Listen In To Learn:  How volumetric video and virtual reality could revolutionize medicine, education, and more How virtual sets are helping the film industry reduce environmental impact How these technologies can democratize storytelling, helping underrepresented populations tell their own stories  Hollywood's Alternative Soundstage Imagine shooting a film on location in Tokyo, Paris, and London… all without leaving a soundstage in California. Each environment is digitally rendered in such detail that you can place lights, move cameras, and film on the virtual set just as you would a physical one. Now imagine that technology used for training medical students: A virtual reality headset could replicate a state-of-the-art operating room with millions of dollars’ worth of equipment. And each student could have their own. Sony Innovation Studios is pioneering “volumetric video” – the process of scanning sets in 30k resolution to reproduce them in three-dimensional virtual space. Explore the possibilities of this groundbreaking technology with studio President Glenn Gainor.

Listen In To Learn: <ul> <li>How volumetric video and virtual reality could revolutionize medicine, education, and more</li> <li>How virtual sets are helping the film industry reduce environmental impact</li> <li>How these technologies can democratize storytelling, helping underrepresented populations tell their own stories</li> </ul> Hollywood's Alternative Soundstage Imagine shooting a film on location in Tokyo, Paris, and London… all without leaving a soundstage in California. Each environment is digitally rendered in such detail that you can place lights, move cameras, and film on the virtual set just as you would a physical one. Now imagine that technology used for training medical students: A virtual reality headset could replicate a state-of-the-art operating room with millions of dollars’ worth of equipment. And each student could have their own. Sony Innovation Studios is pioneering “volumetric video” – the process of scanning sets in 30k resolution to reproduce them in three-dimensional virtual space. Explore the possibilities of this groundbreaking technology with studio President Glenn Gainor.

Telling Real Stories… with Virtual Sets

Listen In To Learn  How to reduce risk and get buy-in for digital transformation How to identify the right starting point to begin the process The guiding principles of leadership during transformation and beyond How to address the four most significant barriers to transformation  The Human Element of Digital Transformation “The shoemaker’s children go barefoot.” It’s a common proverb that applies across industries: The thing you do best for others can be the hardest to do for yourself. Dell Technologies is leading the charge for digital transformation. They help businesses reinvent themselves through technology to run faster, more efficiently and ultimately to greater success. It’s up to folks like Greg Bowen, SVP, Digital Acceleration &amp; CTO, Dell Digital, to make sure that the same transformation is happening internally. Greg is accelerating Dell’s digital transformation by looking beyond just technology. For Greg, it’s a human challenge as much as a technical one – the challenge of convincing 10,000 employees to make radical changes in the way they work. Using Pivotal Labs methodologies, Dell is making a tremendous shift in how its own IT organization, called Dell Digital, operates to quickly design, develop, iterate and deliver new products and capabilities. Greg explains how the process is underway at Dell Digital, the IT organization that supports Dell, and how you can get started with your business.

Listen In To Learn <ul> <li>How to reduce risk and get buy-in for digital transformation</li> <li>How to identify the right starting point to begin the process</li> <li>The guiding principles of leadership during transformation and beyond</li> <li>How to address the four most significant barriers to transformation</li> </ul> The Human Element of Digital Transformation “The shoemaker’s children go barefoot.” It’s a common proverb that applies across industries: The thing you do best for others can be the hardest to do for yourself. Dell Technologies is leading the charge for digital transformation. They help businesses reinvent themselves through technology to run faster, more efficiently and ultimately to greater success. It’s up to folks like Greg Bowen, SVP, Digital Acceleration &amp; CTO, Dell Digital, to make sure that the same transformation is happening internally. Greg is accelerating Dell’s digital transformation by looking beyond just technology. For Greg, it’s a human challenge as much as a technical one – the challenge of convincing 10,000 employees to make radical changes in the way they work. Using Pivotal Labs methodologies, Dell is making a tremendous shift in how its own IT organization, called Dell Digital, operates to quickly design, develop, iterate and deliver new products and capabilities. Greg explains how the process is underway at Dell Digital, the IT organization that supports Dell, and how you can get started with your business.

Driving Digital Transformation…Through Leadership, Humility and Empathy

Listen In To Learn:  How data-driven instruction can accelerate learning How virtual reality can promote diversity in a recruitment process How “vertically integrated training” can solve labor shortages  The Looming Crisis in the Aviation Industry Pilots must retire at 65 by federal mandate, and there aren’t enough new pilots coming in to balance the aging population. The existing model for pilot training is part of the problem: It’s costly and time-consuming for potential recruits, with barriers of entry that tend to narrow the applicant pool and discourage diversity. Ed Bagden and his team are looking to combat the problem by creating a new model for pilot training. LIFT Academy uses virtual reality to help diverse candidates visualize themselves in the captain’s chair. Then applicants have access to subsidized, tech-enabled training with a guaranteed career path. On this episode, Ed explains how virtual reality, data mining, and machine learning can all be put into play to solve the pilot shortage.

Listen In To Learn: <ul> <li>How data-driven instruction can accelerate learning</li> <li>How virtual reality can promote diversity in a recruitment process</li> <li>How “vertically integrated training” can solve labor shortages</li> </ul> The Looming Crisis in the Aviation Industry Pilots must retire at 65 by federal mandate, and there aren’t enough new pilots coming in to balance the aging population. The existing model for pilot training is part of the problem: It’s costly and time-consuming for potential recruits, with barriers of entry that tend to narrow the applicant pool and discourage diversity. Ed Bagden and his team are looking to combat the problem by creating a new model for pilot training. LIFT Academy uses virtual reality to help diverse candidates visualize themselves in the captain’s chair. Then applicants have access to subsidized, tech-enabled training with a guaranteed career path. On this episode, Ed explains how virtual reality, data mining, and machine learning can all be put into play to solve the pilot shortage.

Solving a Looming Pilot Shortage… with Virtual Reality

Listen In To Learn  How blockchain can streamline financial transactions A long-term investment plan for blockchain implementation Practical use cases for blockchain technology  The Australian Securities Exchange Is Getting Real with Blockchain Of all the exciting new technologies on every business leader’s mind, blockchain may be the most discussed and least understood. Experts say it has the potential to transform every type of transaction. It’s said that blockchain could make banking obsolete and streamline your supply chain. There seems to be endless potential, but not a lot of clarity. And even fewer practical implementations to use as models. The ASX is building a blockchain implementation for finance, a platform where a trusted network can explore the possibilities. Dan Chesterman is the CIO of the Australian Securities and Exchange (ASX) and he’s had to cut through the hype to create something that actually works on the ground level. In this episode, Dan explains exactly what the ASX is working on – how it’s built and what it will do when it’s done. It’s a rare and fascinating practical look at a technology that is frequently more sizzle than steak.

Listen In To Learn <ul> <li>How blockchain can streamline financial transactions</li> <li>A long-term investment plan for blockchain implementation</li> <li>Practical use cases for blockchain technology</li> </ul> The Australian Securities Exchange Is Getting Real with Blockchain Of all the exciting new technologies on every business leader’s mind, blockchain may be the most discussed and least understood. Experts say it has the potential to transform every type of transaction. It’s said that blockchain could make banking obsolete and streamline your supply chain. There seems to be endless potential, but not a lot of clarity. And even fewer practical implementations to use as models. The ASX is building a blockchain implementation for finance, a platform where a trusted network can explore the possibilities. Dan Chesterman is the CIO of the Australian Securities and Exchange (ASX) and he’s had to cut through the hype to create something that actually works on the ground level. In this episode, Dan explains exactly what the ASX is working on – how it’s built and what it will do when it’s done. It’s a rare and fascinating practical look at a technology that is frequently more sizzle than steak.

Forging the Future of Finance…One Blockchain Link at a Time

Listen In To Learn:  How to choose durable, reliable technology for years of use How to build more efficient data centers How creativity and technology combined to create a $330 million science center  Creativity and Technology Combine to Power a $330 Million Science Museum Brooks Weisblat started his career with a degree in biology and an interest in a promising new technology: The world wide web. He started work as a web developer at a small science museum in Miami… and two decades later, he was planning the technological backbone for a $330 million new building. The Philip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science is a 250,000 square foot state-of-the-art marvel. Every part of it, from the exhibits to the wildlife tanks to the gift shop, uses the latest technology to keep it running smoothly and efficiently. Building these interconnected systems was a massive undertaking for Brooks and a small team of developers. In this episode, Brooks talks about the challenges he and his team faced in planning these systems. Brooks and his team had to get creative to build robust, redundant, but also space and resource-efficient systems for everything from shark tank life support to mobile point of sale devices.

Listen In To Learn: <ul> <li>How to choose durable, reliable technology for years of use</li> <li>How to build more efficient data centers</li> <li>How creativity and technology combined to create a $330 million science center</li> </ul> Creativity and Technology Combine to Power a $330 Million Science Museum Brooks Weisblat started his career with a degree in biology and an interest in a promising new technology: The world wide web. He started work as a web developer at a small science museum in Miami… and two decades later, he was planning the technological backbone for a $330 million new building. The Philip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science is a 250,000 square foot state-of-the-art marvel. Every part of it, from the exhibits to the wildlife tanks to the gift shop, uses the latest technology to keep it running smoothly and efficiently. Building these interconnected systems was a massive undertaking for Brooks and a small team of developers. In this episode, Brooks talks about the challenges he and his team faced in planning these systems. Brooks and his team had to get creative to build robust, redundant, but also space and resource-efficient systems for everything from shark tank life support to mobile point of sale devices.

Creating an Immersive Tech Museum…From Dinosaurs to Spaceships

**Listen In To Learn: **  How McLaren diversified into Health and Human Performance  How breakthrough innovations come from the intersection of art and computer engineering  How big data is sparking innovation in health care  How to build credibility in a an established industry   Formula 1 Is More Than Just Winning Races Sure, winning Formula 1 racing is done on powerful analytics but for McLaren Applied Technologies, their ability to innovate reached break-neck speed when they decided to take their learnings and apply them beyond racing, and into health and human performance. Harnessing the sensor and data analysis capabilities developed in Formula 1, McLaren Applied Technologies creates digital therapeutic solutions that optimize and personalize treatment for better clinical outcomes. On this week's episode, we steer into the fast lane with Duncan Bradley, Health &amp; Human Performance Business Unit Director, as he discusses how McLaren Applied Technologies takes data from our bodies to enhance human performance.

**Listen In To Learn: ** <ul> <li>How McLaren diversified into Health and Human Performance </li> <li>How breakthrough innovations come from the intersection of art and computer engineering </li> <li>How big data is sparking innovation in health care </li> <li>How to build credibility in a an established industry </li> </ul> Formula 1 Is More Than Just Winning Races Sure, winning Formula 1 racing is done on powerful analytics but for McLaren Applied Technologies, their ability to innovate reached break-neck speed when they decided to take their learnings and apply them beyond racing, and into health and human performance. Harnessing the sensor and data analysis capabilities developed in Formula 1, McLaren Applied Technologies creates digital therapeutic solutions that optimize and personalize treatment for better clinical outcomes. On this week's episode, we steer into the fast lane with Duncan Bradley, Health &amp; Human Performance Business Unit Director, as he discusses how McLaren Applied Technologies takes data from our bodies to enhance human performance.

Enhancing Human Performance...using Motorsport Technology

Listen In To Learn:  How robotics is connecting customers to the perfect cup of coffee Why having a sustainable supply chain is important to Briggo Why the future is not filled with robot workers but a human-machine partnership How to use data to create a better customer experience How diversity and inclusion helps Briggo to be an innovative technology company  Even A Good Cup Of Coffee Can Have A Good Technology Story Behind It Employees being afraid of robots taking their jobs is not a new storyline. But if a machine can make up to 100 cups per hour, 4 times the number of a traditional barista, are these fears really unfounded? Well, don't worry because the truth is that robotics still create more interesting and challenging opportunities for people to work versus taking away. Briggo's vision is to provide their customers a Connected Coffee experience, a confluence of digital and physical experiences that drives growth and on-demand delivery of perfect cups of coffee through data and robotics. On this episode, Marsha Osborn, Chief Operating Officer, discusses what drives Briggo to be so passionate about their relationships with the bean supplier, their team, and their customers.

Listen In To Learn: <ul> <li>How robotics is connecting customers to the perfect cup of coffee</li> <li>Why having a sustainable supply chain is important to Briggo</li> <li>Why the future is not filled with robot workers but a human-machine partnership</li> <li>How to use data to create a better customer experience</li> <li>How diversity and inclusion helps Briggo to be an innovative technology company</li> </ul> Even A Good Cup Of Coffee Can Have A Good Technology Story Behind It Employees being afraid of robots taking their jobs is not a new storyline. But if a machine can make up to 100 cups per hour, 4 times the number of a traditional barista, are these fears really unfounded? Well, don't worry because the truth is that robotics still create more interesting and challenging opportunities for people to work versus taking away. Briggo's vision is to provide their customers a Connected Coffee experience, a confluence of digital and physical experiences that drives growth and on-demand delivery of perfect cups of coffee through data and robotics. On this episode, Marsha Osborn, Chief Operating Officer, discusses what drives Briggo to be so passionate about their relationships with the bean supplier, their team, and their customers.

Meet The New Barista Making Your Coffee...I, Robot

**Listen In To Learn: **  The evolution of a multi-cloud world Why adopting a multi-cloud model requires significant organizational culture change What the cloud announcement at Dell Technologies World 2019 will mean for customers Why clarity is required to pick the best cloud platform to meet your modernization goals How to remain relevant in technology given the pace of change How will cloud fuel widespread adoption and evolution of artificial intelligence The personal characteristics it takes to lead transformational change

**Listen In To Learn: ** <ul> <li>The evolution of a multi-cloud world</li> <li>Why adopting a multi-cloud model requires significant organizational culture change</li> <li>What the cloud announcement at Dell Technologies World 2019 will mean for customers</li> <li>Why clarity is required to pick the best cloud platform to meet your modernization goals</li> <li>How to remain relevant in technology given the pace of change</li> <li>How will cloud fuel widespread adoption and evolution of artificial intelligence</li> <li>The personal characteristics it takes to lead transformational change</li></ul>

Achieving Clarity...In A Cloudy World

Listen In To Learn  How to deliver a user-based experience that leads to customer retention How tech is bringing past icons back to life and delivering customers an immersive experience How to design a future-ready tech transformation How emerging tech, like VR and AR, will come into play  Setting A New Standard for Fan-Focused Technology The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is more than a museum. It's an experience. Thanks to an $18 million technology transformation, fans are now able to connect with their childhood heroes and honor the legacy of players past. When the museum was built in 2002, the technology featured throughout was state of the art. But 15 years later, it was considered tired and outdated, and keeping the museum relevant and interesting to a new generation of people was the name of the game. Their goal, with technology transformation as a heavy part of their behind-the-scenes transformation, was and is to redefine how halls of fame represent their famers. On this episode, Jason explains how the Hall of Fame is using technology to honor the living history of basketball, by delivering visitors an experience that keeps you educated, focused, and, most importantly, entertained.

Listen In To Learn <ul> <li>How to deliver a user-based experience that leads to customer retention</li> <li>How tech is bringing past icons back to life and delivering customers an immersive experience</li> <li>How to design a future-ready tech transformation</li> <li>How emerging tech, like VR and AR, will come into play</li> </ul> Setting A New Standard for Fan-Focused Technology The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is more than a museum. It's an experience. Thanks to an $18 million technology transformation, fans are now able to connect with their childhood heroes and honor the legacy of players past. When the museum was built in 2002, the technology featured throughout was state of the art. But 15 years later, it was considered tired and outdated, and keeping the museum relevant and interesting to a new generation of people was the name of the game. Their goal, with technology transformation as a heavy part of their behind-the-scenes transformation, was and is to redefine how halls of fame represent their famers. On this episode, Jason explains how the Hall of Fame is using technology to honor the living history of basketball, by delivering visitors an experience that keeps you educated, focused, and, most importantly, entertained.

Interacting With Fans...Using Game Changing Tech

Listen In To Learn  What jobs of the future will look like The importance of STEM and diversity in developing digital skills How to approach security risks in a multi-cloud environment Innovation emerging from developing countries creating new industries and job growth Leading your business through digital transformation How diversity in your workforce differentiates you from your competition  Technology Will Eliminate The Historical Friction Of Transactions And Processes We've Been Accustomed To In Our World The world as we know it, is changing. As humans increasingly partner with machines to transform the way we do business, research suggests that emerging technologies will open up new ways of creating value and the advent of new industries and business growth.How can you prepare your business for these shifts? According to Aongus Hegarty, President Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Dell Technologies, we need to focus on the skills and requirements of the future, because the future is bright. Innovation is abundant in developing countries, setting the example of how an investment in digital literacy and diversity and inclusion will unlock the next generation of digital leaders. On this episode, Aongus explains how he sees the increasing use of emerging technologies shifting the economy over the next 10 years and what he believes will be the key to leading through this change successfully.

Listen In To Learn <ul> <li>What jobs of the future will look like</li> <li>The importance of STEM and diversity in developing digital skills</li> <li>How to approach security risks in a multi-cloud environment</li> <li>Innovation emerging from developing countries creating new industries and job growth</li> <li>Leading your business through digital transformation</li> <li>How diversity in your workforce differentiates you from your competition</li> </ul> Technology Will Eliminate The Historical Friction Of Transactions And Processes We've Been Accustomed To In Our World The world as we know it, is changing. As humans increasingly partner with machines to transform the way we do business, research suggests that emerging technologies will open up new ways of creating value and the advent of new industries and business growth.How can you prepare your business for these shifts? According to Aongus Hegarty, President Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Dell Technologies, we need to focus on the skills and requirements of the future, because the future is bright. Innovation is abundant in developing countries, setting the example of how an investment in digital literacy and diversity and inclusion will unlock the next generation of digital leaders. On this episode, Aongus explains how he sees the increasing use of emerging technologies shifting the economy over the next 10 years and what he believes will be the key to leading through this change successfully.

Rethinking Industry, Business And Jobs...By 2030

True visionaries in technology focus on enabling positive human progress. We invite you to meet exceptional technology leaders from our analyst, partner and customer communities as well as from the Dell Technologies family of IT companies. Hosts Mark Schaefer and Douglas Karr will be your guides on an expedition plotting the paths of IT transformation and business growth.

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Informative show. Hosts have good banter and appear genuinely interested in tech innovation. Recommend to anyone who wants to hear how some businesses are using innovative or emerging tech to differentiate themselves.

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Luminaries - Talking to the Brightest Minds in Tech

Spend Less, Do More, Move Ahead with IT Transformation It’s easy to assume that investing in new technology will help your business get ahead of the competition. But there’s more to IT transformation than chasing the latest shiny object. According to Adam Demattia and John McKnight of the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), IT transformation is a philosophy of ongoing adoption, evaluation, and adjustment. When businesses adopt the right philosophy, they tend to increase efficiency, lower costs, and innovate faster than the competition. The ESG set out to quantify just how much of an advantage IT transformation gives businesses. They surveyed 4,000 organizations around the world to get hard data on how fast businesses are transforming, where challenges lie, and what should be your business’ next move. On this Luminaries episode, John and Adam present their often-surprising findings. What You'll Hear In This Episode •        The current level of strategic IT transformation across industries •        The competitive advantages of IT transformation •        The ROI of strategic IT investment. •        The IT characteristics of top-performing organizations •        The philosophy of IT transformation that leads to success

Spend Less, Do More, Move Ahead with IT Transformation It’s easy to assume that investing in new technology will help your business get ahead of the competition. But there’s more to IT transformation than chasing the latest shiny object. According to Adam Demattia and John McKnight of the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), IT transformation is a philosophy of ongoing adoption, evaluation, and adjustment. When businesses adopt the right philosophy, they tend to increase efficiency, lower costs, and innovate faster than the competition. The ESG set out to quantify just how much of an advantage IT transformation gives businesses. They surveyed 4,000 organizations around the world to get hard data on how fast businesses are transforming, where challenges lie, and what should be your business’ next move. On this Luminaries episode, John and Adam present their often-surprising findings. What You'll Hear In This Episode • The current level of strategic IT transformation across industries • The competitive advantages of IT transformation • The ROI of strategic IT investment. • The IT characteristics of top-performing organizations • The philosophy of IT transformation that leads to success

IT Transformation…What's the ROI?

Trey Layton got his start in the military as an imagery analyst working for General Schwarzkopf during Desert Storm. His special skills of interpreting images led to him finding the Blackhawk helicopters downed during the Battle of Mogadishu, known as the ‘Blackhawk Down’ incident. The technology to transfer images from the receive location to the image analysis platform in the 1990’s was vastly different from what is possible today. Understanding the challenges, Trey built some of the first computer systems and networks specifically addressing this problem. The seed for a career in IT to solve customer challenges was sown. For Trey, it has never been about providing something cheaper, but rather about providing something different that solves the challenge. In other words, it’s not about getting new IT equipment, it’s about modernizing and assembling equipment to transform operations for speed and agility that frees resources for investment in other areas, such as giving IT staff back their weekends. Transformation starts in helping customers understand what they have, how that needs to change and adapt so they can accelerate and get escape velocity on that change. Converged and hyperconverged infrastructures with codified integration, baked-in operational experience and based on ruthless standardization to meet customers’ needs are core to this IT transformation. Related Content:  How New IT Models Are Changing The IT Skills Landscape And Internal IT - The data center is in a period of rapid IT transformation as businesses are increasingly seeking competitive advantages in this digital era. At the center of these IT transformations lie converged infrastructure (CI), hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) and software defined environments. Transform your Business with HCI - Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) is becoming a popular architecture choice, particularly for businesses consolidating infrastructure as part of a hybrid IT strategy to extend compute and storage resources outside the enterprise. At its current level of progress, HCI could soon become a foundation layer for the next generation of infrastructure at enterprises, midsized companies and remote deployments. Hybrid cloud is the next frontier for HCI, with most players looking to develop cloud orchestration and workload-migration capabilities to become hybrid cloud enablers for enterprises and service provider Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) Platform Diversity Leads to Strength in Numbers When all you have in your toolkit is a single type of hammer, it’s little wonder that every workload starts to look like the same proverbial nail. That’s the case with vendors that give IT organizations the choice of only one hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) platform. They may have integrated compute and data storage onto a single platform, but, as is often the case with any platform, the devil is in the details. 

Trey Layton got his start in the military as an imagery analyst working for General Schwarzkopf during Desert Storm. His special skills of interpreting images led to him finding the Blackhawk helicopters downed during the Battle of Mogadishu, known as the ‘Blackhawk Down’ incident. The technology to transfer images from the receive location to the image analysis platform in the 1990’s was vastly different from what is possible today. Understanding the challenges, Trey built some of the first computer systems and networks specifically addressing this problem. The seed for a career in IT to solve customer challenges was sown. For Trey, it has never been about providing something cheaper, but rather about providing something different that solves the challenge. In other words, it’s not about getting new IT equipment, it’s about modernizing and assembling equipment to transform operations for speed and agility that frees resources for investment in other areas, such as giving IT staff back their weekends. Transformation starts in helping customers understand what they have, how that needs to change and adapt so they can accelerate and get escape velocity on that change. Converged and hyperconverged infrastructures with codified integration, baked-in operational experience and based on ruthless standardization to meet customers’ needs are core to this IT transformation. Related Content: <ol> <li><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2017/07/07/how-new-it-models-are-changing-the-it-skills-landscape-and-internal-it/#455ebdfff364" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How New IT Models Are Changing The IT Skills Landscape And Internal IT</a> - The data center is in a period of rapid IT transformation as businesses are increasingly seeking competitive advantages in this digital era. At the center of these IT transformations lie converged infrastructure (CI), hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) and software defined environments.</li> <li><a href="https://www.emc.com/collateral/analyst-reports/advisory-pathfinder-hci.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transform your Business with HCI</a> - Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) is becoming a popular architecture choice, particularly for businesses consolidating infrastructure as part of a hybrid IT strategy to extend compute and storage resources outside the enterprise. At its current level of progress, HCI could soon become a foundation layer for the next generation of infrastructure at enterprises, midsized companies and remote deployments. Hybrid cloud is the next frontier for HCI, with most players looking to develop cloud orchestration and workload-migration capabilities to become hybrid cloud enablers for enterprises and service provider</li> <li><a href="https://blog.dellemc.com/en-us/hyper-converged-infrastructure-hci-platform-diversity-leads-to-strength-in-numbers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) Platform Diversity Leads to Strength in Numbers</a> When all you have in your toolkit is a single type of hammer, it’s little wonder that every workload starts to look like the same proverbial nail. That’s the case with vendors that give IT organizations the choice of only one hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) platform. They may have integrated compute and data storage onto a single platform, but, as is often the case with any platform, the devil is in the details.</li> </ol>

Your IT... Hyperconverged

The future of work is evolving rapidly with technology innovation. New jobs are being created, new work environments are being designed, new work tools are becoming available. Technology is at the core of these new developments, either as the impetus for the new job or as the facilitator of doing the new job. Display technology is the interface that workers use to do their work and it plays a major part in the design of new ways to work.

The future of work is evolving rapidly with technology innovation. New jobs are being created, new work environments are being designed, new work tools are becoming available. Technology is at the core of these new developments, either as the impetus for the new job or as the facilitator of doing the new job. Display technology is the interface that workers use to do their work and it plays a major part in the design of new ways to work.

Displaying... The Future of Work

Picture a farm that uses 95% less water and grows up to 390 times more food. Don’t imagine a wide-open field of grain; these crops grow without soil or sunlight. AeroFarms CEO and Co-Founder David Rosenberg explains how his company uses cutting-edge data analyses and technology to re-imagine how the human race can stay fed as populations rise and resources dwindle.

Picture a farm that uses 95% less water and grows up to 390 times more food. Don’t imagine a wide-open field of grain; these crops grow without soil or sunlight. AeroFarms CEO and Co-Founder David Rosenberg explains how his company uses cutting-edge data analyses and technology to re-imagine how the human race can stay fed as populations rise and resources dwindle.

Your Business Data... For Good

Cybersecurity can seem overwhelming, as more data moves into the cloud and internet-enabled devices proliferate. Possibly even more daunting than dealing with potential threats is evaluating the hundreds of new vendors offering solutions. Which “next best thing” can truly keep your data protected? Is security a technology problem or a human one? How can outnumbered “good guys” gain a tactical advantage over threat actors? Dr. Zulfikar Ramzan brings his expertise to bear on this tricky topic, sharing the four critical criteria businesses can use to evaluate cybersecurity solutions, how businesses should prioritize security spending, and why he remains optimistic for the future.

Cybersecurity can seem overwhelming, as more data moves into the cloud and internet-enabled devices proliferate. Possibly even more daunting than dealing with potential threats is evaluating the hundreds of new vendors offering solutions. Which “next best thing” can truly keep your data protected? Is security a technology problem or a human one? How can outnumbered “good guys” gain a tactical advantage over threat actors? Dr. Zulfikar Ramzan brings his expertise to bear on this tricky topic, sharing the four critical criteria businesses can use to evaluate cybersecurity solutions, how businesses should prioritize security spending, and why he remains optimistic for the future.

Information Superiority is Your Cybersecurity

Formula One racing is all about the science of speed. The driver is the engineer who uses data from over 200 sensors for analysis to produce a winning team. McLaren Racing. CEO Zak Brown dives into new advances in racing, simulation and electric cars. Winning Formula One racing is ultimately done on powerful analytics: McLaren uses Dell laptops, screens, servers and security to power their need for speed. Then they take their learnings and apply them beyond racing, keeping technology at the center of everything they do.

Formula One racing is all about the science of speed. The driver is the engineer who uses data from over 200 sensors for analysis to produce a winning team. McLaren Racing. CEO Zak Brown dives into new advances in racing, simulation and electric cars. Winning Formula One racing is ultimately done on powerful analytics: McLaren uses Dell laptops, screens, servers and security to power their need for speed. Then they take their learnings and apply them beyond racing, keeping technology at the center of everything they do.

Better Data, Higher Speed for McLaren

Listen In To Learn  How scientists are working to eliminate bias and error in AI training How practitioners are developing algorithms that can win FDA approval How AI can supplement and even exceed human capability in reading medical scans What’s coming next for AI in healthcare  New Algorithms Could Detect Eye and Brain Disorders Earlier than Humans Can Eyes are more than the “windows to the soul.” They’re the visible parts of our nervous system, an extension of the brain that breaches the safe house of the skull. As such, ocular health and neurological health are intertwined. The most skilled ophthalmologists can read ocular scans to not only look for eye disease, but also traces of a host of neurological disorders. Voxeleron is using artificial intelligence and machine learning to, as they put it, “democratize expertise.” Their algorithms hold the promise of delivering expert-level diagnostic capabilities to any lab with a scanning device. What’s more, their algorithms already show signs of exceeding human capability in predicting certain eye diseases. Jonathan Oakley and Daniel Russakoff, both Principal Scientists at Voxeleron, outline the methodology they use to train AI up to clinical standards. They also offer a fascinating look at just how far the technology has advanced already, and what the future holds for AI in healthcare.

Listen In To Learn <ul> <li>How scientists are working to eliminate bias and error in AI training</li> <li>How practitioners are developing algorithms that can win FDA approval</li> <li>How AI can supplement and even exceed human capability in reading medical scans</li> <li>What’s coming next for AI in healthcare</li> </ul> New Algorithms Could Detect Eye and Brain Disorders Earlier than Humans Can Eyes are more than the “windows to the soul.” They’re the visible parts of our nervous system, an extension of the brain that breaches the safe house of the skull. As such, ocular health and neurological health are intertwined. The most skilled ophthalmologists can read ocular scans to not only look for eye disease, but also traces of a host of neurological disorders. Voxeleron is using artificial intelligence and machine learning to, as they put it, “democratize expertise.” Their algorithms hold the promise of delivering expert-level diagnostic capabilities to any lab with a scanning device. What’s more, their algorithms already show signs of exceeding human capability in predicting certain eye diseases. Jonathan Oakley and Daniel Russakoff, both Principal Scientists at Voxeleron, outline the methodology they use to train AI up to clinical standards. They also offer a fascinating look at just how far the technology has advanced already, and what the future holds for AI in healthcare.

Keeping Eyes Healthy and Saving Vision…with Artificial Intelligence

Listen In To Learn:  How to address the cultural issues that limit diversity in tech How to broaden the labor pool for the next generation of tech workers How technology can connect employees, help examine intrinsic bias, and create dialog How data can drive a better employee—and ultimately, customer—experience  Diversity and Gender Equality Could Solve Tech's Talent Gap By recent estimate, there will soon be roughly one million open jobs in the tech industry. The existing labor pool can only handle about half that amount. It's a looming crisis – and one that could potentially be resolved through equality and diversity initiatives. Not only are fair hiring practices the right thing to do, they just make the most business sense. Karen Quintos is the Chief Customer Officer at Dell and the founder of Dell's women in Action Employee Resource Group. On this episode, she explains how Dell brings together technology and training to overcome bias, promote equal hiring and equal pay practices, and build a strong and diverse workforce.

Listen In To Learn: <ul> <li>How to address the cultural issues that limit diversity in tech</li> <li>How to broaden the labor pool for the next generation of tech workers</li> <li>How technology can connect employees, help examine intrinsic bias, and create dialog</li> <li>How data can drive a better employee—and ultimately, customer—experience</li> </ul> Diversity and Gender Equality Could Solve Tech's Talent Gap By recent estimate, there will soon be roughly one million open jobs in the tech industry. The existing labor pool can only handle about half that amount. It's a looming crisis – and one that could potentially be resolved through equality and diversity initiatives. Not only are fair hiring practices the right thing to do, they just make the most business sense. Karen Quintos is the Chief Customer Officer at Dell and the founder of Dell's women in Action Employee Resource Group. On this episode, she explains how Dell brings together technology and training to overcome bias, promote equal hiring and equal pay practices, and build a strong and diverse workforce.

Promoting Diversity in the Tech Industry…By Design

What You'll Learn In This Episode  "The origins of human genome sequencing A single patient's DNA requires about 4 terabytes of storage The stack of paper required to write one human genome would be as tall as the Statue of Liberty Translating research into clinical application at scale How medicine is outpacing technology Dr Jeffrey Trent, President &amp; Research Director of TGen loves helping people TGen used to see data processing as a 3 billion piece jigsaw puzzle that was thrown into a tornado but now, all-flash storage helps to put it all back together again, more efficiently and more effectively Thanks to artificial intelligence, robots are now performing surgery  Advances in Computer Processing Tech Are Saving Lives, Four Terabytes at a Time Four terabytes is enough space to store over 1200 hours of HD video… Or the genetic code for a single human being. Turns out, we contain more data than the entire run of Friends, How I Met Your Mother, and the Simpsons, with room left over for the entire extended Lord of the Rings trilogy. The ability to process that genetic code at speed will revolutionize medicine, eliminate diseases, and save lives. It’s medicine at the speed of technology – the more powerful the computer, the faster genomes can be sequenced.  James Lowey, CIO of non-profit genetics company TGen, helps design and implement supercomputers that can process petabytes of genetic data in hours rather than weeks. In this episode, James talks about the technological challenges of his work – and why TGen gives their research away.

What You'll Learn In This Episode <ul> <li>"The origins of human genome sequencing</li> <li>A single patient's DNA requires about 4 terabytes of storage</li> <li>The stack of paper required to write one human genome would be as tall as the Statue of Liberty</li> <li>Translating research into clinical application at scale</li> <li>How medicine is outpacing technology</li> <li>Dr Jeffrey Trent, President &amp; Research Director of TGen loves helping people</li> <li>TGen used to see data processing as a 3 billion piece jigsaw puzzle that was thrown into a tornado but now, all-flash storage helps to put it all back together again, more efficiently and more effectively</li> <li>Thanks to artificial intelligence, robots are now performing surgery</li> </ul> Advances in Computer Processing Tech Are Saving Lives, Four Terabytes at a Time Four terabytes is enough space to store over 1200 hours of HD video… Or the genetic code for a single human being. Turns out, we contain more data than the entire run of Friends, How I Met Your Mother, and the Simpsons, with room left over for the entire extended Lord of the Rings trilogy. The ability to process that genetic code at speed will revolutionize medicine, eliminate diseases, and save lives. It’s medicine at the speed of technology – the more powerful the computer, the faster genomes can be sequenced. James Lowey, CIO of non-profit genetics company TGen, helps design and implement supercomputers that can process petabytes of genetic data in hours rather than weeks. In this episode, James talks about the technological challenges of his work – and why TGen gives their research away.

Data So Powerful…It's Saving Lives

Soccer fans insist on instant accuracy from officials, but the human eye can misjudge a goal. GoalControl CEO Daniel Marchwinski explains how technology can instantly share the validity of a goal in 4D.

Soccer fans insist on instant accuracy from officials, but the human eye can misjudge a goal. GoalControl CEO Daniel Marchwinski explains how technology can instantly share the validity of a goal in 4D.

Goaaaaaaal or not? Your Data... knows!

Ray O'Farrell, Chief Technology Officer at VMware, calls virtualization one of the most non-disruptive disruptive technologies to hit the enterprise. Virtualization, or software-defined hardware, has allowed IT organizations to shift into a new role, the role of driving digital transformation by enabling agility and speed for the entire company. This is a big deal because the IT organization's top goal of 'saving money' has evolved into one of actively creating business value. Of course it's not that simple. This new mindset of business value creation has to be cultivated by the leadership and must be accompanied by a cultural shift by the entire IT organization and across the entire company and, ultimately, across the industry. Listen to Ray's practical and visionary insights that will help your business's top line results.

Ray O'Farrell, Chief Technology Officer at VMware, calls virtualization one of the most non-disruptive disruptive technologies to hit the enterprise. Virtualization, or software-defined hardware, has allowed IT organizations to shift into a new role, the role of driving digital transformation by enabling agility and speed for the entire company. This is a big deal because the IT organization's top goal of 'saving money' has evolved into one of actively creating business value. Of course it's not that simple. This new mindset of business value creation has to be cultivated by the leadership and must be accompanied by a cultural shift by the entire IT organization and across the entire company and, ultimately, across the industry. Listen to Ray's practical and visionary insights that will help your business's top line results.

Of Risk and Trust... In IT

Listen in to Learn: •        How to capture data in context that that makes it meaningful •        How to safely store data in an easily-retrievable format •        How to build a robust data backup system •        How space exploration is moving toward data-driven discovery Collecting and Storing Scientific Data Is Keeping Astronauts In Space What’s the most valuable data you store in the cloud? For most of us, it’s pictures of family and friends. These photos are priceless to each individual, certainly. It’s definitely worth storing a backup in the cloud and having them on a local disk. Now imagine your data was priceless not just to you, but to the entire human race. How would you store, say, images from the last moon mission? How would you capture not just the data, but the context that makes the data meaningful, and then preserve it for future generations? Most importantly, how would you keep data secure and make it freely available around the world? Answering these tough questions is a full-time job for Tom Stein, NASA Planetary Data System Geosciences Node Operations Manager at Washington University. On this episode, Stein explains how he and his team collect, preserve, and distribute terabytes of irreplaceable data generated by the space program, data that is ultimately being used to inform and improve the space program.

Listen in to Learn: • How to capture data in context that that makes it meaningful • How to safely store data in an easily-retrievable format • How to build a robust data backup system • How space exploration is moving toward data-driven discovery Collecting and Storing Scientific Data Is Keeping Astronauts In Space What’s the most valuable data you store in the cloud? For most of us, it’s pictures of family and friends. These photos are priceless to each individual, certainly. It’s definitely worth storing a backup in the cloud and having them on a local disk. Now imagine your data was priceless not just to you, but to the entire human race. How would you store, say, images from the last moon mission? How would you capture not just the data, but the context that makes the data meaningful, and then preserve it for future generations? Most importantly, how would you keep data secure and make it freely available around the world? Answering these tough questions is a full-time job for Tom Stein, NASA Planetary Data System Geosciences Node Operations Manager at Washington University. On this episode, Stein explains how he and his team collect, preserve, and distribute terabytes of irreplaceable data generated by the space program, data that is ultimately being used to inform and improve the space program.

Preserving History…About Earth and Beyond

Listen In To Learn  What are the opportunities for VR to lead in educational training? What’s in the future for VR? What are some of the obstacles and hurdles to overcome in order to make VR adoption more widespread? How immersive virtual experiences like CAVE are being applied in particular industries  Virtual Reality (VR) Isn't Just For The Video Game Industry VR opens up an amazing array of possibilities for the arts, sales, exhibits and more. For educational training, it allows for field training in areas we never imagined. Instead of engineering students creating bridge models out of toothpicks, why not build a model in VR and let it truly come to life. In this podcast, Dr. Carolina Cruz-Neira scholar and faculty member at the University of Arkansas dives into VR opportunities for education. She takes us behind the curtain into her career progression, starting as a dancer, and her climb to develop CAVE (Cave Automatic Virtual Environment), an immersive VR system: think of it as a version of a holodeck (yes, like in Star Trek). Listen now to dive into the opportunities and challenges VR can bring.

Listen In To Learn <ul> <li>What are the opportunities for VR to lead in educational training?</li> <li>What’s in the future for VR?</li> <li>What are some of the obstacles and hurdles to overcome in order to make VR adoption more widespread?</li> <li>How immersive virtual experiences like CAVE are being applied in particular industries</li> </ul> Virtual Reality (VR) Isn't Just For The Video Game Industry VR opens up an amazing array of possibilities for the arts, sales, exhibits and more. For educational training, it allows for field training in areas we never imagined. Instead of engineering students creating bridge models out of toothpicks, why not build a model in VR and let it truly come to life. In this podcast, Dr. Carolina Cruz-Neira scholar and faculty member at the University of Arkansas dives into VR opportunities for education. She takes us behind the curtain into her career progression, starting as a dancer, and her climb to develop CAVE (Cave Automatic Virtual Environment), an immersive VR system: think of it as a version of a holodeck (yes, like in Star Trek). Listen now to dive into the opportunities and challenges VR can bring.

Creating Unlimited Educational Opportunities...with VR

What You'll Hear In This Episode  How machine learning builds a robot's social intelligence How AI and IoT could make cities more accessible, smarter How data being used to develop autonomous vehicles can also be used for town planning How technology can improve the quality of life for the inhabitants of ""smart"" cities"  Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, and the Smart City of the Future The average speed of traffic through London has not changed since the days of horse-drawn carts. All of the transportation advantages of the past 200 years, from the internal combustion engine to the highway system, haven’t increased the rate of travel. The infrastructure simply can’t keep up with the demands of the populace. But why is this significant? To truly serve people’s needs now and in the future, cities need to get smarter to cope with a growing population and its demands on city services. Our guest this episode is helping to create the “smart cities” of the future. Dr. Richard Kelley, Chief Engineer of the Autonomous Systems Group at University of Nevada Reno, explores how artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the Internet of Things can ease traffic congestion, increase mobility, and make civil services more accessible.

What You'll Hear In This Episode <ul> <li>How machine learning builds a robot's social intelligence</li> <li>How AI and IoT could make cities more accessible, smarter</li> <li>How data being used to develop autonomous vehicles can also be used for town planning</li> <li>How technology can improve the quality of life for the inhabitants of ""smart"" cities"</li> </ul> Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, and the Smart City of the Future The average speed of traffic through London has not changed since the days of horse-drawn carts. All of the transportation advantages of the past 200 years, from the internal combustion engine to the highway system, haven’t increased the rate of travel. The infrastructure simply can’t keep up with the demands of the populace. But why is this significant? To truly serve people’s needs now and in the future, cities need to get smarter to cope with a growing population and its demands on city services. Our guest this episode is helping to create the “smart cities” of the future. Dr. Richard Kelley, Chief Engineer of the Autonomous Systems Group at University of Nevada Reno, explores how artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the Internet of Things can ease traffic congestion, increase mobility, and make civil services more accessible.

Artificial Intelligence...Driving In the Streets

Disrupting Business and Saving Cheetahs…With the Internet of Things

Listen in to Learn  Why company culture is critical in driving technological innovation How introducing new technology into a traditional workplace can be an easy transition How critical it is to understand your customer's needs and pain points The next disruption in railway? The Railway Internet of Things (RIOT)  How Innovation in IT Leads to New Revenue Streams IT is generally considered a cost center in organizations. At best, we see the IT department as providing vital infrastructure to support the business; it’s part of the operating cost, not really an investment that pays dividends. Jason Brown, the CIO of Rio Grande Pacific, is out to change that perception. He believes the IT department can be a source of innovation, finding new ways to meet customer needs – and, yes, generating revenue. In this interview, Jason shares how Rio Grande Pacific stays nimble and aggressive, moving faster than their larger competitors. He also discusses how to overcome resistance to change and get organization-wide buy-in to adopt new technology. Listen to the episode to learn how Jason’s IT department unites marketing, R&amp;D, and customer service to create solutions that fit the company’s niche market.

Listen in to Learn <ul> <li>Why company culture is critical in driving technological innovation</li> <li>How introducing new technology into a traditional workplace can be an easy transition</li> <li>How critical it is to understand your customer's needs and pain points</li> <li>The next disruption in railway? The Railway Internet of Things (RIOT)</li> </ul> How Innovation in IT Leads to New Revenue Streams IT is generally considered a cost center in organizations. At best, we see the IT department as providing vital infrastructure to support the business; it’s part of the operating cost, not really an investment that pays dividends. Jason Brown, the CIO of Rio Grande Pacific, is out to change that perception. He believes the IT department can be a source of innovation, finding new ways to meet customer needs – and, yes, generating revenue. In this interview, Jason shares how Rio Grande Pacific stays nimble and aggressive, moving faster than their larger competitors. He also discusses how to overcome resistance to change and get organization-wide buy-in to adopt new technology. Listen to the episode to learn how Jason’s IT department unites marketing, R&amp;D, and customer service to create solutions that fit the company’s niche market.

The Railroad...Where Innovation Produces Profit

Learn how Dell’s CTO, Liam Quinn, sees the future of the Internet of Intelligent Things, IoT, augmented reality, virtual reality and artificial intelligence leveraging new technological developments from edge to core to cloud. Mr. Quinn joined Dell in Jan 1997, and holds over 90 granted and pending patents, and was named inventor for the year in 2005, 2007, and 2014. Mr. Quinn represents Dell on the Board of the Wi-Fi Alliance, and the UT WNCG Board (Wireless Networking and Communications Group). He is the Dell Exec Sponsor for the UT Cockrell School of Engineering and the UT College of Natural Science. He is also a member of the UT Cockrell School of Engineering Advisory Board. In this role Liam has responsibility to lead technology innovation across the client product groups and drive alignment across the Dell CTO organizations. In his current role, Liam is leading the Technology and architecture strategy for The Internet of Things, IP development and relevant standards participation, and the interlock process of client architecture with Enterprise, Software, and Services to deliver end-to-end system solutions for our key customer segments.

Learn how Dell’s CTO, Liam Quinn, sees the future of the Internet of Intelligent Things, IoT, augmented reality, virtual reality and artificial intelligence leveraging new technological developments from edge to core to cloud. Mr. Quinn joined Dell in Jan 1997, and holds over 90 granted and pending patents, and was named inventor for the year in 2005, 2007, and 2014. Mr. Quinn represents Dell on the Board of the Wi-Fi Alliance, and the UT WNCG Board (Wireless Networking and Communications Group). He is the Dell Exec Sponsor for the UT Cockrell School of Engineering and the UT College of Natural Science. He is also a member of the UT Cockrell School of Engineering Advisory Board. In this role Liam has responsibility to lead technology innovation across the client product groups and drive alignment across the Dell CTO organizations. In his current role, Liam is leading the Technology and architecture strategy for The Internet of Things, IP development and relevant standards participation, and the interlock process of client architecture with Enterprise, Software, and Services to deliver end-to-end system solutions for our key customer segments.

Connecting Intelligent Things... With Your IT

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