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Today’s businesses won’t see tomorrow without embracing tech-enabled disruption and adapting and evolving to meet the demands of the digital future. The path to an Autonomous Digital Enterprise—a state in which intelligent, integrated, value-creating functions operate with minimal human involvement across every facet of the organization and its ecosystem—begins with solutions that maximize the efficiency of your existing operations so you can deliver the innovative services and capabilities that attract and retain customers. From core to cloud to edge, BMC delivers the software and services that enable over 10,000 global customers, including 84% of the Forbes Global 100, to thrive in their ongoing evolution to an Autonomous Digital Enterprise. BMC's solutions help IT with artificial intelligence, automation, optimization, performance, security, and service management, covering everything from mainframe to multi-cloud. The BMC portfolio of open, scalable, modular technologies ensures that our customers can run

As the world continues to plunge through a pandemic and struggling economy, sales teams need all the tools they can get to generate leads now more than ever before. While searching for contact information or company stakeholders is helpful, what about finding the critical information that tells customers a potential prospect's spending habits, credit scores, capital raises, etc. that would indicate the organization's actual market value? Zembles is a first-of-its-kind "ProspectTech" lead-gen platform that recently unveiled its First Identification Technology. The Zembles platform creates sales efficiencies, arming sales teams with the most promising target companies and individuals based on its data-cloning intelligence. Powered by one of the largest databases of U.S. businesses, Zembles finds prospects that bear an uncanny resemblance to a company's best customers – and then prioritizes them based on their financial health and credit risk. Jim Swift, the founder of Zembles, discusses how they are using AI

ThousandEyes is a real-time map of the Internet. Companies that rely on the Internet rely on ThousandEyes for instant visibility into what's breaking, where. The company delivers visibility into digital experiences delivered over the Internet and has been dubbed the "X-Ray machine of the Internet." The world's largest companies rely on the platform, collective intelligence, and smart monitoring agents to get a real-time map of how their customers and employees reach and experience critical apps and services across traditional, SD-WAN, Internet, and cloud provider networks. ThousandEyes is used by some of the world's largest brands, such as Microsoft, Slack, and Twitter. It also works with 8 of the 10 top global software companies, 20 of the 25 leading SaaS, 6 of the 7 top US banks, 80+ of the Fortune 500, and 150+ of the Global 2000. Yogi Chandiramani, VP of Solutions Engineering, shares how they help their clients understand how the Internet and networks work worldwide, solving connection complexities from g

Martin McKay founded Belfast-based Texthelp, an international education technology company in 1996, to help people with communication difficulties. Its products are used in both the education and corporate sectors by 29.7 million people across North America, Europe, and Australia. Martin has tracked the industry through decades of change. EdTech started as a tool for those with special educational needs or learning a second language. But now remote learning strategies are commonplace due to coronavirus school closures. He also has an inspirational story to share too. Given the rise in interest and demand in EdTech – particularly amidst COVID-19, Martin discusses the evolution of EdTech and how the landscape is different across the different territories, and what the future holds. We also explore the evolution of EdTech over the past few decades, the real benefit of EdTech for the broader education industry, the challenges EdTech faces, and how the usage of EdTech has been implemented around the pandemic.

Christopher Rigg is an innovative senior leader with extensive experience in the corporate setting as a technology and operations executive and in the consulting setting as a managing partner, delivery partner, and account leader. He is intently focused on leveraging Technology to improve client experiences, increase revenue, and enhance operational efficiency. Christopher appeared on my radar when I read that he said, "Technology will change. Resources will come and go. But the most important thing is understanding your north star vision and the technologies that are shifting and evolving to help you continue your growth, regardless of the underlying changes." During Amazon's annual conference, a reporter asked Jeff Bezos what's going to change in the next ten years, and here was his response: "Well, certainly, in 10 years, many things will evolve; Technology will change. Machine-learning Technology, in particular, will evolve very significantly over the 10-year time horizon. But I would always encourage peo

Bain Capital Tech Opportunities aims to help growing technology companies reach their full potential. They focus on companies in large, growing end markets with innovative or disruptive technology where they believe they can support transformational growth. They invest in fundamental long-term tailwinds as technology penetrates across industries, creating a large and growing number of investment opportunities. The team focuses on five priority sub-verticals: Application Software, Infrastructure & Security, Fintech & Payments, Healthcare IT, Internet & Digital Media. I invited Darren Abrahamson, Managing Director, Bain Capital Tech Opportunities on to the Tech Talks Daily podcast to find out more. Darren joined Bain Capital in 2005 and is a Managing Director on the Bain Capital Tech Opportunities team, based in Boston. Darren has served as a director at Blue Coat Systems, CentralSquare Technologies, SunGard Availability Services, Vertafore, and Viewpoint Construction Software. Prior to joining Bain

82-year-old Greg Copeland is the founder of FileBank. This multi-million dollar-a-year enterprise manages physical and digital assets for the Metropolitan Opera, Doctors Without Borders, and the New York City Ballet. Three hundred regional schools and municipalities are also run out of its massive Archive Center in Oakland, New Jersey, which has grown expediently during these challenging times – mostly because companies are looking to move their physical files to digital assets. Greg is looking to take FileBank nationwide, solving a big problem for big and small companies – digitizing files as more companies declare that they are allowing employees to work from home and other employees are hesitant to head back to the office. Greg joins me on Tech Talks Daily to share the evolution of Filebank and the lessons he has learned after a lifetime in tech.

Blocktivity. described Telos as a high-capacity network and one of the most active blockchain platforms in the world. Telos features a robust, third-generation blockchain governance system including advanced voting features and smart contracts that can be fully configured to meet the needs of any developer. Created by developers for developers, Telos extends its state-of-the-art blockchain and governance features to all DApps on its platform, delivering the best user experience in the marketplace. Telos also supports the blockchain ecosystem by serving as an incubator and accelerator for decentralized applications. Douglas Horn is the Whitepaper Author and Chief Architect of the Telos public blockchain. He is also the Founder and CEO of GoodBlock, a dApp development company, which creates cutting-edge dapps, tools and games. Prior to blockchain, Douglas worked in the entertainment and gaming industries. He has written and directed award-winning feature films and designed and produced mass-market games for Dis

According to Deloitte, nearly every company in the world will be using robotic process automation‎ (RPA) in some form within the next five years, as attempts to automate manual tasks in verticals like operations, HR, and accounting have fallen short. Gartner also estimates that by 2024, low-code application development will be responsible for more than 65% of application development activity. JIFFY.ai, the first-ever unified enterprise automation innovation company structured to have a lasting social impact over the next several decades, today launches to help enterprises optimize business functions, focused on finance and operations. The company is pursuing a responsible path to AI innovation and has a customer base that already comprises Fortune and Global 1000 companies. Our goal is to set a new standard for business at the intersection of entrepreneurship and innovation,” said Babu Sivadasan, CEO and co-founder of JIFFY.ai. “Across our entire team, we’re dedicated to tackling the effects of automation on

Omnitracs helps drive the transportation and distribution industries through key innovative software and SaaS fleet management solutions. Companies of all sizes trust them to improve visibility into real-time action for back-office and dispatch teams, create a more efficient driver experience through intuitive workflow and compliance tools, enable streamlined communications for better customer service, and help leadership teams make improved business decisions through actionable insights into fleet-data. Michal (Mic) Yariv discusses how the supply chain and trucking industry leverages data analytics to react to the pandemic in real-time and keep much-needed goods moving. She also shares how she has led an initiative to supply truckers with real-time alerts about COVID-19 cases in regions they were driving through as well as updates on stay-at-home orders, mask requirements, and restaurant and rest stop closures. We also discuss location intelligence and leveraging data to provide information about mechanics,

Live in Their World is helping companies and organizations use VR technology to tackle workplace cultural issues and help employees develop and practice new skills for a respectful engagement at work. Today, VR is an immersive technology that many HR executives are starting to embrace to train employees on workplace issues from racism to sexism to hidden systemic biases. Especially in the wake of new Black Lives Matter protests, Live in Their World (LITW) hopes to use Virtual reality to help people better understand others by putting them in their colleagues' shoes, allowing organizations to use the technology to help create a more diverse and more inclusive work environment. By immersing employees in realistic digital environments, virtual reality can lead to mind-bending experiences, such as making users feel as if they have swapped bodies with someone else, letting them see first hand what it's like to be discriminated against or treated in an uncivil way. According to Harvard Business Journal, Incivility

Alliantgroup specializes in the Research & Development tax credit, which is a wage-based credit that allows businesses to essentially fund and pay for R&D to find a new way of doing things. Rick Lazio and the alliantgroup team have already helped thousands of companies across a variety of industries secure millions from this credit in the first few months of 2020 alone. During the pandemic, it’s been more critical than ever for businesses to quickly innovate with technology to meet new consumer and society needs. Rick shares examples of their innovative work and how the R&D credit has allowed companies to expand and increase innovation to strengthen business across the country. But Rick has an inspirational story to share too. Rick Lazio is a former US Representative from New York serving in Congress from 1993-2001. While there, he became a strong advocate for small businesses by sponsoring the successful Small Business Tax Fairness Act. After Congress, Rick moved to the private sector, working fo

In this episode of the Citrix Ready Podcast series, I wanted to explore one of the tech's unsung heroes, application monitoring. Traditionally, a dashboard would warn IT teams something was wrong, and they would react to the problem as users jammed the service helpline asking for updates. In 2020, businesses need to be more proactive and address a problem before it becomes a problem. When browsing the Citrix Market place, I learned that Scoutbees by Control Up helped monitor business app availability proactively and notifies teams in advance about any issues. I invited Allen Furmanski from Citrix and Gadi Feldman from Control Up to learn more about the relationship between both companies and how together they are making monitoring great again. Allen Furmanski is a Senior Alliance Platform Solutions Architect with the Global Alliances Team focusing on joint solutions and go-to-market initiatives with key industry partners. He is a passionate IT professional, Citrix evangelist, creative problem-solver, and publ

New research from Adobe into the online shopping habits of UK consumers between March and June found that online marketplaces, such as Amazon, were four-times more popular than retailers’ own websites and apps, demonstrating the appeal of quick, convenient, one-stop shopping experiences to customers online as well as offline. The research found that since March, 69% of Brits regularly shopped online, and that more than half of them (57%) made a purchase from an online marketplace, compared with just 13% who bought directly from retailers’ websites. This suggests that even with more time on their hands and restrictions to shopping in-store, consumers were drawn to the broad product ranges, robust delivery infrastructure and limited steps between logging-on and checking-out that characterise marketplaces. Additionally, between March and June, the average online shopper made 11 purchases from an online marketplace, and just three from an online retailer. Commenting on the findings, Peter Bell, Marketing Directo

Jim McCarthy is the co-founder and CEO of Stellar Tickets (www.stellartickets. com) and Goldstar (www.goldstar.com), a company that sells millions of live event tickets to millions of people on behalf of more than 5,000 venues and producers each year. An e-commerce veteran, Jim has spent his entire career in high-growth businesses and likes to share his knowledge and insight with others. Jim is also the editor and main contributor to SellingOut.com a website for live entertainment and arts marketers. He’s the curator and co-founder of TEDxBroadway the sold-out annual event dedicated to the question: “What’s the Best Broadway Can Be?” He’s spoken at conferences all over the world, including TED, SXSW, INTIX and more. His articles have been in Forbes, Fast Company and Business Insider Jim shares his current mission of enabling artists and organizations to create high-quality online content — helping them find success in this new era where online events are transforming the entertainment landscape. We also discu

PiChain uses AI and Blockchain along with Deep Domain Expertise to ensure Sustainable Compliance Management. They help Compliance and Regulatory Professionals to make better decisions by ensuring upto 93% reduction in False Positives. Shubhradeep (Shub) Nandi is the CEO, and Co-Founder of PiChain, a RegTech company on a mission to make compliance sustainable. The serial entrepreneur is also a mentor, global speaker, and a quest to achieve sustainable compliance for 500 Enterprises by 2025. Shub joins me on Tech Talks Daily to share his insights on how Regtech firms provide banks & various financial institutions with reliable & sustainable tech tools to ensure compliance. I learn more about how the company also researches and develops DeepTech systems that can proactively learn, solve and automate compliance problems for financial institutions.

Luminar AI challenges the traditional approach of presets and sliders with the ability to use adaptive Templates and human-centric edits powered by AI. With traditional photo editors, creating the perfect photo is a time consuming process that involves moving dozens of sliders. Many seek to use presets to speed this up, but there are severe limitations. Presets tend to only work on images that are virtually identical to the original. To change this tedious and frustrating process, innovative companies race to embrace Artificial Intelligence. But some creatives have been skeptical about its effectiveness and limitations. Their fears center around a loss of control and a homogenization of creative output. This does not need to be the case, if AI is properly trained. With Luminar AI, Artificial Intelligence is woven throughout the entire editing process. The AI has been trained with expert input from artists, photographers, colorists and scientists. Luminar AI offers creatives the ability to save time and obtain

The widespread decision corporations have made to allow employees to work from home is a great thing. But the rapid move to remote working has left many businesses ever more vulnerable to cybersecurity threats, including increased risk of browser attacks, unsecured wireless networks and inability to remediate remote security incidents. Within this new set of working from home dynamics, corporations need to be ever more agile in their security posture. One of the greatest deficiencies facing security teams in enterprises is their lack of agility, while at the same time, attackers are more agile than ever. Attackers are highly innovative and can use the latest technology to their advantage, while security organizations are often hamstrung by the difficulty in adding a new solution to the network or making an important change, or slow to change procedures since change management is so difficult. In fact, the opening up of company networks to comply with work-from-home mandates driven by COVID-19 has only exacerb

In the current climate, it seems that most businesses have finally agreed that the old way of doing things is just not going to cut it anymore. But where do you begin to build an innovation strategy or a culture of innovation? And how can tech help business recovery in a post-covid world? A company called Sidetrade uses artificial intelligence to empower marketing, sales, and finance teams to grow sales and accelerate cash. Sidetrade also identifies untapped business opportunities on the customer journey with Aimie, its Artificial Intelligence platform.  Mark Sheldon was appointed group CTO of Sidetrade in July 2019, after the British AI start-up he co-founded, BrightTarget, was sold to Sidetrade. After a consultancy and in-house career in the software and digital transformation space, he now oversees Sidetrade's global R&D strategy, leads a team of data engineers and data scientists, and oversees the company's annual Coding Academy for college and university leavers. Mark also recently opened the company

We’re in the midst of an information revolution, and monitoring is at the center of it. Businesses are moving from asking, “What happened?” to predicting what’s coming, solving problems before they start and using data to unlock opportunities. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a change already well underway in customer experience – namely that the digital experience is now inseparable from the customer experience. An effective business strategy now relies on a seamless customer experience. Mark Banfield, CRO LogicMonitor, joins me on Tech Talks Daily to discuss what this looks like in a post-COVID-19 world and how effective monitoring is essential to maintaining the digital customer experience. Artificial intelligence and machine learning turn from sci-fi to everyday realities, LogicMonitor's technology is enabling businesses to see what’s coming before it happens. They collaborate closely with our customers to understand their risks and anticipate their needs, providing insights that unlock their vision. We