Cloudbusting Podcast

This week, the team is joined by Diana Kennedy, Group CTO at BUPA.

They discuss the impact of digital technology on healthcare organizations and how traditional organizations are starting to embrace change. They also consider how modernization in this sector is impacting patient experience, especially during the ongoing pandemic.

This week we are joined by Robin Sutara, Chief Data Officer at Microsoft UK.

Over the past year, enterprises have been finding new ways to leverage their data and overcome disruption by creating new, innovative products and experiences. Robin tells us about some of the great work that Microsoft customers have been doing to harness the value of their data.

This week we are joined by Cloudreach's Head of R&D, Chris Williams, to discuss what the future holds for application modernization in the cloud.

The team discusses the complexity and paradoxes of choice that enterprises face when they move and attempt to modernize in the cloud. Chris suggests how relying on software and automation will help organizations clearly identify modernization opportunities within their estate and continuously execute at the speed of innovation.

Duena Blomstrom returns to the show to speak about her new book: People Before Tech which focuses on the importance of psychological safety and teamwork in the digital age.

Duena discusses the concept of 'human debt' and the impact it is having on digital businesses. She also explains why psychological safety is essential for high-performing, agile teams.

Paul Crichard returns to the show to address some of the cybersecurity issues surrounding the recent Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack.

The team discusses how and why these attacks occur and suggest how organizations can be more cyber-aware and better protect themselves from malicious actors.

This week we are joined by Richard Robinson, Partner Migration Program Lead UKI at AWS.

The team looks at some of the key challenges and business drivers that enterprises are currently facing when approaching cloud migrations. They also discuss how these organizations can create a foundation for innovation and modernization by taking a 'smarter' approach to migration that leverages powerful assessment software, automation, and analysis of historical data. 

This week we are delighted to welcome author, podcast host, and cloud computing pioneer, David Linthicum, to the show.

For most enterprises tackling cloud transformation, one of the biggest challenges is bridging the technical skills gaps that emerge.  After a year of disruption, where demand for cloud talent has only accelerated, we explore how tech leaders can attract and retain the best people for their organization.

This week we are joined by Eric Lam and Pathik Sharma from Google Cloud to discuss cloud cost optimization best practices.

First, the team covers the importance of understanding how IT costs are managed in the cloud next to costs organizations face on-premises. They then discuss several ways organizations can optimize their cloud spend before recommending FinOps adoption as a way to create a culture of financial accountability.

This week we are joined by Amanda Brock, CEO at Open UK, for a discussion around the growing prominence of Open technologies in both corporate and governmental digital strategies.

We cover common misconceptions about Open Source and dig into how tech leaders should frame the use of Open when building their digital strategies.

In our final Trends 2021 episode, we are delighted to welcome Jake Burns, Enterprise Strategist at AWS and host of the Conversations With Leaders Podcast, to the show.

Our final trend focuses on the acceleration of digital transformation in a post-COVID world. The team debate whether enterprises in 2021 and beyond will be migrating to the cloud with a clearer idea of how and when they should modernize - rather than just virtualizing their infrastructure.