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Host: Penny Conway Co-Host: Rob McIntosh On the latest episode of What the Tech Just Happened, discussions around the return to work with a little play on the title - Penny and Rob ask the question: What the Tech Is Next? Phasing in the return to the economy while asking the questions: What did you learn during Covid 19? How will you listen to your employees and how are you going to evaluate next...

Host: Tyler Meckes Guest: Tim Figueredo - National Account Manager APC Storm season is right around the corner do you have a proactive management strategy for your backup power? Are you in "React When It Fails" mode? A failure could mean bringing down the entire network.  Who's responsible for keeping things going during power loss? Tim and Tyler bring you through the ABC's of remote management of...

 THIS EPISODE SPONSORED BY:  POLY Host: Penny Conway Guest: Joe Mukherjee  - Director, Systems Engineering Americas Channels and Canada Joe. Mukherjee@poly.com  Guest: Lane Shelton, Vice President of Microsoft Center of Excellence The strike of COVID-19 around the world has found us all in different situations, many have been lucky enough to still work and learn from home, adapting to the changes...

Host: Tyler Meckes Guest: Tyler Marshall National Account Manager Tripp Lite   Tripp Lite doing their part to help battle COVID-19.  Learn more about the partnership with McCormick Place in Chicago as efforts are underway to transform the convention center into a 3,000-bed COVID-19 care center.  Tripp Lite partnered with the city to be the primary provider of medical grade power strips. Hear all t...

Host: Penny Conway Co-Host: Rob McIntosh Guest: Steven L. Crowthers VP of TIDC Guest: Mark Wulfhorst Director of Technical Services and Solutions   Description: Today’s episode was recorded on April 6th, 2020, COVID-19 has currently infected over 200 countries, with 1.2 million cases around the world, 46 states in the US have asked their citizens to stay home with the consequent closing of nonesse...

Host: Penny Conway Cohost: Rob McIntosh The Coronavirus rages on as companies across the globe assess how a world pandemic has transformed how they do business overnight.  The "next normal" is explored in this week's "What the Tech Just Happened" episode as Penny discusses a McKenzie report on the 5 Horizons and the steps and cautions of going back to the office.

Host: Penny Conway Co-Host: Rob McIntosh   As businesses across the country begin settling in to the "New Normal" many companies are discovering users may need a little extra training to utilize the full benefits of the collaboration tools.  Penny wants to jump start the process by sharing her favorite tips and tricks of Cisco's Webex.  Take a few minutes to listen, you'll be glad you did! Reach o...

Host: Penny Conway Co-Host: Rob McIntosh Guest: Danik Inselman, Key Account Manager at LG Electronics   With the current state of the world and traditional sports at a near stand-still, esports is positioned to explode at a greater rate than initially anticipated for 2020 and beyond. Esports is a growing industry that is outnumbering HBO, Netflix, and ESPN combined in viewership. How is this happe...

What the Tech Just Happened on the TechSperience channel joins the rest of the world and goes remote.  On this episode, Penny and Rob discuss bandwidth issues on the internet, creativity on social media, Robots, Drones, facial recognition and the challenges and joys of working from home!   Host: Penny Conway Co Host: Rob McIntosh

We're not in Kansas anymore as Penny Conway and Sarah Bates take us down the yellow brick road of subscription services leading us to what's behind the IT curtain of strategic device management. Courageous IT decision makers have decided to look at the heart of their operational and financial problems and discovered this no-brainer solution. TechSperience's 51st episode simplifies and demystifies...

Working Remotely? Educating from the home?  Currently we're all dealing with a new normal as well as some extreme challenges. Conversely, there are opportunities we may never had the chance to embrace without being faced with this adversity.  Listen to our 50th Episode on the TechSperience channel as Penny and Rob discuss the brighter side to "self quarantine"  Innovation and Productivity will be...

Host: Penny Conway Guest: Brett Hurley, Regional Sales Manager - ViewSonic   The modern classroom is racing to keep up with the modern student.  Kids are growing up interacting with everything and actual expect a certain level of interactivity when it comes to technology in education.  In this episode, Penny speaks with Brett Hurley, an expert from ViewSonic as they talk about interactive collabor...

The Rise in the remote workforce and the merging of hardware and software.  No better partner than Microsoft's surface and teams to get you through.  Check out this episode of Tech Two With Tyler and hear our expert speak to a solution you may be overlooking in this weeks two minute drill! Host: Tyler Meckes Guest: Daniel Sanon- Partner Develop Manager for Microsoft Surface Line.  

PLEASE NOTE: Some of the material discussed in this episode is of a timely nature and the situation around COVID-19 is fluid and fast moving. In the short time that elapsed since our recording (March 10th), the World Health Organization has officially declared the disease a pandemic. In this special edition of "What the Tech Just Happened", Learn how AI and Data Science are playing a crucial role...

Tech Two with Tyler takes a look at the Lenovo ThinkSmart View work place personal assistant.  Be more effective and more collaborative at a low price point.   Host Tyler: Meckes Burt Kersey:  Channel Account Manager for Lenovo

Tech 2 with Tyler covers the exploding world of Apple and how company's are utilizing "Mac as a Service".  Tyler and his guest Steve Dougherty, discuss some new services to make tech purchasing easier, cost-effective and scalable!  Enjoy the latest from Tyler and Apple. Host: Tyler Meckes Guest: Steve Dougherty- Apple Business Development Specialist

Host: Penny Conway CoHost: Rob McIntosh Guest: Matt Skoog - Partner Development Specialist for Mobility Matt Skoog joins us in the studio and shares his knowledge of 5G technology.  Where it is now, where it's going and a look at the different networks - Not all 5G is created equal.  Listen to the discussion and learn how 5G is affecting just about every industry it touches.  

Taking a look at the latest in tech with some insights and some laughs.  This weeks episode discusses what's happening with Tech salaries, Amazon's new cashierless Amazon Go stores, Warren Buffet finally trading in his flip phone, the latest Tesla news, Xerox potential merger and much more!   Host: Penny Conway CoHost: Rob McIntosh

First aired December 18, 2019, we went on location to explore the modern day warehouse.   We took a look at Connection's own TIDC (Technical Integration and Distribution Center). If you missed it the first time around, Listen and learn how advances in technology are changing the way distribution centers are utilized. Check out the link below for more information on the warehouse and take a look at...

Host: Penny Conway CoHost: Rob McIntosh Rumbles in the Cloud.  Cloud wars heat up - Who's currently on top?  Who's not?  What companies are investing and emerging as leaders in this lucrative space we call the cloud.   From AWS and Google Cloud Platform to Microsoft's Azure, Alibaba and IBM.  News that's fit to Tech about!

Microsoft Sponsored Talk on Artificial Intelligence Part I  Originally aired August 21 2019.  Part I of our series on AI.  Sponsored by Microsoft Host: Penny Conway Guest: Jamal Khan, President of Global Digital and eCommerce Marketing for Connection. In this episode of TechSperience, Penny Conway has a frank discussion with Jamal Khan on AI and how machine learning is infiltrating our everyday li...

Host: Penny Conway CoHost: Rob McIntosh Chaos in Iowa - The tech malfunction that rocked the Democratic caucuses.  From a new app glitch to jammed phone lines.  Technology in all it's glory can present unexpected consequences if not deployed correctly.  Lessons to be learned from both sides of the political landscape. Security Practices at Local MSP Providers As A Service Trends providing timely s...

A look back and a look forward at the life of the Chromebook.  Samsung, the original creator of the Chromebook, talks about the classroom of the future and the impact of the partnership of Google and the Chromebook in education. From myth busting to questions answered, Ally Condo and Kristine Nielsen provide insight, information and a peek into the release of the all new Chromebook 4 and 4+!! Host...

Host: Penny Conway CoHost: Rob McIntosh  Take a break from the deep tech talks and join us for a fun post SuperBowl chat as Penny and Rob talk about SuperBowl commercials. Also listen in as we touch on 24 dangerous apps and the perils of downloading - next on What The Tech Just Happened February 6th, 2020.  From everyone at the Connection TechSperience channel, we'd like to Congratulate the Kansas...

Microsoft Sponsored Talk on Artificial Intelligence and its impact on Cyber Security. Part II of our series on AI continues as we podcast about how Artificial Intelligence is impacting Cyber Security.  Join Penny and her guest Jamal Khan as they talk CySec, machine take-over, national infrastructure and how nations are building capabilities in this space.   Host: Penny Conway Jamal Khan: President...