Techie & the Biz

MetTel

Techie & the Biz is a podcast series that explains and simplifies business technology, how it’s changing and how it can help your organization. Hosts Max and Erika Silber discuss with experts a wide range of business technologies from Microsoft Teams and Mobile tech to AI, IoT, SD-WAN and SASE network security – in a (mostly) serious manner (except when it’s not) befitting a business podcast (to real people).

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11 episodes
Updated Nov 7, 2025

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Nov 7, 2025 · 22 min
The Latest in the Copper Retirement Landscape
In this episode of Techie & the Biz, MetTel's Max Silber, wife Erika Silber, Don Parente, and Sean Sullivan discuss the latest in the copper retirement landscape, including recent 2025 FCC regulations and carrier notices.
Jul 9, 2025 · 45 min
Mobile Threat Defense with Check Point
In this episode of Techie and the Biz, MetTel VP of Mobility & IoT, Max Silber, and his wife, Erika, sit down with cybersecurity veteran Peter Nicoletti, Global CISO at Check Point Software, to discuss today’s most pressing threats in business tech. From AI-powered phishing to deepfake voice scams and fake job interviews, cybercrime is evolving fast, and your mobile devices are the new front line.
May 3, 2024 · 45 min
Hermès CIO Charts the Evolution of Retail IT | Techie & the Biz
On Episode 9 of Techie and the Biz with hosts Erika Silber and Max Silber of MetTel, guest Ken Feyder, CIO, Hermès Americas, discusses the evolution of retail IT and how omnichannel shopping is keeping the store relevant it is keeping
Nov 27, 2023 · 38 min
How Samsung Secures the Mobile Workforce
Samsung Sales Engineering Director HyunJun Jung joins Max and Erica to discuss the evolution of endpoint protection and how Samsung has prioritized security for the mobile workforce against a wide range of threats.
Aug 16, 2023 · 42 min
SASE & Zero Trust with Aamer Ahkter
Aamer Ahkter, Director of Product Management for VMware SASE is the guest on this episode of Techie & the Biz podcast, hosted by MetTel VP of Mobility & IoT Max Silber. Aamer explains how SASE and Zero Trust secure enterprise communications at the employee edge. Max and Aamer discuss the impact SD-WAN has made and the new SD-WAN Mobile Client from VMware and MetTel.
Jul 26, 2023 · 47 min
Generative AI with Nina Schick
AI expert Nina Schick is the guest of this episode of Techie & the Biz podcast, hosted by MetTel’s Max Silber. Nina discusses generative AI-created Deepfakes. Early versions could roughly mimic real people, messages and objects but now they are increasingly becoming indistinguishable from reality.
Apr 5, 2023 · 21 min
Customer Experience
SVP Lori Thomas elaborates on how she built the customer experience for MetTel’s top clients through her consulting organization and her focus on women in technology leadership.
Dec 6, 2022 · 31 min
Network Security
In the latest segment of the Techie and The Biz podcast, MetTel’s VP of Mobility and IoT, Max Silber, and co-host Erika Silber are joined by special guest Zachary Grant, VP of Enterprise Solutions, and security expert at MetTel to break down secure access service edge (SASE). The experts dive into how SASE benefits everyday employees and consumers with a cybersecurity strategy that keeps company’s costs down and protects assets, data, and personal information.
Nov 21, 2022 · 21 min
Understanding MDaaS
Max Silber, MetTel’s VP of Mobility and IoT, is teaming up with his wife Erika Silber to launch Techie and the Biz, a new video podcast that examines and simplifies major business technology trends. To kick off the series, special guest Tim Hanley, MetTel’s SVP of Channel, joined Max and Erika for a live discussion on Understanding Mobile Device as a Service (MDaaS), from deployment through recycling, including the benefits of cost-efficiency and security.
Nov 21, 2022 · 19 min
Microsoft Teams External Voice
In this episode of Techie & the Biz, hosts Max and Erika Silber explore the market trends that led to the massive adoption of Microsoft Teams. Guest Gary Gluzman, Executive Director of Product Development at MetTel, explains how Microsoft Teams has also been extended with external calling capabilities and is considered by more and more enterprises as a full replacement for their PBX telephone system. MetTel’s Operator Connect license for Microsoft Teams provides the highest quality voice service as well as technical support from Microsoft.
Nov 21, 2022 · 18 min
POTS Transformation
In this episode of the Techie and the Biz, MetTel’s VP of Mobility and IoT, Max Silber and his wife Erika Silber explain how POTS Transformation can save customers up to 30% on their legacy landline and where these savings are coming from. What happens to your emergency phone lines when the Internet goes down? Is there a backup? Greg Herman, MetTel’s Director of Mobile Devices, answers this and more in this episode.