The demands on your IT infrastructure and the workload of tech teams are only increasing. It's time to consider a solution that enables you to do more with less, maximizes uptime, and allows IT to focus on the business strategy instead of day-to-day tactics.  

The experts you will hear from:  

Jeff Ready, CEO, Scale Computing 

Benny Russert, vCIO, Prosource 

Ryan Fackey, Sr. Solutions Architect, Prosource  

You’ll learn: - Insights from an industry pioneer & his vision for a Future IT Utopia - How HCI simplifies deployments, automates operations, and lowers costs - The types of businesses that benefit most from HCI - Real-world use cases

Universities are where groundbreaking discoveries happen. From Google, the barcode, and Gatorade to the polio vaccine, research at universities plays a critical role in improving the world around us. Universities are growth engines that entrepreneurs and corporate innovators need. So how do you get started?

Flyover Future discussed tech transfer and the commercialization process with three leaders from regional universities. You'll hear from:

We talk a lot about how the Midwest is a better place to start a business than the coastal hubs. But this time we asked someone who has started businesses in Palo Alto AND Indianapolis.

Flyover Future founder Tom Cottingham spoke with CEO and founder of Scale Computing Jeff Ready about edge computing, the Indianapolis ecosystem, and why Indy is a good place to start a business. The company recently raised $55M led by funds managed by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital.

Knowing what your company needs to stay secure is not easy. Do you need multiple, comprehensive tools? Do you need to spend a fortune on consultants? Can one tool do all the work? The answer you’ll likely get is, “It depends.” 

Chris Roberts, founder of the HillBilly Hit Squad and CISO at Boom Supersonic, sat down with Flyover Future founder Tom Cottingham to talk about business boot camps, security culture, supply chain security, watch counterfeiters and more.

Why would a political scientist be the go-to guy for cybersecurity? Well, it turns out there’s a lot of crossover. That’s what Flyover Future’s founder Tom Cottingham found out when he interviewed Dr. Richard Harknett, professor and director of the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Cincinnati.

The two chatted about cybersecurity, physical security, integrated circuits, the Ohio Cyber Range Institute and more. Here’s a brief summary of their conversation.

How do you build cyber resilience? How serious is the threat of cyber warfare? What’s new in cybersecurity training? These are things all business owners – large or small – need to know to keep their data safe.

We recently asked about these issues and more with Matthew Butkovic, technical director – cyber risk and resilience at the CERT Division of the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

How will Apple’s and Google’s new data rules affect your business? Can you deal with the most difficult person in an organization? What will the future of CIOs look like?

These are all important questions we recently asked of global data privacy expert Debbie Reynolds, also known as the Data Diva. She took the time to chat with Flyover Future’s CEO Tom Cottingham about these issues and more.

Raamel Mitchell has built his career at Microsoft around being able to recognize when innovation is happening off the beaten path or out of the spotlight. He currently spends his days working to drive innovation, digital equity, and tech ecosystem development specifically in the central U.S. Hear him chat with host Ben Reno-Weber about his passion for helping everyone understand that we all have the opportunity to be part of the digital revolution.

Learn more about Raamel here. 

Big change doesn't have to be that hard - at least according to Aaron Peabody of Untitled Firm. Aaron joins Innovators Podcast host Ben Reno-Weber to explain what is possible with just a standard set of tools when you've identified the problem. Inspiration for your data and digital transformation strategy is one podcast episode away!

What makes the middle of the country a good place to innovate when it comes to AI? Alan Berube, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director at Brookings Institution, joins our host Ben Reno-Weber to share his findings while working on the first AI strategy for an American city and why Flyover Country is perfectly primed to figure out how to apply new technologies.