B2B Tech Talk with Ingram Micro

Does your cloud portfolio look like the menu at a Cheesecake Factory? Just an overwhelming amount of choices, applications, and siloed environments?
Wouldn’t it be great if you could simplify your cloud portfolio? Bring it more into sync with your business strategy, streamline it, and simplify the entire cloud conversation?
That’s where Hillery Hunter and Susan Martens can help. Through IBM’s Hybrid Cloud solution, they can drastically simplify and optimize your cloud environment, and they talked with us on the latest episode of B2B Tech Talk all about:
-What is IBM Hybrid Cloud?
-What is important to understand about the solutions offered by IBM?
-Key use cases for IBM Hybrid Cloud
-The Superpowers that IBM brings to the cloud market
-Where cloud technology is going in the next year
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With only a short amount of time left before the September 30th fiscal year end, there are still a lot of questions left to be answered for this federal buying season.
Shelby Skrhak talks with Eminence Griffin, Director at Dell Technologies, about:
-Emerging priorities
-Legislation to keep an eye on
-President Biden’s budget for fiscal year 2022
To learn more, listen to Eminence’s previous appearance on B2B Tech Talk, visit GovEvolve, or contact Glenn Jeffries at [email protected].
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When people hear the name Ingram Micro, they probably think of a few things. First, of the size of Ingram Micro. Second, they think of Ingram as an IT distributor.
And both of those things are true. Ingram Micro is a massive company, and we specialize in IT distribution, putting hardware and technology in the hands of the people who need it.
But do people think of the ways that Ingram Micro can integrate with your organization to propel it forward? Dan Grelle & John Marinick are here to make sure that integration is at the forefront of the conversation. Listen in to hear about:
-The Ingram Micro Integration center
-Why the Integration center is unique, and how it uniquely positions Ingram Micro to deliver maximum value
-How Ingram Micro can partner with clients to propel their businesses forward
-Why Ingram Micro is more than just a distributor
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Over 60 years, Panduit has proven, time and again, its ability to develop high-quality products that never fail. And much of that is owed to heavy investments in R&D.
Shelby Skrhak speaks with Jeff Paliga, Director of Business Development Data Center at Panduit, about:
-The history of Panduit
-Commitment to quality
-The new R&D facility
-Panduit Ventures
For more information, visit Research & Development at Panduit or contact Erin Mancuso at [email protected].
Here more from Jeff in episode 69 and episode 74 of B2B Tech Talk.
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The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on the way we live and work. In much the same way, it altered the means by which bad actors across the cyber threat landscape approached their work as well.
Travis King speaks with Fred Plan, Senior Analyst - Mandiant Threat Intelligence at FireEye, about:
-Changes in the cyber threat landscape over the last year
-What cyber espionage is
-How Mandiant Intelligence can help
To learn more, visit Mandiant Advantage or contact Corey Swift at [email protected].
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COVID-19 threw the world into uncertainty. Many businesses were casualties of the pandemic, and those that were able to stay open saw themselves having to make major changes in the way they operated.
Ingram Micro’s Direct Express program has been able to give an added boost to those businesses that may have found themselves struggling to stay afloat during these turbulent times. Michelle Hoppock and Melanie Delvalle were guests on the B2B Tech Talk show recently and talked all about:
-Ingram Micro’s Direct Express program
-The ways Ingram Micro have helped businesses get creative during the pandemic
-How Ingram Micro’s Financial Solutions have evolved in the past few years
-Common pain points when it comes to implementing financial solutions for small to medium sized businesses
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In an increasingly “as a service” world, partners are relying more and more on renewals and upsell opportunities across the lifecycle of the initial sale. But for many companies, the upfront costs required to build an in-house CX practice remain prohibitive.
That’s why Ingram Micro and Cisco created CX as a service (CXaaS).
Host Shelby Skrhak speaks with Nicole Dziedzic, Senior Vendor Business Manager at Ingram Micro, and Peter Graber, Executive Director Advanced Solutions, Cisco, about:
-Trends in the CX market
-What the Cisco unit is doing around CX
-The value created from CXaaS
Learn more about Cisco Customer Experience.
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Nobody can predict the future. And you should be wary of anybody claiming that they can.
But we can do the next best thing: talk with people who are experts in their field for their predictions. Few industries are changing as rapidly as the cybersecurity industry, and on this special As the Gears Turn edition of B2B Tech Talk, we chat with Mark Romano, Senior Director Of WW Channel Marketing, and Cory Nachriener, Chief Technology Officer from Watchgaurd Technologies to get their take on where the industry is headed, and how you can prepare
Topics discussed:
-Why simple antivirus protection isn’t enough anymore
-The 888% rise in fileless Malware
-How to protect yourself against malicious actors
-The top 2 security projects every organization should implement immediately
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Besides the more than eighty percent of the US workforce that went remote last March, there’s been another demographic that has had to fully embrace remote operation, whether they wanted to or not.
Our schools.
But this migration to remote learning, specifically for the K-12 institutions across the country, have led to an increased concern of cyber attacks. Let’s face it, the K-12 schools typically don’t have the most robust cybersecurity plan in place.
On this episode of B2B Tech Talk, Travis King sits down with Andrew Schmidt, a Senior Business Transformation Engineer at Ingram Micro, for a discussion all about securing our school, and keeping them safe from cyber attacks.
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Cisco is on a mission to revolutionize the cloud security and access space. With more applications moving to the cloud, it’s becoming more challenging than ever to maintain speed, security, and connectivity.
In this episode of B2B Tech Talk, Travis King talks with Tom Mann from Ingram Micro, and Nick Kelly from Cisco, about their solution, SASE.
Episode topics:
-How IT departments can ensure functionality in the midst of security controls
-The dangers of bypassing company implemented security features
-How SASE can enable your organization to reach peak performance
-Cisco’s “Connect, Converge, Control” framework
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