Luminaries - Talking to the Brightest Minds in Tech

Telling Real Stories… with Virtual Sets Sep 25, 2019

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How volumetric video and virtual reality could revolutionize medicine, education, and more
How virtual sets are helping the film industry reduce environmental impact
How these technologies can democratize storytelling, helping underrepresented populations tell their own stories

Hollywood's Alternative Soundstage
Imagine shooting a film on location in Tokyo, Paris, and London… all without leaving a soundstage in California. Each environment is digitally rendered in such detail that you can place lights, move cameras, and film on the virtual set just as you would a physical one.

Now imagine that technology used for training medical students: A virtual reality headset could replicate a state-of-the-art operating room with millions of dollars’ worth of equipment. And each student could have their own.

Sony Innovation Studios is pioneering “volumetric video” – the process of scanning sets in 30k resolution to reproduce them in three-dimensional virtual space. Explore the possibilities of this groundbreaking technology with studio President Glenn Gainor.

Driving Digital Transformation…Through Leadership, Humility and Empathy Sep 11, 2019

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How to reduce risk and get buy-in for digital transformation
How to identify the right starting point to begin the process
The guiding principles of leadership during transformation and beyond
How to address the four most significant barriers to transformation

The Human Element of Digital Transformation
“The shoemaker’s children go barefoot.” It’s a common proverb that applies across industries: The thing you do best for others can be the hardest to do for yourself.

Dell Technologies is leading the charge for digital transformation. They help businesses reinvent themselves through technology to run faster, more efficiently and ultimately to greater success. It’s up to folks like Greg Bowen, SVP, Digital Acceleration & CTO, Dell Digital, to make sure that the same transformation is happening internally.

Greg is accelerating Dell’s digital transformation by looking beyond just technology. For Greg, it’s a human challenge as much as a technical one – the challenge of convincing 10,000 employees to make radical changes in the way they work. Using Pivotal Labs methodologies, Dell is making a tremendous shift in how its own IT organization, called Dell Digital, operates to quickly design, develop, iterate and deliver new products and capabilities.

Greg explains how the process is underway at Dell Digital, the IT organization that supports Dell, and how you can get started with your business.

Solving a Looming Pilot Shortage… with Virtual Reality Aug 28, 2019

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How data-driven instruction can accelerate learning
How virtual reality can promote diversity in a recruitment process
How “vertically integrated training” can solve labor shortages

The Looming Crisis in the Aviation Industry

Pilots must retire at 65 by federal mandate, and there aren’t enough new pilots coming in to balance the aging population. The existing model for pilot training is part of the problem: It’s costly and time-consuming for potential recruits, with barriers of entry that tend to narrow the applicant pool and discourage diversity.

Ed Bagden and his team are looking to combat the problem by creating a new model for pilot training. LIFT Academy uses virtual reality to help diverse candidates visualize themselves in the captain’s chair. Then applicants have access to subsidized, tech-enabled training with a guaranteed career path. On this episode, Ed explains how virtual reality, data mining, and machine learning can all be put into play to solve the pilot shortage.

Forging the Future of Finance…One Blockchain Link at a Time Aug 14, 2019

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How blockchain can streamline financial transactions
A long-term investment plan for blockchain implementation
Practical use cases for blockchain technology

The Australian Securities Exchange Is Getting Real with Blockchain
Of all the exciting new technologies on every business leader’s mind, blockchain may be the most discussed and least understood. Experts say it has the potential to transform every type of transaction. It’s said that blockchain could make banking obsolete and streamline your supply chain. There seems to be endless potential, but not a lot of clarity. And even fewer practical implementations to use as models.

The ASX is building a blockchain implementation for finance, a platform where a trusted network can explore the possibilities. Dan Chesterman is the CIO of the Australian Securities and Exchange (ASX) and he’s had to cut through the hype to create something that actually works on the ground level. In this episode, Dan explains exactly what the ASX is working on – how it’s built and what it will do when it’s done. It’s a rare and fascinating practical look at a technology that is frequently more sizzle than steak.

Creating an Immersive Tech Museum…From Dinosaurs to Spaceships Jul 31, 2019

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How to choose durable, reliable technology for years of use
How to build more efficient data centers
How creativity and technology combined to create a $330 million science center

Creativity and Technology Combine to Power a $330 Million Science Museum
Brooks Weisblat started his career with a degree in biology and an interest in a promising new technology: The world wide web. He started work as a web developer at a small science museum in Miami… and two decades later, he was planning the technological backbone for a $330 million new building.

The Philip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science is a 250,000 square foot state-of-the-art marvel. Every part of it, from the exhibits to the wildlife tanks to the gift shop, uses the latest technology to keep it running smoothly and efficiently. Building these interconnected systems was a massive undertaking for Brooks and a small team of developers.

In this episode, Brooks talks about the challenges he and his team faced in planning these systems. Brooks and his team had to get creative to build robust, redundant, but also space and resource-efficient systems for everything from shark tank life support to mobile point of sale devices.

Enhancing Human Performance...using Motorsport Technology Jul 17, 2019

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How McLaren diversified into Health and Human Performance
How breakthrough innovations come from the intersection of art and computer engineering
How big data is sparking innovation in health care
How to build credibility in a an established industry

Formula 1 Is More Than Just Winning Races
Sure, winning Formula 1 racing is done on powerful analytics but for McLaren Applied Technologies, their ability to innovate reached break-neck speed when they decided to take their learnings and apply them beyond racing, and into health and human performance. Harnessing the sensor and data analysis capabilities developed in Formula 1, McLaren Applied Technologies creates digital therapeutic solutions that optimize and personalize treatment for better clinical outcomes.

On this week's episode, we steer into the fast lane with Duncan Bradley, Health & Human Performance Business Unit Director, as he discusses how McLaren Applied Technologies takes data from our bodies to enhance human performance.

Meet The New Barista Making Your Coffee...I, Robot Jul 03, 2019

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How robotics is connecting customers to the perfect cup of coffee
Why having a sustainable supply chain is important to Briggo
Why the future is not filled with robot workers but a human-machine partnership
How to use data to create a better customer experience
How diversity and inclusion helps Briggo to be an innovative technology company

Even A Good Cup Of Coffee Can Have A Good Technology Story Behind It
Employees being afraid of robots taking their jobs is not a new storyline. But if a machine can make up to 100 cups per hour, 4 times the number of a traditional barista, are these fears really unfounded? Well, don't worry because the truth is that robotics still create more interesting and challenging opportunities for people to work versus taking away.

Briggo's vision is to provide their customers a Connected Coffee experience, a confluence of digital and physical experiences that drives growth and on-demand delivery of perfect cups of coffee through data and robotics.

On this episode, Marsha Osborn, Chief Operating Officer, discusses what drives Briggo to be so passionate about their relationships with the bean supplier, their team, and their customers.

Achieving Clarity...In A Cloudy World Jun 19, 2019

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The evolution of a multi-cloud world
Why adopting a multi-cloud model requires significant organizational culture change
What the cloud announcement at Dell Technologies World 2019 will mean for customers
Why clarity is required to pick the best cloud platform to meet your modernization goals
How to remain relevant in technology given the pace of change
How will cloud fuel widespread adoption and evolution of artificial intelligence
The personal characteristics it takes to lead transformational change

Interacting With Fans...Using Game Changing Tech Jun 05, 2019

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How to deliver a user-based experience that leads to customer retention
How tech is bringing past icons back to life and delivering customers an immersive experience
How to design a future-ready tech transformation
How emerging tech, like VR and AR, will come into play

Setting A New Standard for Fan-Focused Technology
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is more than a museum. It's an experience. Thanks to an $18 million technology transformation, fans are now able to connect with their childhood heroes and honor the legacy of players past.

When the museum was built in 2002, the technology featured throughout was state of the art. But 15 years later, it was considered tired and outdated, and keeping the museum relevant and interesting to a new generation of people was the name of the game. Their goal, with technology transformation as a heavy part of their behind-the-scenes transformation, was and is to redefine how halls of fame represent their famers.

On this episode, Jason explains how the Hall of Fame is using technology to honor the living history of basketball, by delivering visitors an experience that keeps you educated, focused, and, most importantly, entertained.

Rethinking Industry, Business And Jobs...By 2030 May 22, 2019

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What jobs of the future will look like
The importance of STEM and diversity in developing digital skills
How to approach security risks in a multi-cloud environment
Innovation emerging from developing countries creating new industries and job growth
Leading your business through digital transformation
How diversity in your workforce differentiates you from your competition

Technology Will Eliminate The Historical Friction Of Transactions And Processes We've Been Accustomed To In Our World
The world as we know it, is changing. As humans increasingly partner with machines to transform the way we do business, research suggests that emerging technologies will open up new ways of creating value and the advent of new industries and business growth.How can you prepare your business for these shifts? According to Aongus Hegarty, President Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Dell Technologies, we need to focus on the skills and requirements of the future, because the future is bright. Innovation is abundant in developing countries, setting the example of how an investment in digital literacy and diversity and inclusion will unlock the next generation of digital leaders. On this episode, Aongus explains how he sees the increasing use of emerging technologies shifting the economy over the next 10 years and what he believes will be the key to leading through this change successfully.

5G is Coming…to Transform Connectivity May 08, 2019

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How 5G will impact AI applications, self-driving cars, telemedicine and more
The timeline for 5G rollout and adoption
What makes 5G different from any previous broadband technology
How 5G will drive business innovation
How Dell is participating in developing and innovating with 5G

Faster Mobile Broadband Is Just the Beginning for 5G’s Potential
5G connectivity is almost ready for primetime. Wireless providers, broadband providers, and device makers are all readying a major push to roll out the technology.

While 5G will substantially improve download speeds, it’s more than just faster data transfer. Vast improvements in latency and connectivity will drive dozens of up-and-coming technologies like self-driving cars, telemedicine, always-connected computing, and IoT-enabled sensors. 5G has the potential to transform existing businesses and enable entirely new business models.

Dell is working with technology partners around the world to help make 5G a reality. On this episode, Liam Quinn, Senior VP and Senior Fellow at Dell, discusses the technology’s potential, what business applications can benefit most from it, and how it will change our daily lives over the next decade.

Combining Technology & Creativity…for Social Good Apr 24, 2019

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How STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) education can elevate under-served populations
How technology can make a sustainable, scalable social impact around the world
How to promote a productive cross-conversation between science and the arts

Reshaping the World through Technology, Science, and Art
We often hear about the specific ways technology will either save or end the world. AI is going to revolutionize how we work! Or, it’s going to lead an army of killer robots to our doorstep. Should we embrace the latest technological advancements, or run screaming?

The truth is, the future will be shaped not by the technology itself, but by the way humans choose to use it. To make these choices wisely, we need people who are educated, scientific-minded, and engaged – but who also have creativity and ingenuity to spare.

For Sally Eaves, the key to unlocking a healthier, more prosperous future is that fusion of humanity, creativity, and technology. Sally is an emergent technology expert, CTO, public speaker and author. In this episode, she shares how her organization is bringing technology and arts education to underserved populations around the world. Listen in and catch her enthusiasm for how transformative the right tech with the right mindset can be.

Promoting Diversity in the Tech Industry…By Design Apr 10, 2019

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How to address the cultural issues that limit diversity in tech
How to broaden the labor pool for the next generation of tech workers
How technology can connect employees, help examine intrinsic bias, and create dialog
How data can drive a better employee—and ultimately, customer—experience

Diversity and Gender Equality Could Solve Tech's Talent Gap
By recent estimate, there will soon be roughly one million open jobs in the tech industry. The existing labor pool can only handle about half that amount. It's a looming crisis – and one that could potentially be resolved through equality and diversity initiatives. Not only are fair hiring practices the right thing to do, they just make the most business sense. Karen Quintos is the Chief Customer Officer at Dell and the founder of Dell's women in Action Employee Resource Group. On this episode, she explains how Dell brings together technology and training to overcome bias, promote equal hiring and equal pay practices, and build a strong and diverse workforce.

Keeping Eyes Healthy and Saving Vision…with Artificial Intelligence Mar 20, 2019

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How scientists are working to eliminate bias and error in AI training
How practitioners are developing algorithms that can win FDA approval
How AI can supplement and even exceed human capability in reading medical scans
What’s coming next for AI in healthcare

New Algorithms Could Detect Eye and Brain Disorders Earlier than Humans Can
Eyes are more than the “windows to the soul.” They’re the visible parts of our nervous system, an extension of the brain that breaches the safe house of the skull. As such, ocular health and neurological health are intertwined. The most skilled ophthalmologists can read ocular scans to not only look for eye disease, but also traces of a host of neurological disorders.

Voxeleron is using artificial intelligence and machine learning to, as they put it, “democratize expertise.” Their algorithms hold the promise of delivering expert-level diagnostic capabilities to any lab with a scanning device. What’s more, their algorithms already show signs of exceeding human capability in predicting certain eye diseases.

Jonathan Oakley and Daniel Russakoff, both Principal Scientists at Voxeleron, outline the methodology they use to train AI up to clinical standards. They also offer a fascinating look at just how far the technology has advanced already, and what the future holds for AI in healthcare.

Complete The World's Toughest Endurance Yacht Race...With Rugged Tech Feb 27, 2019

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How advances in technology have made sailing safer
The role that technology plays for all of today's sailors
The extreme environments of a round the world race
How tech has allowed spectators to keep up to date with the race whilst remaining on solid ground

Tech That's Tough Enough To Withstand Mother Nature's Wildest Conditions
In a 40,000 nautical mile race around the world in 70-foot racing yachts where nearly half the crew have little to no sailing experience, the Clipper Round The World Race is not for the faint hearted. Experiencing extreme heat, condensation, corrosive salt water and numbing cold, it's only the toughest of tech that will survive and see each team through to the finish.

In this fascinating episode, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Founder and Chairman of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, paints a vivid picture of life at sea. He takes us below deck to explain the training and preparation required to sail a yacht around the world, the tech that keeps spectators up to date with race conditions and the scariest experience of his life on the water.

Disrupting Business and Saving Cheetahs…With the Internet of Things Feb 06, 2019

Creating Unlimited Educational Opportunities...with VR Jan 23, 2019

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What are the opportunities for VR to lead in educational training?
What’s in the future for VR?
What are some of the obstacles and hurdles to overcome in order to make VR adoption more widespread?
How immersive virtual experiences like CAVE are being applied in particular industries

Virtual Reality (VR) Isn't Just For The Video Game Industry
VR opens up an amazing array of possibilities for the arts, sales, exhibits and more. For educational training, it allows for field training in areas we never imagined. Instead of engineering students creating bridge models out of toothpicks, why not build a model in VR and let it truly come to life.

In this podcast, Dr. Carolina Cruz-Neira scholar and faculty member at the University of Arkansas dives into VR opportunities for education. She takes us behind the curtain into her career progression, starting as a dancer, and her climb to develop CAVE (Cave Automatic Virtual Environment), an immersive VR system: think of it as a version of a holodeck (yes, like in Star Trek). Listen now to dive into the opportunities and challenges VR can bring.

Rugged Tech Exploration...With Mike Libecki Jan 09, 2019

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• How technology is changing lives in India, Nepal, and beyond
• How the right tech supports humanitarian and conservation work in the most extreme environments
• How to find motivation and passion to pursue your goals

National Geographic’s Adventurer of the Year Brings Purpose to Global Adventure

If your laptop crashed right now, you might lose some valuable data. But it’s likely not a matter of life and death. Now imagine you’re in Siberia, the temperature is -67 degrees, and your gadgets are the only things keeping you alive and warm. That’s an average day at the office for Mike Libecki.

Mike has made more than 80 expeditions to some of the most extreme environments on the planet, seeking to capture the beauty of the natural world and make it accessible for the rest of us. His journeys inspire us to see that nature is amazing, breath-taking, fragile, and in need of our protection.

Now, Mike’s on a mission to bring technology to the developing world, a joint venture with his 15-year-old daughter-and-adventuring partner, Liliana.

Listen in as Mike shares incredible stories of global travel, close encounters with polar bears, and how technology can help make the world a better place.

Preserving History…About Earth and Beyond Dec 05, 2018

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• How to capture data in context that that makes it meaningful
• How to safely store data in an easily-retrievable format
• How to build a robust data backup system
• How space exploration is moving toward data-driven discovery

Collecting and Storing Scientific Data Is Keeping Astronauts In Space
What’s the most valuable data you store in the cloud? For most of us, it’s pictures of family and friends. These photos are priceless to each individual, certainly. It’s definitely worth storing a backup in the cloud and having them on a local disk.

Now imagine your data was priceless not just to you, but to the entire human race. How would you store, say, images from the last moon mission? How would you capture not just the data, but the context that makes the data meaningful, and then preserve it for future generations? Most importantly, how would you keep data secure and make it freely available around the world?

Answering these tough questions is a full-time job for Tom Stein, NASA Planetary Data System Geosciences Node Operations Manager at Washington University. On this episode, Stein explains how he and his team collect, preserve, and distribute terabytes of irreplaceable data generated by the space program, data that is ultimately being used to inform and improve the space program.

The Railroad...Where Innovation Produces Profit Nov 21, 2018

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Why company culture is critical in driving technological innovation
How introducing new technology into a traditional workplace can be an easy transition
How critical it is to understand your customer's needs and pain points
The next disruption in railway? The Railway Internet of Things (RIOT)

How Innovation in IT Leads to New Revenue Streams

IT is generally considered a cost center in organizations. At best, we see the IT department as providing vital infrastructure to support the business; it’s part of the operating cost, not really an investment that pays dividends.

Jason Brown, the CIO of Rio Grande Pacific, is out to change that perception. He believes the IT department can be a source of innovation, finding new ways to meet customer needs – and, yes, generating revenue.

In this interview, Jason shares how Rio Grande Pacific stays nimble and aggressive, moving faster than their larger competitors. He also discusses how to overcome resistance to change and get organization-wide buy-in to adopt new technology.

Listen to the episode to learn how Jason’s IT department unites marketing, R&D, and customer service to create solutions that fit the company’s niche market.

Turning Tech into Treasure...With Nikki Reed Nov 05, 2018

What You'll Hear In This Episode

Inspiration behind her environmentally sustainable company, BaYou
with Love
How her jewelry line of rings, earrings and cufflinks are
all comprised of upcycled gold from old computer motherboards
What drives her passion for sustainability and conservation
How technology can mitigate some of the challenges of owning a small business

Precious Metals Can Be Uncovered In the Most Unlikely of Places — Like Your Computer's Motherboard

Technology is helping us to realize a more sustainable future but not always in the most traditional of ways...like recycling your disposable computer parts to make jewelry. With an estimated $60 million in gold and silver discarded by Americans through unwanted tech every year, actress-turned-entrepreneur Nikki Reed saw an opportunity to use technology to promote sustainability. BaYou with Love, a joint venture between Nikki and Freedom of Animals founder Morgan Bogle, uses gold recovered from old computer motherboards and upcycles it to create “The Circular Collection”, a jewelry range of 14- and 18- carat gold rings, earrings and cufflinks, highlighting how people can rethink recycling.

In this episode, Nikki discusses what drives her passion for environmentalism, conservation and women's issues, including the realities of owning a small business that also holds true to those ideals.

Artificial Intelligence...Driving In the Streets Oct 24, 2018

What You'll Hear In This Episode

How machine learning builds a robot's social intelligence
How AI and IoT could make cities more accessible, smarter
How data being used to develop autonomous vehicles can also be used for town planning
How technology can improve the quality of life for the inhabitants of ""smart"" cities"

Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, and the Smart City of the Future

The average speed of traffic through London has not changed since the days of horse-drawn carts. All of the transportation advantages of the past 200 years, from the internal combustion engine to the highway system, haven’t increased the rate of travel. The infrastructure simply can’t keep up with the demands of the populace. But why is this significant?

To truly serve people’s needs now and in the future, cities need to get smarter to cope with a growing population and its demands on city services. Our guest this episode is helping to create the “smart cities” of the future. Dr. Richard Kelley, Chief Engineer of the Autonomous Systems Group at University of Nevada Reno, explores how artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the Internet of Things can ease traffic congestion, increase mobility, and make civil services more accessible.

Data So Powerful…It's Saving Lives Oct 10, 2018

What You'll Learn In This Episode

"The origins of human genome sequencing
A single patient's DNA requires about 4 terabytes of storage
The stack of paper required to write one human genome would be as
tall as the Statue of Liberty
Translating research into clinical application at scale
How medicine is outpacing technology
Dr Jeffrey Trent, President & Research Director of TGen loves helping
people
TGen used to see data processing as a 3 billion piece jigsaw puzzle
that was thrown into a tornado but now, all-flash storage helps to
put it all back together again, more efficiently and more effectively
Thanks to artificial intelligence, robots are now performing surgery

Advances in Computer Processing Tech Are Saving Lives, Four Terabytes at a Time

Four terabytes is enough space to store over 1200 hours of HD video… Or the genetic code for a single human being. Turns out, we contain more data than the entire run of Friends, How I Met Your Mother, and the Simpsons, with room left over for the entire extended Lord of the Rings trilogy.

The ability to process that genetic code at speed will revolutionize medicine, eliminate diseases, and save lives. It’s medicine at the speed of technology – the more powerful the computer, the faster genomes can be sequenced. James Lowey, CIO of non-profit genetics company TGen, helps design and implement supercomputers that can process petabytes of genetic data in hours rather than weeks. In this episode, James talks about the technological challenges of his work – and why TGen gives their research away.

Augmented Reality… Enhancing Human Effort Sep 26, 2018

Imagine you’re remodeling a building and you need to reroute the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. You put on a pair of glasses, look up, and see the entire proposed new duct work as though it were already installed – including the places where it might interfere with the existing structure.

Or suppose you’re a quality assurance technician with a hundred-item checklist to work through. Instead of consulting a manual, you see each item on the list displayed right next to its real-life counterpart. These are just two of the hundreds of business applications for augmented reality.

These devices promise to revolutionize the way we work, from assembly lines to server farms to boardrooms. On this Luminaries episode, DAQRI CEO Roy Ashok explores what the tech is doing now, and what’s just over the horizon.

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What technological advances make AR possible
How AR enhances human effort across industries
How AI and AR combine to augment human capability
What’s next for AR and the future of work

IT Transformation…What's the ROI? Sep 12, 2018

Spend Less, Do More, Move Ahead with IT Transformation

It’s easy to assume that investing in new technology will help your business get ahead of the competition. But there’s more to IT transformation than chasing the latest shiny object. According to Adam Demattia and John McKnight of the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), IT transformation is a philosophy of ongoing adoption, evaluation, and adjustment. When businesses adopt the right philosophy, they tend to increase efficiency, lower costs, and innovate faster than the competition.

The ESG set out to quantify just how much of an advantage IT transformation gives businesses. They surveyed 4,000 organizations around the world to get hard data on how fast businesses are transforming, where challenges lie, and what should be your business’ next move. On this Luminaries episode, John and Adam present their often-surprising findings.

What You'll Hear In This Episode
• The current level of strategic IT transformation across industries
• The competitive advantages of IT transformation
• The ROI of strategic IT investment.
• The IT characteristics of top-performing organizations
• The philosophy of IT transformation that leads to success

How does NATO manage IT? Aug 29, 2018

The technology environment for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is incredibly complex: 26 data centers, 18,000 users, 31,000 devices. Factor in 29 different nations speaking dozens of languages, and it’s easy to see how hard it could be to keep things running smoothly. And it’s not enough to just maintain a status quo – as technology evolves, and member nations needs change, NATO’s digital infrastructure has to adapt as well.

Dr. Gregory Edwards, Director of Infrastructure Services in the NATO Communications and Information Agency, helps provide the leadership that allows for both stability and flexibility. In this episode, Edwards explains how he fosters understanding, builds trust, and ultimately achieves consensus in the organization.

Who Drives Innovation…in Your Business? Aug 15, 2018

The popular perception of an “inventor" is someone sitting by themselves, racking their brain until a light bulb comes on over their head. But that kind of lightning-strike innovation, one person creating something entirely new all by themselves, is extremely rare.

Assaf Natanzon holds 200 patents, with over 200 more pending. He fostered a love for innovation while working in the startup culture, and now helps create new ways to keep data safe from corruption, crashes, and cyberattacks.

On this episode, Assaf shares great advice on how to foster an environment that promotes innovation. It's not about one person thinking hard until inspiration hits. It's about taking in new ideas, listening to people's problems, combining disciplines, education and technology in new ways.

Create a Culture…That Sparks Innovation Jun 15, 2018

Finding new uses for existing technologies can be a powerful force for innovation. For example, the same technology that saves stranded astronauts can help firefighters navigate smoke-filled buildings.

But it takes more than a big intellectual property catalog to make new products out of old tech: It takes a corporate culture that embraces diversity and encourages collaboration. Draper Laboratory CIO Mike Crones explains how he fosters a culture that drives innovation.

Better Data, Higher Speed for McLaren May 20, 2018

Formula One racing is all about the science of speed. The driver is the engineer who uses data from over 200 sensors for analysis to produce a winning team. McLaren Racing. CEO Zak Brown dives into new advances in racing, simulation and electric cars.

Winning Formula One racing is ultimately done on powerful analytics: McLaren uses Dell laptops, screens, servers and security to power their need for speed. Then they take their learnings and apply them beyond racing, keeping technology at the center of everything they do.

Goaaaaaaal or not? Your Data... knows! May 09, 2018

Soccer fans insist on instant accuracy from officials, but the human eye can misjudge a goal. GoalControl CEO Daniel Marchwinski explains how technology can instantly share the validity of a goal in 4D.

An Intelligent Environment… For Your Business Apr 04, 2018

What do artificial intelligence, machine learning, virtual reality, and augmented reality have in common? Each of these technologies will revolutionize the way we interact and partner with machines and with each other. Together, they will transform the workforce, improve healthcare, and democratize education. Jeff Clarke, Vice Chairman of Products & Operations for Dell Technologies, takes us on a guided tour through the not-too-distant future.

Your Business Data... For Good Mar 21, 2018

Picture a farm that uses 95% less water and grows up to 390 times more food. Don’t imagine a wide-open field of grain; these crops grow without soil or sunlight. AeroFarms CEO and Co-Founder David Rosenberg explains how his company uses cutting-edge data analyses and technology to re-imagine how the human race can stay fed as populations rise and resources dwindle.

Information Superiority is Your Cybersecurity Feb 27, 2018

Cybersecurity can seem overwhelming, as more data moves into the cloud and internet-enabled devices proliferate. Possibly even more daunting than dealing with potential threats is evaluating the hundreds of new vendors offering solutions. Which “next best thing” can truly keep your data protected? Is security a technology problem or a human one? How can outnumbered “good guys” gain a tactical advantage over threat actors? Dr. Zulfikar Ramzan brings his expertise to bear on this tricky topic, sharing the four critical criteria businesses can use to evaluate cybersecurity solutions, how businesses should prioritize security spending, and why he remains optimistic for the future.

Displaying... The Future of Work Jan 24, 2018

The future of work is evolving rapidly with technology innovation. New jobs are being created, new work environments are being designed, new work tools are becoming available. Technology is at the core of these new developments, either as the impetus for the new job or as the facilitator of doing the new job. Display technology is the interface that workers use to do their work and it plays a major part in the design of new ways to work.

The Power of Compute... At the Edge Jan 16, 2018

The compute location pendulum has been swinging from a centralized to a distributed model, from the cloud to the edge. New ways of analyzing data securely in real-time are being developed, driven by the incredible amount of data brought on by devices connected via the Internet of Things. Is your business ready to leverage the power of data at the edge and the core?

Untethered Mixed Reality... On the Edge Nov 28, 2017

“People care about the technology and tools in their workplace more than any other perks.” Sam Burd, who leads Dell’s Client Solutions Group, takes the research behind this statement very seriously and, as an 18 year veteran at Dell, knows that constant innovation, research and disruption is indispensable when working in IT. Putting the smartest devices into the hands of the workforce is not only beneficial in the context of vying for the best talent, but also from the perspective of having the most creative, motivated and productive workforce. Sam believes that the opportunity that exists on the edge with technology to build great devices is greater than ever, but also more complex than it has ever been. Listen to Sam’s conversation with Mark Schaefer and Doug Karr where virtual and mixed reality as well as the demands of the workforce of the future are hot topics.e?

Connecting Intelligent Things... With Your IT Oct 25, 2017

Learn how Dell’s CTO, Liam Quinn, sees the future of the Internet of Intelligent Things, IoT, augmented reality, virtual reality and artificial intelligence leveraging new technological developments from edge to core to cloud.

Mr. Quinn joined Dell in Jan 1997, and holds over 90 granted and pending patents, and was named inventor for the year in 2005, 2007, and 2014. Mr. Quinn represents Dell on the Board of the Wi-Fi Alliance, and the UT WNCG Board (Wireless Networking and Communications Group). He is the Dell Exec Sponsor for the UT Cockrell School of Engineering and the UT College of Natural Science. He is also a member of the UT Cockrell School of Engineering Advisory Board.

In this role Liam has responsibility to lead technology innovation across the client product groups and drive alignment across the Dell CTO organizations. In his current role, Liam is leading the Technology and architecture strategy for The Internet of Things, IP development and relevant standards participation, and the interlock process of client architecture with Enterprise, Software, and Services to deliver end-to-end system solutions for our key customer segments.

Your IT... Hyperconverged Sep 13, 2017

Trey Layton got his start in the military as an imagery analyst working for General Schwarzkopf during Desert Storm. His special skills of interpreting images led to him finding the Blackhawk helicopters downed during the Battle of Mogadishu, known as the ‘Blackhawk Down’ incident. The technology to transfer images from the receive location to the image analysis platform in the 1990’s was vastly different from what is possible today. Understanding the challenges, Trey built some of the first computer systems and networks specifically addressing this problem. The seed for a career in IT to solve customer challenges was sown. For Trey, it has never been about providing something cheaper, but rather about providing something different that solves the challenge. In other words, it’s not about getting new IT equipment, it’s about modernizing and assembling equipment to transform operations for speed and agility that frees resources for investment in other areas, such as giving IT staff back their weekends. Transformation starts in helping customers understand what they have, how that needs to change and adapt so they can accelerate and get escape velocity on that change. Converged and hyperconverged infrastructures with codified integration, baked-in operational experience and based on ruthless standardization to meet customers’ needs are core to this IT transformation.

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When all you have in your toolkit is a single type of hammer, it’s little wonder that every workload starts to look like the same proverbial nail. That’s the case with vendors that give IT organizations the choice of only one hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) platform. They may have integrated compute and data storage onto a single platform, but, as is often the case with any platform, the devil is in the details.

Smart IT Connects & Protects... Your Data Aug 16, 2017

Rooted in the mindset of an engineer, a scientist, a business development expert and an entrepreneur, Dr. Orna Berry analyzes business challenges from multiple angles to ensure that the IT and services solution achieves all objectives. Due north for all activities is customer experience. At the highest level, IT must connect data for analysis while ensuring its protection from loss and compromise, in any way, when it is stationary and when it is in motion.

This deceivingly simple premise requires extensive planning around what services need to be provided or automated, the right data to be collected, the right technologies, such as hybrid enterprise cloud and converged infrastructure to achieve scale and speed to market, and procurement within the confinements of the customer's budget and, of course, industry and government regulations. The latter is of particular relevance in the fintech vertical, as Dr. Berry points out. Add the advent of the Internet of Things and with it the distribution of wisdom to even more devices, the challenges to be solved multiply. The collaboration and trust between a customer and a vendor in co-developing their IT environment infrastructure is indispensable.

This episode also examines Dr. Berry's perspective on the impact of technology on future generations and, as Israel's first woman director of industrial research, the role of women in technology.

Hello Alice! Scale your business... with AI Jul 19, 2017

Transforming your business into a digital business is hard. It requires transforming the company's culture, business processes and, most certainly, the IT organization.

Michele Perras, who leads Strategy and Market Development at Pivotal Labs, understands that and explains that often businesses, even those who never considered themselves technology or software-driven companies, have to learn these skills to stay relevant and move forward on their digital transformation journey.

An entrepreneur and founder of an accelerator herself, Perras shares the key elements of helping companies via a fully immersive, co-location based software development consulting program. Businesses take home replicable best practices for business processes, organizational structures and best tools to use, as well as a new mindset and culture needed to improve efficiency, agility and ability to innovate.

In a groundbreaking project, Pivotal, Circular Board and Dell Technologies partnered to develop an artificial intelligence business platform, Alice. Alice, pushing new frontiers in human machine partnerships, connects female founders in real time with mentors, resources and events that help scale their businesses, constantly improving via machine learning.

Of Risk and Trust... In IT Jun 25, 2017

Ray O'Farrell, Chief Technology Officer at VMware, calls virtualization one of the most non-disruptive disruptive technologies to hit the enterprise. Virtualization, or software-defined hardware, has allowed IT organizations to shift into a new role, the role of driving digital transformation by enabling agility and speed for the entire company. This is a big deal because the IT organization's top goal of 'saving money' has evolved into one of actively creating business value. Of course it's not that simple. This new mindset of business value creation has to be cultivated by the leadership and must be accompanied by a cultural shift by the entire IT organization and across the entire company and, ultimately, across the industry. Listen to Ray's practical and visionary insights that will help your business's top line results.

Store Your IT Data... in DNA? May 24, 2017

What happens when a large scale business in an industry that is transforming at lightning speed has an unsolvable problem? It's a good thing! It means that it's time for close collaboration between the business and the IT provider to tap into cutting edge research and experience to find a solution. The resulting solution and innovation will then benefit all businesses, big or small, interested in the underlying technology or not. Listen how Dell EMC CTO John Roese leads his team to collaborate and innovate for all customers' benefit and, along the way, hear about some fascinating paths to innovation.

Please let us know what you think of the show by leaving us a rating or review in iTunes.

Ready, Set, Transform... Your IT Apr 19, 2017

IT transformation may seem like a daunting task, even in the best of scenarios. Most businesses feel this way. In the inaugural episode of Luminaries - Talking to the brightest minds in tech, you will meet two leading IT industry analysts who break it down into manageable pieces. Backed by the power of in-depth research, they closely examine what IT transformation means, and how IT transformation maturity can be quantified. They share the results of their research and their most surprising insights.

Bonus: They will also share an online tool to assess your own organization's IT maturity, allowing you to take next steps. Please let us know what you think of the show by leaving us a rating or review in iTunes.

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