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Election Special

Explain IT - June 27, 2024 03:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
To the public, elections can look relatively simple. However for lots of public sector organisations, there are weeks of preparation fraught with risk, excitement and a huge sense of purpose.  Despite using paper ballots and lots of people-based processes on the day, technology and digital is k...

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AI At Your Fingertips

Explain IT - June 25, 2024 03:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
In the year of AI, can we get even closer to having it right at our fingertips? Helen Gidney, Softcat’s head of Architecture, and a team of experts discuss this fascinating question.  AI is developing quicker than we can think and we’re seeing it pop up in our everyday lives more and more and ...

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Using AI in Healthcare: Diagnostics, Patient Records, Research, Revenue Management, with JT Perry

Tanzu Talk - May 30, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
JT Perry is back to talk about enterprise AI in healthcare. They also talk about the status of new business models like "doc in a box" and Amazon Health. See the full show notes in the video version of this episode.

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Using AI in Healthcare: Diagnostics, Patient Records, Research, Revenue Management, with JT Perry

Tanzu Talk - May 30, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
JT Perry is back to talk about enterprise AI in healthcare. They also talk about the status of new business models like "doc in a box" and Amazon Health. See the full show notes in the video version of this episode.

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Observability

Explain IT - May 28, 2024 03:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Do you know everything that’s going on in your organisation? Today we’re talking about Observability. It isn't just a buzzword; it is the evolution of application and network performance monitoring into a seamless way to measure your full systems health. As IT environments become more complica...

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Getting Edgy

Explain IT - April 30, 2024 03:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
With the explosive growth of internet connected devices in our everyday world, from mobile phones to our cars and even our homes, we are generating massive amounts of data all the time. Traditional centralised infrastructures just can’t keep up with the pace of information. So how do we bring pr...

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Powering your SOC

Explain IT - March 26, 2024 04:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
On this edition of Explain IT we're discussing how to power your SOC. No, we're not talking super powered footwear. SOC stands for Security Operations Centre, and it’s where cyber experts battle threats posed against your data day and night. We know security is a key part of any business, to pr...

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The Ethics of AI

Explain IT - February 27, 2024 09:56 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
AI has been making headlines for a while now, and this year we’ll see more and more businesses adopting it to improve their performance and efficiency. But how do we ensure that AI is used in a responsible and ethical way? How do we avoid the risks and pitfalls that come with such a powerful tec...

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Developer Platforms and Productivity, with Serdar Badem

Tanzu Talk - January 23, 2024 11:46 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Fresh from working on developer platforms at Uber, Serdar Badem tells us his experience working on improving developer productivity. He's working at Tanzu now and so he also discusses the work we're doing to help improve developer productivity.

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Developer Platforms and Productivity, with Serdar Badem

Tanzu Talk - January 23, 2024 11:46 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Fresh from working on developer platforms at Uber, Serdar Badem tells us his experience working on improving developer productivity. He's working at Tanzu now and so he also discusses the work we're doing to help improve developer productivity.

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Developer Platforms and Productivity, with Serdar Badem

Tanzu Talk - January 23, 2024 11:46 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Fresh from working on developer platforms at Uber, Serdar Badem tells us his experience working on improving developer productivity. He's working at Tanzu now and so he also discusses the work we're doing to help improve developer productivity.

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Tech Predictions for 2024 - Part 2

Explain IT - January 23, 2024 04:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Part two of our Tech Predictions for 2024! You can hear part one, here. In the past twelve months, Explain I.T has generated over 20,000 unique downloads and covered an array of topics. In the present, we have a collective group of Softcat technologists here to share their thoughts on tech.  ...

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Tech Predictions for 2024 - Part 1

Explain IT - January 16, 2024 11:44 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
In the past twelve months, Explain I.T has generated over 20,000 unique downloads and covered an array of topics.   In the present, we have a collective group of softcat technologists here to share their thoughts on tech.    And in the future, Explain I.T will have a new presenter; Helen Gid...

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Drive For Innovative Automotive

Explain IT - December 19, 2023 04:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Our team of experts are here to talk tech in simple, jargon free language, and today is no exception, although we do come with a twist. Today we are covering the automotive industry and how it continues to modernise by innovating, designing and building the now and future transportation that po...

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What is ”waste” in software development? With Steve Pereira

Tanzu Talk - December 18, 2023 07:38 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
The phrase "value stream" is used so often in software development that it's easy to forget exactly what it means. "Waste" is another word like that. In this episode, Coté talks with Steve Pereira about value stream mappings, what waste is, exactly, and why it's so difficult to do what seems lik...

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What is ”waste” in software development? With Steve Pereira

Tanzu Talk - December 18, 2023 07:38 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
The phrase "value stream" is used so often in software development that it's easy to forget exactly what it means. "Waste" is another word like that. In this episode, Coté talks with Steve Pereira about value stream mappings, what waste is, exactly, and why it's so difficult to do what seems lik...

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What is ”waste” in software development? With Steve Pereira

Tanzu Talk - December 18, 2023 07:38 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
The phrase "value stream" is used so often in software development that it's easy to forget exactly what it means. "Waste" is another word like that. In this episode, Coté talks with Steve Pereira about value stream mappings, what waste is, exactly, and why it's so difficult to do what seems lik...

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Re-thinking tech debt, developer productivity, & better meetings, with Laura Tacho

Tanzu Talk - December 08, 2023 08:38 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
In this episode Coté talks with Laura Tacho, the CTO of DX on several topics, starting with tech debt. Laura shares her viewpoint on how the concept and use of 'tech debt' changes based on perspective, and the need for better quantification of these concepts for businesses. They also discuss dev...

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Re-thinking tech debt, developer productivity, & better meetings, with Laura Tacho

Tanzu Talk - December 08, 2023 08:38 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
In this episode Coté talks with Laura Tacho, the CTO of DX on several topics, starting with tech debt. Laura shares her viewpoint on how the concept and use of 'tech debt' changes based on perspective, and the need for better quantification of these concepts for businesses. They also discuss dev...

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Re-thinking tech debt, developer productivity, & better meetings, with Laura Tacho

Tanzu Talk - December 08, 2023 08:38 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this episode Coté talks with Laura Tacho, the CTO of DX on several topics, starting with tech debt. Laura shares her viewpoint on how the concept and use of 'tech debt' changes based on perspective, and the need for better quantification of these concepts for businesses. They also discuss dev...

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Into An AI World

Explain IT - December 05, 2023 04:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Dean Gardner, Softcat's Technology Director, hosts another episode of Explain I.T. Another team of experts are here to talk tech in simple, jargon free language. Are you open to AI? Yes, we are, but not in the sense of OpenAI who appear to have performed a fire rehire and resign strategy in les...

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Can I Be Your Co-Pilot

Explain IT - November 07, 2023 04:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
We are motoring towards the end of year like an AI powered electric scooter - and yes, they actually do exist thanks to UK tech startup Hilo One. In a world where AI is now taking charge in every aspect of our daily lives, Microsoft has recently released a Copilot. AI driven, all encompassing, ...

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Keep it small to make big changes, with Betty Junod

Tanzu Talk - October 20, 2023 12:01 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
You always hear that making a series of small changes is better than BIG BANG change. How does this really play out though? Doesn't that seem a little...naive when it comes to large organizations doing the BIG and MISSION CRITICAL work?  In this episode, Coté talks with Betty Junod on this topi...

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Keep it small to make big changes, with Betty Junod

Tanzu Talk - October 20, 2023 12:01 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
You always hear that making a series of small changes is better than BIG BANG change. How does this really play out though? Doesn't that seem a little...naive when it comes to large organizations doing the BIG and MISSION CRITICAL work?  In this episode, Coté talks with Betty Junod on this topi...

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Keep it small to make big changes, with Betty Junod

Tanzu Talk - October 20, 2023 12:01 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
You always hear that making a series of small changes is better than BIG BANG change. How does this really play out though? Doesn't that seem a little...naive when it comes to large organizations doing the BIG and MISSION CRITICAL work?  In this episode, Coté talks with Betty Junod on this topi...

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The Quantum Realm

Explain IT - September 29, 2023 06:47 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Hello and welcome back to Softcats Explain It Podcast series. This is episode seven of season six, and we are here after a small break in the schedule. And we are back with a corker. My name is Dean Gardner, softcats technology director, and I'm still the host after a busy few months of AI. Tod...

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What is Backstage? What does Backstage do? What does Backstage not do? Why would you use Backstage?

Tanzu Talk - September 22, 2023 12:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Ben educates Coté on what Backstage is. Coté is always thinking that new tech does more than it actually does, and he eagerly de-scopes his inflated expectations with Ben's wiseness. This is the most detailed explanation of the core of Backstage you're likely to see, and the two only about third...

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What is Backstage? What does Backstage do? What does Backstage not do? Why would you use Backstage?

Tanzu Talk - September 22, 2023 12:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Ben educates Coté on what Backstage is. Coté is always thinking that new tech does more than it actually does, and he eagerly de-scopes his inflated expectations with Ben's wiseness. This is the most detailed explanation of the core of Backstage you're likely to see, and the two only about third...

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What is Backstage? What does Backstage do? What does Backstage not do? Why would you use Backstage?

Tanzu Talk - September 22, 2023 12:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Ben educates Coté on what Backstage is. Coté is always thinking that new tech does more than it actually does, and he eagerly de-scopes his inflated expectations with Ben's wiseness. This is the most detailed explanation of the core of Backstage you're likely to see, and the two only about third...

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What is a Service Mesh? And Why Would You Want One?

Tanzu Talk - September 15, 2023 12:45 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
The three of us are back to discuss what a service mesh is and why it exists as a stand-alone thing. The result we come to is that you want this kind of network control and management as its own layer, not something that’s built into the stack. Check out the video if you prefer that. Come see ...