TechSperience Solutions

Does your IT team need an IT team? Here are insights into our managed services and how they help teams to secure their environments.  Guest: John Chirillo, Managed Services Director at Connection Guest: Tony The, Services Businesses Development Manager at Connection Host: James Hilliard Show Notes: [0:45] Introduction of guests [1:35] What are the top security breach challenges that IT teams are f...

Learn more about the stimulus packages that have passed since COVID-19 and how it impacts information technology in the public sector space. Guest 1 Title and Bio:  Jeff Chabot, Public Sector Segment Director - Jeff is the Segment Strategy Director of the Schneider Electric Federal Sales Team. His team is responsible to lead the sale, customer support, design and implementation of critical power,...

Finding the “best in class” IT resources to meet all for your wish-list items can be a challenge, especially when trying to future-proof your infrastructure and remote workforce all while maintaining security protocols and budgets during a world pandemic. Tech expectations continue to increase and the need for collaborative IT solutions has become paramount.  What have other companies done to road...

In 2022, many companies are navigating how to return to the office safely and smartly. In this episode, we address this challenge and explore some possible technology solutions surrounding RTO. Guest 1 Title and Bio: Tony Dancona, Digital Workspace Evangelist and part of Connection Lab. With more than 25 years of experience in virtualization and end-user computing, Tony is considered a thought lea...

Windows 11 Pro has arrived. Why should you make the switch? Listen in for more information on what you can expect from the upgrade – features, timelines, security, and more. Host: James Hilliard Guest 1: Burt Kersey, Lenovo Channel Account Executive Guest 2: Ashley Lofaro, Microsoft OEM Senior Partner Development Specialist Show Notes: [00:19] Introduction of guests [00:43] What are some of the pr...

Learn how Connection's partnership with Elo can help to address the new changes within the QSR industry, including staffing shortages, changes in customer demand and behavior, and supply chain issues.   Host: James Hilliard Guest 1: Brian Gallagher, Retail Strategy Director, Connection Brian is a Retail veteran who has spent the past 5 years supporting the adoption of new technologies in retail to...

Host: James Hilliard Guest: Steven L. Crowther – VP of the TIDC Guest: John Milburn – Sr. Director TIDC Operations In the unprecedented COVID era, TIDC is still making things happen and doing more with less. Here's how they are mitigating around the current constraints on labor, supply chain constants, and the COVID-19 delta variant. Show Notes [0:40] Introduction of guests [1:00] What are the big...

As we celebrate Cyber Security Awareness month, Connection in partnership with Intel, bring you a timely podcast to help your organization stay safe from cyber threats and help educate hybrid workers on best practices.  Intel and the Connection Security practice collaborate and talk candidly with James to unveil some insights you many never have considered. Remember - "Do Your Part Be Cyber Smart"...

In order to survive, manufacturers must be agile in surviving disruption. Industry 4.0 technologies are reinventing how manufacturers do business and, to stay competitive, companies will need to embrace these technologies to capitalize on the efficiencies, cost savings, and improved uptimes that might be gained.   Host: James Hilliard Guest 1: Ryan Spurr, Director of Manufacturing Strategy & Busin...

Host: James Hilliard Guest 1: Robert Gates, Cloud Technical Architect at Microsoft  Guest 2: Trinh Tran, Partner Technology Strategist at Microsoft  Guest 3: Burton Kersey, Senior Channel Account Manager at Lenovo Guest 4: Matt Skoog, Partner Development Specialist – Mobility Activations    Description: James Hilliard your host welcomes Robert Gates, Trinh Tran, Burton Kersey, and Matt Skoog to ta...

Host: James Hilliard Guest 1: Brian Gallagher, Retail Strategy Business Dev Director at Connection Guest 2: Tim Vanevenhoven, Director of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships at Aruba Guest 3: Tim Kane, Retail Solutions Industry Consultant, North America Retail at Zebra Technologies   Description: James Hilliard your host welcomes Tim Vanevenhoven from Aruba, Tim Kane from Zebra, and Br...

Host: James Hilliard Guest 1: Brian Gallagher, Retail Strategy Business Dev Director at Connection Guest 2: A special guest from Apple   James Hillard, your host, welcomes Brian Gallagher and a special guest from Apple to today’s episode to have a discussion about the current state of retail. Our experts talk about how important it is to empower your retail employees to engage with your customers....

Host: James Hilliard Guest 1:  Brian Gallagher, Retail Strategy Business Dev Director at Connection Guest 2: Jamal Khan, President Global Digital and ECommerce at Connection   In today’s episode, James Hilliard, your host, welcomes Brian Gallagher, Retail Strategy Business Dev. Director at Connection, and Jamal Khan, President Global Digital and ECommerce at Connection, to engage in a thoughtful d...

Host: Penny Conway Guest 1: Pamela Aulakh, Vertical Alliance Manager for K12. Connection Guest 2: Kevin Schmid. Public Sector Alliances Manager. Intel.   Description: Penny Conway, your host, is joined by Pamela Aulakh and Intel's Kevin Schmid for today’s episode to talk about the three ways that the CARES Act can support K12 education and how schools are laboraging founding for technology and the...

Host: Penny Conway Guest 1: Yasser Rasheed. Global Director (Enterprise Endpoint & Security Products) Intel Corporation Guest 2: Stephen Nardone. Practice Director, Security Technology Solutions Group. Connection.   Description: According to the 2020 Harvey Nash KPMG CIO Survey, security is currently the number one priority across the IT landscape. According to the survey of over 2000 IT leaders b...

Host: Penny Conway Co-Host: Rob McIntosh Guest: Steven L. Crowthers VP of TIDC Guest: Mark Wulfhorst Director of Technical Services and Solutions   A continued conversation with the leaders of Connection's TIDC - Technical Integration and Distribution Center in Wilmington Ohio.  Logistics companies throughout the Nation have been stressed with supply chain issues, increased shipping needs during t...

Host: Penny Conway Guest 1: Jeff Trent — Vice President, Federal Sales — Connection Guest 2: Rachel Spannuth - Business Applications Specialist - Connection Guest 3: Rob McIntosh- Marketing Manager Business Solutions Group - Connection   In the new age of digital collaboration MS Teams continues to evolve and emerge as the platform of choice for government agencies, businesses and education.  On t...

Host: James Hilliard Guest : Tom Halberda,  - Director of E-Rate & Data Center Sales - Connection SLED There has been no more important time in the history of our schools and libraries to take advantage of all the E-Rate program has to offer.  Affordable internet and telecommunications during these challenging times is mission critical and E-Rate will help your school or library.   James talks to...

Host: Penny Conway Guest 1: Katie John — Senior Product Manager — Microsoft Center of Excellence Guest 2: Jenny Gibson-Kautz, - Partner Development Specialist - Microsoft Center of Excellence Guest 3: Rob McIntosh, - Marketing Manager  - Connection Business Solutions Group Microsoft currently has over 115,000,000 daily users and growing every day.  Why the adoption? What are some of the advantages...

Host: Penny Conway Guest 1: Jason Buffington — Vice President, Solution Strategy — Veeam Guest 2: Franklin Nsude, Sr. Microsoft Cloud Solutions Architect   According to a recent Veeam Customer Survey, 76% of Office 365 users don’t realize they needed to back up their data, this should make us all feel a little nervous, especially as we are living in a time when cyberattacks are happening all aroun...

Host: Penny Conway Guest 1: Brian Gillman, Vice-President of Product & Solutions Marketing at Vonage Guest 2: John Fuhrman — Partner Alliance Manager-Cloud for Connection   Description: Throughout 2020 call centers have seen record-breaking call-in contact volumes. Your call center is often the first experience that a prospective patient has with your healthcare brand. Having the right technology...

Host: Penny Conway   Guest 1: Tony Dancona, Evangelist Digital Workspace and part of the Industry Solutions Group at Connection Guest 2  Emily Hammond, Senior Director of Benefits and Compensation at Connection Guest 3: Rob McIntosh, Marketing Manager for the Business Solution Group at Connection   Organizations across the country are taking on the enormous task of building strategies, policies, a...

Host: Penny Conway Guest: Jason Burgeson, Systems Engineer for Aruba Networks.  If you are a small business your digital strategy could make or break you this year. According to a recent study by McKinsey, 70 to 80% of B2B customers prefer a digital interaction in the age of a pandemic. The top performers and digital engagement with customers were video and live online chat. Do you have the WiFi n...

Host: Penny Conway Guest 1: Cameron Bulanda, Vice President Technical Sales at Connection Guest 2: John Kuzma. Industry Technical Specialist- Intel Corporation   Description: In a previous episode Penny talked with Intel to talk about how a modern data center should look like as part of the digital transformation. Many of you already know the benefits of modernizing your data center but, do you re...

Host: Penny Conway Guest: Rhett Livengood. Director, Digital Business Enabling at Intel Corporation   Description: The world has been talking about the growth of collaboration tools and demands on the PC market, but what else are we missing to do our jobs and do them well, it's time to start talking about how organizations are going to need to reimagine the roles and responsibilities of their lead...