Uncle Marv's IT Business Podcast
Uncle Marv’s IT Business Podcast is a show designed for IT professionals and Managed Service Providers. The podcast aims to provide actionable advice and tips that help IT businesses grow and thrive in the competitive tech industry. The podcast features guest interviews with seasoned IT professionals, business owners, and industry pioneers who share their experiences, insights, and strategies for success. These discussions often cover topics such as: - Cloud computing and AI advancements - Managed services best practices - Leadership and mentorship in IT - Cybersecurity solutions - Billing automation and financial management
Episodes
Damon West, the keynote speaker at ASCII Edge in Boston, joins Uncle Marv to discuss his extraordinary life story. West begins by praising ASCII Edge for their exceptional client relationships and event organization. West recounts his past as a Division 1 starting quarterback at the University of North Texas, whose career was cut short by injury. This led to substance abuse issues, which escalated when he was introduced to methamph...
Uncle Marv kicks off the episode by acknowledging the sponsor, SuperOps, and dives into the major news of the CrowdStrike incident. A faulty sensor configuration update from CrowdStrike led to widespread computer outages affecting about 8.5 million Windows machines globally. Marv explains how he managed client concerns and highlights the critical need for robust disaster recovery strategies and business continuity planning.
He unde...
Boost MSP Efficiency with Strategy Overview
Website: https://www.strategyoverview.com/
In this episode, Uncle Marv sits down with Alex Markov to delve into Strategy Overview, a software platform tailored for MSPs to optimize their strategic planning and client management. Alex explains how the platform's powerful and flexible template engine allows MSPs to standardize their processes and save significant time. The user-friendly inter...
Revolutionizing SaaS Security with Overe
Website: https://www.overe.io/
In this episode, Uncle Marv welcomes Paul Barnes, co-founder and CEO of Overe, to discuss their SaaS security platform and its role in the IT Nation Pitch It Accelerator program. Overe focuses on providing automated security analysis and continuous monitoring for SaaS applications, addressing the increasing number of cloud security incidents.
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Uncle Marv welcomes Tim Coach to discuss strategic spending in IT businesses. Tim emphasizes the importance of aligning spending with business goals and market demands. He advises against arbitrary budget cuts, instead recommending a focus on ROI and strategic investments.
Tim highlights the significance of investing in both technology and talent. He suggests prioritizing spending on areas that directly impact customer satisfaction...
In this episode of the IT Business Podcast, host Uncle Marv interviews William Hibbard, owner of TorqueNet LLC. The two discuss Bill's journey from Air Force cyber operations officer to running his own Managed Service Provider (MSP) business. Hibbard shares insights on transitioning from a hobby to a full-fledged business, his approach to cybersecurity, and the challenges of being a solo tech.
Bill explains how his Air Force backgr...
Stuart Holtby introduces Get In Sync as a comprehensive platform that helps businesses uncover their IT strategy. He uses the analogy of a treasure map to explain how the tool works, assisting organizations in putting together all their applications, information, projects, and processes to visualize their overarching strategy.
The platform goes beyond traditional IT spend analysis, incorporating various aspects of business operatio...
Uncle Marv interviews Kevin Lancaster and Matt Solomon from Channel Program about their new product, MyITspend. The guests introduce the tool as a client management solution designed to help MSPs optimize their client relationships and boost revenue.
Kevin explains that MyITspend grew out of the need to solve big problems in the MSP industry and make operations more efficient. The tool started with the Navistack concept, which help...
Dawn Sizer, CEO of Third Element Consulting, joins Uncle Marv to discuss the success of her MSP business. She attributes their success to working closely with her husband and having a strong leadership team. Dawn shares insights on adopting AI tools like Copilot, emphasizing the importance of skilled workers to effectively use these tools.
The conversation covers Third Element Consulting's high client retention rate, which Dawn cre...
Joe Lohmeier, NinjaOne's new channel chief, joins the IT Business Podcast to discuss the company's recent developments and growth. NinjaOne, formerly known as NinjaRMM, has expanded its offerings to become a unified endpoint management platform serving both MSPs and internal IT departments.
The conversation covers NinjaOne's rebranding, its recognition as a top RMM solution for 20 consecutive quarters, and the launch of the Ninja O...
Sudhir Nambiar, co-founder and CEO of XAmplify, introduces their marketing automation platform tailored for MSPs and IT service providers. The platform offers solutions for channel marketing, partner relationship management, and through-channel marketing automation.
XAmplify allows MSPs to conduct co-branded campaigns with multiple vendors, addressing the challenge of managing relationships with 10-15 vendors simultaneously. The pl...
Wayne Creamer, founder and CEO of Symoda, returns to the IT Business Podcast to discuss the evolution of their customer-centric communication platform for managed service providers (MSPs). With 20 years of experience in the MSP space, Wayne identified communication as a recurring problem among customers, which led to the creation of Symoda.
Initially a mobile-based solution, Symoda is expanding to desktop and team platforms like Sl...
Uncle Marv and Matt Koenig catch up after a missed meeting at IT Nation Secure. They discuss NodeWare's continuous vulnerability management solution and its recent spin-off as a separate company. Matt highlights Nodeware's compliance with various cybersecurity standards, including the recently updated CIS control version 8.1.
The conversation covers Nodeware's new patch management feature, which allows users to schedule and deploy ...
Larry Garcia introduces Strety as a Business Operating System Software (BOSS) designed to help companies improve operational efficiency. The tool focuses on key performance indicators (KPIs), goal setting, and project management.
Strety integrates with Microsoft Teams and offers features such as smart agendas, automatic reminders, and goal tracking. It can be used internally by MSPs and can also be offered to their clients as a val...
Patrick Clawson introduces CheckRed Security as a comprehensive cloud security SaaS solution that covers both cybersecurity and compliance aspects. The platform uniquely addresses IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS security in a single multi-tenant environment, making it ideal for service providers.
CheckRed goes beyond monitoring and risk assessment by providing guided remediation workflows and detailed reports. The platform is designed to be M...
Uncle Marv interviews Zach Kromkowski from Senteon, a cybersecurity company participating in the IT Nation Pitch It Accelerator program. Senteon provides automated system hardening and compliance solutions for workstations, servers, and browsers based on CIS standards.
Zach explains that Senteon's platform automates the implementation of over 1,200 security settings recommended by CIS. The company has rewritten about 550 GPOs from ...
Robert J. Scott, co-founder of Monjur, returns to the IT Business Podcast to discuss their contracts-as-a-service platform for IT managed service providers. Scott highlights the benefits of participating in the IT Nation Pitch It Accelerator program, including valuable connections and exposure that have accelerated Monjur's growth.
Monjur offers a cloud-based legal service with industry-leading templates customized for each MSP and...
Uncle Marv sits down with Michelle Accardi, CEO of LionGard, to explore the latest advancements in MSP technology and the exciting developments at LionGard. The conversation kicks off with a discussion about Liongard’s role in enhancing MSP operations through comprehensive attack surface management. Michelle explains how Liongard’s platform automates IT asset inventory, monitors configuration changes, and provides a cyber risk dash...
Uncle Marv recaps his recent attendance at multiple tech conferences, focusing on IT Nation Secure and PAX 8 Beyond. He highlights key announcements from these events, including ConnectWise's Security 360 product and PAX 8's new Marketplace.
The podcast explores the world of conference swag, with Uncle Marv reviewing various items across categories such as tech gadgets, writing utensils, socks, and shirts. He emphasizes the importa...
Uncle Marv welcomes Darrin Swan with Todyl to discuss the company's comprehensive cybersecurity platform designed for SMBs and MSPs. Darrein explains that Todyl was founded to address the growing cybersecurity challenges faced by smaller businesses that lack the resources of larger enterprises.
Todyl's platform integrates various security tools into a single, user-friendly solution, including next-gen firewalls, intrusion detection...
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