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The ratio of fraud across businesses is getting miserable day-by-day, both in the number of cases and the ample of money that is being lost. However, according to researchers, small companies are more prone to frauds, and around 88% of the US companies reported that most of the scams were in the business finances. Why so?
Watch a community grow up is like child rearing. Frustrating at time but ultimately rewarding. The good news is that our SMB Nation managed services providers (MSP) partners are embracing the role of sponsors in the community. I call it the fourth leg of the stool
As I sit here overlooking South Lake Union in Seattle – the neighborhood that Paul Allen restored and the home of Amazon HQ1, I wanted to reflect on what Paul Allen has meant to Seattle and myself. I’ve expressed my thoughts on today’s Northwest Digital News (NDN) where I’m a regular contributor for the Tech Tuesday segment. You can watch that
Spiceworks, a large community of IT Pros, can be viewed from many directions. In addition to being a community, it behaves as a media integration company with vendor support and its also known for it’s solid research and reporting. I had my annual visit with Peter Tsai (@supertsai), senior technology analyst at Spiceworks where he released the 2019 State of Future Workplace Tech.
In this report, I interview Andy Higgins from Dripping Springs, TX. He flew north to Montreal to attend the SherWeb Accelerate 2018 conference and offers insights from the floor. In particular this event was impactful in
Bestselling Windows Secrets author Brian Livingston has more secrets to share - in the financial technology (FinTech) area. His new book, Muscular Portfolios, is here and advises you that, yes, computers are smarter than emotional humanoids.
Where to begin? Let’s play the standard who, what, where, when, why and how.
Who – the audience for Smartsheet is primarily IT Pros who work for traditional businesses day-to-day. These attendees would use Smartsheet as part of a job role. Over 60% of the attendees are women (compare to many tech conferences where I believe 90% of the attendees are men).
What – the Smartsheet Engage conference is in it’s second year and doubled in size from 1,000 last year to over 2,000