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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
499 episodes
From Edge to Core: Reimagining Enterprise Networks in the Age of AI
The networking landscape is experiencing a seismic shift as artificial intelligence transforms traditional connectivity into intelligent, business-driven infrastructure. Gary Sidhu, Senior Vice President of Product Engineering at GTT, takes us ...
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Unleashing AI in Telecom: TUPL's Automation and AI Revolution
The telecommunications industry faces unprecedented challenges in operational efficiency, customer experience, and digital transformation. Enter TUPL – the quiet powerhouse revolutionizing how telecom giants handle everything from network opera...
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15:44
Backup Nirvana: One View, 90 Workloads, Zero Headaches
The data protection landscape has fundamentally changed. Gone are the days when IT leaders maintained complete control over data housed solely in on-premises environments. Today's reality is vastly more complex – a scattered ecosystem of on-pre...
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12:05
Private AI Revolution: Broadcom's VMware Explore Highlights
The explosion of generative AI has created an urgent need for enterprises to run AI workloads on-premises to protect sensitive data, maintain governance, and safeguard intellectual property. In this illuminating conversation with Tasha Drew, wh...
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12:34
Security, Multi-Cloud, and the Future of Enterprise Networks
The digital infrastructure landscape has fundamentally changed. What was once a simple utility—broadband connectivity—has evolved into a strategic asset requiring sophisticated architecture, security considerations, and specialized expertise. I...
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25:04
Resilience, Security, and the Future of Industrial IoT
The evolution of industrial IoT is transforming how businesses approach connectivity, resilience, and edge intelligence. Digi International stands at the forefront of this revolution, having journeyed from a hardware-focused connected devices c...
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Reusable Identity: The Digital TSA PreCheck
The digital identity revolution is here, and it's transforming how we verify who we are online. In this fascinating conversation, Raj from Trua explains how their innovative approach to identity verification is creating what amounts to a "TSA P...
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27:05
AI isn't replacing accountants—it's turning them into strategic advisors.
What happens when cutting-edge AI meets the traditionally conservative world of accounting? A revolution that's transforming how high-net-worth individuals and family offices manage their wealth.Meet Brian, CEO of Montreal-based Wealth ...
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Building Enterprise-Ready AI Agents While Protecting Your Code
Have you ever wondered how AI coding assistants could work in secure enterprise environments without sending your proprietary code to the cloud? That's exactly what Tabnine is tackling as an enterprise-first AI assistant that predates even GitH...
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20:41
Digital Workers: Saving Healthcare's Back Office
Ever wonder why healthcare costs keep rising while hospitals struggle financially? The answer might lie in what Ananth Manivannan Founder @ Resolvd AI, calls "the swivel chair problem" – the countless hours healthcare professionals spend manual...
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Defeating Data Gravity: How Hammerspace Powers AI Anywhere
The digital transformation journey toward AI implementation presents enterprises with a fundamental challenge: leveraging decades of data stored across disconnected silos. Unlike early AI pioneers who built purpose-designed infrastructure from ...
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Why Companies Like Walmart Are Moving From Public Cloud to VCF
The private cloud revolution is gaining momentum, with VMware's Virtual Cloud Foundation (VCF) emerging as the platform of choice for enterprises seeking alternatives to public cloud. In this enlightening conversation with Vijay Ramachandran, w...
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How VMware and Broadcom Are Securing the Future of Private AI
The security landscape is dramatically shifting as organizations embrace private AI and cloud environments, creating new vulnerabilities alongside unprecedented opportunities. Umesh Mahajan VP & GM, Application Networking and Security Divis...
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Private Cloud's New Momentum
Private cloud is experiencing a dramatic resurgence as organizations rethink their cloud strategies. Prashanth Shenoy reveals fascinating insights from their research spanning 1,800 global IT decision-makers: 53% are building new workloads on p...
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14:37
The Road to Safer Driving Through AI
Ever wonder what would happen if we completely reimagined driver safety? What if instead of focusing on mistakes, we celebrated what drivers do right? That's exactly what Netrodyn is doing with their groundbreaking AI-powered approach to road s...
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23:39
CUDA Everywhere: How Spectral Compute is Democratizing GPU Programming
What if you could run CUDA code on AMD hardware without changing a single line of code? This groundbreaking possibility is now reality thanks to Spectral Compute's Scale compiler, which we explore in depth with founder Chris in this eye-opening...
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The Future of Workplace Communications
Communication lies at the heart of every successful organization, but in today's information-saturated workplace, getting messages to resonate has never been more challenging. Frank Gauld CPTO @ Poppulo reveals a startling paradox: while c...
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Unleashing Smart Pet Tech
The bond between humans and their pets runs deep, but communication barriers have always limited how well we understand our furry companions. What if technology could bridge that gap? That's exactly what SATELLAI is achieving with their revolut...
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20:19
Data Whisperers: Teaching AI What's Right and Wrong
Ever wondered who teaches AI what's right and wrong? That's exactly what we explore in this eye-opening conversation with Olga MegorskayaChief Executive Officer from Toloka, the company providing the human infrastructure behind today's most...
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20:58
Navigating Enterprise AI: How Hammerspace Solves GPU Gravity
The race to implement AI is creating a massive challenge for enterprises: how to connect their existing data to AI models without rebuilding their entire infrastructure. Hammerspace has emerged with a revolutionary solution that's changing how ...
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19:48
Orchestrating the Future: How Zebra Technologies is Revolutionizing Edge Computing
The convergence of artificial intelligence and edge computing is reshaping how frontline workers perform their jobs across industries. In this thought-provoking conversation with Tom Bianculli, Chief Technology Officer at Zebra Technologies, we...
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Right to Repair: The Fight for Digital Ownership
Ever bought something only to discover you don't really own it? That's the troubling reality Lewis Rossman is fighting against through his work with the Fulu Foundation.What began as frustration over limited access to repair parts for A...
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23:38
The Future of Cancer Treatment: From Hospital to Home with Dan Nardi
What happens when we take cancer care out of the sterile hospital environment and bring it into the comfort of patients' homes? Dan Nardi, CEO of Reimagined Care, is pioneering this transformative approach through a powerful combination of tech...
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30:37
From Space to AI: SUSE's Hidden Tech Footprint
When a technology has been around for over three decades, you might assume its most exciting days are behind it. But as SUSE CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen aka DP reveals, Linux and open source are actually at the center of today's most transformat...
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23:40
The Evolution of Legal Data Protection: Insights from Helient
Data protection in the legal world is evolving rapidly, and the stakes couldn't be higher. When it comes to safeguarding critical case files and client information, law firms face unique challenges that extend far beyond typical enterprise conc...
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