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Organizations are facing massive internal and external challenges, such as supply chain disruptions, persistent inflation and labor shortages. While modern businesses need to align strategy, technology and workforce management, the key to fortifying yourself against these obstacles may lie in IT infrastructure and operations. 

This episode features Douglas Toombs, a VP Analyst for Infrastructure & Operations and keynote speaker at this year’s Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference. In this interview, Douglas explains that I&O not only affects people, processes and technology but also how leaders can align all three to create an innovative ecosystem to help their organizations withstand emerging headwinds.

Dig Deeper

Read: A Cost Optimization Strategy for I&O Leaders in Uncertain Times

https://gtnr.it/3XO9lw3

Learn: What Any Leader Needs to Know About Cloud Computing

https://gtnr.it/3J6WQYm

Discover: Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference 2023

https://gtnr.it/3U5eyhf

Watch: Opening Keynote, Gartner IOCS 2022

https://bit.ly/3kvjfEx

Host James Kernan interviews Dakota Fitzgerald from the new TDSynnex to discuss the Tech Data-Synnex merger and what it means for IT Service Providers.

Dakota is the SYNNEX StellrCloud Cloud and Platform Strategist. Her background is in coding, development, and mass communications. In her current role, she works to develop new and innovative Cloud Strategies that provide resellers with the competitive advantage they need to navigate disruption and thrive in the Cloud arena.

By connecting passionate people to powerful platforms through purposeful partnerships, TDSynnex is becoming the leader for Digital Transformation in the channel. Through end-to-end solutions, support, and services, Dakota works to serve reseller partners, vendors, and colleagues in making TDSYNNEX StellrCloud the obvious destination for all Cloud needs.

More info at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dakota17fitzgerald/ 

And of course . . .
https://www.tdsynnex.com/ 

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On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Malcolm Ferguson, Distinguished Technologist at HPE and Scott Thomson, HPE GreenLake Cloud Services Specialist for conversation around cloud strategies and why colocation is making more sense these days.

A Colocation Cloud Journey: Exploring the Acceleration of Colocation Strategies

 In our conversation we discussed the following:

• How the pandemic has impacted cloud strategies
• The trends driving the acceleration of sourcing colocation facilities
• The challenges customers are seeing with colocation facilities
• How HPE GreenLake’s Edge-to-Cloud platform has helped organizations transition their IT to a cloud experience

It was an excellent conversation with several insightful tidbits.