{"id":750,"date":"2020-08-04T01:05:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T08:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/killingit.smallbizthoughts.com\/?p=750"},"modified":"2021-07-16T14:37:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T21:37:43","slug":"episode-71-big-tech-businesses-and-college-evaluations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/killingit.smallbizthoughts.com\/2020\/08\/episode-71-big-tech-businesses-and-college-evaluations\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 71 &#8211; Big Tech Businesses and College Evaluations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Topic 1: The &#8220;Big Four&#8221; IT buisinesses grilled by Congress.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Will there be any real aftermath to these hearings, or is this all just political showmanship?<\/p>\n<p>CEOs from Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google were grilled by Congress. We discuss what this might mean (or not).<\/p>\n<p>Sample Link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2020\/07\/29\/technology\/tech-ceos-hearing-testimony\"> https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2020\/07\/29\/technology\/tech-ceos-hearing-testimony<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic 2: SolarWinds abdicates RMM.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SolarWinds has announced that they&#8217;re just going to use the Microsoft tools to manage patch management. Is this simply &#8220;opting out&#8221; of the RMM game, or a smart move acknowledging that Microsoft does it better.<\/p>\n<p>What does this mean to you as a SolarWinds user? And does it affect you if you use something else? And is there any long-term effect on the industry generally? We discuss.<\/p>\n<p>Link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channele2e.com\/technology\/management\/solarwinds-msp-microsoft-365-intune-partnership\/\"> https:\/\/www.channele2e.com\/technology\/management\/solarwinds-msp-microsoft-365-intune-partnership\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic 3: Life after Covid: College Life Expectancy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How will colleges survive in the long term, and how is this affected by the Covid? Scott Galloway had a great blog post &#8211; with a great graphic. He looks at how colleges will emerge from this strange time.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the comments as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.profgalloway.com\/uss-university\/\">https:\/\/www.profgalloway.com\/uss-university\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Love the graphic<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/api.profgalloway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/US_Higher_Ed4.png\"> https:\/\/api.profgalloway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/US_Higher_Ed4.png<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/api.profgalloway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/US_Higher_Ed4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"7139\" height=\"4718\"><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;\"  style=\"border:none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/15461405\/height\/100\/width\/\/thumbnail\/no\/render-playlist\/no\/theme\/custom\/tdest_id\/1346593\/custom-color\/87A93A\" height=\"100\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" 1=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" 2=\"mozallowfullscreen\" 3=\"oallowfullscreen\" 4=\"msallowfullscreen\" class=\"podcast-class\" frameborder=\"0\" placement=\"bottom\" libsyn_item_id=\"0\" theme=\"custom\" custom_color=\"75942D\"><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.libsyn.com\/episode\/index\/id\/15461405\/tdest_id\/1346593\">Check out this episode!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topic 1: The &#8220;Big Four&#8221; IT buisinesses grilled by Congress. 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