Cloud Realities

Esmee van de Giessen, a strategic partner manager with expertise in agile transformation, joins Dave and Rob for a reflective chat on their recent season. They explore five lessons in change leadership, drawing parallels with climbing Everest. The conversation highlights the importance of diverse teams in digital transformation and the critical role of FinOps in sustainable practices. They also discuss the evolving landscape of AI, its dual implications for society, and personal anecdotes about summer plans and travel adventures.

Jacqueline Hanson, Director of Core Digital Services at DWP, shares her insights on the intricate art of modernizing legacy systems to enhance efficiency and scalability. The conversation dives into the risks of maintaining outdated technology and the importance of data integrity during transitions. Hanson discusses key trends in legacy modernization and how AI and low-code platforms are revolutionizing the approach. With humor woven throughout, they tackle everything from everyday safety to the philosophical implications of our digitally enhanced future.

Data visualization simplifies complex data, reveals trends, enhances decision-making, supports communication, and ultimately leading to more informed and effective business outcomes.This week Dave and Rob talk to Krishnan Venkata, Chief Client Officer at LatentView Analytics, about the impact of data visualization on leadership and the shift from dashboards to Decision Boards. TLDR:02:00 Rob is confused about Unbossing!07:11 Cloud conversation with Krishnan Venkata28:55 Top 10 tips for designing communication 40:00  Exploring home like a tourist!  GuestKrishnan Venkata: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krishnanvenkata/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-vd-burg//Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/

The rising shortage of IT professionals is a critical issue, driven by rapid technological advancements and a growing demand for specialized skills, leaving businesses struggling to fill crucial roles at a time that they are still struggling to implement and/or mature new devops concepts.This week, Dave and Rob talk to Cory O'Daniel, CEO and Co-Founder at Massdriver about using software to bridge the cloud infrastructure talent gap, the role of platform engineering in this ongoing challenge, a state of the nation on maturity on the ground in platform engineering devops teams and the criticality of getting your ops teams head above water.TLDR02:00 Rob is confused about social media!07:11 Cloud conversation with Cory O'Daniel54:00 The five core elements around platform engineering 01:03:00 Hot tubbing! GuestCory O'Daniel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coryodaniel/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-vd-burg/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-c

Well implemented FinOps is not just basic cost control, it is an emerging discipline that allows you to develop new tools and practices, advancing your cloud economics and improving overall financial accountability in the cloud.   This week, Dave and Rob talk to Roi Ravhon, Co-Founder & CEO of Finout, about FinOps basics, the current state of the art, and key differentiators between cost management and modern FinOps. TLDR:02:10 Rob is confused about the one-week strategy 05:21 Cloud conversation with Roi Ravhon33:00 What really impacts the cost in the Cloud41:15 A baby-boy!GuestRoi Ravhon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roiravhon/?originalSubdomain=ilHostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/

For our 100th recording (incl studio and live) we talk about why governance is so important in the digital age, fending off both attack as well as ensuring tech innovation is safe.This week Dave, Rob and Sjoukje talk to Bart Groothuis, Member of the European Parliament about the role the EU play in cybersecurity, making cyber risk visible to the C-suite, cyber resilience and the new race to ensure we have safe AI.  We also discuss the spread of mis-information from some countries and the importance of being aware, as it has a major impact on our world. TLDR:01:40: Is Rob confused about counting to a 100?03:50: Cloud conversation with Bart Groothuis 33:40: Security predictions include the rise in AI generated threats 39:00: Bart's daughter birthday!GuestBart Groothuis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/groothuisbart/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Sjoukje Zaal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjoukjezaal/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/

On-line experience is going up a level.  New hardware along with next level visualisations are creating real world experiences with products virtually, whilst in store experiences move closer to providing the customisation and efficiency we are now seeing (and expecting) in digital.Dave and Rob talk to Angelo Coletta, CEO and Founder of Zakeke, a company focused on the visualisation layer, about the evolution of the digital experience, the founding ideas at Zakeke, how digital product is becoming more physical and how physical is becoming more digital and the group also chat about what shopping experience resonated with them recently, and did the modern digital experience play a part in that. TL:DR00:56 Is it all getting too complex?06:00 Cloud Conversation with Angelo Coletta38:14 How we are changing our buying habits49:10 Horse riding!GuestAngelo Coletta: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelo-coletta/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Sjoukje Zaal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjoukjezaal/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/

'Digital transformation' is a term widely, and often badly, used.  It generally gets used to describe simply digitising a process and making what we already do run more efficiently.  However, good DTx is far more than that...This week, Dave and Rob talk to Nathan Clark, Founder & CEO of Ganymede, about how their platform provides data in the right place, at the right time, and in the right order across the laboratory process in biotech. They discuss how this functions, the outcomes it improves, and whether it provides a useful case study for what good digital transformation looks like. TLDR:02:30 Is Rob confused about being a super hero in the Matrix?05:40: Cloud Biotech conversation with Nathan Clark31:50:  Will the the future bring the Star Trek communicator? 37:50: Buying a house in New York!GuestNathan Clark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-clark-4b850134/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/

There is a scary contradiction in the increased power consumption of the latest technical innovations, and the impact the increased power consumption will have on society and the planet.This week Dave and Rob talk to Michael Carbb SVP of Commercial at Last Energy about huge growth in power consumption due to electrification, power perhaps becoming the new constraint, modular nuclear power, perceived danger vs. real danger of nuclear, do we have any alternatives and how long it takes to get modular power to a data centre.TLDR:03:00: Hyper personalization of communication 06:25: Cloud conversation with Michael Crabb34:00: Hyperscale data centers and sustainability52:35:  Waiting for the baby!GuestMichael Carbb: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcrabb1/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Sjoukje Zaal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjoukjezaal/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/

How far has GenAI come beyond the tech innovation in the last 18 months - we hear a lot about the latest amazing advancements, but with its business application, are we still stuck in a PoC loop?This week Dave and Rob talk to Bernard Marr, Futurist, Tech & Strategy Advisor about his work to date (over 20 books!) and his new book 'Generative AI in practice. 100 amazing ways it is changing our world'.  We touch on evolution of AI, effect on business and society and the risks and challenges as AI scales.TLD01:21:  Optimistic Spam06:25: Cloud conversation with Bernard Marr44:44: The rise of AI assistants52:35:  Keynote in Boston!GuestBernard Marr: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernardmarr/Book: Generative AI in Practice: 100+ Amazing Ways Generative Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business and Society: https://www.amazon.com/Generative-AI-Practice-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/1394245564HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:  https://www.linkedin.co