Without IT standards, businesses can face challenges such as managing multiple versions of software, inconsistent workflows, and complexities surrounding administration. By establishing and adhering to standards, businesses simplify their IT operations, align expectations among executives and IT leaders, and improve overall efficiency.

Automation is a hot topic in the world of digital transformation and modernization, and for good reason. Many companies are beginning to understand that automating IT processes leads to increased productivity, reduced costs and a stronger capacity to manage IT environments overall.

Join us for a one on one chat with Cobalt Iron. Keith and Doug discuss the basics of backing up your information, the different models of Backups, and those that would benefit from backup conversations today. Tune in to learn more.

In this episode, Keith and Andrew discuss this little-known fact: IBM is more accessible than we thought. Over the years, IBM has recognized that they've missed an opportunity to provide high end solutions to smaller businesses. So, people like Andrew are joining IBM to raise awareness and bring the same solutions enterprise level organizations are getting to small businesses at prices they can afford.

In this episode, Keith and Robert discuss a "security minded" approach to the new work experience many companies are facing. As we transition from quarantine amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, many companies are faced with questions. And after a long period of working from home, many will find themselves needing to adopt a new approach to security.

In this episode, Keith and Robert discuss approaching work-from-home with security in mind. Many employees have recently been sent to work from home. This change has highlighted company security needs. Employees have taken corporate laptops home to unsecure networks and some have been using their own personal laptops to perform important tasks. With many corporate networks designed to have everybody working from the office, companies have been caught off guard.

In this episode, Tony and Keith discuss Containers. Server virtualization technology has continued to evolve in recent years and Cloud technology has emerged as a legitimate option for running business applications. Virtualization and Cloud have matured rapidly because they have been driven by the need for IT departments to have flexibility in what hardware they purchase, where the hardware should reside, and how quickly and easily it can be scaled up or down.

In this episode, Tony and Keith discuss Artificial Intelligence. By now, everyone probably realizes that Artificial Intelligence will play a major role in the business world moving forward. Right now there are so many unknowns about how it will be applied within businesses and what impact it will have, most business leaders don't spend much time thinking about it.

This special episode of Enterprise Tech Spotlight features a discussion about IBM's announcement on February 11, 2020 about IBM FlashSystem Storage. Keith Hales is joined by a special guest, Tony Owens, Senior Solutions Architect at Arrow Electronics, to unpack IBM's announcement and discuss what it means for IBM Storage customers and the storage marketplace in general.