Uncle Marv's IT Business Podcast (Real Talk for IT Pros & MSPs)

For me, the answer is emphatically YES that Synology is ready for business. The addition of Synology Directory Server has turned the typical NAS appliance into a domain controller to manager users, d…

Emily and Ian reviewed more of the recent changes with Syncro and mentioned some great things to come such as custom reporting. 

Some questions answered tonight:

• Why is your octopus named Eight?
• When ca…

=== Items mentioned in tonight's show

Synology  6 bay NAS DS1621xs+: https://amzn.to/3xWO3BS

NEXPOW Portable Power Station: https://amzn.to/3DZDr9f

Magnus Box Backup: https://magnusbox.com/

Windy Weather…

Emily and I discuss her first year with Syncro and some of the exciting news coming soon. Syncro has rebranded.

We also talked about some of the recent new features like OS patching and the growing li…

Khadirah and I met after her first appearance on the podcast to review productivity tips using Zapier. Instead, we ended up talking about a CRM platform that I could use to combine several items in m…

Now celebrating 10 years in business, Ian is looking to grow and expand even more by designing and building highly functional, collaborative web apps for businesses that are not happy with their curr…

Guests: Diana Giles, Tom Bull, Jason and Rachel Miller 

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Synology: https://www.synology.com/en-us

Drobo Data Storage: https://www.drobo.com/

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Diana Giles, Skyline IT Management: https://skylin…

Cramer owns and operates Cascade Technologies, an IT consulting firm and managed service provider in South Carolina. He is also on secret assignment at the most comprehensive cybersecurity risk manag…

My good friend Brad helps me close out the ASCII Miami trip by reminding IT companies what they should doing, and most are not, when it comes to contracts. Bradley's presentation twice this year was …

Splashtop wants to be your #1 remote support solution. Manage all your computers from anywhere. Or provide on-demand quick remote support and cut your costs by up to 70%

Earlier this year, Splashtop i…

Whether you like sports or not, you should listen. Matt is a channel veteran and just recently joined Redstor. He's so new that I can't ask him anything technical. However, Redstor has been a top bac…

I was able to steal Ian away from the vendor booth and chat about about "net-new products" that we should be looking at with our clients. 

Zorus provides best-in-class cybersecurity products to MSP pa…

Stan is the principal and founder of Fluid Designs, a full service IT services and support services firm.  

This year, Stan has spoken at every ASCII event giving some key takeaways on his journey to …

Splashtop now has two programs where you can provide remote support as an MSP or a Help Desk Service with attended on-demand remote support. 

If you have any of the RMM tools mentioned below, Splashto…

In this episode I get caught with with Sean, who describes the MDF initiative that ConnectWise has invested in the partner program. I sidetrack Sean with this question - What's the main problem for M…

My 20 Year Anniversary Video on The Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/r4enxpxv

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Other stuff discussed tonight: 

: My time at the ASCII conference in Miami. 

: My client that had water in the server roo…

Carbon Systems provides servers and workstations built for small business. They only work with partners and provide a simple way for IT pros to buy, provision and support business-ready hardware.

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New friend Al and I talk about insurance companies and how they are changing the cybersecurity market. 

Be sure to look at your cybersecurity insurance - check the declarations page.

CyberGuard360 is a…

ConnectWise's PitchIT and Channel Program's Channel Pitch are teaming up on August 30th and September 1st for an exclusive 2-round event: The Battle Royale - Channel Edition

Register to watch and vote…

Alan and I start off a series of onsite interviews with CEOs, Vendors and Tech Friends at ASCII's 2022 MSP Success Summit in Miami, Florida. 

ASCII recently started a virtual peer group called Spark. …