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Today’s headline news for Canadian IT solution providers: Barracuda acquires Evo Security: Barracuda is integrating Evo Security‘s IAM and PAM tools into BarracudaONE, giving MSPs more ways to build identity security services beyond MFA. ChannelE2E reports that the move unifies email, network, and identity protection under one stack, which matters for Canadian technicians already managing multiple dashboards. The deal size was not disclosed. Rewst rebuilds its platform around MCP and AI agents: Rewst is rebuilding its automation engine around the Model Context Protocol so technicians can describe a business process and have an AI agent custom-build it, even without deep scripting skills. ChannelE2E says the update turns automation from an internal efficiency play into a billable managed service. The rollout is expected through the third quarter. Microsoft opens its July 2026 partner playbook: Microsoft released July partner announcements covering FY27 planning resources, updated Azure IP co-sell incentives, and refreshed Microsoft 365 Copilot specialization requirements. The company is positioning the Copilot specialization as a prerequisite for AI deployment referrals, raising the bar from general cloud competency to specific AI delivery capability. A new End of Sale Software pricelist is also live in Partner Center as of July 1. CompassMSP acquires Logic Group: ChannelE2E reports the acquisition adds to CompassMSP’s portfolio as the consolidator continues its North American expansion. The 20 MSP acquires Sundance Networks, reaching 49 acquisitions: The rollup hits another milestone with the Sundance Networks deal, according to ChannelE2E. ManageEngine launches marketplace for partner-built IT extensions and AI agents: ChannelE2E says Zoho’s IT management arm is opening a marketplace where partners can build and sell extensions. Dell partners remain optimistic amid supply chain concerns: ChannelE2E reports that Dell is working to keep supply chains flowing for partners as data center growth puts pressure on memory supplies. Guardz adds agentic reporting for MSP client reviews: ChannelE2E says the new feature turns blocked threats and security activity into reports that SMB customers can understand. Read Full Transcript Welcome to The Buzz from ChannelBuzz.ca, I’m Robert Dutt, today is Tuesday, July 14, and here’s what’s happening in the channel today. Barracuda is buying Evo Security to expand its identity security capabilities for MSPs. In a deal announced last week, Barracuda said it will integrate Evo Security’s IAM and PAM tools into BarracudaONE, giving partners more ways to build identity security services beyond MFA. The move comes as identity attacks continue to outpace traditional perimeter defenses and MSPs are being asked to manage privileged access for customers with limited security staff. Barracuda is positioning the acquisition as a way to unify email, network, and identity protection under one stack. Canadian partners who have already standardized on BarracudaONE will see the new tools appear as integrated modules rather than a separate console, which matters for technicians who are already managing multiple dashboards. The channel has been waiting for Barracuda to deepen its identity story after years of speculation, and this appears to be the answer. Identity and access management has become one of the fastest-growing service lines for Canadian MSPs, but many have cobbled together solutions from multiple vendors. Barracuda’s bet is that MSPs will pay for a unified platform rather than stitching together point products. The deal size was not disclosed. Rewst is rebuilding its automation platform from the ground up around MCP and AI agents, and the timing is notable. The company announced today that MSPs will be able to describe a business process they want to automate and have an AI agent custom-build the workflow, even if the technician lacks deep scripting expertise. Rewst is leaning on the Model Context Protocol to connect its automation engine to third-party tools in a standardized way, which reduces the integration maintenance that typically consumes MSP engineering hours. The rebuild is a direct response to the skills gap that has kept many mid-market providers from offering automation as a managed service. For Canadian MSPs struggling to hire and retain technicians who can write PowerShell or Python, this could lower the barrier to entry for workflow automation and make it a billable service rather than an internal efficiency play. Rewst says the new architecture will also allow partners to sell automation to their own customers as a white-label managed service, which turns a cost center into a revenue line. The platform update is expected to roll out to existing partners in phases through the third quarter. Microsoft rolled out its July partner announcements on Thursday, and the bundle includes several items that will shape Canadian partner planning for the second half of the calendar year. The company opened FY27 planning resources, updated Azure IP co-sell incentives, and refreshed Microsoft 365 Copilot specialization requirements. A new End of Sale Software pricelist is also live in Partner Center as of July 1. Microsoft is positioning the Copilot specialization as a prerequisite for partners who want to be referred for AI deployment opportunities, which means the bar for entry is moving from general cloud competency to specific AI delivery capability. The FY27 planning materials emphasize recurring revenue and attached services, a message that aligns with what Canadian distributors have been telling partners for the last two quarters. Canadian CSPs will also want to note the pricing and packaging changes for Microsoft 365 Business plans that took effect July 1, which include additional mailbox storage and enhanced Copilot Chat experiences. The net effect is that Microsoft is tightening the link between partner program tiering and AI service delivery, something that will require training investments for smaller partners. In Brief – CompassMSP acquires Logic Group. The 20 MSP acquires Sundance Networks, reaching 49 acquisitions. ManageEngine launches a marketplace for partner-built IT extensions and AI agents. Dell partners remain optimistic amid IT component supply chain concerns. Guardz adds agentic reporting to help MSPs turn security activity into client-ready reviews. Full details and links in the show notes or the blog post. And if you haven‘t heard it yet, my conversation with Curtis Dery from Xerox IT Solutions on what HPE’s financing moves, the channel-only expansion of Private Cloud and Zerto, and why AI is a digital goldmine. That’s on In The Channel now. That’s how we’re seeing the headlines today. I’m Robert Dutt for ChannelBuzz.ca, thanks for listening. Have a great day.

Curtis Dery, executive vice president at Xerox IT Solutions Canada Curtis Dery, executive vice president at Xerox IT Solutions Canada (doing business as Powerland), has been living the HPE GreenLake story since before most Canadian partners knew what as-a-service infrastructure meant. At HPE Discover 2026, he joined In The Channel to talk about what this week’s announcements look like from the practitioner’s desk. Dery’s team won HPE’s Canada GreenLake Partner of the Year in 2022 and has kept the streak going, but he’s clear that the barrier to adoption was never the technology. “Customers are facing constraints financially,” he says, citing tariffs and geopolitical pressure. That’s why he sees the 90/9 financing offer and 150% credit line expansion as genuine deal-closing tools. “It helps open more doors and close deals even sooner.” He also sees the channel-only expansion of Private Cloud and Zerto as a deliberate strategy his team was ready for, thanks to deep ties with HPE’s advisory councils. The real differentiator, he says, is operationalizing customer processes so they can move from 20-30 projects a year to 50-70. Where Dery gets animated is AI. He calls the current moment “the most exciting time in any of our careers” and describes AI as a “digital goldmine.” His team runs internal hackathons to build reps with large language models, work that has already helped Powerland close four of the largest infrastructure deals in the world – all out of Winnipeg. But he’s also blunt about tokenomics: “The burn is real.” On sovereignty, Dery points to the Anthropic government oversight incident as validation for private AI. “If I’m a customer and I’m all in on that model, what would happen?” He sees HPE’s network optimization and Private Cloud AI stack as the hedge. Read Full Transcript Robert Dutt: Hello and welcome to In The Channel from ChannelBuzz.ca, bringing news and information to the Canadian IT channel community for the last 16 years. I’m Robert Dutt, editor at ChannelBuzz.ca and your host for the show. We’ve been on a bit of an unscheduled hiatus, but we’re back. We’re going to get back into the swing of things right now, and we’re going to start that off by finishing our coverage of this year’s HPE Discover 2026. Today’s guest is Curtis Dery, executive vice president at Xerox IT Solutions Canada, which most of the channel still knows as Powerland. Curtis is based in Winnipeg. His team covers the country. He’s been living the HPE GreenLake story since before most Canadian partners knew what as-a-service infrastructure meant. His team won HPE Canada’s GreenLake Partner of the Year back in 2022 and has kept that streak alive. They were the first partner to sell a GreenLake deal in Canada, the first to sell VM Essentials, and the first to sell a cyber vault. But Curtis isn’t just a sales exec. He’s genuinely hands-on with emerging technology, running internal AI hackathons with his team, and has a perspective on the announcements from Discover that come from actually closing the deals, not just reading the press releases. He joined me on site at Discover to talk about what the new financing tools, the channel-only expansion, and the AI story mean for partners on the ground. Let’s get right into it. My chat with Curtis Dery. Robert Dutt: Curtis, thanks for taking the time. I appreciate it. Curtis Dery: Absolutely. Thanks for having me. Robert Dutt: Before we get into this week, I have to acknowledge – just having been in this industry a while, you’ve got Xerox and what is formerly HP at a conference here. Slightly unexpected combination on the surface. Most people’s mental model of Xerox is still copiers, but you were running Powerland as one of the leading HPE infrastructure providers in Canada long before that. What does the Xerox relationship mean in practice for the IT business? Has it changed how you go to market with HPE, or does Powerland essentially operate in its own lane? Curtis Dery: You know what, that’s a great question. The way the market’s changing, the industry is changing, businesses are needing to change. That was the reason why Xerox looked at acquiring us – to help go through the realignment and the changes that they’re making as a business. Obviously, from a print perspective, looking at the industry challenges it was going through through COVID and post-COVID and just the market shift around that, having a focus around infrastructure and technology and driving those outcomes with our customers helped them amplify the customer base that they have across North America. Robert Dutt: You were doing GreenLake before a lot of Canadian partners knew what it was. You won the Canadian GreenLake Partner of the Year back in ’22, closing deals in the as-a-service model when it was still a pretty hard sell to customers used to buying it outright. Now HPE’s on stage talking about 90/9 financing and offering 150% expansion of credit lines. For someone who’s been engineering these deals since the beginning, what do these tools mean specifically? Do they change what’s possible for you, or are you already doing – you already have your system set up and ready to go? Curtis Dery: Yeah, I mean, being fortunate to be a little bit on the front edge of GreenLake, we’re fortunate to be Partner of the Year four years in a row, and from a North American perspective, Partner of the Year to make it five. What that created was just validation that how we’re going to market and how we’re executing it is a little bit more uniquely than others, and how we’re prepared to understand the customer, the outcomes that they want, and wrap that around operationalizing it through a GreenLake model. Having flexibility in some of these announcements helps with the challenges that we’re all entering – some of it unknown, some of it shortages, all these changes, and then you wrap that around obviously the disruption of AI. So having these flexibilities of what they want to do around credit is definitely needed because customers are facing constraints financially – just with the cost of, from a geopolitical impact perspective, tariffs, all these things are real. So HP coming to the table with new offerings helps open more doors and close deals even sooner than expected sometimes. So we’re always looking at making sure, yes, we have a foundational core that we can execute on with a rinse and repeat with a proven track record, but always making sure we’re aligned with the changes that they’re making and making sure we’re enhancing our offering with them, a walk and step together. Robert Dutt: It feels like they’re acknowledging that one of the barriers to GreenLake adoption isn’t the technology, the concept, or anything like that. It’s the customer’s budget cycles. And it sounds like you’re saying that’s the right diagnosis from what you’re seeing in the Western Canada market. Curtis Dery: Yeah, and I think also people sometimes think it has to be OpEx. There’s a balance that you can still capitalize GreenLake as well too, and then do a term top-up depending on the utilization they have, but also operationalizing it from a financial [perspective]. So that flexibility is still there. I just think sometimes that message isn’t out there at the street level. So that’s where our value comes in as a partner, right? To understand where that noise and friction is and remove the friction. Robert Dutt: Three products went to channel-only at Partner Growth Summit this week: Private Cloud, PC 3000, PC 1000, and Zerto. Last year it was VM Essentials. It seems like it’s clearly a deliberate expansion of that strategy. From where you sit with that infrastructure-heavy book of business, is channel-only a meaningful strategic signal for you, or is it about filling the gaps for customers who need DR and private cloud but haven’t had a clean vehicle to buy it through you? Curtis Dery: That’s a great question. I think, fortunate to have a strategic partnership with HP, we sold the first cyber vault in the country. And so same with VME, we sold the first in the country, and same with GreenLake. So there’s a theme there, right? Being so strategically aligned with them from executive level down to technical level, I’m on their advisory council from a GreenLake perspective. My pre-sales engineer is the ambassador on the GreenLake program. Because of that exposure, we get line of sight a little bit earlier. So then we’re already preparing on how we’re going to market to augment some of these announcements that they’re doing, and then wrapping around our own little secret sauce to that to be able to expedite the sales and making sure that we’re taking down the logos together. Robert Dutt: What is that secret sauce, in whatever depth you wish to share in this forum? Curtis Dery: Well, I think sometimes getting down to the nitty-gritty of what GreenLake really does, and that’s operationalizing the customer’s process to be able to allow them to be more agile within their own business. So instead of going to a traditional market and doing a traditional way of getting quotes, going to an RFP process, all those things take time, money, and energy. And when you do that, you then don’t have time to focus on the business to drive the outcomes you can do. Now, with our customers from a GreenLake perspective, that agility of being able to streamline that process – we have our customers that are able to go from 20 to 30 projects a year to now 50 to 70 projects a year. So then they get to see the benefits of how fast we can make their business move, get the outcomes that they want so they can start to accelerate further. Robert Dutt: You heard the partner branded services announcement this week. Curious what you thought of that and how it kind of maps with what you do in terms of, are you already running that services-led model, or are you looking for opportunities to have HP back you up but still go under your brand? Just curious how it hit. Curtis Dery: For us, it definitely hit. But yes, we also do it as well that way. But again, it’s the right tool at the right place at the right time. And sometimes we may need them, they may need us, or it’s an augmentation of both. And that’s the beauty that I love about HP is the investment to the channel, always staying aligned at the street level and making sure it’s very predictable on how you can make bets jointly with them. So it’s a flexibility thing. Robert Dutt: A hundred percent. Curious what’s driving the HP business for you right now. What’s kind of hitting, what are customers talking to you about, what’s driving it forward? I have to imagine AI is part of that. Curtis Dery: Yeah. And I think AI was a little bit of paralysis in the market, right? People were frozen of like, “What do I do? Where do I start? What type of technology? Do I go to a public LLM?” Or you hear this word, “sovereign,” and what does that mean? And I think the perfect storm is brewing. But the beauty is that HP has made the right investments, right? Acquisitions to now truly be ready for what the market is going to be hitting with right now. Which is, you look at the announcement of what happened with Anthropic last week. Government oversight, they said shut down that model. Well, if I’m a customer and I’m all in on that model, what would happen? And so this created that validation of why private sovereign AI with HP wrapping around customers’ data and giving them real hardened AI outcomes within their environment, and then choosing if they need to go into the public LLM. And so getting ready for that market condition is what’s going to drive success and velocity with HP in the market. Robert Dutt: Along with the idea of tokenomics, that idea of AI projects getting stuck in, and maybe hand-in-hand with tokenomics in fact, that idea of AI projects getting stalled out in the implementation or the proof-of-concept phase and not getting to full implementation is a theme that we’re hearing from HP and from just about any vendor who’s playing in the space this year. It seems to be one of the big catches. I’m curious how you’re seeing that reflected in your customer base, if they’re kind of getting to a point of doing POCs and then starting to discover, “Well, wait a second, this could get real expensive, real fast.” Curtis Dery: I’m 1000% [there]. Right? The burn is real. We have customers that knew that they have to start getting their battle scars and learning from the AI and understanding how does it work, how do we integrate it, how do we make sure there’s no hallucinating, how do we trust it, how do we do all these different things? My analogy I like to use is, at the end of the day, we all need refrigerators. But a lot of people probably don’t remember who invented the refrigerator. They just know they needed one, right? That’s the same with the public LLMs, right? You need the refrigerator when you need to go into it. What we do with our customers is show them how to take a Coke can and put it in the fridge and bring it out of the fridge. And so we help them navigate it so then tokenomics is not exposed as much, right? They can manage their cost, manage their environment, and choose where they want to put their data. I think the tokenomics is definitely a real thing and I think we’re going to find out significantly what that means in the next 120 days. Why? Because these companies are going IPO and you now know where the math is mathing, right? And so that’s going to show us a lot on what the true tokenomics looks like. Robert Dutt: You touched a little bit on the importance of sovereignty in customer discussions, but can you tell me a little bit more about how that’s showing up in terms of what customers are asking about and how you see that trending and evolving as an interest and a care about, both on the geopolitical front and, as you say, on an issue like Anthropic suddenly having to pull access to the latest model? Curtis Dery: Yeah, a thousand percent. I think when you hear the word sovereign, I always ask people, “What does that mean to you?” Because when you look at the World Economic Forum, for example, in February, what did they announce as the next pandemic, the cyber pandemic? Why? You’ve got scale of agents running everywhere. People don’t know what is a good agent or a bad agent, right? And if you look at the internet bandwidth since December till now, it’s increased over 12x of volume. Do you know how much traffic is now coming down? So now people are going to need to get prepared about how do you control your network, your data, your access, and sovereign that so that you’re secure so that if a bad day occurs, you don’t have the public exposure. And that’s why you hear from Antonio Neri and the focus around the network. How do you optimize that network? How do you secure that traffic and have the access to where you need to go and ensure that it can handle the scale? So that’s why this storm is brewing in front of all of us right now. Robert Dutt: Looking at your background, it’s clear that you’re not just selling infrastructure. You’re genuinely interested in AI and emerging technology. And it seems like you like to get pretty hands-on. As you’re at an event like this and you’re hearing the announcements and seeing what’s coming and what they’re talking about, what are you really excited to get your hands on and play with, and beyond that to actually get in front of your customers either now or down the road as it becomes more concrete? Curtis Dery: You know, I tell people this is probably the most exciting time in any of our careers because it’s the first time in any of our careers that it’s a level playing field, where it’s up to you to grab the baton of AI and understand how do you use it, apply it, and get the outcomes and innovation that you want to do with people. The tagline I like to use with my team internally is, we’re not underpinned by anyone anymore. We have the opportunity to dream, to build, and execute, and we can use AI technology to do that. And so I call it the digital goldmine. We get to go inside these LLMs and mine what we want out of that and be able to take advantage of what we can do with our customers. And that’s the one thing I enjoy the most is understanding, okay, what tools can I use, whether it’s from PCAI and apply our own private AI strategy around that. I’ve worked with a lot of advisory around a lot of the latest LLMs that are out there, but also some of these private ones like [Mistral AI] and understanding how it’s a puppet master to the public AI and how to optimize white space within a customer’s environment to show them where they have inefficiencies, profitability, when they can take the market in a different way. And that’s what AI does – allow customers to be agile, at edge, on time, and be able to really disrupt if they choose to. And I think it sounds a lot daunting for a lot of people, right, to understand how do I get proactive now with AI and not get disrupted by it, because you don’t know if you can wake up and all of a sudden your competitor is something that you didn’t expect. And so I think being able to just dive in and learn. A lot of people say, “Well, I don’t know much about AI.” None of us do. This is all the latest technology. So I tell people to speak to it, learn from it, and just start understanding how it works. So then at the end of the day, you can now augment it because it ain’t going away. If you think about from a generational perspective, we have kids that are going to be born in AI. They don’t even understand what that means. So it’s exciting times. And I tell people embrace it, because like I said, it’s the first time in history that nobody’s really walking in a room saying, “I got 10 years in AI.” Everyone’s like, “Hey, I’ve been working with it for six months. Cool.” Just like all of us. It’s how many people are putting in the reps with it. Robert Dutt: What are you pulling out of that goldmine so far at Powerland? What are you doing in terms of both – how’s AI changing both what you’re doing customer-facing, and internally your own operations and how you think about AI within the org? Curtis Dery: Yeah, absolutely. So I mean, we were fortunate being ahead of it from an AI perspective and understanding our domain strengths, using AI to be better prepared for our customers and think through strategies with them. And with that, we were able to build out blueprints where we were fortunate to close out four of the largest deals in the world with four different vendors out of a city called Winnipeg. And a lot of people came to me and said, “Curt, I don’t get it. We’re not doing this in New York, Toronto. You were doing this in Winnipeg. How are you doing this?” And I’m like, using AI to get better prepared to understand how do we simulate an environment to say, “This is the customer. What can we do to drive out these types of outcomes? And what does this look like from a strategy?” We get the blueprint and now we go and see the customer and go, “Does this make sense?” And they go, “Yes. Well, let’s go execute that with AI.” And so that’s the advantage that we get to do. And then from an internal perspective, I love having our own internal roundtable hackathons. What’s something we want to do? Throw it on the whiteboard. Everybody has their AI account and go, “Okay, how would you approach that?” So then our team is learning how to put those reps in to say, “Well, I would approach it this way.” And it’s a cool exercise to see how everyone thinks differently. And that’s the beauty about AI. We’re all going to prompt it differently. We’re all going to work with it differently and then take those unified approach of everyone’s pieces, put it together and go, “Okay, now we solve the puzzle together.” So I really enjoy the ability to be able to scale so rapidly with it. It’s an exciting time. I feel like we’re built for this era. Robert Dutt: And I’d imagine a lot of those ideas that are coming out in the internal hackathons are eventually going to find their way into what you’re doing with customers as well. So that’s a nice plus. Curtis Dery: Yeah, absolutely. Robert Dutt: As you point out, you’re in Winnipeg, presence across Western Canada. I’ve talked to a couple of other Canadian partners this week, and I’m getting this consistent theme that Canadian customers right now are in their moment – between sovereignty, between AI infrastructure refresh, between really starting to get AI in play rather than playing with AI. Does that map with what you’re hearing from your customers in the prairies and the West? And where do you see HPE fitting into that story for the balance of the year and beyond? Curtis Dery: Yeah, I think we touched on it lightly, right? The changes that happened with the government oversight last week, I think opened people’s eyes on what their approach is to public LLMs. And then also understanding costs, constraints, all these things that have been hitting our markets and hitting customers’ budgets and challenges. It’s a difficult time to be a CIO right now. When you’re sitting there and you have to protect them from a cybersecurity perspective, you have to have a future of understanding where AI fits into this, and never mind constraints around cost and all that stuff. It’s a tough time to be an executive for a business right now and understand how you can be profitable, scale all these things while you’re facing all these challenges in the market. So being prepared in Canada of how we’re going to our customers is understanding how to package what HP has done effectively well on the overall strategy around GreenLake and saying, “How do we now enter the customer and say, ‘You can now do on-demand AI in your environment predictably, cost-effectively, compliance and govern, and now you can choose how you want to scale that rapidly?'” I think finally, we’re starting to see that curve get around the corner where customers are jumping into wanting to do it this way. It’s just such a learning dynamic exercise right now, right? Because at first it was ChatGPT and then it was Grok and then it was Claude and it just kept going and going. People are not talking about the disruption that happened out of China too with their LLMs. So if you look at DeepSeek, Kimi and all these models, they’re doing exactly what Claude and these others can do at 75% cheaper. So when people start to realize, “Well, I can run that SDK natively inside my environment way cheaper than going to a public API Claude license,” people are going to look at that and go, “Oh, what makes sense now? Because the math ain’t math.” Robert Dutt: That theme is coming up in a lot of different places, isn’t it? Last one for me, whether it’s something we’ve already covered off or something else, what’s the one thing that’s really caught your attention here at Discover this week, the thing that you’re going to take back to the team and on Friday or Monday or whenever you’re first in there saying, “By the way, this is what I heard. This is what we got to get ready for.” Curtis Dery: Well, a few things. One is truly being prepared on the foundation of the network and understanding what does that mean to have an optimized AI network both internally and externally for the customer. I think there’s a high, high value in that. I learned that on the journey with cloud. Everybody wanted to go to cloud. Love the destination. Nobody talked about the highway to the cloud. Nobody talked about the cloud tax of egress coming out of there. So there’s a lot of lessons and best practices that came from the cloud journey that we can now reapply to the AI journey. So focusing on that is huge. And then understanding the intelligence layer and understanding [NVIDIA] Morpheus is an extremely powerful tool and understanding how does that fit into the entire reference architectural stack with PCAI and understanding how do we build on top of that. And that’s some of our secret sauce of what we’re doing, being able to do our own private SDK on top of PCAI so customers can truly control their own AI platform. And so that’s the focus that we’re going to do. And we’re super excited to get velocity going into Q4 with HP so that in 2027, I expect a big year. Robert Dutt: All right. Well, good luck on bringing that back to the team next week and good luck on that big year. And thanks again for taking the time on what I’m sure has been a very busy week. Curtis Dery: Absolutely. And I welcome the time and being able to share this conversation with you. So we look forward to doing it again. Robert Dutt: There you have it. Curtis Dery from Xerox IT Solutions Canada. I’d like to thank Curtis for his time. If you’re finding value in these interviews, I’d appreciate if you’d follow or subscribe to the show. You can find the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and most major podcast directories. Ratings and reviews are always welcome. A few things that stood out for me from this conversation. One is Curtis’s framing that the real barrier to GreenLake adoption has never been the technology, it’s the customer’s budget cycle. The 90/9 financing and expanded credit lines aren’t abstract partner program benefits. They’re deal-closing tools for partners who are already in the room with constrained CIOs. Another is his digital goldmine metaphor for AI. The idea that for the first time in our careers, the playing field is level and what matters is who’s putting in the reps. But he’s also refreshingly blunt about the burn on tokenomics and the need for partners to help customers manage costs as AI moves from proof-of-concept to production. I appreciated his point about sovereignty not being theoretical anymore. The Anthropic incident gave customers a concrete reason to ask hard questions about public LLM dependence. Finally, it’s worth noting that the company is closing some of the largest infrastructure deals in the world out of Winnipeg. The Canadian channel is not a Toronto-only story, and this is a reminder of that. Until next time, I’m Robert Dutt for ChannelBuzz.ca, and I’ll see you in the channel.

Dave Frederickson, executive vice president of strategic alliances and business development at Long View Systems There are not many people who can look at HPE Discover 2026 from the vantage point of someone who helped build it. Dave Frederickson spent over 24 years at HP, including leading the enterprise servers, storage, and networking business for HP Canada right around the time Discover was created as a unified event in 2011. He joined Long View Systems in June 2012 and is now executive vice president of strategic alliances and business development. That backstory matters, because Dave comes to this week with something almost no one else on the show floor has: direct memory of the HP that lost its way, the acquisition misadventures, and what it looks like when a large technology company loses focus. His verdict on the HPE of 2026? It has its mojo back – and the Juniper integration is the piece that finally makes the networking-plus-compute-plus-storage story credible in a way it could not be before. We also get into the real operational cost of the January quote-cycle crisis – the move to 7- and 14-day quote windows that Dave says created “an astronomical amount of overhead” for Long View’s operations teams – and what the return to 30-day quote validity actually signals coming out of the Partner Growth Summit. On AI, Dave pushes back – respectfully – on Antonio Neri’s keynote framing that the network is the foundation. For Long View, the conversation still starts at the data and governance layer. And he flags tokenomics as the near-term friction point that is coming for a lot of organizations faster than they may realize, with cost predictability becoming the real barrier to AI ROI conversations. For more from HPE Discover 2026, see our full coverage hub and our earlier preview episode with Jeremiah Jenson, VP of North America channel at HPE. Read Full Transcript ROBERT DUTT: Hello and welcome to In The Channel from ChannelBuzz.ca, bringing news and information to the Canadian IT channel community for the last 16 years. I’m Robert Dutt, editor at ChannelBuzz.ca, and your host for the show. We’re here at HPE Discover in Las Vegas this week, and sometimes the best conversations happen by accident. Dave Frederickson is executive vice president of Strategic Alliances and Business Development at Long View Systems, one of Canada’s leading IT solution providers. But what makes Dave’s take on this week uniquely worth hearing is what he did before he got to Long View. Many in the channel know Dave for his 24 years at HP. He led the channel for a long time, and he spent some time leading the enterprise server, storage, and networking business for HP Canada right around the time Discover was created as a unified event in 2011. He’s been on the partner side now for 14 years, and that gives him an interesting lens on HPE – where it has been, where it’s struggled, and where it is today – that very few people walking the show floor this week can match. I happened to catch up with Dave at the airport in Vegas after we both arrived here, and he graciously agreed to sit down and share his thoughts on this week. Let’s get right into it. My chat with Dave Frederickson. ROBERT DUTT: Dave, thanks for taking the time. I appreciate it. DAVE FREDERICKSON: My pleasure. ROBERT DUTT: I have to ask you the obvious one first. If I’m thinking back correctly to your time at HP, you were actually leading ESSN around the time that HP Discover became a thing in 2011. And here you are 15 years later at HPE’s major show Discover, representing one of the major Canadian partners. Does it feel a little bit like old home week? And also, what’s it like to make the mental switch – I know it’s been a while now, obviously – to make the mental switch from the vendor side of the table to the partner side? DAVE FREDERICKSON: Well, I have to say, 14 years ago at the end of this month is when I left HP. And I will say that every time I come to Discover, there’s a certain nostalgia. But also, I definitely miss it. There’s certain parts of it. I miss the big show. I miss the IP. I don’t necessarily miss having to go to 8,000 meetings over the course of however many [X] days, although I still do quite a few. But yeah, no, there’s definitely – look, and I’m pretty excited about how things are right now. So yeah, it’s definitely – I miss the show a little bit, even on the partner side. ROBERT DUTT: As I say, coming up on 14 years, how is your understanding of what HP is and what the relationship between HP and partners looks like evolved from what you knew when you were on the other side of the house? What did you not really fully appreciate about the HPE relationship until you were on the side of the table you’re on now? DAVE FREDERICKSON: Yeah, I think there’s a few things that kind of unpack that. One was just the ability on the partner side and the necessity for you to represent the client in a way that isn’t necessarily tied to a particular brand. And also the trust that, once earned, a client will put in you once you kind of make that shift over. And so I remember having a senior executive at one of the banks kind of say to me that, you know, “I never knew, you only had one flavor of Kool-Aid that you were drinking, so I know you were serving up to me every time.” Now, I appreciated the fact that I was coming in with maybe an unbiased, more of an unbiased view. So that’s probably the biggest one. The other one would be profitability and understanding the impact and the requirements. I mean, it was always there, right? I always said if you wanted loyalty from a channel partner, buy a dog. But really, profitability is the key to be able to continue sustainable relationships and partnerships. ROBERT DUTT: The Juniper acquisition closed less than a year ago. Clearly, it’s the structural story underneath everything we’re talking about here. The network is the foundation of AI, the Power of One, the unification of Aruba, Juniper, and the HPE compute and storage side of things. From Long View’s perspective, what has the acquisition changed in the conversation that you’re having with customers and the conversation that you’re having internally about the HPE relationship with Long View? DAVE FREDERICKSON: Yeah. So I mean, first off, it’s an interesting challenge it poses because we also have to have a very big, strong relationship with another strong networking organization. And I think that this has really opened, at least my eyes, and I get a whole new sense of kind of energy that’s also coming forward with it. And I think that HPE and Antonio has put together a set of pieces in this puzzle, if you want to call it, that he’s executing on. And with Juniper now, it’s a pretty powerful message. So I think there’s still a lot that we need to unpack and to understand a little bit more, but it’s an exciting time. And I think this positions them in a way that they couldn’t do it before. So yeah, it’s really, really interesting to see how the next number of months pan out. ROBERT DUTT: You were at the Partner Growth Summit yesterday. Real package of operational changes. That keynote, between 30-day quote validity finally, expanded credit lines, different financing options, new channel-only products in Private Cloud and Zerto. Is there anything in what was announced at Growth Summit that kind of really hit hard or made you say, finally, or this changes something for us specifically? What, among what was announced at Growth Summit, kind of hit most meaningful from where you are at Long View? DAVE FREDERICKSON: Yeah. So first off, I think the quote cycle that happened in January-ish timeframe, I’ve never seen anything like it in our industry. And I’ve told many clients this, like going to 7 or 14 days quote cycle, I mean, it’s unheard of. So to get back to a 30-day is pretty substantial. And by the way, the amount of rework that is required internally on us – so to me, that was probably a pain point to our operations teams because the amount of extra work that was required, the amount of times they had to do multiple quotes for the same piece of business or the same request for a client. I mean, it adds an astronomical amount of overhead. So to me, that was the one that said, OK, good. I don’t know if that’s signaling that there’s a correction that’s coming relative to the problems that we had. I suspect they’re still going to see escalating costs because I don’t think the work for data centres anywhere is anywhere near finished, by any stretch of the imagination. But yeah, I’d say that that was the big one. And look, the other financing options, we were exploring and educating customers because it did actually provide an ease, at least for those that could take advantage of it. Those that could do that. There was another angle – if they didn’t have the budget, they got a different shock all of a sudden, something escalated. Because it was an unheard of increase in prices. And it was across the industry. Hopefully, as you say, we don’t know for sure. But it seems like with HPE being willing to make that move, there’s at least some sense that, yes, things are probably going to rise, but in a more manageable, more predictable kind of fashion, so at least they can stand behind their pricing for a month. ROBERT DUTT: Yeah, I mean, annual budget cycles is really the reality of almost every IT organization. DAVE FREDERICKSON: So how do you deal with that? I hope so. ROBERT DUTT: On the partner branded services, it sounds like it’s basically HPE infrastructure support that you can deliver under your own brand. Seems like a big one for partners moving towards a services-led model. Something that you guys are thinking about. Is it something that you’re already planning? Is it something that meshes with how you look at services? DAVE FREDERICKSON: Yeah. So look, we’ve got a huge services business, right? Services make up pretty much half of our overall business. And managed services, professional services. So we will use and leverage the manufacturer branded where and when it makes sense. And there’s some cases where there’s clients that actually want that for whatever comfort level. But yeah, and being able to actually have us execute our own – I mean, our whole thing is about creating healthy lives and prosperous careers for our employees. That means we want to grow our employee base. So that means we want more services people, right? And we want more services to deliver. So anything that can help us by increasing and improving our utilization of our own people and the things we do, that’s good news. ROBERT DUTT: Antonio’s keynote theme was “architecting AI starts with your network.” Pretty deliberate position – not just “AI is everywhere,” but it’s a viewpoint specifically saying that the network is the thing that determines whether AI works or stays proof of concept. Does that match with what you’re seeing with customers right now? Where are you finding your customers are at in that journey, both in terms of the network as AI element and AI at large? DAVE FREDERICKSON: So I think that was – my guess would be that that was intentional to really emphasize the strategic importance of the Juniper and the integration of that into the overall strategy for HPE. I actually see it a little differently from a client perspective. It starts with data, right? So for us, our whole approach has been to focus around what’s that data state look like? What’s the maturation? And then from there, you start talking about governance, start talking about security. And so the elements of the network, at least that hasn’t been our core approach or play. As we learn more about HPE and the abilities now that they’re going to have, that will be interesting to see how that might shift. But I don’t think fundamentally it will, because I think it will still connect the dots down to security especially and then governance. But at the end of the day, you can only do great things with AI if you have a really good handle on your overall data state. ROBERT DUTT: I had a chance to chat with Jeremiah Jenson, lead of North America channel, the other day. And we were talking about Canadian partners and the Canadian market. And I used the term “conservative” to describe how Canadian businesses tend to approach technology. He used “intentional,” particularly around partners. You guys have always served enterprise mid-market customers who tend to want proven, production-ready solutions. How are you thinking about AI infrastructure conversations? Are you leaning into the HPE stack specifically as a foundation, or what’s the lead there? DAVE FREDERICKSON: So the AI conversation initially started around cloud with us, 100 percent. And again, I go back to because that also was the data story. And whether that be – for us, it’s primarily Azure. But then it’s also things like Databricks and that data architecture, and being able to kind of get that established first. So yeah, I think that from that perspective, it’s really more coming back on the data side. ROBERT DUTT: When you’re talking to customers, is the concept of tokenomics hitting? DAVE FREDERICKSON: Yeah, so right now, this is huge. We’re actually – and [Sarah Amalco – transcription likely garbled], who works for me as SVP here, and the team are putting together a whole education series and approach and an offering capability around FinOps and tokenization. This is actually going to be a potential slowdown or stall for many organizations, because all of a sudden, if there were other reasons why organizations were concerned about AI, i.e. governance and so forth, however escalating costs have always been – that’s something that comes up time and time again. And now the tokenization of that, and it’s all about predictability. And so it’s this cross between being able to measure ROI and getting the right level of ROI out for that, and then now can I predictably determine what the costs are going to be so I can determine whether or not that ROI matches, right? So I think that that’s going to – look, our first step will be building out and making sure that clients understand and are educated about it. It’s coming out fast. In a session with HPE and Microsoft just now, Azure Local, it’s an interesting value proposition around that because the fact is, OK, you’re not going to be tied to a tokenization situation. So that might be an interesting opportunity for organizations to take a look at as an option to be able to have more predictability around that. But yeah, it’s going to be big, especially in the next number of months. ROBERT DUTT: Stepping back to the bigger picture for a second, you’ve got the unusual vantage point we were talking about at the top of the episode for an event like this. Having been there at HP during the Compaq integration era when Discover was created, you’ve now watched the HP split into HP Inc. and HPE, you’ve seen the Juniper deal, the whole arc. What does the HPE of 2026 look like compared to where things were when you were on the vendor side? I guess I’m just kidding. Do you think that HPE has found its own identity at this point? DAVE FREDERICKSON: Yeah, I do. I think I use the term “mojo.” So pretty pleased. And look, it’s kind of gotten back to its core. When you look at the number of acquisitions that it’s made, even around compute with the Cray, for example, earlier with the Compaq side of it, nonstop – like there’s a deep, deep, deep legacy of compute capabilities and technology and experience that they’ve got. So that’s awesome. I think a lot of energy and effort around the storage side of that. And now with the networking front, it’s pretty powerful. So I would say that if I go back in time, when I was at HPE, it had the enterprise services, which was trying to play in a game that was a major global outsource play, which… and then there’s all kinds of different things that kind of happened. Autonomy – there’s a few beauties that would cause me to pause. But if I take a look at – if I go back in time to HPE, what’s core is, you think about HP Labs, core innovation. And so there were different times when, unfortunately, decisions were made that I think stripped away some of the investment opportunity that HP needed and was really deeply rooted in. And so it’s great to see that kind of come back. And then I think the acquisitions that it’s also made have now proven themselves out, whether it be with Aruba. Look, that’s been a successful – if you look at the profitability of HPE as an organization, it’s pretty telling, right, in terms of percentage of the profits that roll up from that. So look, Antonio, smart man for sure, 100 percent. I think he’s had the vision. And I think it’s the pieces of the investment so now starting to come together. ROBERT DUTT: Last one for me. What does Long View want to walk away from a week like this having accomplished? Whether it’s a conversation, a relationship, a strategy session – what does a successful Discover look like to you? DAVE FREDERICKSON: Well, I don’t hit the table, so I’ll ignore the gambling. But no, I think, look, we’ve reignited. We’ve had a really strong relationship with HPE for a number of years now. But I’d say that I think the better years are ahead of us to come. And so I think just kind of getting reconnected, it’s good to see there’s still a number of people that I know and love very closely in the organization. And so I think if nothing else, it’s one: to take back some of the key things to make sure that our organization understands strategically where they’re going to play and why and how it would fit our next number of years in terms of alignment. So that’s going to be an important one for me to bring back to the rest of the executive team, and then to make sure from my role in alliances, to make sure that we understand how that underpins our strategy and go-to-market with our core offerings. ROBERT DUTT: That’s it. All right, Dave, I appreciate you taking the time once again. Great catching up. DAVE FREDERICKSON: Always good, Robert. Thank you. ROBERT DUTT: There you have it, Dave Frederickson from Long View Systems. I’d like to thank Dave for his time on this one. Running into him at the airport at the start of the week turned out to be a very happy accident. And thanks for listening and following along with our Discover coverage. Full slate at ChannelBuzz.ca. You can find our HPE Discover 2026 news hub right in the top nav bar. A few things worth taking away from that conversation. The return to 30-day quote validity out of the Partner Growth Summit is a bigger deal than it might look on paper. Dave gave us a real window into what short quote cycles actually cost partner ops teams – the rework, the multiple quotes for the same piece of business, the overhead. Now that HPE is stepping back from that, it signals something. And keep an eye on tokenomics. Dave flagged it as the friction point that’s coming fast for customers trying to build a real AI business case. The cost predictability problem is real, and Long View is already standing up education programs around it. The Azure Local angle that he flagged at the end around predictability versus consumption-based billing is worth watching as that conversation develops. And the data-first framing on AI is worth noting. Long View is having those conversations at the data and governance layer first. The network’s part of the picture, but it’s not the starting point from where Dave sits. If you’re enjoying the show, please do follow us or subscribe in whatever app you use. You can find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, most of the major directories. Ratings and reviews are always appreciated. Until next time, I’m Robert Dutt for ChannelBuzz.ca, and I’ll see you in the channel.

Erstes Thema: SearchLeak (CVE-2026-42824). Varonis Threat Labs hat eine dreistufige Angriffskette in Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise Search entdeckt: Ein präparierter Microsoft-Link, dessen URL-Parameter Copilot als Prompt interpretiert, kombiniert mit einer HTML-Rendering-Race-Condition und Bings Search-by-Image-Endpunkt als unfreiwilligem Exfiltrationsproxy. Ein Klick reicht – E-Mails, MFA-Codes, Kalendereinträge, alles was der User sehen darf, fließt ab. Microsoft hat server-seitig gepatcht. Das Muster – KI-Assistent wird durch Prompt Injection zur Datenwaffe – ist strukturell: EchoLeak, Reprompt, jetzt SearchLeak, drei Angriffe derselben Klasse.Max bringt einen Blogpost von Google Cloud CISO Chris Betz, der beschreibt, wie Google seine eigene KI intern wie einen Insider behandelt: mit Least Privilege, Monitoring, Auditing und Segmentierung. Was mich interessiert: auch Google musste dafür erst mal sein Asset Management nachziehen und konsolidieren. Die Kernbotschaft bleibt trotzdem richtig – wenn Angreifer mit Machine Speed arbeiten, muss die Verteidigung das auch. Für CISOs bedeutet das: Model Security, Agent Security, Data Governance werden zur Pflicht, nicht zur Kür.Dann Robert über NPM 12: Install Scripts von Dependencies laufen nicht mehr automatisch, bestimmte Remote-Dependencies werden blockiert. Überfällig und sinnvoll – aber 30-40% der NPM-Malware läuft erst beim Import, nicht bei der Installation. Wer einen Maintainer kompromittiert, kommt weiterhin durch. Gute Iteration, kein Allheilmittel.Zum Abschluss: Apple erweitert Private Cloud Compute auf die Google Cloud. Dasselbe Zero-Trust-Prinzip wie bisher – selbst Google soll keinen Zugriff auf verarbeitete Nutzerdaten bekommen. Clevere Partnerschaft statt Frontier-Rennen.SearchLeak / CVE-2026-42824 (Varonis)https://www.varonis.com/blog/searchleakGoogle Cloud CISO Chris Betz: AI Threat Defensehttps://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/how-google-cloud-is-applying-ai-to-threat-defenseNPM 12 / Risky Business Soapbox mit Paul McCartyhttps://risky.biz/soapbox_npm12Apple Private Cloud Compute auf Google Cloudhttps://security.apple.com/blog/private-cloud-compute-google-cloud

Digitale Souveränität entwickelt sich für die deutsche Industrie zunehmend vom politischen Schlagwort zum strategischen Wettbewerbsfaktor. Das zeigt nicht nur eine aktuelle Bitkom-Studie, nach der viele Unternehmen bereit wären, für mehr digitale Unabhängigkeit sogar funktionale oder wirtschaftliche Abstriche zu akzeptieren. Auch die Automobilindustrie zieht Konsequenzen aus den wachsenden Abhängigkeiten von internationalen Cloud-Anbietern. Im Mittelpunkt dieser Folge steht die Entscheidung von Volkswagen, zentrale Anwendungen künftig verstärkt über eine konzernweite Private Cloud von T-Systems zu betreiben. Das Ziel: mehr Kontrolle über Daten, höhere Resilienz und eine stärkere Eigenständigkeit bei kritischen digitalen Infrastrukturen. Gleichzeitig setzt der Konzern weiterhin auf Public-Cloud-Angebote und verfolgt einen bewusst hybriden Ansatz. Auch Mercedes-Benz beschäftigt sich intensiv mit digitaler Souveränität – allerdings aus einer anderen Perspektive. Mit einer selbst betreibbaren KI- und Automatisierungsplattform sollen Daten, Prozesse und technologische Entscheidungen stärker in eigener Hand bleiben. Pascal und Yannick diskutieren, warum das Thema gerade jetzt an Bedeutung gewinnt und wie der Spagat zwischen Souveränität, Innovation und Skalierbarkeit gelingen kann. Zudem werfen wir einen Blick auf spannende Entwicklungen zum Thema Rüstungs-Business in der Autobranche. Die Hintergründe zu VWs Cloud-Entscheidung: https://www.automotiveit.eu/strategy/volkswagen-setzt-auf-private-cloud-von-tsystems/2682320 Wie Mercedes mit n8n KI-Workflows skalieren will: https://www.automotiveit.eu/kuenstliche-intelligenz/mercedesbenz-skaliert-kiworkflows-mit-n8n/2662194 Die Bitkom-Studie zum Thema Cloud-Abhängigkeit: https://www.automotiveit.eu/strategy/deutsche-firmen-hadern-zunehmend-mit-cloudabhaengigkeit/2683550 Mehr zu Pascal und Yannick finden Sie auf LinkedIn: Pascal Nagel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascal-nagel/ Yannick Tiedemann: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yannick-tiedemann Hinweis: Die im Podcast getätigten Aussagen spiegeln die Privatmeinung der Gesprächspartner wider und entsprechen nicht zwingend den Darstellungen des jeweiligen Arbeitgebers

Jeremiah Jenson, vice president of North Amiercan channels at HPE This episode is the second half of a two-part conversation with Jeremiah Jenson, vice president of North America Channel and Partner Ecosystem at HPE, recorded ahead of HPE Discover 2026. Part one – the Discover preview and HPE’s AI infrastructure themes – is Monday’s episode. This half focuses on the announcements made at the HPE Partner Growth Summit on Monday, June 16. The centrepiece is what HPE is calling the “power of one” – one portfolio, one partner program, one integrated experience. It’s partly organizational messaging, but there’s real substance underneath: HPE spent the past 18 months merging three separate channel organizations (HPE, Aruba, and Juniper) into a single team, and the work of translating that into a coherent partner experience is now coming due. Concretely, that means Juniper partners integrating into Partner Ready Vantage on November 1 – with tier mapping already defined – along with Zerto, Private Cloud 3000, and Private Cloud 1000 shifting to channel-only routes to market. HPE is also extending free three-year Morpheus software licenses to approximately 600 partners for internal deployment, as much about building hands-on expertise as it is about the virtualization savings. The piece with the most direct relevance for Canadian MSPs is the new partner-branded services model: partners lead with their own brand, own the customer relationship, and HPE backs them as the invisible infrastructure layer for on-site break-fix and parts logistics. Jenson specifically calls out Canadian partners’ customer intimacy and regional compliance knowledge as a natural fit for that services-forward model. The “one more mile” close is worth hearing directly. Tuesday’s episode of The Buzz has the headline news breakdown – check that first if you want the full context. Read Full Transcript [Robert Dutt]: This episode of In The Channel is brought to you by HPE Discover 2026, and we’ll be bringing you full event coverage all week right here on ChannelBuzz.ca. Don’t miss it! Hello and welcome to In The Channel from ChannelBuzz.ca, bringing news and information to the Canadian IT channel community for the last 16 years. I’m Robert Dutt, editor of ChannelBuzz.ca, and your host for the show. Quick note before we dive into this one – if you haven’t already listened to Tuesday’s episode of The Buzz, I’d really encourage you to go find that in your feed first. On The Buzz, we’ve got the headline rundown on HPE’s Partner Growth Summit announcements – what was announced, what moved, what the numbers are. What we’re doing here is going a level deeper with the person who actually owns this for North America. Jeremiah Jenson is the vice president of North America Channel and Partner Ecosystem at HPE. He returned to the company about a year ago, after a previous decade-plus that included the Aruba acquisition, a stint at AWS in between, and enough perspective on how the IT channel actually works to fill several episodes on their own. This is part two of a conversation we recorded just ahead of Discover. Part one, the Discover preview and the big AI infrastructure themes, is on the feed Monday if you want the full picture. This half is about the Partner Growth Summit announcements – what HPE is calling the power of one. One portfolio, one program, one partner experience. And specifically, what it means if you’re a Canadian reseller or MSP trying to figure out where HPE fits into your business right now and into the second half of 2026. Let’s get right into it. My chat with Jeremiah Jenson. Jeremiah, good to be chatting with you again. [Jeremiah Jenson]: Yeah, good to talk to you, Rob. Thanks. [Robert Dutt]: Let’s get into some of the stuff that was announced at Partner Growth Summit. And I guess let’s start here. You’ve now had about 18 months since the single channel org stood up, and now you’ve got the Juniper integration happening on top of that. From your seat, what did that single organization feel like to execute on? And what’s the one thing that turned out to be harder than expected? [Jeremiah Jenson]: One, it feels very good. So a little bit of my history – I was here when the Aruba acquisition happened some 10 years ago, and then I was with a different company for a period of time, and I’ve been back for about a year and a half now. And I will say it’s been fantastic to unify the channel in a lot of ways – making it more simple and easier and more profitable for partners to understand and to do business with, but also to take advantage of the power of the portfolio. So what’s it like? Simple answer. It’s great because we have a tremendous amount of channel history and momentum and power from that piece of the business, combined with a tremendous amount of channel history, momentum, and power on the hybrid IT side, and bringing all that together in a unified way. It’s fantastic. Now, the hardest part about that is you’re dealing with big businesses and the devil being in the details. And that’s where we just spend a lot of time working on. While the big themes are unification, ease of doing business, and simplifying things along those lines, the hard part is in the detail. Like, how do we actually want to help accomplish this? And so from that, we’ve had to get a lot of very big voices in the room and get through some very meaningful things on behalf of our customers and our partners. [Robert Dutt]: I guess, to your point on your history and the long history of HPE in this acquisition space, at least to some degree, you’ve got the muscle memory of doing the Aruba side of things and getting that integrated into the programs. And now it’s sort of doing that at a different timeline, at a different scale with Juniper. [Jeremiah Jenson]: It’s true. We have the muscle memory of acquisitions and some history of that. I think the one thing that is really just awesome to see is how people have come together with customer and partner being front and center, and how are we iterating and innovating on their behalf, and just a unified goal of how do we move really fast? Because the opportunity in that market is too big for us to miss. And so there’s really this motivation to move very, very fast and very quickly. And that’s why we’re ahead of our integration targets. We’re very pleased with where we are in that business, unifying the channel, unifying a bunch of business processes. You’re seeing that in the programmatic announcements we made. So it’s nice to be able to take advantage of that muscle memory. We’ve done the training, now we’re doing it for real. [Robert Dutt]: So the November 1 date is concrete, and the tier mapping for the Juniper roll into Partner Ready Vantage is clear – Elite Plus becomes Platinum, etc. But what about the Canadian partner today who’s a Juniper partner, but has never really sold HPE server or storage? What does that reality look like in practice? Is there a runway and enablement in place to help bring those folks on board? And obviously, I assume you want as many of them transacting as far across the portfolio as possible – what does it look like as the two truly become one? [Jeremiah Jenson]: Absolutely. So one, we want them participating across the full portfolio. One program gives partners a very clear, unified path across networking, cloud, and AI. And this move that we’ve made, it’s a major simplification that gives partners a more consistent way in which they can engage across those three – whether that’s networking, cloud, or AI. And it also paints a very clear opportunity in terms of how they can take the broader portfolio to their customers to solve those business problems. I always want to keep that customer front and center, and that they have a unique opportunity to solve a broader set of customer challenges. And so the value there is that partners can work across more of the portfolio without navigating disconnected experiences. And I also want to say, we’re not forcing anybody to become something that they’re not. This is an opportunity for them, and we’ve made it simple for them to capture that opportunity and to grow their business with HPE. [Robert Dutt]: It’s always a balancing act, right? You want to incentivize, but you don’t want to push too hard because that potentially breaks partner business models or creates challenges. But at the same time, it’s like – we’ve got all this stuff over here too. You want to sell it? That’d be cool. [Jeremiah Jenson]: Yeah, look, I’m not twisting anybody’s arm here. I think the opportunity speaks for itself. And I think our results in the market also speak for themselves. The opportunity is there, and that opportunity stands on its own. Whether you want to invest in an AI practice or whether you have an opportunity to help customers solve a problem with compute, we have the right enablement and want to come alongside that partner and take advantage of that opportunity and help that customer. But that opportunity is real and right there for them now. The value of the opportunity, the capability of our products, how that’s meeting the market with customers – that speaks for itself. So the opportunity is there, and I want to harness it. I want to take advantage of it with our mutual partners. [Robert Dutt]: We seem to be getting a little bit of a drumbeat going in terms of HPE products being declared channel-only in terms of go-to-market. Last year with VME Essentials, this year it’s Zerto, PC 3000, PC 1000. There’s clearly a strategic logic here beyond just adding product to the list. What’s the underlying principle on what makes a product the right candidate to be channel-only? And what does it mean for a partner that these products will only come through them and their peers? [Jeremiah Jenson]: Well, I mean, there’s a couple of things there. Certainly we’re expanding areas where partners can lead, and that creates additional room for growth, both for them and for us. And it’s a clear signal that HPE is expanding in areas where – like I said – where partners can lead, but especially in areas that are core to the market, whether that’s private cloud or virtualization with this great VM reset that we’ve got going on, or whether that’s data protection with some of our Zerto solutions and ransomware protection, things along those lines. So this gives partners more ownership and opportunity while also creating more room for them to differentiate. I don’t want a homogeneous channel. Each partner has not made the same investments. And so each partner has a level of capability, a market that they serve, and has made investments to serve their customers in the right way. And so this partner-led opportunity with these products gives them not only ownership of the opportunity, but clear ways in which they can differentiate by investing in these product sets. So it’s an area of channel leadership. And then finally, it also speaks to our channel heritage. We trust the channel. We partner with them very closely, and we see an opportunity for us to grow our collective business by allowing them to lead. [Robert Dutt]: To your point on the non-homogeneous nature of the channel, I think that’s represented well throughout the program and what you guys are talking about in terms of being open to embracing and facilitating multi-partner engagements when the customer needs support from different specialists in different areas to drive those outcomes. [Jeremiah Jenson]: Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I think this helps partners build higher-value practices. I don’t need them just to sell another product. We have lots of products that are available for sale, but this helps them see and build a higher-value practice, whether that’s the services capability that they can bring in – because we all know customers need help transforming to new and more efficient ways of doing business in a hybrid IT environment. So it creates more ways for partners to move up that value chain, whether that’s through their services or deeper expertise that they want to build. And it matters because that creates long-term growth. As they become more valuable to the customer through their differentiated capabilities, differentiated services, or the distinct and unique value that they bring to their customers, it creates long-term growth. It helps build something that outlasts not only them, but us. [Robert Dutt]: Part of the announcements is you’re giving up to 600 partners free Morpheus licenses to run their own environments. It’s interesting – it really sounds like it’s saying, sort of an opportunity to become your own reference customer, to drink your own champagne, to eat your own dog food, whatever your preferred analogy is there. What are the expectations around how partners use those capabilities? Is it about demos? Is it about building their own expertise? Is it about getting a chance to do some of that transformation and reinvention of their own infrastructure and tech stack so they can speak more clearly to customers about what’s possible? [Jeremiah Jenson]: Yeah, I mean, what is going on in the virtualization market is impacting everybody – the entire channel. And I don’t mean just how various companies are going to market. It’s impacting everybody, and that includes our partners who are customers of a lot of different companies. And there’s real power in our portfolio. We see a clear opportunity not only to invest in the channel with those partners who have invested in us, those partners who have invested in the virtualization competency – we want to invest back in them with the capability that our portfolio brings to them. So these VME licenses offer them an opportunity to reset their virtualization environment and set themselves up for continued modernization. And what better story to take to their customers than, “We know this works for you because we did it ourselves.” So drinking their own champagne is a very good analogy there. And that is our expectation – not only to help partners realize the true value of the portfolio, but also enable them to modernize and take that story to their customers. And there’s no better way than to say, “I’ve done it myself and here were the outcomes that we saw.” [Robert Dutt]: Given the scale of the HPE channel, I’m guessing there are going to be a lot of hands going up for those 600 slots. [Jeremiah Jenson]: Well, look, what we see in VME, the Morpheus software suite, is nothing short of impressive. I’ve got a history of working with and working for companies that move very fast, that make decisions fast and execute very quickly. What I have seen in this Morpheus VME space is impressive – it’s like nothing I’ve ever seen. The roadmap, our ability to execute against that roadmap, to produce enterprise-quality and just phenomenal products at pace and at scale is incredibly impressive. And so partners that are working with VME and Morpheus today are continuing to be blown away by the capability and the roadmap. And for those partners that haven’t taken advantage of that, please take a moment for yourself and look at what we’re doing here. It’s a fantastic product and a fantastic solution to help customers with what they need most – cost savings while setting the on-ramp to modernization. [Robert Dutt]: Especially in a moment where perhaps acquiring new tech is not going to be as easy as it has been from a hardware point of view. [Jeremiah Jenson]: Exactly. In a moment where everybody is looking for ways to save dollars, you can cut virtualization costs by up to 90% with this product. It has very simple per-socket pricing. And so what better opportunity not only to help our partners, but to get that message out to their customers. [Robert Dutt]: In terms of channel penetration, is this a fairly mature, realized market, or is there still a lot of greenfield out there on the channel side? [Jeremiah Jenson]: I mean, there’s a massive opportunity. You think about the size of that virtualization market – the size of the VM reset, the virtual machine market – it’s huge. So there is a tremendous amount of headroom in this market. There is a tremendous amount of opportunity for all of us. And we have to turn that opportunity into reality. And that’s happening now. [Robert Dutt]: Moving on to partner-branded services – this is one that really caught my interest, and I think is going to catch the interest of a lot of folks, especially those who are in the MSP mode. Can you walk me through what it actually looks like for a Canadian MSP? They’re putting their name on a support offering, HPE is the invisible backbone. What does it look like in terms of the customer call, billing, and what does HPE get out of participating in this model where it’s the partner and not HPE that’s the primary brand? [Jeremiah Jenson]: First of all, a clear thing with partners is they have a level of customer understanding – or I often say they have a level of customer intimacy that I could never replace and don’t intend to. So partner-branded services really helps us service the customer faster with a very valuable piece of that equation, and that’s the partner. So allowing a partner to take first-call support, first-call services, and to be able to capitalize on that customer knowledge and that depth of history and customer intimacy that they have – what we have found is that just produces a better customer outcome. So E+ in North America is one of those first partners that has taken advantage of this, and we’re really just enthused and excited about what’s coming through at the customer level. That’s the piece that I want to put front and center – customers have a need for a faster answer, a faster path to resolution, and partners are part of that. And so this acceleration of this program is really helping. From a Canadian standpoint, look, who knows more about the Canadian market than a Canadian partner serving a Canadian customer and understanding their requirements? I often say Canadians have forgotten more about Canada than I’ll ever know, and I have a tremendous amount of respect for that. So the opportunity to deploy that knowledge front and center with a customer – no better opportunity. And it plays especially important, I think, in a market like Canada where there are so many differences regionally. In any large market there are regional differences, but there are real and meaningful differences here. [Robert Dutt]: Yeah, I mean, let’s not pretend that the United States and Canada are identical, because they’re not. There are nuances, there are real and meaningful differences. [Jeremiah Jenson]: And whether that’s compliance or any other kind of nuance, those differences are real at the customer level. And so the opportunity for partners to service customers with that level of knowledge – whether that’s compliance or regional nuance – that speaks to the power of the channel. And it’s phenomenal to see this announcement come to life and see partners taking advantage of it. [Robert Dutt]: So how quickly do you anticipate it expanding to a broader number of potential service provider partners who are in that partner-branded services mode with you? [Jeremiah Jenson]: I think it really is incumbent upon us to be very deliberate about what we build with our partners. I think in the past, sometimes partners get very focused on what can I sell today. And I think the opportunity with partner-branded services is how can we build something that outlasts all of us? How can we build a foundation of services? Because once you have that services capability and once you are effectively taking that first call and you are not only the provider but you are the solution – you are the solution for when things need to be fixed – that stickiness becomes very real. So we have to really think about what do we want to build? What is the services capability that we’re building together? And from that, that will create the pace at which we grow. But there are very large partners, very sizable MSPs, as well as what I would call MSPs who have very specialized capability that want to take advantage of this. [Robert Dutt]: Moving on to storage – you’ve got the 15% front-end takeout rebate on top of existing rebates for competitive storage displacement. That’s a notable number. How should a Canadian reseller read that? I’ve heard that it runs at least through calendar year, but is this a period-based incentive or is it a signal that HPE is ready to play offense on storage for the long haul? [Jeremiah Jenson]: It’s the latter. We are very much on the front foot when it comes to our storage portfolio. The product is fantastic. The storage portfolio specifically is in a place that I’ve never seen it before in decades of history. And that’s phenomenal. And the results we have seen over the past several quarters – it has been several quarters of really good growth and great success here in North America. And now is the time to pour gasoline on that fire. So this is a signal of not only our existing success, but how can we be even more on the front foot and take that to our partners who want to lean in with us. Now is the time to lean in with storage and our hybrid cloud offerings and really accelerate – how we go and acquire new customers and grow that base for the future. There’s a phenomenal opportunity with our product, but there’s a bigger opportunity in what customers are demanding, and we have the right product to meet it. [Robert Dutt]: So November 1, one experience. That’s a big promise. We’ve got one portal, one deal registration system, one development fund. There’s a lot in there. For a partner who’s been managing different login credentials and different MDF processes, what’s actually noticeably different on November 2 in terms of their relationship and running their business with HPE? [Jeremiah Jenson]: Yeah. I mean, I say this a lot because it’s real – I spend an inordinate amount of my time thinking about how do we simplify? How do we make ourselves easier to do business with? And so one experience is really about making it easier for partners to engage, to move faster, and to grow at an accelerated rate. And it matters because partners want speed, but speed comes from consistency and getting rid of some of the administrative overhead that is in place. So this is all about reducing friction in the places where partners feel it the most. Having to log out of one website and into another – common tools, common onboarding processes, contracting, deal flow, deal registration, things along those lines. This is really all about making it easier for partners to engage and easier for us to do business together. It pains me and keeps me awake at night if they’ve got to log into multiple websites – it’s just time. It’s impacting the time in which we can get to customers and service customers. So that’s what they should expect: a common set of tools, common contracting, common deal flow, easier to engage, and moving faster with HPE. [Robert Dutt]: We’ve heard that this is going to be AI-enabled in terms of the partner portal and partner tools and experiences. Can you tell me a little bit about what that means today, as well as – without giving away too much of the secret sauce – what you’re thinking about in terms of what AI-enabling the partner experience is going to look like for your partners in the long run? [Jeremiah Jenson]: Yeah, I mean, we’re a leader in the AI market and we have a long history of drinking our own champagne, as we talked about earlier. And so there’s an opportunity to deploy some of our AI tools in customer- and partner-facing experiences – whether that’s websites and things along those lines. As an example – and I don’t have a very explicit example in terms of this specific process – but one of the mental models that we have is: sometimes you’ve got to send an email to an email alias when it’s a repetitive process, things along those lines. Agentic AI and the AI tools and infrastructure that we produce for customers every day can help solve those questions immediately. So how do we put some of our AI tools into that workflow and solve at pace and do things much, much faster – so we’re not waiting on someone to type up a response from some anonymous alias. And while that’s a very basic example, you begin to think about other opportunities in terms of repetitive processes that drive partners crazy. How can we simplify and make things move faster? [Robert Dutt]: Yeah, I was going to say – it may be a basic example, but you can imagine how that multiplies over time and over opportunities and over deals when it’s repeated again and again. [Jeremiah Jenson]: It’s really about solving real problems. We can talk high and mighty and pie in the sky and AI this and AI that, but it’s really about what, at the end of the day, some human sitting in front of a desk is experiencing. It’s solving real-world problems with technology and capability. And it’s that real-world approach to the business that we’re taking. [Robert Dutt]: On the distribution landscape – we heard recently you’ve named TD SYNNEX and Ingram Micro as the two globals with local augmentation. Obviously those two are very strong players in the Canadian market. But how does distribution look now in Canada, and how do you see it looking in terms of additional niche or boutique players to round out the strategy? [Jeremiah Jenson]: So distribution is a core part of how we go to market and a core part of our overall channel strategy. The global announcement of Ingram Micro and TD SYNNEX – of course they’re both headquartered here in North America and we do a lot of business with them, and we’re excited about the plans that we have together. Stay tuned. You’ll see additional announcements in terms of how we think about that landscape and how we’re accelerating with our other distribution partners. So more to come there in the very near term. [Robert Dutt]: All right. A teaser. I love that. Last one for me. There’s a lot in these announcements and partners are going to be reading a lot of headlines, listening to a lot of stuff – probably have already, as they’re listening to this. But what’s the one big thing you would most want a Canadian partner – reseller, MSP, wherever they fit in the equation – to actually understand and act on from what HPE is announcing at Partner Growth Summit? [Jeremiah Jenson]: I’ll answer it this way – just who I am as a person, just my personal hobby. I love long-distance trail running. I’m an ultramarathoner. And I always think about: can I run one more mile? And I’m not saying that everybody should go out there and sign up for a 50-mile or 100-mile race, but I do think about, can I run one more mile? And so to bring that back to what is my ask of whether you’re an MSP or partner or something along those lines – with a portfolio of our size, what’s one more thing that you can take to your customer? Is that data center networking? Is that moving from Juniper into the wireless space with some of our Aruba products? Is that compute? Is it that I’ve sold storage, but now I want to talk about data protection with Zerto – can I do one more? And so as we think about Discover and the announcements we’ve made this week and the momentum we have with our portfolio, that’s what I want to ask. Can you do one more? What is that one more thing that we might be able to do together that will help you grow your business, help your customer solve another business problem, and help us accomplish our mutual goals? [Robert Dutt]: All right. I think that’s a reasonable ask. I appreciate you taking the time. Once again, thanks for walking us through some of the details of what was announced at Partner Growth Summit, and have a great rest of the week. [Jeremiah Jenson]: Always good to talk to you, Rob. Thanks. [Robert Dutt]: There you have it – Jeremiah Jenson, vice president of North America Channel and Partner Ecosystem at HPE. I’d like to thank Jeremiah for his time and for a pretty candid look at how HPE is thinking about the partner community as these organizations – HPE and Juniper – settle into one. Thank you for listening. There’s a lot to process in these announcements, but the thing I keep coming back to is the frame that Jeremiah closed with – the “one more mile” idea. He’s an ultramarathoner, and the ask he’s making of the Canadian channel isn’t to boil the ocean. It’s to ask yourself if there’s one more HPE product that belongs in front of your customers. Data center networking if you’re already doing compute. Zerto if you’re already doing virtualization. Partner-branded services if you’re an MSP looking to own more of the customer relationship. One more mile, compounded across a partner base, is how the power of one actually becomes real. We’re going to have a lot more from HPE Discover through the rest of the week, including an on-site recap coming later. So keep an eye on your feed. You’ll find the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and most of the major podcast directories. And if you’re finding the show useful, a rating or a review genuinely helps other people in the Canadian channel find us. Until next time, I’m Robert Dutt for ChannelBuzz.ca, and I’ll see you in the channel.

SUMMARY: If the cost of public AI continues to rise, because of various market shortages, should CIOs start looking at backup plans to better own their AI journeys and futures?SHOW: 1035SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Enterprise AI Show #1035 TranscriptSHOW VIDEO: https://youtu.be/ngBBpP2LgdoSHOW SPONSORS:ShareGate - ShareGate Protect. Microsoft 365 Governance, we got this!Nasuni - Activate your data for AI and request a demoOutShift by Cisco - “Scaling Out Superintelligence”  The Internet of Cognition architectureSHOW NOTES:THESIS: Between pending IPOs (Wall St. demands), high user-demand, GPU/TPU shortages, Data Center shortages, Model prices increasing (open models fading away), the cost of using AI is going to get more expensive over time. Should CIOs start thinking about a Backup plan to their current AI adoption that has lower cost alternatives?Topic 1 - Assuming you could get access to GPUs/TPUs/Accelerators, and suitable data center space to host them, what would be your thinking as a CIO if you felt like you needed to own some aspect of your AI roadmap/journey? Topic 2 - Assuming the normal “Shadow AI” backlash that you'd receive for offering something that wasn't “frontier” level, how would you go about trying to communicate that within your organization?Topic 3 - What metrics or KPIs would you initially target to try and get buy-in that your approach was acceptable and moving towards the company goals?FEEDBACK?Email: show @ the enterprise ai show dot comeBluesky: @TheEntAIShow.bsky.socialTwitter/X: @TheEntAIShowInstagram: @TheEntAIShow

Private cloud has become a priority topic as forces of change, from AI to geopolitics, reshape where critical data and workloads reside. With AI becomes more deeply embedded in core operations, enterprises are seeking a public cloud experience in private setting, with greater control over data, security, cost, and compliance. This episode explores how private cloud can enable enterprise AI, resilience, and long-term competitiveness.   Featured experts    KC Funk, Senior Director of Global Specialty Sales, Global Alliances, Dell Technologies Noel Bravo, Vice President of Cloud Practice, Kyndryl

In the latest episode of SUGTalks, Craig is joined by David Yawalkar, Head of Solution Management, RISE with SAP.David shares an update on SAP's involvement with the SUGEN Transformation Charter, what SAP has learned from charter members and how customer feedback is shaping the company's Cloud ERP messaging. He explains why SAP has committed to both private and public cloud as long-term strategic products.David also reflects on some of the themes he hears from user groups globally after taking part in transformation days around the world. Craig and David also explore the move from AI hype to real working use cases. They discuss the importance of clean core and the risks of waiting too long to move from ECC. To learn more about the UKISUG referral scheme, visit: https://www.sapusers.org/community-referral-scheme

Broadcom's VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is evolving from a turnkey infrastructure stack into a modern application platform, balancing simplicity with the flexibility demanded by Kubernetes-driven environments. AtKubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026, Broadcom leaders highlighted how VCF is adapting to support platform engineering teams, cloud-native workloads, and large-scale operations. A key industry shift is the return to private cloud, driven by data sovereignty concerns and the growing impact of AI. Enterprises are bringing workloads back on-premises while still expecting a cloud-like operating model. Broadcom is responding by prioritizing on-prem stability and aligning closely with open source, reflecting its strong contributions toKubernetesand related projects. Kubernetes is no longer a bolt-on but the core control plane of VCF, enabling unified management of compute, storage, and networking through declarative APIs. At the same time, the distinction between virtual machines and containers is fading. The focus is shifting toward application-centric platforms, where developers interact through consistent abstractions, allowing infrastructure to be provisioned seamlessly behind the scenes. Learn more from The New Stack around the latest around Broadcom:  Broadcom ‘Doubles Down' on Open Source, Donates Kubernetes Tool to CNCF Why Broadcom gave Velero to the CNCF Sandbox — and what it means for Kubernetes data protection Join our community of newsletter subscribers to stay on top of the news and at the top of your game. 

IBM Maximo läuft noch On-Premise – aber wie lange noch?IBM Maximo gilt als die weltweit führende Softwarelösung für Enterprise Asset Management und die Instandhaltung komplexer Industrieanlagen. Doch die technologische Welt verändert sich grundlegend: Container, Kubernetes und Cloud-Infrastrukturen stellen Unternehmen vor neue Herausforderungen, während gleichzeitig die internen Kompetenzen dafür immer seltener werden.In dieser Episode des #KIundTECH Podcasts spricht Holger Winkler mit Benjamin Alterauge, Team Lead Managed Services bei SPIE RODIAS, dem größten IBM Maximo Solution Partner in der DACH-Region. Gemeinsam beleuchten sie, was der Wandel in die Cloud für Instandhaltungsverantwortliche und Entscheider in der Praxis bedeutet, welche Chancen und Risiken damit verbunden sind und wie ein strukturierter Migrationsprozess konkret aussieht.Warum sollten Sie dieses Interview nicht verpassen?Sie erfahren, warum der Wechsel von Windows-basierten Systemen auf Container-Technologie für IBM Maximo-Nutzer nicht optional, sondern strategisch notwendig ist.Sie erhalten einen ehrlichen Vergleich: Wann lohnt sich die Cloud, wann ist On-Premise noch sinnvoll, und welche Faktoren sind wirklich entscheidend?Sie verstehen, warum die IBM Cloud für viele mittelständische Unternehmen nicht die passende Antwort ist und welche flexibleren Alternativen es gibt.Sie bekommen konkrete Orientierung zum Thema Datensouveränität und erfahren, wie europäisches Cloud-Hosting heute realistisch umsetzbar ist.Sie lernen, wie ein typischer Migrationsprozess bei SPIE RODIAS abläuft, welche Zeitrahmen realistisch sind und wie Change Management für Endanwender erfolgreich gelingt.Takeaways aus dem Interview:IBM Maximo setzt ab den neueren Releases auf Container-Technologie (Red Hat OpenShift), was einen Plattformwechsel bei vielen Kunden erfordert, unabhängig davon, ob man in die Cloud wechselt oder nicht.Nutzer von Maximo Version 7 sollten jetzt handeln: Der Extended Support läuft im Herbst 2025 aus, regelmässige Sicherheitspatches entfallen danach weitgehend.Die Cloud bietet entscheidende Vorteile in puncto Skalierbarkeit, automatisierte Sicherheitspatches und Flexibilität insbesondere mit Blick auf KI-Erweiterungen, die lokal kaum planbar finanziert werden können.Sicherheit in der Cloud ist in den meisten Fällen mindestens gleichwertig, oft sogar besser als On-Premise, weil interne Systeme häufig unverschlüsselt kommunizieren.SPIE RODIAS bietet flexible Modelle an: von der vollständig gemanagten Cloud-Lösung bis zur Unterstützung beim eigenständigen Betrieb in einer Private Cloud.Eine realistische Migrationsdauer für ein mittelständisches Unternehmen liegt bei rund sechs Monaten, abhängig vom Grad der Individualisierung des bestehenden Systems.Der Cloud-Wechsel bedeutet keine automatische Entmachtung der internen IT, sondern eine Neuverteilung von Verantwortung, bei der externe Spezialisten gezielt entlasten.Weiterführende Links:Internet: https://www.spie-rodias.de/#IBMMaximo #AssetManagement #Mittelstand #Industrie40 Über #KIundTECH – der KIundTECH Podcast:Der Podcast mit CEOs innovativer Softwarehersteller, IT-Dienstleister oder TECH-Unternehmen aus Deutschland!Hier erfährst Du mehr: https://www.itundtech.de/Abonniere unseren Podcast auf Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uheLc0MDwXi6nRYxAm5br Vernetze dich mit Holger Winkler auf LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/holger-winkler/Du würdest gerne auch als Gast in den ITundTECH Podcast kommen? Hier findest Du unsere Mediadaten: https://join.itundtech.de/

Most enterprise AI projects are still stuck in pilot mode!!! But the real shift happening right now is not about better models. It is about where AI actually runs. I had a great conversation with Sadeepa Wijesekara from Hewlett Packard Enterprise at NVIDIA GTC, and one thing stood out:Private cloud is becoming the foundation for enterprise AI. Not just for control and security, but for actually scaling AI across the business.In this conversation, we discussed:-- Why private cloud is becoming the preferred model for enterprise AI-- How organizations are scaling AI securely from edge to datacenter-- The rising demand for air-gapped and disconnected AI environmentsWhat it takes to move from pilots to real production workloadsIf you are serious about taking AI beyond experiments, this one is worth your time.Learn more about HPE AI Factory here -- https://www.hpe.com/us/en/ai-factory.html?utm_campaign=FY26_Q2_AI_GE_GO_AMS_AMS_NVIDIA_GTC&utm_medium=DD&utm_source=HIP&utm_content=521216387&crid=%ecid!&plid=%epid!Learn more about HPE Private Cloud AI -- https://www.hpe.com/us/en/private-cloud-ai.html?utm_campaign=FY26_Q2_AI_GE_GO_AMS_AMS_NVIDIA_GTC&utm_medium=DD&utm_source=HIP&utm_content=521216387&crid=%ecid!&plid=%epid!#data #ai #hpe #NVIDIAGTC #theravitshow

MVP Tom Arbuthnot shares all the latest Microsoft Teams and Copilot news and announcements in less than 15 minutes for April 2026.Many thanks to AudioCodes for their continued support.PowerPoint DeckPlaces Insider Live​Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork Updates​Anthropic Models for Copilot​AI Flex Routing in EU and EFTA​New SharePoint Experience​Microsoft Teams & AI Powered Workplace News and Roadmap​Teams Devices News & New Devices​Upcoming Events​Useful Links:BriefingsNEW Neat Board 32 & Neat Pad Pro: Full Product Walkthrough & Key Features with Darin WorthingtonMicrosoft Places Deep Dive with Microsoft - Customer Feedback, Deployment, Licensing with Chris Fitzsimmons, Brennan McReynolds & Craig McClellan​Enterprise Voice Infrastructure Options On-Prem. Private Cloud and Cloud-Native with Ribbon and AWS with Gordon Eddy (Ribbon Communications)Multi-Platform UCaaS at Scale with NUWAVE iPILOT with Tony at NWNTeams Insider PodcastsFrontline Workers: Market Opportunity and Enterprise Mobility with Patrick Watson (Cavell) & Stewart Wright (Spectralink)​Teams Queues App Explained — Shared Call History, Copilot, and What's Next with Sean Gilmour (Microsoft)Novo Nordisk's Microsoft Teams Rooms Journey — Thousands of Rooms with Christopher Amdi Mark (Novo Nordisk)Work IQ, Agent Types and the Road to the Frontier Firm with Alev Tamer & Chris Wheeler

What is a "NAS", and why are they awesome? Here's a beginner-friendly, 100-second detour into a random-but-useful topic!!blog post & resources for this side quest here: https://petemcpherson.com/blog/nas

Most companies don't realize it yet, but the way they built their technology foundations is quietly becoming a liability.Cloud costs are rising. Platforms change underneath you. AI is reshaping infrastructure from hardware to data to governance. And the strategies that once felt “safe” are now the ones creating the most risk.In this episode of IT Visionaries, host Chris Brandt sits down with Mano Bhattacharya, CTO of Nutanix, to unpack what's really happening inside enterprise technology right now. This isn't a conversation about chasing the newest tools or betting on a single future. It's about why adaptability has become the most important design principle in modern tech.Mano explains why many organizations are rethinking long-held assumptions about virtualization, cloud, and containers, and why the smartest teams are building infrastructure that gives them options over the next three to five years. They explore how AI changes the entire stack, not just applications, why data has become the real bottleneck, and why moving fast without a coherent plan can be more dangerous than moving slowly. Chapters:00:00 - The VMware Exodus Wave is Coming03:34 - VMware Broadcom Acquisition: What Changed and Why It Matters05:56 - Three Migration Paths: Stay, Move to Cloud, or Modernize09:59 - Why Containers on VMs Make Sense for Most Enterprises15:40 - The Five Stages of VMware Migration Grief21:20 - VMware Admin to Nutanix Admin: Closing the Skills Gap24:14 - The Cloud-in-a-Box Philosophy: From Boxes to Software32:30 - Opening Up the Platform: Pure Storage and Third-Party Integrations40:54 - AI Infrastructure: The End-to-End Challenge48:01 - Enterprise AI Strategy: Use Cases, Economics, and Governance56:44 - What's Next: Building the Invisible Platform for AI  -- This episode of IT Visionaries is brought to you by Meter - the company building better networks. Businesses today are frustrated with outdated providers, rigid pricing, and fragmented tools. Meter changes that with a single integrated solution that covers everything wired, wireless, and even cellular networking. They design the hardware, write the firmware, build the software, and manage it all so your team doesn't have to.That means you get fast, secure, and scalable connectivity without the complexity of juggling multiple providers. Thanks to meter for sponsoring. Go to meter.com/itv to book a demo.---IT Visionaries is made by the team at Mission.org. Learn more about our media studio and network of podcasts at mission.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

UGREEN has announced the upcoming launch of its latest flagship AI NAS models. By integrating artificial intelligence directly into private cloud storage, UGREEN is redefining how data is managed and used. Rather than serving simply as a passive repository, data stored on UGREEN AI NAS becomes an active digital asset, capable of being understood, retrieved, and utilised with greater efficiency. The iDX Series, which includes the UGREEN NASync iDX6011 and the NASync iDX6011 Pro, offers performance, intelligence, and privacy without compromise. The Full UGREEN NAS Family: Solutions for All Needs UGREEN's NAS portfolio is built around the real-world needs of different user groups, forming a versatile family that balances flexibility, ease of use, and scalable performance across a wide range of scenarios. The NASync iDX Series is the flagship, delivering ultimate NAS performance with AI-powered smart features and local LLM capabilities for power users with demanding storage and productivity needs. The NASync DXP Series provides scalable, pro-grade systems for enthusiasts, content creators, small teams, and more, combining advanced capabilities with a smooth, easy-to-use experience. For those just getting started, the NASync DH Series offers intuitive, easy-to-use devices that deliver secure, high-capacity storage alongside practical, time-saving management features. UGREEN's new AI NAS lineup redefines the private cloud with on-device intelligence at its core. By embedding AI directly into the system, UGREEN AI NAS enables faster access, smarter organisation, and stronger privacy without relying on the cloud. Flagship Specs and AI Capabilities The most powerful model in the series is the NASync iDX6011 Pro, which is powered by an Intel® Core Ultra 7 processor delivering up to 96 TOPS of compute, and features dual M.2 NVMe SSD slots along with 64GB of LPDDR5X memory as standard. With expandable storage up to 196TB, users can centrally manage photos, videos, and documents, while built-in on-device AI delivers smooth performance and keeps data private. Built-in AI tools save time and boost productivity, including Universal Search, Uliya AI Chat, AI Album, Voice Memos, and File Organisation. All processing for these practical features is done locally, keeping your data completely private and off third-party servers. UGREEN AI NAS is now available for super early bird pre-order on the official UGREEN website in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Customers can reserve their unit with a $30 deposit and enjoy savings of up to $1,040. The super early-bird offer runs until March, after which the product will launch on Kickstarter to reach a broader global audience. More about Irish Tech News Irish Tech News are Ireland's No. 1 Online Tech Publication and often Ireland's No.1 Tech Podcast too. You can find hundreds of fantastic previous episodes and subscribe using whatever platform you like via our Anchor.fm page here: https://anchor.fm/irish-tech-news If you'd like to be featured in an upcoming Podcast email us at Simon@IrishTechNews.ie now to discuss. Irish Tech News have a range of services available to help promote your business. Why not drop us a line at Info@IrishTechNews.ie now to find out more about how we can help you reach our audience. You can also find and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat.

Exasol gehört zu den Software-Unternehmen, die lange unter dem Radar liefen – damit könnte bald Schluss ein. Das börsennotierte Unternehmen bietet extrem schnelle Datenbanken an. „Wir sind fünf- bis zehnmal schneller als die Konkurrenten – und das unabhängig von der Datenmenge“, erklärt CFO Jan-Dirk Henrich im Interview bei FINANCE TV. Hinzu komme eine selten gewordene Flexibilität: On-Premise, Private Cloud oder Public Cloud.2020 ist Exasol an die Börse gegangen. Kurz darauf erreichte die Aktie ihr Allzeithoch von 27 Euro – doch das ist lange vorbei. Seit mehreren Jahren stagniert das Papier bei rund 3 Euro. Der Grund: Nach dem IPO folgte eine ambitionierte, letztlich zu teure Expansion in den USA. Das Unternehmen habe sich sehr viel vorgenommen und ein paar Faktoren falsch eingeschätzt, räumt Henrich ein. 2021 stand ein Verlust von fast 30 Millionen Euro zu Buche. Die Konsequenz: Kosten runter, Cashburn stoppen, Strategie schärfen.Heute fokussiert sich Exasol auf regulierte Branchen wie Finanzindustrie, Gesundheitswesen, öffentliche Hand und Telekommunikation. „Dort ist Datensouveränität kein Buzzword, sondern Pflicht.“ Operativ zeigt der Kurswechsel Wirkung: Der Umsatz stieg 2025 auf knapp 42 Millionen Euro, das Ebitda auf über 4 Millionen Euro, 2024 war Exasol erstmals seit dem Börsengang profitabel.Trotzdem bleibt die Aktie träge. Einer der Gründe: fehlendes Wachstum bei den wiederkehrenden Umsätzen. Henrich spricht offen von einer „Talsohle beim Churn“, die nun durchschritten sei. Ziel sei es, wieder ins Netto-Wachstum zu kommen – unter anderem durch Referenzkunden wie LBBW oder Finanz Informatik sowie die Partnerschaft mit MariaDB. Seine Botschaft an Investoren ist klar: „All pieces are in place.“Warum das Thema Cloud gerade jetzt an Bedeutung gewinnen könnte, wie KI das Geschäft von Exasol verändert und wann die Aktie ihr großes Comeback feiert – mehr dazu im Interview bei FINANCE TV.

2025 was a defining year for technology. From the rapid acceleration of private cloud adoption and growing security risk challenges, to major shifts in digital employee experience driven by Windows 11, businesses have been pushed to rethink what's possible with IT.In this Best of Explain IT 2025 episode, we revisit our biggest themes and most impactful conversations from the year, bringing together highlights from four standout episodes that shaped how organisations approach modern technology.Including moments from:Navigating Windows 10 End of Support (October)We revisit our episode on Windows 10 end of support, featuring Softcat's Kelly Calver and Ella Chew. This conversation explores how organisations should prepare for the transition to Windows 11, with a strong focus on application readiness, compatibility, and minimising disruption for end users.Everything Data: From Strategy to Silos (August)From our data-focused episode, Andy Crossley (Oakland) and James Wingham (Softcat) discuss why a clear data strategy must come before tackling data silos. The clip highlights how businesses can unlock real value from data by aligning technology with long-term business goals.Streamlining Your Operations (September)In this episode, Oli Meadows (Softcat) and Adam Sperring (ServiceNow) explore how organisations can streamline operations by thinking about service management across the entire business, not just IT. A must-listen for anyone looking to improve efficiency, visibility and outcomes through enterprise service management.VMware Explore on Tour: is Private Cloud the solution your business needs? – Special Edition (November)One of two special editions in 2025, this episode covers VMware Explore On Tour, featuring Richard Fraser (Softcat) and Joe Bagley (Broadcom). It dives into how a unified private cloud platform is driving innovation and helping businesses modernise securely and at scale.About Explain IT:Hosted by Helen Gidney, Head of Architecture at Softcat; Explain IT, where we talk tech in simple, jargon-free language.Keep Listening:If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review — it helps others discover the podcast. You can also catch up on all the episodes mentioned here, covering topics like private cloud, VMware innovation, data strategy, and service operations.We release new episodes every month, so make sure you follow the podcast.Coming up: insights into AI-driven security, and how to maximise your technology investments ahead of the 2026 public sector year-end.Thanks for listening to the Explain IT podcast from Softcat.Produced by The Podcast Coach. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ian and Aaron are joined by Taylor Otwell for their first ever in-person episode of Mostly Technical to talk about everything from the Laravel AI SDK to Private Cloud to vibe coding MUD's and so much more.Sponsored by SavvyCal Appointments, Bento, Mastering Laravel, and Laravel Private Cloud.Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.(00:00) - Imaginary Tech Stuff Is Real (04:01) - Taylor's Journey With AI (12:18) - Laravel AI SDK (24:48) - Coding In The AI Era (32:51) - Laravel Private Cloud (37:06) - Cloud CLI (38:48) - First Year of Cloud (43:05) - Sprites.dev (46:30) - What's Next (50:02) - Post Credit Scene Links:Multi-user DungeonLaravel SimplifierElevenlabsPrismWelcome to Gas TownSprites.dev

What does sovereignty actually mean? This week, Technology Now dives into the world behind the words, exploring the reality versus the fantasy of data and technological sovereignty. We ask how definitions can change across location, and why this is important to understand when trying to work across boarders. Sana Kharegani, Chief Strategy Officer at Carbon3.AI tells us more.This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.About Sana:https://www.linkedin.com/in/sana-khareghani-4346771/?originalSubdomain=ukSources:https://gdpr-info.eu/issues/fines-penalties/https://www.dataversity.net/articles/brief-history-cloud-computing/https://www.kiteworks.com/risk-compliance-glossary/data-sovereignty-protecting-our-digital-footprint-in-the-age-of-information/https://gdpr.eu/what-is-gdpr/

Dell Technologies today announced a major advancement in hybrid cloud innovation through the integration of Microsoft Azure Local with Dell Private Cloud and Dell PowerStore. This collaboration marks a significant step forward in simplifying IT operations for enterprises, delivering a unified approach to managing diverse workloads across hybrid and multicloud environments. The conversation around enterprise IT has shifted dramatically. Businesses are no longer faced with a binary choice between public cloud and on-premises infrastructure, nor is it simply about running traditional versus modern workloads. The real challenge lies in managing these varied environments consistently and efficiently. Dell Technologies, in partnership with Microsoft, is addressing this challenge head-on by introducing Azure Local support for Dell Private Cloud and Dell PowerStore, creating a seamless experience for organisations seeking flexibility, performance, and enterprise-grade resilience. Hybrid Cloud now has Azure local integration Dell Private Cloud represents the first Azure Local offering to deliver a full-stack solution encompassing compute, external storage, and networking from a single vendor, backed by end-to-end solution-level support. This integrated approach simplifies the complexity of hybrid and multicloud management, enabling businesses to focus on innovation rather than infrastructure. With automated lifecycle management, independent scaling of compute and storage, and a future-ready disaggregated architecture, Dell Private Cloud empowers organisations to adapt to evolving demands without disruption. Complementing this is Dell PowerStore, Dell's flagship enterprise all-flash storage platform. PowerStore brings advanced data efficiency, flexible scalability, and robust security to Azure Local environments, ensuring critical workloads remain protected while delivering exceptional performance. Its ability to handle both traditional and modern workloads makes PowerStore the ideal partner for businesses modernising their IT operations without compromise. Caitlin Gordon, Vice President of Product Management for Private Cloud and AI Solutions at Dell Technologies, said: "The conversation around enterprise IT is changing. It's no longer about choosing between public cloud and on-premises infrastructure. Nor is it a simple decision between running traditional or modern workloads. Today, the real challenge is how to manage all of these different environments and application types together, simply and consistently. By bringing Microsoft Azure Local to Dell Private Cloud and PowerStore, we're helping customers simplify their IT operations and unlock the full potential of their hybrid cloud strategies." This integration is more than a technical milestone; it reflects Dell Technologies' commitment to helping customers navigate the complexities of modern IT. Together with Microsoft, Dell is delivering solutions that meet the evolving needs of businesses, from hybrid cloud to edge computing and beyond. Early access for this combined offering is expected to launch in spring 2026, paving the way for organisations to embrace a future-ready infrastructure that drives innovation and growth. See more breaking stories here. More about Irish Tech News Irish Tech News are Ireland's No. 1 Online Tech Publication and often Ireland's No.1 Tech Podcast too. You can find hundreds of fantastic previous episodes and subscribe using whatever platform you like via our Anchor.fm page here: https://anchor.fm/irish-tech-news If you'd like to be featured in an upcoming Podcast email us at Simon@IrishTechNews.ie now to discuss. Irish Tech News have a range of services available to help promote your business. Why not drop us a line at Info@IrishTechNews.ie now to find out more about how we can help you reach our audience. You can also find and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat.

VMware Cloud Foundation 9 has brought the Virtual Private Cloud networking model front and center in the vSphere UI. Not only has it become extremely easy to provide a self-service solution for networking, it comes with a plethora of networking services and capabilities. Maybe even more importantly, it allows networking-noobs (like myself) to consume advanced functionality without having to file dozens of service requests. In this episode, Yves Hertoghs explains what a Virtual Private Cloud is and discusses all the ins and outs around the Transit Gateway, vDefend, subnets and much more.

In a special episode of ASUG Talks, we dive into several of clips from ASUG Talks episodes published throughout the year, covering topics ranging from cloud environments to IT professional development. Join us this week to hear clips from some of the podcast's most popular 2025 episodes. Episodes Included: SAP's Thomas Saueressig on Public and Private Cloud, Enterprise Architecture, and AI IntegrationASUG Talks Roundtable: Inside ASUG's SAP S/4HANA Adoption ResearchHow Precision Drilling Drives Improved Asset Maintenance with SAP S/4HANAASUG Talks Customer Success Story: How SA Power Networks Managed a Dual SAP S/4HANA MigrationASUG Talks Executive Interview: Philipp Herzig, Chief Technology Officer at SAPASUG Talks Roundtable: The Changing Role of Enterprise Architects in UtilitiesSAP's Irfan Khan on SAP Business Data Cloud's Impact and Future DevelopmentASUG Talks Roundtable: How Agentic AI is Reshaping the SAP EcosystemAdvice from ASUG Board Members: Building Resilient IT Careers in the Age of AIIf you have any comments (or pitches) for ASUG Talks Senior Producer, Jim Lichtenwalter, please email him at jim.lichtenwalter@asug.com. Related InsightsJoin the ASUG Communities team on Dec. 3 for a break down of the top insights from ASUG Tech Connect

Business leaders are setting AI strategies, and IT teams are expected to deliver results.Research from the IDC shows that 88% of all AI pilots fail to reach production. So enter Private Cloud AI, a new way to role out your AI adoption.In this episode we break down what Private Cloud AI is, why it matters, and how this technology is helping organisations overcome challenges and unlock real value.Podcast host and Softcat's Head of Architecture, Helen Gidney is joined by Nigel Horsell, Private AI Channel leader for UKIMEA; James Brooks, Hybrid Solutions Leader for UKIMEA both at HPE and Gary Hawkins, Chief Technologist for Hybrid Platforms at Softcat.Softcat's Explain IT podcast is the place where we discuss, debate and demystify tech in simple, jargon-free language.For more information visit softcat.com.This podcast is produced by The Podcast Coach. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen is a VMware trainer who teaches classes on NSX and now has been leaving VCF networking. Eric and Stephen talk about the setup and security aspects of VPC's and how the average admin can now tackle this config.

Many organisations are rethinking their cloud strategies and searching for smarter, more secure solutions. Private cloud is gaining traction as an alternative, combining the agility and scalability of public cloud with the added control and protection of a dedicated environment. In this episode, we explore how VMware is redefining the private cloud journey - helping businesses build, secure and manage environments tailored to their unique needs. Hear expert insights from Joe Baguley, CTO EMEA at VMware by Broadcom, and Richard Fraser, Broadcom Product and Services Specialist at Softcat. Hosted by Helen Gidney, Softcat's Head of Architecture.Produced by The Podcast Coach. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ASUG CEO & Chief Community Champion, Geoff Scott, sat down with SAP leader--and member of the software company's executive board--Thomas Saueressig. Overseeing the board area focused on customer services and delivery, Thomas possesses a unique perspective on what SAP customers require from their IT investments, and how SAP is working to drive innovation among its customer base. Key InsightHow developers and business process analysts can leverage SAP BTP to drive innovation How SAP's suite-first strategy helps drive faster AI project delivery, and--ultimately--better business outcomes The importance of easy-to-adopt business solutions as enterprises contend with altering geopolitical and economic conditionsRelated InsightsRead our recap of the recent SAP Q3 2025 earnings results, including highlights from the call: https://www.asug.com/insights/q3-2025-sap-reports-steady-revenue-growth-driven-by-cloud-expansionJoin us at ASUG Tech Connect on Nov. 4-6: https://events.asug.com/YkMrBb?utm_source=cross-promo&utm_campaign=atc_25&utm_medium=article&utm_content=reg&RefId=insights-reg

On this week's episode of GMH Hotels, Sarah Dandashy and Steve Turk unpack five major developments reshaping the hospitality and travel ecosystem. First, the luxury-hotelier Mandarin Oriental Oriental is being taken private in a deal valued at $4.2 billion. Then they examine the ripple effects of a major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage that disrupted travel operators and highlighted infrastructure fragility. Waymo enters the business-travel arena with its new “Waymo for Business” robotaxi program aimed at corporate clients. They also dive into the cheeky marketing strategy of Ryanair—from tanks to TikTok—and how travel brands are waging attention wars. Finally, they explore how host cities for the FIFA World Cup 2026™ - Canada, Mexico and the United States are raising hotel taxes ahead of 2026 and what that pressure motion looks like for hotel operators. Sarah and Steve provide a full-spectrum briefing on what hotel leaders need to watch right now and how to stay ahead of the curve! Presented by ⁠⁠⁠Lodgify⁠ Follow the Hosts: Katie Cline – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Steve Turk –⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with Skift: LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/skift/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ WhatsApp: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAL375LikgIXmNPYQ0L/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://facebook.com/skiftnews⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/skiftnews/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Threads: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.net/@skiftnews⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/skiftnews.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/skift⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to ⁠@SkiftNews⁠ and never miss an update from the travel industry.

In this episode, Keith Townsend welcomes back Steven Dickens, founder of Hyperframe Research, for a candid conversation following VMware Explore 2025. The duo dives deep into the latest developments from VMware, focusing on the launch of VCF 9 and what it means for developers, customers, and the broader ecosystem. Key topics include: Steven's impressions of [...]

Send us a textIn this episode of the Joey Pinz Conversations podcast, Joey sits down with Andreas Ambuehl, co-founder and CEO of Privatam, to unpack how technology—and transparency—are transforming the future of private capital markets and global investing.

This episode explores the evolution of ERP cybersecurity, emphasizing the shift from on-premise to cloud ERP and the shared responsibility model. Key topics include the rising risk of cyberattacks on supply chains, the benefits of expert collaboration in cloud security, and the importance of integrating security from the design phase. The discussion highlights cultural changes, trust-building, and the role of employee training in strengthening defenses. Emerging technologies like AI are examined for their potential to enhance threat detection, automate responses, and proactively defend against increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks, shaping the future of secure and resilient ERP systems.

What happens when AI reshapes intellectual property, and decentralized storage rewrites data sovereignty? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, we explore that intersection with a deep dive into the work of StorX Network, a platform rethinking cloud storage from the ground up. Our guest joins from StorX, a decentralized cloud storage network designed with privacy, security, and user empowerment at its core. At a time when data privacy is eroding and centralized providers are struggling to keep pace with evolving threats, StorX offers a radically different approach. Their system encrypts data using the user's private passphrase, fragments it into smaller pieces, then distributes multiple copies across a global network of autonomous nodes. The result? A storage solution that is trustless, censorship resistant, and economically more efficient, often cutting costs by up to 90 percent compared to traditional providers. We discuss how StorX is positioning itself in a world increasingly concerned about surveillance, ransomware, and digital control. Much like AI is forcing conversations around copyright and ownership, decentralized storage is surfacing urgent questions around who controls data and how it's accessed. This episode is not just about technology, it's about the philosophical shift in how we think about trust, control, and freedom in digital spaces. We unpack why decentralized architecture matters, how privacy-preserving systems can scale, and where innovation is heading next. If you're building applications or storing sensitive data, this is a conversation worth tuning in for. Because as digital life becomes more complex, where and how we store our information will define what kind of internet we want to live in. Want to hear more stories at the intersection of privacy, decentralization, and innovation? Subscribe and stay tuned.

The shine has been coming off public cloud for awhile. Cloud costs remain high, complexity is growing, and public cloud interoperability is difficult. And while there’s talk about moving back to private cloud, that migration presents its own costs and complexities. To help us navigate the challenge that is cloud in 2025, we welcome Mark... Read more »

The shine has been coming off public cloud for awhile. Cloud costs remain high, complexity is growing, and public cloud interoperability is difficult. And while there’s talk about moving back to private cloud, that migration presents its own costs and complexities. To help us navigate the challenge that is cloud in 2025, we welcome Mark... Read more »

The shine has been coming off public cloud for awhile. Cloud costs remain high, complexity is growing, and public cloud interoperability is difficult. And while there’s talk about moving back to private cloud, that migration presents its own costs and complexities. To help us navigate the challenge that is cloud in 2025, we welcome Mark... Read more »

How can cloud computing be completely isolated from the internet? This week, Technology Now explores the next step in data storage and processing: the concept of a disconnected cloud. Why would someone want their cloud cut off like this? From a single building to an entire country, what are the security and regulatory compliance benefits?! Rich Bird, Worldwide Hybrid Cloud Marketing at HPE tells us more.This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations and what can be learnt from it.Sources cited in this week's episode:Gartner Report on cloud usage and spending:https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-11-19-gartner-forecasts-worldwide-public-cloud-end-user-spending-to-total-723-billion-dollars-in-2025History of the Cloud: https://www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/history-of-the-cloud/Dark Matter and Dark Energy (Today I Learnt):https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/research/topic/dark-energy-and-dark-matterhttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01273-4https://www.newscientist.com/article/2471743-dark-energy-isnt-what-we-thought-and-that-may-transform-the-cosmos/History of Daylight Savings in the US (This Week in History):https://unrememberedhistory.com/tag/march-31-1918-daylight-saving-time/https://www.thecongressproject.com/standard-time-act-of-1918

How can cloud computing be completely isolated from the internet? This week, Technology Now explores the next step in data storage and processing: the concept of a disconnected cloud. Why would someone want their cloud cut off like this? From a single building to an entire country, what are the security and regulatory compliance benefits?! Rich Bird, Worldwide Hybrid Cloud Marketing at HPE tells us more.This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations and what can be learnt from it.Sources cited in this week's episode:Gartner Report on cloud usage and spending:https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-11-19-gartner-forecasts-worldwide-public-cloud-end-user-spending-to-total-723-billion-dollars-in-2025History of the Cloud: https://www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/history-of-the-cloud/Dark Matter and Dark Energy (Today I Learnt):https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/research/topic/dark-energy-and-dark-matterhttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01273-4https://www.newscientist.com/article/2471743-dark-energy-isnt-what-we-thought-and-that-may-transform-the-cosmos/History of Daylight Savings in the US (This Week in History):https://unrememberedhistory.com/tag/march-31-1918-daylight-saving-time/https://www.thecongressproject.com/standard-time-act-of-1918

This week, we discuss Google acquiring Wiz, the rise of Vibe Coding, and what really counts as legacy software. Plus, Coté runs a post-acquisition all-hands meeting. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 511 (https://www.youtube.com/live/ok8lLHFCCRY?si=aos-m8eR1iYcR12v) Runner-up Titles Tattoo “BUSINESS AS USUAL” on the inside of your eyelids BUSINESS AS USUAL One billion a month Turns out they're gonna put lions in the product. Vibe coding is outcomes-focused. Cote's AI Thunderdome Don't make me learn Think About Time VibeCOBOL I don't like the no-head Rundown Google in Fresh Talks to Buy Cybersecurity Startup Wiz for $30 Billion (https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/alphabet-back-in-deal-talks-for-cybersecurity-startup-wiz-41cd3090?mod=tech_lead_story) Intel board announces Lip-Bu Tan as new CEO (https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/12/intel_lip_bu_tan_new_ceo/) Vibe Coding AI IDEs Need Moats (https://materializedview.io/p/ai-ides-need-moats?ref=dailydev) AI coding assistant refuses to write code, tells user to learn programming instead (https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/ai-coding-assistant-refuses-to-write-code-tells-user-to-learn-programming-instead/) Github Coploit does have an agent mode (https://github.com/features/copilot) AI coding assistant Cursor reportedly tells a 'vibe coder' to write his own damn code (https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/14/ai-coding-assistant-cursor-reportedly-tells-a-vibe-coder-to-write-his-own-damn-code/) Vibe Coder job listing (https://getcoai.com/careers/vibe-coder-frontend-developer-role/) Legacy Software Relevant to your Interests Saudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location Data (https://www.404media.co/saudi-arabia-buys-pokemon-go-and-probably-all-of-your-location-data/) Open R1: Update #3 (https://huggingface.co/blog/open-r1/update-3) Sonos has canceled its streaming video player (https://www.theverge.com/tech/628297/sonos-pinewood-streaming-box-canceled) ServiceNow releases no-code, low-code AI agent builder (https://www.ciodive.com/news/servicenow-yokohama-agentic-ai-low-code-development-tool/742275/) Meta Seeks to Block Further Sales of Ex-Employee's Scathing Memoir (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/technology/meta-book-sales-blocked.html) AirPods Getting Live Translation Feature Later This Year (https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/13/airpods-live-translation-ios-19/) Clouded Judgement 3.14.25 - Authentication in the Age of AI Agents (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-31425-authentication?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=159023089&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email) Google allows users to personalize their Gemini conversations with new features (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/13/google-now-allows-users-to-personalize-their-gemini-conversations.html) Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture (https://www.wired.com/story/undergraduate-upends-a-40-year-old-data-science-conjecture/) Job Seekers Hit Wall of Salary Deflation - WSJ (https://archive.ph/Gn0F9) Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino (https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/something_is_rotten_in_the_state_of_cupertino) OpenStack comes to the Linux Foundation | TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/12/openstack-comes-to-the-linux-foundation/?trk=feed-detail_main-feed-card_feed-article-content) Accusations of Corporate Espionage Shake a Software Rivalry (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/business/dealbook/rippling-deel-corporate-spy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare) IBM Mergers: Closing on HashiCorp and Intent to Acquire Data (https://redmonk.com/rstephens/2025/03/14/ibm-hashicorp-datastax/)S (https://redmonk.com/rstephens/2025/03/14/ibm-hashicorp-datastax/)tax (https://redmonk.com/rstephens/2025/03/14/ibm-hashicorp-datastax/) Nonsense The Problem with Time & Timezones - Computerphile (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY&t=7s) Southwest Airlines CEO Video via WFAA (https://www.tiktok.com/@wfaach8/video/7480585081753537835?_t=ZT-8ufHaixEbks&_r=1) Southwest Airlines Just Broke the $5 Chicken Rule, and There Goes What Once Made It Great (https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/southwest-airlines-just-broke-the-5-chicken-rule-and-there-goes-what-once-made-it-great/91161331). Conferences SREday London (https://sreday.com/2025-london-q1/), March 27-28, Coté speaking (https://sreday.com/2025-london-q1/Michael_Cote_VMware__Pivotal_Platform_Engineering_for_Private_Cloud). 10% with code LDN10 Monki Gras (https://monkigras.com/), London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. Cloud Foundry Day US (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-north-america/), May 14th, Palo Alto, CA NDC Oslo (https://ndcoslo.com/), May 21-23, Coté speaking. KubeCon EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/), April 1-4, London. 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This week, we discuss Discord's IPO plans, Cursor's big raise, and how much coding developers actually do. Plus, is Southwest making a huge mistake with bag fees and assigned seats? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/live/JmkVmwAMw6U?si=ywGs_F3DImUFC0LZ) 510 (https://www.youtube.com/live/JmkVmwAMw6U?si=ywGs_F3DImUFC0LZ) Runner-up Titles Cote's not here, so we'll keep it tight They treated me like I'm stupid I'm not here to buy into the culture Go eats some rocks and glue My head is full of simultaneous thoughts Fly high Icarus, fly high We are certain of the uncertainty Rundown Southwest Airlines shifts to paid baggage policy to lift earnings (https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/southwest-airlines-shifts-paid-baggage-policy-lift-earnings-2025-03-11/) Discord in Early Talks With Bankers for Potential I.P.O. (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/technology/discord-ipo.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1k4.eQrV.NtKK_GpiT-Di&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p) IDE Follow up DevTasks outside of the IDE (PDF) (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2019/04/devtime-preprint-TSE19.pdf) How Much Are LLMs Actually Boosting Real-World Programmer Productivity? — LessWrong (https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tqmQTezvXGFmfSe7f/how-much-are-llms-actually-boosting-real-world-programmer) [AI [CursorStartup Anysphere in Talks for Close to $10 Billion Valuation (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-07/ai-startup-anysphere-in-talks-for-close-to-10-billion-valuation) Market Trends Nvidia Is Down 27% From Its Peak. (https://www.fool.com/investing/2025/03/07/nvidia-stock-down-27-from-peak-history-says-this/) Millennium Loses $900 Million on Strategy Roiled by Market Chaos (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-08/millennium-loses-900-million-on-strategy-roiled-by-market-chaos) Relevant to your Interests OpenAI executives have told some investors about plans for a $20,000/month agent (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-plots-charging-20-000-a-month-for-phd-level-agents> |

This week, we discuss IBM acquisitions, IDEs in the age of AI, and bidding farewell to Skype. Plus, the dos and don'ts of using chat in corporate meetings. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/live/nWu6QCcr_xo?si=yCZKxkmYK8c6GmOy) 509 (https://www.youtube.com/live/nWu6QCcr_xo?si=yCZKxkmYK8c6GmOy) Runner-up Titles I'm going to make a point until the other people stop talking Is there a place I can type? Rediscovering USENET Let me introduce you to Del.icio.us That Big Blue HOA That assumes that enterprise IT is compelling The Costco liquor store is Open Source Lights out programming. The WebKit of IDEs The DevRel that makes a difference Rundown IBM roll ups? Accelerating Production AI and Bringing NoSQL Data at Scale to All Enterprises (https://www.datastax.com/blog/ibm-plans-to-acquire-datastax) IBM Completes Acquisition of HashiCorp, (https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-02-27-ibm-completes-acquisition-of-hashicorp,-creates-comprehensive,-end-to-end-hybrid-cloud-platform) IDE up for grabs AI disruption - code editors are up for grabs (https://redmonk.com/jgovernor/2025/02/21/ai-disruption-code-editors-are-up-for-grabs/) Google launches a free AI coding assistant with very high usage caps (https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/25/google-launches-a-free-ai-coding-assistant-with-very-high-usage-caps/) Google's principles for measuring developer productivity (https://newsletter.getdx.com/p/googles-principles-for-measuring-developer-productivity) Goodbye Update on Support for Amazon Chime (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/messaging-and-targeting/update-on-support-for-amazon-chime/) Exclusive: Microsoft is finally shutting down Skype in May (https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-killing-skype/), Om's ode to Skype (https://om.co/2025/02/28/skype-is-dead-what-happened/). Relevant to your Interests The Death and Life of Prediction Markets at Google—Asterisk (https://asteriskmag.com/issues/08/the-death-and-life-of-prediction-markets-at-google) Microsoft's Majorana 1 chip carves new path for quantum computing - Source (https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/microsofts-majorana-1-chip-carves-new-path-for-quantum-computing/) Microsoft Says It Has Created a New State of Matter to Power Quantum Computers (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/technology/microsoft-quantum-computing-topological-qubit.html) Trump Enforcers Affirm Lina Khan's Approach to Antitrust (https://daringfireball.net/2025/02/thoughts_and_observations_on_todays_iphone_16e_announcement) No Rules Are Implicit Rules (https://brainbaking.com/post/2025/02/no-rules-are-implicit-rules/) Is AWS Delivering on Its 3-Layer Approach to AI? (https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/aws-year-of-ai/) Apple Unveils New Lower-Priced iPhone With A.I. 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(https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/02/23/imdb-internet-history-col-needham/) Processing 23 Billion Rows of ALIEN TXTBASE Stealer Logs (https://www.troyhunt.com/processing-23-billion-rows-of-alien-txtbase-stealer-logs/) Introduction to Service Mesh (https://thenewstack.io/introduction-to-service-mesh/) Slack is down — live updates on massive outage (https://www.tomsguide.com/news/live/slack-down-updates-outage-2-25) Introducing Alexa+, the next generation of Alexa (https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/new-alexa-generative-artificial-intelligence) Alphabet's Google cuts some cloud division staff, Bloomberg reports (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/alphabets-google-cuts-cloud-division-192306780.html) British musicians release a silent album to protest plans to let AI use their work (https://apnews.com/article/uk-musicians-protest-ai-copyright-law-dc80620c1c226a816048b87fb30309c4) NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2025 (https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-announces-financial-results-for-fourth-quarter-and-fiscal-2025) The Job Market Is Frozen (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/jobs-unemployment-big-freeze/681831/) The Hardest Career Shift No One Talks About (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtEIwHGf1Ko) Intel breaking new organizational ground by formalizing the idea of a co-CEO that reports to a (third?) CEO to be named later. (https://www.intc.com/filings-reports/all-sec-filings##document-5774-0000050863-25-000024-3) NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang Addresses The "DeepSeek Fiasco" For The First Time; Says Investors "Overreacted" & "Got It All Wrong" (https://wccftech.com/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-addresses-the-deepseek-fiasco-for-the-first-time/) Uber and Waymo officially launch autonomous vehicle service in Austin; what to know (https://www.statesman.com/story/business/2025/03/04/uber-waymo-austin-atx-autonomous-ride-service-driverless-cars-launch/81210367007/) How to Get Hired When AI Does the Screening (https://hbr.org/2025/02/how-to-get-hired-when-ai-does-the-screening) How's that open source licensing coming along? 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This week, we discuss how banks beat PayPal with Zelle, what the Wiz survey says about AI usage, and whether you can really “disagree and commit.” Plus, are multitools actually useful? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es_23z-c_fk) 507 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es_23z-c_fk) Runner-up Titles Royal Human Skin I feel bad for the multitools The Hulu of Payments Floppy disk mindset Upgrading the status quo The floppy disk mindset, the floppy disk award. A triangle fighting itself. Fancy database tools Apple's grammar powers. Rundown Zelle payments top $1 trillion in 2024 as network's growth outpaces rivals including PayPal (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/12/zelle-payments-top-1-trillion-in-2024.html) The State of AI in the Cloud 2025 | Wiz (https://www.wiz.io/state-of-ai-in-the-cloud) How to add a directory to your PATH (https://jvns.ca/blog/2025/02/13/how-to-add-a-directory-to-your-path/) Relevant to your Interests [Juniper CEO, HPE blast DOJ deal denial](https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/juniper-ceo-hpe-blast-doj-deal-denial/2025/02 () These are the 50 most common four-digit PINs leaked on the dark web (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/12/most-common-four-digit-pins-leaked-on-the-dark-web-report.html) Believing in Aliens Derailed This Internet Pioneer's Career. 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This week, we discuss how LLMs are changing software development, OpenAI's deep research, and why the Gartner Hype Cycle persists. Plus, a business plan built entirely around ice! Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyTb1v4-oZQ) 506 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyTb1v4-oZQ) Runner-up Titles I bought the DevOps I'm always looking for tomatillas You're making a strong case for RTO The CEO of ice. The VP of Ice Machines. What you are doing is toil I think about WALL-E every day Eliminating the first draft Rundown The End of Programming as We Know It (https://www.oreilly.com/radar/the-end-of-programming-as-we-know-it/) Apple Earnings, OpenAI Deep Research, The Unbundling of Substantiation (https://stratechery.com/2025/apple-earnings-openai-deep-research-the-unbundling-of-substantiation/) Gartner's Grift Is About To Unravel (https://dx.tips/gartner) Relevant to your Interests Google goes heavy on investment but light on detail (https://on.ft.com/3Q619Wc) Researchers created an open rival to OpenAI's o1 'reasoning' model for under $50 (https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/05/researchers-created-an-open-rival-to-openais-o1-reasoning-model-for-under-50/) Dumping open source for proprietary rarely pays off: Better to stick a fork in it (https://www.zdnet.com/article/dumping-open-source-for-proprietary-rarely-pays-off-better-to-stick-a-fork-in-it/) Report: OpenAI's ex-CTO, Mira Murati, has recruited OpenAI co-founder John Schulman (https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/06/report-openais-ex-cto-mira-murati-has-recruited-openai-co-founder-john-schulman/) Broadcom and Nvidia are capitalizing on the return of the winner-take-all AI trade (https://sherwood.news/markets/broadcom-and-nvidia-are-capitalizing-on-the-return-of-the-winner-take-all-ai/) When will remote workers see their pay cut? (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/02/06/when-will-remote-workers-see-their-pay-cut) How Microsoft Releases Changes to Azure - Safe Deployment (https://luke.geek.nz/azure/azure-platform-release-process/) Servers can last a long time (https://world.hey.com/dhh/servers-can-last-a-long-time-165c955c) Matt Mullenweg: WordPress Controversy, Future of Open Source AI, and Navigating Backlash (https://theloganbartlettshow.substack.com/p/matt-mullenweg-wordpress-controversy?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1161376&post_id=156676755&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=yr5ci&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email) Turn/River Agrees to Buy SolarWinds Years After Cyber-Attack (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/turn-river-agrees-buy-solarwinds-174426287.html) Gartner's Grift Is About To Unravel (https://dx.tips/gartner) Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/new-wikitok-web-app-allows-infinite-tiktok-style-scroll-of-wikipedia/) You Didn't Notice MP3 Is Now Free (https://idiallo.com/blog/listen-mp3-is-free?ref=labnotes.org&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) The DevTools Ceiling: great as Open Source, AND a Terrible Business (https://dx.tips/ceiling) The VGHF Library opens in early access | Video Game History Foundation (https://gamehistory.org/vghf-library-launch/) Docker Announces Don Johnson as New CEO, Succeeding Scott Johnston (https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/02/12/3025262/0/en/Docker-Announces-Don-Johnson-as-New-CEO-Succeeding-Scott-Johnston.html) Developers Unhappy With Tool Sprawl, Lagging Data, Long Waits (https://thenewstack.io/developers-unhappy-with-tool-sprawl-lagging-data-long-waits/) Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US (https://www.wired.com/story/thomson-reuters-ai-copyright-lawsuit/) Apple brings heart rate monitoring (https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/11/apple-brings-heart-rate-monitoring-to-powerbeats-pro-2/) Nonsense TabBoo (https://tabboo.xyz/) Conferences DevOpsDayLA (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/events/devopsday-la) at SCALE22x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x), March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP VMUG NL (https://vmugnl.nl), March 12th, Coté speaking. 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This week, we discuss cloud's never-ending “early innings,” OpenAI Canvas vs. Gemini, and Dell's RTO reversal. Plus, is there such a thing as too much optimism? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KcCt6y1Tao) 505 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KcCt6y1Tao) Runner-up Titles Fastball to the head Not enough AI eggs Toxic Positivity Rundown Cote's Early Innings Research (https://bsky.app/profile/cote.io/post/3lgse46resc26) S (https://speakerdeck.com/cote/confusing-cloud)lides and stream recording of presenting it at cfgmgmtcamp 2025 (https://speakerdeck.com/cote/confusing-cloud) Cloud Revenue Microsoft Q2 cloud revenue falls short of expectations, sending (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-q2-cloud-revenue-falls-short-of-expectations-sending-stock-lower-165353431.html) the (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-q2-cloud-revenue-falls-short-of-expectations-sending-stock-lower-165353431.html) stock lower (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-q2-cloud-revenue-falls-short-of-expectations-sending-stock-lower-165353431.html) Alphabet shares drop as much as 9% on revenue miss, soaring AI investments (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/04/alphabet-q4-earnings-report-2024.html) Google parent Alphabet's earnings disappoint Wall Street amid stiff AI competition (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/04/google-alphabets-q4-earnings) DeepSeek Debates: Chinese Leadership On Cost, True Training Cost, Closed Model Margin Impacts (https://semianalysis.com/2025/01/31/deepseek-debates/) DeepSeek Debates: Chinese Leadership On Cost, True Training Cost, Closed Model Margin Impacts (https://semianalysis.com/2025/01/31/deepseek-debates/) Dell RTO Timeline Aug 2020: Dell: 60% of our people won't be going back into an office regularly (https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/28/dell_q2_2021_work_from_home/) March 2024: ****Dell says remote workers must go hybrid if they want any hope of a promotion (https://fortune.com/2024/03/18/dell-remote-workers-promotion-hybrid-return-to-office/) Jan 2025: Dell ends hybrid work policy despite remote work pledg (https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/31/dell_ends_hybrid_work_policy/)e (https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/31/dell_ends_hybrid_work_policy/) 5 Signs Your Optimism Is Hurting Your Team (https://hbr.org/2025/01/5-signs-your-optimism-is-hurting-your-team) Relevant to your Interests Jack Dorsey's Block has an AI agent too (https://www.engadget.com/ai/jack-dorseys-block-has-an-ai-agent-too-212706083.html) Can We Build a Five Gigawatt Data Center?—Asterisk (https://asteriskmag.com/issues/09/can-we-build-a-five-gigawatt-data-center) Purely AI-generated art can't get copyright protection, says Copyright Office (https://www.theverge.com/news/602096/copyright-office-says-ai-prompting-doesnt-deserve-copyright-protection) 'Everything I Say Leaks,' Zuckerberg Says in Leaked Meeting Audio (https://www.404media.co/zuckerberg-says-everything-i-say-leaks-in-leaked-meeting-audio/) What Elon Musk should learn from Larry Ellison (https://archive.ph/2025.01.30-183451/https://www.economist.com/business/2025/01/30/what-elon-musk-should-learn-from-larry-ellison) DOGE, Software, and Government (https://open.substack.com/pub/arnoldkling/p/doge-software-and-government?r=2d4o&utm_medium=ios) DOJ sues to block HP Enterprise from buying Juniper Networks (https://www.axios.com/2025/01/30/justice-dept-hewlett-packard-enterprise-juniper-networks?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top) Mark Zuckerberg to employees in leaked all-hands meeting: ‘buckle up' (https://www.theverge.com/command-line-newsletter/603754/mark-zuckerberg-tells-employees-to-buckle-up-in-leaked-all-hands-meeting?ueid=3d6a2c800561880c901963d51e644d95&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1/31/25%20-%20Verge%20Subscription%20Marketing%20Send&utm_term=Verge%20Marketing%20Current) There's Something Very, Very Wrong With Tech Today. 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This week, we discuss the latest news about DeepSeek, how to make sense of the countless hot takes, and a review of The Nvidia Way. Plus, some thoughts on Valentine's Day. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/live/oXKxGYYaiH8?si=kZYcyrFWz-Kz14B3) 504 (https://www.youtube.com/live/oXKxGYYaiH8?si=kZYcyrFWz-Kz14B3) Runner-up Titles The Paperclip Apocalypse Markets Over Management The Nest Egg This is cheaper than therapy Valentine's Day “Turns out, guys…” You can burn a candle out, and when it's out there's no candle. I don't think Jensen is struggling Rundown DeepSeek China's DeepSeek appears to have built AI models that rival OpenAI, while allegedly using much less money, chips, and energy. (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pro-rata-5681d8e7-ae1d-47e2-bde9-a59289486774.html?chunk=1&utm_term=emshare#story1) DeepSeek FAQ (https://stratechery.com/2025/deepseek-faq/) DeepSeek and the Enterprise (https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2025/01/27/deepseek-and-the-enterprise/) Four big reasons to worry about DeepSeek (and four reasons to calm down) (https://www.platformer.news/deepseek-ai-explainer-china-worries/?ref=platformer-newsletter) DeepSeek Disruption Has Its Upside (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-01-28/deepseek-disruption-has-its-upside?srnd=undefined&embedded-checkout=true) Dario Amodei — On DeepSeek and Export Controls (https://darioamodei.com/on-deepseek-and-export-controls) Bonus Clouded Judgement - Inference Time Compute (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/bonus-clouded-judgement-inference?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=155793518&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email) CEO Pat Gelsinger is already using DeepSeek instead of OpenAI at his startup, Gloo (https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/27/former-intel-ceo-pat-gelsinger-is-already-using-deepseek-instead-of-openai-at-his-startup-gloo/) Relevant to your Interests Trump administration fires members of cybersecurity review board in 'horribly shortsighted' decision (https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/22/trump-administration-fires-members-of-cybersecurity-review-board-in-horribly-shortsighted-decision/) Rethinking developer experience at T-Mobile: DevEx vs devprod, exec buy-in, and developer self-service (https://getdx.com/podcast/rethinking-developer-experience-at-t-mobile/) FTC Finalizes Long-Awaited Updates to Children's Privacy Rule (https://natlawreview.com/article/ftc-finalizes-long-awaited-updates-childrens-privacy-rule) FTC Finalizes Changes to Children's Privacy Rule Limiting Companies' Ability to Monetize Kids' Data (https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/01/ftc-finalizes-changes-childrens-privacy-rule-limiting-companies-ability-monetize-kids-data) Free OpenAI & every-LLM API Pricing Calculator (https://docsbot.ai/tools/gpt-openai-api-pricing-calculator) GitHub Is Showing the Trump Administration Scrubbing Government Web Pages in Real Time (https://www.404media.co/github-is-showing-the-trump-administration-scrubbing-government-web-pages-in-real-time/) Microsoft's LinkedIn sued for disclosing customer information to train AI models (https://www.reuters.com/legal/microsofts-linkedin-sued-disclosing-customer-information-train-ai-models-2025-01-22/) We're launching Opengrep, a fork of Semgrep CE (https://www.opengrep.dev) Semaphore is Going Open Source in 30 days (https://semaphoreci.com/blog/semaphore-is-going-open-source) OpenAI launches ChatGPT Gov for U.S. government agencies (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/28/openai-launches-chatgpt-gov-for-us-government-agencies.html) "Digital shoplifting" is on the rise among the well-off Gen Z crowd (https://www.axios.com/2025/01/27/gen-z-digital-shoplifting) Kubernetes Cloud Repatriation Saves Millions for Data Platform Provider (https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/01/yellowbrick-cloud-repatriation/) Warp vs. Ghostty: Which Terminal App Meets Your Dev Needs? (https://thenewstack.io/warp-vs-ghostty-which-terminal-app-meets-your-dev-needs/) Cheriton School of Computer Science researchers' update to Linux kernel could cut energy use in data centres by up to 30% (https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/cheriton-school-computer-science-researchers-update-linux) Stargate artificial intelligence project to exclusively serve OpenAI (https://archive.ph/2025.01.24-012827/https://www.ft.com/content/4541c07b-f5d8-40bd-b83c-12c0fd662bd9) Nonsense Why Speaking Like a Wanker at Work Is Essential (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QmAbQMukB4) Stripe accidentally sent an image of a duck when notifying some employees they were getting laid off (https://www.businessinsider.com/stripe-layoffs-duck-email-error-2025-1) Conferences CfgMgmtCamp (https://cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/), Ghent, Belgium, February 2-5, 2025. Civo Navigate North America (https://www.civo.com/navigate/north-america), San Francisco, Feb 10-11, 2025 DevOpsDayLA (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/events/devopsday-la) at SCALE22x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x), March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP VMUG NL (https://vmugnl.nl), March 12th, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Chicago (https://devopsdays.org/events/2025-chicago/welcome/), March 18th, 2025. SREday London (https://sreday.com/2025-london-q1/), March 27-28, Coté speaking (https://sreday.com/2025-london-q1/Michael_Cote_VMware__Pivotal_Platform_Engineering_for_Private_Cloud). 10% with code LDN10. Monki Gras (https://monkigras.com/), London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. Cloud Foundry Day US (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-north-america/), May 14th, Palo Alto, CA NDC Oslo (https://ndcoslo.com/), May 21-23, speaking. KubeCon EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/), April 1-4, London. 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This week, we explore how AI is reshaping software development, the slow adoption of Service Mesh, and the latest effort to modernize the U.S. Government. Plus, chili debates, and Wiz proves puppies make everything better. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfuymY8l9rs) 503 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfuymY8l9rs) Runner-up Titles Just start it, I'll catch up Let's not get distracted by the corn AI's never eaten a bowl of chili, Brandon. No beans for you Streetfights about chili Get out of my right pane Single Thread Pizza That is a response to a problem I don't want to have. This is not listener feedback, this is more Matt feedback. Rundown Visual Studio Code helped Microsoft win developers. New AI coding editors want to own the future (https://www.runtime.news/visual-studio-code-helped-microsoft-win-developers-new-ai-coding-editors-want-to-own-the-future/?ref=runtime-newsletter) Anysphere, a Maker of A.I. Coding Software, Raises $105 Million (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/business/dealbook/anysphere-cursor-25-billion-valuation.html?ref=runtime.news) Model Distillation (https://x.com/jaminball/status/1881718692956016713) DeepSeek claims its 'reasoning' model beats OpenAI's o1 on certain benchmarks (https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/20/deepseek-claims-its-reasoning-model-beats-openais-o1-on-certain-benchmarks/) Istio Creators on Mistakes To Avoid for Any Project (https://thenewstack.io/istio-creators-on-mistakes-to-avoid-for-any-project/) Trump signs order setting up DOGE with a focus on government tech (https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2025/01/trump-signs-order-setting-doge-focus-government-tech/402358/) Trump's Treasury pick pledges to keep IRS Direct File open this tax season (https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2025/01/trumps-treasury-pick-pledges-keep-irs-direct-file-open-tax-season/402250/?utm_source=chatgpt.com) Relevant to your Interests This Hedge Fund Created an Excel on Steroids (https://www.wsj.com/articles/hedge-fund-spreadsheet-application-arcticdb-c98906f0) The $500 Million Debacle at Sonos That Just Won't End (https://www.wsj.com/tech/sonos-speakers-app-ceo-24250f2c) Thoma Bravo-owned SailPoint reveals narrower loss in US IPO filing (https://www.reuters.com/technology/sailpoint-makes-us-ipo-filing-public-2025-01-17/) The First Big Trump Scam Is Already Blowing Up in Everyone's Faces (https://slate.com/technology/2025/01/donald-trump-meme-coin-cryptocurrency-bitcoin-scam.html) We're in the Netflix-opens-a-restaurant stage of the cycle. (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-bites-las-vegas-restaraurant-mgm-grand-opening-1236114520/) Google Invests Another $1 Billion in AI Developer Anthropic (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-22/google-invests-another-1-billion-in-ai-developer-anthropic?srnd=phx-deals) Product Name Changes (https://m365maps.com/renames.htm) Gartner: VMware migrations will be long, costly, and risky (https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/21/vmware_migration_gartner_advice/) Developers and IT folks, please be careful when installing Homebrew (https://www.threads.net/@nixcraft/post/DFCK-NYowNc) Capital One gives update on deposit issues as customers demand answers (https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/01/17/capital-one-banking-outage-issues-update-friday/77771258007/) Many remote workers say they'd be likely to leave their job if they could no longer work from home (https://link.axios.com/click/38290712.541800/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucGV3cmVzZWFyY2gub3JnL3Nob3J0LXJlYWRzLzIwMjUvMDEvMTMvbWFueS1yZW1vdGUtd29ya2Vycy1zYXktdGhleWQtYmUtbGlrZWx5LXRvLWxlYXZlLXRoZWlyLWpvYi1pZi10aGV5LWNvdWxkLW5vLWxvbmdlci13b3JrLWZyb20taG9tZS8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1BZGFwdGl2ZU1haWxlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj0yNS0wMS0xNyUyMC0lMjBJQ1lNSSUyMHJlbW90ZSUyMHdvcmtlcnMlMjBiYWNrJTIwdG8lMjBvZmZpY2Umb3JnPTk4MiZsdmw9MTAwJml0ZT0xNTI2MiZsZWE9NDA3MTc3NSZjdHI9MCZwYXI9MSZ0cms9YTBEUW0wMDAwMDQ1eFdjTUFJJnN0cmVhbT1idXNpbmVzcw/640463872934319aa30b46ecBf4dba2fc) Schrödinger's Cat breakthrough could usher in the 'Holy Grail' of quantum computing, making them error-proof (https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/schrodingers-cat-breakthrough-could-usher-in-the-holy-grail-of-quantum-computing-making-them-error-proof) Nonsense This Southern Grocery Store Was Just Named The Best In The Nation And We're Not Surprised (https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/southern-grocery-store-just-named-220356363.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&segment_id=DY_VTO_CLICKER_CONTROL_SINK&ncid=crm_19907-1202927-20250115-0&bt_user_id=ocbX%2FwHAAfTR%2BJ6SJ9Ssf7l%2FWN5AWP%2BJst8Llfj1yBN72ltULdPIH%2FEo0SMXcQkp&bt_ts=1736981241078&guccounter=1) Soup You Can Suck On: Introducing Progresso Soup Drops, the Ultimate Cold and Flu Season Comfort (https://www.generalmills.com/news/press-releases/soup-you-can-suck-on-introducing-progresso-soup-drops-the-ultimate-cold-and-flu-season-comfort) New England Patriots VP of content says NFL told team to shut down Bluesky account (https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/new-england-patriots-bluesky-shut-down-account.html) Listener Feedback Wiz has gone to the dogs (puppies)? (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/wizsecurity_learn-cloud-security-with-puppies-activity-7285700780387356674-_KT-?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web) Conferences CfgMgmtCamp (https://cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/), February 2-5, 2025. Civo Navigate North America (https://www.civo.com/navigate/north-america), San Francisco, Feb 10-11, 2025 DevOpsDayLA (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/events/devopsday-la) at SCALE22x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x), March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP SREday London (https://sreday.com/2025-london-q1/), March 27-28, Coté speaking (https://sreday.com/2025-london-q1/Michael_Cote_VMware__Pivotal_Platform_Engineering_for_Private_Cloud). 10% with code LDN10. Monki Gras (https://monkigras.com/), London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. Cloud Foundry Day US (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-north-america/), May 14th, Palo Alto, CA NDC Oslo (https://ndcoslo.com/), May 21-23, speaking. 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In this episode, Alex Mathews and David Cairns from Broadcom's Value Added OEM Sales team join us to discuss the new agreements with Dell, HPE, and Lenovo under the Broadcom Advantage Program. Learn how these co-engineered partnerships are delivering VMware Cloud Foundation as the premier subscription-based private cloud solution, combining the agility of public cloud with the security and performance of private cloud. Discover how VAO partners create differentiated, turnkey solutions that accelerate digital transformation, streamline management, and provide a seamless, resilient private cloud experience for modern enterprises.

In this episode of the Virtually Speaking Podcast, we sit down with Mark Chuang, Head of VCF Product Marketing at Broadcom, to unpack the groundbreaking announcements from VMware Explore Barcelona. Mark delves into updates on VMware Cloud Foundation, including expanded integrations with DPUs, enhancements for AI/ML workloads, and advancements in multi-cloud management. We also explore the latest in vSAN Max, cost-optimization features, and security innovations like lateral protection with vDefend. This episode is packed with insights into how VMware continues to drive innovation for modern IT infrastructures. Don't miss it!

In this episode, we talk with Darin Zook, TNZ Product Marketing Engineer, and Keith Lee, TNZ Technical Marketing Architect at Broadcom, about the growing trend of application repatriation from the public cloud. Discover how VMware Cloud Foundation and VMware Tanzu Platform work together to create a powerful private cloud solution that balances cost, security, and governance for both containerized and traditional VM workloads. We also explore how this approach meets the speed and simplicity demands of modern app developers, helping businesses redefine their cloud strategy for success. Tune in for actionable insights into building a future-proof private cloud!

In this episode of Tanzu Talk, Coté and Purnima Padmanabhan discuss the evolving landscape of private vs. public cloud infrastructure and the crucial role of developer platforms. Purnima elaborates on the need for a seamless developer experience, focusing on the advantages of Tanzu Platform 10 and its new features. They wrap up with insights on upcoming announcements for the Tanzu product suite at the Explore Barcelona conference. Check out the Tanzu Platform for our recommended private cloud platform.

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