Two Irish Guys Discussing Software

Join Tomás O'Leary and Brendan Walsh as they discuss Zoom's impressive valuation over IBM, Snowflake's IPO and Oracle's purchase of TikTok. Then, IBM Z mainframe expert Paul Arnerich joins to chat about the history and current state of mainframe systems, their aging workforce and why companies aren't moving away from mainframes any time soon. Paul Arnerich is a respected IBM System Z consultant wh...

Join Tomás O'Leary and Brendan Walsh as they discuss Apple's $2 trillion valuation, IBM's legal trouble and Oracle's potential purchase of TikTok. Then, 'From Founder to CEO' podcast host and executive coach Todd Uterstaedt joins to chat about the anti-hero entrepreneurial theme behind his show, advice for CEOs in the early stages of their company and leadership cues that IBM might take from Micro...

Join Tomás O'Leary and Brendan Walsh as they discuss mega-vendor quarterly earnings, Salesforce eclipsing Oracle and legal action for household names. Then, intellectual property barrister Guy Tritton joins to discuss the landmark Google vs. Oracle case and what he believes the impact will be.

Join Tomás O'Leary and Brendan Walsh as they discuss IBM layoffs, Microsoft's open-source legacy and PricewaterhouseCoopers' call for more software license audits. Former crisis negotiator for the Scotland Yard and risk management professional Chris White joins to discuss the relationship between mega-vendors and clients, the lack of emotional connection in business relationships and how to measur...

Join Tomás O'Leary and Brendan Walsh as they discuss IBM's quarterly dividend boost, Zoom picking Oracle over AWS for its cloud provider and whether the software market is recession-proof in 2020. Futurist, author and speaker David Houle joins to discuss why we should stop using the word innovation and start using the word disruption, how mega-vendors might find themselves with an outdated busines...

“IT used to be the department in the corner that fixed the laptops; now it’s the thread that underpins your entire business.” Martin Thompson from the The ITAM Review joins the podcast to talk about the ever-changing role of software asset management and IT asset management. We run through the role of SAM in a post-COVID-19 world and why it’ll be such a key area for organisations. Catch the highli...

Two Irish Guys with Dr Umaima Haider discussing digital transformation, should everything be open source and what train to take from the station in these very challenging times! Learn about technologies that are becoming obsolete and how to take control of digital transformation.

The impact of the mega vendor restrictions on Procurement", ft internationally renowned Procurement Consultant and Business Adviser, Richard Beaumont. Understand how to reduce procurement spend, reduce supply chain risk and build innovation through great relationships.

'How the large software mega vendors market themselves vs the newer tech firms' ft Dan Ilett, award-winning writer for the Financial Times, the Economist Group, and several global publications. Dan specializes in marketing strategies and brand positioning. This episode focuses on big tech vendors around the world and what they are doing with their marketing strategies that can potentially damage t...

'Large corporations abusing their power' ft world-famous Dan Shefet, the man who defeated Google international, also an Individual Specialist to UNESCO, Adviser to the Council of Europe on the Internet Ombudsman. Dan is currently fighting worldwide for the creation of an ombudsman institution to secure an individual's right to have hate mails, their data and certain internet information violating...

Understand how to negotiate your proposed costs with your current vendor and make the most of your budget in 2020 ft Mark Bartrick, Global Software Vendor Negotiation Expert at Forrester Research.

This episode will be discussing ‘Rights & Entitlements' ft guest speaker Guy Tritton. IBM knows that SAMs are tight on time, leaving them unable to properly investigate the full details of licenses. They also know that most managers are relatively risk-averse when it comes to legal terminology. At Origina, we know IBM’s licensing rules inside out and can help you to discuss your entitlements and h...

This episode will be discussing ‘IBM forced upgrades & audits” ft guest speaker Daniel Begg. You may have an IBM infrastructure using IBM products, and your enterprise is running smoothly. Then you get hit with the news that IBM are discontinuing their software support for the applications you use. We want to educate the industry that there are many other options than IBM and your legacy applicati...

This episode will be dissecting our last campaign 'Don't Be That Guy' and exploring the ideas and the interpretation behind it.

Customers who use BigFix Inventory for tracking use of IBM in Cloud/virtualized environments are ok to use sub-capacity measurement. When BigFix moves to HCL it will no longer be an IBM product so will customers be able to continue to use BigFix inventory to track use or will they have to start to use ILMT standalone?

IBM selling off their legacy software products to HCL Technologies is recognized as the largest Indian IT acquisition to date. But how will this move affect IBM’s legacy clients? No notice was given of the deal, yet all these clients have a new vendor and no clarity of what’s going to happen with the development and support of these software assets. ‍

Is your company blindly spending potential budget dollars on complex IBM renewals? Many companies experience high spending on underused software. This overspending is due to lack of knowledge and an understanding of options. Common confusion across all staff and platforms is due to forced upgrades. This panic of confusion leads to late renewals at the end of the year, leading to careless overspend...