Luminaries - Talking To The Brightest Minds In Tech

What You'll Hear In This Episode Inspiration behind her environmentally sustainable company, BaYou with Love How her jewelry line of rings, earrings and cufflinks are all comprised of upcycled gold from old computer motherboards What drives her passion for sustainability and conservation How technology can mitigate some of the challenges of owning a small business Precious Metals Can Be Uncovered In the Most Unlikely of Places — Like Your Computer's Motherboard Technology is helping us to realize a more sustainable future but not always in the most traditional of ways...like recycling your disposable computer parts to make jewelry. With an estimated $60 million in gold and silver discarded by Americans through unwanted tech every year, actress-turned-entrepreneur Nikki Reed saw an opportunity to use technology to promote sustainability. BaYou with Love, a joint venture between Nikki and Freedom of Animals founder Morgan Bogle, uses gold recovered from old computer motherboards and upcycles it to create “The

What You'll Hear In This Episode How machine learning builds a robot's social intelligence How AI and IoT could make cities more accessible, smarter How data being used to develop autonomous vehicles can also be used for town planning How technology can improve the quality of life for the inhabitants of ""smart"" cities" Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, and the Smart City of the Future The average speed of traffic through London has not changed since the days of horse-drawn carts. All of the transportation advantages of the past 200 years, from the internal combustion engine to the highway system, haven’t increased the rate of travel. The infrastructure simply can’t keep up with the demands of the populace. But why is this significant? To truly serve people’s needs now and in the future, cities need to get smarter to cope with a growing population and its demands on city services. Our guest this episode is helping to create the “smart cities” of the future. Dr. Richard

What You'll Learn In This Episode "The origins of human genome sequencing A single patient's DNA requires about 4 terabytes of storage The stack of paper required to write one human genome would be as tall as the Statue of Liberty Translating research into clinical application at scale How medicine is outpacing technology Dr Jeffrey Trent, President & Research Director of TGen loves helping people TGen used to see data processing as a 3 billion piece jigsaw puzzle that was thrown into a tornado but now, all-flash storage helps to put it all back together again, more efficiently and more effectively Thanks to artificial intelligence, robots are now performing surgery Advances in Computer Processing Tech Are Saving Lives, Four Terabytes at a Time Four terabytes is enough space to store over 1200 hours of HD video… Or the genetic code for a single human being. Turns out, we contain more data than the entire run of Friends, How I Met Your Mother, and the Simpsons, with room left over for the entire ext

Imagine you’re remodeling a building and you need to reroute the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. You put on a pair of glasses, look up, and see the entire proposed new duct work as though it were already installed – including the places where it might interfere with the existing structure. Or suppose you’re a quality assurance technician with a hundred-item checklist to work through. Instead of consulting a manual, you see each item on the list displayed right next to its real-life counterpart. These are just two of the hundreds of business applications for augmented reality. These devices promise to revolutionize the way we work, from assembly lines to server farms to boardrooms. On this Luminaries episode, DAQRI CEO Roy Ashok explores what the tech is doing now, and what’s just over the horizon. Listen in to Learn: What technological advances make AR possible How AR enhances human effort across industries How AI and AR combine to augment human capability What’s next for AR and the

Spend Less, Do More, Move Ahead with IT Transformation It’s easy to assume that investing in new technology will help your business get ahead of the competition. But there’s more to IT transformation than chasing the latest shiny object. According to Adam Demattia and John McKnight of the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), IT transformation is a philosophy of ongoing adoption, evaluation, and adjustment. When businesses adopt the right philosophy, they tend to increase efficiency, lower costs, and innovate faster than the competition. The ESG set out to quantify just how much of an advantage IT transformation gives businesses. They surveyed 4,000 organizations around the world to get hard data on how fast businesses are transforming, where challenges lie, and what should be your business’ next move. On this Luminaries episode, John and Adam present their often-surprising findings. What You'll Hear In This Episode • The current level of strategic IT transformation across industries • The competitiv

The technology environment for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is incredibly complex: 26 data centers, 18,000 users, 31,000 devices. Factor in 29 different nations speaking dozens of languages, and it’s easy to see how hard it could be to keep things running smoothly. And it’s not enough to just maintain a status quo – as technology evolves, and member nations needs change, NATO’s digital infrastructure has to adapt as well. Dr. Gregory Edwards, Director of Infrastructure Services in the NATO Communications and Information Agency, helps provide the leadership that allows for both stability and flexibility. In this episode, Edwards explains how he fosters understanding, builds trust, and ultimately achieves consensus in the organization.

The popular perception of an “inventor" is someone sitting by themselves, racking their brain until a light bulb comes on over their head. But that kind of lightning-strike innovation, one person creating something entirely new all by themselves, is extremely rare. Assaf Natanzon holds 200 patents, with over 200 more pending. He fostered a love for innovation while working in the startup culture, and now helps create new ways to keep data safe from corruption, crashes, and cyberattacks. On this episode, Assaf shares great advice on how to foster an environment that promotes innovation. It's not about one person thinking hard until inspiration hits. It's about taking in new ideas, listening to people's problems, combining disciplines, education and technology in new ways.

Finding new uses for existing technologies can be a powerful force for innovation. For example, the same technology that saves stranded astronauts can help firefighters navigate smoke-filled buildings. But it takes more than a big intellectual property catalog to make new products out of old tech: It takes a corporate culture that embraces diversity and encourages collaboration. Draper Laboratory CIO Mike Crones explains how he fosters a culture that drives innovation.

Formula One racing is all about the science of speed. The driver is the engineer who uses data from over 200 sensors for analysis to produce a winning team. McLaren Racing. CEO Zak Brown dives into new advances in racing, simulation and electric cars. Winning Formula One racing is ultimately done on powerful analytics: McLaren uses Dell laptops, screens, servers and security to power their need for speed. Then they take their learnings and apply them beyond racing, keeping technology at the center of everything they do.

Soccer fans insist on instant accuracy from officials, but the human eye can misjudge a goal. GoalControl CEO Daniel Marchwinski explains how technology can instantly share the validity of a goal in 4D.

What do artificial intelligence, machine learning, virtual reality, and augmented reality have in common? Each of these technologies will revolutionize the way we interact and partner with machines and with each other. Together, they will transform the workforce, improve healthcare, and democratize education. Jeff Clarke, Vice Chairman of Products & Operations for Dell Technologies, takes us on a guided tour through the not-too-distant future.

Picture a farm that uses 95% less water and grows up to 390 times more food. Don’t imagine a wide-open field of grain; these crops grow without soil or sunlight. AeroFarms CEO and Co-Founder David Rosenberg explains how his company uses cutting-edge data analyses and technology to re-imagine how the human race can stay fed as populations rise and resources dwindle.

Cybersecurity can seem overwhelming, as more data moves into the cloud and internet-enabled devices proliferate. Possibly even more daunting than dealing with potential threats is evaluating the hundreds of new vendors offering solutions. Which “next best thing” can truly keep your data protected? Is security a technology problem or a human one? How can outnumbered “good guys” gain a tactical advantage over threat actors? Dr. Zulfikar Ramzan brings his expertise to bear on this tricky topic, sharing the four critical criteria businesses can use to evaluate cybersecurity solutions, how businesses should prioritize security spending, and why he remains optimistic for the future.

The future of work is evolving rapidly with technology innovation. New jobs are being created, new work environments are being designed, new work tools are becoming available. Technology is at the core of these new developments, either as the impetus for the new job or as the facilitator of doing the new job. Display technology is the interface that workers use to do their work and it plays a major part in the design of new ways to work.

The compute location pendulum has been swinging from a centralized to a distributed model, from the cloud to the edge. New ways of analyzing data securely in real-time are being developed, driven by the incredible amount of data brought on by devices connected via the Internet of Things. Is your business ready to leverage the power of data at the edge and the core?

“People care about the technology and tools in their workplace more than any other perks.” Sam Burd, who leads Dell’s Client Solutions Group, takes the research behind this statement very seriously and, as an 18 year veteran at Dell, knows that constant innovation, research and disruption is indispensable when working in IT. Putting the smartest devices into the hands of the workforce is not only beneficial in the context of vying for the best talent, but also from the perspective of having the most creative, motivated and productive workforce. Sam believes that the opportunity that exists on the edge with technology to build great devices is greater than ever, but also more complex than it has ever been. Listen to Sam’s conversation with Mark Schaefer and Doug Karr where virtual and mixed reality as well as the demands of the workforce of the future are hot topics.e?

Learn how Dell’s CTO, Liam Quinn, sees the future of the Internet of Intelligent Things, IoT, augmented reality, virtual reality and artificial intelligence leveraging new technological developments from edge to core to cloud. Mr. Quinn joined Dell in Jan 1997, and holds over 90 granted and pending patents, and was named inventor for the year in 2005, 2007, and 2014. Mr. Quinn represents Dell on the Board of the Wi-Fi Alliance, and the UT WNCG Board (Wireless Networking and Communications Group). He is the Dell Exec Sponsor for the UT Cockrell School of Engineering and the UT College of Natural Science. He is also a member of the UT Cockrell School of Engineering Advisory Board. In this role Liam has responsibility to lead technology innovation across the client product groups and drive alignment across the Dell CTO organizations. In his current role, Liam is leading the Technology and architecture strategy for The Internet of Things, IP development and relevant standards participation, and the interlock proc

Trey Layton got his start in the military as an imagery analyst working for General Schwarzkopf during Desert Storm. His special skills of interpreting images led to him finding the Blackhawk helicopters downed during the Battle of Mogadishu, known as the ‘Blackhawk Down’ incident. The technology to transfer images from the receive location to the image analysis platform in the 1990’s was vastly different from what is possible today. Understanding the challenges, Trey built some of the first computer systems and networks specifically addressing this problem. The seed for a career in IT to solve customer challenges was sown. For Trey, it has never been about providing something cheaper, but rather about providing something different that solves the challenge. In other words, it’s not about getting new IT equipment, it’s about modernizing and assembling equipment to transform operations for speed and agility that frees resources for investment in other areas, such as giving IT staff back their weekends. Transfo

Rooted in the mindset of an engineer, a scientist, a business development expert and an entrepreneur, Dr. Orna Berry analyzes business challenges from multiple angles to ensure that the IT and services solution achieves all objectives. Due north for all activities is customer experience. At the highest level, IT must connect data for analysis while ensuring its protection from loss and compromise, in any way, when it is stationary and when it is in motion. This deceivingly simple premise requires extensive planning around what services need to be provided or automated, the right data to be collected, the right technologies, such as hybrid enterprise cloud and converged infrastructure to achieve scale and speed to market, and procurement within the confinements of the customer's budget and, of course, industry and government regulations. The latter is of particular relevance in the fintech vertical, as Dr. Berry points out. Add the advent of the Internet of Things and with it the distribution of wisdom to even

Transforming your business into a digital business is hard. It requires transforming the company's culture, business processes and, most certainly, the IT organization. Michele Perras, who leads Strategy and Market Development at Pivotal Labs, understands that and explains that often businesses, even those who never considered themselves technology or software-driven companies, have to learn these skills to stay relevant and move forward on their digital transformation journey. An entrepreneur and founder of an accelerator herself, Perras shares the key elements of helping companies via a fully immersive, co-location based software development consulting program. Businesses take home replicable best practices for business processes, organizational structures and best tools to use, as well as a new mindset and culture needed to improve efficiency, agility and ability to innovate. In a groundbreaking project, Pivotal, Circular Board and Dell Technologies partnered to develop an artificial intelligence business