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The Emerging Tech PodcastThe Emerging Threat LandscapeThe Emerging Tech Podcast interviews Sean Deuby, Principal Technologist for Semperis on the ever-evolving security threat landscape that companies have to contend with. Does emerging technology hold the promise of shutting down this never-ending game of cat and mouse or does new technology just imply new threats? Sean takes us on a journey from the early days of corporate hacking to the massive dark web consortiums that are constantly attempting to wreak havoc on corporate life.2023-03-0835 minThe Emerging Tech PodcastThe Buzz about ChatGPTEveryone kicked off the year chatting about ChatGPT, so the Emerging Tech Podcast took a deep dive into the wonderful world of AI chatbots and what all the hype around ChatGPT is about. Your hosts Kevin Derman and Gary Kimmel, examine the use cases, some of the issues, and how this technology will potentially be monetized. We also explain how this technology works and what this means to humanity.2023-01-1128 minThe Emerging Tech PodcastThe Law and Emerging TechnologyWe interview Anne Hall, Legal Professional, founder and CEO of ITAgree on how the law keeps pace with emerging technologies. From questions around AI and who is responsible for the biases to operating in a global environment where borders do not exist in software usage, this fascinating discussion leaves you with a lot to think about.2022-10-2623 minThe Emerging Tech PodcastYour Digital DeathIn this episode, Kevin Derman and Gary Kimmel investigate what happens to the digital exhaust we create during our lives when we die. From social media to our digital assets, our imprint on these technologies continues to exist long after we depart this world, leaving behind our loved ones the problem of what to do with these items. We provide some guidance and ideas on how to ensure they are equipped to deal with this eventuality.2022-03-3125 minThe Emerging Tech PodcastSandy Carter Explains NFT Domains and MoreKevin Derman and Gary Kimmel interview Sandy Carter, SVP and Channel Chief for Unstoppable Domains. This fascinating discussion weaves its way through the new world of Web 3.0 technology. Unearthing the truth of where we are with Web 3.0 at the moment, and most importantly predicting the path of the future for this technology and business.2022-02-2830 minThe Emerging Tech PodcastNFT's - The What, Why, and HowKevin Derman and Gary Kimmel explore the exciting world of NFT's. They look at what an NFT is, why you would want one, and delve into how exactly you make an NFT. While the business value is still in the exploratory phase, many use cases exist where NFT's could bring value to your business.2022-02-0724 minThe Emerging Tech PodcastWeb 3.0 and BusinessThe internet is awash with mentions of Web 3.0, but what exactly is it? How will it change the way I interact on the web and what does it mean for my business? Kevin Derman and Gary Kimmel delve into this new technology, showing how it is going to impact your business and how you can prepare yourself for the road ahead.2022-01-1926 minThe Emerging Tech PodcastEmerging Tech for GoodWe interview Dr. Alina Turner, President and co-founder of HelpSeeker Technologies, on how technology is being used to solve social issues facing the world. A fascinating discussion not only displaying the power of tech for good but also surfacing many of the issues facing companies using technology for this purpose.2022-01-0329 minThe Emerging Tech PodcastThe Business of Digital TwinsDigital Twin technology is becoming more and more prevalent in industries ranging from healthcare to manufacturing. Find out why this technology is becoming so popular, what can be accomplished by using it, and as always what are the business use cases.2021-12-1425 minThe Emerging Tech PodcastMetaWhat? MetaWho? MetaVerse?Have you been wondering about just what the Metaverse is? What is going to be the business value of the Metaverse? Kevin Derman and Gary Kimmel discuss the origins of this concept, explain the what and the who, and then dive into what the real business use cases are going to be. You will come away informed and ready to hold a conversation about the Metaverse in the real world.2021-11-2228 minThe Emerging Tech PodcastDo You Really Need to Digitally Transform?In this episode, we delve into what exactly is meant by "digital transformation", and explain why any company that is looking to digitally transform is actually thinking about the process of transformation completely wrong. We explore some successful real-life brick-and-mortar transformations and provide a new way of thinking about the evolution of your business.2021-11-0823 minThe Emerging Tech PodcastUbiquitous Cloud and Emerging TechnologyEpisode one of the Emerging Tech Podcast explores why cloud technology is the fundamental base of most, if not all, of emerging technology today. Kevin Derman & Gary Kimmel explore the new "as-a-service" economy, as well as the evolution of this concept into business verticals. Providing explanations of IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, and providing great analogies that will provide you with the grounding necessary to understand todays computing market.2021-10-2523 min
Cloud Over AfricaThe State of the Cloud 2021 - South AfricaIn this episode, Kevin Derman and Russell Warne analyze various research on cloud usage across the world and compare it with what is happening in South Africa. How far behind is South Africa? 6 months? 12 months? 2 years? Take a listen to find out.2021-07-2028 minCloud Over AfricaWomen in the Cloud - Veliswa Boya InterviewWe are celebrating all the women in cloud technology this month. We interview Veliswa Boya, an AWS Cloud Hero, 3 times certified cloud architect, mother, mentor and more. We cover her journey to certification, career tips, exam advice, and how she balances it all. Veliswa's personality and positive attitude shines through in this interview.2020-08-2425 minCloud Over AfricaThe Ins and Outs of Cloud Storage Episode - Rick Braddy InterviewWe chat with Rick Braddy Founder and CTO of Buurst (Softnas) and former CTO of Citrix, about all things cloud storage and compare South Africa and Africa to what's being seen in North America.2020-07-0831 minCloud Over AfricaThe AWS Live in South Africa EpisodeIn this episode we chat about the Local AWS Region in South Africa that has just gone live in April 2020. We discuss the benefits and what companies should be looking at doing with this awesome opportunity presented.2020-04-2421 minCloud Over AfricaThe Business Continuity - COVID-19 EpisodeWe delve into what businesses can do to remain active during this lock-down period. Many different cloud solutions are available that can ensure business continuity.2020-03-2722 minCloud Over AfricaThe AI Expo Africa 2019 EditionIn this edition we chat to Nick Bradshaw, organiser and founder of the AI Africa Expo on what impact they saw from the expo last year and what people can expect from this years expo happening on the 4th and 5th of September.2019-08-2625 minCloud Over AfricaThe Geoff Brown AWS Interview EpisodeIn this episode we interview Geoff Brown, Managing Director for Sub-Saharan Africa at Amazon Web Services. We get into the detail on how AWS is investing in South Africa and Africa as a whole, AWS technology for Africa and Geoff's experience so far during his time spent as leader of AWS in the region.2019-05-1428 minCloud Over AfricaFrom Local to Hyperscale Cloud - The ydox Case Study EpisodeIn this episode we speak to Carl Wallace, CEO of Digital HQ on why the made the choice to move from a local cloud provider to AWS, a hyperscale cloud and the results they experienced in the process.2019-03-2522 minCloud Over AfricaThe Cloud Big Bets for 2019 EpisodeIn this episode we place our big bets for cloud for 2019. These are the top 5 areas where we think you will see major shift in 2019. Discussions include, local datacenters, AI, IoT, Blockchain (all the required buzzwords), payment granularity and more.2019-02-1114 minCloud Over AfricaThe Security in the Cloud EpisodeA key component of moving to the cloud is security. We catch up with Tau Mailula of Trend Micro and discuss some common pitfalls and what is required with cloud security. This interview was recorded at AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas.2018-12-0919 minCloud Over AfricaThe Awesome AWS re:Invent Announcements Summary 1 EditionDirect from Las Vegas re:Invent, we cover some of the announcements from Andy Jassy's keynote. Hear about what was released in the new database functionality, many machine learning announcements, security and more.2018-11-2921 minCloud Over AfricaThe PreInvent re:Invent EpisodeIn this episode Kevin and Russell, AWS re:Invent veterans, share their top 10 tips on how to ensure you have a great and productive re:Invent. The conference starts 25th November in Las Vegas and is the year highlight in the AWS world.2018-11-1515 minCloud Over AfricaThe Interesting Startups in the Cloud 2 EpisodeIn this, the second episode that looks at interesting "born in the cloud" startups, we chat to Celina Lee, CEO of Zindi, a cloud platform that aims to solve Africa's toughest challenges using machine learning and AI. A fascinating discussion and a great idea.2018-09-2714 minCloud Over AfricaThe Interesting Cloud Startups 1 EpisodeIn this episode we speak to ALEXANDRE N'DJORE CEO of the Digitech Group and recent winner of the AWS Startup Day pitching competition and one of the Top-10 startups in Africa. Find out how they have used cloud to accelerate their business and compete at a global level, and decoupled the customer outcome from the technology the customer is using.2018-09-2014 minCloud Over AfricaThe Cloud Explained Part 2 EpisodeIn this episode we dive a bit deeper into some of the differences between on-premise and cloud. We cover some cloud terminology equivalents, enabling you to be comfortable at any dinner party where cloud is the topic of the day.2018-09-0721 minCloud Over AfricaThe 7 Rs of Cloud Migration EpisodeIn this episode we cover the 7R's of cloud migration. What?? You thought there were only 6 R's? Well, we introduce you to our suggested 7th R to complete the list and to keep up with current trends of cloud computing.2018-08-3021 minCloud Over AfricaThe Cloud Explained Part 1 EpisodeIn this episode we take a few steps back and go through some cloud basics like IaaS, PaaS and SaaS. The benefits and risks are examined, as well as great analogy with Pizza as a Service thrown in for good measure. If you are looking at moving to cloud or are new to the cloud environment, this episode is for you.2018-08-2321 minCloud Over AfricaThe Women in the Clouds EpisodeIn this episode we speak to three women (Lisa Strydom, Catherine Luckoff, and Monique Hart) working in cloud technology in South Africa. They share with us their journey to careers in technology and provide some practical advice for anyone wanting to get into the IT field and in particular the cloud.2018-08-1429 minCloud Over AfricaThe Pie, Savings Costs, The Cloud and You Episode.In this episode Russell Warne, Certified Cloud Cost Optimisation Expert, explains the similarity between the cloud and pies. This is no "Pie in the Sky" analogy. Russell and Kevin get into the details of why cloud spend gets out of control and what you can do to bring order to the natural state of entropy that occurs.2018-08-0822 minCloud Over AfricaThe Microsoft on AWS EpisodeIn this episode we chat about running Microsoft workloads on AWS. We cover some interesting facts about the two cloud giants, what workloads you can run, how the licensing works and so much more. all in under 20min.2018-07-3121 minCloud Over AfricaThe AI Expo Africa EpisodeIn this episode we chat to Nick Bradshaw Director of the AI Expo Africa which is happening in Cape Town 10-11 September. We discuss AI in general over the African continent and what people can expect from the event.2018-07-2419 minCloud Over AfricaThe Amazon Workdocs EpisodeIn this episode we delve into Amazon Workdocs. A great service for saving and sharing documents for businesses. Ultimate resiliance and durability, no more need to back up your files with Amazon Workdocs. Join us in this 15 min session.2018-07-1817 minCloud Over AfricaThe CloudFront EpisodeWe dive into the AWS investment into the South African ecosystem with the availability of Amazon CloudFront in South Africa. Use cases, the costs, who is using it, how to use it, we tell all.2018-07-1117 min