B2B Tech Talk with Ingram Micro

Hybrid or distributed cloud environments deliver immense benefits to businesses. Not only are they a cost effective way of accessing both the public and private cloud, they also enable speedier and more secure data center operations. In the last part of our three part series on Data Center Delta Force, Logan Lyles talks with Cheryl Rang, Director - Advanced Solutions, and Pratik Patel, Technology...

Nearly one third of a worker’s day is spent searching for the data and applications needed to do their job. That’s a staggering amount of lost productivity. What’s even more shocking is that most companies don't even realize the extent of the issue. In the first part of our three part series on Data Center Delta Force, Logan Lyles talks with Cheryl Rang, Director - Advanced Solutions, and Ryan Fri...

In 2020, ransomware attacks on the OT environment increased. Sixty percent of those attacks were on unpatched machines using legacy operating systems. What security measures should you employ to protect your OT assets? Travis King speaks with Austen Byers, Director of Sales and Engineering, North America at Trend Micro, about: -The difference between IoT and OT -Why each requires different securit...

The internet is no longer an option. In fact, in 2016, the United Nations General Assembly declared access to the internet to be a basic human right. And in the United States, in urban areas, 97% of people have access to high speed internet. But once you move to the rural areas of the country, that number drops to 65%. Which means that 30 million Americans don't have access to reliable high speed...

Join Harpreet Narang in this B2B Tech Talk: Coffee with Women in Tech edition, as she sits down with Kelly Humpleby, Marketing Director for Bespoke-xyz, and Ingram Micro Trust X Alliance member to talk about her interesting career journey. She has worked in multiple industries, landed in technology, and started working for a small business. All this experience has helped her grow as a marketing di...

During the pandemic, there was a shift to work from home. Now, as the pandemic subsides, hybrid work, or “work from anywhere,” has taken hold. How do you support the level of standardization required to ensure the hybrid workforce model succeeds? In a special As the Gears Turn Edition, Devaughn Bittle and Patrick Cash talk with David Cradeur, Connectivity Specialist - Distribution, at Tripp Lite,...

There’s been a lot of talk about cloud computing lately. Specifically around the move to edge computing, or hybrid cloud. Or as we’ll talk about on this episode: distributed cloud computing. What are the advantages of a distributed cloud model? What industries would be best served by embracing such a model? How do you know if distributed cloud is right for you? Brian Kelly is a Network Architectur...

The Emerging Business Group (EBG) is both new and not new at the same time. It’s a brand new business unit within Ingram Micro, but it was born from the combination of two separate groups that have been in place for nearly 10 years. Logan Lyles speaks with Don Scott, Director Vendor Management - Emerging Business Group, and Randy Irvine, Director of Sales and Market Development - Emerging Security...

Today’s storage technologies require a lot of manual effort to order, provision, and deploy, and a lot of staff to manage. The future of storage technology, however, lies in automation and delivering a hybrid experience that combines cloud and on-prem. To break it all down, Shelby Skrhak speaks with Jon Busshart, BTC Engineer at Ingram Micro, and Tyler Clark, Partner Business Manager Storage at HP...

As a result of COVID-19, a lot of us have done far more online shopping than we care to admit. But if one thing has become obvious, it’s that payments are becoming the norm. You can’t buy anything online now without being presented the option to pay in full or pay over six months, often interest free. With big companies like Apple, Target, and more offering payments, it makes sense that other comp...

Regardless of what your last year has looked like, we can all agree on one thing: it’s harder than ever before to acquire products in a timely and efficient manner. Getting quotes, placing orders, and receiving products takes far longer than it ever has before. But thankfully, there are people like Kevin Willis and James Bennett to help. Both of them work for Cisco and were kind enough to come on...

Everyone’s talking about business transformation, but a lot of companies are struggling with how to accomplish it. To be successful, you need the right tools in place and to know where to focus your efforts. In this episode, Logan Lyles talks with Jim Annes, VP Business Operations and Transformation at Ingram Micro, about: -Why you should ask “what should I do” -Ingram Micro tools available to res...

Is your company ready for the next outage? Because at this point, it’s not a matter of IF your network goes down, it’s a matter of WHEN it goes down. And when it does, will you be down for 10 minutes? 10 hours? 10 days? Imagine what 10 days offline could do to your bottom line. What do you need to do in order to ensure that your network is not only redundant, but resilient? On this episode of B2B...

Partners are helping customers navigate new challenges following the pandemic. One such challenge: how do you manage your printer solutions and your costs within this new norm of the hybrid workforce? Shelby Skrhak speaks with Paul Sin, Sr. Program Manager of MPS, and Michael McClain, BCS Sales Manager, about: -Why partners should consider selling MPS -What to ask your customers and what qualifies...

Business transformation was already a hot topic before the pandemic started. But after a year of mass disruption, the need for business transformation has intensified even further. Shelby Skrhak speaks with three thought leaders from IBM — Julie Trexler, VP - TSS Ecosystem Sales; Nick Rogers, VP - Power and Cognitive System Sales; and Kelly Robinson, VP - Storage Sales — about: -The pre-pandemic f...

With ongoing component shortages, it’s more and more difficult to get the solution you need built in a timely fashion. That’s where Cisco Build to Order (BTO) can help. Shelby Skrhak speaks with two experts from Ingram Micro’s Cisco Business Unit, Carol Wright, Technology Consultant; and Michelle Edmonds, Sr. Vendor Business Manager, about: -The challenges that solution providers face -What Cisco...

If you’re looking for increased speed and performance, look no further than the next step in the evolution of SSD — NVMe. Travis King speaks with Nicholas Mauro, Sr. Manager of Product Marketing at Samsung Electronics America, about: -The biggest misconceptions about high-speed storage media -What NVMe is and how it benefits users -The increased demand for NVMe To learn more, contact Nick Nanez (n...

Obviously, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted everybody. But we’ve all read enough posts and listened to enough podcasts about “how the pandemic has changed everything” or “what the pandemic taught our business.” So we’re not going to focus on the pandemic. We are going to talk to two people who have a wealth of experience in leading small and medium sized businesses through change, regardless of...

In this episode, host Logan Lyles speaks with Mark Herberger, Dan Stewart, and Matt White about the benefits of the Business Transformation Center (BTC). Mark is the Director of Advanced Solutions and Business Development while Dan and Matt are Sr. Solutions Center Engineers. They talk about: -Why the BTC was created -Who the BTC is for -The Fast Five Learn more at the Business Transformation Cent...

Cloud adoption is accelerating faster than ever. In fact, 74% of CEOs believe that cloud will deliver tremendous business impact over the next two to three years. But there’s still some confusion about the options that are available. In this episode, we break down IBM Cloud Satellite. Shelby Skrhak speaks with Paulo Carvão, General Manager, IBM Public Cloud - Americas, about: -IBM Cloud Satellite...

In March of 2020, if you had asked the companies around the world if they were ready for a total disruption to the status quo, a total move to remote work, and the challenges that come with that shift, 99% of them probably would have said no. But today, many more are jumping on board. We’ve adapted, flexed, and begun to embrace what some are calling the Anywhere Workplace. On this episode of B2B T...

You know how in sci-fi movies, someone uses a hologram to solve a problem? They open up a schematic of some piece of machinery, and walk themselves through the steps to diffuse a bomb, or build some machine? As futuristic as it seems, that technology is here. It’s Mixed Reality, and it’s ready to solve all sorts of problems, from medical research to manufacturing to assembly instructions. And Eric...

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 Hybr...

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 appeara...

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 in...