Blair Let's Talk IT
6 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -Blair - Let’s Talk IT is a show about business infrastructure and technology. Join host John Blair, President and CEO of Blair Technology Solutions, as he discusses trending topics in technology with leading IT experts; providing you and your organization with the knowledge and expertise needed to succeed in today’s changing and competitive landscape.
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A Holistic Approach to Cybersecurity for Small Businesses
July 12, 2021 14:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBCybersecurity solutions that are designed for large enterprises are usually too expensive, arduous to maintain, and too difficult to staff for constant monitoring for small businesses. In this episode, John Blair, President and CEO at Blair Technology Solutions, is joined by Guy Cunningham, Senior Vice President for Channel Sales and Alliance at Netsurion, to discuss how Endpoint Protection and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions for SMB have evolved and how SMB can s...
Building Cyber Resilience in a Post Pandemic World
June 03, 2021 19:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBEveryone is familiar with the three pillars of cybersecurity: People, Process and Technology. However, most companies typically invest in just one area – technology and fail to recognize that the most significant security risk remains the human factor. In this episode, John Blair, President and CEO at Blair Technology Solutions, is joined by Jim Kootnekoff, President and CEO of SecuSolutions, to discuss the changing landscape of cybersecurity, the importance of security awareness, and the ...
Building Cyber Resilience in a Post Pandemic World
June 03, 2021 19:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBEveryone is familiar with the three pillars of cybersecurity: People, Process and Technology. However, most companies typically invest in just one area – technology and fail to recognize that the most significant security risk remains the human factor. In this episode, John Blair, President and CEO at Blair Technology Solutions, is joined by Jim Kootnekoff, President and CEO of SecuSolutions, to discuss the changing landscape of cybersecurity, the importance of security awareness, and the ...
Migrating Traditional Business Apps with Skytap Cloud
January 28, 2021 15:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBIn our third episode, host John Blair, President and CEO at Blair Technology Solutions, is joined by Brad Schick, Chief Executive Officer at Skytap to discuss migrating traditional, business-critical applications into the cloud-centric world. Tune in to find out their thoughts on the topic, the challenges they have found with traditional IBM Power clients, and how they overcome these client’s challenges and hesitation to captivate early adopters to the cloud. Enjoy our podcast? Check out...
Navigating the Impact of Cybersecurity in a Global Pandemic
December 14, 2020 15:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBOur second episode includes content from a recent webinar hosted by Blair Technology Solutions Inc. on November 19th, 2020. In this webinar, host John Blair is joined by keynote speaker Kevin Lonergan, Research Manager, Security and Infrastructure at IDC Canada, as well as panelists Paul Leone, CIO & Risk Management Officer at Honda Canada Inc., Doug Scott, VP of IT at TST-CF Express, and Turham Djevdet, Manager of Technical Services at TST-CF Express. Together they discuss insights from IDC...
The Cloud Trends for IBM Power Systems
November 05, 2020 04:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBIn our premiere episode, host John Blair is joined by Timothy Prickett Morgan, President of Guild Companies Inc. and co-editor of The Four Hundred to discuss the cloud trends for IBM Power Systems. Find out what their thoughts are on IBM’s recent announcement to spin off its Global Technology Services (GTS) group as a free-standing organization, the dangers of Microsoft, and how mid-market companies or enterprises can leverage the cloud. Ready to make the switch to cloud? Download our FR...