Navigating Today’s Hybrid IT Landscape as a Small to Mid-Sized Business - The Main Scoop
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John Kamen, President and CEO of Blue Hill Data Services, joins Daniel Newman and Greg Lotko to discuss how small and mid-sized businesses can run the mainframe efficiently while managing hybrid IT environments and modernization challenges.
If you run the mainframe efficiently, it can support businesses of any size – whether that’s small, mid-sized, or global enterprise.
On this episode of The Main Scoop, hosts Daniel Newman, CEO and Chief Analyst at Futurum, and Greg Lotko, SVP & GM, Mainframe Software Division at Broadcom, sit down with John Kamen, President and CEO of Blue Hill Data Services, to discuss how smaller businesses can keep critical systems running while managing software and hardware across today’s hybrid IT environments.
The conversation highlights the real constraints that small and mid-sized businesses face, including limited budgets, tight technical resources, and the complexity of operating across multiple platforms. John outlines how organizations are keeping core workloads stable and modernizing with intent by running the mainframe efficiently, leaning on managed services, and making focused modernization decisions that move the business forward without stretching teams too thin.
Key Takeaways Include:
🔹 Mainframe efficiency matters at every scale: When run properly, the mainframe remains a strong foundation for critical workloads, regardless of company size.
🔹 Hybrid IT increases complexity: Small and mid-sized businesses often operate across multiple platforms, increasing operational and maintenance demands.
🔹 Resource constraints drive strategy: Limited funding and talent require smarter approaches to modernization, not wholesale replacement.
🔹 Services and partnerships fill gaps: Managed services, staff augmentation, and hosted models help smaller organizations maintain stability while evolving their environments.
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