Shawn Tinsley and Dave Idle - Edge to Enterprise: Where Networks Drive Business
Shawn Tinsley, Senior Director of IT at Dell Technologies, and Dave Idle, Chief Product Officer at Bigleaf Networks, discuss resilient, wireless-first WAN strategies. They cover seamless failover, dynamic circuit bonding, and application prioritization. They explain how 4G/5G backup transforms multi-site IT operations and outline the role of AI in automating network health.
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EPISODE: Shawn Tinsley Senior Director of IT @ Dell Technologies Edge to Enterprise: Where Networks Drive Business Episode 22 Dave Idle Chief Product Officer @ Bigleaf Networks
What’s Inside [7:30] Introduction to Shawn Tinsley and Dave Idle [42:55] Full Podcast Episode [3:32] Episode Highlights [3:05] Overcoming Fears and Misconceptions with Wireless-First [6:10] Empowering Field and Offshore Teams with Wireless-First Tools [4:07] Instant and Seamless Network Through Zero-Touch Failover [2:53] Improving Edge Computing with Decentralized 5G Connectivity Solutions [5:20] Simplifying Multi-Site IT with Bigleaf Centralized Monitoring [5:20] Enabling Responsive Self-Healing Networks Through AI [4:42] Bigleaf Enables AI-Ready, Agnostic Network Optimization [4:41] Don’t Fear Wireless as Primary Business Connectivity [0:57] Short - Empowering Field and Offshore Teams with Wireless-First Tools [0:32] Short - Simplifying Multi-Site IT with Bigleaf Centralized Monitoring
EPISODE: A Podcast with Shawn Tinley and Dave Idle Shawn Tinsley, Senior Director of IT at Dell Technologies, and Dave Idle, Chief Product Officer at Bigleaf Networks, discuss resilient, wireless-first WAN strategies. They cover seamless failover, dynamic circuit bonding, and application prioritization. They explain how 4G/5G backup transforms multi-site IT operations and outline the role of AI in automating network health.
Full Episode “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.”
5 (3:32) Episode Highlights
(3:05) Overcoming Fears and Misconceptions with Wireless-First “Wireless connections make seamless experiences possible by adapting to user location and needs. It’s not a cost-cutting play but an expansion of business value.”
(6:10) Empowering Field and Offshore Teams with Wireless-First Tools “Wireless tech makes field service seamless at the touch of a finger. It’s insane to run an offshore platform without wireless connectivity today.”
8 (4:07) Instant and Seamless Network Through Zero-Touch Failover “With Bigleaf, you’re connected directly to our appliance, so if one connection goes down, your network never even notices. Our secondary circuit is already live and automatically takes over traffic, ensuring that critical applications like point of sale, IoT devices, or VoIP, none of those is impacted in any way.”
(2:53) Improving Edge Computing with Decentralized 5G Connectivity Solutions “5G is accelerating edge adoption by decentralizing central networking. It's allowing you to have another tool in your toolbox to be able to bridge that gap. ”
(5:20) Simplifying Multi-Site IT with Bigleaf Centralized Monitoring “When you start to deploy Bigleaf, one central network person at one central location can look at the circuits across all those different locations and they can troubleshoot them all, seamlessly. That’s the technique and technology that we provide.”
11 (3:29) Enabling Responsive Self-Healing Networks Through AI “There’s a lot of value in AI being used in terms of machine learning malware signatures, being able to scrape logs and transmit that data back to us. Weeding out those 2 million points of contact for sensors, that’s where AI technology is valuable.”
(4:42) Bigleaf Enables AI-Ready, Agnostic Network Optimization “We leverage machine learning to identify what those things are and look for new signatures so that we can understand changing dynamics inside your network.”
(3:41) Don’t Fear Wireless as Primary Business Connectivity “Don’t be afraid of wireless technology as a primary connection for your business. 5G is gonna be the thing that takes over, and it works better than it ever has before.”
14 YOUTUBE SHORT: “Wireless tech makes field service seamless at the touch of a finger. It’s insane to run an offshore platform without wireless connectivity today.” - Shawn Tinsley
YOUTUBE SHORT: “When you start to deploy Bigleaf, one central network person at one central location can look at the circuits across all those different locations and they can troubleshoot them all, seamlessly. That’s the technique and technology that we provide.” - Dave Idle
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