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Tom and Josh explore the transformative potential of Microsoft Copilot in IT leadership and provide expert insights into leveraging Microsoft Copilot for strategic advantage, navigating challenges, and unlocking new opportunities in the IT landscape.

Join the conversation with Josh and Tom as they unpack IT predictions for 2024. Discover the latest technology trends and understand their business implications in this engaging and strategy-rich episode.

Join our end-of-year wrap-up where we discuss the effects being felt in the industry regarding the giant Broadcom acquisition of VMware, as well as our review of the recent Microsoft Ignite conference highlights.

David Stevenson – Cyber Security Practice Manager, Cloud Solutions Group joins Josh and Tom to recap important announcements made at the recent AISA Melbourne CyberCon. With the palpable growth in targeted cyber attacks in Australia, David offers insights into the current security landscape, as well as the evolving security fabric that industry and authorities are developing to address the associa...

Josh and Tom dive deep into the latest updates from the recent Microsoft Power Platform Conference 2023. Chief amongst these include the availability of co-pilots for M365, Power Apps, Power BI and other platforms that provide instant value and business enablement. 

Join us in this episode as our guest David Erikson, CTO @ HitIQ , shares how this pioneering Australian company is developing the world’s first end-to-end concussion management platform, as well as the next generation concussion management ecosystem utilising VR.

Join us in this episode as our guest Steve Hunter, Director of Sales Engineering from Arctic Wolf, a leading Cyber Security Operations provider, takes us on a journey through the intricacies of proactive cybersecurity operations.

In this jam-packed episode, Josh and Tom discuss some of the exciting announcements made at the recent Microsoft Inspire 2023 conference. Key talking points included a slew of integrated AI capabilities and services where the focus is on making AI more accessible and beneficial for businesses across diverse domains.

Renowned global CIO and author Mary-Beth Hosking joins the podcast to share some evergreen IT leadership knowledge bombs, and valuable insights from her new book “When Now Means Now”.

Nathan Boyle, CIO at Hassell Architects, teams up with Tom and Josh to delve into the challenges and opportunities inherent in managing AI expectations at the C-level.

Heinrich Kokkuk, CIO at McConnell Dowell joins Josh and Tom to share lessons learned, as well as valuable and unique insights developed as an IT leader in the regional AEC industry.

Whether you're a small startup or an established enterprise, streamlining IT expenses without compromising quality or best practices is a common challenge. Tom and Josh share innovative strategies and practical tips that have the potential to help businesses achieve immediate and long-term cost savings.

Denis Rasidovski – Director of Cloud & Managed Services (CSG) joins Tom and Josh to provide a peak behind the Essential 8 curtain. Denis shares his vast industry experience to describe how the Essential 8 model helps businesses to maximise their threat resilience, and to mitigate cyber security risks.

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...

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...

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 th...

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.