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#184
Yesterday · 23 min
Shouldn’t you turn off IT when you aren’t using it? | Jostein Birkeland
How much power could be saved by turning off idling IT? For years, IT infrastructure has run with maximum uptime, whether it’s being used or not. The important question now is: can the cost savings of powering down outweigh the perceived risks of technology not turning back on? This week, Technology Now examines the shifting mindset of those running our IT infrastructure, joined by Jostein Birkeland, a Principal Technologist for Sustainable Transformation in the HPE Living Progress Team, to discuss: Why idling infrastructure can be a vampire on your energy costs The biggest myths about powering down your IT How you can both reduce costs, and improve sustainability at the same time How smarter use of infrastructure could fund future innovation 🎧 Listen for a front-line perspective on why it might be time to rethink the way we keep our IT running. Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award-winning podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life - featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation. This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts. About Jostein: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jostein-birkeland/
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#183
October 29 · 27 min
How Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team uses 7 billion data points per race | Michael Taylor
Formula 1 races are won in the blink of an eye, so how do you shave off every last millisecond? The answer is simple: technology. From 3D modelling and wind tunnel testing to a trackside mobile data centre working in the background of every race, the battle of data is becoming as important as the battle between drivers when it comes to winning a race. This week, Technology Now is joined by Michael Taylor, CIO for Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team to find out: The volume of data produced during every race and how it can be analysed How their cars are designed & developed throughout a season while complying with regulations and gaining performance improvements How travelling trackside teams connect with and work alongside factories back home Why data is the team's lifeblood 🎧 Listen for a front-line perspective on the intersection of sport, engineering, and data science. Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award-winning podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life - featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation. This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts.
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#182
October 22 · 18 min
Landfill gas to AI: building the next generation of UK sovereign data centres | Nick Hume
Could landfills power the next generation of AI? As energy demands rise and costs increase, alternative energy sources are becoming increasingly important to organisations. In the UK, Era4 has begun converting brownfield sites into data centres – transforming landfill methane into electricity used to power sovereign AI infrastructure. This week on Technology Now, Nick Hume, CTO of Era4, joins the show to explain: How landfills can be transformed into power sources for AI tokens and workloads Why power, networks, and location are all vital parts of the sovereignty equation The importance of modular data centres and what they could offer in the future How organisations can balance performance, cost, and control 🎧 Listen for a front-line view of where enterprise technology is headed. Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award-winning podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life – featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation. This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts. About Nick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholashume/
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#181
October 15 · 20 min
Public safety and real-time choices: the tech helping New Orleans’ first responders | Ross Bourgeois
Every detail matters when you’re responding to an emergency, but what if first responders could see what was happening before they arrived? In New Orleans, the Real Time Crime Center is doing just that. Working alongside 9-1-1 dispatch, they help first responders gain a fuller understanding of an emergency before they get there. Ross Bourgeois, Director of Public Safety Support Services & Real Time Crime Center, City of New Orleans, joins Technology Now to help us understand: How a network of cameras helps those responding to crime, fires, floods, and even natural disasters How the city manages hundreds of terabytes of video data Why drones may make up the next generation of first responders The importance of unbiased video in response and investigations How real-time information helps first responders make safer, more informed decisions 🎧 Listen for a real-world example of how digital transformation is changing the way cities operate and protect their communities. Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award-winning podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life – featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation. This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts. About Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-bourgeois-a4209294/
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#180
October 8 · 22 min
AI hackers & machine-speed responses: defence in the AI era | Mounir Hahad
Every cyberattack needs to get its foot in the door to break in. In the past, humans took time to find these weaknesses, but with AI discovering vulnerabilities at machine speed and linking them together, turning minor security gaps into serious threats, our approach to defence has been forced to change. This week, Technology Now is joined by Mounir Hahad, Head of HPE Threat Labs, to discuss: • How much the world has changed since the publication of the inaugural Threat Labs report into the security landscape, just six months ago • How cybercrime has become industrialised • Why known vulnerabilities still drive the majority of cyberattacks • What organisations can do to help improve their own security 🎧 Listen for a front-line view of where enterprise technology is headed. Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award-winning podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life – featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation. This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts. About Mounir: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mounirhahad/ HPE Threat Labs: In the Wild report | 2026: https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/a50014950enw Previous episodes on the subject: https://hpe.lnk.to/cybercrime
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#179
October 1 · 18 min
The evolution of self-driving networks: from driver assist to full autonomy | Sunalini Sankhavaram
The best piece of technology is often the one you don’t even notice. When it works, everything runs smoothly and the tech itself vanishes – but how we achieve this is changing dramatically with the power of AI. This week on the show, we’re following up our ‘Self-Driving Networks 1-0-1’ episode with a ‘Self-Driving Networks 1-0-2’: what do these networks look like in practice? Sunalini Sankhavaram, VP Product Management, HPE Networking, joins host Michael Bird to discuss: How machine learning works to help networks anticipate demand and respond accordingly Why proactive prevention is replacing traditional troubleshooting How self driving networks can isolate and treat threats before they have a chance to cause damage 🎧 Listen for a front-line view of where enterprise technology is headed. Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award-winning podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life – featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation. This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts. About Sunalini: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunalini/ Self-driving networks 1-0-1: https://hpe.lnk.to/selfdriving
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#178
September 24 · 20 min
Power, water and place: what makes the optimal data center location? | Andrew DesRochers
As AI demand continues to grow, so does the public scrutiny of the data centres that provide it. With more data centres being built to meet that demand, running these facilities efficiently has never been more important. Communities are also increasingly asking what impact this infrastructure will have on local resources, while misinformation and conflicting claims around the topic can make it difficult to separate fact from fiction. This week on Technology Now, Andrew DesRochers, Principal Technologist for Sustainable Transformation at HPE, joins the show to discuss: The importance that geography has on the efficiency of data centres How cooling techniques are evolving to meet AI demands Why it’s necessary for IT companies to foster a transparent relationship with the public What the next generation of data centres might look like 🎧 Listen for a front-line view of where enterprise technology is headed. Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award-winning podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life – featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation. This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts. About Andrew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewdesrochers/
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#177
September 17 · 23 min
AI agents, superpowers and human judgement: the rise of agentic enterprise | Suparna Bhattacharya
What if AI could do more than just help employees and instead assist with the running of an entire organisation? As businesses move beyond chatbots and start to integrate AI into their day to day working, a new type of organisation is appearing: the agentic enterprise. This week, Technology Now explores this new form of enterprise with Suparna Bhattacharya, HPE Fellow, AI Research Lab at HPE Labs to find out: How agentic AI goes beyond automation and individual productivity The importance of teaching AI not just how to do tasks, but the principles it should follow What role humans play in an agentic enterprise What an agentic operating system is, and why they could be a game changer 🎧 Listen for a front-line view of where enterprise technology is headed. Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award-winning podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life - featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation. This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts. About Suparna: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suparna-bhattacharya-5a7798b/ HPE Labs miniseries on Technology Now, celebrating 60 years of innovation: Episode 1 – Sixty years of innovation: how would we use a quantum computer? | Masoud Mohseni | https://hpe.lnk.to/quantumcomputer Episode 2 – Is encryption enough to protect our data? | Nigel Edwards | https://hpe.lnk.to/encryption Episode 3 – Chatbots, agents & LLMs: the future of AI where bigger isn’t always better | Kirk Bresniker | https://hpe.lnk.to/llm Episode 4 – How to power AI: smarter cooling and the future of energy | Cullen Bash | https://hpe.lnk.to/powering-AI Episode 5 – AI agents, superpowers and human judgement: the rise of agentic enterprise | Suparna Bhattacharya | https://hpe.lnk.to/agentic-enterprise
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#176
September 10 · 16 min
Self-driving networks, GPU clusters, and infrastructure: behind the AI boom | Praveen Jain
Creating effective AI models takes more than just huge amounts of compute. It requires the high-performance networks needed to connect increasingly powerful GPU clusters and move vast amounts of data. With the speed of AI adoption showing no signs of slowing, our entire infrastructure is having to change to keep up, but can the AI being trained also be used to increase the efficiency of the networks supporting it? This week, Technology Now revisits the concepts of networks for AI and AI for networking, to see how much has changed in the last six months. Praveen Jain, SVP & GM Data Center and AI Networking, HPE, joins the show to explain: The difference between a traditional data center and one optimized for AI How to maximize the efficiency of expensive GPUs Why infrastructure is becoming self-healing The vision of an autonomous data center in the future 🎧 Listen for an insider's view of the infrastructure powering the AI revolution. Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award-winning podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life - featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation. This episode is available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts. About Praveen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/praveen-jain-24b633/
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#175
September 3 · 16 min
Who owns your AI? Understanding data control, compliance & sovereign AI | Trish Damkroger
As AI adoption continues to accelerate, how can organisations maintain control of their data, infrastructure, and AI strategy? Sovereign AI is rapidly moving from planning and discussions to practical implementation, making it more important than ever for IT decision-makers to understand what it is and how it works. So, what does it take to deploy sovereign AI effectively while maintaining control, meeting compliance requirements, and protecting valuable data? This week, Technology Now is joined by Trish Damkroger, SVP & GM, HPC & AI, to find out: What sovereign AI looks like in 2026, and how it can be achieved The five imperatives that organisations must consider when implementing sovereign AI Why an effective AI strategy must come before decisions are made 🎧 Listen for a front-line view of where enterprise technology is headed. Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award-winning podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life - featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation. This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts. About Trish: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trishdamkroger/
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#174
August 27 · 22 min
How to power AI: smarter cooling and the future of energy | Cullen Bash
AI is transforming the technology industry, but it’s also transforming how we think about energy. As AI models continue to grow, data centres continue to pop up, and agentic AI becomes part of everyday life, our tech infrastructure is consuming more energy than ever before. So how do we power the next generation of AI? In this penultimate episode of our HPE Labs miniseries celebrating 60 years of innovation, Technology Now is joined by Cullen Bash, Deputy Director of HPE Labs, to discuss: Why energy is becoming a strategic concern for CIOs and CEOs How the increasing demand for compute in data centres is reshaping how we think about energy Why innovation in electricity generation is as vital as making infrastructure more efficient How AI could help solve the very problems it is creating 🎧 Listen for a front-line view of where enterprise technology is headed. Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award-winning podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life - featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation. This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts. About Cullen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cullen-bash/ HPE Labs miniseries on Technology Now, celebrating 60 years of innovation: Episode 1 – Sixty years of innovation: how would we use a quantum computer? | Masoud Mohseni | https://hpe.lnk.to/quantumcomputer Episode 2 – Is encryption enough to protect our data? | Nigel Edwards | https://hpe.lnk.to/encryption Episode 3 – Chatbots, agents & LLMs: the future of AI where bigger isn’t always better | Kirk Bresniker | https://hpe.lnk.to/llm Episode 4 – How to power AI: smarter cooling and the future of energy | Cullen Bash | https://hpe.lnk.to/powering-AI Episode 5 – AI agents, superpowers and human judgement: the rise of agentic enterprise | Suparna Bhattacharya | https://hpe.lnk.to/agentic-enterprise
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#173
August 20 · 18 min
Delivering the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics: 1600km fiber optics, 2.6 billion users, and an AI-driven network | Giuseppe Civale
What does it take to deliver one of the world’s most complex sporting events? In 2026, the Winter Olympics faced a challenge unlike any previous games: delivering secure, resilient, and effective connectivity over the most geographically distributed games in history. With venues spread across hundreds of kilometres, organisers built a network supported by more than 1,600km of fibre optics and AI-driven technologies to keep critical infrastructure running smoothly. To find out more about how this was possible, Technology Now is joined by Giuseppe Civale, Director of ICT Infrastructure and Venue Technologies, to discuss: The unique challenge presented by venues spread across hundreds of kilometres The infrastructure built to support the games, and what happens to it now the games are over How AI was used to help keep the network safe and secure How the technology developed for Milano Cortina could influence future global sporting events 🎧 Listen for a front-line view of where enterprise technology is headed. Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award winning, podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life - featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation. This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts. About Giuseppe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giuseppecivale/ About HPE & Milano-Cortina: https://www.hpe.com/it/it/networking/milano-cortina-olympics-ai-network-en.html Sources: https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/ https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/News/2026/06/IOC-Milano-Cortina-2026-Audience-Insights-Report.pdf
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#172
August 13 · 17 min
The great VM reset, hybrid AI, and agentic enterprise: rethinking infrastructure in 2026 | Patrick Osborne
What do AI adoption, cyber resilience, and the great VM reset have in common? They’re all trends which are colliding to reshape the world of enterprise technology. As organisations prepare for a future powered by intelligent systems, infrastructure, security and virtualisation are becoming increasingly connected strategic priorities. This week, Technology Now explores how these changes are reshaping enterprise technology, as Patrick Osborne, SVP Hybrid Cloud and Office of the CTO, joins the show to discuss: The economic and technological impacts of the great VM reset Why hybrid systems are essential to succeed in the world of AI The role of sovereignty and governance in AI adoption What the agentic enterprise could mean for infrastructure and operations 🎧 Listen for a front-line view of where enterprise technology is headed. Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award-winning podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life - featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation. This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts. About Patrick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricklosborne
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#171
August 6 · 21 min
Can AI find every vulnerability? The new cybersecurity arms race | Jon Green
What do you do when you create an AI that can find security vulnerabilities in almost everything? As AI exposes vulnerabilities hidden deep within critical systems, organisations face a new challenge: staying ahead of threats that can now be discovered at machine speed. This week, Technology Now explores the changing cyber security landscape as AI transforms how vulnerabilities are found, fixed, and exploited, forcing organisations to rethink how they manage risk. Jon Green, CTO HPE Networking, joins us to help explain: How AI can be used to pen test new software before release How AI could fundamentally change the way organisations patch and upgrade technology Why critical infrastructure is particularly vulnerable to these types of attacks Whether we could be heading towards a future where software is completely vulnerability free 🎧 Listen for a front-line view of where enterprise technology is headed. Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award-winning, podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life - featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation. This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts. About Jon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jongreen4/
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#170
July 30 · 22 min
Chatbots, agents & LLMs: the future of AI where bigger isn’t always better | Kirk Bresniker
In 2022, a watershed moment changed the course of our relationship with AI forever, forcing us to reassess what ‘artificial intelligence’ means and its place in our world. Four years later, with generative AI and LLMs now mainstream in our lives, we must ask the question: what comes next? This week, as part of our mini-series celebrating 60 years of innovation with HPE Labs, Technology Now is joined by Kirk Bresniker, Chief Architect at HPE Labs to look to the future and discuss: Why AI is more than just a language model The issues with ever-increasing model sizes, and why specialised “expert models” could become the norm What the differences are between large language models and energy-based models How agentic AI and orchestration could enable the next generation of AI systems 🎧 Listen for a front-line view of where enterprise technology is headed. Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award-winning, podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life - featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation. This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts. About Kirk: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirkbresniker/ HPE Labs miniseries on Technology Now, celebrating 60 years of innovation: Episode 1 – Sixty years of innovation: how would we use a quantum computer? | Masoud Mohseni | https://hpe.lnk.to/quantumcomputer Episode 2 – Is encryption enough to protect our data? | Nigel Edwards | https://hpe.lnk.to/encryption Episode 3 – Chatbots, agents & LLMs: the future of AI where bigger isn’t always better | Kirk Bresniker | https://hpe.lnk.to/llm Episode 4 – How to power AI: smarter cooling and the future of energy | Cullen Bash | https://hpe.lnk.to/powering-AI Episode 5 – AI agents, superpowers and human judgement: the rise of agentic enterprise | Suparna Bhattacharya | https://hpe.lnk.to/agentic-enterprise
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#169
July 23 · 17 min
Vibe coding, bad data, and the fourth industrial revolution: the unstoppable advance of AI in 2026 | Bob Friday
As agentic AI becomes more commonplace, the way in which we interact with our technology is fundamentally changing. Engineers are giving way to domain experts, as the role of IT in the workplace evolves faster than ever before. This week, Technology Now is joined by Bob Friday, Chief AI Officer HPE Networking to discuss: • What AI looks like in 2026, traditional models, agentic AI, and more • The surprising role of “bad” data in training models • How businesses and organisations must respond to the new AI-first world 🎧 Listen for a front-line view of where enterprise technology is headed. Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award winning, podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life - featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation. This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts. About Bob: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobfriday/
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#168
July 16 · 19 min
How agentic AI is powering smart cities and better public services | Robin Braun
Sometimes the biggest challenge isn’t having enough data, it’s knowing what to do with it. As agentic AI moves to real-world deployment, our cities and towns are becoming smarter. The mountain town of Vail, Colorado is just one such example of where artificial intelligence is helping streamline services, improve decision making and enhance experiences for residents and visitors alike. This week, Technology Now welcomes Robin Braun, VP, AI Business Development, Hybrid Cloud, to the show to find out: • How AI has been successfully used in Vail to improve outcomes for staff and consumers • Why breaking down silos helps instigate necessary communication between departments • Why AI is more than just a productivity tool, it’s an essential part of modern day infrastructure 🎧 Listen for a front-line view of where enterprise technology is headed. Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award winning, podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life - featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation. This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts. About Robin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinbraun/
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#167
July 9 · 19 min
Faster attacks, smarter defence, and the necessity of Zero Trust: cybersecurity in the age of AI | Jaye Tillson
Zero Trust has transitioned from buzzword to basic necessity. As AI has transformed the cybersecurity landscape, becoming a tool for both attack and defence, organisations are being forced to rethink how thy protect themselves, their users, and their networks. Technology Now welcomes back friend of the show Jaye Tillson, CTO Security and HPE Distinguished Technologist to discuss: • The impact of AI on cyber threats as well as cybersecurity • How Zero Trust can contain breeches if they cannot be prevented entirely • Why limited access is more important than ever in a distributed network 🎧 Listen for a front-line view of where enterprise technology is headed. Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award winning, podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life - featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation. This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts. About Jaye: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaye-tillson/
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#166
July 2 · 19 min
Quiet, more efficient, and liquid cooled: the future of data centres in the age of AI | Jason Zeiler
AI is making our technology smarter… but it’s also making it much, much hotter. With higher demand for HPC and enterprise AI, data centres are having to adapt to meet the changing demands on the modern world. This week, Technology Now is joined by Jason Zeiler Principal Product Manager for Next Generation Infrastructure and HPC/AI Liquid Cooling at HPE to find out: • The efficiency benefits of liquid cooling compared to air cooling and why that isn’t always enough to convince enterprises to switch • Whether future data centres will be built from first principles around liquid cooling infrastructure • How higher operating temperatures are feeding back into microchip manufacturers’ designs for the next generation of chips 🎧 Listen for a front-line view of where enterprise technology is headed. Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award winning, podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life - featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation. This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts. Sources: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/electricity-consumption-by-data-centres-2020-2035
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#165
June 25 · 22 min
Self-driving, intelligent, and built for AI: the future of networking in the 2020s | Rami Rahim
Recorded in front of a live studio audience at HPE Discover 2026, Michael Bird talks to EVP, President and General Manager of HPE Networking, Rami Rahim, about the future of our network infrastructure. Key takeaways include: What self-driving networks really are, why they are important and how driving business impact How trust can be a barrier to the adoption of self-driving networks, and how this can be overcome Top ways AI in our networks benefit IT professionals around the world 🎧 Listen for a front-line view of where enterprise technology is headed. Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award winning, podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life - featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation. This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts. About Rami: https://www.hpe.com/uk/en/leadership-bios/rami-rahim.html
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