Heinrich Kokkuk, CIO at McConnell Dowell joins Josh and Tom to share lessons learned, as well as valuable and unique insights developed as an IT leader in the regional AEC industry.

Whether you're a small startup or an established enterprise, streamlining IT expenses without compromising quality or best practices is a common challenge. Tom and Josh share innovative strategies and practical tips that have the potential to help businesses achieve immediate and long-term cost savings.

Denis Rasidovski – Director of Cloud & Managed Services (CSG) joins Tom and Josh to provide a peak behind the Essential 8 curtain. Denis shares his vast industry experience to describe how the Essential 8 model helps businesses to maximise their threat resilience, and to mitigate cyber security risks.

Tom and Josh explore the benefits of ChatGPT that drive business value in the enterprise, including streamlining workflows, enhancing productivity, and improving customer satisfaction.

But it’s not all beer and skittles. The darker side and potential risks of ChatGPT are also examined, particularly, privacy and data security, discrimination and bias, legal and ethical concerns, and quality control.

Join Josh and Tom as they share their insights and predictions for the future of IT in 2023. They dive into the latest technology trends and discuss their implications for businesses. Get ready for a thought-provoking episode packed with practical advice and strategic guidance for navigating the rapidly changing IT landscape.

While many in the industry are calling 2022, ‘The Year of the Hacker’ , there have also been major IT/Marketplace developments in areas well-worth understanding for your business. Tom and Josh take great delight in sharing their “I told you so’s” for 2022, then peer into the future to begin their list for 2023.

Australia has declared war on cyber crime, with the arrival of the new SLACIP (Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Act 2022).

But as Tom & Josh point out in this episode, despite the promise of additional support from the government, there are far-ranging consequences that may impact businesses that fall under this Bill.

Listen now to better understand what’s in store for both your organisation, and your supply chains.

Tom and Josh sift through the 300+ announcements made at this year’s Microsoft Ignite conference and discuss some of the significant highlights and how they will potentially impact businesses, including the Digital Transformation workforce.

A.I. and multi-faceted Security solutions dominated this episode, particularly as they relate to transforming these businesses to be more productive, efficient, and secure.

Understandably, the recent Optus security breach dominated the news section of this podcast, considering its wide-reaching global implications. Josh and Tom then turned to essential updates from this year’s VMware Explore ( formerly VMworld ), including new offerings that fast-track digital transformation and that gild the path to successful cloud native platforms.  

Industry veteran, Veeam's Antony Marijanovic, offers eye-opening insights into the current landscape and the future of data protection. Key takeaways include; how to decrease data protection costs while improving your overall security, the ill-advised reliance on your SaaS or PaaS provider, and upcoming security features that cater for cyber security insurance compliance that speaks directly to the omnipresent threat that ransomware poses.