Go Beyond The Connection
Go Beyond The Connection
Podcast Description
Go Beyond the Connection is a show for business leaders, IT pros, and anyone obsessed with how connectivity shapes the modern enterprise. Listen and explores what happens beyond the internet connection—where technology, resilience, and real-world business needs intersect.
In each episode, we speak with industry experts, innovators, and practitioners who are pushing the boundaries of cloud connectivity, network performance, and digital infrastructure. From hybrid work to SD-WAN, from customer experience to business continuity, we dig into the strategies that power today’s most connected organizations.
Whether you’re leading IT transformation, navigating the challenges of multi-site networking, or simply want to stay sharp on emerging tech, Go Beyond the Connection delivers actionable insights in a human, engaging format. It’s not just about the tech—it’s about the people and stories behind it.
Tune in, subscribe, and discover how to future-proof your business one conversation at a time.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores themes of cloud connectivity, network performance, and digital infrastructure with specific episodes addressing hybrid work dynamics, the impact of SD-WAN, and customer experience improvements. Notable discussions include the significance of a wireless-first approach for competitive advantage, the role of partnerships in IT success, and how connectivity drives remote work and customer engagement.
Go Beyond the Connection is a show for business leaders, IT pros, and anyone obsessed with how connectivity shapes the modern enterprise. Listen and explores what happens beyond the internet connection—where technology, resilience, and real-world business needs intersect.
In each episode, we speak with industry experts, innovators, and practitioners who are pushing the boundaries of cloud connectivity, network performance, and digital infrastructure. From hybrid work to SD-WAN, from customer experience to business continuity, we dig into the strategies that power today’s most connected organizations.
Whether you’re leading IT transformation, navigating the challenges of multi-site networking, or simply want to stay sharp on emerging tech, Go Beyond the Connection delivers actionable insights in a human, engaging format. It’s not just about the tech—it’s about the people and stories behind it.
Tune in, subscribe, and discover how to future-proof your business one conversation at a time.
The way we connect has changed. What was once backup-only wireless is now the backbone for business growth. In this episode of Go Beyond the Connection, Shawn Tinsley, Senior Director of IT at Dell Technologies, and Dave Idle, Chief Product Officer at Bigleaf Networks, share how wireless-first strategies are transforming enterprise IT.
Shawn and Dave bring deep experience from both the enterprise and product sides of networking. Together they explore how companies can shift from fragile, fixed lines to agile, service-layer connectivity that improves uptime, resilience, and customer experience.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why wireless-first networks are now reliable enough for primary connectivity
- How Bigleaf’s dynamic circuit bonding ensures uninterrupted applications during outages
- Ways field and offshore teams benefit from 5G-enabled tablets and tools
- How centralized dashboards let one engineer manage hundreds of sites
- Why AI and machine learning are key to building responsive, self-healing networks
- How intelligent monitoring helps businesses right-size bandwidth costs without losing performance
“5G is revolutionary, and it’s a fundamental shift from connectivity. It’s a service layer that enables business. Infrastructure becomes more adaptable, and the network extends seamlessly across traditional boundaries. It’s no longer a barrier because of the technology we have now.” — Shawn Tinsley
Shawn describes how 5G is moving beyond buzzwords to deliver tangible value, from replacing binders on offshore rigs with live tablets, to making real-time analytics possible at the edge. Dave explains how Bigleaf enables zero-touch failover, bonding multiple circuits so applications like point-of-sale, Teams, and IoT devices never skip a beat.
The conversation also explores the economics of bandwidth. Many companies use only a fraction of what they pay for, yet hesitate to cut back. With AI-driven traffic shaping and intelligent monitoring, enterprises can optimize network investments while boosting performance.
For lean IT teams, this shift is game-changing. Instead of rolling trucks or firefighting at every site, one engineer can manage an entire distributed footprint from a central dashboard. Automation, observability, and edge-ready resilience bring enterprise-grade reliability within reach for organizations of all sizes.
Shawn and Dave close with a clear call: don’t be afraid of wireless as your primary network. With the combination of 5G, hybrid WAN architectures, and intelligent automation, the technology is already outperforming legacy fiber in many scenarios.
Whether you’re responsible for dozens of remote offices, offshore operations, or just want to keep every transaction flowing no matter what, this episode will reshape how you think about connectivity.
Companies Mentioned:Nextel, Sprint, Verizon, Bigleaf Networks
Listen now and learn how to build a network strategy that scales with your business, not against it.
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