology/new-york-attorney-general-zoom-privacy.html https://theintercept.com/2020/03/31/zoom-meeting-encryption/ AND Microsoft's branding changes are wider https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-to-rebrand-some-office-365-commercial-plans-as-microsoft-365/  💼 All Our SponsorsSupport the vendors who support the show:👉 https://businessof.tech/sponsors/ 🚀 Join Business of Tech PlusGet exclusive access to investigative reports, vendor analysis, leadership briefings, and more.👉 https://businessof.tech/plus 🎧 Subscribe to the Business of TechWant the show on your favorite podcast app or prefer the written versions of each story?📲 https://www.businessof.tech/subscribe 📰 Story Links & SourcesLooking for the links from today’s stories?Every episode script — with full source links — is posted at:🌐 https://www.businessof.tech 🎙 Want to Be a Guest?Pitch your story or appear on Business of Tech: Daily 10-Minute IT Services Insights:💬 https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/businessoftech 🔗 Follow Business of Tech LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/28908079YouTube: https://youtube.com/mspradioBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/businessof.techInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mspradioTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@businessoftechFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/mspradionews Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today IDC revises server and storage data for the year https://www.channelpartnerinsight.com/news/4013263/covid-19-takes-bite-server-storage-market-2020 https://www.channelnomics.com/2020/03/27/broadvoice-grows-channel-management-group/ New York’s SHIELD law in effect https://www.msspalert.com/cybersecurity-markets/americas/new-york-shield-act-explained/ AND Those Microsoft consumer announcements arrived today https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-rebrands-office-365-consumer-subscriptions-to-m365-adds-more-new-features-for-same-price/#ftag=CAD-03-10abf5f Today's episode is brought to you by DNS Filter. Check them out at https://dnsfilter.com/mspradio for a special extended trial offer.  💼 All Our SponsorsSupport the vendors who support the show:👉 https://businessof.tech/sponsors/ 🚀 Join Business of Tech PlusGet exclusive access to investigative reports, vendor analysis, leadership briefings, and more.👉 https://businessof.tech/plus 🎧 Subscribe to the Business of TechWant the show on your favorite podcast app or prefer the written versions of each story?📲 https://www.businessof.tech/subscribe 📰 Story Links & SourcesLooking for the links from today’s stories?Every episode script — with full source links — is posted at:🌐 https://www.businessof.tech 🎙 Want to Be a Guest?Pitch your story or appear on Business of Tech: Daily 10-Minute IT Services Insights:💬 https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/businessoftech 🔗 Follow Business of Tech LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/28908079YouTube: https://youtube.com/mspradioBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/businessof.techInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mspradioTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@businessoftechFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/mspradionews Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dave Sobel, Host of the Business of Tech podcast, presents the data of the current market state and blunt advice for managing a technology services business in the current environment. The episode with TechAisle's Data: https://link.chtbl.com/UgFBxnzD?sid=0329YT The episode with Forrester's Data: https://link.chtbl.com/hmy9nkuF?sid=0329YT The episode with Cascade Insights Data: https://link.chtbl.com/EF3HBcw0?sid=0329YT  💼 All Our SponsorsSupport the vendors who support the show:👉 https://businessof.tech/sponsors/ 🚀 Join Business of Tech PlusGet exclusive access to investigative reports, vendor analysis, leadership briefings, and more.👉 https://businessof.tech/plus 🎧 Subscribe to the Business of TechWant the show on your favorite podcast app or prefer the written versions of each story?📲 https://www.businessof.tech/subscribe 📰 Story Links & SourcesLooking for the links from today’s stories?Every episode script — with full source links — is posted at:🌐 https://www.businessof.tech 🎙 Want to Be a Guest?Pitch your story or appear on Business of Tech: Daily 10-Minute IT Services Insights:💬 https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/businessoftech 🔗 Follow Business of Tech LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/28908079YouTube: https://youtube.com/mspradioBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/businessof.techInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mspradioTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@businessoftechFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/mspradionews Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today First data on the impact of businesses across industries and sizes https://www.cascadeinsights.com/coronavirus-business-disruption-b2b-tech-market-research AND Broadband, as we look at stories affecting speed, connectivity, and impact to 5G https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/business/coronavirus-internet-traffic-speed.html https://themarkup.org/ask-the-markup/2020/03/26/how-many-americans-lack-high-speed-internet https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-could-delay-next-set-of-5g-standards-2020-3  💼 All Our SponsorsSupport the vendors who support the show:👉 https://businessof.tech/sponsors/ 🚀 Join Business of Tech PlusGet exclusive access to investigative reports, vendor analysis, leadership briefings, and more.👉 https://businessof.tech/plus 🎧 Subscribe to the Business of TechWant the show on your favorite podcast app or prefer the written versions of each story?📲 https://www.businessof.tech/subscribe 📰 Story Links & SourcesLooking for the links from today’s stories?Every episode script — with full source links — is posted at:🌐 https://www.businessof.tech 🎙 Want to Be a Guest?Pitch your story or appear on Business of Tech: Daily 10-Minute IT Services Insights:💬 https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/businessoftech 🔗 Follow Business of Tech LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/28908079YouTube: https://youtube.com/mspradioBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/businessof.techInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mspradioTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@businessoftechFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/mspradionews Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today The roundup https://www.connectwise.com/philanthropy/hand-wash-karaoke#donateform Forrester revises the 2020 outlook for technology companies https://go.forrester.com/blogs/quantifying-coronavirus-covid-19-for-the-tech-channel/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4REEhp35yU AND Apple blocks third party cookies in Safari https://www.techspot.com/news/84552-safari-now-block-third-party-cookies-default-delete.html https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/24/21192830/apple-safari-intelligent-tracking-privacy-full-third-party-cookie-blocking  💼 All Our SponsorsSupport the vendors who support the show:👉 https://businessof.tech/sponsors/ 🚀 Join Business of Tech PlusGet exclusive access to investigative reports, vendor analysis, leadership briefings, and more.👉 https://businessof.tech/plus 🎧 Subscribe to the Business of TechWant the show on your favorite podcast app or prefer the written versions of each story?📲 https://www.businessof.tech/subscribe 📰 Story Links & SourcesLooking for the links from today’s stories?Every episode script — with full source links — is posted at:🌐 https://www.businessof.tech 🎙 Want to Be a Guest?Pitch your story or appear on Business of Tech: Daily 10-Minute IT Services Insights:💬 https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/businessoftech 🔗 Follow Business of Tech LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/28908079YouTube: https://youtube.com/mspradioBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/businessof.techInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mspradioTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@businessoftechFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/mspradionews Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today TechAisle and 2112 with fresh market data taking into account the pandamic https://techaisle.com/blog/396-covid-19-impact-on-global-smb-and-midmarket-it-spend http://techaisle.com/images/smbcovid19/techaisle-take-covid-19-impact-on-smb-it-spend.pdf https://the2112group.com/2020/03/2112-survey-channel-chiefs-feel-the-impact-of-covid-19/ JEDI contract updates https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/24/amazon-slams-pentagons-approach-to-fix-10-billion-jedi-contract.html https://breakingdefense.com/2020/03/pentagon-will-not-split-jedi-award-exclusive/ AND Perch with new ransomware data https://www.msspalert.com/cybersecurity-research/perch-2020-msp-threat-research-report/  💼 All Our SponsorsSupport the vendors who support the show:👉 https://businessof.tech/sponsors/ 🚀 Join Business of Tech PlusGet exclusive access to investigative reports, vendor analysis, leadership briefings, and more.👉 https://businessof.tech/plus 🎧 Subscribe to the Business of TechWant the show on your favorite podcast app or prefer the written versions of each story?📲 https://www.businessof.tech/subscribe 📰 Story Links & SourcesLooking for the links from today’s stories?Every episode script — with full source links — is posted at:🌐 https://www.businessof.tech 🎙 Want to Be a Guest?Pitch your story or appear on Business of Tech: Daily 10-Minute IT Services Insights:💬 https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/businessoftech 🔗 Follow Business of Tech LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/28908079YouTube: https://youtube.com/mspradioBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/businessof.techInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mspradioTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@businessoftechFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/mspradionews Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.