Killing IT Podcast
A Closer Look at all things IT
Episode 29: FAANG Financials, Drone Airlines, and Net Neutrality
Topic 1: Jim Cramer, the financial TV guy, has proposed that the "FAANG" index needs to change. FAANG simply means Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google. Cramer thinks we should drop Netflix from the group because they've lost money recently and add Microsoft...
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Episode 27: Digital Transformation, Abusing Drones, and Universal Voice Control
Another great show! We hit a lot of bases with this one. Topic 1: Digital Transformation - Yes or No? References: Ryan says Yes - The term "Digital Transformation" is becoming more valuable and meaningful over time. This is what we mean when we focus on value versus...
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KIT Episode 26: Professionalism – in the IT Industry and Our Media
Topic One: Grrrrr . . . Topic on Reddit (not a great article, so no link) asked the question, "What jobs have the highest income with the lowest requirements?" Proposed answer is Managed Services!!! From time to time, some magazine asks the same question and suggests...
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Episode 25! Massive Anti-Trust Movement in Tech . . . and so much more
Topic 1: Boom! Attorneys general from 48 states plus Puerto Rico and Washington, DC have joined together in a huge antitrust investigation of Google. (California and Alabama are not joining them.) We have a lively discussion about this, where it came from, and where...
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Episode 24: Smart Stocks, Smart Houses, Smart Announcements
Topic One on this episode is Jim Cramer's recent "Primer" on cloud stocks. See: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/21/cramers-primer-on-cloud-stocks-know-the-company-if-you-want-to-own.html We don't give investing advice, but we go deep on what it means for IT service...
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Episode 23: Ransomware Reckoning for MSPs?
Topic 1: Is a reckoning coming for MSPs? Ransomware attacks are getting worst - and getting broader coverage. We take on the topic head-on. Links mentioned: - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/us/ransomware-attacks-hacking.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -...
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Episode 22: Paul Dippell’s Service Leadership Mid-Year Report
This Killing IT Podcast takes a different format from our previous posts. Here we take a focused look at an important webinar that was recently posted. A tip of the hat to Joe Panettieri Paul Dippell! ChannelE2E published Paul Dippell's Service Leadership Mid-Year...
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Episode 21: Travel Security, Alexa Goes to College, and Decency on the Internet
We report a bit on one aspect of ChannelCon. Both Black Hat and DefCon were in Vegas during ChannelCon. So the question is: Are we any LESS secure with these folks in town? Of course this leads into a discussion of what the three of us do to keep our "devices" secure...
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KIT Episode 20: Live from CompTIA ChannelCon
Live from CompTIA ChannelCon. Recorded in the "Think and Drink Lounge." We have lots of reflections about the activities and people at ChannelCon. Topic One: There's a growing tendency to encourage people to skip college and just go to trade school. We comment on this...
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Episode 19: Facebook Wants to Read Your Brain
Topic One: Can you trust Facebook to read your mind? One thought is that it's pretty cool, no matter who creates it. But having Facebook be the creator immediately makes us nervous. Lessons for you: Losing your customers' trust lasts a very long time. Overall, a fun...
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Episode 18: News Roundup, Open Source AI, and Small Changes That Make a Big Difference
We're preparing for Las Vegas, ChannelCon, hot weather, and a swarm of grasshoppers! Stay tuned for our next episode - to be recorded live in Vegas. We start this episode with a little catch-up on technology news. This includes massive profit increases for Alphabet...
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Episode 17: Hacking an Entire Country
We're all back in the house for Episode 17. We kick off with a discussion of bandwidth. With all the talk about 5G, the US continues to have some pretty slow internet access. See https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/7/12/20681214/mobile-speeds-slow-ookla-5g Dave notes that...
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Episode 16 – Is Microsoft Your Partner Now?
Quick note at the beginning: The Smithsonian will be projecting a Saturn V rocket on the side of the Washington Monument as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the moon landing. See...
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Episode 15 – Is Microsoft Your Partner?
Ryan joins us again . . . from a remote location. THE topic we felt had to start with is Microsoft's announcement that they are putting an end to "internal use" software rights. We look at Microsoft's move generally, why we think they're doing it, and what it means...
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Episode 14 – Summer Holiday Edition
Ryan's off to Scotland this week, but Dave's back from New Zealand. So Dave and I enjoyed a casual conversation about travel . . . and other Summer topics. If you want business stuff, hang in til the end. In the meantime, we covered travel tips, bar-cades, video...
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Episode 13 – Social Media Moderation and Money
Dave was off to New Zealand when we recorded Episode 13. So Ryan and Karl took on three topics on our own. Dave will be back next week. We kick off with a discussion of social media moderation. In particular, why does one social media outlet (Facebook, YouTube,...
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Episode 12 – Breaking Up (Amazon and Facebook) is Hard To Do
We start off arguing about whether to investigate and breaks up some of the big online services. Listen for Dave's challenge to the listeners! Next up, we jump into the following article from the MIT Technology Review: Revising DNS to include Blockchain. Questions...
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Episode 11 – Technology in Schools and Space
Topics here include technology in schools, Windows 7 EOL, and SpaceX. Technology in schools has become more important than ever, but the "digital divide" is getting worse. Some districts have amazing, cutting edge programs while others are struggling to teach basic...
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Episode 10 – Benevolence vs. Malevolence in Technology
A follow-up to the topic we started last week. We kick off with a discussion about ethics in emerging technology. Ethics need to be both internal and outward-facing. And the sooner ethics enters the discussion, the better. Inventors don't normally consider the evil...
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Episode 9 – The Dark Side of Emerging Technology
We kick off Episode 9 with our pet peeve slides from the front of the room. Give us your feedback: If you could eliminate one slide forever, what would it be? ... Wherein Ryan admits he has used more than his share of data slides ... leaving fewer slides for the rest...
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Episode 8 – Business Models, Terminology, and Emerging Technology
Ryan sent us a blog post that just didn't hit home with him. Dave breaks it into three pieces and then shreds it. Wherein we note that The Google can't lie. Then we slip into a very serious discussion of business models and business model generation. Book: Business...
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Episode 7 – Do You Become Dumber When You Work for a Vendor?
Ryan is wandering off with a client this week (or feeling sick or some such nonsense), so Dave and Karl conspired to riff on the IT industry without his perspective. Dave asks the question, "Did I become dumber when I went to work for a vendor?" Sometimes IT service...
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Episode 6 – Is the Term MSP Still Useful?
Dave kicks us off with some notes about emerging technologies and how soon we might be able to find business opportunities. Ryan posits that the term "Managed Service Provider" isn't useful to customers. And of course that leads to a discussion of "cloud" and the use...
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Episode 5 – Drones Aren’t Just Drone
Question of the day: Will the first burrito be delivered to your house by flying drone or autonomous vehicle?
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