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One part of AI and ML that's often overlooked, is the role that supporting infrastructure plays in delivering on its promise. Building automation to handle model life cycle and data handling is a start, but there's much more. Nick Patience returns to talk with host Eric Hanselman about what's needed to drive scale in AI/ML and what he’ll be talking about at the 451NEXUS conference. You can also check out the detailed session at the 451NEXUS conference here: https://spglobal.com/451nexus

The payment world has transformed as it steps from the end of the customer experience journey to being integrated across customer relationships. Payments have expanded into many areas of finance. Jordan McKee, research director for Fintech, returns to talk with host Eric Hanselman about how enterprises can leverage this change and what he’ll be talking about at the 451NEXUS conference. You can also check out the detailed session at the 451NEXUS conference here: https://spglobal.com/451nexus

The impacts of data privacy and security reach from the technical into our personal lives. The concerns are intersecting, but are they colliding? Analysts Paige Bartley and Justin Lam return to discuss the different aspects of data with host Eric Hanselman. Is data the new oil or possibly uranium? Analogies abound, but managing data to extract value, while protecting it, is not a simple task. You can also check out the detailed session at the 451NEXUS conference here: https://spglobal.com/451nexus

We’re kicking off the previews for the 451NEXUS conference and Melanie Posey, the conference chair, is back to talk about the sessions and the expanded content with host Eric Hanselman. One of the biggest challenges organizations face in digitization and the shift to hybrid operations is complexity. It’s not simple to tame, but greater use of automation and operational integration can help. The conference covers this and more. Check out the full agenda here: https://spglobal.com/451nexus

While tech had led the markets as it was running up, it’s also led on the way back down and that’s impacting merger and acquisition activity. M&A practice lead Brenon Daly is back with host Eric Hanselman to look at how the M&A environment has changed. The fuel that was heating dealmaking has been cut off and it’s also raising temperatures in the deal process. Brenon is going to be diving deeper at 451NEXUS in its new, virtual format, starting October 31. Join us there! Spglobal.com/451nexus

The dramatic shift to remote work experienced over the last two years has changed employee expectations about not only where work gets done, but what tools are needed to work efficiently. Senior analyst Conner Forrest returns with study data showing just how attitudes have changed and analyzes the impacts with host Eric Hanselman. People are no longer satisfied with the “minimum viable work experiences” driven out of the pandemic. They’ve seen the future and want it now.

Enterprises are working hard to meet the needs of developers and lines of business, but it’s a much more challenging task with the polyglot resources they’re pulling together. Senior analyst Jean Atelsek and research director William Fellows are back on the podcast with host Eric Hanselman to explore this shift and look at data that point to how it will be addressed. We revisit the question of if we should still be treating cloud as a special case. Can we manage a market with 1,000 aisles?

Attitudes about cloud are maturing and organizations are putting the abstractions that they provide to work in better ways. Research Director Melanie Posey returns to the podcast to look at these changes and explore study data with host Eric Hanselman. The shift from capex to opex is no longer the main challenge. The data point to some success stories that these mature approaches are bringing. Will there be a time when we no longer talk about cloud?

The various pieces of decentralized finance (DeFi), Web3 and cryptocurrencies all share a common foundation in blockchain, but they’re often lumped together. Blockchain has a distinct set of uses and benefits and analyst Alex Johnston joins host Eric Hanselman to talk about the insights from a recent study that looks at enterprise uses. Understanding is maturing, but some are delaying deployment as they wrestle with skills gaps. As with DeFi, platforms that abstract complexity can help.

The difference between augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) can be gray in some uses, but there’s a continuum of capabilities that have become essential for modern enterprise. Ian Hughes returns to explore super powers that AR/VR can confer with host Eric Hanselman and look at how enterprises should be putting them to work. Digital twins aren’t standard issue, yet, but they’re a key part of making metaverses valuable.