

Cloud Realities
Capgemini
Exploring the practical and exciting alternate realities that can be unleashed through cloud driven transformation and cloud native living and working.
Each episode, our hosts Dave, Esmee & Rob talk to Cloud leaders and practitioners to understand how previously untapped business value can be released, how to deal with the challenges and risks that come with bold ventures and how does human experience factor into all of this?
They cover Intelligent Industry, Customer Experience, Sustainability, AI, Data and Insight, Cyber, Cost, Leadership, Talent and, of course, Tech.
Together, Dave, Esmee & Rob have over 80 years of cloud and transformation experience and act as our guides though a new reality each week.
Web - https://www.capgemini.com/insights/research-library/cloud-realities-podcast/
Email - Podcasts.cor@capgemini.com
Each episode, our hosts Dave, Esmee & Rob talk to Cloud leaders and practitioners to understand how previously untapped business value can be released, how to deal with the challenges and risks that come with bold ventures and how does human experience factor into all of this?
They cover Intelligent Industry, Customer Experience, Sustainability, AI, Data and Insight, Cyber, Cost, Leadership, Talent and, of course, Tech.
Together, Dave, Esmee & Rob have over 80 years of cloud and transformation experience and act as our guides though a new reality each week.
Web - https://www.capgemini.com/insights/research-library/cloud-realities-podcast/
Email - Podcasts.cor@capgemini.com
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Mar 21, 2024 • 40min
CR057: From DJ to Cloud telecom platform provider with Peter Schroeder, Telzio
Telzio are a great example of Cloud driven innovation, providing a software driven telecoms platform to businesses of all sizes on the Cloud. But even more fascinating is the story of how Telzio came to exist at all...This week Dave and Sjoukje talk to Peter Schroeder, Founder and CEO, Telzio about why and how a successful DJ started a Cloud driven Telecoms company, how you kickstart without external funding or advertising, the Telecom industry competition and challenges, oh, and how you survive a plane crash!TLDR:01:36 Cosmic Rays 05:42 Cloud conversation with Peter Schroeder31:20 AI in the music industry 38:46 Spend time with my kids doing whatever they want to do! GuestPeter Schroeder: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterrankschroeder/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/

Mar 14, 2024 • 41min
CR056: Digital certificate revolution! with Nick France, Sectigo
A 'Digital Certificate' proves the authenticity of a device, server, or user as they communicate with each other - they quietly enforce safety and security in our digital world. However, like in most industries, there is disruption on the horizon in the world of digital certs, and that affects all of us.This week Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk to Nick France, CTO of SSL, Sectigo about what certificates do to keep us safe, the impact if a certificate is compromised, what the coming changes are, how they impact organisations and what they should do about it. We also talk about the big Cyber trends for 2024.TLDR:01:40 Apple and the EU07:00 Cloud conversation with Nick France 32:30 More Cyber Trends 2024 38:11 Industry change and Bricktastic! GuestNick France: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-f-263b355/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/

Mar 7, 2024 • 37min
CR055: Women in Data® with Roisin McCarthy, WiD and Elisa Sai, Capgemini
To celebrate International Womens Day we are delighted to welcome Women in Data back to the show. They provide a platform that allows professionals at all levels to share their knowledge and experience, while working alongside businesses to help them embrace and develop the enormous advantages generated by diversity.This week Dave and Sjoukje talk to Roisin McCarthy, Founder at Women in Data and Elisa Sai, VP Analytics & AI at Capgemini Invent about Women in Data's 'Twenty in Data & Tech' series, this weeks flagship event at Londons o2, get an exclusive announcement on next years 'Twenty in Data & Tech' series and a call to action! We also talk to Elisa about what it is like to be involved in the movement.TLDR:00:56 Intros 02:17 Cloud conversation with Roisin McCarthy and Elisa Sai28:10 International Womens Day35:00 Rest of the year with WiD & a birthday! GuestRoisin McCarthy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roisinmccarthy/Elisa Sai: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisa-sai-40907623/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/

Feb 29, 2024 • 1h 4min
CRLIVE26: MWC24: Humanising AI with Fawad Qureshi & Phil Kippen, Snowflake PLUS the gang reflect on MWC24
We are live from #MWC24 (Mobile World Conference 2024), direct from the Expo floor, with a limited series of episodes talking to leaders from across the industry on themes of the conference, as well as filling in on all of the news and gossip.Dave, Sjoukje and Rob talk about 'Humanising AI' with- Fawad Qureshi Field CTO at Snowflake - Phil Kippen, Global Head Of Industry - Telecommunications at SnowflakeThe gang then round out the weeks shows by exploring the sixth and final theme, 'Manufacturing DX' and share their reflections on the show, and their disappointments in certain demos...GuestFawad Qureshi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/qureshi/Phil Kippen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philkippen/ 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/

Feb 28, 2024 • 34min
CRLIVE25: MWC24: 5G and beyond with Zarn Kucel and Chris McKenna, AWS
We are live from #MWC24 (Mobile World Conference 2024), direct from the Expo floor, with a limited series of episodes talking to leaders from across the industry on themes of the conference, as well as filling in on all of the news and gossip.Dave, Sjoukje and Rob talk to Zarn Kucel, Global Head of AWS Hybrid Edge, Telco & CSP and Chris McKenna is the Worldwide Head of Business Development for Private Networks at AWS about the theme of '5G and beyond', Hybrid Edge and Mobile Private Networks, discover the potential of NaaS (Network as a Service) and how the Cloud and Communications are converging to provide an unltra-powerful innovation platform. GuestsZarn Kucel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zarnkucel/Chris McKenna: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-mckenna-082b4647/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/

Feb 28, 2024 • 48min
CRLIVE24: MWC24: Game Changers with Paul Armstrong, Schneider Electric, Greg Pelton, Iridium and Richard Deakin, Stratospheric Platforms Limited
We are live from #MWC24 (Mobile World Congress 2024), direct from the Expo floor, with a limited series of episodes talking to leaders from across the industry on themes of the conference, as well as filling in on all of the news and gossip.Dave, Sjoukje and Rob explore the conference theme of 'Game Changers' by talking to three technology providers who are creating new solutions to solve some of our biggest challenges:Paul Armstrong, Global Sales Director, Digital Services, Schneider Electric about Smart Buildings and their critical role in helping businesses operating more sustainably and how having an 'Energy Command Centre' can helpGreg Pelton, CTO, Iridium and Richard Deakin, CEO, Stratospheric Platforms Ltd about the potential of non-terrestrial networks in both the stratosphere and low earth orbit to bring communications to previously hard to reach locations and space networks direct to consumer devices. They also talk about the difficulties in working in space!GuestsPaul Armstrong: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-armstrong-67871127/Greg Pelton: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-pelton-631789/Richard Deakin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rdeakin/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/

Feb 28, 2024 • 27min
CRLIVE23: MWC24: Our Digital DNA with Mohamed Awad, Arm
We are live from #MWC24 (Mobile World Congress 2024), direct from the Expo floor, with a limited series of episodes talking to leaders from across the industry on themes of the conference, as well as filling in on all of the news and gossip.Dave, Sjoukje and Rob talk to Mohamed Awad, SVP/GM, Infrastructure Business at Arm about the 'Our Digital DNA' conference theme, the evolution of processing power and the challenges of ever increasing demand whilst managing the impact on the environment. They also chat about the exciting consumer devices that have been announced at the show, including a flying taxi!GuestMohamed Awad, Arm: https://www.linkedin.com/in/moawad/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/

Feb 27, 2024 • 45min
CRLIVE22: MWC24: Connecting Everything with Muneyb Minhazuddin, Intel & Anand Chandrasikher, Aira Networks
We are live from #MWC24 (Mobile World Congress 2024), direct from the Expo floor, with a limited series of episodes talking to leaders from across the industry on themes of the conference, as well as filling in on all of the news and gossip.Dave, Sjoukje and Rob set out the themes of the Conference, then focus in on the theme of 'Connecting Everything' with... Muneyb Minhazuddin, VP/GM Network and Edge, Intel on Edge and 5G Anand Chandrasikher, Founder and CEO, Aira Networks on Intelligence in Open and Disaggregated RAN (Radio Access Network)GuestMuneyb Minhazuddin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muneyb/Anand Chandrasikher: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anandchandrasekher/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/

Feb 22, 2024 • 41min
CR054: FinOps unleashed! with Kunal Agarwal, Unravel Data
The FinOps Foundation defines FinOps as "an operational framework and cultural practice which maximizes the business value of cloud, enables timely data-driven decision making, and creates financial accountability through collaboration between engineering, finance, and business teams." Sounds good! So why are many organisations still not doing it well?This week Dave, Sjoukje, and Rob talk to Kunal Agarwal, CEO and Co-founder, Unravel Data on the requirement for finops, what is it and why do you need it, if the Finance Depts are getting involved, what good practices looking, how 'inform, govern, optimise' fit in and why you should measure everything!TLDR:01:03 Why do people still use weak passwords?06:20 Cloud conversation with Kunal Agarwal32:34 Top Cyber Trends 202437:20 Cars, cars, cars! GuestKunal Agarwal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kunalkunal/ 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/

Feb 15, 2024 • 47min
CR053: Cloud lessons from the world of Private Equity with Bas Kamphuis, Wingspan
Private Equity organisations are in the fascinating position of having a view across many organisations, they help smaller organisations scale and have a strong grip on what works, and what doesn't, in scaling and optimising businesses. This week Dave, Sjoukje, and Rob talk to Bas Kamphuis, Founder and CEO, Wingspan, a company who seek to increase the value of software companies through cloud transformation, about what repeatable truths of cloud transformation can be learned from seeing the patterns working across multiple companies and what lessons we can be taken away.TLDR:01:00 The future of news 05:12 Cloud conversation with Bas Kamphuis38:18 The vital role of Cloud for Private Equity firms 44:24 Happy to be alive! GuestBas Kamphuis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/databas/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/