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BriefingsDirect PodcastsWork from Anywhere Holds the Secret to Unlocking Once-Hidden Productivity and Creativity GemsNow that hybrid work models have been the norm for a year, what’s the long-term impact on worker productivity? Will the pandemic-induced shift to work from anywhere agility translate into increased employee benefits -- and better business outcomes -- over time?The next BriefingsDirect workspace innovation discussion explores how a bellwether UK accounting services firm has shown how consistent, secure, and efficient digital work experiences lead to heightened team collaboration and creative new workflows.To learn more about the ways that distributed work models fuel innovation, please welcome our guests, Chris Madden, Director of IT an...2021-03-0927 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsWork from anywhere unlocks once-hidden productivity and creativity talent gemsNow that hybrid work models have been the norm for a year, what’s the long-term impact on worker productivity? Will the pandemic-induced shift to work from anywhere agility translate into increased employee benefits -- and better business outcomes -- over time? The next BriefingsDirect workspace innovation discussion explores how a bellwether UK accounting services firm has shown how consistent, secure, and efficient digital work experiences lead to heightened team collaboration and creative new workflows. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Read a full transcript or download a copy. To learn more abo...2021-03-0927 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow to Gain Advanced Cyber Resilience and Recovery Across Digital Business WorkflowsCyber attacks are on the rise, harming brands and supply chains while fomenting consumer and employee distrust -- as well as leading to costly interruptions and service blackouts.At the same time, more remote workers and extended-enterprise processes due to the pandemic demand higher levels of security across all kinds of business workflows.Stay with us now as the next BriefingsDirect discussion explores why comprehensive cloud security solutions need to go beyond on-premises threat detection and remediation to significantly strengthen extended digital business workflows.To learn more about ways to shrink the attack surface...2021-03-0430 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsHow to gain advanced cyber resilience and recovery across the IT ops and SecOps divide Cyber attacks are on the rise, harming brands and supply chains while fomenting consumer and employee distrust -- as well as leading to costly interruptions and service blackouts. At the same time, more remote workers and extended-enterprise processes due to the pandemic demand higher levels of security across all kinds of business workflows. Stay with us now as the next BriefingsDirect discussion explores why comprehensive cloud security solutions need to go beyond on-premises threat detection and remediation to significantly strengthen extended digital business workflows. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Read a full...2021-03-0430 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow HPE ‘Moments’ Provide a Proven Critical Approach to Digital Business TransformationThe next edition of the BriefingsDirect Voice of Innovation video podcast series explores new and innovative paths for businesses to attain digital transformation.Even as a vast majority of companies profess to be seeking digital business transformation, few proven standards or broadly accepted methods stand out as the best paths to take.And now, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for bold initiatives to make customer engagement and experience optimization an increasingly data-driven and wholly digital affair. Stay with us here to welcome a panel of experts as they detail a multi-step series...2021-02-1843 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsHow HPE Pointnext ‘Moments' provide a proven critical approach to digital business transformationThe next edition of the BriefingsDirect Voice of Innovation video podcast series explores new and innovative paths for businesses to attain digital transformation. Even as a vast majority of companies profess to be seeking digital business transformation, few proven standards or broadly accepted methods stand out as the best paths to take. And now, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for bold initiatives to make customer engagement and experience optimization an increasingly data-driven and wholly digital affair. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Read a full transcript or download a copy. View t...2021-02-1843 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow Global Data Availability Accelerates Collaboration and Delivers Business InsightsThe next BriefingsDirect data strategy insights discussion explores the payoffs when enterprises overcome the hurdles of disjointed storage to obtain global data access.By leveraging the latest in container and storage server technologies, the holy grail of inclusive, comprehensive, and actionable storage can be obtained. And such access extends across all deployment models – from hybrid cloud, to software-as-a-service (SaaS), to distributed data centers, and edge.Stay with us here to examine the role that comprehensive data storage plays in delivering the rapid insights businesses need for digital business transformation with our guest, Denis Kennelly, General Manager, IB...2021-02-1619 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsHow global data availability accelerates collaboration and delivers business insightsThe next BriefingsDirect data strategy insights discussion explores the payoffs when enterprises overcome the hurdles of disjointed storage to obtain global data access. By leveraging the latest in container and storage server technologies, the holy grail of inclusive, comprehensive, and actionable storage can be obtained. And such access extends across all deployment models – from hybrid cloud, to software-as-a-service (SaaS), to distributed data centers, and edge. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Stay with us here to examine the role that comprehensive data storage plays in de...2021-02-1619 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow Consistent Data Services Deliver Simplicity, Compatibility, and Lower CostThis BriefingsDirect Data Strategies Insights discussion series, Part 2, explores the latest technologies and products delivering common data services across today’s hybrid cloud, distributed data centers, and burgeoning edge landscapes.New advances in storage technologies, standards, and methods have changed the game when it comes to overcoming the obstacles businesses too often face when seeking pervasive analytics across their systems and services.Stay with us now as we examine how IBM Storage is leveraging containers and the latest storage advances to deliver inclusive, comprehensive, and actionable storage. To learn more about the future of st...2021-02-1021 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsHow consistent storage services across all tiers and platforms attains data simplicity, compatibility, and lower costThis BriefingsDirect Data Strategies Insights discussion series, Part 2, explores the latest technologies and products delivering common data services across today’s hybrid cloud, distributed data centers, and burgeoning edge landscapes. New advances in storage technologies, standards, and methods have changed the game when it comes to overcoming the obstacles businesses too often face when seeking pervasive analytics across their systems and services. Stay with us now as we examine how IBM Storage is leveraging containers and the latest storage advances to deliver inclusive, comprehensive, and actionable storage. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Rea...2021-02-1021 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow Storage Can Help You Digitally Transform in a Hybrid Cloud WorldThe next BriefingsDirect data strategies insights discussion explores how consistent and global storage models can best propel pervasive analytics and support digital business transformation.Decades of disparate and uncoordinated storage solutions have hindered enterprises’ ability to gain common data services across today’s hybrid cloud, distributed data centers, and burgeoning edge landscapes.Yet only a comprehensive data storage model that includes all platforms, data types, and deployment architectures will deliver the rapid insights that businesses need.Stay with us to examine how IBM Storage is leveraging containers and the latest storage advances to deliver the...2021-02-0519 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsHow storage advances help businesses digitally transform across a hybrid cloud world The next BriefingsDirect data strategies insights discussion explores how consistent and global storage models can best propel pervasive analytics and support digital business transformation. Decades of disparate and uncoordinated storage solutions have hindered enterprises’ ability to gain common data services across today’s hybrid cloud, distributed data centers, and burgeoning edge landscapes. Yet only a comprehensive data storage model that includes all platforms, data types, and deployment architectures will deliver the rapid insights that businesses need. Stay with us to examine how IBM Storage is leveraging containers and the latest storage advances to deli...2021-02-0519 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow Capgemini Optimizes Contingent Workforce Agility Using SAP FieldglassThe next BriefingsDirect digital business innovation discussion explores the growing importance of contingent workforces. As more businesses look to external workforces and services to satisfy their skills and information technology (IT) needs, the ability to manage those workers and services is lagging.Even as upward of 42 percent of workforce spend is now going to external workforces, many organizations lack visibility into the nature of that spend. As a result, they can’t manage the productivity, nor the risk.Stay with us now as we hear from a contingent workforce expert at Capgemini on managing th...2021-01-1429 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsHow Capgemini optimizes contingent workforce agility using SAP FieldglassThe next BriefingsDirect digital business innovation discussion explores the growing importance of contingent workforces. As more businesses look to external workforces and services to satisfy their skills and information technology (IT) needs, the ability to manage those workers and services is lagging. Even as upward of 42 percent of workforce spend is now going to external workforces, many organizations lack visibility into the nature of that spend. As a result, they can’t manage the productivity, nor the risk. Stay with us now as we hear from a contingent workforce expert at Capgemini on managi...2021-01-1429 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsThe Future of Work is Happening Now Thanks to Digital Workplace ServicesBusinesses, schools, and governments have all had to rethink the proper balance between in-person and remote work. And because that balance is a shifting variable -- and may well continue to be for years after the pandemic -- it remains essential that the underlying technology be especially agile.The next BriefingsDirect worker strategies discussion explores how a partnership behind a digital workplace services solution delivers a sliding scale for blended work scenarios. We’ll learn how Unisys, Dell, and their partners provide the time-proof means to secure applications intelligently -- regardless of location.We’ll also hear...2020-12-2132 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsThe future of work is happening now thanks to Digital Workplace Services Businesses, schools, and governments have all had to rethink the proper balance between in-person and remote work. And because that balance is a shifting variable -- and may well continue to be for years after the pandemic -- it remains essential that the underlying technology be especially agile. The next BriefingsDirect worker strategies discussion explores how a partnership behind a digital workplace services solution delivers a sliding scale for blended work scenarios. We’ll learn how Unisys, Dell, and their partners provide the time-proof means to secure applications intelligently -- regardless of location. We’ll also...2020-12-2132 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsWhy Customer Experience Management Has Never Been More Important or ImpactfulThe next BriefingsDirect digital business innovation discussion explores how companies need to better understand and respond to their markets one subscriber at a time. By better listening inside of their products, businesses can remove the daylight between their digital deliverables and their customers’ impressions.Stay with us now as we hear from a customer experience (CX) management expert at SAP on the latest ways that discerning customers’ preferences informs digital business imperatives.To learn more about the business of best fulfilling customer wants and needs, please welcome Lisa Bianco, Global Vice President, Experience Management and Advocacy at S...2020-12-1029 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsWhy customer experience management has never been more important or impactfulThe next BriefingsDirect digital business innovation discussion explores how companies need to better understand and respond to their markets one subscriber at a time. By better listening inside of their products, businesses can remove the daylight between their digital deliverables and their customers’ impressions. Stay with us now as we hear from a customer experience (CX) management expert at SAP on the latest ways that discerning customers’ preferences informs digital business imperatives. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Read a full transcript or download a copy. To learn more about the business of best...2020-12-1029 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow to Industrialize Data Science to Attain Mastery of Repeatable Intelligence DeliveryBusinesses these days are quick to declare their intention to become data-driven, yet the deployment of analytics and the use of data science remains spotty, isolated, and often uncoordinated.To fully reach their digital business transformation potential, businesses large and small need to make data science more of a repeatable assembly line -- an industrialization, if you will -- of end-to-end data exploitation.The next BriefingsDirect Voice of Analytics Innovation discussion explores the latest methods, tools, and thinking around making data science an integral core function that both responds to business needs and scales to improve...2020-12-0730 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsHow to industrialize data science to attain mastery of repeatable intelligence deliveryBusinesses these days are quick to declare their intention to become data-driven, yet the deployment of analytics and the use of data science remains spotty, isolated, and often uncoordinated. To fully reach their digital business transformation potential, businesses large and small need to make data science more of a repeatable assembly line -- an industrialization, if you will -- of end-to-end data exploitation. The next BriefingsDirect Voice of Analytics Innovation discussion explores the latest methods, tools, and thinking around making data science an integral core function that both responds to business needs and scales to...2020-12-0730 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow Transforming Source-to-Pay Procurement Delivers Agility and Improves Outcomes at Zuellig PharmaThe next BriefingsDirect intelligent procurement discussion explores the rationales and results when companies transform how they acquire goods and services.By injecting intelligence, automation, and standardization into the source-to-pay process, organizations are supporting even larger digital business transformation efforts.Stay with us now as we hear from two pioneers in how to bring agility, resilience, and managed risk to the end-to-end procurement process for significantly better overall business outcomes. To show how organizations can embark on such a procurement and sourcing transformation journey, please welcome Victoria Folbigg, Vice President of Procurement at Zuellig Pharma...2020-11-3038 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsTransforming source-to-pay procurement delivers agility and improves outcomes at Zuellig PharmaThe next BriefingsDirect intelligent procurement discussion explores the rationales and results when companies transform how they acquire goods and services. By injecting intelligence, automation, and standardization into the source-to-pay process, organizations are supporting even larger digital business transformation efforts. Stay with us now as we hear from two pioneers in how to bring agility, resilience, and managed risk to the end-to-end procurement process for significantly better overall business outcomes. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Read a full transcript or download a copy. To show how organizations can embark on such a procurement and sou...2020-11-3038 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHere to Stay, Remote Work Promises to Deliver New Levels of Engagement, Productivity, and InnovationThe way people work has changed more in 2020 than the previous 10 years combined -- and that’s saying a lot. Even more than the major technological impacts of cloud, mobile, and big data, the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly accelerated and deepened global behavioral shifts.The ways that people think about where and how to work may never be the same, and new technology alone could not have made such a rapid impact.So now is the time to take advantage of a perhaps once-in-a-lifetime disruption for the better. Steps can be taken to make sure that su...2020-11-2538 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsHere to stay, remote work promises to deliver new levels of engagement, productivity, and innovationThe way people work has changed more in 2020 than the previous 10 years combined -- and that’s saying a lot. Even more than the major technological impacts of cloud, mobile, and big data, the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly accelerated and deepened global behavioral shifts. The ways that people think about where and how to work may never be the same, and new technology alone could not have made such a rapid impact. So now is the time to take advantage of a perhaps once-in-a-lifetime disruption for the better. Steps can be taken to make sure th...2020-11-2538 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow the Journey to Modern Data Management is Paved with an Inclusive Edge-to-Cloud Data FabricThe next BriefingsDirect Voice of Analytics Innovation discussion focuses on the latest insights into end-to-end data management strategies.As businesses seek to gain insights for more elements of their physical edge -- from factory sensors, myriad machinery, and across field operations -- data remains fragmented. But a Data Fabric approach allows information and analytics to reside locally at the edge yet contribute to the global improvement in optimizing large-scale operations.Stay with us as we explore how edge-to-core-to-cloud dispersed data can be harmonized with a common fabric to make it accessible for use by more apps...2020-11-2028 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsThe journey to modern data management is paved with an inclusive edge-to-cloud Data FabricThe next BriefingsDirect Voice of Analytics Innovation discussion focuses on the latest insights into end-to-end data management strategies. As businesses seek to gain insights for more elements of their physical edge -- from factory sensors, myriad machinery, and across field operations -- data remains fragmented. But a Data Fabric approach allows information and analytics to reside locally at the edge yet contribute to the global improvement in optimizing large-scale operations. Stay with us now as we explore how edge-to-core-to-cloud dispersed data can be harmonized with a common fabric to make it accessible for use by more...2020-11-2028 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsCOVID-19 Teaches Higher Education Institutes to Embrace Latest IT to Advance Remote LearningLike many businesses, innovators in higher education have been transforming themselves for the digital age for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic nearly overnight accelerated the need for flexible new learning models. As a result, colleges and universities must rapidly redefine and implement a new and dynamic balance between in-person and remote interactions. This new normal amounts to more than a repaving of centuries-old, in-class traditions of higher education with a digital wrapper. It requires re-invention -- and perhaps new ways of redefining – of the very act of learning itself. The next BriefingsDirect panel discussion explores how su...2020-10-2933 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsCOVID-19 teaches higher education institutes to embrace latest IT to advance remote learningLike many businesses, innovators in higher education have been transforming themselves for the digital age for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic nearly overnight accelerated the need for flexible new learning models. As a result, colleges and universities must rapidly redefine and implement a new and dynamic balance between in-person and remote interactions. This new normal amounts to more than a repaving of centuries-old, in-class traditions of higher education with a digital wrapper. It requires re-invention -- and perhaps new ways of redefining – of the very act of learning itself. The next BriefingsDirect panel discussion explores ho...2020-10-2933 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsThe Path to a Digital-First Enterprise is Paved with an Emergence Model and Digital Transformation PlaybookThe next BriefingsDirect digital business optimization discussion explores how open standards help support a playbook approach for organizations to improve and accelerate their digital transformation.As companies chart a critical journey to become digital-first enterprises, they need new forms of structure to make rapid adaptation a regular recurring core competency. Stay with us as we explore how standards, resources, and playbooks around digital best practices can guide organizations through unprecedented challenges -- and allow them to emerge even stronger as a result.Here to explain how to architect for ongoing disruptive innovation is our panel, Jim...2020-10-2041 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsThe path to a digital-first enterprise is paved with an Emergence Model and Digital Transformation PlaybookThe next BriefingsDirect digital business optimization discussion explores how open standards help support a playbook approach for organizations to improve and accelerate their digital transformation. As companies chart a critical journey to become digital-first enterprises, they need new forms of structure to make rapid adaptation a regular recurring core competency. Stay with us as we explore how standards, resources, and playbooks around digital best practices can guide organizations through unprecedented challenges -- and allow them to emerge even stronger as a result. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Read a full transcript or download a...2020-10-2041 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow The Open Group Enterprise Architecture Portfolio Approach Enables the Agile EnterpriseThe next BriefingsDirect agile business enablement discussion explores how a portfolio approach to standards has emerged as a key way to grapple with digital transformation.As businesses seek to make agility a key differentiator in a rapidly changing world, applying enterprise architecture (EA) in concert with many other standards has never been more powerful. Stay with us here to explore how to define and corral a comprehensive standards resources approach for making businesses intrinsically agile and competitive. To learn more about attaining agility via an embrace of a broad toolkit of standards, we are joined by...2020-10-1241 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsHow The Open Group enterprise architecture portfolio enables an agile digital enterprise The next BriefingsDirect agile business enablement discussion explores how a portfolio approach to standards has emerged as a key way to grapple with digital transformation. As businesses seek to make agility a key differentiator in a rapidly changing world, applying enterprise architecture (EA) in concert with many other standards has never been more powerful. Stay with us here to explore how to define and corral a comprehensive standards resources approach for making businesses intrinsically agile and competitive. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Read a full transcript or download a copy. To learn more ab...2020-10-1241 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsThe IT Intelligence Foundation for Digital Business Transformation Builds from HPE InfoSight AIOpsThe next BriefingsDirect podcast explores how artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly supports IT operations.One of the most successful uses of machine learning (ML) and AI for IT efficiency has been the InfoSight technology developed at Nimble Storage, now part of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).Initially targeting storage optimization, HPE InfoSight has emerged as a broad and inclusive capability for AIOps across an expanding array of HPE products and services.Please welcome a Nimble Storage founder, along with a cutting-edge machine learning architect, to examine the expanding role and impact of HPE InfoSight in making...2020-10-0840 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsThe IT intelligence foundation for digital business transformation rests on HPE InfoSight AIOpsThe next BriefingsDirect podcast explores how artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly supports IT operations. One of the most successful uses of machine learning (ML) and AI for IT efficiency has been the InfoSight technology developed at Nimble Storage, now part of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Initially targeting storage optimization, HPE InfoSight has emerged as a broad and inclusive capability for AIOps across an expanding array of HPE products and services. Please welcome a Nimble Storage founder, along with a cutting-edge machine learning architect, to examine the expanding role and impact of HPE InfoSight in...2020-10-0840 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow Unisys Enables ClearPath Mainframe Apps to Transition Seamlessly to Azure Cloud Without Code ChangesWhen applications are mission-critical, where they are hosted matters far less than keeping them operating smoothly.As many organizations face a ticking time bomb to modernize mainframe applications, one solution is to find a dependable, repeatable way to transition to a public cloud without degrading these vulnerable and essential systems of record.The next BriefingsDirect cloud adoption discussion explores the long-awaited means to solve the mainframe to cloud transition for essential but aging applications and data. We’re going to learn how Unisys and Microsoft can deliver ClearPath Forward assets to Microsoft Azure cloud without risky co...2020-09-2336 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsHow Unisys ClearPath mainframe apps now seamlessly transition to Azure Cloud without code changesWhen applications are mission-critical, where they are hosted matters far less than keeping them operating smoothly. As many organizations face a ticking time bomb to modernize mainframe applications, one solution is to find a dependable, repeatable way to transition to a public cloud without degrading these vulnerable and essential systems of record. The next BriefingsDirect cloud adoption discussion explores the long-awaited means to solve the mainframe to cloud transition for essential but aging applications and data. We’re going to learn how Unisys and Microsoft can deliver ClearPath Forward assets to Microsoft Azure cloud without ri...2020-09-2336 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow Digital Transformation Navigates Disruption to Chart a Better Course to the New NormalThe next edition of the BriefingsDirect Voice of Innovation podcast series explores architecting businesses for managing ongoing disruption.As enterprises move past crisis mode in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, they require a systemic capability to better manage shifting market trends.Stay with us to examine how Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Pointnext Services advises organizations on using digital transformation to take advantage of new and emerging opportunities.To share the Pointnext view on transforming businesses to effectively innovate in the new era of pervasive digital business, BriefingsDirect welcomes Craig Partridge, Senior Director Worldwide, Digital...2020-08-2735 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsDigital transformation benefits go beyond girding for COVID survivalThe next edition of the BriefingsDirect Voice of Innovation podcast series explores architecting businesses for managing ongoing disruption. As enterprises move past crisis mode in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, they require a systemic capability to better manage shifting market trends. Stay with us to examine how Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Pointnext Services advises organizations on using digital transformation to take advantage of new and emerging opportunities. See the video. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Read a full transcript or download a copy. To share the Pointnext view on transforming bu...2020-08-2735 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow an SAP Ecosystem Partnership Reduces Risk and Increases Cost-Efficiency Around Tax ManagementThe next BriefingsDirect data-driven tax optimization discussion focuses on reducing risk and increasing cost efficiency as businesses grapple with complex and often global spend management challenges.We’ll now explore how end-to-end visibility of almost any business tax, compliance, and audit functions allows for rapid adherence to changing requirements -- thanks to powerful new tools. And we’ll learn directly from businesses how they are pursuing and benefiting from advances in intelligent spend and procurement management.To uncover how such solutions work best, we welcome Sean Thompson, Executive Vice-President of Network and Ecosystem at SAP Procurement Solutions; Chri...2020-07-2936 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsHow an SAP Ecosystem Partnership Reduces Risk and Increases Cost-Efficiency Around Tax Management The next BriefingsDirect data-driven tax optimization discussion focuses on reducing risk and increasing cost efficiency as businesses grapple with complex and often global spend management challenges. We’ll now explore how end-to-end visibility of almost any business tax, compliance, and audit functions allows for rapid adherence to changing requirements -- thanks to powerful new tools. And we’ll learn directly from businesses how they are pursuing and benefiting from advances in intelligent spend and procurement management. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Read a full transcript or download a copy. To uncover how s...2020-07-2936 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsAWS and Unisys Join Forces to Accelerate and Secure the Burgeoning Move to CloudA powerful and unique set of circumstances are combining in mid-2020 to make safe and rapid cloud adoption more urgent and easier than ever.Dealing with the novel coronavirus pandemic has pushed businesses to not only seek flexible IT hosting models, but to accommodate flexible work, hasten applications’ transformation, and improve overall security while doing so.This next BriefingsDirect cloud adoption best practices discussion examines how businesses plan to further use cloud models to cut costs, manage operations remotely, and gain added capability to scale their operations up and down.To learn more about the la...2020-07-1633 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsAWS and Unisys join forces to accelerate and secure the burgeoning move to cloudA powerful and unique set of circumstances are combining in mid-2020 to make safe and rapid cloud adoption more urgent and easier than ever. Dealing with the novel coronavirus pandemic has pushed businesses to not only seek flexible IT hosting models, but to accommodate flexible work, hasten applications’ transformation, and improve overall security while doing so. This next BriefingsDirect cloud adoption best practices discussion examines how businesses plan to further use cloud models to cut costs, manage operations remotely, and gain added capability to scale their operations up and down. Subscribe to the po...2020-07-1633 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow REI Used Automation to Cloudify Infrastructure and Rapidly Adjust its Digital Pandemic ResponseLike many retailers, Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) was faced with drastic and rapid change when the COVID-19 pandemic struck. REI’s marketing leaders wanted to make sure that their online e-commerce capabilities would rise to the challenge. They expected a nearly overnight 150 percent jump in REI’s purely digital business.Fortunately REI’s IT leadership had already advanced their systems to heightened automation, which allowed the Seattle-based merchandiser to turn on a dime and devote much more of its private cloud to the new e-commerce workload demands.The next BriefingsDirect Voice of Innovation interview uncovers how REI ke...2020-07-0130 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsHow REI used automation to cloudify infrastructure and rapidly adjust its digital pandemic responseLike many retailers, Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) was faced with drastic and rapid change when the COVID-19 pandemic struck. REI’s marketing leaders wanted to make sure that their online e-commerce capabilities would rise to the challenge. They expected a nearly overnight 150 percent jump in REI’s purely digital business. Fortunately REI’s IT leadership had already advanced their systems to heightened automation, which allowed the Seattle-based merchandiser to turn on a dime and devote much more of its private cloud to the new e-commerce workload demands. The next BriefingsDirect Voice of Innovation interview uncovers how RE...2020-07-0130 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsOn the Path to a New Normal--Gain Insights and Reassurance Using Data and Artificial IntelligenceThe next BriefingsDirect Voice of AI Innovation podcast explores how businesses and IT strategists are planning their path to a new normal throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery.By leveraging the latest tools and gaining data-driven inferences, architects and analysts are effectively managing the pandemic response -- and giving more people better ways to improve their path to the new normal. Artificial intelligence (AI) and data science are proving increasingly impactful and indispensable.Stay with us as we examine how AI forms the indispensable pandemic response team member for helping businesses reduce risk of failure and...2020-06-1927 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsHow to gain insights and reassurance using data and AI on the path to a new normalThe next BriefingsDirect Voice of AI Innovation podcast explores how businesses and IT strategists are planning their path to a new normal throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery. By leveraging the latest tools and gaining data-driven inferences, architects and analysts are effectively managing the pandemic response -- and giving more people better ways to improve their path to the new normal. Artificial intelligence (AI) and data science are proving increasingly impactful and indispensable. Stay with us as we examine how AI forms the indispensable pandemic response team member for helping businesses reduce risk of failure...2020-06-1927 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsData Science Helps Hospitals Improve Patient Payments and Experiences While Boosting RevenueThe next BriefingsDirect healthcare finance insights discussion explores new ways of analyzing healthcare revenue trends to improve both patient billing and services.Stay with us as we explore new approaches to healthcare revenue cycle management and outcomes that give patients more options and providers more revenue clarity.To learn more about the next generation of data-driven patient payments process improvements, we’re joined by Jake Intrator, Managing Consultant for Data and Services at Mastercard, and Julie Gerdeman, CEO of HealthPay24. The discussion is moderated by Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst at Interarbor Solutions. [Sponsor: HealthPay24.]2020-06-0927 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsData science helps hospitals improve patient payments and experiences while boosting revenueThe next BriefingsDirect healthcare finance insights discussion explores new ways of analyzing healthcare revenue trends to improve both patient billing and services. Stay with us as we explore new approaches to healthcare revenue cycle management and outcomes that give patients more options and providers more revenue clarity. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Read a full transcript or download a copy. To learn more about the next generation of data-driven patient payments process improvements, we’re joined by Jake Intrator, Managing Consultant for Data and Services at Mastercard, and Julie Gerdeman, CEO of Hea...2020-06-0927 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow Modern Operational Services Leads to More Self-Managing, Self-Healing, and Self-Optimizing for ITGeneral digital business transformation and managing the new normal around the COVID-19 pandemic have hugely impacted how businesses and IT operate. Faced with mounting complexity, rapid change, and striking budgets, IT operational services must be smarter and more efficient than ever.The next BriefingsDirect Voice of Innovation podcast examines how Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Pointnext Services is reinventing the experience of IT support to increasingly rely on automation and analytics to help enable continued customer success as IT enters a new era.Here to share the HPE Pointnext Services vision for the future of IT operational services...2020-06-0832 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsHow IT modern operational services enables self-managing, self-healing, and self-optimizingGeneral digital business transformation and managing the new normal around the COVID-19 pandemic have hugely impacted how businesses and IT operate. Faced with mounting complexity, rapid change, and striking budgets, IT operational services must be smarter and more efficient than ever. The next BriefingsDirect Voice of Innovation podcast examines how Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Pointnext Services is reinventing the experience of IT support to increasingly rely on automation and analytics to help enable continued customer success as IT enters a new era. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Read a full transcript or download a...2020-06-0832 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsWork in a COVID-19 World Won’t Mean Back to the Office NormalBusinesses around the globe now face uncharted waters when it comes to planning the new normal for where and how their employees return to work.The complex maze of risk factors, precautions, constantly changing pandemic impacts -- and the need for boosting employee satisfaction and productivity -- are proving a daunting challenge.The next BriefingsDirect new normal of work discussion explores how companies can make better decisions and develop adept policies on where and how to work for safety, peace of mind, and economic recovery.To share their recent findings and chart new ways to...2020-06-0130 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsWork in a COVID-19 world--Back to the office won’t mean back to normalBusinesses around the globe now face uncharted waters when it comes to planning the new normal for where and how their employees return to work. The complex maze of risk factors, precautions, constantly changing pandemic impacts -- and the need for boosting employee satisfaction and productivity -- are proving a daunting challenge. The next BriefingsDirect new normal of work discussion explores how companies can make better decisions and develop adept policies on where and how to work for safety, peace of mind, and economic recovery. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Read a f...2020-06-0130 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHPE Pointnext’s Nine-Step Plan For Enterprises to Attain The New Business NormalThe next edition of the BriefingsDirect Voice of Innovation podcast series explores a new model of nine steps that IT organizations can take amid the COVID-19 pandemic to attain a new business normal.As enterprises develop an IT response to the novel corona virus challenge, they face both immediate and longer-term crisis management challenges. There are many benefits to simultaneously steadying the business amid unprecedented disruption -- and readying the company to succeed in a changed world.Stay with us as we examine a Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Pointnext Services nine-step plan designed to navigate the...2020-05-0733 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsHow HPE Pointnext ushers businesses to the new normal via an inclusive nine-step planThe next edition of the BriefingsDirect Voice of Innovation podcast series explores a new model of nine steps that IT organizations can take amid the COVID-19 pandemic to attain a new business normal. As enterprises develop an IT response to the novel corona virus challenge, they face both immediate and longer-term crisis management challenges. There are many benefits to simultaneously steadying the business amid unprecedented disruption -- and readying the company to succeed in a changed world. Stay with us as we examine a Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Pointnext Services nine-step plan designed to navigate...2020-05-0733 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow Sustainability and Diversity Prove Foundational to the Evolving Modern Data CenterThe next BriefingsDirect panel discussion explores how March 25's International Data Center Day provides an opportunity to both look at where things have been in the evolution of the modern data center and more importantly -- where they are going.Those trends involve a lot more than just technology. Data center challenges and advancements alike will hinge around the next generation of talent operating those data centers and how diversity and equal opportunity best support that.Our gathered experts also forecast that sustainability improvements -- rather than just optimizing the speeds and feeds -- will help...2020-03-2532 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsInternational Data Center Day highlights how sustainability and diversity will shape the evolving modern IT landscapeThe next BriefingsDirect panel discussion explores how March 25's International Data Center Day provides an opportunity to both look at where things have been in the evolution of the modern data center and more importantly -- where they are going. Those trends involve a lot more than just technology. Data center challenges and advancements alike will hinge around the next generation of talent operating those data centers and how diversity and equal opportunity best support that. Our gathered experts also forecast that sustainability improvements -- rather than just optimizing the speeds and feeds -- will...2020-03-2532 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsBusiness Readiness—The Key to Surviving and Thriving in Uncertain TimesJust as the nature of risk has been a whirling dervish of late, the counter-forces of business continuity measures have had to turn on a dime as well. What used to mean better batteries for servers and mirrored, distributed datacenters has recently evolved into anywhere, any-circumstance solutions that keep workers working -- no matter what.Out-of-the-blue workplace disruptions -- whether natural disasters, political unrest, or the current coronavirus pandemic -- have shown how true business continuity means enabling all employees to continue to work in a safe and secure manner.The next BriefingsDirect business agility panel...2020-03-0935 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsBusiness readiness provides an agile key to surviving and thriving in these uncertain timesJust as the nature of risk has been a whirling dervish of late, the counter-forces of business continuity measures have had to turn on a dime as well. What used to mean better batteries for servers and mirrored, distributed datacenters has recently evolved into anywhere, any-circumstance solutions that keep workers working -- no matter what. Out-of-the-blue workplace disruptions -- whether natural disasters, political unrest, or the current coronavirus pandemic -- have shown how true business continuity means enabling all employees to continue to work in a safe and secure manner. The next BriefingsDirect business agility...2020-03-0935 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsAs Containers Go Mainstream, IT Culture Should Pivot to End-to-End DevSecOpsContainer-based deployment models have rapidly gained popularity from cloud models to corporate data centers. IT operators are now looking to extend the benefits of containers to more use cases, including the computing edge.Yet in order to push containers further into the mainstream, security concerns need to be addressed across this new end-to-end container deployment spectrum -- and that means addressing security during development under the rubric of DevSecOps best practices.Stay with us now as the next BriefingsDirect Voice of Innovation discussion examines the escalating benefits that come from secure and robust container use with...2020-03-0628 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsAs containers go mainstream, IT culture should pivot to end-to-end DevSecOps Container-based deployment models have rapidly gained popularity from cloud models to corporate data centers. IT operators are now looking to extend the benefits of containers to more use cases, including the computing edge. Yet in order to push containers further into the mainstream, security concerns need to be addressed across this new end-to-end container deployment spectrum -- and that means addressing security during development under the rubric of DevSecOps best practices. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Stay with us now as the next BriefingsDirect...2020-03-0628 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsMission Critical Use Cases Show How Analytics Architectures Usher in an Artificial Intelligence EraThe next BriefingsDirect Voice of artificial intelligence (AI) Innovation discussion explores the latest strategies and use cases that simplify the use of analytics to solve more tough problems.Access to advanced algorithms, more cloud options, high-performance compute (HPC) resources, and an unprecedented data asset collection have all come together to make AI more attainable -- and more powerful -- than ever.Major trends in AI and advanced analytics are now coalescing into top competitive differentiators for most businesses. Stay with us as we examine how AI is indispensable for digital transformation through deep-dive interviews on prominent...2020-02-2839 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsAI-first approach to infrastructure design extends analytics to more high-value use casesThe next BriefingsDirect Voice of artificial intelligence (AI) Innovation discussion explores the latest strategies and use cases that simplify the use of analytics to solve more tough problems. Access to advanced algorithms, more cloud options, high-performance compute (HPC) resources, and an unprecedented data asset collection have all come together to make AI more attainable -- and more powerful -- than ever. Major trends in AI and advanced analytics are now coalescing into top competitive differentiators for most businesses. Stay with us as we examine how AI is indispensable for digital transformation through deep-dive interviews on...2020-02-2839 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow the Modern Data Center Extends Across Remote Locations Via Automation and ConnectivityEnterprise IT strategists are adapting to new demands from the industrial edge, 5G networks, and hybrid deployment models that will lead to more diverse data centers across more business settings. That’s the message from a broad new survey of 150 senior IT executives and data center managers on the future of the data center. IT leaders and engineers say they must transform their data centers to leverage the explosive growth of data coming from nearly every direction.Yet, according to the Forbes-conducted survey, only a small percentage of businesses are ready for the decentralized and often sm...2020-02-2026 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsAutomation and connectivity will enable the modern data center to extend to many more remote locationsEnterprise IT strategists are adapting to new demands from the industrial edge, 5G networks, and hybrid deployment models that will lead to more diverse data centers across more business settings. That’s the message from a broad new survey of 150 senior IT executives and data center managers on the future of the data center. IT leaders and engineers say they must transform their data centers to leverage the explosive growth of data coming from nearly every direction. Yet, according to the Forbes-conducted survey, only a small percentage of businesses are ready for the decentralized and oft...2020-02-2026 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow Intility Uses Intelligent Storage to Improve Business OutcomesThe next BriefingsDirect intelligent storage innovation discussion explores how Norway-based Intility sought and found the cutting edge of intelligent storage. Stay with us as we learn how this leading managed platform services provider improved uptime -- on the road to 100 percent -- and reduced complexity for its end users.To hear more about the latest in intelligent storage strategies that lead to better business outcomes, please welcome Knut Erik Raanæs, Chief Infrastructure Officer at Intility in Oslo, Norway. The interview is conducted by Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst at Interarbor Solutions. [Sponsor: Hewlett Packard Enterprise.]2020-02-1412 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsHow Intility uses HPE Primera intelligent storage to move to 100 percent data uptime The next BriefingsDirect intelligent storage innovation discussion explores how Norway-based Intility sought and found the cutting edge of intelligent storage. Stay with us as we learn how this leading managed platform services provider improved uptime -- on the road to 100 percent -- and reduced complexity for its end users. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Read a full transcript or download a copy. To hear more about the latest in intelligent storage strategies that lead to better business outcomes, please welcome Knut Erik Raanæs, Chief Infrastructure Officer at Intility in Oslo, Norway. Th...2020-02-1412 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsA New Status Quo for Data Centers—Seamless Communication from Core to Cloud to EdgeAs 2020 ushers in a new decade, the forces shaping data center decisions are extending compute resources to new places. With the challenging goals of speed, agility, and efficiency, enterprises and service providers alike will be seeking new balance between the need for low latency and optimal utilization of workload placement. Hybrid models will therefore include more distributed, confined, and modular data centers at or near the edge.These are but some of a few top-line predictions on the future state of the modern data center design. The next BriefingsDirect data center strategies discussion with two leading...2020-02-0440 min
BriefingsDirect PodcastsA new status quo for data centers--seamless communication from core to cloud to edgeAs 2020 ushers in a new decade, the forces shaping data center decisions are extending compute resources to new places. With the challenging goals of speed, agility, and efficiency, enterprises and service providers alike will be seeking new balance between the need for low latency and optimal utilization of workload placement. Hybrid models will therefore include more distributed, confined, and modular data centers at or near the edge. These are but some of a few top-line predictions on the future state of the modern data center design. The next BriefingsDirect data center strategies discussion with two l...2020-02-0440 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsIntelligent Spend Management Supports Better Decision-Making Across Modern Business FunctionsThe next BriefingsDirect discussion on attaining intelligent spend management explores the findings of a recent IDC survey on paths to holistic business processes improvement.We'll now learn how a long history of legacy systems and outdated methods holds companies back from their potential around new total spend management optimization. The payoffs on gaining such a full and data-rich view of spend patterns across services, hiring, and goods includes reduced risk, new business models, and better strategic decisions.To help us chart the future of intelligent spend management, and to better understand how the market views these...2020-01-3024 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow an MSP Brings Comprehensive Security Services to Diverse ClientsAs businesses move more of their IT services to the cloud, reducing complexity and making sure that security needs are met throughout the migration process are now top of mind.For a UK managed services provider (MSP), finding the right mix of security strength and ease-of-use for its many types of customers became a top priority. The next managed services security management edition of BriefingsDirect explores how Northstar Services, Ltd. in Bristol-area England adopted Bitdefender Cloud Security for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to both improve security for their end users and to make managing that security...2020-01-2718 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsBetter IT Security Comes with Ease in Overhead for Rural Virginia CountyThe next public sector security management edition of BriefingsDirect explores how managing IT for a rural Virginia county government means doing more with less -- even as the types and sophistication of cybersecurity threats grow.For County of Caroline, a small team of IT administrators has built a technically advanced security posture that blends the right amounts of automation with flexible, cloud-based administration.Here to share their story on improving security in a local government organization are Bryan Farmer, System Technician, and David Sadler, Director of Information Technology, both for County of Caroline in Bowling Green...2020-01-2322 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow People, Process, and Technology Lead to Healthcare Patient Access Best Practices and SuccessThe next BriefingsDirect healthcare finance insights discussion explores the rapidly changing ways that caregiver organizations on-board and manage patients.How patients access their healthcare is transitioning to the digital world -- but often in fits and starts. This key process nonetheless plays a major role in how patients perceive their overall experiences and determines how well providers manage both care and finances.Stay with us to unpack the people, process, and technology elements behind modern patient access best practices. To learn more, we are joined by an expert panel: Jennifer Farmer, Manager of Patient Access and...2020-01-2141 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow Security Designed with the Cloud Migration Process in Mind Improves an Enterprise’s Risk Posture from Top to BottomThe next BriefingsDirect data security insights discussion explores how cloud deployment planners need to be ever-vigilant for all types of cybersecurity attack vectors. Stay with us as we examine how those moving to and adapting to cloud deployments can make their data and processes safer and easier to recover from security incidents.To learn more about taking the right precautions for cloud and distributed data safety we welcome two experts in this field, Mark McIntyre, Senior Director of Cybersecurity Solutions Group at Microsoft, and Sudhir Mehta, Global Vice President of Product Management and Strategy at Unisys. The discussion...2020-01-2137 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsSambaSafety’s Mission to Reduce Risk Begins in its Own Datacenter Security PartnershipsSecurity and privacy protection increasingly go hand in hand, especially in sensitive industries like finance and public safety.For driver risk management software provider SambaSafety protecting their business customers from risk is core to their mission -- and that begins with protection of their own IT assets and workers.Stay with us now as BriefingsDirect explores how SambaSafety adopted Bitdefender GravityZone Advanced Business Security and Full Disk Encryption to improve the end-to-end security of their operations and business processes.To share their story, please welcome Randy Whitten, Director of IT and Operations at SambaSafety...2020-01-0715 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsWhy Flexible Work and the Right Technology May Just Close the Talent GapCompanies struggle to find qualified workers in the mature phase of any business cycle. Yet as we enter a new decade in 2020, they have more than a hyper-low unemployment rate to grapple with.Businesses face a gaping qualitative chasm between the jobs businesses need to fill and the interest of workers in filling them. As a result, employees have more leverage than ever to insist that jobs cater to their lives, locations, and demands to be creatively challenged.Accordingly, IDC predicts that by 2021, 60 percent of Global 2000 companies will have adopted a future workspace model -- flexible...2020-01-0631 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsAs Hybrid IT Complexity Ramps Up, Operators Look to Data-Driven Automation ToolsThe next edition of the BriefingsDirect Voice of the Innovator podcast series examines the role and impact of automation on IT management strategies.Growing complexity from the many moving parts in today’s IT deployments are forcing managers to seek new productivity tools. Moving away from manual processes to bring higher levels of automation to data center infrastructure has long been a priority for IT operators, but now new tools and methods are making composability and automation better options than ever.Here to help us learn more about the advancing role and impact from IT automation is...2020-01-0327 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow MSP StoredTech Brings Comprehensive Security Services to Diverse Clients Using BitdefenderThe choice of bedrock security technology can make or break managed service providers' (MSPs') ability to scale, grow rapidly while remaining efficient, and maintain top quality customer service.The next edition of BriefingsDirect explores how by simultaneously slashing security-related trouble tickets and management costs by more than 75 percent, Stored Technology Solutions, or StoredTech, grew its business andquality of service at the same time.Stay with us as we learn now how StoredTech adopted Bitdefender Cloud Security for Managed Service Providersto dramatically improve the security of their end users -- and develop enhanced customer loyalty....2020-01-0219 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHealthcare Providers Define New Ways to Elevate and Improve the Digital Patient ExperienceThe next BriefingsDirect healthcare insights discussion explores ways to improve the total patient experience -- including financial considerations -- using digital technology.To learn more about ways that healthcare providers are seeking to leverage such concepts as customer relationship management (CRM) to improve their services we are joined by Laura Semlies, Vice President of Digital Patient Experience, at Northwell Health in metro New York; Julie Gerdeman, CEO at HealthPay24 in Mechanicsburg, Penn., and Jennifer Erler, Cash Manager in the Treasury Department at Fairview Health Services in Minneapolis. The panel is moderated by Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst at Interarbor...2019-12-2728 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow Agile Enterprise Architecture Builds Agile Business AdvantageThe next BriefingsDirect digital business trends discussion explores how Enterprise Architecture (EA) defines and supports more agile business methods and outcomes.We will now learn how Enterprise Architects embrace agile approaches to build competitive advantages for enterprises and governments, as well as to keep those organizations more secure and compliant.To learn more about attaining agility by the latest EA approaches, we are now joined by our panel, Mats Gejnevall, Enterprise Architect at minnovate and Member of The Open Group Agile Architecture Work Group; Sonia Gonzalez, Forum Director of the Architecture Forum at The Open Group...2019-12-1637 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow Work Experience for Many is a Dumpster Fire and Why it’s Time for Something Completely DifferentWorker productivity gains -- despite 30 years of computing technology roll outs -- remain hard to define by economists.Ask a worker, however, and you are increasingly likely to get a hard, cold assessment. A huge amount of time these days, they say, is wasted on the inefficiencies of technology run amok. Only a sliver of time is going to the creative and innovative types of work that employees crave -- and employers gain the most value from.The next BriefingsDirect future of work discussion explores new ways of exploiting what technology does best to deliver intelligent...2019-12-1234 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsCerner’s Lifesaving Sepsis Control Solution Shows the Potential of Bringing More AI-Enabled IoT to the Healthcare EdgeThe next BriefingsDirect intelligent edge adoption benefits discussion focuses on how hospitals are gaining proactive alerts on patients at risk for contracting serious sepsis infections.An all-too-common affliction for patients around the world, sepsis can be controlled when confronted early using a combination of edge computing and artificial intelligence (AI). Edge sensors, Wi-Fi data networks, and AI solutions help identify at-risk situations so caregivers at hospitals are rapidly alerted to susceptible patients to head-off sepsis episodes and reduce serious illness and death.Stay with us now as we hear about this cutting-edge use case that puts...2019-12-0533 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsThree Generations of Citrix CEOs on Enabling a Better Way to WorkFor the past 30 years, Citrix has made a successful habit of challenging the status quo. That includes: --Delivering applications as streaming services to multiple users --Making the entire PC desktop into a secure service --Enhancing networks that optimize applications delivery --Pioneering infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) now known as public cloud, and --Supplying a way to take enterprise applications and data to the mobile edge.Now, Citrix is at it again, by creating digital workspaces and redefining the very nature of applications and business intelligence. How has one company been able...2019-12-0335 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow the ArchiMate Modeling Standard Helps Enterprise ArchitectsThe next BriefingsDirect business trends discussion explores how the latest update to the ArchiMate® standard helps Enterprise Architects (EAs) make complex organizations more agile and productive.Joining is Marc Lankhorst, Managing Consultant and Chief Technology Evangelist at BiZZdesign in The Netherlands. He also leads the development team within the ArchiMate Forum at The Open Group. The interview is moderated by Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst at Interarbor Solutions. [Sponsor: The Open Group.]2019-12-0217 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsThe Evolution of Data Center Infrastructure Has Now Ushered in the Era of Data Center-as-a-ServiceThere has never been a better time to build efficient, protected, powerful, and modular data centers -- yet many enterprises and public sector agencies cling to aging, vulnerable, and chaotic legacy IT infrastructure.The next BriefingsDirect interview examine how automation, self-healing, data-driven insights, and increasingly intelligent data center components are delivering what amount to data centers-as-a-service. Here to explain how a modern data center strategy includes connected components and data analysis that extends from the data center to the computing edge is Steve Lalla, Executive Vice President of Global Services at Vertiv. The discussion is moderated...2019-11-0828 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow Unisys and Dell EMC Together Head Off Backup Storage Cyber Security VulnerabilitiesThe next BriefingsDirect data security insights discussion explores how data -- from one end of its life cycle to the other -- needs new protection and a means for rapid recovery. Stay with us as we examine how backup storage especially needs to be made safe and secure if companies want to quickly right themselves from an attack. To learn more, please welcome Andrew Peters, Stealth Industry Director at Unisys, and George Pradel, Senior Systems Engineer at Dell EMC. The discussion is moderated by Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst at Interarbor Solutions. [Sponsor: Unisys.]2019-10-2929 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow Unisys and Microsoft Team Up to Ease Complex Cloud Adoption for Governments and EnterprisesThe path to cloud computing adoption persistently appears complex and risky to both government and enterprise IT leaders, recent surveys show.This next BriefingsDirect managed cloud methodologies discussion explores how tackling complexity and security requirements upfront helps ease the adoption of cloud architectures. By combining managed services, security solutions, and hybrid cloud standardization, both public and private sector organizations are now making the cloud journey a steppingstone to larger business transformation success.We'll now explore how cloud-native apps and services modernization benefit from prebuilt solutions with embedded best practices and automation. To learn how, we welcome...2019-10-2331 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow Containers are Becoming the New Basic Currency for Pay as You Go Hybrid ITContainer-based deployment models have rapidly gained popularity across a full spectrum of hybrid IT architectures -- from edge, to cloud, to data center.This next edition of the BriefingsDirect Voice of the Innovator podcast series examines how IT operators are now looking to increased automation, orchestration, and compatibility benefits to further exploit containers as a mainstay across their next-generation hybrid IT estate.Stay with us to explore the escalating benefits that come from broad container use with Robert Christiansen, Evangelist in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). The interview is...2019-10-1126 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsThe Long History of IT Systems Management Meets the New Era of AIOps-Fueled Automation Over Hybrid and Multicloud ComplexityThe next edition of the BriefingsDirect Voice of the Innovator podcast series explores the latest developments in hybrid IT management.IT operators have for decades been playing catch-up to managing their systems amid successive waves of heterogeneity, complexity, and changing deployment models. IT management technologies and methods have evolved right along with the challenge, culminating in the capability to optimize and automate workloads to exacting performance and cost requirements.But now automation is about to give an AIOps boost from new machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities -- just as multicloud and edge computing...2019-09-1218 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow the Catalyst UK Program Seeds an Infrastructure Innovation Ecosystem for Next Generations of HPC, AI, and SupercomputingThe next BriefingsDirect Voice of the Customer discussion explores a program to expand the variety of CPUs that support supercomputer and artificial intelligence (AI)-intensive workloads. The Catalyst program in the UK is seeding the advancement of the ARM CPU architecture for high performance computing (HPC) as well as establishing a vibrant software ecosystem around it.Stay with us to learn about unlocking new choices and innovation for the next generations of supercomputing with Dr. Eng Lim Goh, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for HPC and AI at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), and Professor Mark Parsons...2019-09-0527 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHPE and PTC Join Forces to Gain Best Outcomes from the OT-IT Productivity RevolutionThe next BriefingsDirect Voice of the Customer edge computing trends discussion explores the rapidly evolving confluence of operational technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT). New advances in data processing, real-time analytics, and platform efficiency have prompted innovative and impactful OT approaches at the edge. We’ll now explore how such data analysis platforms bring manufacturers data-center caliber benefits for real-time insights where they are needed most.To hear more about the latest capabilities in gaining unprecedented operational insights, we sat down with Riaan Lourens, Vice President of Technology in the Office of the Chief Technology Of...2019-08-2926 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsIT and HR Prove Not So Odd a Couple on the Road to Employee SatisfactionHow businesses perform has always depended on how well their employees perform. Yet never before has the relationship between how well employees work and the digital technology that they use been so complex.At the same time, companies are grappling with the transition to increasingly data-driven and automated processes. What’s more, the top skills at all levels are increasingly harder to find -- and hold onto -- for supporting strategic business agility.As a result, business leaders must enhance and optimize today’s employee experience so that they in turn can optimize the customer experience and...2019-08-0941 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow Rapid Machine Learning Accelerates Venturi Formula E Team Racing to a Top-Efficiency StrategyThe next BriefingsDirect Voice of the Customer advanced motorsports efficiency innovation discussion explores some of the edge computing and deep analytics technology behind the Formula E auto racing sport. Our interview focuses on how data-driven technology and innovation make high-performance electric racing cars an example for all endeavors where limits are continuously tested and bested.To learn more about the latest in Formula E efficiency strategy and refinement, please welcome Susie Wolff, Team Principal at Venturi Formula E Team in Monaco. The interview is conducted by Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst at Interarbor Solutions. [Sponsor: Hewlett Packard...2019-08-0717 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow a Budding OEM Relationship Between HPE and Cohesity Brings the Best of Startup Innovation to Global Reach and SupportThe next BriefingsDirect enterprise storage partnership innovation discussion explores how the best of startup culture and innovation can be married to the global reach, maturity, and solutions breadth of a major IT provider.Stay with us to unpack the budding relationship between an upstart in the data management space, Cohesity, and venerable global IT provider Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).To learn more about the latest in total storage efficiency strategies and HPE’s Pathfinder program we welcome Rob Salmon, President and Chief Operating Officer at Cohesity in San Jose, California, and Paul Glaser, Vice President and He...2019-07-3123 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHPE’s Erik Vogel on Key Factors for Driving Success in Hybrid Cloud Adoption and OptimizationThe next BriefingsDirect Voice of the Innovator discussion explores the latest insights into hybrid cloud strategies.While many businesses recognize there’s a hybrid cloud future, far fewer are adopting a hybrid cloud approach with an overabundance of due diligence, governance, and cost optimization -- at least not yet. Unlike the often, ad hoc adoption of public cloud services by various groups across an enterprise, getting the right mix and operational coordination required of true hybrid cloud cannot be successful if it’s not well managed.Stay with us as we examine the innovation maturing arou...2019-07-3033 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow Total Deployment Intelligence Overcomes the Growing Complexity of Multicloud ManagementThe next BriefingsDirect Voice of the Innovator discussion focuses on the growing complexity around multicloud managementand how greater accountability is needed to improve business impacts from all-too-common haphazard cloud adoption.Stay with us to learn how new tools, processes, and methods are bringing insights and actionable analysis that help regain control over the increasing challenges from hybrid cloud and multicloud sprawl.Here to explore a more pragmatic path to modern IT deployment management is Harsh Singh, Director of Product Management for Hybrid Cloud Products and Solutions at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). The interview is moderated by...2019-07-2225 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsHow an Agile Focus for Enterprise Architects Builds Competitive Advantage in the Digital Transformation AgeThe next BriefingsDirect business trends discussion explores the reinforcing nature of Enterprise Architecture (EA) and agile methods. We’ll now learn how Enterprise Architects can embrace agile approaches to build competitive advantages for their companies. To learn more about retraining and rethinking for EA in the Digital Transformation (DT) era, we are joined by Ryan Schmierer, Director of Operations at Sparx Services North America, and Chris Armstrong, President at Sparx Services North America. The discussion is moderated by Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst at Interarbor Solutions. [Sponsor: The Open Group.]2019-07-1527 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsFor a UK Borough, Solving Security Issues Leads to Operational Improvements and Cost-Savings Across its IT InfrastructureThe next BriefingsDirect enterprise IT productivity discussion focuses on solving tactical challenges around security to unlock strategic operational benefits in the public sector.For a large metropolitan borough council in South Yorkshire, England, an initial move to thwarting recurring ransomware attacks ended up a catalyst to wider IT infrastructure performance, cost, operations, and management benefits.This security innovations discussion then examines how the Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council information and communications technology (ICT) team rapidly deployed malware protection across 3,500 physical and virtual workstations and servers. Here to share the story of how that one change...2019-07-1129 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsQlik’s Top Researcher Describes New Ways for Human Cognition and Augmented Intelligence to Join ForcesThe next BriefingsDirect business intelligence (BI) trends discussion explores the latest research and products that bring the power of people and machine intelligence closer together.As more data becomes available to support augmented intelligence -- and the power of analytics platforms increasingly goes to where the data is -- the next stage of value is in how people can interact with the results.Stay with us now as we examine the latest strategies for not only visualizing data-driven insights but making them conversational and even presented through a form of storytelling. To learn more...2019-07-0819 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsFinancial Stability, a Critical Factor for Choosing a Business Partner, is Now Much Easier to AssessThe next BriefingsDirect digital business risk remediation discussion explores new ways companies can gain improved visibility, analytics, and predictive indicators to better assess the financial viability of partners and global supply chains.Businesses are now heavily relying upon their trading partners across their supply chains -- and no business can afford to be dependent on suppliers that pose risks due to poor financial health.We will now examine new tools and methods that create a financial health rating system to determine the probability of bankruptcy, default, or disruption for both public and private companies -- as...2019-07-0320 minBriefingsDirect PodcastsUsing AI to Solve Data and IT Complexity--And Better Enable AIThe next BriefingsDirect data disruption discussion focuses on why the rising tidal wave of data must be better managed, and how new tools are emerging to bring artificial intelligence (AI) to the rescue. Stay with us to learn how the latest AI innovations improve both data and services management across a cloud deployment continuum -- and in doing so set up an even more powerful way for businesses to exploit AI.To learn how AI will help conquer complexity to allow for higher abstractions of benefits from across all sorts of analysis, we welcome Rebecca Lewington...2019-07-0325 min