Conversations with Dez

Glen Gilmore has been an educator, an author, he's a former two-term mayor of the city of Hamilton, in the American state of New Jersey, he's been a technology and travel thought leader, America's TIME magazine once described him as a “man of action”, and he is currently an influencer for AT&T. Glen shares his opinions on the following business, technologies and telecommunications topics: - 5G - IoT - AR & VR - Healthcare - Manufacturing - Metaverse - Digital Twins - Cybersecurity Tune in and "press play" to get Glen's take on each of these and many more related topics. Recording sponsored by AT&T Business, opinions expressed don't necessarily represent AT&T Business's positions or strategies.

I caught up with Zee Hussain, Senior Vice President Global Business - Finance, Healthcare and Industry Solutions, at AT&T Business, to learn about an AT&T Business initiative focused on the connected future of air travel, to discover how innovative, networked technologies are revolutionising the passenger experience, and what airports can do to solve traditional passenger pain points with connected solutions. Key areas of focus for this initiative include: ● Transforming air travel ● Staying on schedule ● Checking in ● Lost baggage ● Streamlining security ● Passenger confidence ● Better boarding In this conversation Zee and I discuss a range work being doing around “the connected future of air travel” and everything around Transforming Air Travel, from Staying on Schedule, Checking in, Lost Baggage, Streamlining Security, challenges around Passenger Confidence, Better Boarding and more. ● Transforming air travel We kick off with Zee sharing insights into what in particular gave rise to the opportunity to look into opportunities to Transform Air Travel? Zee goes on to share key insights around air travel at the front end, i.e. scheduling, checking, and baggage handling, including: ● Staying on schedule ● Checking in ● Lost baggage We go on to look at the challenges the aviation industry is facing now more than ever, with the ongoing need to address recurring challenges such as: ● Streamlining security ● Passenger confidence ● Better boarding The last two and a half years has thrown so many big challenges up in the air if you'll pardon the pun, for aviation operators, esp. with the likes of Streamlining Security, addressing Passenger Confidence and fundamentals such as Better Boarding strategies. I asked Zee to share his thoughts around what's new in these areas and what sort of work are you doing with customers on these big topics, and what next. To wrap us up, I invited Zee to share his views on what Aviation & Air Travel Operators should be discussing currently in their board-rooms, to ensure the are well placed over the next 12 months. Push play now, and tune-in for the full conversation and amazing insights around the connected future of air travel. This podcast was made in association with AT&T Business. AT&T and Economist Impact produced an interactive webpage how airports are using connected technologies: https://impact.economist.com/projects/modernizing-air-travel For more information about AT&T Business industry solutions for transport visit: https://bit.ly/attbusinesstransportsolutions For more information about AT&T Business visit their website: https://bit.ly/attbusinesswebsite Recent blog by Zee Hussain on the topic of Imagining the Future of Air Travel: bit.ly/zee-hussain-blog-imagining-the-future-of-air-travel

I caught up with Sarita Rao, President of Integrated & Partner Solutions at AT&T Business, to talk about her new role, and the always-changing, ever-evolving technology ecosystem. Last time I spoke with Sarita back in April 2019 at the RSA security conference in San Francisco, she was in a very different role, so we kicked off with Sarita giving us a brief outline of her current role, one she's held for over a year now as President, Integrated & Partner Solutions for AT&T Business, and some of the key focus areas the role entails. We then discuss 5G and the amazing applications it has and will bring us, and in particular how 5G is just part of the bigger picture. Sarita shares her thoughts around why business leaders need to be looking at the whole ecosystem of Devices, IoT sensors, cloud-based solutions, all the way through to edge computing, and how all of these components are part of the “tech ecosystem” puzzle. We delve into what the phrase “tech ecosystem” means in Saritas' world, and what the essential components of that ecosystem actually are. Sarita also shares where she see parts of this particular ecosystem being overlooked, and what are business leaders missing in her view. I also ask Sarita how can business leaders should go about getting into the mindset of thinking about this ecosystem, rather than individual technologies, and how do the can get out of what in effect is often akin to having tunnel vision. We then look at how business leaders can ensure all the moving parts in their ecosystem will work together. We also talk about some of the business applications that this “tech ecosystem” Sarita speaks of now makes possible, such as Virtual Reality aka VR, and Augmented Reality aka AR, which are often see as being “just a few years away” it seems like, and yet we're already seeing more uptake now than ever, so I ask Sarita “is this the year this tech finally comes of age?”. Sarita goes on to share some examples of applications for VR and AR she and her team are seeing currently, such as enhancing customer experience aka CX, through to on-the-job training and many exciting innovations in between. Further to that, Sarita delves into what technologies do businesses need to take advantage of VR and AR. And finally, we wrap up with what Sarita sharing her views on what she and her team are seeing in the tech ecosystem, and what trends businesses should be focused on for a more successful 2022. Tune in now for all of these amazing topics and more. This podcast was made in partnership with AT&T Business. For more information visit: AT&T Business website: bit.ly/attbusiness​

I caught up with Alicia Dietsch, Senior Vice President of Business Marketing for AT&T Business, to talk about her role, the topic of Business of Human marketing, and a look back at the impact of the year that was 2021. We kick off with Alicia sharing a brief outline of what a “day in the life of Alicia Dietsch” is like in her role as Senior Vice President of Business Marketing for AT&T Business and the key focus areas her role entails. The key topics we cover in this discussion include: - Business to Human marketing, what it means, and why it matters - A short “2021 year in review” & looking at lessons learned - How 2021 caused “Shifts in customer expectations” We wrap up this conversation with a view of what do Alicia thinks is coming over the horizon in the next 12 to 18 months, and in particular what decision makers should be considering as they look to the short to medium term future. Tune in now for all of these amazing topics and more. This podcast was made in partnership with AT&T Business. For more information visit: AT&T Business website: bit.ly/attbusiness​ .

I caught up with Bernard Yee, who is the Region President for both Asia Pacific & Canada, at AT&T Global Services, on my podcast, to discuss his role, how Industry 4.0 is gaining very real momentum and why, where 5G is transforming manufacturing across Asia Pacific, how & why 5G is consistently powering intelligent Industry 4.0 infrastructure needs, and how SASE enables secure remote access to cloud-based applications for manufacturers. We kick off with Bernard sharing what a day in the life is like currently for him and his role, a brief look at the various impacts of the last two years of the SARS-CoV2 pandemic have bene, key insights into his role as Region President, for both the Asia Pacific and Canada markets for AT&T Business, and what some of the key focus areas his role entails. The key topics we cover in this amazing discussion include: 1 - How Industry 4.0 on 5G will transform manufacturing across Asia Pacific in the next few years 2 - Where 5G is providing the power and consistency that intelligent Industry 4.0 infrastructure needs 3 - SASE and how it is enabling secure remote access to cloud-based applications for manufacturers We wrap up with Bernard sharing his take on what organisations and their CEOs and key business & technology decision makers need to be considering as they look ahead at the year that will be 2022. Push PLAY, and "tune in" and enjoy this wonderful fireside chat, there are so many key insights and actionable takeaways, Bernard is indeed a subject matter expert with both broad and deep experience throughout business and technology realms, and his extensive time in boardrooms, with CEOs, gives him one of the most unique lenses through which he views real world challenges his customers and business partners are facing, and with the power of AT&T behind him, he and his team are solving challenges on a global level throughout the Asia Pacific region as well as Canada. This podcast was made in partnership with AT&T Business. For more information visit: AT&T Global Services portal: http://bit.ly/attglobalservices AT&T Business portal: http://bit.ly/attbusinessportal

As online shopping rates remain high due to the impacts of COVID-19, sustainability is more important to Australian consumers than ever before. I caught up with Daniel Osborne, Marketing Director APAC at Manhattan Associates, Tom Ferrier, Founder, Greener, and Rob Hango-Zada, Co-Founder & Joint CEO, Shippit to get the inside scoop on a new research report ‘Sustainability in the Australian Retail Supply Chain' commissioned by Manhattan Associates, Shippit and Greener. This research was run in partnership with both the National Retail Association (NRA) and National Online Retail Association (NORA). Manhattan Associates, Shippit and Greener undertook this exciting research study with the broad goal of looking at the key challenges Australian retailers and their customers face, when it comes to sustainability, and to investigate the associated invisible costs on the environment due to increasing efforts by retailers to get orders out the door faster. Challenges & issues across the industry included: + Split shipments result in more trucks and vans on the road + ROI on Sustainability, how do businesses achieve this + Consolidate Deliveries with smarter technology + Carbon Reduction across the entire supply chain + Placing dollar values / costs on the likes of Packaging, Labour, Transport and more.. Key findings from this research included: + ​​63% said they would pay extra for more environmentally friendly delivery options + ​​60% stated they would be willing to receive deliveries at a later date if it delivered in a more environmentally friendly way + ​​69% of Australians shopping online now prefer home delivery over click and collect or curb-side pick up. + ​​81% said they would prefer to receive their order at a later date if that meant it would arrive as a single consolidated delivery + ​​60% indicated they occasionally to most of the time receive their online orders in multiple shipments + ​​81% of them said that they think this is unsustainable way of delivering online goods For the full conversation push PLAY and tune-in to this amazing discussion with three leading thought leaders from the supply chain and retail industry as they share the background and rational for this project, their approach, and amazing insights into what they learned in the process. This podcast was made in partnership with Manhattan Associates, Shippit and Greener. For more information download your free copy of the final report and findings here: => https://bit.ly/sustainability-in-the-australian-retail-supply-chain For further information about Manhattan Associates, Shippit and Greener visit them via: Manhattan Associates => https://bit.ly/manhattan-assocaites-website Shippit => https://bit.ly/shippit-website Greener => https://bit.ly/greener-website .

I caught up with Rupesh Chokshi, Vice President of AT&T Cybersecurity at AT&T Business, to get a preview of his two presentations for the upcoming 2021 AT&T Business “Business Summit” titled “Reinventing Reality”. AT&T Business are hosting their annual Business Summit in a virtual format this year, on October 27th & 28th, 2021 in American Central Time (CT) time zone. Registration is free! There's a link below to register. Featured speakers this year include: + Anne Chow, Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Business + Indra Nooyi, former Chairman & CEO of PepsiCo + Shaquille O'Neal, American basketball star & philanthropist + Over 60 sessions across the two days. Rupesh is actually presenting two talks this year, which are titled: 1. The Age of Cybersecurity: + Connecting and protecting your business in a digital world + scheduled for October 28 at 11am CT 2. Cybersecurity and Edge Networking: + Delivering the next level of enterprise protection + scheduled for October 28 at 2pm CT Without giving away too many secrets, which given his role is something he's naturally good at, keeping secrets that is, what Rupesh was able to share both a taste of what we can look forward to at the event. Rupesh also shared some very powerful insights into what Rupesh and his team within the AT&T Business “AT&T Cybersecurity” division offer their customers. There is so much you'll be able to take away from this fireside conversation in this episode of our podcast Conversations with Dez, both on the two talks Rupesh is presenting, but also broadly across the current trends and challenges organisations of all shapes and size are facing and how AT&T Cybersecurity are helping those organisations address those challenges. A brief summary of what Rupesh and I discuss includes the following key topics: 1. Changes and trends in cybersecurity + Hybrid Work + Multi-Cloud Adoption + Security and Network Convergence + 5G, IoT, and Edge + Pervasive security fabric + End-to-end protection of users + Protection of devices, networks, apps, and data 2. AT&T's vision for cybersecurity and edge + Customer Edge - Software Defined, IoT Driven + Network(s) - Intelligent, High Speed + Cloud Ecosystem(s) - Multi-cloud, Distributed + Embedded Pervasive Security Fabric - Customer Edge, Network + End to end protection of users, devices, networks, applications & data + Identity / Endpoint, Advanced 5G Security, CDN / DDoS + Secure Access Service Edge ( SASE ), Extended Detection & Response + Importance of the Culture of Cybersecurity + Security is not an IT and technology issue, it's a business issue + Connected economy and business continuity being under threat + Digital trust + The Culture of Cybersecurity is a shared responsibility 3. New AT&T capabilities in the market + Comprehensive view of security is key + Successful adoption of SD-WAN + Shifting focus to SASE + Protecting endpoints with XDR solution 4. Example Use cases from IoT, Enterprise & Data Centres, Infrastructure & Healthcare + Securing Industrial IoT + Zero Trust access with security support for industrial systems + Enabling the future of healthcare + Resilient, low-latency network with centralised security management + Protecting Your Company + End-to-end protection of Devices, Networks and Data, Proactive remediation of Ransomware and DDoS For the full conversation and so many amazing insights, and key actionable takeaways for any organisation facing the challenge of wrapping up the year that is 2021 and facing the unknowns of what the new year in 2022 will bring, you'll want to push PLAY now, and tune into the full discussion. Register for the AT&T Business Summit here => https://bit.ly/attbizsummit2021linkedin Add both of the talks Rupesh is presenting to your calendars. This podcast was made in partnership with AT&T Business. For more information about AT&T Cybersecurity, please visit: https://bit.ly/att-cybersecurity #attinfluencer #sponsored

I caught up with Stacey Marx, President, National Business & Channels, AT&T Business on my podcast, to discuss the recent success stories around how AT&T Business have worked with and supported their customers through the last 12 to 18 months now leading up to, and during the global #COVID19 pandemic. In her role as president of National Business & Channels, Stacey leads a team of over six thousand professionals, dedicated to partnering with over three million small and medium business customers, to help them achieve growth and maximise their potential with technology innovation by leveraging the broad range of products & services AT&T Business can offer. In this fireside chat we cover some of the latest trends, business & technology challenges and opportunities small business operators should be considering as they look at the road forward coming out of a pandemic. We kicked off with my usual "get to know you", Stacey shares insights into her role, the remit and challenges of "a day in the life of Stacey Marx", as well as a look into what her business unit is responsible for, and some details around the team and ecosystem around them, and their customer base, giving us a great view of her world and the amazing depth and breadth of what she and her team bring to the market. Our conversation then delves into the challenges that businesses leaders, especially within small businesses, face in a post-pandemic world, and how technology is key to meeting these challenges, and specifically three key focus areas which I've been keen to discuss with Stacey for a while - including: #1 - The challenges SMB retail leaders face in a post-pandemic world In this segment I share that in my view, if there was one industry other than healthcare which has carried more than its fair share of the burden to see society through the last year and a half, surely it is the Retail sector. I also ask Stacy what challenges she and her team are seeing retailers in particular face as they plan now for a post-pandemic world, especially those small and medium-sized businesses who may have fewer resources. #2 - What can the Retail industry do to address these various challenges Around this key point, I ask Stacey where SMB players should be looking for ways and means to map their route out of their current state, to putting people, technology and telecommunications at the forefront of their strategic direction to address these key challenges. #3 - How is AT&T Business helping the Retail industry leverage its many offerings Here I share that I see one of the key challenges for Retailers, particularly for Small business retailers, are being challenged with, is finding the right Partner of Choice to help them gain access to and implement new technologies such as 5G, or ensure they have the right solutions in place for the likes of Cybersecurity, as these capabilities are not their core business. And I ask Stacey if she could share details around how is AT&T Business helping SMBs leverage your many business, technology & telecommunications offerings, and we look at a number of great customer stories, use cases and real world examples. We wrap up this great conversation with a view of what do Stacey thinks is coming over the horizon in the next 12 to 18 months, my classic "crystal ball gazing" question, and in particular what small business owners and or decision makers should be considering as they look to the short to medium term future. Tune in now for all of these amazing topics and more. This podcast was made in partnership with AT&T Business. For more information visit: AT&T Business website: http://bit.ly/attbusiness​ AT&T Business SMB web portal: http://bit.ly/attsmallbusiness .

I had the pleasure of catching up with Aashu Virmani, Vice President & Client Partner, Communications, at Cyient. In this episode we discuss a range of topics such as 5G, industry 4.0, private networks, next generation network technology, and how leading organisations and Cyient customers, are leveraging Next Generation Networks and 5G to build private networks and drive Business Operations Transformation by leveraging new and innovative Use Cases and gain real and immediate Return On Investment opportunities, esp. in Utilities, Port & Rail, and Energy market segments. We kicked off with insights from Aashu around: - What 5G is all about and what it means for enterprise transformation. - Industry 4.0 being enabled by 5G - Key capabilities 5G offers Enterprises. Aashu then outlined how Next Generation Networks offer a broad range of different architectures enterprises can consider when implementing private networks with a plethora of design patterns enterprises can consider in this space, for example: - Completely Air Gapped private networks ( stand alone / closed loop ) - Densified versions of a CSP network for industrial & enterprise (DAAS) use cases and so on.. - Private locally hub'ed Networks with minimal external connectivity ( Mobile Edge Compute ) And we wrapped up with a look at how organisations can approach the challenge and opportunities around implementing Next Generation Networks to drive Business Operations Transformation, and some of the Use Cases and ROI opportunities they should look for, esp. in the Utilities, Port & Rail, and Energy market segment Tune in now and "push play" to listen to this great discussion I had with Aashu on Enterprise Business Transformation through Next-Generation Networks, and please do share this with your network on social media and your friends, associates and work colleagues. This podcast was made in partnership with Cyent. For more information on on containers visit: Cyient homepage: https://bit.ly/cyienthomepage​ Cyient communications webportal: https://bit.ly/cyientcommunicationswebportal Cyient network services webportal: https://bit.ly/cyientnetworkserviceswebportal #sponsored​ #cyientinfluencer​ #DesigningAConnectedTomorrow​ #5G​ #telco​ #telecom​ #telecoms​ #telecommunications​ #carrier​ #service​ #provider​ #serviceprovider​ #CSP​ #5G​ #LTE​ #4G​ #3G​ #2G​ #Wireless​ #Broadband​ #ai​ #ml​ #data​ #protection​ #privacy​ #social​ #society​ #impact​ #un​ #sdg​ #human​ #global​ #value​ #phone​ #voice​ #video​ #internet​ #access​ #connectivity​ #wan​ #man​ #lan​ #sdwan​ #nfv​ #nfvi​ #virtual​ #cloud​ #saas​ #paas​ #iaas​ #devops​ #automation​ #orchestration​ #bss​ #oss​ #business​ #services​ #governance​ #compliance​ #gdpr​ #cybersecurity​ #security​ #access​ #control​ #wfh​ #covid19​ #disruption​ #transformation​ #digitaltransformation .

I had the pleasure of catching up with Alex MacPherson, Director of Solution Consulting & Account Management at Manhattan Associates. In this episode we discuss a range of topics around supply chain, and in particular “micro-fulfilment”, the latest news around these topics, some amazing success stories Manhattan Associates have been able to support customers achieve through the COVID19 journey thus far, and how micro-fulfilment can offer significant benefits to organisations who are able to leverage this approach. #1 - Alex’s role and what a “day in the life” of Alex MacPherson entails We kick off with a brief introduction from Alex, the remit of his role as both Director of Solution Consulting & Account Management, the types of challenges he and his team at Manhattan Associates help customers address, and what “a day in the life of Alex MacPherson” entails. #2 - What is Micro-fulfilment and why is it a “game changer” Alex then gives us an overview of what Micro-Fulfilment means in the world of Supply Chain, and more importantly in the context of Manhattan Associates offerings. #3 - Benefits of a micro-fulfilment approach? I ask Alex to introduce us to what the key benefits of micro-fulfilment are, versus say the traditional larger distribution centre approach. #4 - Micro-fulfilment is a hot topic now, but what about it’s long term potential? We look into why is micro-fulfilment such a hot topic right now & do you think it has longer-term potential. #5 - Key things brands should be considering & actioning re. micro-fulfilment? As a final question I ask Alex to share his views on the three key things he and his team at Manhattan Associates encourage brands considering micro-fulfilment approaches, to focus on to drive successful outcomes. Tune in now for all of these amazing topics and more, and enjoy a great fireside chat with one of the most innovative thinkers in the world of supply chain solutions, and indeed on of the leading thought leaders around the exciting topic of micro-fulfilment. This podcast was made in partnership with Manhattan Associates. For more information please visit: - Manhattan Associates website: https://bit.ly/manhattan-assocaites-website - Manhattan Associates industry solutions: http://bit.ly/manhattan-assocaites-industry-solutions - Manhattan Associates 2021 supply chain predictions: http://bit.ly/manhattan-assocaites-2021-six-predictions #sponsored #manhinfluencer . #supplychain #microfulfilment #micro #fulfilment #logistics #supplychainmanagement #transportation #freight #shipping #warehouse #cargo #business #covid #logisticsmanagement #trucking #procurement #logisticscompany #transport #manufacturing #trucks #freightforwarding #b #import #export #freightbroker #warehousing #ecommerce #logistica #supplychainsolutions #airfreight #freightforwarder #retail #stores #covid19 #pandemic #shopping #shoppers #customers #curbside

I had the pleasure of catching up with Val Bercovici, Founder & CEO at Chainkit, a Software-as-a-Service company that builds cyber security solutions, with a corporate mission to eliminate blind spots in cyber security and data privacy. Today we discuss Chainkit & Data Protection, Chains of Custody, and Blockchains - topics CXOs are unlikely to have ever faced in their careers thus far, but now have no option. #1 - Cyber attacks & Ransomware incidents continue at eye watering levels We discuss the significant increase in Cyber attacks & Ransomware incidents - we kickoff with Val sharing his take on the current state of what appears to be a tsunami of new incidents of cybersecurity challenges and resulting ransomware incidents, particularly focused on the healthcare industry which understandably was set to occur in light of the fact that the world is dealing with a global pandemic with COVID19, cyber criminals are never slow to take advantage of any opportunity where chinks in the armour appear in any place they can see a way to profit from any type of security exposure. #2 - The huge impact of COVID19 and life before and after 2020 COVID19 has had a huge impact but didn’t this issue exist prior to 2020, so much so that I don’t think anyone would argue that the impact the COVID19 global pandemic has had is beyond significant with regard to the increase in data protection & cybersecurity, be it the shift to Work From Home for many, or the increased shift to Mobile technology in the likes of hospitals, retail, and service industries as a whole - but the risks and impacts around this space of cyberattacks and ransomware have been around for decades now. We discuss how in Val’s view the current state of the world has changed the landscape of data protection and digital risk and what are you seeing as you spend time with organisations faced with the need to respond. #3 - Are we at a point now where technology exists to solve this problem Cyberattacks, cybersecurity, ransomware, data risk and data protection as a whole are not new topics, nor are they new risks, albeit they have seen significant increases due to our pivot to organisations being Data Driven and we live an increasingly Always On, Always Connected world - so the massive growth in risks related to the massive expansion of the attack surface should come as no surprise to anyone, but the question I keep getting in boardrooms is “is there a solution to this, does the technology exist to solve it?” - I ask Val to delve into this, we break this into two parts. We start with the first part and I ask Val for his take on this, i.e. should it come as a surprise to any bona fide business or technology professional that there has been a significant increase in cyberattacks and ransomware incidents. And to the second part, I ask Val if the technology exist today, to address and solve the challenge of securing & protecting data and even in the case of successful hacks, have in place chains of custody as it’s called, to be able to track and trace the perpetrators. We wrap up with a little crystal ball gazing - organisations are now having to navigate their way out of 2020 and ease into 2021 as we reach the end of a long and challenging year, and safely get through the upcoming Christian holiday period Christmas and unknown waters. I ask Val to share his insights and advice around how organisations should prepare to address the immediate future, as they look to develop business & technology strategy & supporting plans for the next 12 to 18 months? Tune in now for all of these amazing topics and more, and enjoy a great fireside chat with one of the most innovative thinkers in the world of cyber security, and indeed on of the leading forces in thought leadership in the war against cyber crime. This podcast was made in partnership with Chainkit. For more information please visit: - Chainkit website: https://bit.ly/chainkit-homepage #sponsored #chainkitinfluencer .

I caught up with with with Ken Grohe, President & Chief Revenue Officer at WekaIO, to talk about Weka the company, their WekaFS "file system", the Weka journey to date, news trends, challenges & opportunities for Weka and their ecosystem of partners, integrators, resellers and customers, and how 2020 has impacted life around WekaIO. We kick off with a quick introduction by Ken of his role, both pre and post #COVID19, as well as a high level overview of the company, with some interesting key insights into successes Weka have had in their journey to date as a startup ( as Ken describes it ). In this show our conversation focuses on the following key topics: 1 - WekaIO the company, the WekaFS filesystem, and the Weka journey so far I ask Ken to start us off with a high level introduction to WekaIO the company, your WekaFS filesystem, and some of the key highlights of the journey so far to get to where you are today. We discuss the attention on emerging high growth markets around Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and the likes of Big Data, Data Science, Life Sciences, Analytics and the whole Data Driven Decision Making pivot so many organisations are undergoing, and where WekaIO fits into this story. 2 - The role high performance scale-out storage plays in data analytics & AI I had the opportunity to an Analyst Briefing call with Ken and on this topic recently where Ken used the line “A modern Parallel file system is essential to get a ROI out of any AI initiative”. I asked Ken why data storage performance, in his view, is critical to AI performance and getting an Return On Investment from AI initiatives. 3 - Technical performance VS Operational and Cost performance Weka use the #WeSolveBigProblems hashtag to be clear about what they do, and indeed WekaIO is known for solving big problems - I ask Ken to give us some examples of big challenges Weka have worked on with customers recently, and he shares insights into projects around the COVID19 vaccine, Genomics England and a 70PB storage solution, and an example around Supplychains. Four key quotable quotes from this conversation I wanted to highlight include: 1 - If you haven’t started an AI project you are losing to one that has 2 - A modern Parallel file system is essential to get a ROI out of any AI initiative 3 - You can start small in AI with Weka and scale up to hundreds of Petabytes 4. Weka Makes Managing the storage demands of Big Data and AI initiatives much easier Key takeaways for me from this show include: 1 - Weka enables successful AI and Big Data outcomes 2 - In order to achieve successful AI outcomes you need: + compute acceleration technology, like GPUs + a modern parallel file system, like WekaFS, and; + high speed networking From this conversation it's clear to be that because Weka has enterprise-ready and hybrid-cloud features it transcends AI and Big Data use cases, and enables backup and DR strategies, IT agility, and lower CapEx, Weka is a pathway to high performance computing on the public cloud. There can be little doubt that “data is the new oil” as we say, but it seems organisations are still struggling to adjust to treating data as a new mission critical business asset, place value on it, get it on their balance sheet, place KPIs on it, manage it and derive real value from it. We wrap up by me asking Ken what enterprise persona and supporting role or roles he sees bringing the most critical in the immediate future to address this? This is a conversation not to be missed - CXOs should tune into this show and take notes, as Ken has so much to share, it's got something for everyone. This podcast made in partnership with WekaIO. For more info visit: - WekaIO homepage: http://bit.ly/wekaiohomepage - WekaIO products: http://bit.ly/wekaioproducts .

I caught up with with Jim Dworkin, Sr. Director of Cloud Business Unit at Intel PSG, to talk about the latest news, trends, insights and offerings around Field Programable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) from Intel and surrounding areas from Data Centres, Infrastructure from Servers to Networks, to the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Edge networking and compute and much more. In this show we have a fantastic combination of business and technology insights into how key CXO and Senior Business & Technology decision makers can gain real world immediate gains by leveraging the amazing technology and supporting ecosystem or partners, resellers, integrators et al and the Intel teams around the world - this is not a show to miss, just push play now. Our conversation covers the following and much much more: 1. Current macro trends driving development/adoption of FPGAs/eASICs We kick off with Jim sharing insights around what Jim and his team at Intel are currently seeing currently around the world as far as current macro trends driving development/adoption of FPGAs/eASICs. Jim also covers a clarification of what FPGAs are, what Intel’s eASICS are and where they each fit into the respective spaces around design, development, implementation, to going into production and more - a fantastic overview to set the scene for this amazing conversation. 2. Challenges & opportunities around adoption of FPGAs/eASICs and market readiness I ask Jim to give us his take on the key challenges & opportunities he and his team at Intel PSG and related teams are seeing around the world regarding the adoption of FPGAs/eASICs and market readiness 3. How Intel customers / partners are finding success with FPGAs/eASICs Jim goes on to map out a great briefing level overview of how Intel customers / partners are finding success with FPGAs/eASICs, and some wonderful key takeaways listeners can take away and action within their own organisations either right now, or in the short to medium term to gain business and or technical benefits across a broad range of key areas in both IT and OT systems and technologies. This is a MUST LISTEN conversation, push PLAY and join the conversation. If you have any questions please do reach out via any of our other channels including LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter et al, we would love to help connect you with the best people to support your organisations outcomes. This podcast was made in partnership with Intel. For more information please visit: - Intel® FPGA Homepage: https://intel.ly/3gRRXm5 - Real-Time Text To Speech Synthesis Using Intel® Stratix® 10 NX FPGA (Video): https://intel.ly/37pjDLS - Real-Time Text To Speech Synthesis Using Intel® Stratix® 10 NX FPGA (White Paper): https://intel.ly/3mo5PW3 - Pushing AI Boundaries with Scalable Compute-Focused FPGAs (White Paper): https://intel.ly/3gRZLnI #sponsored, #intelinfluencer, #intel, #fpga, #easic, #asic, #edge, #xeon, #processor, #platform, #cpu, #gpu, #ai, #ml, #dl, #artificialintelligence, #deeplearning, #machinelearning, #bigdata, #analytics, #datascience, #iot, #device, #sensor, #networks, #telco, #mobile, #telecoms, #data, #protection, #security, #cybersecurity, #5G, #strategy .

I caught up with Jason Inskeep, Director of the 5G Center of Excellence at AT&T Business, to discuss the latest trends, business & technology challenges and opportunities organisations should be talking about from within their board rooms down, both strategically and operationally. We kicked off with my usual "get to know you", Jason shared some amazing anecdotes and background from his early life, influences and key things which shaped his life, peers, mentors, and wonderful insights into his life growing up in a rural farm environment, and the solid foundations his parents and in particular his father gave him - all of which has clearly held him in good stead through his life so far, all of which I can relate to from my own life - we had a lot more in common than I had anticipated in fact, a very pleasant surprise. Our conversation then delved into three key focus areas which I've been keen to discuss with Jason for a while - including: #1 - What does “Mobility” mean inside the AT&T Business 5G Center of Excellence Our first key topic sees us delve into the broad topic of enterprise mobility - and by “mobility” we often immediately think of the smartphone B2C consumer handset market, but here we actually discuss key topics around the B2B space, in particular the value and impact digital cellular network mobility offers enterprise business consumers, looking to leverage 5G for edge networking and IIoT strategies. Jason also addresses how AT&T Business define mobility right now, and gives us a view into what some of the buzzy bits around enterprise mobility are, as well as the less well known value propositions, as well as clarity around what are perhaps the more important aspects for enterprise business to be aware of. And then with all of that in mind, I ask Jason to give us some insight into the impact and opportunities he and his team at AT&T Business are seeing across all industries and market segments, to help inform organisations looking to invest in mobility to gain business benefits from it. #2 - Key challenges businesses face in leveraging mobility solutions Here Jason shares a fantastic overview of what’s happening in the remote access, BYOD/endpoints/security, legacy 2G/3G etc, insights into what industry wide has been a massive need for real investment and attention in all of these in light of what this year has required with the likes of Work From Home or Service Workers on the front line be it in retail or healthcare and how AT&T Business as a whole and more specifically, now he and his team at the AT&T Business "5G Centre of Excellence" have address this space internally, and how they have supported customers through the year that has been 2020 and the various challenges it's presented thus far. #3 - Impact of 5G powered edge networks & vast IoT device networks Mobility now includes 5G powered edge networks & vast IoT device networks, here I discuss with Jason some examples of concrete use cases they are seeing currently such as video intelligence, etc. We also discuss a range of other potential use cases Jason thinks organisations should be looking to that they may not currently be taking advantage of, any outliers that he and his team are seeing which might not be immediately obvious but are high value opportunities with mobility. And we wrap up with a view of what do Jason thinks is coming over the horizon in the next 12 months, in particular what business & technology / telecommunications decision makers should be considering as they look to the short to medium term future. Tune in now for all of these amazing topics and more. This podcast was made in partnership with AT&T Business. For more information please visit: https://bit.ly/ATTBusinessMobility #sponsored #attinfluencer .

I caught up with George DeCandio, Chief Technology Officer - Mainframe Software Division, Broadcom, and Peter Wassel, Director of Product Management & Strategy - Mainframe Software Division, Broadcom, to talk about the latest in Mainframe DevOps and what Broadcom are doing to help their Mainframe clients unlock the value of their Mainframe applications with modern tooling and processes, such as DevOps, and via open interfaces. We kick off with an overview from both George and Peter of the Challenges and opportunities on the mainframe from a DevOps perspective, with some great insights into what is happening within the world inside Broadcom as well as throughout their ecosystem of partners and customers. We then look at the various impacts and potential for opening up the mainframe, the general opportunities of Mainframe DevOps into the opportunities in opening up the mainframe - we discuss Broadcom’s open-first message, and why being low-opinion & non-prescriptive is valuable and why that approach matters for businesses who want to succeed. Next we do a deep dive into what it means to be open (touch on APIs, CLIs, SDKs, IDEs), and discuss Zowe, IDEs like Eclipse Che and Visual Studio Code, George and Peter explain some background on what the Open Mainframe Project does, then walk us through Broadcom’s commitment and contribution to it and why it matters, and was look at what off-platform tooling means, i.e. enterprise DevOps tool chains and more. We wrap up with a broad look at what Broadcom is currently doing for Mainframe DevOps, from both Business and Technical perspectives, George and Peter offer their unique insights from inside the business, as well as key highlights from around the world and what they are doing with customers to drive successful outcomes. Key points we cover here include their commitment to Zowe and IDEs through CA Brightside, their focus on Git and CA Endevor Bridge for Git, the the significance of the Mainframe Developer cockpit, and that in effect in the modern world, everyone becomes a developer. An important point discussed is that Broadcom understand that Mainframe DevOps is a journey and requires cultural change, new tools, new practices, etc. which if not done right, can indeed be an overwhelming change, but with the support of and tools from Broadcom is a journey and a journey to success - we also learn more about their amazing no-fee offerings and why they view this journey as a partnership and not just a vendor-customer relationship. We wrap up with a brief look at the design thinking workshop Broadcom offers, be sure to visit the DevOps link below today as your organisation will gain real value from this offering. Tune in now for all of these amazing topics and more. This podcast was made in partnership with the Mainframe division of Broadcom. For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/BroadcomMainframe For a free MRI Security Essentials assessment today visit: http://bit.ly/broadcommritrial Learn more about the Mainframe DevOps design thinking workshop here: https://bit.ly/broadcommainframedevops . #sponsored, #broadcominfluencer, #broadcom, #mainframe, #devops, #aiops, #development, #operations, #automation, #orchestration, #security, #research, #development, #self, #healing, #systems, #selfhealingsystems, #cybersecurity, #data, #dataprotection, #software, #management, #services, #hybrid, #cloud, #iaas, #paas, #saas, #ai, #ml, #aiops, #ops .

I recently caught up with Martha Delehanty, Chief People Officer at Commvault to talk about her role, the amazing journey she and the company have had through in year 2020, and what it has been like to start a exciting new role with an amazing company like Commvault, right at the point where the #COVID19 global pandemic hit, and be faced with the broad array of challenges which came with such an extraordinary event. Having just joined Commvault right around the time COVID19 hit North America, a time when the company was already going through significant transformation starting in 2019 – with a new CEO and other leadership changes, the acquisition of Hedvig, the launch of a startup inside the company called Metallic, driving continued innovation, etc. - Martha shares what the journey was like bearing in mind she came in to help with people transformation while honouring 20-year heritage. Martha also shares insights around how her initial focus when joining the company was to advance the companies Inclusion & Diversity initiatives, and yet within days of joining, the entire company was tasked with shifting focus to responding to the pandemic, and key fundamental matters such as employee health/safety during COVID, new challenges as a result of working remotely, stress, always on, childcare/education, flexibility, reinforcement of self-care, all while staying focused on and balancing customer needs, empowered my team to deliver and so much more. We discuss broadly the emergence of the COVID19 pandemic & the challenges it brought with it, in light of the fact that Commvault is a global company, and as such they saw COVID19 emerge from day one as it appeared in China, made its way through South East Asia, A/NZ, EMEA, the UK, and into the Americas, and how that played out in their world as they addressed the immediate challenges to keep people safe, ensure they could run the business as well as support their global ecosystem of partners, resellers, integrators and customers. We also talk about the varying degrees of status quo as parts of the world now reach the six to eight month mark ( depending on where you are in the world ) of living with and working with COVID19, and the fact that Commvault has not only had to keep it’s own business operational, but they’ve also had to support their global ecosystem or partners, resellers, integrators and customers - and what that journey been like so far, and what Martha thinks the key success factors that not only saw the business “get through it” as it were, but do so very successfully for both Commvault and the global ecosystem of businesses they support beyond their own company. We wrap up with a where to from here, what does an ideal world look like post 2020, as we enter the last calendar quarter of 2020, Christmas is “just around the corner” as it were, organisations of all type, shapes and sizes are now facing the challenge of another potentially challenging period whilst still having to address substantial challenges relating to people and operations - I ask Martha “What does an ideal world look like post 2020 and what steps can organisations take to achieve such a state operationally?”. We close out with a little Crystal Ball gazing, as I ask Martha, if she were to offer one piece of advice to her peers in similar industry or market segments as they, like her, now look at how they might prepare for the next 12 to 18 months through 2021 and beyond, what would it be. You will be amazed by the sage advice offered. This was such a fantastic discussion and indeed it is one not to be missed. Tune in now for all of these amazing topics and more. For more information about Commvault please visit: Commvault homepage: http://j.mp/commvaulthomepage Metallic homepage: http://j.mp/metallic-io Metallic offering via Azure Marketplace: https://bit.ly/metallic-on-azure-marketplace .

I recently caught up with Per Kroll, Senior Director of R&D, Broadcom Mainframe Division, to talk about #AI Ops, Mainframes and connecting Mainframes to the Cloud, the latest news and trends within the Mainframe and related tech and business markets, and what's new inside the Mainframe Division of Broadcom, in particular, the world of Research and Development which Per heads up. We kick off the conversation by getting to know Per as he shares some amazing anecdotes around his early years in life and work, from his academic and working career, and what drove him to get into AI Ops and the Mainframe world. We then discuss key topics around how the Mainframe creates a better Hybrid Cloud - and the shifts enabling it. Per has spent most of his career on distributed side, and over the last 6 years, he led the evolution of DevOps and AIOps solutions for the Mainframe - with all of that in mind, Per shares what he sees are the key trends that you have observed on the mainframe over the last few years. Per also shares his thoughts around Contextual Insight - the ability to make sense of disparate information, and how the mainframe is a foundational computing platform for the digital economy, because the ability for the mainframe to handle extreme workloads without any disruptions, Per also expands on the role of AIOps, and why it is growing in popularity. Also discussed is the journey towards self-healing systems - an incremental path, and people are “always selling it”? what’s possible today VS the path forward. Per outlines why when people talk about AIOps, they often talk about self-healing systems, and his perspective on what is reality vs fiction in the world of self-healing systems - Per also shares his take on key steps organisations can take to "get started" down this path. We wrap up with Per sharing his views on what's coming over the horizon over the next 3 to 5 years, in particular around the evolution in terms of AIOps, DevOps, Openness has gone so fast over the last few years, which has created a gap between how the average Mainframe customer is operating and what is possible. One of the key take aways Per shares is his hope, and what he thinks will happen, is that the early adopters will showcase what is possible on a large scale, and that will accelerate the adoption among the Early Majority and the Late Majority - as he says, in the words of Geoffrey Moore, he expects the big thing happening over the next few years is that we will cross the chasm for a number of the technologies and solutions we talked about today. Tune in now for all of these amazing topics and more. This podcast was made in partnership with the Mainframe division of Broadcom. For more information please visit: http://j.mp/BroadcomMainframe For a free MRI Security Essentials assessment today visit: http://bit.ly/broadcommritrial #sponsored, #broadcominfluencer, #broadcom, #mainframe, #security, #research, #development, #self, #healing, #systems, #selfhealingsystems, #cybersecurity, #data, #dataprotection, #software, #management, #services, #devops, #development, #operations, #automation, #orchestration, #hybrid, #cloud, #iaas, #paas, #saas, #ai, #ml, #aiops, #ops .

I recently caught up with Rupesh Chokshi, Assistant Vice President, Edge Solutions Product Marketing Management at AT&T Business, to discuss the latest news, trends and offerings from AT&T Business around Edge, Software Defined Infrastructure ( SDI ), Software Defined Networking ( SDN ), network function virtualisation (NFV) and SD-WAN technologies and much more. Rupesh leads the Enterprise Edge product marketing team for AT&T Business which focuses on product management, strategy and business development. He manages a significant global portfolio of market-leading, innovative technology solutions. We look at how the AT&T Business "Enterprise Edge" team are transforming services and networks using software-defined networking (SDN), network function virtualisation (NFV) and SD-WAN technologies. Rupesh shares with us insights around work AT&T has done as they have invested in the development of world leading software-based solutions at the edge to create value for customers that are agile and scalable. These solutions encompass SDN, NFV, SD-WAN, 5G, voice over internet protocol (VoIP) and IoT. Rupesh then continues with key insights around how Software Defined Infrastructure ( SDI ) & Software Defined Networks ( SDN ) have changed the landscape of Wide Area Networks. We also cover the AT&T Business portfolio of WAN & Edge services & solutions, and in particular, where SD-WAN sits within the portfolio of services AT&T Business currently offers: Next we delve into how these elements become the connective fabric enabling companies to move their workloads virtually seamlessly, reduce complexity, foster innovation and deliver on the promise of digital transformation. This is exactly what our customers are asking for and why networks matter in today’s edge to edge world. Also discussed is the key topic of virtualisation and flexible networking in the world of today’s Telco’s & CSP’s, and what the key benefits SD-WAN offers are, and how it transforming how businesses leverage flexible virtual networking. Specifically the primary value proposition of SD-WAN solutions which is to enable enterprises to intelligently and connect with high security any site to any cloud at scale - Rupesh outlines how the first generation, deployments were focused on delivery of agile WAN connectivity, increasing reach while decreasing operational complexity. Now, customers are expecting more – they want to use SD-WAN to deliver a range of IT services with high end-to-end security. We then look at the challenges CXO’s face looking to use SD-WAN across their business, and how they should businesses be incorporating SD-WAN into their networking & technology strategies. We wrap up with Rupesh sharing his thoughts around what's over the horizon for the next 12 to 18 months in what is one of the most challenging periods of human history for the last 100 years. Tune in now for all of these amazing topics and more. This podcast was made in partnership with AT&T Business. For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/attedgesolutions #sponsored #attinfluencer .

I caught up with with Alexis Crowell, IOT Marketing Global Lead for Data Platforms Group at Intel Corporation, to talk about the latest news, trends, insights and offerings from Intel in the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, and Edge market sectors globally. Our conversation kicks off with Alexis sharing some fun anecdotes and insights into her early life, her academic and working career path, and how she came to be with Intel and her amazing role. Alexis then gives us an amazing 30,000 foot view outline of what Intel is seeing regarding current macro trends around AI at the Edge, with some of the current macro trends regarding AI at the Edge. In particular we delve into some of the challenges Alexis sees as being the next frontier of enterprise transformation, how Data-driven experiences – AI from data centers, to software, to outer edges of the networks, and how Data and compute closest to the point of interaction will transform data driven decision making, and some of the challenges around bridging people, business and things for enhanced experiences, and what it takes to offer improved automation and cost savings. We then delve into work Intel are doing currently and Alexis offers us a view of some of the trends across various markets regarding adoption, challenges and opportunities with AI at the Edge. Specifically we discuss enterprise adoption and the need for Edge Computing, the need for actionable insights. We also discuss challenges presented by issues such as network bottlenecks, latency, and the mounting issues raised by increasing demand for bandwidth and ever increasing network demands as devices continue to generate increasingly vast volumes of data, increasing needs for full end-to-end infrastructure and designs, comprehensive security, data regulation, and overall cohesive management of all of these environments and systems / networks / platforms and more. Alexis walks us through Intel’s customer approach as far as how organisations should go about turning data into actionable insights, some of the challenges around turning data into action, how Intel's Gen 3 Intel Movidius VPUs and Intel Scalable Processor platforms are helping with these challenges - where solutions like OpenVINO are helping. We also discuss the latest news around Intel AI Builders, and Intel Selection Solutions for AI, about Federated Learning, and Alexis shares a recent related customer story around GE Healthcare and work they are doing with medical data, imaging and analytics to process data from MRI machines, and where Deep Learning is playing part in this success story. We wrap up with Alexis sharing her thoughts and advice around what decision makers be considering in their approach to leveraging “AI at the Edge” over the next 12 to 18 months. Tune in now for all of these amazing topics and more. This podcast was made in partnership with Intel. For more information please visit: - Intel IoT Solutions web portal: https://bit.ly/2EjyP1i - Intel Xeon® Scalable processors: http://intel.ly/2wNTV3Q - Intel Atom® P processors: intel.ly/3aNHDqS - 5G Technology Overview: intel.ly/39NfMHb #sponsored #intelinfluencer .

I had the opportunity to catch up with Sebastian LeFebure, Managing Director for France & Southern Europe, Manhattan Associates, to discuss the shifting world of retail in a post-pandemic world. In this fireside chat podcast conversation we discuss a range of key business & technology topics around the current state of the rapid evolution & innovation taking place in and around supply chains - and the challenges of meeting shifting consumer demands & expectations across the global retail industry, and the technology Manhattan Associates make available to their customers to meet these challenges and more. Sebastian heads up Manhattan’s French & Southern Europe business with a team of over 150 world leading supply chain, logistics & technology experts. We kicked off with a great view into Sebastian's life, his early years and inspirations, and what set him on the amazing path of business, technology and the amazing world of supply chains. Sebastian delves into one of the biggest questions being tabled in board rooms around the world right now, which is "what does the new world of retail mean for supply chains?". He also gives us a fantastic update on what the new world of retail look like in France today in the context of the various big challenges organisations face in managing increasingly complex supply chains during a "once in a hundred years" global pandemic in the form of the #COVID19 coronavirus. We look at the urgent business and technology need bring driven in part by changes in consumer behaviour, for agility (cloud + micro-services), increasing demand for flexibility (BOPIS + curb-side pickup), the ever present pivot to omni-channel operating models for supply chains (ecommerce fulfilment) and how all of these various key capabilities are now more than ever, paramount to adapt to new consumer behaviour for brands in a post-COVID landscape. As we look into the key technology challenges businesses of all shapes and sizes are facing in dealing with around managing their supply chains, Sebastian shares how Manhattan Associates has transformed the world of supply chain by making cloud based micro-services powered Software as a Services supply capabilities back by world leading business and technology professional services both in-house and through a global ecosystem of partners and integrators, consultants, a world leading SaaS cloud offering, support, education, optimisation and so many other critical offerings that sets their business apart. Sebastian also shares amazing insights and views around how the #COVDI9 coronavirus has changed the way brands view their supply chains, and some great advice and actionable takeaways around how to respond and address these new challenges. We wrap up with both a look at what Sebastian thinks the future of retail (& indeed the supply chain industry) will look like across Europe in 2021 & beyond, with a particular focus on the next 12 to 18 months across industries which are most impacted by what the year 2020 presented to the world, and what the year 2021 has for us as we near the final quarter of 2020 and prepare to enter another challenging year in 2021. This is a conversation every CXO, needs to be hearing and sharing within their organisations, not just throughout their supply chain teams, but all operations, strategy and planning, and in my view, human resources as well, there is so much all senior key business & technology decision makers can gain from what Sebastian shares with me in this amazing fireside chat podcast conversation that you may find yourself listening to it two or more times. Tune in now for all of these amazing topics and more. This podcast was made in partnership with Manhattan Associates. For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/manhattan-assocaites-website .

I caught up with Vikas Sinha, Vice President, Global Customer Experience & Strategic Alliances for Broadcom’s Mainframe Software Division to talk about the latest news and trends, his role, and business unit, and the exciting new offering from Broadcom's Mainframe Software Division called "Win No Fee". We start out with a 30,000 food "point of view" outline of what the Win No Fee offering is, where it fits within Broadcom's overall strategy and products & services, and how customers have been taking it up to drive successful outcomes. Vikas also shares the latest news around what Broadcom is doing with their Digital Badges programme, and other skill-building/enhancing initiatives such as their Vitality programme, and other Education and Community building efforts. Also discussed is the broad topic of events and how 2020 has impacted that space, and what Vikas and his team and Broadcom Mainframe Division have been doing in response to the need to pivot and address the challenges brought about by the #COVID19 global pandemic, and of course the reality that we can't hold in-person physical events currently, we talk about how Broadcom is leveraging Digital and Social and has pivoted to Virtual events and the huge success they have had thus far in doing so. Vikas also shares great insights into what they are doing with Mainframe Technical Exchanges (MTE), what it is and why customers should attend, as well as our support/sponsorship in industry events like SHARE, OMP Summit, DOES, IDUG, etc. And as always I invite Vikas to share his views and thoughts around what he thinks is coming over the horizon in 12 to 18 months with some great advice and actionable key takeaways that CXOs from board room down and their teams throughout enterprise and government can action right now as they look to what 2021 and beyond might bring. Tune in now for all of these amazing topics and more. This podcast was made in partnership with Broadcom. For more information please visit: https://bit.ly/BroadcomMainframe #sponsored #broadcominfluencer #mainframe #software #broadcom #global #customer #experience #alliance #software #ibm #ibmz #zos #devops #development #developer #developers #cicd #automation #orchestration #monitoring #management #deployment #install #upgrade #patch #updates #integration #deployment #data #privacy #dataprotection #cybersecurity #encryption #gdrp #ccpa #compliance #governance #standards #legal #enterprise #controls #reporting #enduser #partner #integrator #reseller #endto3nd #5g #ml #ai .

I caught up with Rod Cruz, General Manager, Healthcare Solutions, at AT&T, to talk about Consumerism in Healthcare, Digital Health technology & the Patient Experience, the Connected Ambulance with combined FirstNet, 5G and IoMT, and more. Rod is no stranger to the show, in fact it was exactly one year since Rod was last on the show, and we had almost a quarter of a million listeners tune in to hear Rod's insights and updates. More recently I caught up with Rod on camera at the 2019 AT&T Business Summit event in Dallas. We kick off this conversation with a high-level 30,000 foot industry update on the state of 5G and Healthcare, in particular some of the success AT&T have had in this space through 2018 and 2019 leading up to 2020. We then dive into more detail around some of the examples I’ve seen over the last year or two which really piqued my interest and certainly the interest of my listeners - we start with FirstNet, the background to it, and how AT&T went about successfully deploying a world leading emergency services network in what appeared to me to be record time. Also discussed is the amazing work around connected hospitals, and in particular, something I’m a big fan of, what AT&T are doing around the Connected Ambulance solution, we talk about how that project came about, and how AT&T go about putting 5G into one of the most challenging working environments imaginable and how FirstNet is the foundation for this amazing solution. We also talk about Digital Health which we all hear a lot of recently in the media, a huge focus area for Rod and his team at AT&T Business, Rod outlines what Digital Health means to AT&T Business and gives us a wonderful overview of what's happening in this space in the Healthcare industry and a range of insights into the latest trends. Rod shares insights into some of the early wins for AT&T clients as Rod and hist team work with them to design & implement Digital Health solutions. We talk about the ever present challenge to improve the Patience Experience, and examples of where the use of the likes of 5G, IoMT and Digital Health technologies to enable Healthcare service providers to leverage the capabilities of AT&T Business to improve Patient Experience. And we also cover a range of topics around the impact of going Digital, where especially in Healthcare, digital means data, which means an increased need for attention to Cybersecurity, and how AT&T Business is helping Healthcare organisations address this heady challenge. Tune in now for all of these amazing topics and more. This podcast was made in partnership with AT&T Business. For more information please visit: https://bit.ly/attbusinesshealthcare #sponsored #attinfluencer .

I caught up with Manoj Nair, General Manager, Metallic, to talk about his role at Metallic, what a day in the life of the GM of Metallic entails, and some of the latest trends and insights from the great work he and his team at Metallic are doing with partners and customers in the world of software-as-a-service (SaaS) data protection and more. In this wonderful conversation, Manoj introduces us to the Commvault / Microsoft Expanded Partnership and walks us through the details of the announcement and how it plays into the powerful combination of metallic & azure storage. In particular we discussed the exciting announcement of a Commvault And Microsoft partnership to deliver new partner opportunities With Metallic SaaS plus Microsoft Azure, to deliver ultimate scale and trusted security with simple SaaS management As an avid foodie with a Master of Computer Science degree from Clemson University, Manoj knows you need more than a recipe for success; it requires vision, creativity, experience working the line, and an unstoppable drive to succeed. With an appetite and passion for creating cloud solutions, he and our nimbly driven Metallic team are focused on accelerating the innovation and growth of Commvault’s Software as a Service (SaaS) business. The former CEO and Co-Founder of HyperGrid, Manoj has served up cloud and security offerings for HPE, EMC, VMware and RSA, and holds more than 12 information management and security patents. Manoj shares a number of highlights around the journey Metallic has enjoyed since it was was established as a Commvault venture to bring next-generation software-as-a-service (SaaS) data protection to the market, delivering Commvault’s powerful core technology simply through the cloud. He also shares insights into the strengths Metallic offers and how together with its partners, Metallic offers a growing portfolio of SaaS backup and recovery solutions to help today’s companies keep their data protected, compliant and safe from deletion, corruption and attack. Tune in now for all of these amazing topics and more. This podcast was made in partnership with Commvault. For more information please visit: Commvault/Microsoft partnership announcement: https://bit.ly/commvault-microsoft-partnership Metallic website: https://bit.ly/metallic-website Microsoft Office 365 backup: https://bit.ly/metallic-office-365-backup-and-recovery Metallic offering via Azure Marketplace: https://bit.ly/metallic-on-azure-marketplace #sponsored #commvaultinfluencer .

I caught up with Dr. Emma Fauss, co-founder & CEO of Medical Informatics Corp. (MIC), to talk about her her role at MIC, their business and it's relationship with Intel, and the amazing work both MIC and Intel have done in response to the COVID19 global pandemic to help hospitals cope with challenges related to the pandemic which most have never had to deal with till now. Emma Fauss is an engineer, researcher and entrepreneur - she is the co-founder and CEO of Medical Informatics Corp. and a Rice Alliance and DFJ Mercury Venture Fellow. She completed a BE degree in Chemical Engineering from The Cooper Union, her PhD from the University of Virginia in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and her MBA from Rice University with a concentration in healthcare. Emma also consults with early-stage entrepreneurs within the Texas Medical Center, as well as Rice University on business strategies and, as an advisor with the MIT Enterprise Forum, consults on biotechnology, nanotechnology, and risk assessment. Our conversation kicks off with some personal background and the journey which lead up to Emma co-founding MIC with her colleague Dr.Craig Rusin in 2010 and the decade since, as well as a peek into what a day in the life of Emma Fauss looks like today, the amazing journey by which Intel came into the picture and became your partner and lessons learned along the way. We also discuss how something as simple as a series of phone calls by Intel’s Bryce Olson to hospitals asking, “What do you need” led to the Intel/MIC collaboration to put your technology into hospitals in record time and completely transform the Intensive Care Unit environment such that it is now literally saving lives. Emma shares insights into what it took for MIC and Intel to put together and run their world leading initiative called “Scale to Serve”, a programme designed to leverage the combined strengths of MIC and Intel to rapidly deploy remote ICUs to 100 US Hospitals using MIC’s Sickbay™ platform. The MIC Sickbay platform is designed to help hospitals rapidly expand intensive care unit (ICU) bed capacity and create more efficient care of the most critical patients while also reducing risk of COVID-19 exposure for critical care providers who are at a higher risk of exposure due to the nature of their work. Tune in now for all of these amazing topics and more. This podcast was made in partnership with Intel. For more information please visit: - Medical Informatics Corp: https://bit.ly/michealthcarewebsite - Behind the Frontlines: Helping Protect Our Medical Heroes: https://bit.ly/intel-covid-19-response-mic-article #sponsored #intelinfluencer .

I recently caught up with Chip Mason (Lead, Mainframe Security Product Management) & Mary Ann Furno (Offering Manager, Mainframe Security) from the Mainframe Division of Broadcom, to talk about the latest news, trends, insights and solutions around Mainframe Security, Education, and the drive to deliver more agile and integrated DevOps and Continuous Development / Continuous Integration (CI/CD) solutions. We kicked off with why and how to build adaptable, modern security to fit into an ever-changing world, to meet the increasingly complex, hybrid IT infrastructure demands an adaptable, enterprise-wide security strategy. In particular around where digital transformation integrates business operations across the enterprise, and why integration requires a more complex, hybrid IT structure and leverages all platforms in the infrastructure. We delve into how complex IT opens new threat vectors and requires a security strategy that is adaptable but not chaotic, and that today’s risks are driven by the latest technologies – i.e. how to modernise security to match, specifically how transformation of various forms has created a connected mainframe driving new threat vectors that need a modern security approach and tools. Chip and Mary Anne share key insights around the challenge of tracking what are privileged users doing and how to answer questions like “Have I identified all of the PII?” and “What insider threats exist?”, and the challenge of reevaluating and modernising mainframe security can deliver a savings in time and a reduction in risk. Also discussed is the top of how building skills and automation help make your security more strategic, efficient, and deliver greater business value, in particular around the issues related to automating routine, simple tasks enables security staff to focus on higher-value activities, and how shifting away from security “firefighting” affords time to implement capabilities that mitigate larger security risks. Another mission critical topic discussed is that cybersecurity automation, and how it helps organisations address the shortage of skilled security workers and supports less-experienced staff with best practices, and that modernising security across all systems minimises risk and simplifies audit and compliance, and that skills are a critical factor in eliminating risk and ensuring compliance We also talk about where Broadcom invests in customer success and helps organisations up-skill, to develop & build skills based on the experience and mentorship of others to deliver the ultimate in training, and build skills and experience simultaneously with the Broadcom Mainframe Vitality Program. And we delve into what Broadcom’s portfolio offers and what the team from the Broadcom Mainframe devision can do to help ensure the issues above are addressed and that your security strategy is competitive and strong - specifically around the challenge to reduce risk with a comprehensive modern mainframe strategy, while securing the world’s most securable platform involves more than simply setting a few IDs, and how organisation can advance their mainframe protection with modern security capabilities built for all three ESMs – ACF2, Top Secret, and RACF, and conduct an automated mainframe security health check. Tune in now for all of these amazing topics and more. This podcast was made in partnership with the Mainframe division of Broadcom. For more information please visit: - http://j.mp/BroadcomMainframe For a free MRI Security Essentials assessment today visit: - https://bit.ly/broadcommritrial .

I recently caught up with Erin Rohlfs, a Industry Solutions Architect for Retail, Restaurant & Hospitality for AT&T Business at the 2020 National Retail Federation (NRF ) "BIG Show" on Manhattan island in New York City, New York, in the USA, to get the latest news and updates, trends and insights around Retail, Resturant and Hospitality markets and industry segments, and what AT&T Business has on show at NRF 2020 in NYC. In this conversation Erin and I discuss: + Product Availability and the impact of technologies such as IoT, Mixed Reality, i.e. AR/VR & Digital Experience + Shopper Convenience and the the role things like Efficiency, Convenience, Lifestyle & Service play + Immersive Marketing including Digital Signage & Proximity Marketing and how these are changing the face of Retail + Customer Insights and where new and emerging technologies such as 5G, Analytics, Customer Sentiment, and Data Driven Decisions are having Erin shared her views and experience around the increasing challenge for the Retail industry to leverage AI, ML & Sentiment Analysis for Data Driven Decisions? In particular Actionable Data, for example, Product Availability & Flexible Fulfilment play in Shopper Convenience. A fun coinage we cover included that of “Retail-tailment” ( retail entertainment !! ) and what it is, where it is being leveraged and who is taking advantage of what it can offer customers. Erin also shares key thoughts around the challenge of levering the benefits of new and emerging disruptive technologies AT&T Business are rolling out, such as 5G, IoT and Realtime Sensors to the Retail industry, and how Data underpins all of this, should the Retail industry best mitigate today’s challenging cybersecurity risks. Tune in now for this amazing conversation and insights. Tune in now for all of these amazing topics and more. This podcast was made in partnership with AT&T Business. For more information please visit: - AT&T Business homepage: http://j.mp/attbusiness - AT&T Business retail solutions: http://j.mp/attbusinessretail - AT&T Business hospitality solutions: https://bit.ly/attbusinsshospitality #sponsored #attinfluencer .

I caught up with Val Bercovici, Founder & CEO at Chainkit, a Software-as-a-Service company that builds cyber security solutions, with a corporate mission to eliminate blind spots in cyber security and data privacy. In this show we discuss the every present and increasingly mission critical topics of Cybersecurity, Cyber war, and the over arching theme of Cyber crime in today's increasingly digital and "always on" / "always connected" modern world, with the added challenge of a global population challenged with living through a global pandemic in the corm of the COVID19 novel derivative of coronavirus. We kick off with a fun introduction to Val and his early life and inspirations, through to his academic and career path which lead him to this amazing challenge to build and run a business which aims to help solve what for want of a better description is ( as we discuss on this show ) a "digital World War 3". Val also gives us great insights as to why the war against Cyber Crime and Cyber Security requires thinking akin to Playing Chess with a strategic approach rather than playing Checkers in reaction mode. We also discuss the emergence of what are in effect now Military-Grade Cyber Weapons being used more often than not by "state actors" as well as highly organised professional cyber criminals and cyber crime organisations - hacking is a well oiled business now, it's no longer the realm of "script kiddies" and bulletin board modem dialup phreakers. Val shares his thoughts around why we’re seeing unprecedented growth in Cyber Attack headlines over the past few years, and in particular what’s changed to bring this about. In keeping with the great Chess vs Checkers analogy, Val also covers why he and his team recommends CxO's need to thin like a Cyber General, that is Play chess, anticipate adversarial counter-measures (i.e. to address the reportedly now %39 undetected attacks) to prepare / react. I also ask Val for his thoughts on where we are head and his recommendations regarding "next Steps", in particular around the likes of Audit Trails, why they are the lifeblood of any modern Cyber Defence strategy & solution, knowing that still today, most organisations unfortunately only have event logs to fall back on. And we wrap up with Val's "over the horizon" views on what's coming over the next 12 to 18 months, what big topics organisations need to be discussing today in board rooms, what actionable takeaways they can immediately consider putting in place, as Val's view is: "The Future is already here, but unevenly distributed. We saw this with income gaps pre-COVID19 and now with business growth OR failure in the coronavirus era. InfoSec maturity will play out the same way. Companies that don’t evolve their InfoSec rapidly to the reality of COVID and associated Cyber Risk, simply won’t survive (due to Ransomware + Cyber Insurance financial pressures)." Val's very much of the view that these are national economic and international security priorities right now, which will foster public-private sector partnerships for the likes of: 1. Increased national Cyber Warfare (defensive & offensive) investment & transparency 2. New government cyber policy/regulation (that transparency part) and 3. More direct law enforcement coordination with the business sector and their insurers. Tune in now for all of these amazing topics and more, and enjoy a great fireside chat with one of the most innovative thinkers in the world of cyber security, and indeed on of the leading forces in thought leadership in the war against cyber crime. This podcast was made in partnership with Chainkit. For more information please visit: - Chainkit website: https://bit.ly/chainkit-homepage - Chainkit on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/chainkit-linkedin - Chainkit on Twitter: https://bit.ly/chainkit-twitter - Chainkit on YouTube: https://bit.ly/chainkit-youtube #sponsored #chainkitinfluencer .

I caught up with Lisa Spelman, Vice President and General Manager of Intel Xeon Products and Data Centre Marketing at Intel Corp. to talk about her her role at Intel, current trends and the latest product announcements from Intel. Lisa is corporate vice president in the Data Platforms Group and general manager of the Xeon and Memory Group at Intel Corporation. She leads the end-to-end product planning, management, support, marketing and roadmap ownership of Intel® Xeon® processors. She also leads those same functions and the engineering for Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory. Additionally, her organisation’s responsibilities span strategy and technology across our Xeon platforms. In this show we talk about: - Updates from Intel’s response and investments related to COVID-19 - Intel’s latest news from the Data Platform Group - Accelerating Analytics, the journey from the Core to Cloud and the Edge - Solutions, Software & Customer insights - And what’s look into AI and Analytics in the next decade We talk about Intel’s response to this global pandemic outside the business, from financial contributions to community projects, staff lead initiatives, through to opening up your portfolio of intellectual property to researchers in the battle against COVID-19. We discuss a range of the data-centric infrastructure and the investments Intel is making to help customers overcome the fundamental challenge and opportunity that data represents, and why is it important for enterprises to think about their data strategies from cloud to the edge. Lisa introduces us to Intel’s newly announced 3rd Generation Xeon Scalable processors, and how it has benefitted from a pedigree spanning a couple of decades as well as leading the market, and how Intel is building on-chip features we’ve historically had to add to server platforms to enable AI functionality, in particular Machine Learning. We also delve into how Intel’s 3rd Generation Xeon Scalable have been tailored to address today’s demanding analytics and AI workloads, and how Intel has fortified their 3rd Generation Xeon Scalable processor instruction set to fundamentally accelerate AI workloads. Also discussed is how the AI market requires many different solutions, and that FPGAs are another ingredient which makes sense depending on where you are on your AI journey, for those who ready to accelerate their workloads, but require flexibility to adapt to changing models, FPGAs are an excellent choice. We discuss a number of key trends and topics around Edge Computing, and why the edge is demanding more and more compute closer to where data is being created and consumed, driving a new wave of multifunction, compute hungry devices. Some key points included challenges to: - Reduce application latency - Improve quality of experience - Optimise total cost of ownership - Comply with data locality requirements Lisa also speaks about how their strategy is to enable the broadest ecosystem in the industry by giving developers a wide variety of tools, languages and frameworks on which to build, for the likes of both open source programs like Linux and Apache Spark, ISV-delivered software like Oracle or SAP, and direct customer enabling as they do with cloud providers like Microsoft or Alibaba - for example Intel has thousands of engineers working across the ecosystem to equip, train and enable developers to optimise solutions on our hardware. We close with me asking Lisa what do she thinks is coming over the horizon for AI & Analytics over the next decade and what should key business and technology decision makes be talking about now to prepare for tomorrow? Tune in now for all of these amazing topics and more. This podcast was made in partnership with Intel. For more information please visit: - Intel Atom® P processors: https://intel.ly/3aNHDqS - Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors: https://intel.ly/2wNTV3Q - 5G Technology Overview: https://intel.ly/39NfMHb #sponsored #intelinfluencer .

I had the pleasure of catching up with both Zee Hussain, Senior Vice President of Global Business, across Finance, Healthcare, Sports & Entertainment and Industry Solutions at AT&T Business and Patrick Hale Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer at VITAS Healthcare, to talk about the launch of the AT&T and VITAS Healthcare Virtual Reality Study for Hospice Patients. Zee is responsible for leading the enterprise sales teams focused on bringing AT&T products, services and industry specific sales plays to customers in Finance and Healthcare, and in all other industries headquartered in the eastern U.S. Patrick oversees all aspects of large-scale IT operations for Vitas Healthcare, and has over two decades of experience spanning multiple business verticals, including healthcare, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, financial services, retail and government. AT&T and VITAS Healthcare, the nation’s leading provider of end-of-life care, have launched a study that intends to combine 5G with virtual reality/augmented reality (VR/AR) to test if it can help reduce chronic pain and anxiety for certain hospice patients. The study aims to assess a potential alternative therapy that is easier for caregivers to implement at a time and place that makes the patient most comfortable during this most difficult time. In this conversation we start with Zee let’s start with Zee Hussain giving us an update on how new & emerging technologies like 5G are opening up across the likes of the Financial Services Industry ( FSI ), Sports & Entertainment. We also discuss key topics around how specifically at Healthcare, and where are the biggest Digital & Mobile Transformation opportunities right now within the Healthcare industry. Patrick Hale also provides us, from his point of view as a CIO, what impact technology has had within VITAS over the last 5 years, in particular with patience experience. We're treated to some great insights from Zee around what lead to the opportunity for this collaboration, and what the actual VR Trial, it’s business & technical aims / goals etc were from the outset. Also shared, by Patric, is how the collaboration with AT&T Business came about - i.e. were VITAS already looking into VR technology prior to this collaboration with AT&T, what brought this 'match made in Heaven' about?". With his very unique position in that he literally live with his finger on the pulse every day around this space, Zee shares his views on where he sees the future of Digital Health evolving from a Service Providers point of view. I also ask Patrick what he sees as the larger potential for 5G at VITAS or in healthcare in general - for example how 5G will change the way clinicians treat patients - and does he envision 5G enabling a more mobile workforce. We wrap up with medium to long term views from my guests, regarding their views on upcoming trends, challenges, opportunities, key topics organisations should be talking about now from their Board rooms at strategy level all they way down to day to day operations, key things businesses should be actioning now, i.e. “orgs should be gearing up to have a 5G Strategy in place and be running PoC’s in 2020 and much more.

I had the pleasure of catching up once again with Stuart McIrvine, Director, Product Management for Mainframe Security and Compliance; Mainframe Database Tools at Broadcom. This is Stuart’s second guest appearance on the show. I also had the pleasure of catching up with Stuart recently in Pittsburg at the SHARE Mainframe user group event in America. If you have’t seen that interview please do tune in & check it out after you’ve listened to this podcast at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL6j92qLcpM In his role as Director, Product Management for Mainframe Security and Compliance; Mainframe Database Tools at Broadcom, Stuart is responsible for leading the offering teams managing Security and Compliance as well as Database Tools; developing and leading strategy to ensure products meet customers’ needs and have competitive edge in the marketplace. In this show, we discuss the latest news & updates from his team and the Broadcom Mainframes division - in particular mainframe security, and what security entails in a modern world living with an incredible lack of predictability as well as what Broadcom is doing to ensure an airtight security experience for their customers. Key highlights in this show include: - Current events/Secure Access Cloud Offering and how Broadcom Mainframe products ensure the security and monitoring of your mainframe - Broadcom’s Symantec division and their free offer for a period of time, of their secure access cloud offering, which allows customers to come into the Symantec cloud service to ensure proper access to their network and mainframe; which is helpful when people are working from home esp. so a VPN doesn’t get overwhelmed - Why Symantec’s secure access cloud is one of the most secure solutions, how it can be used to tightly control it gives users / staff access to with it’s application specific features, more so that than standard basic VPN offerings - Broadcom mainframe components which tightly align with Secure Access Cloud to augment mainframe security such as CA AAM, CA TAMz and CA CEM, when combined can ensure that mainframe access is secure, properly monitored, and not overly elevated - The ever present need for security cycle and how mainframe should be part of every enterprise strategy and the importance of ensuring that your mainframes are as well protected as your distributed systems - The need to deliver proper access, ensure privileged users are managed, critical data is ID’d, unusual events are managed appropriately, and automation is used to aid routine, albeit important, tasks - Broadcom’s Mainframe Security Centre (which is about understanding how mainframe network security is configured) We also discuss why the mainframe is under a new types of pressure due to new and emerging technologies and business trends such as 5G, IoT, more mobile working, changes in the profile of what Security means today in context of 2020, both current state of the world given we’re currently dealing with life under a global pandemic with #COVID19, compounded by the fact that everyone effectively has a Star Trek “Tri-corder” in their hands that runs our lives – email / buying”. And Stuart closes out the show by sharing his medium to long term views on key upcoming trends, challenges, opportunities, topics organisations should be talking about now, actioning, i.e. “orgs should be gearing up to have a 5G Strategy in place and be running PoC’s in 2020. There is so much in this show for both Mainframe and Business decisoin makers we know you’re going to get a great deal from this conversation as well as key takeaways you can action right now. For more information on the Broadcom Mainframe offering please visit: https://www.ca.com/us/why-ca/mainframe.html .

Dez Blanchfield gets up close & personal with Janet Giesen, Vice President of Operations and Programs for Metallic, a Commvault venture, to talk about SaaS Data Protection and considerations for remote workers. This conversation begins with a quick 30,000 foot point of view introduction to Metallic, what it is, where it fits with data protection & what drove the decision for Commvault to develop & launch Metallic. Also covered are the three key market focused offerings Metallic was launched with, and insights into why those three initial service offerings in particular, which included: 1 - Metallic Office 365 Backup & Recovery, to protect SaaS office automation tools & data 2 - Metallic Core Backup & Recovery, focused on Virtual Machines & their data 3 - Metallic Endpoint Backup & Recovery, focused on laptop & desktop backups Janet outlines their strategy regarding the global roll out, from Metallic initially being launched within the American market in the USA, and which regions will follow with great insights into the challenges of deploying any SaaS offering, esp. one where data protection is the key offering, and how data privacy, encryption etc play into this. Another key highlight from this conversation is a walk through what the first six months so far has been like, since Metallic.io was first launched at the Commvault GO event in Denver in the USA late 2019, and some of the key highlights and learnings from those exciting first six months. An interesting key insight also discussed is that as with the ever important issue of Endpoint Protection, the current COVID19 global pandemic, and the huge increase in remote work and "work from home", the trend of mission critical data moving to the edge has become even more critical now that we have seen people, our human resource, literally "moving to the edge" as it were - in effect tipping the traditional Enterprise data protection model on its head. Janet talks about how she and the team at Metallic have seen the Business & IT community react to the dramatic changes brought about by the COVID19 global pandemic, and whether or not organisations were fully prepared to handle the broad challenge of remote data protection for laptops, and what organisations should they be thinking about as they continue to address this challenge, and how Metallic is supporting organisations in meeting this critical business & technology challenge. Also discussed is the topic of security, which is always front and centre in any conversation around Data Protection - Janet shares how and why this has been a key consideration from day #1 for Metallic, and how security is built into Metallic across the portfolio - from encryption, security certificates, access controls & data policies, to anomaly detection and more. Another key insight discussed is a remarkable finding that more than two thirds ( 66% )of I.T. security professionals say their company experienced one or more endpoint attacks which compromised their critical data assets or IT infrastructure in 2019. Janet shares insights into what Metallic is doing to support companies to avoid this happening to them. Janet also highlights that when Metallic was launched they offered a free trial period, and that now, as part of their response to supporting organisations through the COVID19 global pandemic, they have extended the Endpoint Protection offer, and shares details of how organisations can now take up this amazing free offer. The conversation wraps up with views on what the next 12 to 18 months might look like regarding key challenges around data & endpoint protection, in particular the next big challenge we’re about to face - the transition from a global pandemic “lockdown” WFH model, back to “normal”, and what that new “normal” might look like. For more information visit => http://j.mp/metallic-io .

Dez Blanchfield gets up close & personal with Ulf Jönsson, Head of NFVI Portfolio Strategy Management at Ericsson, to talk about Network Function Virtualisation ( NFV ). In particular, what NFV is, why it is needed, where it fits in the grand scheme of the future of modern software defined infrastructure & software defined networks in the telco & carrier service provider world. Ulf Jönsson is responsible for the NFV Infrastructure solution & product portfolio strategy at Ericsson. He has had several leadership positions in Ericsson with business and strategic product management responsibility in areas such as NFV infrastructure, Telco Cloud, SDN, and IP & Broadband. He is currently driving the next generation Cloud Native infrastructure optimized for 5G telecom applications and Edge computing. Ulf holds a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. Ulf shares insights into what the most important topics he and his team are discussing with customers currently and what their key concerns are at the moment. Also discussed is the broad topic of Edge computing, and why Edge has become a term we have become familiar with, why edge computing is needed, and Ulf elaborates on the relation it has with NFVI. Ulf also shares insights as to how much interest they are seeing from Communication Service Provider customers currently to discuss NFVI in an edge context. He also gives us an introduction to Ericsson's new Cloud Native Infrastructure Solution which is based on a bare metal architecture - a very exciting new initiative to gain maximum performance from compute infrastructure at the edge. We also discuss various key benefits CSPs can expect to see from deploying Ericsson's new Cloud Native Infrastructure Solution at the edge. Ulf also offers his views of what is ahead of us, as we look forward 12 to 18 months, and where he thinks we will be by then with cloud native, bare metal and so on, and much much more..

Dez Blanchfield gets up close & personal with with Nic Charrington, founder & creator of Bio Blast, a fundraising mobile phone game app, created in the record time of just two weeks, as a fund raising effort to raise much needed funding for the National Health Service coping with the COVID19 global pandemic. Nick is an entrepreneur from Bristol, what some might call a serial entrepreneur which in startup circles is a badge of honour earned by those go “get stuff done” - in response to COVID19, Nic created a novel approach to the COVID19 novel Coronavirus! I came to know about him and his latest project Bio Blast through social media myself, and instantly felt compelled to get onboard and support Nic and the Bio Blast project. As soon as he learned about the project Dez instantly tweeted about it to help promote it, and almost immediately Nic commented saying "Hi Dez thanks for the tweet. I am the founder, would love to speak to you more about it if you have a min ;-)" After a quick call the plan was to schedule a recording session the very next day to get Nic on the show as time is of the essence with this project so we wanted to get the show on air as quickly as possible. Through this wonderful conversation Nic introduces us to Bio Blast the game, what lead him to decide to design & develop the game, the journey and key steps or the process from the initial idea to launching it on app stores, from screen designs, level layouts, to finding a developer on UpWork, the exciting two weeks from ideation to a working Minimum Viable Product, to getting it through the Apple & Google app store review process and approved and published for download. Nic also shares details on how to get involved and what’s ahead from here, how can individuals, the media, organisations etc. can get involved and where do you want to see it go from here. He also shares his thoughts around what the next few months might hold, as the world eases out of the COVID19 global pandemic, and in particular how the future of fundraising with Bio Blast might play out ( pun intended ). Nic is such a charming individual and an inspiring fellow, a bona fide change agent, and there is no doubt he is well on his way to do great things and we look forward to watching his success in the near term with the awesome Bio Blast project, his Photography startup, and what will surely be many more amazing projects. Please get involved right now, grab your phone, download the game from http://BioBlast.me and get involved! All support through playing the game, sharing it on social media, posting your high score screen shots, tag 3x friends and challenge them to download Bio Blast and try to beat your best high score by posting the screen shot and high score on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn for Facebook etc and @tag a few friends and give them an Ice Bucket style "challenge" to "beat my high score". Any media support or enquiries would be welcomed by Nic to help share this amazing story, and get the message out - every single download and player helps raise much needed funding for social good. Nic can be contacted via the project's website at: http://BioBlast.me Nic Charrington can also be reached via LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nic-charrington-61230a142/ .

Dez Blanchfield gets up close & personal with Lauren Valenti, Senior Manager, Customer Advocacy & Mainframe Education in the Mainframe Division of Broadcom, to talk about her academic & career path, her role at Broadcom within their Mainframe division, current business & technology trends, and the very real need Broadcom have see and addressed, to open up education to "close the Mainframe skills gap". Also discussed are the challenges around building and enhancing mainframe skills and how Lauren and her team have addressed this through Broadcom's Mainframe Academy, Associate Software Engineer Program and Vitality Residency Program. Also discussed is the broad range of successful outcomes and work Lauren and her team and Broadcom's Mainframe division as a whole are doing around Customer Advocacy and how they are creating and maintaining meaningful relationships with their customers, and much more. For more information please visit: http://j.mp/BroadcomMainframe

Dez Blanchfield gets up close & personal with Anne Chow, Chief Executive Officer at AT&T Business, to talk about AT&T's response to the COVID-19 global pandemic, both with their own challenges throughout AT&T and AT&T Business, as well as their customers and challenges being faced by their customers organisations. This amazing discussion covers the broad range of challenges organisations of all sizes are faced with throughout the COVID19 pandemic, from core Business Continuity ( BCP ) to Disaster Recovery ( DR ), to supporting their staff, their own organisations from the core need "keep the lights on" to continuing to operating and support their own customers as well. Also covered are the depth and breadth of the challenges AT&T Business and their partners, resellers & integrators, and in turn their end line customers face, from fundamental core mission critical network services such as Fixed-line, Wide Area Networking, Mobile, Broadband and Virtual Private Networks, through to Security services, Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Capacity, to in-field Emergency Services & First Responders and the world leading AT&T "FirstNet" initiative. We also delve into the issues individuals and families face while dealing with their own challenges to make the shift to Work From Home, challenges faced by the Education Industry while schools are in shutdown mode and students need to pivot to a learn from home model, as well as the challenges faced by families with young children now dealing with the need to juggle of Work From Home whilst also managing young children at home due to Child Care centres being shut down. For key insights and advice from Anne Chow, tune in and hear what the CEO of AT&T Business has to share, from her personal challenge of making the transition to work from home, to the 24x7 challenges of leading a global team and business, to working with her peers across AT&T Business to CEO's to CIO's / CTO's et al throughout their global customer base, at what can only be described as one of the most unique moments in time in human history. For more information on AT&T Business and their products & services please visit: http://j.mp/attbusiness

Dez Blanchfield gets up close & personal with both Folke Anger, Head of Solution line Packet Core, and Thomas Kinnman, Head of Solution line OSS, for Ericsson Digital, to talk about recent 5G launches, who is leading the way in the race to get us 5G ready and 5G Core, what the 5G core is, why it is important, Network Slicing, Security, Data Analytics, End User Experience, Software Probes, actionable data, Ericsson Export Analytics ( EEA ) and what it brings to the table, how AI and ML support data collection & analytics, key industry trends, opportunities & challenges, how Telco CSP partnership and enterprise offerings beyond mobile broadband are going to play out in the future, and much more.. For more information visit the Ericsson Digital web portal: http://bit.ly/edwebportal .

Dez Blanchfield gets up close & personal with Mo Katibeh, Chief Marketing Officer for AT&T Business, to talk about his academic & career path, his role at AT&T Business, the latest updates around AT&T's rollout and deployment of 5G, the state of 5G & the Edge, how enterprise & service providers can leverage 5G, insights into how AR / VR and Mixed Reality are being deployed in industries from Manufacturing through to Healthcare, the many direct & indirect benefits 5G is bringing throughout our lives, the broad range of key business & technology / telecommunications differentiators AT&T Business brings to the marketplace for business and organisations of all shapes and sizes. Mo also shares amazing insights, examples and anecdotes from the world of AT&T Business from full immersion sports & entertainment, to emergency services capabilities through the American FirstNet project, rebuilding an Air Force base after a hurricane, to the use of Virtual Reality to alleviate pain & distress for Healthcare patients in hospice care with virtual tours of remote locations from modern day Paris to the 15th century Inca citadel Machu Picchu - tune in for all of this and much much more, and for more information on AT&T Business and their products & services visit http://j.mp/attbusiness

Dez Blanchfield gets up close & personal with Peter Shen, VP Business Development, Digital Health, Siemens Healthineers, to talk about his academic & career path, his role at Siemens Healthineers, the background of Siemens Healthineers, the brand name, the organisation, their focus on innovation in healthcare, who their customers are across healthcare providers and patient care, what the key customer challenges include, the work Siemens Healthineers are doing to enable a healthcare ecosystem, their Siemens Healthineers Digital Ecosystem (E2E-Solutions) connecting hospitals worldwide, making sure hospitals & doctors can communicate. Also discussed is their partnership with Intel, to leverage Intel's world's leading technology from Intel from Hardware through to Systems, Software, Design & Innovation, the work Siemens Healthineers is doing to greatly improve patient experience, and the broad positive impact their work has had for both their customers and associated patients, and Peter's take on what's over the horizon for the next 3 to 5 years and beyond. For more information please visit: Siemens Healthineers: http://j.mp/siemenshealthineersdigitalhealth Intel OpenVINO Toolkit: http://j.mp/intelopenvinotoolkitinfo Intel IoT Solutions: http://j.mp/inteliotsolutions .

Dez Blanchfield gets up close & personal with Raj Talluri, Senior Vice President & General Manager of Micron Technology's Mobile Business Unit, to talk about his academic & career path, his role at Micron, the latest tech, trends, and innovation in the smartphone market, the exciting new emerging industry around 5G, Micron's focus on data to drive & enable technology, the furious pace of change around smartphone Digital Cameras, Sensors, Imagery, AI, ML, Gaming, the IoT, Power consumption & Device Management, the exciting newly announced deal with Xiaomi's where their Mi 10 will be the first phone to use Micron's Low-Power Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory ( LPDDR5 RAM ) - also discussed were Micron's new Brand Promise “intelligence execrated” and what it means in practice, what Micron is doing around the future direction beyond hardware ( i.e. moving into data, analytics, ai, key industry sectors like Health, Education, Transport & Logistics etc. ), what the “next killer app” might be, and much more. For more info visit http://j.mp/microntechnology

Dez Blanchfield gets up close & personal with Jan Karlsson is Senior Vice President and Head of Business Area Digital Services, now his second appearance on the show, to talk about his transition from heading up a business unit called Business Support Solutions in Ericsson to now heading up Ericsson Digital Services, one of the most innovative business units in the company, the latest trends in technology, business & the telco industry, esp. the emergence of 5G, IoT, Cloud and more. Also discussed were Ericsson Digital's focus on delivering Smarter Networks so their customers can generate Smarter Business’, Jan's recent blogpost titled "How to serve the 5G powered business" on LinkedIn talking about the release of their latest report titled "Serving the 5G-powered business", the state of 5G awareness amongst business users and consumers, how Digitalisation waits for no one ( in Jan's words ), and Jan's view on what's coming over the horizon over the next 12 to 18 months. For more info visit the Ericsson Digital web portal here http://bit.ly/edwebportal

Dez Blanchfield gets up close & personal with Tim Baker, Global Director of Marketing & Product Management of Commercial Security Products at Honeywell, to talk about his academic & professional career, his role the latest technology innovation at Honeywell in the Commercial Security division, the latest tech and trends / challenges around access control, video surveillance, and where Honeywell’s intrusion software and hardware solutions fit into this market. Also discussed is Honeywell's use of AI & ML, predictive analytics, data protection, IoT, as well as changes in compliance, regulation around data and privacy governance. Tim also shares insights into Honeywell's partnership with Intel, with examples of how Intel fits into the equation of Honeywell’s technical innovation, from software through to the use of Intel hardware. Tim outlines some of the key markets Honeywell's Commercial Security division work with from small to medium sized business, retail, schools ( i.e. K-12 ), through to enterprise and global markets such as pharma, banking, healthcare, airports, energy ( i.e. Oil & Gas ). Tim also shares his thoughts on what’s over the horizon and where he sees things going in the next 12 to 18 months. For more info visit http://j.mp/honeywell-commercial-security

Dez Blanchfield gets up close & personal with Jen Felch, Chief Digital Officer & Chief Information Officer, President Dell Technologies, to talk about her academic & professional career, her role as CDO. Jen shares an overview of Dell Digital, what it is, why was it created, what it's remit is, the key unique points of differentiation Dell Digital offers and what they do different. Jen also offers her key thoughts and key insights on how digital transformation changing, culture change and putting a human face on that change, some of the big trends being faced by CDO's in all industries such as "security embedded everywhere", cloud computing and in particular "hybrid-cloud", Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, the Internet of Things and Sensors, Edge Computing, Edge Networking, Big Data & Analytics / Data Science, the impacts of the "Cambrian explosion" around Data & data growth and sensitivity, treatment, leveraging and protection of that data as an asset, governance, compliance, and the ever changing landscape around regulatory requirements. Jen also offers some great practical tips for peers around what needs to be discussed in the boardroom versus what needs to be discussed on a daily basis throughout organisations from heads of business to water cooler conversations, and much more. For more info visit http://j.mp/jenfelchdelltech

Dez Blanchfield gets up close & personal with Abhi Ingle, Senior Vice President AT&T Business & WarnerMedia “Go To Market”, for AT&T Business, to talk about the AT&T and Time Warner merger, what it means for businesses, particularly in the context of Content & Advertising integration opportunities, AT&T's newly formed (circa 2018) ad tech company Xandr, the company, it’s remit, offerings & solutions, Abhi shares insight into how he works with WarnerMedia and Xandr. Abhi also shares insights and examples of key business & technology solutions AT&T / AT&T Business have here on show this year at the NRF 2020 event in New York City. Also discussed are the latest market updates, trends, and industry challenges around Retail and Hospitality, the latest updates from AT&T, and how technology such as Networking, Connectivity & 5G, IoT & Sensors, Data & Analytics, and AI & ML and the underpinning Cybersecurity challenges are each and all continuing to impact and disrupt Retail, Restaurants & Hospitality as the likes of 5G, IoT, Smartphones as well as shifts in consumer experience, in particular the Digital experience impact retailers, as well as the challenge around Personalised vs Addressable adverting. Abhi also outlines key opportunities & challenges the retail industry currently faces as they endeavour to connect and engage with today’s rapidly changing consumer profiles, in particular how shifts in consumer behaviour and expectations bring about new challenges as well as new opportunities. For more information visit the AT&T Business Retail portal http://j.mp/attbusinessretail

Dez Blanchfield gets up close & personal with Lars Martensson, Vice President & Head of Ericsson Silicon Valley and Head of Solution Area Cloud & Network Function Virtualisation infrastructure, on now his second appearance on the podcast show, to talk about Ericsson's the third iteration of our 5G Business Potential report titled "5G for business: a 2030 market compass" and the reports extended timeline to 2030, the size and segment / range of markets that will open in the coming decade. We also discussed the ten industries Ericsson looked at for this report which are: healthcare, manufacturing, energy and utilities, automotive, agriculture, public safety, media, financial services, public transportation and retail, as well as a range of exciting new 5G business opportunities, and Lars outlined some examples per industry. We also discussed three distinct roles for CSP to take including Network developer, Service enabler, Service Creator, from providing plain connectivity all the way to providing the full vertical service and what will be required for service providers to realise these opportunities, as well as some of the new services or applications Ericsson see now envisage coming on stream with edge computing & edge networking and why 5G is so different to 4G in the context of "edge", and much more. To download your free copy of the latest "5G for business: a 2030 market compass" report click here => http://j.mp/5gforbusiness2030marketcompas

Dez Blanchfield gets up close & personal with Bill Giard, CTO Digital Transformation & Scale Solutions - Data Center Group at Intel, to take a look back at the amazing year that was 2019 across Enterprise and Government business & key market trends, technologies and solutions / transformations, the long list of amazing Intel wins and success stories for the year, and well as a take a look look to whats ahead in 2020 - to look at what the enterprise landscape might look like, upcoming trends, challenges and strategies in digital transformation, in particular the need for focus on security, edge computing and edge networking, hybrid cloud( public, private & community ) and the broad topic of multi-cloud. We also look at where key industries and market leaders have been and continue to look to Intel as their trusted partner and advisor allowing organisations to remain focused on running their business while leveraging the broad and deep experience and strengths Intel brings from professional services through to design, build, implementation and the massive array of hardware & systems all the way through to data centres and infrastructure. For more information visit http://j.mp/IntelDataCentreSolutions

Dez Blanchfield gets up close & personal with Bill Saltys, Senior Vice President of Alliances & Paul Vian, Senior Vice President of Sales, from Apps Associates, to discuss their latest research report based on a survey which polled 300+ IT professionals with influence and decision-making ability who use Oracle for their primary business applications, the thinking behind the survey, the main findings, the current status of cloud migration, top obstacles preventing IT decision makers from maximising their applications, dispelling myths surrounding Oracle licensing in the cloud, how the role of Managed Service Providers (MSP's) is changing, the big topics around security, and what we can expect in 2020 and beyond in cloud transformations. To download your free copy of the eBook report now visit: http://bit.ly/2PIALUb

Dez Blanchfield gets up close & personal with Michael Colaneri, VP of Retail, Restaurant, & Hospitality, AT&T, on his second appearance on the show, to talk about the latest market updates, trends, and industry challenges around Retail and Hospitality, the latest updates from AT&T, and how technology is continuing to impact Retail, Restaurants & Hospitality as the likes of 5G, IoT, Smartphones as well as shifts in consumer behaviour and expectations bring out new challenges as well as new opportunities. For more information visit the AT&T Business Retail portal http://j.mp/attbusinessretail

Dez Blanchfield gets up close & personal with Vishal Ganeriwala, Senior Director Product Marketing, Workspace Services, for CITRIX, to talk about his academic & professional career path, his role at Citrix, how Citrix are working to improve the Employee Experience, and deliver solutions focused on the Future Of Work, while ensuring customers have the perfect blend of Access & Security, manage their Data and the treatment of that data, and aim to achieve the key challenge of balance in Ease of Use vs Security & Data Protection. Also discussed is how Citrix enables a Seamless migration from “device to device” ( i.e. mobile to tablet to desktop ), serving all users across the generational “gaps” / challenges being faced by organisations with as many as 5 generations of employees in their ranks / workplace, from Boomers, Gen X, Gen Y, through to Gen Z, and the “Millennials” across the top, and we discussed Vishal's views on what is coming over the horizon in 12 to 18 months. For more info on Workspace of the Future visit http://bit.ly/citrixworkspaceofthefuture

Dez Blanchfield gets up close & personal with Liam Quinn, Senior Vice President, Client Solution Group, for Dell Technologies, to discuss their new "Realising 2030" report in which Dell Technologies Research Explores the Next Era of Human-Machine Partnerships. This fireside chat also delves into hot topics such as Hyper Connectivity around 5G, and demystifying the hype around 5G, the implications and applications of 5G in one, five and ten years from now, what it means to live in a digital conductor society, where always on, always connected, increasingly mobile life is the new normal, Dell's work with the United Nations "Sustainable Development Goals" ( US SDN's ), in particular Goal #8, focused on "Decent work & Economic Growth", championed by Founder & CEO Mr Michael Dell himself, and a wide range of great takeaways for listeners and subscribers with Liam's "lessons learned & practical tips for peers" from Board Rooms to Water Coolers, with his view of what's coming over the horizon in the next 12 to 18 months. For more info visit http://j.mp/delldiciportal

Dez Blanchfield gets up close & personal with Amit Midha, president Dell Technologies APJ & head of Global Digital Cities, and Luke Halliday, CIO Melbourne Airport, to discuss the newly released “Future of Connected Living forecast” report, and the importance of Digital Cities (DiCi) for our lives, specifically about how emerging technologies are impacting our lives over the next decade. Also discussed are the key technologies playing critical role such as 5G, IOT, Edge Computing, and how to manage all the data without creating data silos. Luke also shares key insights from working with Dell Technologies in Transforming the Melbourne Airport. For more info visit http://j.mp/delldiciportal

Dez Blanchfield gets up close & personal with Daniel Krook, CTO IBM Code and Response & Call for Code, to talk about his academic & professional career, his role as CTO for both IBM Code and Response & the Call for Code project. Daniel gives us a walk through the journey so far as we approach the final judging for year two, as well as insights into the projects & winners from year one, background and overviews for each of the five finalist projects announced today to have made it to the People’s Choice voting round now hosted on TechCrunch. He also introduces us to the role of IBM’s Code and Response, and offers his thoughts around what the next year holds as year three of Call for Code draws near, and much more. For more info and vote visit http://j.mp/callforcode2019top5