Luminaries – Talking to the brightest minds in tech

Where can technology take your business? Join hosts Mark Schaefer and Douglas Karr on an IT transformation expedition. Listen in as they have in-depth conversations with technology luminaries who clear the path for your business growth – hear from analysts, partners, your peers and leaders across Dell Technologies. Find research, best practices and tools to make your IT transformation real. This podcast is sponsored by Dell Technologies.


07: Connecting intelligent things… with your IT

Connecting physical things with the Internet of Things is still in its nacency, integrating smart things is even newer. Learn what type of considerations and technology innovations it takes to succeed. Listen as Liam Quinn, Dell’s CTO of IoT shares his insights.

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06: Your IT… Hyperconverged

Technology must be designed to promote human progress by solving real challenges that humans encounter. Trey Layton, CTO at Dell EMC for Converged Platforms, sheds light on how his work in the military still inspires him every day to help customers be agile by creating converged and hyperconverged solutions that come with codified integration and baked-in operational experience.

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05: Smart IT connects & protects… your data

Rooted in the mindset of an engineer, a scientist, a business development expert and an entrepreneur, Dr. Orna Berry analyzes business challenges from multiple angles to ensure that any IT and services solution achieves all objectives. Due north for all activities is a five star customer experience.

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04: Hello Alice! Scale your business… with AI

Transforming a company into a digital business is hard, for companies of any size. It requires transforming the company’s culture, business processes and, most certainly, its IT. We are beginning to see the potential of AI in defining human machine partnerships that will allow companies to scale their business. Meet Alice, an AI business engine for entrepreneurs.

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03: Of Risk and Trust… in IT

Virtualization, or software-defined hardware, simply works, is flexible and very non-disruptive. A perfect technology for IT organizations, right? Sort of… to realize the benefits of any new technology, there has to be a fundamental level of trust between a vendor and customer that takes the fear factor out. Listen to VMware CTO, Ray O’Farrell’s top insights.

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02: Store Your IT Data… in DNA?

Disruptions in enterprise storage, or any other technology, don’t just happen out of the blue. Mark Schaefer and Douglas Karr, in conversation with Dell EMC CTO, John Roese, reveal the many dependencies and carefully planned processes necessary to allow a technology company to uncover and, in some cases, predict disruptive technologies. How did Flash memory end up in the enterprise when it was never meant to be? Listen to the story.

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01: Ready, Set, Transform… Your IT

The level of IT transformation a company has achieved has an immediate and tangible impact on business growth, competitive differentiation and ability to innovate. How much? Leading IT industry analysts did the research and have surprising answers.

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