Two Irish Guys Discussing Software

For our special Spring edition, join Tomás O'Leary and Brendan Walsh as they discuss the latest developments and news in the software and Big Tech world.

This time they are joined by special guest Brad Veech, Sr. Director IT Sourcing at Walmart and the author of ‘Software: The Silent Killer of your Company’s Budget: How to negotiate and manage your software portfolio without getting taken advantage of by your suppliers.’ He will provide tips and tricks to help with the spring cleaning of your IT budget.

You can find his book here: https://www.amazon.com/Software-negotiate-portfolio-advantage-suppliers/dp/0578331470

Join Tomás O'Leary and Rowan O'Donoghue as they discuss good news regarding earning results for Big Blue in Q4 after it completed the separation of Kyndryl, the ambitions for the metaverse after Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard, and the partnership between IBM, and SAP in the hopes to move legacy workloads to hybrid cloud.

Special guest, Martin Biggs, Vice President and General Manager, EMEA, Spinnaker Support, who joins the conversation to discuss the biggest trends in the third-party software support and maintenance industry, what’s the drive behind it, and challenges faced.

Join Tomás O’Leary and Brendan Walsh as they discuss the Big Blockbuster deal made by Microsoft, the two trends ahead for IBM in the year 2022, and more. This episode features a very special guest, Jim Gavin, former Irish Gaelic football manager, High Performance Coach and Keynote Speaker, who joins to discuss high performance and the key components and traits that make up a high-performance professional.

Join Tomás O’Leary and Brendan Walsh as they review the year 2021 and talk about the predictions going into 2022 from stock share prices to companies and the freedom of Right to Repair. Ben Lipczynski, Origina's head of security also joins to discuss the Log4Shell vulnerability, how it was discovered and what organizations can do to tackle the issue.

Join Tomás O’Leary and Brendan Walsh as they discuss cybersecurity and the current trends enterprises will face in 2022, IBM and its views on Third Party Support and maintenance and its Q3 showing gains in cloud revenue. Then, the ongoing race against Microsoft and Apple to be the most valuable company, Facebooks recent name change and Zuckerberg on the claims against Facebook being an attempt to "paint a false picture".

Special guest: Graham Day, The Author of “Security in the Digital World: For the home user, parent, consumer and home office”, a book on low level, non-technical actions that help keep the reader safe online and in the digital world.

You can find his book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Security-Digital-World-parent-consumer-ebook/dp/B0784ZDSMS

Join Tomás O’Leary and Rowan O'Donoghue as they discuss the latest right-to-repair news, Microsoft's perpetual license litigation, and IBM earnings, debt, and government survey. Then, Ben Lipczynski joins to explain how innovative technology can be used in nefarious ways, the government's role in identifying cyber-risk within its own agencies, and what types of security risks the average IBM software user is seeing and how to mitigate them.

Join Tomás O’Leary and Brendan Walsh as they discuss software product liability, the sweeping antitrust, anti-monopoly, and right-to-repair bills introduced in the US, and Lina Khan's appointment to Chairperson of the Federal Trade Commission. Then, Dan Shefet joins to explain why new legislation may not have the intended effect on existing monopolies, how companies are growing and protecting their market share with intellectual property rights, and where he is optimistic for real change to take place.

Episode Guest: Dan Shefet

Dan Shefet is a French Lawyer and owner of Cabinet Shefet. Shefet is focused on international law, including European law, and specializes in intellectual property law, IT law, and competition law. Shefet is well-known as the lawyer who took Google to court and won.

Join Tomás O’Leary and Brendan Walsh as they discuss the EMPOWER 2021 event, $314 billion in profits between a three-person Microsoft sales team, and a rejuvenated Micro Focus on the back of better sales execution. Then, Paul Lanigan joins to explain why large software companies can sometimes get away with poor service, what Audit, Bargain, Close has to do with Drive-By Selling, and what the skill sets of successful sales people are.

Episode Guest: Paul Lanigan

Paul Lanigan is the Managing Director of the Sandler Sales Institute. Paul has two decades of experience in the sales industry, and is known for his entertaining and educational training style. Paul also hosts the Sales Leadership Podcast.

Join Tomás O’Leary and Brendan Walsh as they discuss the naming of IBM’s spin-off, Kyndryl, software vendor earnings season and the Google vs. Oracle verdict. Then, Devin Mathews of ParkerGale Capital joins (20:20 mins) to explain why software vendors need to (but don’t) burn everything down every five years, whether big tech will be broken up at a federal level and why Microsoft stands out as an innovator among public companies.

Episode Guest: Devin Mathews

Devin Mathews is partner and founder at ParkerGale Capital. Devin has twenty years of experience investing in technology companies and helping management teams build their companies. Prior to ParkerGale, Devin worked at multiple venture capital firms.

Join Tomás O’Leary and Brendan Walsh as they discuss IBM's legal battles, vendor quarterly earnings results and surprises on the list of the most innovative companies in the world. Then, Eric Chiu of FisherITS joins (23:00 mins) to explain why vendors are addicted to software audits, a surprising new trend forming for customers that are audited and his take on what the world of mega vendors may look like in five years' time.