The Appledore Research Podcast

In this week’s episode Patrick Kelly is joined by IBM Quantum Industry Partner, Imed Othmani, in a discussion on progress and obstacles in Quantum Computing. In particular, what and when will be the first practical applications of this technology. It’s a fascinating insight into the path from pure research to business value, and IBM’s approach to finding it.

Telcos are right to look to enterprise customers for near term growth. But that growth will see them selling new kinds of services, and is dependent on a new level of self-serviceability. In this episode Robert and Grant are joined by Itential CTO Chris Wade to discuss how the next big wave of digital services - an incremental revenue potential of $100B for telcos - can be enabled.

What do software leaders within telcos think about the tremendous rate of change and technological innovation taking place? How do they view topics like SaaS, GenAI, or edge computing? How do they consider the vendor landscape? What principles are most important in the era of cloud and continous delivery? In this thoughtful episode, Robert and John talk with Rob Bennett, SVP of Software Engineering at Echostar - the new name for the combined Dish Wireless and Echostar assets that were re-merged in early 2024.

IBM Research is responsible for ideas and innovations that will drive growth and redefine the state-of-the-art in technology. In a rare discussion with IBM Research , Patrick Kelly begins the episode with COO Jeff Welsey by exploring the state of AI, and the practicalities of cutting-edge research. From there, it's a look into the relationship between AI and quantum computing, high-value use cases for both within telecom and in other industry sectors. And with a diversion into the world of 2nm silicon, cooling... it's quite the tour, right at the frontiers of technology.

Patrick Kelly talks with Arrcus' CEO Shekar Ayyar, exploring how the network infrastructure market is ripe for disruption, starting from the edge in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patrick Kelly talks with Spirent's Head of Strategy, Stephen Douglas, on the nature of testing and assurance for telcos in the cloud era. At least, that's where they start... An informative two-way discussion follows - a useful primer for lots of what will be on show at MWC24. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is it like to be at the epicentre of disruptive change? And is GenAI really that important?

How is the job of assuring telecom services changing in the era of cloud?

How is telcos' engagement with industry verticals changing? How is tomorrow's value chain different from today's?

Didn't Telecom already decide that the answer was all software on commodity hardware? Apparently not...