Uncle Marv’s IT Business Podcast: Practical Business Advice for MSPs and IT Professionals
Uncle Marv’s IT Business Podcast: Practical Business Advice…
Running a managed service provider (MSP) or IT services business takes more than technical expertise. You need to win customers, grow revenue, protect profitability, manage vendors, deliver great service, and keep up with a changing IT industry. That’s where Uncle Marv comes in.

Hosted by longtime IT business owner Marvin Bee, aka Uncle Marv, the IT Business Podcast delivers practical business advice, real-world lessons, candid conversations, and industry insights to help MSP owners, IT service providers, IT consultants, system administrators, and technology professionals run their businesses better, smarter, and faster.

Topics include MSP business growth, pricing and profitability, sales and marketing, managed services operations, cybersecurity, compliance, Microsoft 365, cloud services, automation, service desk efficiency, vendor management, technology stack decisions, and customer relationships.

Hear from experienced MSP owners, IT business leaders, industry experts, and technology vendors about what works, what doesn’t, and what it takes to build a stronger IT business. Get an honest look at industry trends, vendor claims, emerging technologies, and the decisions that affect your customers, your team, and your bottom line.

Whether you’re starting an MSP, growing an established IT services company, managing client networks, or looking for better tools and smarter ways to work, Uncle Marv brings the conversation back to what matters: practical knowledge you can put to work.

Run your business better, smarter, and faster.
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Aug. 12, 2026

How Spotto Helps MSPs Scale Azure (EP 1069)

How Spotto Helps MSPs Scale Azure (EP 1069)
Uncle Marv’s IT Business Podcast: Practical Business Advice for MSPs and IT Professionals
How Spotto Helps MSPs Scale Azure (EP 1069)
PitchIT 2026

Shaun Webber, Co-founder & CEO of Spotto, joins the IT Business Podcast to discuss an AI cloud-operations platform built to help MSPs manage and optimize Microsoft Azure environments at scale. Spotto surfaces actionable cost, performance, security, and reliability recommendations, with controlled remediation and automation designed to help providers reduce operational toil and identify service opportunities.

Guest: Shaun Webber

=== Chapters

  • 00:24 PitchIT 2026 and the Summer of Lardo introduction
  • 01:54 Meet Shaun Webber and Spotto
  • 03:11 The cloud-operations scaling problem for MSPs
  • 05:22 Azure optimization, operational efficiency, and service opportunities
  • 06:52 Measuring cloud-cost savings and optimization impact
  • 08:25 Spotto as an operations and revenue-identification tool
  • 09:42 Shaun Webber’s MSP and cloud-services background
  • 11:56 Where Spotto fits in the MSP technology stack
  • 13:19 AI-assisted operations, adoption, and remediation controls
  • 18:18 Roadmap: automation, outcomes, and MSP growth opportunities

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Shaun Webber

Cofounder & CEO

Shaun Webber is Co-Founder of Spotto, an AI-assisted cloud operations platform built to be a revenue and margin engine for MSPs - surfacing services revenue, eliminating bill shock, and cutting engineering and presales effort. He co-founded Parallo, a New Zealand & Australian cloud services business he helped scale and exit to an Australian listed Software Distributor called rhipe (now part of SoftwareOne) in 2020. Shaun brings 25+ years in MSPs. Father of 3 and an average golfer and fisherman.

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