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Tech Transformation with Evan Kirstel: A podcast exploring the latest trends and innovations in the tech industry, and how businesses can leverage them for growth, diving into the world of B2B, discussing strategies, trends, and sharing insights from industry leaders!
With over three decades in telecom and IT, I've mastered the art of transforming social media into a dynamic platform for audience engagement, community building, and establishing thought leadership. My approach isn't about personal brand promotion but about delivering educational and informative content to cultivate a sustainable, long-term business presence. I am the leading content creator in areas like Enterprise AI, UCaaS, CPaaS, CCaaS, Cloud, Telecom, 5G and more!
Episodes
394 episodes
Revolutionizing Cyber Resilience for Cloud and SaaS
Cyber resilience has evolved from an IT concern to a boardroom priority, and for good reason. As Andy Fernandez, Senior Director of Product Marketing at HYCU explains, while organizations have fortified their on-premises defenses, their cloud a...
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Trust Building and Storytelling: PR Secrets for Cybersecurity Brands
Security conferences are notorious for their overwhelming noise – hundreds of vendors competing for attention, media rushing between briefings, and an endless stream of press releases hitting inboxes. How do cybersecurity brands actually break ...
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Neutral-Host Small Cells: The Future of In-Building Connectivity
Connectivity isn't just a convenience anymore—it's a baseline expectation that impacts everything from daily operations to property valuation. This eye-opening conversation with Mark from Dense Air reveals why in-building cellular coverage has ...
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22:34
Beyond the Record Button: AI-Powered Compliance Changes Everything
The digital communications landscape has exploded, creating both massive challenges and exciting opportunities for financial institutions. What happens when you take the communications data you're already required to capture and apply advanced ...
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15:49
Automating Finance Controls: How SafeBooksAI Is Revolutionizing Enterprise Accounting
Financial data is money—yet most enterprises struggle to ensure its integrity across the numerous systems they use. Every CFO faces the challenge of validating transactions that flow through billing, ERP, payroll, spend management, and other pl...
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19:01
Building a Purpose-Driven BPO: How Horatio's Human-First Approach Is Transforming Customer Experience
When ose Herrera and his co-founders first surveyed the customer support landscape, they noticed something troubling: outsourced partners weren't prioritizing employees or truly embodying their clients' brand values. This gap between what brand...
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19:51
Is Your Business Ready for the Edge Computing Revolution?
At the intersection of edge computing and simplicity sits StorMagic, a company that's redefining what's possible with hyper-converged infrastructure. In this fascinating conversation with Bruce Kornfeld, Chief Product Officer at StoreMagic, we ...
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20:08
Translation without Limits: AI is revolutionizing how we communicate across languages.
Imagine picking up your phone, dialing anyone in the world, and speaking in your native language while they hear you perfectly in theirs—no apps, no internet required. This isn't science fiction; it's the revolutionary technology created by One...
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25:16
AI is Not What You Think: Insights From a Global Tech Leader
Pattern recognition masquerading as intelligence - that's how Zensar Technologies CEO Manish Tandon provocatively reframes today's AI landscape. With refreshing pragmatism, he cuts through the hype to reveal why most enterprise AI initiat...
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25:22
Conversive AI: Revolutionizing Customer Communication Across Channels
Remember when business communication meant just phone calls and plain text messages? Those days are rapidly disappearing as customers expect seamless conversations across multiple channels at any hour of the day or night.Nitin from Conv...
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16:17
Globalizing Communications: How LoopUp Streamlines Multinational Telephony with Teams
Cloud telephony is revolutionizing how multinational businesses communicate, and nobody understands this transformation better than Steve Flavell co-CEO and co-founder of LoopUp. After 20 years in remote communications, his company now spe...
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17:09
Beyond Manual: The Future of Intelligent IT Management
The devices we rely on for productivity often become our biggest source of frustration. From patching nightmares to security vulnerabilities, managing technology creates endless headaches for IT teams—unless you've embraced automation.P...
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20:27
Transforming Enterprise Data Protection: How Eon's Cloud-Native Approach Redefines Backup and Recovery
Cloud infrastructure is undergoing a dramatic shift, and with it comes the need to rethink how we approach data protection. In my conversation with Ofir Ehrlich, co-founder of Eon, we delve into why traditional backup approaches fall short in m...
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26:04
Transforming the C-Suite: Why Every Leader Needs a Sales-Driven Mindset
Doug from CEO Sales Strategies takes us on a remarkable journey through the evolution of sales leadership, beginning with his first entrepreneurial venture at just six years old in his father's industrial machinery business. That early lesson—r...
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36:08
Transforming Developer Velocity: How CodeMetal is Revolutionizing Software Development
The gap between AI research and deployable software has long been a bottleneck for innovation. Peter Morales, CEO of CodeMetal, is bridging this divide with an approach that's fundamentally different from the AI coding assistants flooding the m...
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16:55
From AI to Quantum: Security's Wild Ride
The cybersecurity landscape is evolving at breakneck speed, and few understand this better than Bob Carver, a 25-year veteran who built Verizon Wireless's security incident response team from the ground up. Our conversation at RSA Conference cu...
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26:52
Behind the Scenes at Curiosity Lab: Atlanta's Real-World Tech Testing Ground
At the cutting edge of urban innovation sits Curiosity Lab, a groundbreaking "living laboratory" in Peachtree Corners, Georgia, just outside Atlanta. Brandon Branham, who serves as both Assistant City Manager/CTO for the city and Executi...
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22:49
From Telecom to AI: How 8x8 Simplifies Employee and Customer Conversations
Cloud communications has evolved far beyond buzzwords and technical features—today it's about delivering real business outcomes. In this engaging conversation with Bruno, CMO of 8x8, we explore how one of the original players in the communicati...
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19:45
Voice, AI, and the Future of Communications
The communication technology landscape is evolving at breakneck speed, and Mitel is at the forefront with a clear strategy focused on "innovation with purpose." In this enlightening conversation, Mitel's Chief Technology Officer Luiz Domingos r...
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18:24
The Global Battle for Critical Minerals and Why It Matters for Technology
What powers the smartphone in your pocket or the electric vehicle in your garage? In this eye-opening conversation with Ernest Scheyder, author of "The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives," we dive deep into the...
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19:38
Autonomous Enterprise: The Future of AI-Driven Operations
The dream of an autonomous enterprise has been theoretical for decades, but Digitate is making it a tangible reality. Rajiv Nayan Vice President and General Manager reveals how their Ignio platform is transforming how global organizations opera...
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24:28
Convergence: How NextMed Health Is Reimagining Healthcare's Possibilities
At the convergence of breakthrough technologies, visionary thinking, and human ingenuity lies healthcare's most promising future. Dr. Daniel Kraft's NextMed Health stands as a beacon for those looking to navigate this dynamic landscape, offerin...
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16:53
Mitel's Next Chapter: Leadership in Hybrid Communications
Mitel stands at a pivotal moment in its 50-year journey, emerging stronger than ever after strategic moves that have positioned the company as a formidable player in hybrid communications. In this candid conversation, we explore how Mitel's rec...
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21:34
Beyond Social Posts: Reimagining Marketing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
The marketing landscape has undergone a seismic shift with the emergence of AI tools, but as many businesses discover, not all platforms deliver equal value. Meet www.brainiest.ai - a revolutionary AI marketing solution created by industr...
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Unlocking Commercial Innovation with Dassault Systems
When software and hardware collide, manufacturing undergoes a fundamental transformation. In this revealing conversation with Tom from Dassault Systems, we explore how the digital revolution is reshaping product development, marketing, and the ...
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