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The Killing IT Podcast

IT authors and entrepreneurs Ryan Morris, Karl Palachuk, and Dave Sobel provide commentary on the changing world of technology opportunities and emerging tech.

We want to expand the discussion from the SMB IT channel to all things tech - with one eye on the future and the other on profits. Join us!

Jul 30, 2019

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 (Google) and Amazon, the $5 Billion fine of Facebook,...


Jul 23, 2019

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 there is actually a lot of channel potential here....


Jul 16, 2019

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 http://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/07/09/smithsonian-project-saturn-rocket-washington-monument/.

 

As a follow-up to last week's...


Jul 9, 2019

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 for channel.

For those who haven't been in the...


Jul 1, 2019

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 games, the Houston Space Center, and "Shows that are no...