Episodios

  • Could other IT disasters be on the way? | Ep. 180

    Could other IT disasters be on the way? | Ep. 180
    Aug 29 2024
    The massive outage that occurred in July via CrowdStrike and Microsoft has put a lot of IT teams on notice, with leaders thinking about “what’s next?” Krishna Prasad, CIO and Chief Strategy Officer at UST, joins the show to discuss what tech leaders need to do in order to prepare and prevent possible bad recovery processes for future tech outages.
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    32 m
  • NPD breach showcases insanity in trusting security | Ep. 179

    NPD breach showcases insanity in trusting security | Ep. 179
    Aug 27 2024
    More details have emerged from the National Public Data breach that exposed millions of Social Security numbers to hackers, showing a potential lack of security knowledge by companies that need to protect data. Brandon Mahne, CTO at Glasshouse and owner of Mangrove Collective, joins the show as guest co-host to discuss this story, as well as other tech news. Chick-fil-a as a streaming provider? A future “space gas station”? Our weekly tech news roundup has you covered.
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    40 m
  • The AI money spigot is slowing down | Ep. 178

    The AI money spigot is slowing down | Ep. 178
    Aug 22 2024
    The money flow for generative artificial intelligence projects is starting to slow down, as companies begin to scrutinize the return on investment for these projects, and doubts creep in about accuracy, hallucinations and other potential problems. Hidden costs are also becoming less-than-hidden, leading many companies to wonder whether all of this hype was perhaps overblown. Keith chats with Mike Sinoway, CEO of Lucidworks, about their recent survey that showed a slowing down of AI investments across the industry and around the world.
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    36 m
  • The hackers are winning, time to switch security strategy | Ep. 177

    The hackers are winning, time to switch security strategy | Ep. 177
    Aug 20 2024
    With another potentially large data breach of 2.7 billion records that included Social Security numbers, as well as a first half of the year revealing major data breaches, is it time to adjust your security strategy? Brandon Mahne joins the show as guest co-host this week to talk about these issues and other technology news stories from the week, including Elon Musk’s new AI image generator that appears to have no guardrails, and why Waymo vehicles in San Francisco are all honking at each other.
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    56 m
  • The AI gold rush appears to be slowing | Ep. 176

    The AI gold rush appears to be slowing | Ep. 176
    Aug 15 2024
    A new survey indicates that companies are looking to train internal employees for key AI skills. Gustavo Alba, global managing partner of Technology & Service practice at Heidrick & Struggles, chats with Keith about ways that companies can help employees get better at learning critical generative AI skills.
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    27 m
  • Google loses antitrust, and the world yawns | Ep. 173

    Google loses antitrust, and the world yawns | Ep. 173
    Aug 13 2024
    What kind of impact will losing its antitrust lawsuit have on Google, and does anyone even care given all of the hype around generative AI? In addition, Microsoft strikes back against Delta over the CrowdStrike outage, and we are wondering if anyone is paying attention to the two American astronauts that remain on the International Space Station. Evan Kirstel, the Techfluencer, joins the show as guest co-host to discuss this and other technology news from previous weeks.
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    42 m
  • Do companies need a Chief Risk Officer? | Ep. 174

    Do companies need a Chief Risk Officer? | Ep. 174
    Aug 8 2024
    The recent CrowdStrike and Microsoft outages have raised several red flags at companies about their preparedness for when disaster strikes. Could adopting a Chief Risk Officer or Chief Resilience Officer helped with either predicting such vulnerabilities, or at least helped with recovery efforts? Spencer Kimball, CEO and co-founder at Cockroach Labs, chats with Keith about the benefits and challenges for companies around the idea of a Chief Risk Officer, and what companies need to be thinking about in a post-outage world.
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    38 m
  • Signs pointing to an AI bubble burst | Ep. 173

    Signs pointing to an AI bubble burst | Ep. 173
    Aug 6 2024
    Many signs, both on the business side and consumer side, indicate that the technology industry’s love affair is about to head down a slippery slope. In other words, the “Bubble Pop Brigade” is ramping up, whether it’s companies abandoning AI projects or Big Tech firms dropping AI tools. Evan Kirstel, the Techfluencer, joins the show as guest co-host to discuss this and other technology news from previous weeks.
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    55 m