Podcast
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Third Tier Creates New Technology Education Delivery Solution – Interview Podcast with Amy Babinchak
I got the privilege of sitting down on a call with long time industry veteran Amy Babinchak. Amy and I discussed the latest goings on in the industry including cloud, BYOD, Mobility, Microsoft, and the new offering from Third Tier; the SMB Kitchen Crew. The new SMB Kitchen Crew solution will provide IT Solution Providers [...]
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“When ‘It Just Works’ Just Isn’t Enough: Managing Man Hours Per Gigabyte” with Ted Roller, VP of Channel Development, Intronis
There are hours and costs associated with every successful client backup, every new client set up, and every hour spent managing backups each month. Intronis refers to this as Manhours per Gigabyte™ (MPG). MPG is a quick calculation of what current backup solution is REALLY costing. Intronis is taking the management of client data backup [...]
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This Week’s Weather Report Podcast: “Social Media Marketing Trends for 2012, and How to Get Connected” with Bob Godgart and Jay McBain, ChannelEyes
As we move out of 2011 thinking into 2012 thinking, the way that we market ourselves and our businesses is a big consideration. We know that the marketing world, both B2B and B2C, is changing fast, thanks to tools like Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin. What may be less clear, however, is how all of that [...]
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This Week’s Weather Report Podcast “Taxing the Cloud Part 2“ with Charles Weaver, MSP Alliance
In the first part of our podcast series, Kate Hunt and Charles Weaver tackled an unsettling issue: Managed Services revenue is catching the attention of tax auditors across the country. “Looks like a warranty to me,” the auditors say, before subsequently determining that the MSPs should have charged sales tax on all that service [...]
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Tune in to This Week’s Weather Report Podcast “Taxing the Cloud Part 1: The Taxman Cometh for MSPs” with Charles Weaver, MSP Alliance
Everybody knows that services like the ones we deliver aren’t subject to sales tax. But what if you found out that all the Managed Services revenue you’ve earned since your business opened its doors was in fact subject to sales tax? Would you be able to come up with that kind of cash if the [...]
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Weather Report Podcast “Overcoming the Tyranny of the Status Quo: Owners Who Sell” with Roy Van Norstrand, The Leren Group
Are you a business owner who also sells? Then you can’t afford to miss this great session. Join Roy Van Norstrand of The Leren Group to find out how “the status quo” may be holding back your business performance in ways you don’t even know. We’ll also provide some important ideas to help you overcome [...]
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Tune in to This Week’s Weather Report Podcast “Four Ways MSPs Can Build Real Business Value” with David Schafran of Cogent Growth Partners
2011 has seen a whole lot of talk about Mergers and Acquisitions in the IT Services industry, particularly for Managed Services Providers. It’s gotten some significant coverage in the channel media this year, but a lot of partners seem to be asking: is this real? Why are we seeing this apparent “rush” this year? What’s [...]
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This Week’s Weather Report Podcast: What Consumerization of IT and BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Really Mean For The Future of The Channel
Consumerization of IT. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). These are big ideas, and certainly not terms that are new to you by now. People are using their own devices for work purposes – specifically tablets and smartphones. And from today into tomorrow, people will have even more IP enabled devices that they’ll want to put [...]
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Tune in to This Week’s Weather Report Podcast “What Google + May Mean to Us” with Steve Noel of Autotask
Google + just launched, and got something around 8 million signups in its first week. It’s a new social tool which, depending on who you ask, may or may not have a shot at unseating the “standard” for social media communication, Facebook. Many of us in the IT channel use social media tools not only [...]
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Tune in to The Weather Report Podcast: “What’s Your Big Hairy Audacious Goal?” with Richard Tubb
A term popularized by Verne Harnish in Mastering the Rockefeller Habits and Jim Collins in Built to Last, The Big Hairy Audacious Goal (or BHAG) is a critical component to your business’ growth. Like a corporate mission or your vision, the BHAG will help to shape every tactical decision you make about how to [...]
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Tune in to this week’s Weather Report Podcast: Hosted VS On Premise, The Final Showdown? with Karl Palachuk, KP Enterprises and Frank Gurnee, Equus Systems
Karl Palachuk sells and deploys a whole lot of hosted/cloud-based solutions. Frank Gurnee has just launched a new Hardware-as-a-Service offering with Equus Systems. Karl has been known to tell his clients that their current server will be their last and generally recommends migration to the cloud, while Frank’s new HaaS offering is shaping up to [...]
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Tune in to this week’s Weather Report Podcast “The New Cloud Economy” with Jay McBain, SVP, Autotask
Join Kate Hunt, Editor of Looks Cloudy, and Jay McBain, Senior Vice President of Autotask, for this third and final part in our podcast series “The Future of IT Services” live from Autotask Community Live in Miami, FL this week. In this session, you’ll discover critical three action items that will enable you to start [...]
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Tune in to This Week’s Weather Report Podcast: “Sales Secrets For The Cloud Age” with Roy Van Norstrand of The Leren Group
Sales Professionals are not magicians, contrary to popular belief. Building solid relationships is much more science than it is art. Really. The sales process is quantifiable. Sales Professionals have two resources: activities and time. Time is limited and finite. Activities are, too. Join Kate Hunt and our special guest, Roy Van Norstrand, Founder and President [...]
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Tune in to This Week’s Weather Report Podcast “Three Key Forces Shaping the Future of IT Service” with Jay McBain of Autotask
This Week’s Weather Report Podcast: Gazing Into the Future of IT Service Part 2 “Three Key Forces” with Jay McBain of Autotask In Part 1 of this 3 Part Series, Kate Hunt and Jay McBain discussed some industry trends and statistics for the burgeoning Cloud Age and introduced some Big Ideas that Solution Providers can [...]
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This Week’s Weather Report Podcast: Gazing Into The Future of IT Services, Part 1, With Special Guest Jay McBain, SVP of Autotask
Today in the IT industry we sit at a crossroads. A historian might call it “Interregnum”—the period after the old king has died, but before a new one has been crowned. What we do and the way we do it, delivering IT services, is changing, and fast. Even if it’s not destined to be the [...]
