The Irish Tech News Podcast

When you meet new people, do you always give your phone number, email address, residential address, and credit card details during the first meeting? Nope. Why? Because you don't know them well and have no idea if they will harm you. The same situation should be with companies, but it is different. They ask you for data to use their services or buy their products. You leave your data without knowing what will happen. Businesses can get hacked, or they can share or sell this information on shadow markets and invisible to you. As a result, your data can be used for scams, spam, robocalls, heavy profiling etc. This problem is huge nowadays, and many current solutions are not effective. So what can we do to stop our data being abused? Ronan talks to Maciek D the Founder and CEO of no.ID about this and more. Maciek talks about his background, what No.ID does, cookies, their holistic approach to privacy, data brokers, their new AI module, and how the pandemic has impacted on what they do. More about no.ID: no.ID is a start-up in the cybersecurity industry that helps people have safe communication & relationships with companies.  no.ID helps keep your real data private on the internet by producing a set of fully functional email, password, phone number, debit card, and even residential address unique for each service you register in. As a result, businesses see you as different personas, there is no link between them, and none of these identities leads to your real one. At the same time, our solution secures businesses from fake and malicious accounts without giving up on your anonymity. Everything is built upon zero-knowledge architecture in a trust-less paradigm. no.ID know nothing about you, your personas, and you can manage your identities without having to trust no.ID.

Let’s talk about debt. Not financial debt. Not technical debt. But human debt — “the equivalent to Technical Debt but for people”, according to Duena Blomstrom, author of the latest book, “People Before Tech: The Importance of Psychological Safety and Teamwork in the Digital Age”. As the saying goes, people are your greatest asset. For any digital transformation projects to succeed, beyond the tech stack, merely having smart people on the team isn’t sufficient; we also need to take care of them. They need to feel motivated, valued, and respected. In this episode of One Vision, Theo and Bradley chat with Duena about her latest book and the importance of doing the people work.

Siwon Kim is a South Korean born, raised everywhere entrepreneur. He is launching the first IDO launchpad for Kusama, the sister chain of PolkaDot. This is a very throughtful launchpad called KSM Starter that will operate more as an incubator, community led launchpad than other examples. IT has just closed its private sale and will do its own IDO on ... KSM starter of course. Your host is Jillian Godsil, award winning journalist, broadcaster and author. Her latest book can be found at https://persons-of-interest.io/

During the current COVID19 pandemic we have seen remote working and hybrid working become the norm. One of the companies that makes this possible is Aryaka who offer managed connectivity services for all those hybrid workers and businesses wanting to do business during the pandemic. Aryaka is also setting up a facility in Dublin, a Service Point of Presence which helps people working with or from the EU transfer data securely via Ireland. This helps cement Ireland's place as a key location especially in the face of Brexit when data regulations are going to be much more uncertain for a while. Ronan talks to Shashi Kiran Chief Marketing and Product Officer Aryaka about this and more. Shashi talks about what Aryaka does, what he does in Aryaka, remote working, how the pandemic impacted on what Aryaka does, and their new Dublin offices More about Aryaka: Aryaka is the industry leader in Cloud-First WANs delivering network and network security-as-a-service via managed SD-WAN and SASE architectures, helping enterprises accelerate WAN transformation. I oversee marketing, product management and strategy, demand gen and technology partnerships working with a truly world-class team.

We catch up with John O'Doherty, the Enterprise Commercial Director, from Microsoft Ireland to learn more about how working trends have evolved, data security, and what the future might bring. We discuss workplace analytics, and John also explains it also from the customers perspective what it means for the workplace in the future. Director of the Enterprise Commercial sales organization for Microsoft Ireland, focusing on helping customersdigitally transform their businesses, empower their employees, engage their customers, optimise operations, andtransform their products and services - all in conjunction with partners. Microsoft in Ireland 2,000 people. 71 different nationalities. One Campus situated in Leopardstown, Dublin. At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and organisation to do and achieve more, not just here in Ireland, but right across the world. From software development, testing and localisation to operations, finance, HR and sales & marketing for Europe, Middle East and Africa, our ambition is to help everyone, through the power of technology, to achieve theirs. Contact Microsoft Ireland: here.

In this podcast I discuss with Xavier De Kestelier about the recent projects they have started on for ESA.  With the march forward to the Moon predicted to be around 2030 his team at Hassell Studio have been collaborating with other agencies to make this idea a reality.  Hear about the upcoming facets of each projects and how they have selected possible features. Xavier leads our global design technology and innovation team, setting strategy and advising on the tools and knowledge we need to succeed. Both an architect and technologist, Xavier harnesses technology to create more powerful, futurefocused design solutions. That means he’s responsible for overseeing our work in computational design, building information modelling, visualisation and virtual reality worldwide. Over the past decade he’s forged a reputation as an industry leader in the exploration and adoption of parametric design and digital fabrication. Most recently, he was behind our concept for a ‘home’ on Mars – part of NASA’s 3D Printed Habitat Challenge. A TED talker and regular speaker at major design and tech events, Xavier is also a director of Smartgeometry, a non-profit, global educational network for computational and digital design specialists.

Over the past 30 years books and movies have slowly become less realistic as technology has got more involved. A character getting lost does not really happen anymore as they can pull out their smartphone and use Google Maps. Scenes of characters searching in a library are now replaced with searching via Google or online archives. Ronan talks to thriller writer Sean French about this and more. Sean talks about film casting, Hitchcock, Brian DePalma, violence in movies, technology ruining movies, Cary Grant. Sean also talks about books having their own kind of suspense and action, certain writers don’t translate well to movies, Stephen King, never remaking great movies, movies with cast ensembles, and the Great Escape. More about Sean French: Sean French was educated at William Ellis School in London and then went to Christ Church, Oxford. He is married to Nicci Gerrard and has four children. He was the Deputy Literary Editor at the Sunday Times between 1984-1986, Theatre Critic on Vogue between 1982-1986, Film Critic for Marie Claire between 1989-92 and Columnist for the New Society/New Statesman between 1986-2000. In collaboration with his wife Nicci, he writes the successful novels under the name Nicci French.

Apart from its dramatic coastline, hidden coves, turquoise waters, and beautiful beaches with pink sands, Bermuda is also a well-established offshore financial center, home to the second largest reinsurance market. The island nation has also created an infrastructure and ecosystem to foster innovation in blockchain technology, supported by a tiered regulatory approach that includes the Digital Asset Business Act and a regulatory sandbox. In this episode of #OneVision, Theo and Bradley chat with Chris Garrod, Director, Insurance and Technology at Conyers Dill & Pearman, on the Wild Wild West of crypto and beyond. While there is no CBDC planned for Bermuda, Chris told us that we might be able to buy rum with digital Bermuda dollars soon. Do we need more reason for a fintech meetup on the beach?

Chris Skinner is known as one of the most influential people in technology. He is an independent commentator on the financial markets and fintech, through his blog theFinanser.com and author of the bestselling books Digital Bank, ValueWeb and Digital Human. He is Chair of Nordic Future Innovation, is a non-executive director of 11:FS and on the advisory boards of various firms including Mode, Moven and Meniga. Mr. Skinner has been an advisor to the United Nations, the White House, the World Bank and the World Economic Forum and is a visiting lecturer with Cambridge University as well as a TEDx speaker. Chris is also a successful children's author with a series, focused upon Captain Cake and the Candy Crew, being released in 2021 Captain Cake. He is also co-founder with renowned artist Basia Hamilton of The Portrait Foundation, Portrait Foundation, a non-profit platform to encourage children and the arts. In recent years, he has been voted one of the UK’s foremost fintech observers by The Telegraph and one of the most influential people in financial technology by the Wall Street Journal’s Financial News and Thomson Reuters. Your host is Jillian Godsil, award winning journalist, broadcaster and author. Her most recently book can be found at https://persons-of-interest.io/

Over the past 30 years books and movies have slowly become less realistic as technology has got more involved. A character getting lost does not really happen anymore as they can pull out their smartphone and use Google Maps. Scenes of characters searching in a library are now replaced with searching via Google or online archives. Ronan talks to thriller writer Sean French about this and more. Sean talks about how technology has changed books and movies, why new thrillers will be set in the 70’s and 80’s, how to make thrillers dramatic, the terminator, how technology makes it easier to find people, the use of technology in films. Sean also talks about Star Trek, 2001 Space Odyssey, the godfather trilogy, Coppola making art in the midst of chaos, and why 90% of making a film is casting. More about Sean French: Sean French was educated at William Ellis School in London and then went to Christ Church, Oxford. He is married to Nicci Gerrard and has four children. He was the Deputy Literary Editor at the Sunday Times between 1984-1986, Theatre Critic on Vogue between 1982-1986, Film Critic for Marie Claire between 1989-92 and Columnist for the New Society/New Statesman between 1986-2000. In collaboration with his wife Nicci, he writes the successful novels under the name Nicci French.