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How do you cut off cloud computing from the internet? Apr 10, 2025

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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-2025

History 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-matter
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01273-4
https://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 to harness a great untapped energy source Apr 03, 2025

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How can we minimize the energy waste from data centers? This week, Technology Now explores a potential avenue to harness a large untapped source of energy: excess heat. How much of a problem is the excess heat in the world? How much do data centers actually contribute to the problem? What, if anything, can we do to combat this? Malte Matthies, Business Development Lead for Modular Data Center - at Hewlett Packard Enterprise tells us more.

About this week's guest, Malte Matthies: https://www.linkedin.com/in/malte-matthies-38704660/

Sources cited in this week’s episode:
International Energy Agency Report: https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/6b2fd954-2017-408e-bf08-952fdd62118a/Electricity2024-Analysisandforecastto2026.pdf
Danfoss Whitepaper Summary: https://www.danfoss.com/en/about-danfoss/news/cf/excess-heat-is-world-s-largest-untapped-source-of-energy/

New Dinosaur Discovered:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn7v3eln56no
Didactyl therizinosaur with a preserved keratinous claw from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia | Kobayashi, Yoshitsugu et al., iScience, Volume 0, Issue 0, 112141

Charles Glen King, Albert Szent- Szent-Györgyi and Vitamin C
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23183299/
https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/11807/chapter/12#218

Manufacturing and the struggle to become 'smart' Mar 27, 2025

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In this episode we are looking at a sector where IT and tech innovation is taking efficiency to a whole new level - manufacturing.

Manufacturing is in a precarious position as an industry. In the global north, growth is largely stagnant, according to those same UN statistics. Even in high-growth economies like China, it’s slowing down. It’s also notoriously inefficient. So, can tech help? And if so, what does that look like?

Joining us to discuss is Dan Klein, an advisor on data and digital transformation with a special interest in the manufacturing sector.

This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week we 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 we can learn from it.

About this week's guest, Dan Klein: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dplklein/?originalSubdomain=uk

Sources cited in this week’s episode:
UN stats on the state of global manufacturing: https://stat.unido.org/portal/storage/file/publications/qiip/World_Manufacturing_Production_2024_Q1.pdf
Statista report on global manufacturing and efficiency: https://www.statista.com/outlook/io/manufacturing/worldwide
Water on Mars: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/52/12/939/648640/Seismic-discontinuity-in-the-Martian-crust

What's the state of the cyber security field in 2025? Mar 20, 2025

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In this episode we are looking once again at our digital security, particularly around the state of the industry in 2025, and the way threats and consumer behaviours are evolving.

We’ll be looking at the adoption of new kinds of security, how VPNs are still an evolving part of the security equation, and how Security Service Edge (SSE) is beginning to be taken more seriously. Joining us to discuss is Jaye Tillson, Field CTO and Distinguished Technologist at HPE.

About this week's guest, Jaye Tillson: https://jayetillson.tech/

Sources cited in this week’s episode:
WEF 2025 cyber security report: https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-cybersecurity-outlook-2025/
Nuclear batteries: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590147825000038?via%3Dihub
Statistics on nuclear energy: https://www.iea.org/energy-system/electricity/nuclear-power

AI and Security - the opportunities and challenges Mar 13, 2025

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In this episode we are taking a fresh look at how AI is affecting the world of cybersecurity. As we’ve explored on the podcast in previous episodes, artificial intelligence has opened up a whole new world of opportunities for our organizations, but it also brings fresh challenges for cybersecurity professionals.

We’ll be looking at the current state of play, and asking whether AI as a tool to defend us can match AI as a weapon to attack us, with guest Simon Leech, Director of the Cyber Security Centre of Excellence at HPE.

About this week's guest, Simon Leech: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonleech/?originalSubdomain=nl

Sources cited in this week’s episode:
McKinsey report into AI use: https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/the-state-of-ai
Statista report into cybercrime costs: https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1280009/cost-cybercrime-worldwide
Improvements to swarm robot insects: https://news.mit.edu/2025/fast-agile-robotic-insect-could-someday-aid-mechanical-pollination-0115

Dashboards and the advent of convergence Mar 06, 2025

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In this episode we are looking at how technology is allowing us to bring together the potentially dozens or even hundreds of different IT services and systems - from hardware to software and cloud - in use throughout our organizations.

It’s an idea known as ‘convergence’, which has been years in the making, but with the rise of AI and edge computing, is finally becoming a reality.
So, why has it taken so long to happen… And are we there yet? Well to find out, we’re joined this week by Taruna Gandhi, Head of Product Marketing at Opsramp.

About this week's guest, Taruna Gandhi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarunagandhi/

Sources cited in this week’s episode:
Deloitte report into IT efficiency savings: https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/us/Documents/technology-media-telecommunications/blue-prism-white-paper-final.pdf
Lab grown dog food: https://meatly.pet/meatly-launches-worlds-first-cultivated-pet-food/

The unusual art of data storage in space Feb 27, 2025

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In this episode we are taking a trip high above the Earth, and looking at how we are storing our data in space – in particular, how testbeds for running consumer-grade drives on the International Space Station are redefining the edge computing capabilities of future missions to the moon and beyond.

Joining us to discuss is Tyler Nelson, Director of KIOXIA’s Innovation Lab and Technical Marketing Team.

About this week's guest, Tyler Nelson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylercnelson/

Sources cited in this week’s episode:
Temperature stats for outer space: https://www.spaceclick.com/blog/how-to-store-data-in-outer-space/
Technology Now episode on Spaceborne Computer 2: https://link.chtbl.com/TechnologyNow_052
‘Oldest bubbles’ recovered in Antarctica: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwypyg4vq8ko

How to make our IT more sustainable Feb 20, 2025

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In this episode, we’re drilling into something that’s arguably under-discussed: How to make IT itself more sustainable through the life cycle of its products.

We’ll be talking about how we can build sustainability into our products and why it’s important to think about sustainability at every step of the product life cycle, with Karim Abou Zahab, principal technologist for sustainable transformation at HPE’s Living Progress organisation.

About this week's guest, Karim Abou Zahab: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karim-abouzahab/?originalSubdomain=es

Sources cited in this week’s episode:
IAEA stats on data centre energy usage: https://www.iea.org/energy-system/buildings/data-centres-and-data-transmission-networks
EV lifespan report: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-024-01698-1

Unstructured Data - turning data swamps into insight Feb 13, 2025

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In this episode we are looking at an area which impacts every business in the world. Unstructured data - that is, how we can start to squeeze insight from the piles of text, audio, video, and every other type of data that doesn’t fit into a neat table.
Carefully analysed, it can contain valuable insight, to be compared against other more traditional metrics such as sales figures, or economic results.

Joining us to discuss is Gokul Sathiacama, VP of data storage for AI at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

About this week's guest, Gokul Sathiacama: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gokuls/

Sources cited in this week’s episode:
Statistics on global data generation: https://www.statista.com/statistics/871513/worldwide-data-created/
Statistics on global IOT devices: https://paxtechnica.org/?page_id=738#:~:text=%E2%80%9COur%20IoT%20world%20is%20growing,billion%20by%202020.%E2%80%9D%20Intel.&text=Gartner.&text=Cisco.,-2011&text=%E2%80%9CGlobal%20M2M%20connections%20will%20increase,at%20the%20end%20of%202022.
Global Web Index stats on smart devices: https://www.globalwebindex.net/

How more sustainble networks can mean more sustainable buildings Feb 06, 2025

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In this episode we are looking at a pressing issue that goes well beyond the tech world - sustainability and our networking infrastructure.

In particular, In this episode, we’ll be asking how networking and sustainability can go hand in hand – from reducing the amount of materials we use, to lowering energy consumption, to making our buildings and offices more efficient through the network.
Joining us to discuss is Jon Howell. He’s the Smart Spaces and IoT Lead for Europe, Africa and the Middle East at HPE Aruba Networking.

About this week's guest, Jon Howell: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonnybee33/?originalSubdomain=uk

Sources cited in this week’s episode:
UN statistics on E-waste: https://unitar.org/about/news-stories/press/global-e-waste-monitor-2024-electronic-waste-rising-five-times-faster-documented-e-waste-recycling
Our episode at the HPE Technology Renewal Centre in Erskine, Scotland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiEKepzin-E
Universal flu vaccine research: https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00160-24
Statistics into flu deaths: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0140673617332932?getft_integrator=asm&pes=doc&utm_source=asm

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