At Microsoft Ignite - I engaged in a convesation with Matt Glickman, an executive at Snowflake - about BIG DATA and connecting it all via warehousing, etc. If being a continous learner in the SMB Nation community means you should challenge yourself by stretching your mind - this is the interview for you.
Analytics/Analysis
Why Learn?
The question facing mankind is: why learn? Why take a precious day away from your busy MSP practice? What's the pay-off to continuing education? Long-term the return on educational investment is well known and positive. But what about a Wednesday in Boston? to find out - listen to this interview with Wes Haire at
Attendee! Attendee! SolarWinds EmpowerMSP Musings
In this interview, MiaCate Kennedy I from ABC Office Equipment in Spokane, Washington offers insights into her experience at EmpowerMSP, the annual SolarWinds partner conference recently held in Scottsdale, AZ. This is the second consecutive time that Kennedy has attended this event (the first time as last year in Orlando).
Inside Scoop: Kaseya Acquires Rapid Fire Tools
Harry catches up with Kaseya CEO Fred Voccola at the GlueCon conference in Scottsdale AZ to discuss the recent Rapid Fire Tools acqustion in the MSP partner channel sector. Voccola is on the record saying the acquistion is accretive
Day One at Microsoft Ignite
Here is my report from the Microsoft Ignite conference in Orlando, FL as part of Tech Tuesday series. I'm streaming from 'da floor. Over the course of Day One - I saw Dean Paron with his new MSFT business unit (Paron and I worked in the late 1990s on the original Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) development team. In the vid
Is Pax8 the new “Un-Distributor?”
I caught a few moment with Pax8 channel chief Ryan Walsh at the recent GlueCon conference in Scottsdale, AZ. In this segment, you'll hear Ryan speak towards the "broken distribution" model in information technology (IT). Walsh is on a mission to disrupt IT distribution and he shares his strategic insights. I offer he's really thinking about
Why you should invest more in predictive analytics
By Claudio Garcia – Contributing Writer,
For years, predictive analytics has been used for assessing project risk, detecting fraud and even predicting Super Bowl winners (although the computers fell short this year). Predictive analytics has also made a large impact on the ability for marketing organizations to predict demand, personalize content and increase conversion.