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BlueStar Nation is the podcast that tackles the hot topics, trends, and emerging technologies impacting the specialty IT reseller channel, software companies, MSPs, and hardware manufacturers. Hosted by John Martin & Dean Reverman. Tell us what YOU want to hear about: nation@bluestarinc.com
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Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Retail Trends w/Honeywell's Karen Bomber
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
The world of retail has changed pretty dramatically in the first half of 2020. Karen Bomber, Honeywell's Director of Vertical Marketing, helps us sort out the tech solutions and trends benefiting and transforming retailers. How is personalization driving customer experience? Who benefits and struggles with innovations like curbside pickup, BOPIS and self-checkout? Finally, we make some predictions about the future of retail.
*Recorded mid-May 2020*
#VARValue - How should VARs think outside of the box in retail?
TEConnecting with Us:
Karen: Voice-Enablement
Dean: Board Games
John: "Autonomous Vehicles are Ready to Disrupt Society..." - Cold Call podcast ep
Talk to Us!
@TEConnectPod on Twitter
teconnect@bluestarinc.com
Sponsored by:
Honeywell's Guided Work for Retail

Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Digital Transformation in Healthcare w/Dr. Christine Perales & Matt Jordan
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Digital transformation expert Dr. Christine Perales and BlueStar's Healthcare BDM Matt Jordan discuss the acceleration of digital technologies in healthcare during the pandemic and what it means for the future. How is telehealth impacted? What are organizations doing with analytics? How is all of this change impacting the reseller channel?
*We had some audio noise during the early part of the podcast so we had to jump from the guest intro right into our topic, skipping out on a great shoutout to our frontline healthcare workers putting their lives on the line everyday to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. They are true heroes.*
#VARValue - How do VARs approach healthcare customers during a crisis?
TEConnecting with Us:
Matt - RFID/RTLS
Dr. Perales - Augmented Intelligence
Dean - "It's Time to Put AI on a Data Diet"
John - Staying In with Emily & Kumail podcast
Talk to Us!
@TEConnectPod on Twitter
teconnect@bluestarinc.com
Sponsored by:
Elo Medical Grade Touch Monitors
Honeywell Healthcare Solutions
Zebra's Real-Time Data for Healthcare eBook

Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Digital Marketing in a Crisis w/James Korte
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Welcome to the TEConnect Podcast! For the first episode, we invited James Korte, BlueStar's Digital Marketing Manager, on to discuss a timely topic...Marketing in a Crisis. Should your business address a crisis directly, indirectly or leave it alone? What kind of messages fall flat or could harm your reputation?
#VARValue - How can marketing help you right now?
TEConnecting with Us:
James - Social Distancing Technology
Dean - Wearable Tech
John - MLB.com content
Talk to Us!
@TEConnectPod on Twitter
teconnect@bluestarinc.com
Sponsored by:
Zebra's PartnerConnect Program
Honeywell's No-Touch/Reduced Touch Drive-Thru Solutions
