“Millennials,” “Generation Y,” “Digital Natives,” “Generation Avocado Toast” – These are many terms that describe a group of people who were born between 1981 to 1996. Today, they are the largest generation on this planet, and, by 2025, they will make up 75% of the global workforce. While not a technology buzzword in itself, Millennials...

In our second buzzITtalk brief, we’re tackling an emerging buzzword in the logistics space, “Hyperlocal Logistics.” At face value, hyperlocal logistics isn’t a novel idea, but rather a rebadging of the maker movement – but digging deeper, one quickly realizes that the gig economy is driving a solution for local delivery that is effectively challenging...

In this episode, we’re tackling the giant elephant in nearly every company’s boardroom – 5G. What is it,  and why is it different from 4G (LTE) and current Wi-Fi services? What’s its current state of development, and when can we expect it to become more mainstream? How do you start working with it, and more?...

We rarely know what the future is going to look like, what impact the tech buzzwords of today will have. But there are those among us who try and predict that future, to envisage what today’s technology will grow into in 10, 20 years’ time. This episode takes a break from reviewing the buzzwords of...

Have you ever considered what makes great software great? If you haven’t, this episode is for you as we dive into the buzzword “experience design” – the bread and butter of great software, or so we thought… If you have, be careful not to mix up “customer experience design” (CX), “user experience design” (UX), and...

We’re excited to bring you our first buzzITtalk brief, a shorter version of the podcast intended to tackle emerging buzzwords quickly giving you the 4-1-1 on the buzzword in question, in about 10 minutes or less. We couldn’t think of a more appropriate buzzword to deliver our first short episode then “small data”. Our guest,...

Season 2 of buzzITtalk is finally here, and to get the season started, we’ve taken on one of the biggest buzzwords out there – cybersecurity. But, a topic like cybersecurity, it turns out, isn’t as easy to tackle as one might think. The show digs into cyber hygiene and hacking while also looking at these...

Episode 9 kicks off with a quick bit of organizational material where the show’s original host, David Weaver, announces that he’s handing the reins over to Matthew Wittemeier. After a brief introduction, the show continues with the topic’s guest Johanna Bellenberg, Director of Marketing and Communications at Picavi. Shortly into the interview, we delve straight...

We had Dr. Jörg Herbers, senior VP of the workforce management division at INFORM Software as our guest in episode 8. The interview starts with some details about what workforce management entails and covered some of the trends and challenges within the space. Jörg presented the topic of deductive intelligence and talked about how it...

We had Russel Olinger, CEO of Whipster, as our guest in this episode. Whipster is a service that allows ride sharers to compare fares, arrival times and availability of ride share options, all in one app. The interview starts with some details about what ridesharing is and how the industry is developing. We talked about...