Fred Voccola Interview

Fred Voccola Interview

Robin Robins interviewed Fred Voccola onstage at the Q1 Producers Club meeting in Orlanda, FL on Feb 6, 2025. Here are some notes on that because I think it is interesting to hear what Fred has to say. But, he didn’t say much. The top takeaways: Voccola is the...

SaaS Alerts Acquired by Kaseya

I asked SaaS Alerts a year ago if they had been acquired by Kaseya and was told in no uncertain that this had NOT happened. IIRC, they were then listed on the portfolio page of the company that owns Kaseya (Insight Capital Partners) and had made a legal filing that...

Not the Way to M&A

As a small business, we work with a lot of other local small businesses. For many owners, exiting (selling) is essentially their retirement plan. I fully believe owners should be able to exit their business at a healthy price. But how they exit matters. Last week I...
ConnectWise Purchases Axcient

ConnectWise Purchases Axcient

On September 10th, 2024 ConnectWise announced they purchased Axcient. I’m neutral on this having very limited experience with ConnectWise. Their announcement email is here. I suspect Axcient was in need of capital. Over the last couple of years many MSPs moved...
Not Every Breach Is A Critical Breach

Not Every Breach Is A Critical Breach

This week it was revealed that Cisco’s Duo had a vendor breached that handled VOIP & SMS for Duo. Duo does MFA, so this is potentially a big deal. I had a vendor send me this language for our own PR: The severity of this incident cannot be...