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Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Imagine your organization's most valuable information locked away in digital filing cabinets, scattered across departmental silos, and buried in decades of accumulated documents. What competitive advantages could you gain if all that knowledge became instantly accessible and actionable? Dr. John Bates, CEO of SER Group and former...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com What happens when your medical device company becomes a data company? The entire healthcare landscape transforms. Bernard from Orthogonal reveals how the convergence of sensors, connectivity, and artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing medical device development and patient care. After 30 years in software and 15 years specif...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The digital infrastructure powering artificial intelligence is undergoing a radical transformation as companies race to build ever-larger models. Edgecore's Tom traugott reveals how this shift is forcing a complete reimagining of data center design, power requirements, and cooling technologies. What began as traditional cloud faci...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Rajesh Ganesan's journey from programmer to CEO of ManageEngine spans 23 remarkable years of technological disruption and business transformation. What began in 1996 as a programming role at AdvenNet evolved into leading a global IT management powerhouse after a pivotal 2001 pivot that saw the birth of ManageEngine. The secret to...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com How do you measure customer happiness in IT support? Not by tickets closed, but by genuine success. This refreshing perspective from  Romanus Prabhu Raymond, Director of Technology for Endpoint Management and Security at ManageEngine, sets the tone for our deep dive into modern endpoint management challenges and solutions. The conversa...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The digital transformation journey has evolved dramatically over the past two decades, and now generative AI stands as the latest force reshaping how enterprises operate. But what does it truly mean to be "AI-ready" in today's landscape? According to ManageEngine, the answer lies not in chasing AI for its own sake, but i...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Automation is fundamentally transforming how enterprises build, deploy, and manage applications in the cloud. Dive deep into this evolution as we speak with Bert Toma, the product management leader for Broadcom's Tanzu division, fresh from the groundbreaking announcements at VMware Explore. The conversation reveals how Tanzu is re...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Salesforce's Chief Digital Officer Joe Inzerillo reveals fascinating insights from the new Agentic Enterprise Index, painting a vivid picture of how AI agents are transforming business operations at unprecedented speed. Within six months, we've witnessed changes that would typically unfold over half a decade with previous tec...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Automation isn't just a buzzword—it's becoming the cornerstone of enterprise technology strategy. This conversation with Bert, who leads Tanzu's product management at Broadcom, reveals how VMware's cloud automation vision is transforming from aspiration to reality. At the heart of this transformation is a refreshing...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The technology landscape is experiencing unprecedented disruption as AI reshapes enterprise IT infrastructure, operations, and strategy. Herb Hogue, SVP at Myriad 360 with over three decades of experience across engineering, architecture, and leadership roles, brings unique perspective to this transformation. What makes the current AI...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The race to implement AI is leaving many businesses struggling with hallucinations, compliance concerns, and disappointing results. What's missing? According to Dominik Tomičević founder and CEO of Memgraph, it's the critical connection between AI and graph technology. Dominik shares his fascinating journey from winning a Bil...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The networking landscape is experiencing a seismic shift as artificial intelligence transforms traditional connectivity into intelligent, business-driven infrastructure. Gary Sidhu, Senior Vice President of Product Engineering at GTT, takes us on a fascinating journey through this evolution, explaining how networks are evolving from &q...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The telecommunications industry faces unprecedented challenges in operational efficiency, customer experience, and digital transformation. Enter TUPL – the quiet powerhouse revolutionizing how telecom giants handle everything from network operations to technical customer care. Meet Rafael Ballesteros of TUPL, who shares the remarkable...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The data protection landscape has fundamentally changed. Gone are the days when IT leaders maintained complete control over data housed solely in on-premises environments. Today's reality is vastly more complex – a scattered ecosystem of on-premises systems, multiple clouds, and countless SaaS applications that Andy from HYCU aptl...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The explosion of generative AI has created an urgent need for enterprises to run AI workloads on-premises to protect sensitive data, maintain governance, and safeguard intellectual property. In this illuminating conversation with Tasha Drew, who leads the engineering team for private AI services within VMware Cloud Foundation, we explo...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The digital infrastructure landscape has fundamentally changed. What was once a simple utility—broadband connectivity—has evolved into a strategic asset requiring sophisticated architecture, security considerations, and specialized expertise. In this insightful conversation with James Coberly CTO/ COO of Massive Networks, we explore wh...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The evolution of industrial IoT is transforming how businesses approach connectivity, resilience, and edge intelligence. Digi International stands at the forefront of this revolution, having journeyed from a hardware-focused connected devices company to a comprehensive solutions provider over its 40-year history. What makes this transf...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The digital identity revolution is here, and it's transforming how we verify who we are online. In this fascinating conversation, Raj from Trua explains how their innovative approach to identity verification is creating what amounts to a "TSA PreCheck for the digital age" - a system where you verify your identity once an...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com What happens when cutting-edge AI meets the traditionally conservative world of accounting? A revolution that's transforming how high-net-worth individuals and family offices manage their wealth. Meet Brian, CEO of Montreal-based Wealth Write-Up, who brings a fascinating perspective on how technology is reshaping investment accoun...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Have you ever wondered how AI coding assistants could work in secure enterprise environments without sending your proprietary code to the cloud? That's exactly what Tabnine is tackling as an enterprise-first AI assistant that predates even GitHub Copilot. The secret to effective AI agents in enterprise settings isn't just raw...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Ever wonder why healthcare costs keep rising while hospitals struggle financially? The answer might lie in what Ananth Manivannan Founder @ Resolvd AI, calls "the swivel chair problem" – the countless hours healthcare professionals spend manually transferring data between systems instead of focusing on patient care. The journ...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The digital transformation journey toward AI implementation presents enterprises with a fundamental challenge: leveraging decades of data stored across disconnected silos. Unlike early AI pioneers who built purpose-designed infrastructure from scratch, most organizations must work with existing investments while meeting the unique dema...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The private cloud revolution is gaining momentum, with VMware's Virtual Cloud Foundation (VCF) emerging as the platform of choice for enterprises seeking alternatives to public cloud. In this enlightening conversation with Vijay Ramachandran, who leads product management for core infrastructure at Broadcom, we dive deep into the t...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The security landscape is dramatically shifting as organizations embrace private AI and cloud environments, creating new vulnerabilities alongside unprecedented opportunities. Umesh Mahajan VP & GM, Application Networking and Security Division, Broadcom pulls back the curtain on this evolving threat landscape where generative AI is...

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Private cloud is experiencing a dramatic resurgence as organizations rethink their cloud strategies. Prashanth Shenoy reveals fascinating insights from their research spanning 1,800 global IT decision-makers: 53% are building new workloads on private cloud while a striking 70% are repatriating workloads from public environments. What&a...