Inflection Points

A new generation of Wi-Fi connectivity is on the horizon. Allie Irvin and Brendan Bonner sit with David Coleman, Director of Wireless at Extreme Networks' Office of the CTO. How will the way you access the internet change in this new generational shift and beyond? 6E and 6 ghz Wi-Fi is already available and accessible on the market, but what can we do to reach the 33 gb/s they have to offer? With 320 mhz channels available, when will we reach the point when it becomes commonly accessible? Revisit topics we discussed earlier in this season of Inflection Points, like Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), as well as digital twins, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and mobile data networks. All of them demand more and more of internet infrastructure, and these developments will push them to a greater level of viability. More demanding technology demands more power. What are internet providers doing to increase their energy efficiency as we push towards convergence? Discover new processes like 4K-QAM, will come included in Wi-fi 7 technology. They will allow for seamless analogue and digital transfer data signal switching, improving efficiencies across Wi-fi spectra by as much as 20%. Thinking even further ahead to Wi-fi 8, how fast can Wi-fi become with Multi-Link Operations, which can transmit and receive signals simultaneously? Inflection Points is a monthly tech podcast all about looking forward to future technology and imagining beyond the immediate horizon. Hosted by Allie Irvin and Brendan Bonner. Produced by Antonio Di Cicco. Inflection Points is brought to you by Extreme Networks' Office of the CTO. Website: https://www.extremenetworks.com/ Office of the CTO Blog: www.extremenetworks.com/resources/blogs Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/extreme-networks

‘Measure twice, cut once' is the old adage, but what if we could cut in a non-destructive way as many times as we want? Allie and Brendan chat with Amy Cameron, Research Director as STL Partners, to discuss digital doubles, real-time modeling, and predictive simulations. Digital doubles are built for two-way realtime interactions, creating perfect copies and allowing for instantaneous rollout. The potential for this new technology is only limited by the amount of data streaming it demands. Real-world use cases are discussed, like Vodaphone's landscaping doubles, who simulate seasonal plant growth to support the construction of their 5G telecom network. The capability of digi-doubles goes further, enabling simulated customer behaviour, planning traffic management strategies across cities, and safely executing cyber attacks on your own systems. Will digital twinning exist as an invisible safety net for system security, or evolve into something more visual with AR and VR technologies? How does the blockchain factor into this, and will the systems become interlinked in future? Inflection Points is a monthly tech podcast all about looking forward to future technology and imagining beyond the immediate horizon. Hosted by Allie Irvin and Brendan Bonner. Produced by Antonio Di Cicco. Inflection Points is brought to you by Extreme Networks' Office of the CTO. Website: https://www.extremenetworks.com/ Office of the CTO Blog: www.extremenetworks.com/resources/blogs Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/extreme-networks

Hosts Allie and Brendan sit with Dr. Peter Marshall, Strategic Marketing Director at Ericsson inc. to look forward at the future of connectivity and the backbone of digital infrastructure. With the transition to 5G underway, 6G's capabilities are being imagined and experimented with. They imagine an Internet of Senses, up to 50 connected personal devices per person, and blurring the divide in the cyber physical continuum. Not only that, but they look at what we can do to change our approach and understanding of technology, and how can we push the frontiers to get closer to the universal limitations of electronics.

Allie and Brendan discuss the hottest tech topic of 2023 with Carolina Bessega: One of World Summit A.I.'s top innovators of 2022 and Innovation Lead at Extreme's Office of the CTO. Generative A.I. like Chat GPT, Dall-E, and Stable Diffusion, are disrupting workplaces across the globe with their potential. We look at how they came about, how A.I. works, how it's being used, and how we see it integrating into our every day lives. It could change how we work, run businesses, plan healthcare, and approach academia.

Allie and Brendan chat with Justin Hurst, Asia-Pacific Head of Extreme's Office of the CTO. Together, they take a comprehensive look at the Edge, how to use it and where it lives. Listen to real-life anecdotes and use-cases of Edge users, and imagine the cities of tomorrow.

Join all new hosts Allie Irvin and Brendan Bonner of Extreme Networks as they join Thomas Brannen, Senior Analyst and Founder of OnConvergence, to discuss AR and VR technologies, what they demand, practical use cases, and what the future holds for these technologies.

Extreme Networks CTO Nabil Bukhari joins the final episode to talk about the evolution of network-based technology and how it affects the Infinite Enterprise, his own vision of the future. Hosts Carla Guzzetti and Tim Harrison wrap up Season II with a big-picture discussion of the future of networks. 

From recording our history with digital tech to overcoming the geek factor of VR, the Office of the CTO at Extreme Networks' Marcus Burton and David Coleman appear on the podcast to help spell out the network-based ideas that work best. 

All those eye scans in the movies missed something: Biometrics needs to determine first “am I looking at a person” and then “is this the right person?” explains Alexey Khitrov, CEO of ID R&D. Listen in on his talk with hosts Carla Guzzetti and Tim Harrison on the network-based tech that needs you to work. 

No sector seems as nice of a fit as augmented reality and tech. Trying on clothes digitally is an idea whose time has come, explains Nisha Kesavan, CEO of Design Duality, who sits down with hosts Carla Guzzetti and Tim Harrison to explain how her new app allows people to do just that. 

Just a few years ago drones were about hype. The reality is that this network-based tech is making a real difference in our lives today. Join hosts Carla Guzzetti and Tim Harrison as they hear from Indro Robotics CEO Philip Reece exactly how this change is happening and just when those drones will be dropping those shoes you just bought right to your door. 

Extreme's Bill Lundgren spells out how the Cloud is the core building block for anyone managing an enterprise network today. Why? Today's pace of change, a steady stream of new applications and the flexibility of the system are just a start.

Virtual reality remains on the cutting edge of network-based tech, but how does it make the jump to the mainstream? Hosts Carla Guzzetti and Tim Harrison quiz Adam Price, head of sales at Gravit8 Software, on how – and when - VR turns the corner. 

In the same way we all have an email, will we all have an avatar? Join hosts Carla Guzzetti and Tim Harrison of the Office of the CTO at Extreme Networks as they meet with Victor Riparbelli, the CEO of Synthesia, a company which sees avatars as only the beginning of where network-based tech is going.

Distributed and Cloud-based networks and giving consumers what they want is the way of the future for technology. An episode that can either serve as an entry point or an ending, Episode 11 examines all the best ideas in networking technology we heard through Season 1, with hosts Tim Harrison and Carla Guzzetti arriving at a new conclusion on the concept of the Infinite Enterprise.

In developing technology, you have to question every part of it to see if it can stand up to scrutiny. So hosts Tim Harrison and Carla Guzzetti of Extreme Networks asked colleague Marcus Burton to join and offer opposing arguments to the Infinite Enterprise. Marcus' heartfelt explanations of what he hopes the world will hold on to as it advances technologically will touch you as hosts Carla Guzzetti and Tim Harrison grapple with the soul of the Infinite Enterprise.  

If remote work becomes the new normal, your potential job market just expanded to the entire world. So did your competition though! Workplaces massively moved to networks to keep functioning when the pandemic struck and we turn to the experts to find out if we're going back. Join hosts Carla Guzzetti and Tim Harrison of Extreme Networks as they sit down with HR leaders Kimberley Basnight of Extreme and Tamika Jean-Baptiste of Amgen to discuss the pros and cons and probabilities of a working world linked by networks rather than hallways and offices. 

The pandemic has created virtual emergency rooms and sped up a long-coming digital evolution in healthcare. That change was out of necessity. But will it accelerate in the future? Technological advances are poised to make remote healthcare our new normal. Hosts Tim Harrison and Carla Guzzetti of Extreme Networks speak with Extreme’s healthcare tech specialist Doug McDonald on healthcare’s transformation. Connect with Extreme Networks on Twitter or Instagram (@ExtremeNetworks) or via the Extreme Networks website.

Here’s a big idea for you: Amazon is just the start of the transition in retail. The Infinite Enterprise wants to bring the mall to you, rather than have you go to the mall. Try on your clothes digitally before you buy is just one of the concepts on the way. Carla Guzzetti and Tim Harrison of Extreme Networks host industry expert Kate Nadolny as they discuss how shopping is shaping up in the decades to come.  Connect with Extreme Networks on Twitter or Instagram (@ExtremeNetworks) or via the Extreme Networks website.

Hosts Tim Harrison and Carla Guzzetti speak to Danny Brady of Cloud 9 Esports, a cloud architect who lives at the intersection of sports and technology. Listen and learn how Cloud 9 has created a virtual camp for kids as part of its virtual path to creating a sense of community despite having its fan and players dispersed all over the world. Connect with Extreme Networks on Twitter or Instagram (@ExtremeNetworks) or via the Extreme Networks website.

What’s “normal” changes for every generation. Generation Z deals with technology the same way other generations deal with breathing – it's as fundamental and as easy. How will the members of this entrepreneurial generation shape the technical world when it takes control? Hosts Carla Guzzetti and Tim Harrison quiz Toronto marketing guru Michelle Tafler on what the future holds for all of us.  Connect with Extreme Networks on Twitter or Instagram (@ExtremeNetworks), or search for Extreme Networks on YouTube.

The Infinite Enterprise begins with the Cloud. As the trend of hyper-individualization continues, the only technology that is capable of developing with it are Cloud-based networks. Carla Guzzetti and Tim Harrison host three of the most technically-skilled experts at Extreme Networks. Connect with Extreme Networks on Twitter or Instagram (@ExtremeNetworks), or search for Extreme Networks on YouTube.

Episode 3 is a dive into innovation, with Markus Nispel and Roy Verboeket of the European end of Extreme Networks explaining to hosts Tim Harrison and Carla Guzzetti that society’s needs are now leading technological changes, rather than tech updates seeking to transform society. That key transition means networks and companies have to act swiftly to keep up with the market. Connect with Extreme Networks on Twitter or Instagram (@ExtremeNetworks), or search for Extreme Networks on YouTube.

The Infinite Enterprise discussion expands into the world of business on Episode 2 of Inflection Points. Join hosts Tim Harrison and Carla Guzzetti as they sit down with two of Extreme Network's senior leaders in Nabil Bukhari and Alan Cuellar Amrod, in order to examine how businesses must make decisions today while facing tomorrow's uncertain future. How to do that? The only way is to anticipate what that future might be. That's where the Infinite Enterprise comes in. Connect with Extreme Networks on Twitter or Instagram (@ExtremeNetworks), or search for Extreme Networks on YouTube.

Get ready for a great big idea. From the mind of Extreme Networks Chief Technology Officer Nabil Bukhari, the Infinite Enterprise is an exciting new theory that pinpoints why this pandemic is unique and crucial changes happening now that will drive how technology and society will intersect in the future. Join hosts Carla Guzzetti and Tim Harrison as Nabil reveals a stunning new vision of how the technological world is transforming in the premiere episode of Inflection Points.

This is Inflection Points... a podcast about technology and big ideas from the Office of the CTO at Extreme Networks.