SMB Community Podcast
Episodes
Chip Reaves Brings a Focus on Education to the SMB Online Conference
14 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Better Sales Through Better Education Chip Reaves from Bigger Brains is going to be one of the featured speakers at the 2013 SMB Online Conference. ...
StorageCraft Conquers Super Storm Sandy
09 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
At the SMB Nation Spring Conference, I talked to Laura Shafer, Director or Product Marketing at StorageCraft. StorageCraft and their ShadowProtect pro...
Bigger Brains Introduces Computer College – Great Addition to Managed Service Offerings
27 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week Chip Reaves from Bigger Brains announced a great new offering for managed service providers. I talked to him about Bigger Brains and the new...
Michael Siggins Talks About ChannelPro Forum, Reader Choice Awards, and More!
10 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
I had a great talk with Michael Siggins, Publisher of ChannelProSMB. Among other things, he brought me up to speed on their big live event scheduled...
Karl Palachuk's 2013 "State of the Nation" Address for Small Business Consultants
17 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
For several years now, I have presented my "State of the Nation" address for small business IT consultants. I never pretend that I'm unbiased. But mos...
Tom Poole Gives the Details on Cloud Nation Launch
15 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
After months of preparation, Cloud Nation (www.cloudnation.co) was launched last week. I interviewed Tom Poole, President of Cloud Nation about the la...
HIPAA Training: Good For You; Good For Your Clients!
04 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
A few people have been talking about the new HIPAA training from Reflexion. In my brain, Reflexion = Spam Filtering. So how do you get from there to H...
Arlin Sorensen: HTG Continues Evolving on Many Fronts
02 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
I ran into Arlin in Orlando a few weeks ago, but we never connected for a podcast. So we made a point of connecting my phone a few days ago. Arli...
Robert Crane: Office 365 + SharePoint in the Cloud is a Great Combo
28 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
One of my favorite resources in the SMB community is Robert Crane – Directory of the Computer Information Agency. You can find him at CIAOPS.com. I ...
AVG Cloud Care Packages AV, Content Filtering, and Remote IT Service
26 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
AVG Announces Cloud Care As I was wandering the floor at IT Nation, Jessica Turner from AVG stopped me to give me some information about the new AVG p...
Continuum Worked Flawlessly During Hurricane Sandy
19 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
As the IT Nation show was winding down, I talked to some guys from Continuum. Joe Consolmagno is a Technical Account Manager for the Mid Atlantic Reg...
Level Platforms' NOC Performed Great Service During Hurricane Sandy
19 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
I always like catching up with Dan Wensley from Level Platforms. Dan makes a point of starting out this interview with a ringing endorsement of the IT...
Nancy Hammervik Wins an Award – and then Rushes to Catch IT Nation
18 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
My friend Nancy Hammervik is the Senior Vice President, Industry Relations at CompTIA. On November 9th she was awarded a Bronze Stevie Award as "Femal...
Interview: Alan McDonald, President of Xilocore
18 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Alan McDonald is President and CTO of Xilocore. Xilocore is a "business continuity and disaster recovery" company focused value added resellers. The ...
Kent McNall of Quosal Talks about the LabTech/Quosal/ConnectWise Killer Combo
18 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
While at IT Nation last weekend, I grabbed Kent McNall, CEO of Quosal for a quick interview. This "killer combo" of products is one of the most impres...
Ian Watkins Traveled from the UK for IT Nation
18 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
One of the fun people I don't get to see enough is Ian Watkins from the UK. He has been using ConnectWise for seven years. I caught up with Ian as he...
PacketTrap and Labtech Together – A Surprisingly Good Combo
18 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
While hanging out in the PacketTrap booth, the talk turned to an interesting product combination that surprised me. Geoff Parker from PacketTrap tells...
ConnectWise-LabTech-Quosal Triple Play – An Interview with Erinn Davis
18 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Erinn Davis, Community Manager for ConnectWise, Labtech, and Quosal Erinn Davis is one of the hardest working people I ran into at IT ...
ChannelEyes to Launch Dozens of Mobile Apps to Connect Vendors and Partners
18 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
ChannelEyes is now in its second year and Jay McBain was on the floor at IT Nation to talk to vendors about connecting with partners. According to Ja...
Integral Offers Managed Services, Cloud Services, and Colo Services You Can Resell
17 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Kim's cloud display was very clever. In fact, it caught my eye and I had to take a picture. Then, of course, I turned on the microphone to ask what th...
Symantec Heavily Focused on MSP Endpoint Protection
17 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
I dropped by the Symantec booth at IT Nation and had some fun horsing around with Anne Stobaugh and Dal Gemmell. They brought me up to speed with some...
Spam Soap Is Much More than Hosted Spam Filtering.
17 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Karl with Jenna from Spam Soap Jenna Chase is always in a good mood, and she really enjoyed the IT Nation vendor floor this year. We caught up with...
eFolder Adds AppAssure Integration to Their Offerings
15 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
One of the vendors that seems to make every show is eFolder (www.eFolder.net). I talked to Booth Dude Tel Hulsy about the eFolder product and what the...
Arnie Bellini Says ConnectWise Goes Way Beyond PSA
14 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
ConnectWise Goes Way Beyond PSA I had a chance to sit down with Arnie and David Bellini near the end of IT Nation and get some insights into what they...
Axcient Offers 100% Channel Focused Backup and BDR Solution
13 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
One of my old friends Steve Noel talked to me about his role at Axcient and what the company's up to these days. Steve is a Techno Sales Engineer at A...
Larry Walsh: Vendors Sell Direct to Users: "Get Over It"
13 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
I sat down with Larry Walsh, CEO of The 2112 Group at IT Nation. The 2112 Group is an analyst firm that supports vendors in the solution provider comm...
LogicMonitor Provides Pure SaaS-Based Infrastructure Monitoring
10 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin McGibben – CEO of LogicMonitor – met up with me at the ConnectWise IT Nation conference in Orlando Friday. LogicMonitor is a "pure SaaS base...
PacketTrap Finds Success at IT Nation 2012
10 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
I caught up with Jason Samples from PacketTrap at the ConnectWise IT Nation conference in Orlando. My first question was "What are you doing here?" Pa...
Cloud Nation Announces Three-Tiered Launch
24 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Final Report from SMB Nation Fall 2012. Our final interview from SMB Nation's Fall conference is with Tom Poole, Founder and CEO of Cloud Nation. Clou...
At SMB Nation, the "Death of SBS" Conversation is Over
24 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Report from SMB Nation Fall 2012. Mike Bayless Near the end of this year's SMB Nation, I caught up with Mike Bayless from America's Tech Support in...
Datto Destroys and Recovers a Machine Live at SMB Nation
23 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Report from SMB Nation Fall 2012. I was wandering past the Datto booth at SMB Nation and stopped to chat with Shannon Kohn, the Director of Marketing ...
Regina Ciardiello – Report from SMB Nation and News About Jeremiah
23 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Report from SMB Nation Fall 2012. I had a good chat with Regina Ciardiello, Editor of SMB Nation magazine while I was in Las Vegas. Regina wrote the ...
MSP and IAMCP – A Powerful Combo
23 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Jon Sastre One of the best interviews I had at SMB Nation was with Jon Sastre, one of the IAMCP leaders at the state, national, and in...
Manuel Palachuk Provides Top-Notch Coaching for MSPs
18 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
One of the reasons I love working with my brother Manuel is that he is AMAZING at defining and implementing successful processes. Earlier this year he...
Rob Patterson Runs an Amazing IT Pro User Group in New York City
18 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Patterson talked to me at SMB Nation about his very successful IT Pro group in New York City – the New York Small Business Server Group. He reve...
How Would You Like to Rent The Time Machine?
18 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
One of the fun things at this year's SMB Nation event was the whole "Back to the Future" theme. In addition to the lovely Claudia Wells (see previous ...
Jeff Middleton on IT Pro Experts, SBS Migration, and More
16 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
I caught up with Jeff Middleton at SMB Nation over the weekend. We covered several topics, including: – Update on the SBS Migration / IT Pro Expert...
Rayanne Buchianico and Bob Nitrio Named as SBSers of the Year
16 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
As I said on my Facebook page, two of my favorite people in the world have been honored as the SBSers of the year: Rayanne Buchianico and Bob Nitrio. ...
ChannelEyes Brings News, Blogs, Topics, and More
16 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
I talked to Bob Godgart from ChannelEyes (www.channeleyes.com) about what's new with their cool channel partner tools. The coolest new product – Cha...
Jessica DeVita – Mentoring Women in IT
14 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Report from SMB Nation Fall 2012. I caught up with Jessica DeVita – one of my favorite people in the IT space. Jessica is an IT consultant, technica...
Highly Reliable Systems Takes New Approach to Backup Hardware
14 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Report from SMB Nation Fall 2012. Highly Reliable Systems Provides a New Approach to Backup Hardware Many people don't like tape backups. But most ha...
SMB Nation – Back to The Future with Claudia Wells
14 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The theme of this year's SMB Nation is "Back to the Future." Basically, it's wrapped around all the cool new things we have . . . and understanding th...
New Home for SMB Community Podcast
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
July 2012: Welcome to the new SMB Community Podcast My plan is to make this a permanent archive for my various podcasts. We are now moved over the SMB...
Welcome to the New SMB Community Podcast
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
July 2012: Welcome to the new SMB Community Podcast My plan is to make this a permanent archive for my various podcasts. We are now moved over the SMB...
Updates from ConnectWise and LabTech
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted June 23, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. SMB Community Podcast: Chatting with Jeannine Edwards and Erinn Davis ...
Freeday Friday Report: Three Conferences in Eight Days
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted June 16, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. Freeday Friday Report: Three Conferences in Eight Days This is a ver...
Thomas Dawkins Introduces Microsoft Technical Communities
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted June 15, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. Thomas Dawkins Introduces Microsoft Technical Communities While a...
Len DiCostanzo Reports on Autotask Community Live 2012
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted June 15, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. Len DiCostanzo Reports on Autotask Community Live 2012 June 2012 ...
Mark Moreno Gives a Mid-Market Perspective on some SMB Events
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted June 15, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. Mark Moreno Gives a Mid-Market Perspective on some SMB Events One...
Six Podcast Reports from New Orleans IT Pro Conference
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted June 15, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. Six Podcast Reports from New Orleans IT Pro Conference June 2012 ...
SMB Community Podcast Reports from the SMB 150 Banquet 2012
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted May 18, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. Reports from the SMB 150 Banquet 2012 May 16th – Los Angeles –...
How to Convert 700 Clients to Managed Services Without Dropping Any
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted May 18, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. Freeday Friday May Podcast Posted – US / UK Edition This program...
How to Customize Cloud Services for Medical and Other Verticals
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted May 18, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. Freeday Friday May Podcast Posted – Oceanic Edition This program...
Designing Successful Cloud Service Offerings With Microsoft SBS Essentials
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted May 11, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. Join me May 23rd for a free webinar: Designing Successful Cloud Servic...
Freeday Friday April US / UK Edition – Is SBS Essentials Right for My Business?
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted April 20, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. Freeday Friday April Podcast Posted – US / UK Edition This pro...
Freeday Friday Oceanic Edition – Selling When You're Not a Salesman
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted April 19, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. Freeday Friday Podcast Posted – Oceanic Edition This program w...
Robin Robins on the Changing Nature of Marketing
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted March 19, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. This program was recorded and is posted here. Robin Talks About...
Freeday Friday US/UK Edition – March Podcast
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted March 16, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. First Freeday Friday March Podcast Posted – US/UK Edition Th...
First Freeday Friday Podcast Posted – Oceanic Edition
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted March 16, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. First Freeday Friday Podcast Posted – Oceanic Edition This pro...
SMB Community Podcasts from MVP Nation – Part 3
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted March 5, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. Interviews with Chris Bangs from SMB Nation and Dal Gemmell from S...
Member Podcasts from MVP Nation – Part 2
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted March 4, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. Greg Starks from HP Gives a Great Intro to iQuote What do you nee...
SMB Community Podcasts from MVP Nation – Part 2
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted March 4, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. Interviews with Jeff Middleton on IT Pro Conference and Tom Poole on S...
Member Podcasts from MVP Nation
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted March 3, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. Member Podcasts from MVP Nation – Part 1 I ran into Arnie Mondloch...
SMB Community Podcasts from MVP Nation
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted March 3, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. I'm having a great time at MVP Nation in Redmond. We're on the Micro...
Harry Brelsford Announces Webcast of MVP Nation
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted February 22, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. This program was recorded and is posted here. Harry Brelsfor...
Jerry Koutavas Gives ASCII Update
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted February 22, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. This program was recorded and is posted here. Jerry Koutava...
Podcast Posted: Interview with Dave Sobel of Level Platforms
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted January 19, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable This program was recorded and is posted here. Dave Sobel Joins ...
Podcast posted: 2nd Interview with Joyce Blonskij
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted January 15, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable This program was recorded and is posted here. Part One of this Inter...
Podcast Posted: "Own the Clouds" with Joyce Blonskij
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted January 10, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable Interview: Joyce Blonskij – Own the Clouds: The First Guide To Inv...
Karl's State of the Union Address for Cloud and SMB 2012
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This article was originally posted January 5, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable Karl's State of the Union Address for Cloud and SMB Posted In ca...
Free Podcasts for the SMB Consultant
13 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Right now, we have archived podcasts at Great Little Book (greatlittlebook.com) for the SMB Conference Calls that we extremely popular back in 2008-20...