Breakfast! It’s the most important meal of the day. Especially if you’re Matt and Rich, and you’ve got plenty of hot IT topics to discuss with guest host Bob Nitrio, CEO of Ranvest Associates. Items on the menu today include HPE’s compact new micro-server for SMBs, Nerdio’s new Windows Virtual Desktop deployment and administration system, WatchGuard’s acquisition of Panda Security, and Axcient’s new backup protection technology.

Pop into The Wiser Agency’s recent 7 Figure MSP Live event with Joel Zaidspiner for visits with Cytracom, Triafy, and MSP Lori Tisinai, of Computer Concepts USA.

Fighting bravely through hotel Wi-Fi issues, Erick and Rich discuss Axcient’s new technology for protecting backup data from ransomware, a book every channel pro should read on handling difficult client discussions, and why a guy brought a tuxedo-clad llama to his sister’s wedding.

So close, yet so far away! Both in sunny Southern California, Erick and Rich discuss the forthcoming unified Carbonite/Webroot partner program, why you should hire a forensic accountant before closing an acquisition, and the $60 million reasons an Irish drug dealer should have backed up his data.

Live from Florida, our Joel Zaidspiner checks in with High Wire Networks, SALVAGEDATA, and WatchGuard for their latest and greatest news.

Not easy to get clients to read your emails, is it? Maybe referencing this week’s episode will do the trick.