Steve McCallie

Cybersecurity shouldn’t be a 24/7 headache for K–12 IT teams. 🛑 If you’re juggling security alerts and tight budgets while trying to keep the digital classroom running, you’re not alone. We’re helping our education partners lighten that load with the ThreatDown K-12 Bundle. Why districts are leaning on this right now: ✅ SOC-as-a-Service: Around-the-clock monitoring without the cost of a full internal staff ✅ Fast deployment: Up and running in minutes ✅ Privacy first: Better visibility into student data and third-party app risks ✅ Budget resilient: High-impact protection that fits within K–12 constraints Reduce your ransomware risk without adding more to your plate. 🔗 Check it out: http://ms.spr.ly/6042Q0DUa

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We are in the second week of our Okta rollout in the school district and it’s been flawless. As far as the end users can tell, nothing changed. That’s not an accident. My stellar team and I spent months pregaming this out, blowing holes in our process and rebuilding. After the first deployment, we needed to DOUBLE our if/then workflows to correct scenarios we didn’t anticipate. None that was forward facing. We have another five schools on the schedule, but the second, and arguably hardest building was done yesterday. This could not have happened without a team of Technology Professionals and I’m lucky enough to have a team of rock stars. Okta makes a solid product and we love the drag and drop jsons. So far, this has been an exceptional implementation.

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The last couple weeks post-SKO have flown by, but I am excited to have two new team members in my Field CTO team here at Tanium. Jim Livornese joined last week as the Field CTO for our Microsoft partnership. Jim brings strong CTO-level experience helping customers align security operations, and cloud strategy with real business outcomes. His leadership will be key as we continue to deepen strategic partnerships and support customers navigating increasingly complex environments. Benjamin Smith made the switch this week from technology consulting, where he spent the last 15 years. He's joining the team from Accenture's Technology Strategy and Advisory group out of Denver. Ben is highly passionate about the transformative value of AI - and the positive business impact it can make for our customer's most difficult challenges they face. Welcome to the team, Jim and Ben!

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Stop Waiting for ROI. Start Controlling Your AI Outcomes today. 📈 To the leaders driving real productivity - not just piloting projects: You don't need more AI; you need AI that works without chaos. At SGITAL - AI Workflows, we cut through the complexity of enterprise AI by deploying ServiceNow's governed, results-driven platform. Our commitment, built on customer Trust, is to ensure your AI scales with purpose. 🤝 Three benefits of the SGITAL - AI Workflows' successful ServiceNow AI Implementation: 1️⃣ Autonomous Agents: We enable ServiceNow AI Agents to solve business challenges autonomously across IT, HR, and Customer Service, giving your people exponential time back. 2️⃣ Full Visibility: We implement the AI Control Tower - your non-negotiable central hub. You get the governance and analytics you need to maintain full control over every AI asset. 3️⃣ Real-Time Data Power: By utilizing Workflow Data Fabric, we ensure your AI is always acting on current, integrated data - making it smarter, faster, and more reliable. The value is simple: Guaranteed control, measurable productivity, and the best customer experience. 🚀 Ready to move from AI testing to confident, controlled deployment? ➡️ Follow SGITAL to master your #AIWorkflows and secure your enterprise future.   #ServiceNowPartner #EnterpriseAI #DigitalTrust #CIO #SGITAL #BusinessOutcomes #Productivity 

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AI is scaling at enterprise speed. Governance is struggling to keep up. That gap is where risk, security, and compliance challenges quietly begin. Which is exactly why we're partnering with ServiceNow and Splunk for a hands-on AI Control Tower Deep Dive Workshop on March 31st. This is not a product demo. This is not a sales pitch. This is a focused working session for security, risk, and IT leaders facing a very real question: How do you govern AI across your enterprise when every department is deploying models, agents, and automations independently? Here's what we'll dig into: • How ServiceNow's AI Control Tower centralizes visibility across all AI assets • Governance frameworks that scale without slowing innovation • Connecting AI risk to your existing security and compliance programs • Practical strategies for identifying and controlling shadow AI before it becomes a liability Tuesday, March 31, 2026 10:30 AM - 3:00 PM ET Space is intentionally limited to keep the session interactive and practical. Registration link is in the comments. If you're leading AI adoption, security, compliance, or risk strategy, you'll want the right people in this room. Tag them below. #AIGovernance #ServiceNow #AIControlTower #AICT #Splunk #GRC #ResponsibleAI #FedRAMP #Compliance #Governance #AI

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LeadThem Consulting's take on Microsoft 365 tenant-to-tenant migrations in M&A scenarios got me thinking about the real-world push and pull in those deals. I've led integrations where the rush to Day 1 readiness uncovers hidden dependencies, like when legacy apps tied to old domains throw off what seemed like straightforward mail flow. It's not just about sequencing by criticality; it's also spotting those interdependencies early to avoid cascading delays. In my experience with post-merger IT, especially in sectors like logistics and manufacturing, treating identity as a foundational piece from the outset keeps the business humming. I remember steering a large acquisition for a logistics firm with 16,000 employees, where prioritizing Entra ID consolidation meant executives could collaborate without a hitch right after close. What stands out is how this approach scales. We've handled integrations from 10 users up to 80,000, and the ones that front-load identity work consistently wrap up with fewer disruptions overall. https://lnkd.in/eMgfSbgq #MergersAndAcquisitions #Microsoft365 #ITIntegration #IdentityManagement

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Object First is launching Fleet Manager on May 6 at 11 AM EST. If you manage backup storage across distributed environments, this one's worth your time.

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Managing hybrid work, cloud, and vendor sprawl with the same old network? Check out this blog on unified network stacks and see how modernization can cut costs and risk. 🔗 https://bit.ly/3RtcJPa #UnifiedNetwork #ITLeadership

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Back-to-School isn’t just for students, California State University's IT team streamlines returning to campus with Smartsheet, reclaiming 30 hours per month. Read the full customer story here: https://ow.ly/FZNq30sPua4 #WorkWithFlow

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If you haven’t heard about Amorphic yet, get ready, it’s redefining the possible for modernizing tech debt powered by AWS and Cloudwick…Departments are saving millions and modernizing complex processes, workflows and reports with intelligent automation.

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Unleashing Hawaii's Tech Talent: Insights from Industry Leaders & Game-Changers During HTW 2024, leaders Zack Hernandez of AEP Hawaii, Aaron Kagawa of Kentik, and Peter Dooher of Servco Pacific Inc. share key insights during the Recruiting and Retaining Hawaii's Tech Talent. Big takeaways: 🥇 We have top-tier talent born and grown on the islands. 🎯 Our competitive spirit paired with oneness give us a special edge. 🤝 Both major local companies and world-wide startups are hiring from Hawaii. ⏱️ The timezone is can be a unique advantage for many engineering roles. #hawaii #tech #talent 📍 Honolulu Tech Week 2025 → honolulutechweek.com

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After spending many years as a healthcare CIO, I know firsthand what it feels like to walk into budget meetings while still being expected to improve resiliency, support clinicians, prepare for M&A activity, strengthen cybersecurity, meet growing regulatory demands, and somehow still find ways to innovate. Healthcare IT leaders are being asked to do more than ever before… with less flexibility than ever before. That’s why I’m genuinely excited about what the team at Citrix is doing with Citrix Platform Flex. If I had this model during my years leading large health systems, it would have been a game changer. The ability to align technology consumption around persona-based structures and flexible credit utilization is exactly the kind of modernization healthcare organizations need right now. Every user does not consume technology the same way — and finally there is a model built around that reality. What stands out to me most is that this is bigger than licensing. This is about helping organizations FLEX according to their business needs. Need to rapidly scale during a merger or acquisition? Flex. Need to support clinicians differently than administrative teams? Flex. Need to optimize costs without compromising patient care or resiliency? Flex. Need to adapt to changing workforce and regulatory pressures? Flex. This is one of the reasons I joined the Citrix team. I kept talking about how healthcare organizations need partners that show up differently — not just vendors focused on transactions. Citrix Platform Flex is a clear example of listening to customers, understanding operational realities, and building solutions that actually help IT leaders navigate today’s challenges. As someone who has sat in the CIO seat for many years, I can honestly say this is the kind of innovation healthcare organizations have been asking for. The future of healthcare IT cannot be rigid. It has to FLEX. #CITRIX #HEALTHCARE https://lnkd.in/e6rev8Bs

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At Microsoft’s Global Nonprofit Leadership Summit in Bellevue, we saw a quiet but profound shift happening across the social sector. Real impact - right now - from nonprofits leveraging AI. 💡 Project C.U.R.E. has nearly 40 years of medical device manuals - X‑ray machines, anesthesia equipment, life‑saving tools - used in clinics around the world. The problem wasn’t knowledge. It was access. No human can read decades of manuals. But AI can. Now, those archives are becoming searchable. Predictive. Actionable. Helping clinics fix equipment faster and anticipate future supply needs - literally saving lives. 💡 Children International faced a different challenge: too much time spent on manual work instead of mission work. They turned to AI agents to automate tasks like bulk translation of donor letters - freeing teams to focus on advancing outcomes for children, not paperwork. 💡 Evergreen Goodwill, a century‑old nonprofit, is piloting AI to price millions of donated items more consistently - reducing employee stress, opening doors for multilingual workers, and generating more funds for education and job training. This is what responsible AI looks like. Not automation for automation’s sake - but augmentation in service of humanity. That’s why Microsoft announced Microsoft Elevate for Changemakers - focused not just on tools, but on people: • AI credentials built for nonprofits • Practical skills training (Copilot, agents, governance) • A global Changemaker Fellowship to help leaders actually deploy AI And yes - there is anxiety. Yes - there are real constraints. Yes - the pace of change is relentless. As Justin Spelhaug said at the summit: "This defining moment can either be more inclusive - or less - based on the decisions we make." The work ahead isn’t about chasing technology. It’s about ensuring those solving the world’s hardest problems aren’t left behind by it. There’s no shortage of problems to solve. Let’s let AI take care of the work it can - so changemakers can do what only humans can do. #AIForGood #TechForSocialImpact #Nonprofits #MicrosoftElevate #Changemakers #EmployeeAdvocacy #ResponsibleAI More information available at: https://msft.it/6049v1Wl7

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Cambrian Credit Union adopts a private cloud-based solution to modernize its IT infrastructure for rapid product rollouts and improved IT operations management to elevate member financial services.

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Every great relationship starts with clarity. For Taylor Swift, it’s an engagement. For our customers, it’s finally seeing every asset and connection in their environment with Axonius. The result? Stronger security, less complexity, and stories worth sharing. Read them here: https://lnkd.in/eSUVtk97

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