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Tom and Josh explore the benefits of ChatGPT that drive business value in the enterprise, including streamlining workflows, enhancing productivity, and improving customer satisfaction. But it’s not all beer and skittles. The darker side and potential risks of ChatGPT are also examined, particularly, privacy and data security, discrimination and bias, legal and ethical concerns, and quality control.

Join Josh and Tom as they share their insights and predictions for the future of IT in 2023. They dive into the latest technology trends and discuss their implications for businesses. Get ready for a thought-provoking episode packed with practical advice and strategic guidance for navigating the rapidly changing IT landscape.

While many in the industry are calling 2022, ‘The Year of the Hacker’ , there have also been major IT/Marketplace developments in areas well-worth understanding for your business. Tom and Josh take great delight in sharing their “I told you so’s” for 2022, then peer into the future to begin their list for 2023.

Australia has declared war on cyber crime, with the arrival of the new SLACIP (Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Act 2022). But as Tom & Josh point out in this episode, despite the promise of additional support from the government, there are far-ranging consequences that may impact businesses that fall under this Bill. Listen now to better understand what’s in store for both your organisation, and your supply chains.

Tom and Josh sift through the 300+ announcements made at this year’s Microsoft Ignite conference and discuss some of the significant highlights and how they will potentially impact businesses, including the Digital Transformation workforce. A.I. and multi-faceted Security solutions dominated this episode, particularly as they relate to transforming these businesses to be more productive, efficient, and secure.

Understandably, the recent Optus security breach dominated the news section of this podcast, considering its wide-reaching global implications. Josh and Tom then turned to essential updates from this year’s VMware Explore ( formerly VMworld ), including new offerings that fast-track digital transformation and that gild the path to successful cloud native platforms.  

Industry veteran, Veeam's Antony Marijanovic, offers eye-opening insights into the current landscape and the future of data protection. Key takeaways include; how to decrease data protection costs while improving your overall security, the ill-advised reliance on your SaaS or PaaS provider, and upcoming security features that cater for cyber security insurance compliance that speaks directly to the omnipresent threat that ransomware poses.

Special guest Scott Wall CTO (Chief Transformation Officer) at Bank Australia, discusses the various ways of giving a strategic voice to IT departments . Particularly being able to speak the language at Board level; “developing actionable insights”, and “creating customer benefits” will resonate louder than ‘mean time between failure” or “enterprise architecture”.

Ryan Wadsworth Partner/CIO at KordaMentha joins the podcast to share the merits of re-inventing and rebranding “IT” to “Technology” including removing the stigma of IT being a financial burden and a necessary evil, growing to be a credible and proactive partner with the business, and the holy grail of transforming an organisation’s IT function into a profit centre along the way.

Let’s face it. The Cloud is now ubiquitous and prevalent in almost every aspect of technology supporting businesses. Adopting a Cloud Operating Model offers opportunities to re-assess and recalibrate how teams across the IT stack can leverage technology to support an organisation’s business plan.

A common challenge for many businesses is the onerous task of optimising delivery and securing data from disparate sources, including from the Cloud, on-premises, and data centres. Ron Kaplan, VP of Sales for Storage Made Easy joins Josh and Tom to share successful strategies and technology offerings that help meet this challenge with real-world examples from the AEC and Finance industries.

IT recruitment expert Jenni Sanders (Randstad) returns to discuss the increasing challenges for businesses in sourcing, luring, and retaining IT talent and some win-win measures that employers are taking to ensure business continuity.

Josh and Tom delve into the world of AIOps (Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations), and how advanced machine learning and AI can help automate and exponentially improve IT Ops.

Therese Chakour-West, CIO of Bunzl Australasia with over 1000 employees, discusses challenges for current CIOs, managing incumbent vendors when starting a new CIO role, the elephant in the room - change management, and more importantly, the significance of successfully bringing people along the journey of IT transformation journey.

Tom and Josh forecast the challenges and opportunities that await IT and business leadership in 2022. These span from 5G to the Metaverse, from composability to automation, and resourcing to security.

Tom and Josh dive into the world of FinOps, and how this collaborative discipline between stakeholders in Finance and Operations is crucial in strengthening financial accountability to the cloud's variable expenditure paradigm.

Tom and Josh wrap up what was a challenging year for the industry and for the community at large. They also deep dive into the key announcements from Microsoft 2021 that will influence businesses and their IT ecosystems in 2022 and beyond..

Tom and Josh dive into the announcements made during VMware’s flagship annual conference VMworld 2021. Despite the event itself being virtual for the 2nd year in a row, it was replete with many exciting product releases and roadmap. Tom and Josh analyse these as they have important implications for businesses using public cloud and emerging apps.

Tom and Josh discuss the rapidly growing interest in the Zero Trust industry, why it could be important to your business, and practical steps you can take to reduce cyber risk.

Tom and Josh discuss the critical hardware supply challenges brought on by COVID19, and the strategies that both clients and service providers are using to successfully mitigate workplace and project disruptions.