by Karl W. Palachuk | Oct 15, 2019 | Killing IT Podcast
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...
by Karl W. Palachuk | Sep 25, 2019 | Killing IT Podcast
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...
by Karl W. Palachuk | Sep 17, 2019 | Killing IT Podcast
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...
by Karl W. Palachuk | Sep 10, 2019 | Killing IT Podcast
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...
by Karl W. Palachuk | Aug 20, 2019 | Killing IT Podcast
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...
by Karl W. Palachuk | Aug 13, 2019 | Killing IT Podcast
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....
