Why isn't talking tech as simple, quick, and agile as its innovations promise to be? Technology Untangled is just that - a show that deciphers tech's rapid evolutions with one simple question in mind: what's really going to shape our future (and what's going to end up in the bargain bin with the floppy disc)? Join your host Michael Bird as he untangles innovation through a series of interviews, stories, and analyses with some of the industry's brightest brains. No marketing speak, no unneces ...
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We’re back, with a one-off episode looking at the challenges and opportunities tckled by leaders in their field throughout 2024, and looking ahead to 2025. 2024 has been quite a year. From elections and changes of Government around the world, to war, to lingering economic uncertainty - it has felt like the world is in a state of flux. But with unce…
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Can international collaboration help to fight cybercrime?
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32:53We’ve spoken before on this podcast about cyber security and protecting yourself from cyber crime - but what is being done to tackle the phenomenon internationally? That’s what we’re looking at in this episode. We’ve bought together some of the most senior global figures on cyber crime to find out how international collaboration and public/private …
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In this episode we are looking at the challenges AI technology faces when it comes to becoming, and then remaining sustainable. The benefits of AI are unquestionable: from improved medical assistance and increased efficiency in the workplace, to autonomous transportation and next-level gaming experiences. But the more expansive the abilities of AI …
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The future of storage tech: Can the tech of the past influence the tech of tomorrow?
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30:44In this episode, we’re taking a look at how the explosion in our demand for data storage has led to needing more capacity than ever before, and whether long-vanished ideas from our computing past could influence technological innovation in the future. In 2022 the world generated 97 Zettabytes of data. It has been predicted that, by 2025, that numbe…
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In this episode, we'll explore how technology is changing the way we communicate. But much more than that, we're going to be looking at how it's actually changing our relationship with language itself. Ever since the first pictograms which date way back over 5000 years, we've been searching for technologies to communicate with each other in more wi…
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Connectivity in sports: How are connectivity and bandwidth creating the venues of the future?
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36:29Sports and data are closely intertwined – and that’s especially true for spectators. So how can data, analytics, IoT and connectivity create better experiences fans? In this episode, we’re taking a look at how major sports venues and events are using technology to create the perfect experience for their customers. It's something that’s been a recur…
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Routes into STEM – Could apprenticeships solve the tech talent crunch?
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33:42Routes into STEM – Could apprenticeships solve the tech talent crunch? There’s an acute shortage of candidates for tech jobs – in fact, research suggests tens of millions of potential roles are going unfilled. In a poll with global technology chiefs conducted by MIT’s ‘Technology Review’, a majority found that they weren’t getting enough candidates…
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AI in Healthcare: Are we ready for data to examine us?
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35:56You've heard it from us before on this podcast, but we'll say it again. AI is transforming our world. Depending on which market research you look at, AI in healthcare is already somewhere from a 14-21 billion dollar industry in 2023, which is almost double what it was worth just two years ago. By 2028, it's set to be a 100 billion dollar global ind…
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Exascale: Are we ready for the next generation of supercomputers?
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28:57The dawn of the exascale computer has arrived. In May 2022, a computer named Frontier was switched on at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the USA. At well over twice the computing power of the previous world record holder, it has ushered in a new era of supercomputers, with at least two more to follow in the coming months and years. In this epi…
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Keeping the lights on part 2: How do we optimize our energy usage?
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45:32The world’s energy supply is in a state of flux. Australian coal is being bought up by China faster than it can be mined, Europe is coming to terms with Russian gas being shut off, and the US is grappling with how to produce more energy whilst meeting green targets and keeping people in mining areas employed. It’s a tough balancing act. In the last…
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Keeping the lights on part 1: How do we make more energy?
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36:05The world is in a state of flux when it comes to energy production. Australian coal is being bought up by China as fast as it can be mined, Europe is coming to terms with Russian gas supplies being a bargaining chip in international politics, and the US is grappling with how to produce more energy whilst meeting green targets and keeping people in …
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Can technology help to rebuild after disasters?
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47:042022 saw 421 registered natural disasters worldwide, including floods, drought, famine and earthquakes. It also saw new or escalating conflicts in Sudan, Syria and Ukraine. Thousands of NGOs, activists and charity groups do what they can to help those in need, whilst Governments and research groups try to come up with better ways of predicting, mit…
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Bad AI is becoming a major headache for organizations. Tech is a male-dominated sphere, which means that it produces, inherently, male-skewed AI driven by unconsciously biased datasets. The effects of this can be measurable. Run through the same AI, women can receive worse credit or loan agreements than their male counterparts, be pushed out from j…
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Welcome to Technology Untangled: Season 4 Trailer
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2:11Welcome to season four of Technology Untangled from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. A new series means a new format, so join your hosts - yes, plural - Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell in unravelling the stories and technologies which are changing the way we work. Every two weeks, we take a look at an emergent story in technology and interview experts fr…
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We hear a lot about Big Data. But what does it actually mean? Is it, quite simply, lots of data? Or is there more to it than that? Spoiler alert, there is. A lot more. In this episode, we're taking a look at the age of insight, and how Big Data has evolved from a technical concept to a way of extracting enormous value from the fumes of data meant f…
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Ransomware Attacks: Should we be worried?
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36:13Cyber Security is big business. In fact, it's estimated to be worth $160 billion. But that's likely to be peanuts compared to the value of cyber crime, which is estimated to cost the global economy $600 billion in 2022 - nearly 1% of the global economy. And just one corner of that - ransomware - costs the same in damage and paid-out fees as the ent…
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Lessons from 2022: Turning challenges into opportunities
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34:082022 has not been a straightforward year. A war in Ukraine has seen the world divided and global energy and food supplies disrupted. International tensions between China and Taiwan have reared their heads again. Recession is looming in many parts of the world, and whilst it makes less headlines, Covid is still very much a part of our lives. But org…
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Autonomous vehicles: Are we steering in the right direction?
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42:10Autonomous vehicles are a hot topic. Their incredible ability – and at times lack of it – is a source of controversy as much as a source of wonder, from avoidable crashes to drivers literally sleeping at the wheel. What's undeniable is that you can now theoretically sit in a car and let it take control as it guides you along the road. But is that a…
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World poverty: Is technology the great leveller?
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33:46Since 1990, the global rates of extreme poverty have gone from around 40% to around 10%, and ending World Poverty entirely by 2030 is one of the UN’s Key Sustainable Development Goals, announced in 2015. However, progress is slowing, and 710 million people around the world still live in extreme poverty - currently earning below $1.90 per day. So ho…
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World hunger: Can technology help feed the world?
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39:39Ending World Hunger by 2030 is one of the UN’s Key Sustainable Development Goals, announced in 2015. We’re now half way to the final milepost, but estimates still put the number of people in the world who are suffering from hunger and malnutrition at around 811 million, more than 9% of the world's population. So how can tech help? In this episode, …
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Technology in Sport: A race against the machine?
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39:53Professional sport is a world where individuals can earn as much as a decent-sized business, and teams have evolved to become multi-national corporations. And where there's money, technology follows. In this episode, we'll be meeting with amazing people at the cutting edge of sports technology to look at how data has become a key part of the field …
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The Cloud has become a backbone of the world economy over the last decade, powering everything from streaming services to mobile banking. It’s a fantastic resource, but as time goes on the limits of the Cloud are becoming clearer, from over-reliance issues to incompatibility with legacy hardware. This week - part 2 of a 2 part special - we’re takin…
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The Cloud has become a backbone of the world economy over the last decade, powering everything from streaming services to mobile banking. It’s a fantastic resource, but as time goes on the limits of the Cloud are becoming clearer, from over-reliance issues to incompatibility with legacy hardware. This week - part 1 of a 2 part special - we’re takin…
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Technology Untangled is back for a third series. ‘Friendly’ autonomous vehicles, AI, satellites, plotting food supplies, dependencies, hybrid cloud, hyperscalers, skeletal scanning, ransomware, Virtual Referees, Technological Doping, Big Data, AI, Poker-playing robots, Racing scooters, Sustainability, on-prem, colo, trust, graphine, AI sports coach…
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2021 Untangled: Are things remotely normal yet?
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35:49By HPE, Michael Bird, Antonio Neri, Anthesis Group CEO Stuart McLachlan, Micro:bit Edcuational Foundation CEO Gareth Stockdale, Susie Wolff CEO, ROKiT Venturi Racing, Formula E
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By HPE, Michael Bird, Andrew Emerson, Chris Dando, Colin Wood, Dan Broomham, Dave Strong, Eng Lim Goh, Florian Buehr, Ian Henderson, Jacob Balma, Jen Hawes-Hewitt, Jimmy Chion, John Frey, Jordan Appleson, Lauren Dyer, Leslie Shannon, Mark Fernandez, Mary Towers Matt Armstrong-Barnes, Puneet Sharma, Rasha Hasaneen, Ray Beausoleil, Sarah McCarthy, Simon Peyton-Jones, Simon Wilson, Toju Duke
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Mission to Mars: How far can we push the edge?
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47:32By HPE, Michael Bird, Eng Lim Goh, Mark Fernandez, Timothy Lang, NASA Marshall Space Flight Centre
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Quantum Computing: Superposition or qubit too far?
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45:20By HPE, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Michael Bird, Tony Stranack, Ray Beausoleil, Sarah McCarthy, Hewlett Packard Labs, University of Waterloo
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By HPE UK&I, Michael Bird, Eng Lim Goh, Tony Costa, Florian Buehr, Bumble Bee Foods
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By HPE UKIMESA, Michael Bird, John Frey, Ian Henderson, Trane Technologies, Rasha Hasaneen, Jordan Appleson, Hark
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By HPE UK&I, Michael Bird, Chris Dando, Josephine Wolff, Tufts University-Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Simon Wilson, Aruba Networks
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Covid & Digital Transformation: Too much, too soon?
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34:51By HPE UK&I, Michael Bird, Dave Strong, Dan Broomham, Alex Haddow, Tquila Automation, E3O Consulting, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
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By HPE UK&I, Michael Bird, Ian Henderson, Jen Hawes-Hewitt, Kirk Bresniker, Smart London Board, Hewlett Packard Labs
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AI & the Future of Work: Do we have the right tools?
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37:52By HPE UK&I, Michael Bird, Matt Armstrong-Barnes, Toju Duke, Mary Towers, Simon Peyton-Jones, Google, Trade Union Congress, Computing At School, National Centre for Computing Education
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Supercomputing: An exascale-sized challenge?
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39:01By HPE, Michael Bird, Bill Mannel, Jacob Balma, Andrew Emerson, HPE, Cineca, Exscalate4COV Consortium
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By HPE, Michael Bird, Matt-Armstrong Barnes, Chris Dando, Dave Happy, Leslie Shannon, Puneet Sharma, Colin Wood, Hewlett Packard Labs, 5G RuralDorset, Nokia
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By HPE UK&I, Michael Bird, Matt-Armstrong Barnes, Chris Dando, Jimmy Chion, New York Times 5G Journalism Lab, Leslie Shannon, Nokia
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Technology Untangled is back for a second series. AI, Everything as a service, Hyper Converged Infrastructure, The Edge (not that one), Containers, the Internet of Things, Apple, PC, VPNs, Virtual reality, Augmented Reality, Self-Driving Cars, Networks, WiFi, 4G, 5G, Quantum Computing, Chess Computers, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Supercomput…
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2020 Untangled: The year everything changed?
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37:54By HPE UK&I, Michael Bird, Antonio Neri, Ed Williams, Edelman, Susie Wolff, ROKiT Venturi Formula E Team
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Digital Ethics: How can we make tech a force for good?
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38:50By Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Michael Bird, Dave Strong, Jen Rodvold, Mick Jackson, Sopra Steria, Wildhearts Group
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IoT: Is this the fourth industrial revolution?
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35:00By Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Michael Bird, Ian Henderson, Nitu Kaushal, Chris Roberts, Goonhilly Earth Station
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By Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Michael Bird, Aruba, Simon Wilson, Jon Green, Jon Rennie, Sainsburys
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Containers: This decade's biggest innovation?
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31:40If you've read any tech blogs in the past few years, you'll certainly have seen rapturous exaltations about containers and Kubernetes. But does this decade's big innovation live up to the hype? This week, host Michael Bird takes us back to basics to explore the dynamic world of containers from the ground up, from Docker to Kubernetes. Google Advoca…
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Of all the buzzwords bandied about, hyperconverged infrastructure (or HCI) is quite possibly the buzziest of them all. Why? Because it’s revolutionary. Hyperconverged Infrastructure is working towards the challenges IT departments are facing now, and in the future, that involve massive amounts of data and the need for agility, stability and speed. …
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Sustainability: Can tech ever be environmentally friendly?
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30:19Climate change is front-page news, and rightly so. We've collectively got ourselves into this mess, so can tech help us innovate our way out of it? And how does your organisation play its part? Join host, Michael Bird, on a journey through the circular economy, from climate science and sustainability strategies to cutting-edge materials innovation …
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Everything-as-a-Service: Is your organisation ready?
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29:55What do organisations and IT departments really need in order to digitally transform and be competitive? Buzzwords and benefits are bandied around but as-a-Service is suffering from a serious lack of clarity! Michael Bird untangles the radical aaS revolution - a journey that starts with Salesforce, makes a few stops on the hybrid cloud highway, and…
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AI: Should you start looking for a new job?
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29:54Is artificial intelligence really going to change the way we live and work, or are the supposed possibilities no more than seductive PR? In this episode, alongside chief technologist Matt Armstrong-Barnes, we trace AI's technological leaps from Alan Turing to AlexNet via Dartmouth University. We map out the innovations impacting organisations right…
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We're living in the golden age of technology, and in many ways, today's organisations are spoilt for choice. But are all innovations equal? Introducing Technology Untangled, a new fortnightly show coming soon to this feed. Join host Michael Bird on his mission to demystify tech's hottest topics and biggest breakthroughs to uncover what's really goi…
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