Enrico, one of judges who's been with Tech Trailblazers since the beginning, catches up with Chief Trailblazer Rose Ross to share his life story including how his career path changed after starting a blog. He also talks about how storage has changed in the last decade, to move beyond primary/secondary storage. Listen to discover his predictions for the next 10 years, including quantum computing, how the chip shortage could be an opportunity, and how startups will change.

Joe, one of judges who's been with Tech Trailblazers since the beginning, catches up with Chief Trailblazer Rose Ross to share his life story including his wide-reaching role at VMware. He elucidates what cloud will really be like and the opportunities it could bring for startups. He also describes the difference between invention and innovation, how he sees plenty enough 'frying pans', and how that's key for entrants and successful startups. There's also a cautionary tale of how diversity, equity, and inclusion are very different things, and that they need to be dealt with differently.

Adi joins Chief Trailblazer Rose Ross to discuss how Ananda Networks comes to have a Chief Joy Officer, how the firm is reinventing networking from basic principles, and lets us in on how the firm is participating in the Telecom Infrastructure Project where they will get to mix with the likes of Google and Facebook.

Jim joins Chief Trailblazer Rose Ross to discuss the success of SafeGuard Cyber, which not only won the Mobile Trailblazers Award recently but since then has secured $45m of investment. He also eloquently explains the firm's goal to control the threats brought about by mobile devices and the ever-increasing number of communications channels they offer. He reassures that it's not about invading the privacy of employees, just managing the risks.

Tim joins Chief Trailblazer Rose Ross to discuss his experiences as CTO and co-founder of Styra. He shares his path from academia into the business world, including how Styra's open source authorisation solution led to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and great growth. Plus Tim shares his two top tips for success.

Chief Trailblazer, Rose Ross speaks with Jeff Denworth, Chief Marketing Officer and co-founder of VAST Data, winner of the 2020 Storage Trailblazers Award. Jeff shares his secret to the impressive success of the firm, including being able to raise a round of funding that didn't need to be dipped into, despite COVID. He also describes the fundamentals that all startups should follow. More about VAST Data at www.vastdata.com

As part of the Tech Trailblazers Showcase at the London Enterprise Tech Meetup in January, Charles Fan, the CEO and co-founder of MemVerge, gives an introduction to the firm which won the AI and Big Data categories in the 2020 Awards. He gives a quick explanation of how MemVerge is aiming to revolutionize persistent memory by putting a virtualisation layer on top of Intel's Optane products, providing cheaper, bigger, and almost-as-fast memory as DRAM.

As part of the Tech Trailblazers Showcase at the London Enterprise Tech Meetup in January, Bill Mann, CEO of Styra, gives an introduction to the firm which won the Containers category in the 2020 Awards. He gives a quick explanation of how Styra is aiming to revolutionize authorization, making it code instead of being defined in PDFs, fast making it the defacto standard for authorization in cloud native environments.