Cloud Realities

Each year Capgemini publishes TechnoVision - a comprehensive prediction of the year to come, along with useful principles that guided both its prediction and use.  It seeks to bring some fresh thinking to the technology business issues of today.  In this special two part episode Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk in detail with the reports leader Ron Tolido and get a special insight into the creation of the work.In this special second episode, the team explore the mindset at the heart of Technovision 2023, helpful to understand the implications of the trends from pt.1, but critical in how you put them to practical use!  They walk through the design principles (Every Business is a Tech Business, Do good, do less, do well, With Open Arms, IQ/EQ/CQ, Trust Thrust and No Hands on Deck) and discuss how they come together to paint a picture of a modern digital business.Finally, in this weeks Trend, we talk about how code itself can be written to ensure the best and most green performance of your products and platforms.TLDR:01:23 Intros01:51 Cloud conversation with Ron Tolido30:31 The rise of green application development & modernisation37:48 Re-writing my emails in the style of Earnest Hemmingway!Further Reading:https://www.capgemini.com/insights/research-library/technovision-2023

Each year Capgemini publishes TechnoVision - a comprehensive prediction of the year to come, along with useful principles that guide both its prediction and use.  It seeks to bring some fresh thinking to the technology business issues of today.  In this special two part episode Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk in detail with the reports leader Ron Tolido and get a special insight into the creation of Technovision 2023! In this special first episode, the team explore why Scarcity, Sustainability and Uncertainty have influenced so much of the thinking, what impact this has and then walk through the 5 trends at the centre of the report: Invisible Infostructure, Applications Unleashed, Thriving on Data, Process on the Fly and You Experience/We Collaborate.Finally, in this weeks Trend, we talk about how Microsoft and Google are both racing to bring chatGPT supported product to market.TLDR:01:25 Intros02:00 Cloud conversation with Ron Tolido45:04 Microsoft and Googles move to incorporate chatGPT into their tooling51:09 Surf rock with robots!Further Reading:https://www.capgemini.com/insights/research-library/technovision-2023

Artificial intelligence seems to be being talked about everywhere this year, but is really being leveraged as much as that suggests, and do we really understand what it is, its limitations and its dangers?Dave, Sjoukje & Rob are joined by Tom Godden, Director of Enterprise Strategy at AWS about the uptake of AI, Machine Learning and Deep Learning in businesses today.  They also set out some definitions and how each of the technologies can be effectively used.  Finally, they talk about some real case studies, including pizza cooking and delivery optimisation, a subject close to all of our hearts.TLDR:01:43 Intros03:01 Cloud conversation with Tom Godden32:10 Five predications for AI in 202340:30 Next level technology futures presentations at AWS 2023 events!

Modern ways of working require significant engagement from everyone involved to ensure the right things are getting done and the right time and the levels of creativity are sustained for innovation.  How do we get the balance right?Dave, Sjoukje & Rob are joined by Duena Blomstrom, CEO of PeopleNotTech, author and influencer to discuss what drives a teams performance is it process, technology, method, or does it come down to things that are actually far more human?  The team discuss why Psychological Safety remains a critical element in driving outcomes from modern teams and get an insight into Duenas thinking on "Human Debt". Finally, the team discuss the other elements that make up modern high performing teams.TLDR:00:38 Intros00:52 Cloud conversation with Duena Blomstrom27:00 What makes up High Performing Teams31:30 I just want to sleep 'till 05:30!Further Reading:Google Paper: https://rework.withgoogle.com/print/guides/5721312655835136/Book: People Before Tech  https://amzn.eu/d/aE2t0DXDuenas new book is out later this year

Cloud is maturing in its ability to deal with complex, highly secure & regulated environments, and there are very few more complex environments than the Defence sector.Dave & Sjoukje are joined by Gareth Hetheridge, CIO from Leonardo to talk about the challenges of unlocking the value of cloud in Defence, whilst maintaining a very high standard of security.  They go on to discuss the components of Leonardos exciting and fast moving digital transformation programme.  Finally, the team talk about how economic conditions are beginning to impact the tech industry.This conversation was recored in November 2022 (with a heavy cold!)TLDR:01:07 Intros01:27 Cloud conversation with Gareth Hetheridge26:03 Tech feels economic headwinds28:41  The weekend with the boys!

The value of Data & AI is perhaps self evident, but it was often a high cost tech solution looking for a problem to solve.  Now though, with sustainability concerns, increasingly difficult economic times, post-pandemic global change and easily accessible tools, D&AI suddenly has a mission critical role to play.Dave, Sjoukje & Rob are joined by Robin Sutara, Field CTO at Databricks to discuss the reality of data usage today.  They talk about he characteristics of organisations that have successfully created a data transformation to rethink how business gets done, supply chains in a de-globalising world, the importance of clarity of outcome and data delivery team diversity.The team also talk about the incredible launch, potential and concerns around ChatGPT.TLDR:01:00 Intros01:37 Cloud conversation with Robin Sutara27:26 The incredible rise of ChatGPT35:35 Being back on the same timezone as my calls!

Cloud transformation can take many forms, in this two part episode we hear first hand experiences of driving cloud transformation from a software development and application centric perspective, the challenges to overcome and value that can be delivered.In this second part, Dave, Sjoukje & Rob continue their talk with David Anderson, Mark McCann & Micheal O'Reilly authors of 'The Value Flywheel Effect: Power the Future and Accelerate your Organisation to the Modern Cloud', and hear about how the book came to fruition and the Cloud transformation model that they developed from their time at Liberty Mutual and you anyone can leverage it to drive value, starting today!In Tech Trends we talk about the increasing pace of organisations moving to the cloud, find out where analysts think we will be in 3 years time and why that might be true.TLDR:00:48 Intro01:10 Cloud conversation with David Anderson, Mark McCann & Micheal O'Reilly25:46 Increasing pace of tech infrastructure migration to cloud32:11 Reactions to the book!Further reading:Book: https://amzn.eu/d/7vkr59mhttps://itrevolution.com/author/David-Anderson/https://theserverlessedge.podbean.com/

Cloud transformation can take many forms, in this two part episode we hear first hand experiences of driving cloud transformation from a software development and application centric perspective, the challenges to overcome and value that can be delivered.In this first part, Dave, Sjoukje & Rob meet David Anderson, Mark McCann & Micheal O'Reilly authors of 'The Value Flywheel Effect: Power the Future and Accelerate your Organisation to the Modern Cloud', and hear about their time at Liberty Mutual where, hungry for pioneering techniques, they drove a serverless centric cloud transformation and started to talk to Simon Wardly about value streams.In Tech Trends this week we talk about something on everyones mind, the cost of Cloud as we run into 2023 and discuss best practice ways to manage it.TLDR:01:35 Intros02:30 Cloud conversation with David Anderson, Mark McCann & Micheal O'Reilly36:58 Managing Cloud cost46:00 The second time around!Further reading:Book: https://amzn.eu/d/7vkr59mhttps://itrevolution.com/author/David-Anderson/https://theserverlessedge.podbean.com/

For some special Christmas food for thought, we focus on the far reaches of our “Realities”.  Here on the show we believe that interventional, courageous leadership combined with cloud can change the future reality of a business or human.  But, what is real? What is not? And does it matter?!We look at the thinking currently happening in the space of the Simulation Hypothesis, which suggests that we likely live in a computer simulation, and ask how it can be applied to solve “better problems” and improve our innovation ambition.Dave and Sjoukje are reunited with re:Invent Roving Reporter Rob Kernahan, who’s finally back from Vegas, and they talk to Anders Indset, Philosopher, Author and renowned speaker to get his insights following some recent research he has been participating in, in this field, as well as his thinking on The Quantum Economy (links below).Finally, in tech trends we talk about the EUs recent use of the Metaverse to engage Gen Z in the work they do.  It was ill attended sadly, so the team speculate on what might have happened.TLDR:01:36 Intros02:14 Cloud conversation with Anders IndsetEU in the MetaverseChristmas with family and a Quantum Economy trilogy!Further Reading:Do we live in a [quantum] simulation? Constraints, observations, and experiments on the simulation hypothesisAnders Inset, Florian Neukart, Markus Pflitsch and Michael Perelshteinhttps://arxiv.org/abs/2212.04921The Quantum Economy: Saving the Mensch with Humanistic CapitalismAnders Indsethttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Quantum-Economy-Saving-Humanistic-Capitalism-ebook/dp/B08MKLJJBN/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3FWPRKK4C9030&keywords=the+quantum+economy&qid=1671651039&sprefix=the+quantum+economy%2Caps%2C60&sr=8-1Additional reading referenced in the show:https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/confirmed-we-live-in-a-simulation/ https://futurism.com/sorry-elon-physicists-say-we-definitely-arent-living-in-a-computer-simulation https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/physicists-confirm-that-were-not-living-in-a-computer-simulation/ https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/simulation-theory-elon-musk-pong-matrix-b1967844.html https://bigthink.com/thinking/why-the-simulation-hypothesis-is-pseudoscience/ 

The healthcare care industry has been disrupted, with new entrants to the industry and tech, such as wearables, providing consumers with far more information and options, huge change is occurring.  How are healthcare providers responding to their customers’ expectations and health needs?Dave and Sjoukje talk to Chief Digital & Information Officer of Baptist Health, Tony Ambrozie to hear about how they are using cloud to respond and transform their organisation, and how a step wise approach to cloud now sees them 70% migrated and well on the way to using tech to proactively improve patient health. Finally, in tech trends, they talk about how UK Government is using an innovative AI incentive scheme to help tackle decarbonisation.TLDR:01:06  Intros01:48  Cloud conversation with Tony Ambrozie20:54  AI for Decarbonisation23:25  Improving patient health!