Podnutz Pro is now the IT Business Podcast – https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/ Mom is home and doing well. I am COVID free. Tech Life goes on… but why are people so angry on Reddit and Facebook? Life is too short. ===== Mentioned in this podca

IT Business Podcast 387: State Of The Podcast

Jan 17th, 2022

Podnutz Pro is now the IT Business Podcast – https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/ The IT Business Podcast will take a brief hiatus as Marvin and his family take care of their mother, whom as admitted into the hospital on Friday, January 7. Update

Podnutz Pro #386: Ray Orsini with OIT, LLC

Jan 6th, 2022

Podnutz Pro is now the IT Business Podcast – https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/ Guest: Fellow Florida Man, and CEO of OIT, LLC. If you get distracted by Star Wars, Star Trek or the Matrix… this episode is for you. Website: https://oit.co/partne

Podnutz Pro #385: Introducing The IT Business Podcast

Dec 30th, 2021

Podnutz Pro is now the IT Business Podcast – https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/ My goal with the podcast is the same… to help everyone run their IT business better, smarter and faster. If you’re a System Admin working for small business, the ho

Podnutz Pro #384: 2021 Holiday Podcast

Dec 23rd, 2021

Guests: Jason & Rachel Miller (Unbound Digital) – Dawn Sizer (3rd Element Consulting) – Chad Kempt (Fast Computers) – Diana Giles (Skyline IT Management) – Mike Pennachi (Network Protocol Specialists) – Lisa Hendrickson (Call That Girl) – Jim C

Podnutz Pro #383: Streamline For Success with Cramer Snuggs

Dec 16th, 2021

Guest: Cramer Snuggs, Cascade Technologies What does it take to provide work class Disaster Recovery and Cyber Protection Solutions? We talk about streamlining your stack and making the right transitions in your business. Cramer has grown his I

Podnutz Pro #382: Pricing, Billing and More with Gradient MSP

Dec 14th, 2021

Guest: Colin Knox. Colin is back with his third business launch, seeking to help IT service providers ease and automate monthly billing tasks. Billable from Gradient MSP is the easiest way to reconcile MSP billing. Website: https://www.meetgrad

Podnutz Pro #381: $2 Million Cyber Security Education

Dec 9th, 2021

Guests: Shanna Utgard and Glen Capen, Success Managers at Defendify. What scares you about cyber security? How about wiring $2.1 million to a cyber attacker? Learn how not to do that… and how to educate your clients. Website: https://www.defend

Podnutz Pro #380: Best Practices: Firewall Auditing & Compliance

Dec 2nd, 2021

Insurance companies and others are forcing our clients to upgrade and audit their security. What is your firewall security checklist? How do you audit your firewall? I ask Michael Crean these questions and more… Website: https://solutionsgrante

Podnutz Pro #379: Growing a Large MSP, with James Fair

Nov 30th, 2021

Executech is an award-winning, outsourced IT services provider. How did they get that way? White Glove Service where they place people first and do the right thing… no matter what. James is the Senior Vice President of Technical Operations. In

Podnutz Pro #378: Black Friday Preview

Nov 24th, 2021

2 Blacks Guys – 1 Black Friday You can already shop Black Friday Deals… Eric Pinto and I will chat about some of the best sales for you. Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store: https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ Amazon Early Black Friday Deals: https://amzn.to/3oRetjo

Podnutz Pro #377: Introducing the Channel Program

Nov 22nd, 2021

Matt Solomon and Kevin Lancaster join the show and introduce the Channel Program. Channel Program is a video-enabled collaborative platform designed to bring the entire channel community together. There are three current components, Channel Pi

Podnutz Pro #376: Scott Sanders, IT Business Owners Group

Nov 18th, 2021

Guest: Scott Sanders run the IT Business Owners Group, a unique community that connects business owners, technicians and vendors. ITBOG Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ITBusinessOwnersGroup ITBOG Website: https://itbog.org/ Pay

Podnutz Pro #375: Best of the Best? Eric Pinto

Nov 17th, 2021

Eric Pinto joins me live from the ASCII Success Summit in Orlando Florida. Eric is the Senior Director of Channel & Product Strategy at SocSoter. Website: https://www.socsoter.com/ The last ASCII Success Summit of the year in December 8 & 9, 20

Podnutz Pro #374: Say Hello to Jessie Devine

Nov 15th, 2021

Jessie Devine joins me live from the ASCII Success Summit in Orlando Florida. Jessie is the Director of Channel Development at The ASCII Group. The last ASCII Success Summit of the year in December 8 & 9, 2021: https://asciievents.com/ =======

Podnutz Pro #373: SNMP, Security and Wireless Surveys

Nov 11th, 2021

Is it better to secure networks by disabling SNMP? Or would you just secure it better and keep using it for discovery and monitoring? Mike Pennacchi and Chad Kempt join me with their insights. As part of the discussion, we look at all the SNMP

Podnutz Pro #372: Schyler Jones, Miradore IT

Nov 10th, 2021

Schyler Jones joins me live from the ASCII Success Summit in Orlando Florida. Miradore IT: https://www.miradorit.com/ Books by Mike Michalowicz – Fix This Next: https://amzn.to/3knQOFz – Profit First: https://amzn.to/3F4JQgy – Pumpkin Plan: htt

Podnutz Pro #371: Cloud As a Business, CaaB at ASCII

Nov 7th, 2021

Mor Mordchaev joins me live from the ASCII Success Summit in Orlando Florida. Provide a White-Label cloud solution when performance and price matter. Mor is the Global Partnership Director for CaaB. Check out their website and partner program h

Podnutz Pro #370: Bradley Gross, CISA Recommends MSP “Shared Responsibility” with SMBs

Nov 4th, 2021

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a guidance document that businesses can use to better mitigate against third-party risk. Bradley Gross joins me to discuss what this really means for managed service provi

Podnutz Pro #369: Kristen Pittman & Diana Giles, Rookies

Nov 2nd, 2021

Kristen Pittman and Diana Giles join me live from the ASCII Success Summit in Orlando Florida. Cylutions: www.cylutions.com – Custom databases, software development and Microsoft Dynamics D365 Skyline IT Management: https://skylineitmgmt.com –

Podnutz Pro #368: Michael Crean, Don’t Judge a Book…

Oct 30th, 2021

Guests: Michael Crean (Solutions Granted) joins me live from the ASCII Success Summit in Orlando Florida. Solutions Granted: https://solutionsgranted.com/ – For partner information, send an email to [email protected] or call 703-565-239

Podnutz Pro #367: Better Hiring, Part 2

Oct 21st, 2021

Guests: Renee and Vincent Catanzaro Get a first hand (and personal) look at hiring a service manager for my company using The Predictive Index. Hiring is not just about the skills and resume. Talent Optimization helps hire the best talent to de

Podnutz Pro #366: Better Hiring, Part 1

Oct 19th, 2021

Meet Renee, a high school friend of mine, and her husband Vincent. Together they co-founded Renee Vincent, a boutique retained search firm specializing in C-Level executive placements. Website: https://reneevincent.win ======= Upcoming Conferen

Podnutz Pro #365: Techcon and Solo Tech Talk

Oct 14th, 2021

Guests: Paco Lebron and John Dubinsky, ProdigyTeks Website: https://www.prodigyteks.com/ ======= Stack Items Mentioned Tonight Ovrc: https://www.ovrc.com/ Domotz: https://www.domotz.com/ Araknis: https://www.snapav.com/shop/en/snapav/araknis-sw

Podnutz Pro #364: Suriving the Hybrid Workplace

Oct 7th, 2021

Guest: Tom Alexander, Uplevel Systems Office or WFH or Both? The great debate may be happening with clients but we still have to support them either way. Website: https://www.uplevelsystems.com/ Join the MSP Program: https://www.uplevelsystems.