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Digital Sovereignty

28 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

While expanding regulatory requirements have been pushing developments in digital sovereignty, increasing levels of geopolitical concerns are driving ...

Quantum CEO Series: Amir Naveh

21 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The next episode of our Quantum CEO series looks at the software development stack for quantum computing and how quantum software is developed. Co-fou...

Quantum CEO Series – Dr. Theau Peronnin

15 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The next in our Quantum CEO series looks at the nature of a fundamental element of quantum computing – the qubit. Dr. Theau Peronnin, cofounder and ...

Quantum CEO Series: Alan Baratz

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We kick off the next in our CEO series with a look at quantum computing. Alan Baratz is the CEO of D-Wave and he joins host Eric Hanselman to explore ...

Mobile World Congress Review

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

While the annual gathering of all things telecom might have been dampened by geopolitical impacts, Mobile World Congress was still a hotbed of everyth...

Putting Agents To Work

25 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We're well underway in the integration of agents into various enterprise workflows, but there are many questions about where and how they can be used ...

The RSAC Conference – Agents on The Loose

18 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The RSAC Conference, a major cybersecurity gathering in the spring, is coming up and the impacts of agents will be on full display. Scott Crawford, Br...

CEO Series: Technosylva With Bryan Spear

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Wildfires have grabbed the headlines recently and AI is being put to work to assess risk aid strategic planning in reducing events. The next in our CE...

CEO series: Agents and context with Douwe Kiela

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We continue our CEO series with Douwe Kiela, the CEO of Contextual AI, who is addressing the challenges of building effective agentic applications. Th...

CEO Series: AI and Supply Chains with Francisco Martin-Rayo

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The next in our series of discussions with CEO's of companies that are putting AI to work has Fransico Martin-Rayo of Helios discussing the agricultur...

CEO Series Kick Off: AI and Energy Markets with Sean Kelly

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We're kicking off a new series of discussions with CEO's of companies that are putting AI to work to tackle complex problems. Sean Kelly of Amperon jo...

AI data

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

There are such significant changes going on in how data is managed and in how AI manages data, that it's not always clear which requirements are drivi...

The NRF conference

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The National Retail Federation's annual NRF conference has become a showplace for the latest technology, as well its core retail foundations. Sheryl K...

Agentic AI Use Cases

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The choice of use cases in AI has a significant impact on achieving on project outcomes. The latest results of the 451 Research Voice of the Enterpris...

A Wild Earnings Season

16 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We're just out of the recent earnings season and we've seen a wild range of results and some interesting implications. Melissa Otto CFA, head of S&P G...

The Agentic Enterprise

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

For the 250th episode, we're looking a bit further forward to explore what enterprises should be thinking about as they look to put agentic capabiliti...

AWS re:Inforce conference

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This year's AWS re:Inforce conference was larger and fueled by greater agentic capabilities. Part of the 451 Research team that was at the conference,...

SC25 Supercomputing conference

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Supercomputing has shifted from an esoteric and exotic part of technology to much more mainstream, mostly driven by AI. The massive amounts of computa...

Security and Observability

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The worlds of IT security and operations are being pulled together and AI is a catalyst that's making it happen. The focus on observability that's bee...

Context Engineering

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As organizations have worked to leverage the power of AI in interacting with large language models, they've invested in prompt engineering to generate...

The Big Picture Reports

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The latest Big Picture reports are out and cover a wide range of topics from financial markets to supply chains and onward to technology and AI. Two o...

Agentic Customer Experience

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As the holiday shopping season gets into full swing, this year thoughts are turning to agents and the changing role of AI in commerce. Sheryl Kingston...

Money 20/20

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

One of the biggest banking and payments conferences, Money 20/20, has wrapped up and the enthusiasm for all things stablecoin has continued. Jordan Mc...

Open Compute Project Summit

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The equipment that fills data centers is evolving rapidly, driven by the need to fulfill the seemingly insatiable appetite of AI applications. The Ope...

Security Gravity

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There are many ways to frame conversations around cyber security. They can take on many aspects of security, ranging across the technical to the human...

Is there an AI bubble?

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The enthusiasm for AI has been impressive and it's leading to the inevitable questions about whether or not all of it is warranted. Melissa Otto CFA, ...

Stablecoins

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The world of cryptocurrencies has seen no shortage of upheaval, but regulatory clarity that has arrived with recent legislation has created opportunit...

Industrial Metaverse

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Some might think that the metaverse has been a passing technology fad, but rumors of its demise are greatly exaggerated. While the language may have s...

HR Tech

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Managing the capabilities of an organization's workforce is challenging in the best of times, but the current upheaval created by AI technologies ente...

Data Migration

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Getting data to where it's needed has always been an infrastructure challenge, but the scope and scale of the problem has become much more acute as da...

AI Infrastructure

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

To get to the benefits that AI offers, organizations have to address their technology infrastructure in ways that are much broader than historical app...

Broadcom VMware Explore Conference

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The annual gathering on infrastructure virtualization that is the VMware by Broadcom Explore conference has wrapped up and there are important takeawa...

Data Integration for AI

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Can you have too much data for an AI application? In the mad dash to collect the raw material for AI applications, it can be tempting to pull in as mu...

The ONUG Tech Community

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The typical process of deploying technology has been one of enterprises designing infrastructure around vendor capabilities. The Open Networking Users...

Black Hat and DefCon

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The annual "security summer camp" that is made up of the Black Hat and DefCon conferences is just past and the security analyst team, Scott Crawford, ...

FinTech Advances

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The FinTech market has seen considerable upheaval in activity and valuations. But spring may be coming to the funding winter that FinTech has seen and...

The Creator Economy

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

While advertising is a fundamental part of business, the creator economy has become a fundamental part of advertising. Analyst Zach Ciampa joins host ...

Advertising and Tech

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Advertising is fundamental part of business and it's one that has been buffeted by the impacts of technology in both the path to markets and the manag...

Managed Security Services

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Effective security management has never been simple and the expanded threat landscape enhanced by AI has only widened the gap between defenders and at...

Kagan Media and Telecom Summit

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The annual Kagan Media and Telecom Summit in New York is in the books and it not only covered a lot of market activity, but it was also surrounded by ...

Security for MCP

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) specification has helped to accelerate access to a wide range of data sources for AI applications. But there are ques...

Context Around MCP

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Linking generative AI models to the agents that are going to use them now has a standard for queries, the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Suddenly all s...

Developer Experience and Automation

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Developer experience is one of the areas where AI applications are showing significant return on investment, but there are significant hurdles to over...

FinOps – Managing Cloud and AI Costs

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Managing IT costs has always been challenging and the FinOps movement is working to tackle this problem. Analysts Jean Atelsek and Melanie Posey retur...

Datacenter Slowdown?

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A set of questions are being asked about whether the velocity of datacenter build outs is wavering. Analyst Dan Thompson returns to the podcast to exp...

Personal Data

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the rush to build out AI applications, a full understanding of the dynamics of personal data management can be difficult to achieve. As we kick off...

Risk to Resilience

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Around the globe, municipalities are facing a set of challenges managing the impacts of more extreme weather, while addressing aging infrastructure an...

AI and Storage

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With all of the drama associated with AI, it's easy to miss the need to understand the foundations that deliver the data that is the raw element from ...

Technology at the NAB Show

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The annual NAB Show delivered a more fully digital ecosystem when it convened in Las Vegas this year. While traditional broadcast technologies are sti...

Rugby Season and Media Rights

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The game of Rugby is having a moment on the global stage. It's attracting investment and growing its fan base and audiences. The Six Nations competiti...

RSA Conference Preview

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The annual RSA Conference on information security is coming up and it arrives during a very active security market. Analysts Garrett Bekker, Dan Kenne...

KubeCon and Cloud Native

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Cloud native patterns and open source developments were on display at the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe conference. The biannual gathering was showi...

AI and Privacy

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The many impacts of AI extend across business and consumer interests and issues around privacy are some of the broadest. Analyst Paige Bartley returns...

NVIDIA GTC Bursts at the Seams

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's come a long way from its game developer roots and the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference (GTC) 2025 edition was so well attended, it was straining ...

M&A in 2025

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The M&A markets are in a tough situation. Transactions are harder to get done and exits just not happening. To sort out where this is all going, Scott...

Satellite Market Perspectives

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The arrival of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite capabilities is changing broadband market dynamics as it increases capacity and improves performance. M...

Datacenters and Energy Markets in Europe

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The demand for power driven by datacenter expansion is a global challenge and European markets are responding with some interesting aspects. With ther...

Smart Spaces

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

So much of the world around us is sensing and controlling with data, but it's not often coordinated. Smart spaces technologies put that data to work a...

Mobile World Congress preview

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mobile World Congress, the annual gathering of telecom industry players, has expanded to embrace a broad range of technology and this year's event wil...

NVIDIA quarterly earnings

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Of the many companies that are part of the AI wave, NVIDIA has been at the core of AI infrastructure and a darling of the markets. Their performance i...

Agentic AI Impacts

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The next phase of the AI wave is the arrival of agentic AI – where agents can take action on a user's behalf. That's enough of a big deal, but when ...

Ethical AI Data

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ethical concerns about the use of AI have to start with training data. Too often, the primary concern is simply generating sufficient data, rather tha...

NRF conference shows AI challenges and rewards

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The National Retail Federation conference (NRF) launches just as retailers are cleaning up from the holiday shopping season. This year there was a foc...

Consumer Electronics at CES

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The annual technology fest that kicks off of the year, the CES conference (formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show), showcased the latest cons...

Women's Sports and Media Rights

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sports media are in the middle of a significant transition, as streaming media companies compete with traditional linear broadcasters. The Netflix dea...

Tech Futures in the New Year

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As the old Danish proverb goes, it is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future, but we're going to kick off the New Year with an exp...

Drones Everywhere

31 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mysterious lights are seen in the sky above New Jersey, throwing many into a panic. Is this the current concern about drones or the War of the Worlds ...

Ethical AI

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the rush to deliver data to AI projects, it's all to easy for teams to pull data that's most easily accessible, without given consideration to its ...

Data pipelines for AI

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Enterprises are wrestling with delivering data to fuel their AI efforts, hitting roadblocks around data security and privacy concerns and sifting thro...

Managing Third Party Risk

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Much of business success depends on successfully managing risk, but that includes not only those aspects under direct control, but also the risks in r...

Datacenter Markets

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The excitement swirling around AI often obscures the infrastructure that makes it possible. Since long before AI was at the forefront of technology di...

The Big Picture Reports

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The annual Big Picture Reports are out and they span the breadth and depth of our research areas, including capital markets, commodities, commerci...

Insights from Money 20/20 US

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Fresh from the 12th annual Money 20/20 US conference, Jordan McKee and McKayla Wooldridge return to the podcast to discuss all things FinTech with hos...

Technology Demand Indicator

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There is continuing positive sentiment among technology buyers, a trend that's continued for a fourth quarter. Sheryl Kingstone and Liam Eagle return ...

Sports Media

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As the seasons shift gears, there's activity happening off the playing fields with sports media deals that are getting teams on their feet. Analysts S...

Payments and Security

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As the payment industry works to address security and fraud, they're moving beyond being consumers of security technology and becoming acquirers. Mast...

Human Resources Technology

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If your view of the technology that drives the human resources end of business is mostly hiring, firing and time off management, your head would have ...

Cloud Native Application Security

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As cloud-based infrastructure becomes a larger part of enterprise portfolios, there's greater focus on securing it effectively. Analyst Mark Ehr joins...

Datacenter and Energy Innovation Summit

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The energy impacts of technology have been a concern for some time, but the rapid growth of AI has added additional pressure and speculation about the...

B2B Payments Technology and Markets

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We're all familiar with consumer payments technology in its various forms, but business transactions have a different set of requirements and a very d...

Consumer Tech Evolution

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The primary exposure to advances in technology for most is in the consumer world. Phones, video and gaming are driven by the latest innovations, but h...

Dreamforce Preview

10 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The flagship event for Salesforce, its Dreamforce conference, returns to San Francisco and some of the 451 Research analyst team who will be there joi...

Exploring Broadcom VMware

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The annual VMware Explore conference kicked off in Las Vegas in a new situation with the company now being part of Broadcom, after its acquisition. 4...

Total Available Markets

27 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

To predicate a business decision on the risk and potential reward, it's important to understand the size of the reward. Correctly estimating the Total...

Lighting Up Fiber

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Connectivity had been having a moment through the pandemic, but the urgent need for high-performance interconnection has rolled back a bit and fiber ...

Datacenters and Energy Utilities

13 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The soaring estimates for energy demand are impacting utilities, datacenters and the companies that rely on both of them. Sustainability targets are ...

Kagan Media Summit

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For the first time since the pandemic, the Kagan Media and Telecom Summit was back in person in New York, with a packed agenda looking at topics rangi...

The Cloud Price Index

30 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With larger portions of IT budgets being consumed by cloud, there's a greater imperative to understand the nature of price, value and availability of ...

Datacenters and AI

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Generative AI is having far reaching impacts on datacenters and new data shedding light on the nature and extent of the impacts. Analysts Melissa Ince...

Challenges in Critical Infrastructure Security

16 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There's substantial cybersecurity risk in critical infrastructure and addressing it is a complex problem that involves regulatory and private sector e...

Metaverse Advances

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rumors of the demise of the metaverse have circulated widely, but the latest revenue numbers and market activity are showing that it's recovering from...

Open Source Innovation

02 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Over a decade ago, Marc Andreessen said that software was eating the world and today we could easily say that open source is eating the software world...

Phishing Deep Dive

25 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

While most of us have a basic understanding of phishing, the email attack tactic that's been with us for years, attack techniques and the attacker com...

IT Buying Sentiment Stays Positive

18 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

IT buying sentiment has remained positive in the latest edition of the 451 Research Tech Demand Indicator study. It showed a strong start to 2024, but...

Concerns About Fraud Drive AI Investment

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Recent study results are identifying where AI is being put to work and how customers and end users are reacting to its use. Sheryl Kingstone, head of ...

Corporate Language Analysis in Pride Month

04 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sentiment analysis is a common use case for large language models in generative AI and we're kicking off Pride Month with a discussion of a recent stu...

AI's Impact on Datacenter Power

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The power required to fuel the wave of generative AI use could be massive, but there are many factors that will determine when the crest of that deman...

AI Data Strategies

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As organizations push to realize the benefits of AI, they are increasingly challenged to deliver the necessary data to fuel their initiatives. While m...

Bonus Episode: RSA Conference Special Report

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this special report from the RSA Conference, we hear from seven of the team who were there at the event. It's a set of quick takes on the latest tr...

FinOps and Battle for Cloud Costs

14 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The flexibility and adaptability of cloud-based infrastructure brings great value to enterprises, but most have been wrestling with managing cloud cos...