Bit Dirty

Today's information-driven, cloud-based world requires a terrestrial anchor, the Data Center. These spaces are dedicated to housing the systems that provide the computing power and information storage demanded across the globe.

Datacenters and the systems they house generate, store and transmit data that require ever-increasing amounts of energy. Operators are constantly seeking to incorporate clean and renewable energy and sustainability into technology to help address growing global concerns around climate change.

And that is precisely why Lee Pallat, VP, Cloud Strategy & Sourcing at Stratacore, is here to talk about in this episode: Green Data Centers.

Aaron Binkley, VP, Sustainability at Digital Realty, and Bruce Frandsen, Director Global Renewable Energy and Cleantech at Equinix, join the discussion. 

Today’s guest has stolen credit cards, hacked Social Security numbers, robbed banks, and created fake ATMs. He has broken into armed government facilities and has stolen from teenagers. He is an identity thief, but he is no criminal.

This week we talk to the notorious cyber-security expert, Jim Stickley. 

Get in touch with Jim: 

• Jim's LinkedIn. 
• Stickley On Security website. 

Today’s guest has stolen credit cards, hacked Social Security numbers, robbed banks, and created fake ATMs. He has broken into armed government facilities and has stolen from teenagers. He is an identity thief, but he is no criminal.

This week we talk to the notorious cyber-security expert, Jim Stickley. 

Get in touch with Jim: 

• Jim's LinkedIn. 
• Stickley On Security website. 

We live in the age of information.

Connectivity has become an essential part of our daily lives and communications as an industry is growing so much that it is, quite literally, reaching the stars.

When we look at the night sky, we don’t realize that we’re not only seeing stars but also the very means of communications that allow all our information to move around the world. 

No wonder billionaires like Elon Musk are trying to conquer the orbit of Earth so that they can claim the airwaves.

Space is no longer the final frontier.

With so much of our information and communication being outsourced to satellites in the low earth orbit (known as the LEO constellation), what new opportunities and challenges await? Who will regulate the airspace? How will this impact the way we interact with technology? Will these advancements help people in low connectivity areas?

Or will we block out the Sun with our artificial constellation before any of this comes to pass?

We answer these questions, and more, in today’s episode of Bit Dirty.

The cryptocurrency boom is at an all-time high. If you’re not familiar with the word, you’ve probably heard about the most ubiquitous cryptocurrency: Bitcoin.

Trading Bitcoins has become a way for many people to invest or make fortunes of all sizes. 

 And although the purpose for Crypto when it entered the picture more than 10 years ago was that people worldwide can use it as a tool to escape monetary repression, inflation, or capital controls, the reality is that it is also used in Ponzi schemes, scams, or even as a device for money laundering.

In this episode of Bit Dirty, we take a look at where Crypto's bad reputation is warranted.

Ever since we looked up into the sky, we’ve strived to reach the stars. What once was a dream fueled by curiosity turned into a race the moment we invented the technology to reach them.  

But how have private companies extraterrestrial ambitions impacted the rest of us? Are we justified in spending billions on space exploration, when we have so many people right here on earth that need our help? Is more competition delivering more innovation?

Welcome to Bit Dirty – A podcast that satisfies your tech fetish by digging deep and giving you fresh perspectives on topics that interest you.