Blair Technology Solutions Launches New Cloud Solutions

Toronto, Ontario – Blair Technology Solutions is proud to introduce their family of cloud solutions. The solutions consist of Blair Private Cloud, Blair Backup as a Service, Blair Resiliency as a Service, and Blair Cloud Management.

On Demand Webinar

Navigating the Impact of Cybersecurity in a Global Pandemic

Join IDC, Blair Technology Solutions and a panel of your peers for a webinar to:

• Gain insights from IDC Canada’s study on how the pandemic is having lasting effects on digital transformation
• Understand how leading Canadian enterprises are shifting their IT strategies to a risk-based approach
• Discover security strategies and steps your organization must take to become more “digitally determined”
• Learn from Canadian industry leaders through a panel discussion on how they have improved their
preparedness for the next disaster

IT World Canada Webinar

Connecting the Dots Between IT Modernization and Digital Transformation

A new study conducted by IDC and sponsored by Blair Technology Solutions & IBM reveals that DX progress is being hindered by organizational misalignment, knowledge gaps and differing points of view on the benefits of IT modernization.

On October 25, 2018, join John Blair, President and CEO of Blair Technology Solutions, Jason Bremner, Research VP of IDC Canada, and Jim Love, CIO of ITWC CIO to talk about the study findings and the way to leverage them to shape progress in your own business. Among the topics that will be covered in this session:

• The IT modernization and DX paradox.
• Helping IT and LOB prioritize outcomes for business success
• IT modernization pathway to DX

Blair Cloud Solutions Webinar

Backup as a Service

• Do you have multiple layers of backup solutions?
• Do you have workloads (such as Office 365) running in the cloud today? How are you protecting them?
• Do you have enough resources/skills to efficiently manage data protection activities?

York Downs Golf and Country Club, Markham, Ontario

Blair Cloud Solutions In Action!

On September 6, 2018, please join us as we highlight how Blair Cloud Solutions help businesses be more agile and secure. Enjoy a casual environment while networking with subject matter experts and peers.

Inspire. Innovate. St. Clair College. Windsor, Ontario

OCCCIO Conference – 2018

The Ontario College Council of Chief Information Officers (OCCCIO) is to enhance its members’ ability to strategically and effectively lead information technology support for Ontario colleges. An annual conference is held every year at a host college to share insights and best practices and to explore emerging trends. This year, the theme of the conference is “Inspire Innovate”. As a Gold IBM Business Partner, Blair Technology Solutions will be exhibiting at this year’s OCCCIO conference. Please come and visit us at our booth #22 and join us for an inspirational session on “Artifical Intelligence in Higher Education”.

Managed Services Webinar Series #1

Running IBM i/AIX? Why are businesses turning to Blair Managed Services to support these critical systems?

According to recent IBM surveys, the number of organizations considering Managed Services or outsourcing of their IBM i/AIX environments has increased on average 30% from 2016 to 2017. Company executives state that the drivers behind this growing trend include understanding the need to stay current but lack of time to do so, shortage of skilled resources within their organizations and business resiliency concerns as related to the platform.

IDC Research on Digital Transformation & The Acceleration of Analytics in Canada

The session will also provide you with things to consider as companies and leaders transform to become disrupters or leaders in their markets. Find out what are the 4 big questions facing Canadian businesses in their digital transformation journey.

Webinar: Beyond Big Data: Leverage Large-Scale Connections

Today’s CIOs and CTOs don’t just need to manage larger volumes of data – they need to generate insight from their existing data. In this case, the relationships between data points matter more than the individual points themselves. In order to leverage data relationships, organizations need a database technology that stores relationship information as a first-class entity. That technology is a graph database.

Blair operates with one key goal in mind: Driving positive business outcomes through technology innovation.