Podcasts

AI compliance: Dealing with data change and proliferation

Podcast: We talk with Vigitrust CEO Mathieu Gorge about staying on top of compliance and artificial intelligence, where the danger is data that changes during AI processing and can also proliferate
Podcast: RSA 2025 – AI’s risk surface and the role of the CISO

We review RSA 2025 with Vigitrust CEO Mathieu Gorge who looks at the impacts on compliance of AI’s expanding risk surface, the role of the CISO, and a changed supplier approach

Podcast: RSA 2025 to grapple with AI compliance, US and EU regulation

We preview RSA 2025 with Vigitrust CEO Mathieu Gorge who looks forward to learning lots around compliance and regulation as CIOs wrestle with artificial intelligence and geopolitical upheavals
Podcast: Quantum lacks profitability but it will come, says CEO

Computer Weekly talks to Quantum CEO Jamie Lerner about the company’s expertise in massive volumes of data and a roadmap that includes Myriad, a new file system for forever flash in the AI era
Podcast: HDD safe from flash for a decade or more

We talk to Toshiba’s Rainer Kaese, who argues flash cannot replace spinning disk because it’s too costly to consider for anything but limited, performance-hungry applications
Podcast: AI data needs scalable flash, but also needs to be FAIR

We talk to Tim Sherbak of Quantum about the demands artificial intelligence puts on storage and the need for data management that can cope with large volumes of data that must be kept for long periods
Gartner on agentic AI: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to Gartner’s Anushree Verma about the route from robotic process automation to agentic AI in corporate IT
Podcast: How customers use multi-cloud and mitigate key challenges

We talk to Vawlt CEO Ricardo Mendes about the key challenges of multi-cloud operations, and how customers can mitigate the security, billing and complexity challenges they face
IT in opera and ballet: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to Keith Nolan, head of technology delivery, Royal Ballet and Opera about using IT to save money
Podcast: S4Capital’s Martin Sorrell on AI and the enterprise

We talk to Sir Martin Sorrell of S4Capital about the use of artificial intelligence in advertising and marketing and how enterprises can take advantage of the productivity it offers
Podcast: How to ensure data quality for AI

We talk to Cody David of Syniti about how to ensure data quality in datasets for AI, why a ‘data-first’ attitude is key, and the quick wins an organisation can gain in data quality
Samsung’s on-device AI: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to the co-founder of Oxford Semantic Technologies, which has developed the AI for the new Samsung Galaxy S25
Podcast: AI to boost drive innovation in 2025

We talk to Jason Feist of Seagate about artificial intelligence and how it is driving drive innovation, the growth of data and how sustainability and energy efficiency is vital to meeting capacity needs
Podcast: Storage and AI training, inference, and agentic AI

We talk to Hitachi Vantara CTO for AI Jason Hardy about training, inference and agentic AI, and how competing workloads bring context switching that storage for AI has to handle
Justifying ECC upgrade: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to the chair of the UK and Ireland SAP User Group about SAP ECC and the need to upgrade at your own pace
Podcast: Areal density, AI design and the 50TB hard drive

We talk to Seagate about hard disk drives, the use of artificial intelligence to design them with higher areal density, more terabytes per platter, and capacities up to 50TB, especially with HAMR recording
The future of cloud: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

Gartner’s Philip Dawson discusses the cloud and on-premise complexity facing IT departments
Beyond IBM Watson: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to IBM software's product management lead about making AI work in the enterprise
F1 real time data: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to AWS and the lead cloud architect at F1 about the immense data processing and analysis that takes place
Podcast: Ransomware and what data storage can do about it

We talk to NetApp’s Chris McKean about ransomware attacks and the role of data storage in protecting against them
Podcast: Storage functionality in Kubernetes 1.31

We talk to Sergey Pronin of Percona about new storage functionality in Kubernetes 1.31, including volume attribute class and changes to persistent volumes, as well as other long-term fixes
Securing data in GCP: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to Google’s director of product management for confidential computing about ensuring the protection of data in use
Podcast: Sustainable data storage and how to achieve it

We talk to NetApp’s Grant Caley about data storage energy needs and how they can be reduced by use of QLC flash, efficient datacentre hardware and putting data on the right media
Accessibility: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

CIO, Suleyman Gokyigit discusses his experiences of using screen readers to support blind and visually impaired users navigate websites and apps
Podcast: Storage for AI needs scale, hybrid cloud and multiple integrations

We talk to NetApp’s Grant Caley about AI and data storage, the need for scale, performance and hybrid cloud, and to move, copy and clone data for wrangling for inference runs
No cyber barriers: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to Sharp Europe’s data protection and information security officer about how to balance cybersecurity with the needs of the business
Podcast: AI and its impact on data storage

We talk to Shawn Rosemarin, vice-president for R&D at Pure Storage, about the requirements of AI workloads, and what data storage needs to cope with AI
Making tech changes: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to the CIO of law firm, Kingsley Napley about effective change management to support successful digital transformation
Podcast: 32TB HDDs by 2029, but how much bigger can they get?

We talk to Rainer Kaese of Toshiba about the roadmap for conventional magnetic recording on hard disk drives, the roadmap to 32TB, and what it would take to get to 100TB or 200TB
AWS & GenAI: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to Francessca Vasquez, vice president, professional services and GenAI Innovation Center for Amazon Web Services
Podcast: How to prepare your data for digital transformation

We talk to Chris Gorton, EMEA managing director at Syniti, about how to prepare data for digital transformation
Weak Gen AI use cases: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to Gartner’s Leinar Ramos about his latest research, “When Not to Use GenAI”
Surviving IT failures: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to Junade Ali, author of How to Protect yourself from Killer Computers
Podcast: What is distributed cloud storage and what are its benefits?

We talk to Enrico Signoretti of Cubbit about how distributed cloud allows customers to control their data in hybrid and multicloud storage and the workloads the company targets
Cloud Native Computing: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to Priyanka Sharma, the executive director of the Cloud Native Computing Forum about having blind faith in tech innovation
Podcast: Immutable storage essential against ransomware, but...

...not all immutable storage is created equal. That’s the message from Paul Speciale of Scality, who looks at immutable storage, its variants and what’s needed to secure data
Podcast: What is the impact of AI on storage and compliance?

Start now looking at artificial intelligence compliance. That’s the advice of Mathieu Gorge of Vigitrust, who says AI governance is still immature but firms should recognise the limits and still act
Podcast: What are snapshots? Can they replace backup?

We talk to Shawn Meyers, field CTO at Tintri, who defines snapshots, why they are no substitute for backups, and the effect on recovery of snapshot granularity
Podcast: Storage and compliance outlook for 2024

Interesting times ahead in 2024 as we talk to Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust, about updates to EU regs, PCI, NIST, post-Brexit divergence and 60 national elections across the globe
Walmart’s enterprise software: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to Walmart’s David Glick about the build/buy debate and how the retailer works with large language models
Gartner’s CIO agenda: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to Gartner’s Tina Nunno at the analyst firm’s annual conference in Barcelona about IT management challenges
Learning from Google: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to the CEO of Glean about learning on the job and artificial intelligence democratisation
Podcast: ‘Data first’ a key principle of digital transformation

Chris Gorton of Syniti says organisations should put data first during digital transformation projects, and that means getting data quality, access rights and governance right
Digital service: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to Harmeen Mehta, chief digital innovation officer at BT, about service management in digital transformation
Podcast: AI threats mean backup and security must work as one

Malicious use of artificial intellience against scattered data stores means data protection and security must go hand-in-hand. That’s the view of Gaidar Magdanurov, chief success officer at Acronis
Unconventional career: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

Cyber security expert Junade Ali, talks about his non-academic route to a PhD. He was recently elected as a fellow of the IET
Podcast: File synchronisation benefits and use cases

If you’ve got the bandwidth and you need to share files or even synchronise virtual desktops, file synchronisation is worth a look. That’s the view of Peer Software CEO Jimmy Tan
Podcast: HDDs have a long life ahead in certain workloads

Spinning disk hard drives are far from dead, and with data volumes set to explode, there are use cases that suit them well. That’s the view of Rainer Kaese of Toshiba in this podcast
Podcast: Sizing data storage for AI/ML workloads

Artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads come with I/O profiles of different shapes and sizes. We talk to Curtis Anderson of Panasas about how best to procure and size storage for them
AI cyber monitoring: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

In this podcast, Darktrace’s Max Heinemeyer discusses the good – and the bad – to come out of artificial intelligence in IT security
Podcast: Cloud security, compliance and data classification

The rise of cloud has led to a proliferation of enterprise data and a rise in risk. We talk to Vigitrust CEO Mathieu Gorge about how to ensure compliance in a multicloud world
Podcast: Containers, Kubernetes, data protection and compliance

Containers offer benefits to application deployment, but they proliferate, so tracking them for compliance purposes can be a challenge. We talk to Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust
Podcast: Storage, backup, AI and data classification at RSA 2023

Much discussion at RSA 2023 about artificial intelligence, the risks to data protection, storage and compliance, plus risk and data classification, especially its impacts on access and data management
Code experiments: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to GoDaddy CTO Charles Beadnall about how to prove an IT project works as intended
The first 100 days: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to the global IT director of Travelex about retraining and how new CIOs should avoid the temptation to copy and paste their IT strategy
Podcast: No more hard disks in five years, says Pure

We talk to Shawn Rosemarin of Pure Storage, who argues there will be no more hard drive sales in five years because energy costs and capacity needs can only be fulfilled by flash
Podcast: Ransomware, data protection and compliance

Ransomware is a huge and ever-present threat, but there are ways to avoid it and to mitigate its effects. We get key practical steps from Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust
Beyond Web 2.0: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

Like others who have developed technology that powers the internet, David Holtzman, chief strategist at decentralised cyber security network Naoris Protocol, has an unusual background
Next-gen AI: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

Mark Raskino, co-author of When Machines Become Customers, discusses machine-to-machine commerce
Podcast: Cloud storage, data protection and compliance

The lure of cloud storage hides its drawback, namely that you can lose control of it from a compliance perspective. We talk to Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust, about how to tame it
Everywoman in Tech, datacentre heat reuse – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

The team talks about disclosure regarding diversity and inclusion programmes, datacentre heat reuse in swimming pools, and NetSuite supporting business transformation at Guinness World Records
IT sustainability: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to Gartner’s Annette Zimmerman about the circular economy and IT sustainability
Observability: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

William Hill’s Stephen Wild discusses how the betting website reduces the revenue impact of IT glitches
Podcast: Why DBaaS and what problems does it solve?

We talk to Tobias Ternström of Nutanix about how the enterprise landscape has seen thousands of databases from multiple vendors mushroom and how database as a service can help manage that complexity
Procurement AI: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to BT’s procurement chief about the role of artificial intelligence and how conversational AI will improve workflows
Podcast: 2023 compliance and storage outlook

Geopolitical instability casts its shadow as organisations must think about cyber attacks, data location and what to do if things change quickly. We talk to Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust
Video messaging: A Computer Weekly Downtime upload podcast

We speak to Vimeo’s chief product officer about asynchronous video comms
Enterprise open source: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to Spotify’s open source tech lead, Per Ploug, on supplier relationship management in open source
Tech sector lay-offs in the round – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

The team talks about tech sector job losses in the round, with possible bright spots for corporate IT and contractors, and data and hybrid working strategies at the Very Group
Building teams: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

In this podcast, Eric Muntz, former CTO at Mailchimp, discusses diversity of thinking and ethnic diversity in IT engineering teams
IT architecture: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

Rajesh Naidu, chief architect and head of data management at Expedia, discusses how the role of IT architect is evolving
AWS mutes trash talk at Re:Invent – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

The team chats through the AWS Re:Invent conference, as well as an initiative for getting young women into cyber security, and how SAP Build travelled from Vegas to SAP users in Birmingham
Inflation-busting IT: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

In this podcast, Gartner’s Stewart Buchanan discusses how to fund digital technology initiatives
Justice transparency: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to The National Archives about how it is using semantic data to make court and tribunal judgments searchable
Business workflows: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

How ServiceNow is being used to drive business processes across IT and other business areas
Coding at bet365: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

In this podcast, Alan Reed, head of sports development at bet365, discusses the technical and business challenges of scalability
Top 50 women in UK tech, IR35 Truss fiasco – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

The team reflects on the announcement of the Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2022, the IR35 reforms being scrapped, then not, and Dreamforce & Oracle Cloud World in the US
Work in the metaverse: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

In this special edition of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, we speak to Wipro CTO Subha Tatavarti about the business metaverse
Developer wellbeing: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload special with Capital One bank’s CTO, Brad Miller
Koch’s networking: Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

Matt Hoag, CTO of Koch Business Solutions, discusses networking as a service
Datacentres and energy, top women in tech – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We discuss the run-in to the announcement of the Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2022 list, the datacentre market and the energy crisis, and the Alliance for Data Science Professionals
Energy crisis IT impact: Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

In this special edition of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Gartner analyst Tiny Haynes discusses datacentre energy management.
Does quantum matter? A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

In this special edition of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Ilyas Khan, CEO of Quantinuum, discusses the quantum computing revolution
Podcast: Storage the key bottleneck for AI processing

We talk to Panasas about the need for storage that can cope with delivering high volumes of small files for artificial intelligence with the throughput and latency needed to service costly GPUs
James Hatch, BAE Systems: Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to the chief digital officer at BAE Systems’ Digital Intelligence business about the challenges of “digital” in high-trust organisations
State of open source: Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

In this special edition of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, OpenUK’s Amanda Brock speaks to Cliff Saran about open source challenges
Maybe 5G isn’t better: Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

In October 1945, Arthur C Clarke wrote a paper, published in Wireless World magazine in the UK, discussing a global communications network
Podcast: How storage AIOps is revolutionising hybrid cloud ops

We talk to Tintri about storage and AIOps, which is the application of AI and machine learning-based software to monitor storage infrastructure to be able to detect patterns and predict failure, the need to upgrade, and so on
Podcast: Storage at the edge – impact and opportunities

We talk to Tobias Flitsch of Nebulon about the rise of edge computing and how that will drive demand for more storage that needs to be secure and resilient and centrally manageable
Green IT, nominate top tech women – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna discuss the CW IT sustainability think-tank, the launch of the Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2022 list, and Lambeth Council in the cloud
Bloomberg CTO interview: Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

In this special edition of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Bloomberg CTO Shawn Edwards discusses real-time data and open source
Green desktop IT: Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

In this special edition of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Gartner’s Annette Zimmerman discusses desktop IT’s circular economy
Podcast: The legacy and modern apps that drive object storage

We talk to object (and file) storage vendor Scality about the ways the application and development environment is changing and how that is driving object storage
Podcast: SaaS data protection vulnerability and how to manage it

We talk to backup and data management supplier Cohesity about the added vulnerabilities of software-as-a-service data in a hybrid cloud environment and how best to manage multiple data sources
Podcast: How to get truly portable Kubernetes storage

We talk to NetApp CTO Grant Caley about what is needed from storage to really deliver in a world of Kubernetes containerisation and microservices portability in hybrid cloud working
Podcast: War, geo-political risk, data storage and compliance

We talk to Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust, about impacts on compliance and data storage from instability in geo-political events, such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Metaverse, women in software – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

Cliff Saran joins Clare and Brian, in Caroline’s absence, to discuss the metaverse, Windows 11, the Makers Women in Software Power List, and how CIOs do technology in 2022
Energy crisis impact on datacentre market – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

Podcast team discusses the energy crisis by way of the Sungard AS UK collapse, data analytics-powered wind turbines, and CW survey showing big increase in flexible working for IT professionals
Pure says unstructured data needs storage scale and performance

Podcast: Pure Storage says huge growth of unstructured data and its diversity means storage has to be able to scale with it and offer performance to gain insights
Ukraine: Cyber warfare and IT industry boycott of Russia – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

Alex Scroxton joins the team to discuss the cyber war dimension of the conflict arising from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the IT industry’s response to Putin’s war

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