Squared Away
Companies evolve, shift, and transform to survive and thrive. Evolution is built into SMC Squared’s DNA to ensure it can meet the global demands of its customers. SMC Squared’s Dr. Patricia Connolly, CEO & Founding Partner, and Steven Stephan, COO & Founding Partner, came together to discuss the company’s beginnings, how they address today’s needs,…
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Squared Away: Successfully Outsourcing Offshore Talent
Securing reliable offshore talent to supplement a U.S.-based workforce can be difficult to manage and maintain. This is especially true if a company has no experience with setting up offshore talent pools. Kevin Christ, Partner at Concentre spoke with Squared Away podcast host Gabrielle Bejarano about the advantages of working with SMC Squared in securing…
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Squared Away by SMC Squared: Understanding the BOT Model for Outsourced IT: Ecolab Digital Center’s GCC Transfer
When Fortune 500 company Ecolab, a worldwide leader in energy, water and hygiene technologies and services, found themselves with a lack of available talent to execute on big ideas they turned to experts at SMC Squared. Gabrielle Bejarano sits down with Malahar Pinnelli, VP of Technology and Managing Director at Ecolab Digital Center (EDC); Supriya…
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The Economics of a Global Capability Center
As outsourcing costs rise, while finding the right talent is akin to locating a needle in a haystack, CIOs search for solutions to these present-day challenges. Thankfully, global capability centers may offer an answer. Dr. Patricia Connolly, Founding Partner and CEO at SMC Squared, and Jan Ross, Former CIO at nThrive, sat down to discuss…
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Get Tech Ready for Back to School: Practical Tips for Teachers
As classrooms across the country prepare for the new school year, integrating technology has become a key component of educational strategies. The global value of the EdTech sector is expected to reach $132.4 billion by the year 2032. Amid this increasing emphasis on digital tools in K-12 education, teachers must ensure their tech tools…
Jabra and Microsoft Teams Integration: Insights from Josh Blalock and Danny Hayasaka
Craig Durr, Chief Analyst and Founder at the Collab Collective, sits down with Josh Blalock, Chief Video Evangelist and Microsoft MVP, Jabra, and Danny Hayasaka, Senior Director of Marketing and Emerging Technologies at Call One, Inc. Learn how Jabra integrates within the Microsoft Teams ecosystem and the latest AI-driven solutions, revolutionizing how we collaborate in…
Maestro All-In-One PMS and Data Plus Collaborate to Provide Seamless End-To-End Integrations for the Famed Francisco Grande Hotel & Golf Resort
The historic sports training destinations is now benefitting from improved access to financial management technology and enhanced integrations across all operations departments MARKHAM, Ontario, Sept. 10, 2024 — Maestro PMS, the hotel industry’s leading Web Browser-based cloud and on-premises all-in-one property-management system, has teamed with industry-leading financial management platform Data Plus to elevate the technology offerings…
AI in Pro AV: Addressing Opportunities, Use Cases, and Concerns w/ Joe Pham of QSC and Q-SYS
On this episode of Pro AV Today, we break down the topic du jour in Pro AV: artificial intelligence. Joe Pham, the Chairman & CEO of QSC | Q-SYS, joins Ben Thomas to talk about how AV and AI are coming together and pushing the AV industry forward. Key Topics: Decoding AI in the…