Colin McCarthy

A Google Workspace and SaaS admin and expert, Colin first saw the power of SaaS in 2005 when he used Writely (became Google Docs) and his own Google Apps domain in 2009. Since then he’s helped Essence grow from 1 office and 60 staff in 2010 to 20 global offices and over 1800 staff by embracing SaaS platforms. Originally from the London area, Colin is now based in NYC, where he manages a global IT support team. He appreciates sharing his knowledge and insight, evangelizing SaaSOps, learning from others, and engaging the community through.

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Old School Systems to New School Cloud

  • Colin McCarthy, VP of Global IT with over 2,000 End Users
  • Who remembers Joe “Nacho” Nacchio?
  • Manic Miner
  • Windows XP “Net Send” hackers (free burritos)
  • ZX Spectrum to Amstrad PC 164 what??
  • Make people turn on their cameras because this guy found 12 people instead of 1.
  • Getting into bed with these vendors is worse than a crack habit.
  • Azure and Amazon and Google and Zero Trust
  • Security needs to be seamless, but how?

3 Key Takeaways

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Old School Systems to New School Cloud
Dissecting Popular IT Nerds
91. From Old School Systems to New School Cloud
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