Best The Blogger Programme Podcasts (2025)

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GITEX Global: The UN World Food Programme’s AI Driven Fight Against Hunger 21:52

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What if artificial intelligence could help end world hunger? In this special episode recorded live from GITEX Global in Dubai, I sit down with Magan Naidoo, Chief Data Officer at the United Nations World Food Programme, to discuss how data and AI are transforming humanitarian work at scale. Magan paints a powerful picture of the global food securit…

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3456: How Living Homes Is Redefining the Meaning of Smart Living at GITEX Global 18:31

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This week has reminded me why I love what I do. I have spoken with people from the US, China, Dubai, Bulgaria, and South Africa, and even discovered that one of this show’s regular listeners had made the journey from the Netherlands to be here at GITEX Global. Over five sessions on the AI Stage, I have covered everything from autonomous cars to how…

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3455: From Prototype to Deep Tech Unicorn: XPANCEO’s Journey at GITEX Global 21:36

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What if the next generation of computing was not something you held or wore, but something you looked through? In this special episode recorded live from GITEX Global in Dubai, I speak with Roman Axelrod, founder of EXPANCEO, a deep tech company creating AI-powered smart contact lenses designed to merge augmented reality, biosensing, and what he ca…

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3454: Why Pinecone Believes the Future of AI Depends on Data, Not Models 39:13

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What if the real breakthrough in AI isn’t the model itself, but the data that gives it knowledge? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I sit down with Edo Liberty, founder and Chief Scientist of Pinecone, to unpack how vector databases have quietly become the backbone of modern AI infrastructure. We explore why retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) …

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3453: How Wolters Kluwer Is Building Trustworthy AI for Regulated Industries 31:47

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What happens when an AI strategy meets the real-world complexity of healthcare, law, and finance? That’s the challenge at the heart of my conversation with Mark Sherwood, CIO of Wolters Kluwer, a global leader in professional information services. With over three decades in technology leadership across Microsoft, Symantec, and Nuance, Mark brings a…

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3452: How ServiceNow Turns AI Governance into a Strategic Advantage 24:08

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What does it take to build AI that enterprises can actually trust? That’s the question I explored with Nirankush “Kush” Panchbhai, Senior Vice President of Platform Fundamentals at ServiceNow, in a conversation about AI governance, human-centered design, and how the company’s AI Control Tower is reshaping enterprise adoption. Kush describes the AI …

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3451: The Hidden Cost of Data: How NetApp Is Tackling the Sustainability Crisis in IT 22:26

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What if the biggest sustainability challenge in tech isn’t hardware or cloud emissions, but the invisible mountain of unused data sitting in storage? That’s the question driving my conversation with Piero Gallucci, Vice President and General Manager for NetApp UK and Ireland, as we discuss how single-use data is quietly shaping the environmental an…

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3450: Why Predictive AI Delivers Real ROI While Generative AI Struggles 31:35

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What if the next big leap in business AI isn’t generative at all, but predictive? That’s the question at the heart of my conversation with Zohar Bronfman, CEO and co-founder of Pecan AI, a company helping business teams forecast outcomes with precision and turn historical data into future insights. Zohar explains why he believes predictive AI will …

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3449: How Urban SDK Is Using AI to Help Local Governments Save Lives 30:08

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What happens when artificial intelligence meets the everyday heroes of local government? That’s the question driving my conversation with Justin Dennis, co-founder and COO of Urban SDK, a geospatial AI company helping more than 250 North American cities make faster, safer, and smarter decisions. Justin shares how a Smart Cities Challenge from the U…

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3448: Inside Kore.ai’s Mission to Make Agentic AI Accessible for Everyone 30:19

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Agentic AI is only interesting when it leaves the lab and takes responsibility for real outcomes. In this episode, I reconnect with Raj Koneru, Founder and CEO of Kore.ai, to talk about what that shift looks like inside large enterprises. Raj has been building conversational systems long before chatbots became dinner table conversation, and he is c…

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3447: How DXC Is Using AI to Outsmart Cybercriminals 28:36

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In this episode, Mike Baker, Vice President and Global CISO at DXC Technology, says the cyber industry has been focusing on the wrong side of AI. He believes too many companies use it only to block threats instead of studying how criminals use it to scale phishing, bypass defenses, and deploy adaptive malware. Attackers are learning faster than eve…

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3446: How Atlassian Is Redefining Teamwork with AI at Team 25 34:26

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What happens when the future of teamwork collides with the power of AI? That’s the question at the heart of this episode as Tiffany from Atlassian joins me from Barcelona during Team 25, where Atlassian is showcasing how AI-powered collaboration is redefining how work gets done. We talk about how Atlassian’s mission to unleash the potential of ever…

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ANOTHER leaked email telling professionals NOT to write rehousing support letters for desperate families 16:43

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By Kate Belgrave

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3445: Why AI Won’t Replace Human Testers at Jalasoft 24:34

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By Neil C. Hughes

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3444: Mews on Why Hotel Tech Underperforms and How to Fix It 33:10

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Here’s the thing. Most of us still picture a hotel lobby with a counter, a queue, and someone typing furiously while we wait after a long flight. In this episode, I sit with Richard Valtr, founder of Mews, to ask whether that scene is quietly fading. Backed by Tiger Global, Goldman Sachs, and Battery Ventures, Mews recently raised 75 million dollar…

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3443: euroNAS Simplifying Storage and Virtualization for Real World IT 28:28

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When a company quietly builds world-class storage and virtualization software for twenty years, it usually means they have been too busy solving real problems to shout about it. That is what makes euroNAS and its founder, Tvrtko Fritz, such an interesting story. In this episode, I reconnect with Tvrtko after meeting him on the IT Press Tour in Amst…

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3442: AI Realized - Practical Pathways From Pilot to Production 36:59

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AI hype has been loud for three years, but most leaders still tell me the real work begins after the demo. That was the starting point for my conversation with Christina Ellwood, co-founder of AI Realized, a community built to help enterprises move from pilots to production with less noise and more results. Christina has a calm, practical way of ex…

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3441: How Abacum Became the Fastest Growing Tech Company in Spain 26:33

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Finance leaders know the struggle of managing endless spreadsheets, juggling data from every corner of the business, and trying to plan for a world that changes by the hour. In this episode, I talk with Julio Martínez, Co-Founder and CEO of Abacum, about how his team is helping finance professionals move from reactive reporting to confident, real-t…

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3440 Blackline CIO and CTO on Governing AI Inside the Enterprise 33:56

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What happens when a CTO and a CIO of a global tech company sit down together to talk about AI? That’s the starting point of today’s episode, where I’m joined by Jeremy Ung, CTO at Blackline, and Sumit Johar, the company’s CIO. Rather than chasing the hype, we focus on what AI really means for executive decision making, governance, and business outc…

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3439: Zeta and the Future of AI-Powered Marketing That Drives Real ROI 22:18

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Zeta Global’s CTO, Chris Monberg talks about building AI that helps brands grow with repeatable, scalable programs without losing the spark that makes a brand feel human. Zeta’s promise is simple to say and hard to do. Help marketers deliver better results with less waste by pairing strong data, clear identity, and practical AI inside the Zeta Mark…

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3438: Forter on AI, Autonomous Commerce, and Digital Identity 29:36

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I invited Michael Reitblat, CEO and founder of Forter, to unpack a reality many retailers are living with every day. Fraud is no longer a side issue. It shapes conversion rates, customer loyalty, and the bottom line. Michael argues that if you remove the fear of fraud, you unlock growth. That sounds bold, but his lens is practical. Replace guesswor…

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3437: Accruent and the Rise of Autonomous Buildings 35:33

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Here’s the thing. “Smart” has been the buzzword for years, but Richard Leurig argues we’re on the cusp of something bolder. In our conversation, the Accruent president drew a clear line between buildings filled with connected systems and buildings that can sense, decide, and act without a person staring at a dashboard all day. Richard shared a reta…

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3436: Tanium on People-First Cybersecurity 42:49

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What if the biggest weakness in cybersecurity isn’t a missing tool, but a cultural blind spot? That’s the perspective of Dan Jones, Senior Security Advisor at Tanium, who joined me on Tech Talks Daily to share why he believes cybersecurity is fundamentally a people problem dressed up as a technology problem. Dan brings nearly three decades of exper…

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3435: Pluralsight CEO on AI’s Role in Rewiring Human Intelligence 23:55

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Some interviews stick because they take a noisy topic and bring it back to reality. This was one of them. I spoke with Erin Gajdalo, CEO of Pluralsight, about what it actually takes to upskill a workforce in an AI era that seems to change by the week. We compared boardroom intent with day-to-day practice, and Erin was refreshingly clear about both.…

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3434: t3rn, Interoperability, and the Next Wave of Real Adoption 31:34

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Here’s the thing. We have had brilliant ideas in Web3 for years, along with better tooling and plenty of enthusiasm, yet adoption still feels slower than it should be. In my conversation with Maciej Baj, founder of t3rn, we got under the skin of why that is and what it might take to change the pace. His starting point is simple to state and hard to…

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3433: AI Trading Without Lag: EZ Trading Computers on Building the Right Setup342 37:36

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When we think about what separates winning traders from those who struggle, we usually picture strategies, indicators, or a bit of insider know-how. But what if the biggest edge has been sitting on your desk all along? In this episode, I sit down with Eddie Z, also known as Russ Hazelcorn, the founder of EZ Trading Computers and EZBreakouts. With m…

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3432: GoTo on Making AI Practical for Small and Mid Sized Businesses 41:33

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Most conversations about AI are still caught up in the spectacle. We see demos, marvel at copilots, and argue about the latest big model. But what happens when you strip away the hype and focus on AI that simply works? That is exactly the perspective Olga Lagunova brings to this episode. As Chief Product and Technology Officer at GoTo, she has one …

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3431: AI and Data-Driven Manufacturing with IDA Ireland and Eli Lilly and Company 31:03

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I wanted this conversation to do two things at once. First, ground the hype in real practice. Second, show how a small country can punch well above its weight by connecting industry, academia, and government with purpose. With Chantelle Kiernan from IDA Ireland and Stephen Flanagan from Eli Lilly and Company, we explored what digital transformation…

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3430: Broadridge AI, NYFIX, and the New Data Strategy for Financial Services 21:48

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What does it really mean to future-proof financial data? That’s the question at the heart of my conversation with George Rosenberger, General Manager of NYFIX at Broadridge. George has spent his career moving through every corner of the capital markets, from trading desks to broker-dealers, and now into the software side where he oversees order rou…

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Council tells NHS to stop writing support letters for disabled children who desperately need rehousing 14:08

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In this episode, we look at an extraordinary email that a senior health professional just sent to me. The email says that a Hackney council officer met with health and medical staff, and told them to stop writing supporting letters for families who need to be moved out of terrible housing - that's families with disabled children. The email was circ…

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3429: How Credit Karma Scales GenAI to Power 60 Billion Predictions a Day 42:19

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What does it take to deliver personalized financial guidance to more than 140 million people every single day? That is the question I put to Wan Agus, Head of Engineering at Intuit Credit Karma, in this episode of Tech Talks Daily. Most of us open the Credit Karma app to check our credit score, look at a loan option, or browse for a better credit c…

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3428: Building Trust in AI: Hitachi Vantara’s Vision for Governance 22:58

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AI is quickly moving from boardroom buzzword to boardroom headache. Enterprises are waking up to the fact that bringing large language models in-house is not just about performance or cost, but about control, accountability, and trust. In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I sit down with Octavian Tanase, Chief Product Officer at Hitachi Vantara, to…

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3427: Can Smarter Compression Help Save the Planet? CompressionX Think so 28:31

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What if the way we store data is shaping the planet’s future? That thought has been on my mind ever since attending the IT Press Tour in Amsterdam, where I first connected with today’s guest. With global data creation forecast to hit 510 zettabytes by 2030, and data centers already consuming staggering amounts of power, the conversation is no longe…

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3426: Aura Technology at TechSummit25: XDR, Secure Edge, Real Outcomes 18:48

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I recorded this episode at Barracuda TechSummit25 in Alpbach, Austria, a mountain village that looks like a postcard and hosts some of the most grounded security conversations you will hear all year. My guest is Richard Flanders, Commercial Director at Aura Technology, a managed service provider on the south coast of England that supports public se…

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3425: Barracuda XDR: From Football Playbooks to Home Alone Tactics 35:35

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I recorded this conversation at Barracuda TechSummit25 in Alpbach, Austria, where the mountains feel close enough to touch and the discussions get very real very quickly. My guests are Adam Khan, VP of Global Security Operations at Barracuda XDR, and Eric Russo, Director of SOC Defensive Security. Together they run the teams that watch, interpret, …

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3424: Barracuda TechSummit 25: Secure Today, Ready Tomorrow 24:38

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I recorded this conversation in Alpbach, Austria, a village that looks like a postcard and hosts a very serious tech gathering. TechSummit25 is Barracuda’s deeply technical event, and it shows. The rooms are packed with solution architects, product managers, and engineers comparing notes with customers who run these systems every day. It is the kin…

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3423: Johnson Controls Explains How to Cut Data Center Cooling Energy by 40% 24:28

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In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I’m joined by Todd Grabowski from Johnson Controls to unpack the physics, products, and design choices shaping the next generation of data center cooling. It’s a practical conversation that moves from chips and compressors to water, power, and land constraints, and what it really takes to keep modern infrastruct…

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3422: Meet Symphion and the Print Fleet Cybersecurity as a Service 21:57

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I’ve spent years talking about endpoint security, yet printers rarely enter the conversation. Today, that blind spot takes center stage. I’m joined by Jim LaRoe, CEO of Symphion, to unpack why printers now represent one of the most exposed corners of the enterprise and what can be done about it. Jim’s team protects fleets that range from a few hund…

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Marketing Intelligence After Cookies: How Funnel Turns Data Into Decisions 30:29

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Marketing teams used to have a simple enough job: follow the click, count the conversions, and shift the budget accordingly. But that world is gone. GDPR, iOS restrictions, and browser-level changes have left most attribution models broken or unreliable. So what now? In this episode, I sat down with Fredrik Skansen, CEO of Funnel, to unpack how mar…

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Why FeatureOps Might Be the Future of Software Delivery 49:23

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I invited Egil Østhus to unpack a simple idea that tends to get lost in release day pressure. DevOps gets code to production quickly, but users experience features, not pipelines. Egil is the founder of Unleash, an open source feature management platform with close to 30 million downloads, and he argues that the next step is FeatureOps. It is a min…

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From Bots To Agents: Building Trustworthy Autonomy With Hakkōda, an IBM Company 25:49

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I invited Atalia Horenshtien to unpack a topic many leaders are wrestling with right now. Everyone is talking about AI agents, yet most teams are still living with rule based bots, brittle scripts, and a fair bit of anxiety about handing decisions to software. Atalia has lived through the full arc, from early machine learning and automated pipeline…

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3418: Scaling IoT Security with Real Time Visibility at Wireless Logic 35:33

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Here’s the thing. Connecting thousands of devices is the easy part. Keeping them resilient and secure as you grow is where the real work lives. In this episode, I sit down with Iain Davidson, Senior Product Manager at Wireless Logic, to unpack what happens when connectivity, security, and operations meet in the real world. Wireless Logic connects a…

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3417: Inflection AI and the Rise of Contextual Intelligence 32:10

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Here's the thing. Most enterprise AI pitches talk about scale and speed. Fewer talk about trust, tone, and culture. In this conversation with Inflection AI's Amit Manjhi and Shruti Prakash, I explore a different path for enterprise AI, one that combines emotional intelligence with analytical horsepower, enabling teams to ask more informed questions…

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3416: DEUNA: From One-Click Checkout to Intelligent Payments Infrastructure 35:12

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Here’s the thing. Payments only look simple from the outside. In this Tech Talks Daily episode, I sit down with Roberto “Reks” Kafati, CEO and co-founder of DEUNA, to unpack how a scrappy one-click checkout idea grew into an intelligent payments infrastructure that now touches a large slice of Mexico’s online economy. Reks explains why Latin Americ…

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3415: Secure GenAI for SAP: Syntax Systems CodeGenie on BTP 25:31

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I sat down with Leo de Araujo, Head of Global Business Innovation at Syntax Systems, to unpack a problem every SAP team knows too well. Years of enhancements and quick fixes leave you with custom code that nobody wants to document, a maze of SharePoint folders, and hard questions whenever S/4HANA comes up. What does this program do. What breaks if …

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3414: Self-Healing Machines and Robotics with Grace Technologies 27:14

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Drew Allen, CEO of Grace Technologies, shares real stories from the floor, the ideas shaping safer plants, and why culture matters more than slogans. Drew’s background stretches from a family line linked to Samuel Morse to teenage years in China to global business development at 3M. That range shows up in how he leads. He listens, he moves fast, an…

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We've shut your benefit claim with no warning at all: How the DWP really does disability 16:59

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In this episode, Niki tells us how the DWP closed her universal credit claim without any warning at all. They just shut it and that was that. Niki has a 7 year old SEND son who also has autism. Niki and I called the universal credit helpline to ask what was going on. I recorded that call. Universal credit kept saying that Niki would have to wait fo…

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3413: Why Medium-Range Forecasts Could Save Millions: Lessons from Planette AI 25:08

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I spoke with Kalai Ramea at a timely moment. We recorded this conversation during a heatwave in the UK, which made her work at Planette AI feel very real. Kalai calls herself an all-purpose scientist, with a path that runs through California climate policy, Xerox PARC, and now a startup focused on the forecast window that most people ignore. Not to…

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3412: PuppyGraph at the IT Press Tour: Graph Power Without the Pain 21:59

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During the IT Press Tour, I had the pleasure of speaking with Weimo Liu, CEO and co-founder of PuppyGraph, and hearing firsthand how his team is rethinking graph technology for the enterprise. In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, Weimo joins me to share the story behind PuppyGraph’s “zero ETL” approach, which lets organizations query their existing…

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3411: Why The Browser Is The New Security Perimeter 27:16

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When I invited Or Eshed, CEO and co-founder of LayerX Security, onto Tech Talks Daily, I wanted to challenge a blind spot most teams carry into work each day. We talk about phishing, ransomware, and endpoint controls, yet we skip the place where employees actually live online. The browser. That quiet tab bar has become the front door to identities,…