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Topic 1: SpaceX Takes Off!
SpaceX launched sixty more satellites last week – with ONE rocket. They now have more than 1,000 satellites deployed. Their target is a total of 1,440. These will be dedicated to Internet-beaming.
Last year, SpaceX launched 26 rockets successfully. This year, the goal is 40. Most of those rockets have landed successfully on their floating platforms in the ocean.
Related Link:
https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-17-satellites-launch-webcast
Topic 2: Microsoft coming after your customers. Really.
Amy Babinchak has raised the alarm with a couple of blog posts. We look at Microsoft’s complicated relationship with their so-called partners.
Third Tier Links:
https://www.thirdtier.net/2021/01/13/microsoft-really-is-coming-for-your-clients-this-time/
https://www.thirdtier.net/2021/01/19/what-microsofts-new-auditing-initiative-means-for-partners/
Topic 3: It’s never good news when the popular media know what we do for a living
When our problems become “mainstreet” topics, it’s not good for us. This includes the concept of Managed Services and the basics of Ransomware. We discuss.
Related Link:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/19/tech/ransomware-2020-review/index.html
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One point of clarification Karl. Microsoft is not dinging the client’s credit card. However, they still consider the CSP’s client to be thier customer.
If Microsoft sells a client, I thought they did ding the client’s credit card. And then if you are attached as the partner of record, you get a few pennies.
I realize this is different from you selling the client as a CSP.