The Frugal Networker

Hey frugal networkers, I hope you’re having a great October. Yes, it’s been a while since I posted but that hiatus ends today. I went to SpiceWorld 2018 last week and spoke to a lot of cool people, saw Frank Abagnale speak, and met up with the planet’s coolest vendors. SpiceWorld is the annual tech conference hosted by Austin’s own Spiceworks. If you go to one tech conference per year, this needs to be that one. Check out Spiceworks and its array of free software and awesome community.

This year’s cool vendors are:

• Automox
• Backblaze
• Barkly
• Infocyte
• KnowBe4
• Manage Engine
• PluralSight
• Pulseway
• Trusted Tech Team

I hope you’ll check out my cool vendors list and try out their products and services. I selected from the long list of vendors that attended and thought that these had something special to offer. I love startups and this year, Automox, Backblaze, and Infocyte got my attention. Of course, my “Vendor to Watch” is Pulseway. Trusted Tech Team is an MSP that gets a lot of 5-star reviews. Let me know what you think of my selections.

Thanks to the Spiceworks marketing and executive teams for another great SpiceWorld!

*Disclaimer: I didn’t choose who did the spotlight interviews. The vendors self-selected.