GDS Technology

Built, Wired & Secured

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Built, Wired & Secured is a short-form podcast exploring the infrastructure, connectivity, and security systems that power modern buildings, campuses, and organizations. Produced by GDS Technology, each episode delivers practical insights on network infrastructure, cybersecurity, physical security, low-voltage systems, carrier services, operational technology, and the real-world challenges behind designing, deploying, and protecting technology environments. In 10 minutes or less, we break down industry trends, project lessons learned, emerging technologies, and common mistakes that impact comm...

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Shadow Networks: When Undocumented Wi‑Fi and IoT Create Operational Blind Spots 28.03.2026 9:15

Many modern buildings quietly host networks that facilities and IT never approved: contractor Wi‑Fi for commissioning, tenant IoT meshes, vendor‑managed sensors, and rogue access points. These 'shadow networks' cause RF interference, create unmanaged attack surface, complicate troubleshooting, and extend mean time to repair. In this episode Alex Morgan talks with Michael Harrington to map where un...

Built to Operate: How a Lean On‑Site Ops Team Cuts Outage Recovery Time by ~30% 20.03.2026 7:39

Many property teams live in reactive vendor loops—late-night call trees, rotating contractors, and tenants frustrated by repeat outages. This 10‑minute case‑study interview opens with a human 2am alarm vignette and moves into a tightly scoped conversation with Michael Harrington (senior property manager) and an operations lead who built a lean on‑site tech ops function. We surface measurable outco...

Buying for the Exit: Avoiding Vendor Lock-In 19.03.2026 13:35

Procurement decisions can lock operations into costly rip-and-replace cycles. This episode opens with a tense, audio-first cold open: a frustrated operator clicks a locked “export” button, the UI clicks, then a subtle alarm tone underscores the risk. Host Alex Morgan interviews Michael Harrington (senior property manager), an independent systems integrator, and a procurement practitioner to delive...

Sensors, Consent, and the Building: A Human-Centered Playbook for Privacy by Design 13.03.2026 10:55

The episode opens with an anonymized, cinematic vignette: a newly instrumented floor reduces HVAC complaints but sparks occupant unease—after simple policy and communication changes the same property saw complaints drop by roughly 40%. Host Alex is joined by a senior property manager and a privacy/analytics engineer to translate that story into concrete steps any team can apply. The conversation s...

Paths That Don't Break: Designing Physical Connectivity to Avoid Single-Point Failures 11.03.2026 8:46

Physical connectivity decisions—where fiber enters a campus, how risers are routed, how tenant demarcation is handled—are quietly critical and stubbornly long-lived. This episode opens with a short, anonymized scene where a single construction cut severed a building’s only service entry and brought tenants to a standstill, then translates that failure into an actionable framework owners, FMs, and...

Power Decisions: Two Floors, One Outage - Choosing Resilience Without Overpaying 23.02.2026 8:04

We follow a tight through-line: two neighboring tenant floors experience the same outage but diverge after different power decisions. An anonymized micro-case compares outcomes one floor endured ~4 hours of downtime with lost services and tenant disruption; the other reduced downtime to under 30 minutes after modest UPS sizing, clear ownership boundaries, and a documented testing cadence. Early in...