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Back @ IT Show

Di: Aaron Back
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  • With many CXOs and other business technology professionals faced with mounting pressures to define the business, process, or customer value around technology and cloud investments, this podcast will help put things into context, break down tough issues, and have listeners walking away with actionable insights. Back @ IT is not scripted nor is it staged, instead, it is a free-flow conversation with thought leaders that considers the business technology and the people that make things happen - all intended to help you #competefast in the acceleration economy.
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  • Oracle Redefines Innovation With Its Industry Lab Experiences

    Oracle Redefines Innovation With Its Industry Lab Experiences
    Jun 7 2022
    Highlights00:05 — Aaron introduces the latest Back @ IT episode, explaining the Oracle Industry Lab’s aim to give people hands-on experiences with the latest technology and physically experience its real-world impact.01:27 — Oracle continues to focus on industry-specific solutions and outcomes for its customers; a topic the company will dive into during its keynote segment at the Cloud Wars Expo in June.01:43 — Aaron is joined by Vice President of Oracle Industry Lab Burcin Kaplanoglu to learn more about the lab’s impact and big-picture goals.02:49 — Burcin describes how he arrived at the Oracle Industry Lab, including nearly 17 years of experience in the construction engineering industry. The experience fueled an idea to build a construction site to simulate real-world use cases and solve customer problems.04:23 — Implementing a simulated environment and scaling to multiple locations proved its value — according to Burcin, simulating real-world cases resolved nearly 80% of issues that would otherwise have gone unnoticed.05:07 — Bringing things to life and seeing outcomes firsthand pays off with customers.05:58 — In the first 18 months of operations, Oracle had over 2,000 engagements from people all over the world. The lab, which began as a double-wide trailer, now occupies a three-story, 30,000-square-foot facility. The project has grown to facilitate multiple industries that learn from each other’s experiences.07:42 — The lab has also proven value in fueling a partner ecosystem. Burcin describes Skydio‘s indoor autonomous drone testing within the new warehouse site.10:02 — In another example, Burcin described the use of the lab featuring tools designed to provide precise measurements in plane manufacturing.11:09 — The “why” behind a cloud company investing in physically testing and validating solutions is simple: To work with customers and co-innovate, to be good custodians of data, and to show evolving use cases when engaging with customers.12:24 — Aaron discusses drone-captured data to facilitate quality assurance processes. Wrangling data points together into contextual, sensible information that can lead to better decision-making will become even more important as the mass of available data grows.13:52 — Making sense of data is a complex process, particularly as industry data remains largely siloed. What each individual company has “is not enough”  — more data is needed to reach the desired business outcomes.15:19 — The drive to better contextualize data is in service of the customer.16:00 — In a recent press release, Oracle announced new labs in both Chicago and England. the U.K. lab is focused on mobility and sustainability. It includes a train station, roads, a construction site, “food and beverage chaos,” and everything needed to fully simulate autonomous transportation. Lab capabilities are constantly evolving.18:52 — Burcin clarifies the lab is not to be confused with a demo center. While capable of demonstrations, its main goal is to identify the technology, skills, and Oracle tech needed to solve problems.20:45 — Emphasis on the experiential continues to take shape in the post-pandemic environment. Expectations endured a massive shift as workers operated outside corporate offices. Oracle’s new test site provides the ability to “show, don’t tell” when it comes to new products.22:38 — Upon building the initial site, which consisted of a trailer, a steel structure, and a fence, the superintendent attached RFID tags with duct tape. The tags stayed in place through harsh conditions for 18 months, long enough that Burcin still jokingly claims the most important lab finding remains the power of duct tape.23:55 — There is tremendous value in simplifying rather than overcomplicating things.24:33 — Aaron and Burcin close with key takeaways. Burcin encourages CXOs to focus on their end-users  — the industry professionals getting hands-on experience with these tools. Figuring out what the end-user needs and providing it accelerates adoption.
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    28 min
  • How Blockchain Infrastructure Can Drive an NFT Community

    How Blockchain Infrastructure Can Drive an NFT Community
    May 25 2022

    Web3, Blockchain, and NFTs continue to grab a lot of attention, but what do they really mean? And what types of opportunities exist? Behind the scenes, a lot of companies are building unique solutions on top of blockchain to deliver a new way of doing business. This is creating the potential for better transparency, crafting new NFT valuations, and redefining what Web3 could be.

    To help me decipher all of this is Susan Falola. She is the Founder of JUUBIX, a Go Global Award Winner – Frontrunner in Fintech 2021, a Strategic innovator, blockchain and NFT expert, and a strong advocate of DEI – diversity, equity, and inclusion.

    Highlights

    01:32 — Introducing Susan Falola, CEO and Creative Director at JUUBIX.

    02:34 — What is JUUBIX? Susan explains the business of providing stakeholders as a service and establishing an entirely new collaborative marketplace for talent, companies, and investors. The JUUBIX ecosystem immerses users in emerging technology services, such as NFTs, the Metaverse, and blockchain products to explore innovative new sources of revenue.

    05:10 — The Metaverse introduces the conjunction of physical, digital, and virtual aspects of business. The emergence of new technologies also means new challenges—and potential for innovative solutions—to fill gaps in a given product or service. JUUBIX is an example of a model that successfully identifies and fills those technological gaps.

    06:17 — When it comes to emerging technologies, networks can experience rapid growth, due to the vast pool of knowledge available worldwide. JUUBIX connects collaborators anonymously through interests, skills, and needs and thus naturally adopts a diversity of ideas.

    08:58 — The model overrides any biases, intentional or otherwise, when seeking the right person or skillset to fulfill a need.

    10:28 — There are more opportunities with blockchain technology beyond the trending topics in the news like crypto and NFTs. Blockchain is an infrastructure providing unmatched levels of transparency in the supply chain.

    12:15 — How does blockchain technology relate to the community-driven value of NFTs?

    15:22 — The JUUBIX ecosystem naturally converts users into the network’s assets. So, how does blockchain technology relate to those assets’ increase in value as user skillsets are repeatedly validated?

    17:41 — AI aids the process of sorting through massive volumes of data and developing an algorithm capable of providing intuitive evaluations of potential collaborators in the JUUBIX network.

    20:29 — There are use cases for empowering individual employees, investors, entrepreneurs, and those who might be overlooked due to gender, ethnicity, or level of experience.

    22:58 — Creating a network of anonymized stakeholder connections is just one of the countless possibilities emerging technologies have created, despite the spotlight hovering almost exclusively on crypto and NFT news.

    25:10 — Watch for Susan’s upcoming publication, “Metaverse or Meta-for-the-worse?”
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    26 min
  • Unlocking the 5G Potential: Exclusive Interview with Verizon Business CRO Sampath Sowmyanarayan

    Unlocking the 5G Potential: Exclusive Interview with Verizon Business CRO Sampath Sowmyanarayan
    May 12 2022
    Yes, we’ve all seen and heard commercials about 5G for our personal phones. But there’s much more to it than that. Think about the huge need inside of the industrial IoT space or functionality inside of smart factories; or think about utilities, energy, and water communications.But this doesn’t mean that 5G will solve all the problems. Let’s be real. But it does mean when properly implemented, 5G can unlock new capabilities for the enterprise.In this special  episode, and in conjunction with my recent visit to the Oracle Industry Innovation Lab, I had the opportunity to chat with the Chief Revenue Officer for Verizon Business, Sampath Sowmyanarayan. We dive into 5G, the Verizon Business and Oracle partnership, unique use cases of 5G, the impact across multiple industries, and much more. “We’re working very closely with the Oracle in their [innovation] lab and one of the things we see in 5G is we can’t go it alone. We work with the three hyperscalers, cloud providers as well – the ecosystem is big. You can use the Verizon 5G network or you can go through any of our partners, but you still get the best.”- Sampath Sowmyanarayan, CRO Verizon BusinessHighlights03:31 — While we often see commercials for 5G from a personal aspect, there are many opportunities with 5G across the enterprise. There’s also the opportunity for multi-access edge computing. How many companies are recognizing the top benefits from these?04:33 — There are three major use cases for 5G:Mobility — delivering higher bandwidth and latencyFixed Wireless Access — broadband speeds available wirelessly in a small boxMobile Edge Compute — bringing together the power of the 5G network with the power of the cloud6:30 — 5G is beneficial for locations such as venues and warehouses. There are many use cases in various industries that started off with basic connectivity and have now grown as 5G has the ability to provide a lot of data at very low latency.08:45 — Verizon Business is working closely with Oracle in its lab, as they recognize the need for co-innovation and partners with so many B2B use cases. Each lab is dedicated to an industry or vertical. For instance, the lab in Atlanta with Emory University is focused on healthcare.09:48 — The ecosystem is big—the Verizon Business 5G network can be accessed through a number of its partners. Partner ecosystems have unlocked co-innovation and co-creativity to keep customers at the center.11:04 — What factors should be considered when getting started with the 5G journey? Firstly, Sampath recommends working with trusted communication and network partners.12:08 — Secondly, Sampath encourages quickly gaining an understanding of how 5G can change the workflows in your business. What capabilities of 5G can you use to unlock changes in your workflow? How can 5G help with your digital transformation?12:32 — Further, you need an ecosystem to make it work—there is no one partner that can provide all of the tools.13:38 — The manufacturing industry seems to be ahead of the curve with 5G adoption.16:02 — There has been a rise in smart factories popping up. With 5G in industries like manufacturing, it’s more than just what’s running on the line. It’s also about safety, awareness, and quality control.16:38 — With massive amounts of data flowing, there are many attributes of 5G that benefit this—high speed, low latency, device density, power consumption, and reliability—but its speed and latency are the backbone.18:18 — Quality control is a critical component.19:15 — As many companies worldwide have made sustainability a focal point, 5G will play a part in contributing to the sustainability goals. For instance, it helps reduce energy consumption and emissions with workflows. There have also been related use cases with AI and sustainability. For more in-depth insights on the categories that matter from top experts, register now for the Cloud Wars Expo.
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    23 min

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With many CXOs and other business technology professionals faced with mounting pressures to define the business, process, or customer value around technology and cloud investments, this podcast will help put things into context, break down tough issues, and have listeners walking away with actionable insights. Back @ IT is not scripted nor is it staged, instead, it is a free-flow conversation with thought leaders that considers the business technology and the people that make things happen - all intended to help you #competefast in the acceleration economy.
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