Making IT Happen by Simms: Recent Episodes
Chatty Hatter
The Simms team talk to their people, their customers, and business leaders on technology, partnerships, and much more!
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Drew sits down with Nick from Exacta, to discuss the growth of their bespoke technologies solution company from pivotal turning points in their history to the major growth plans ahead.
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Join us in celebration of International Women’s Day as we sit down with Amy Young, Sales Director at a prominent data centre Custodian, to delve into the critical topic of inclusion and diversity in the tech industry. In this episode, Amy shares her personal journey, highlighting the challenges she's faced, the triumphs she's achieved, and invaluable insights on how we can collectively empower women in tech. Tune in for an inspiring conversation that explores the path to a more inclusive and diverse tech community.
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We chat to the brilliant Esther Spanjer of Micron about escalating challenges in the data centre world. Join us as we discuss how memory and storage is not only keeping up, but pushing it on.
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Success isn't an accident. So, where do you start? Business and Performance Coach and Author Royston Guest joins us to impart his wisdom on how businesses and individuals can plan for success in the year ahead.
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We sit down for our final podcast of the year to learn all about the Exascend who are pioneering innovation in the storage market for industrial and other verticals.
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We sit down with Intelligent Memory’s Sales Director (North & South Europe), Alistair Jones to discuss demand, technology advancements and much more in the world of industrial, with an overview of IM.
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Roger and Matt are back alongside Rorke to catch up on sustainability. The guys give updates on their respective business initiatives and all things COP 28.
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We sat down with Marco in the summer, where he gave his foresight on what the market may or may not do before 2024. Now he’s back to give an update on this, and the potential movement for memory and semi-conductor growth in the years to come!
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We welcome back our very first guest Brian Roe to the podcast! Brian is CEO of Irish data centre Servecentric, and we discuss the emergency of AI in data centres, where he is seeing growth and dealing with Ireland’s sustainability questions as an actual data centre.
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We sit down with IT channel expert Marc Sumner, to discuss the changing landscape of the IT channel and how does in the chain need to remain relevant!
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We sit down with Howard Fu, GM of Global Sales at Innodisk to discuss our partnership with them, and how their industrial storage solutions are powering AI and so much more.
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We sit down with MD of Revolve, Luke Hall, who has played a pivotal role in culture at Simms and how this is driving us forward as a business. Here how we did it and how this drives us forward.
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We sit down with semi-conductor and memory expert Marco Mezger to discuss the latest happenings in this market with what is to come in the months/years beyond.
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Our CEO sits down with Alex Segada of Solidigm – a company recently spawned from Intel and SK Hynix making headway in data centre SSD innovation for CSPs and hosting companies around the world. Hear all about them and how Simms works with them!
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Sit down with some of our wonderful Customer Care team to hear about them, the team and what it’s like to work for Simms!
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We're back after a little time away - this time to discuss the latest in IoT, edge and 5G with our customer Hubit Technology!
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Sit back and enjoy a game of foosball with the Simms Warehouse team – meet Ryan and Ben!
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Join some of the Simms sales guys over a game of Uno to learn about their time so far at Simms, the future, and a bit about being a TEAM! We sit down with Raf, Jason, Brendan and Marc!
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In this podcast we meet Corsair one of the worlds largest gaming ecosystem providers. We talk about Corsair the company the UK team, the market, ecosystems, e sports and advancements in gaming technology.
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In this episode of Making IT Happen, we sit down with Richard Kanadjian, Global Business Manager from Kingston Technology and thought leader and data compliance tech expert, Rafael Bloom. We discuss all things encryption and data security and how to keep organisations secure in 2023.
In this episode of Making IT Happen we sit down with Chris Brierley, Sales Director of BVM a very successful manufacturer of industrial PCs and embedded systems. We discuss, skills, aftercare and some of the successes and challenges an SME faces in a cutting edge industry.
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We are joined by Shaun Wilson of Magway to discuss their unique, zero-emissions underground delivery system. We listen to how they plan on making a faster, smarter, and cheaper solution to delivery.
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We are back six months on from our first sustainability discussion to see how the agenda has moved and new ways of tackling the issues. We welcome new guest to the panel, Sheryl Moore who has recently taken up the role of Head of Sustainability at Stone Group.
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In our final team episode of the year, we introduce you to Mel – a key part of our culture here at Simms and part of the marketing team that Make It Happen!
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We sit down with tech thought leader Rafael Bloom and Kingston Technology’s Balamayuran Sivapalan to discuss why edge is happening, what is an edge data centre is and much, much more.
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Alan has been in the business for 14+ years working his way to CFO of Simms. A scouser, hear how he ended up landing in Maidstone for the long-term in a great podcast!
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We sit down with a customer of ours, Probrand, who have launched one of the most exciting technology B2B marketplaces, which we discuss in detail along with the current state of supply in IT.
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Customer Care Executive or Internal Talent Hunter? Steph has helped bring various colleagues into the business and this is thanks to the incredible team and culture we have at Simms! Take a listen to Steph’s story.
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Our CSO sits down with the MD at G2 Digital Video to discuss everything about their amazing design and manufacturing of high-performing rack mounts and mini PCs
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Simms is made up of many wonderful departments, but the engine room that keeps us ticking is the warehouse! Say hello to Ryan, one of our newer warehouse assistants, who discusses life in the Simms warehouse and what he thinks of our colleagues.
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We sit down with our COO, Claire who has been with the company for a staggering 25 years! Claire worked her way from inputting purchase invoices to where she is today, and along the way Claire embodies our values and culture, working closely with our colleagues at Simms.
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Enjoy this CEO 2 CEO discussion between Simms and Concurrent Technologies, discussing the importance of partnerships and human relationships within the business – especially in this post-COVID world we are entering.
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Meet Marc – our account manager on the industrial & embedded side who came across from Jactron when Simms purchased the business some years ago now. We discuss Marc’s love for tech, the great relationships he has with colleagues, and much more!
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Meet Charlotte – who is our Customer Care Manager at Simms who has been with the business for 10 years! Very much a team player who loves her team and knows her customers inside out, we talk about the community feel within the company, adapting during trickier times and her memorable moments.
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Our CEO sits down with Roger Whittle, CEO of Jigaw24, Craig Campion, Director of ITAD at Stone Group, and consultant Matthew Morris. They passionately discuss the state of sustainability in business and what their businesses are doing to tackle the emergency, touching on key initiatives and how they’re personally taking action right now.
In our latest episode of Making IT Happen by Simms, we sit down with Brian Roe who is CEO of Irish tier III data centre, Servecentric. We catch up on the changing needs of his customers, how infrastructure is moving to meet demands, data centre sustainability and much, much more – including Brian’s prediction for the data centre industry and customer needs.
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Meet Sam – our witty and passionate account manager at Simms! Sam is part of the furniture at Simms and brings a lot of character and humour to the team, whilst being key in our sales success since he started with us 14 years ago. Our host Nicole digs into his past at Simms which started off selling some unusual items, not in the memory and storage arena – as Sam explains the culture and make-up of Simms that makes the company the success it is today. We also find out some interesting facts about Sam outside of Simms, including an appearance on a very popular TV show!
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In our inaugural episode of Making IT Happen by Simms, we couldn’t not start by sitting down to chat with our very own CEO and founder of Simms, Andrew Henderson – or better known to everyone at Simms as ‘Rorke’ – as explained in this podcast.
Chatty Hatter’s Nicole discussed how Andrew came from a farming background to build an IT distribution company of 30+ years and a turnover of £35m+, understanding what it takes as a leader to empower the company to grow with an impressive colleague retention rate of around 11 years in terms of stay-time at Simms – with some interesting insight into Andrew’s spare time and hopes for the future.