Technology Now

A penalty shootout with HPE CEO Antonio Neri: HPE Discover Barcelona 2025

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What’s going on at HPE Discover Barcelona 2025. This week, Technology Now visits Barcelona for an interview with company CEO Antonio Neri. We ask wh...

The new frontier is supercomputing in space: The History of HPE in Ten Objects

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why put a supercomputer into orbit? This week, Technology Now concludes its mini-series by looking to space. We examine our final objects, Spaceborne ...

How networks underpin modern society: The History of HPE in Ten Objects

20 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do networks keep our society running? This week, Technology Now continues with the third episode in its miniseries with a further three objects: t...

How computing evolves to meet changing demand: The History of HPE in Ten Objects

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How has compute evolved to meet the changing demands of modern society? This week, Technology Now continues with its mini-series, exploring objects tw...

Innovation at Disney StudioLAB: The History of HPE in Ten Objects

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How did HPE and Disney form a relationship which has continued for over 80 years? This week, Technology Now begins a mini-series to celebrate the tent...

Why would you program in Chapel?

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What is Chapel? This week, Technology Now explores the programming language, Chapel. We ask what it is, how it was designed, and we explore why people...

What is Chat HPE?

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What is Chat HPE? This week, Technology Now dives into the world of workplace assistants and examines what must be considered when designing them. We ...

How do we know if our AI… is really AI?

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do we know if our AI… is really AI? This week, Technology now goes under the hood of AI products when Baradji Diallo, an AI Innovation Architect...

How can we protect our institutional memory?

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do we protect our institutional memory? This week, Technology Now explores the importance of organisational memory and the biggest challenges whic...

How do you design a modern-day sports venue?

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What sort of technology goes into building the latest arenas? This week, Technology Now explores the Chase Centre, home of the Golden State Warriors a...

Can AI make itself more efficient?

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How can artificial intelligence make itself more efficient? This week, Technology Now delves into the concept of solution based efficiency, how it can...

How could AI revolutionize supply chain?

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Where do we get our stuff from? This week, Technology Now is diving into the subject of supply chain. We explore what different people along the value...

Can AI be used to improve patient experiences?

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Can AI be used to improve patient experiences? This week, Technology Now explores how AI is being used to streamline data collection in the healthcare...

How do you keep a computer running non-stop?

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do you keep a computer running non-stop? This week Technology Now explores the world of fault tolerant computing. We dive into how fault tolerance...

Can we build technology today to defend against the threats of tomorrow?

28 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Can we build technology today to defend against the threats of tomorrow? This week, Technology Now concludes a double episode on post quantum cryptogr...

How are governments reacting to the threat of quantum computers?

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why do quantum computers pose a threat to governments? This week Technology Now starts a two part dive into quantum computing. In this first episode, ...

Why do sports teams care about technology?

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do sports and technology go hand in hand? This week, Technology Now explores how sports teams use technology both on and off the field. We examine...

How can AI be used to commit fraud?

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How can AI be used to commit fraud? This week, Technology Now dives into the world of AI attacks. We explore how AI is being used to commit fraud agai...

The Future of Innovation

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does the future hold for the world of Technology? This week, Technology Now is looking to the future and where we could be going next exploring t...

The History of Innovation

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How did we get here? This week Technology Now is looking back at the history of innovation and the birth of Silicon Valley from a tiny garage in Palo ...

Why are we still talking about virtualization?

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why are we still talking about virtualization? This week, Technology Now is returning to a classic topic in computing: Virtualization. So, what’s ch...

How do you solve a network outage?

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why do networks go down? More importantly, how are they restored when they do? This week, Technology Now is diving in the worlds of networking, and ho...

What does the future hold for the technology industry?

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Where do industry experts see the world of technology heading? This week, Technology Now is looking back to a conversation from HPE Discover Las Vegas...

What's happening at HPE Discover Las Vegas?

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What is happening at HPE Discover? This week Technology Now is dialing into to HPE Discover Las Vegas, HPE’s annual customer and partner event. Our ...

What do you do with the world's fastest supercomputer?

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What do you do with the world’s largest supercomputer? This week, Technology Now looks further into the world of supercomputers and explores what th...

How do you build the world's fastest supercomputer?

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do you make the world’s fastest supercomputer? This week, Technology Now dives into the world of supercomputers, and how El Capitan, the world’...

How do you create quantum resistant encryption?

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do we prepare our cybersecurity for a post quantum world? This week, Technology Now explores how security experts are looking to future-proofing t...

What is an AI factory?

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Where do you create an AI? This week, Technology Now explores the world of AI factories, dedicated spaces for building bespoke artificial intelligence...

What is technology facilitated abuse?

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How can we prevent people misusing technology to harm others? This week, Technology Now investigates how technology can be used as a weapon against ot...

What is an AI agent?

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do we make artificial intelligence more intelligent? This week, Technology Now dives deep into the world of AI agents and how they interact with l...

What is a 3D digital twin?

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why would someone want a 3D digital twin? This week Technology Now dives into the topic of digital twins, what they are and why they’re used. What a...

What’s going on at the RSA Conference?

01 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

 What’s the current state of the cybersecurity world? This week, Technology Now explores the biggest threats we currently face, the way companies a...

What is sovereignty in AI?

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

 What does it mean for artificial intelligence to be sovereign? This week, Technology Now explores how more than just data can be sovereign, our AI m...

How can you balance AI and sustainability?

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How intertwined are AI and sustainability? This week, Technology now explores how we can do more than just use AI in a more sustainable and ethical wa...

How do you cut off cloud computing from the internet?

10 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How can cloud computing be completely isolated from the internet? This week, Technology Now explores the next step in data storage and processing: the...

How to harness a great untapped energy source

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How can we minimize the energy waste from data centers? This week, Technology Now explores a potential avenue to harness a large untapped source of en...

Manufacturing and the struggle to become 'smart'

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are looking at a sector where IT and tech innovation is taking efficiency to a whole new level - manufacturing.Manufacturing is in ...

What's the state of the cyber security field in 2025?

20 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are looking once again at our digital security, particularly around the state of the industry in 2025, and the way threats and cons...

AI and Security - the opportunities and challenges

13 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are taking a fresh look at how AI is affecting the world of cybersecurity. As we’ve explored on the podcast in previous episodes,...

Dashboards and the advent of convergence

06 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are looking at how technology is allowing us to bring together the potentially dozens or even hundreds of different IT services and...

The unusual art of data storage in space

27 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are taking a trip high above the Earth, and looking at how we are storing our data in space – in particular, how testbeds for run...

How to make our IT more sustainable

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we’re drilling into something that’s arguably under-discussed: How to make IT itself more sustainable through the life cycle of i...

Unstructured Data - turning data swamps into insight

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are looking at an area which impacts every business in the world. Unstructured data - that is, how we can start to squeeze insight ...

How more sustainble networks can mean more sustainable buildings

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are looking at a pressing issue that goes well beyond the tech world - sustainability and our networking infrastructure. In particu...

The AI House at Davos - The past, the future, the opportunities and challenges of AI

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we’re coming to you once again from the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, for a look at the HPE-supported A...

Tech and the importance of collaboration at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos

23 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we’re coming to you from the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, where we’re meeting with HPE’s President...

Liquid cooling and the future of data centre efficiency

16 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are diving into the world of liquid cooling. It’s become a topic of much discussion over the course of the last year, and is bein...

Keeping the The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium connected

09 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are taking a behind-the-scenes look at connectivity in one of the most exciting and immersive sporting organizations in the world: ...

Taking an AI strategy from dream to reality

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are looking at something rather practical: How to take an AI strategy from dream to reality.In many cases, when organizations decid...

Achieving 99.999% uptime for mission critical workloads

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are looking at how technology is enabling as close as possible to 100% up-time for the most mission-critical business operations. W...

George Russell and staying ahead in Formula 1

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Watch the video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-qC5Qd_zHYThis week, we’re taking a look at what it takes to excel in one ...

Private Cellular Networking and the future of secure wide-area networks

28 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are looking at private cellular networks, a hot-topic in the networking space.In 2023, the 5G private network market was worth $2 b...

HPE Discover Barcelona 2024: Analyzing the CEO's keynote

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we’re heading to Barcelona for HPE Discover 2024, the second HPE Discover of 2024 following Las Vegas in June. Once again we’ll b...

How AI is forcing us to rethink IT efficiency

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are looking at how AI is forcing us to rethink efficiency - and pushing us to do better.As the energy usage of our IT infrastructur...

The AI skills gap - are we prepared?

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are looking at a topic which organizations and even Governments have been rushing to adopt - AI and skills in the workforce.The ris...

ZTNA and SSE - what you need to know

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we’ll be taking a look at two increasingly important cybersecurity technologies: Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) and Software Secu...

The cybersecurity landscape in 2024: an overview

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we’ll be taking  a look at the overall cybersecurity landscape in 2024. We’ll be asking how threats have evolved, how new tools ...

Battling modern-day slavery in the tech supply chain

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are looking at the topic of modern day slavery in the tech supply chain, examining where it can be found, and what can be done abou...

Cybersecurity and mental health - the vulnerability between keyboard and chair

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we revisiting last week’s topic of cybersecurity and mental health – this time, looking at how our mental health state affects our...

Cybersecurity and mental health - why data matters

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are looking at a topic which we could spend a whole lot longer than one episode on, so we’re going to make it a two-parter - cybe...

What Wifi7 means for increased connectivity

26 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Some of you listening might be thinking that Wifi 6 only launched a couple of years ago, and, well, you’d be forgiven for doing so. Launched in 2020...

Are no-code apps a ticket to productivity or a shadow IT nightmare?

19 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are looking at the growing market for no code or low code app development. The premise is simple. Rather than coding an app or tool...

HPC and extreme weather - How tech is helping save our lives and livelihoods

12 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

2024 has already been a difficult year for extreme weather. The hurricane season on the eastern seaboard of North America is already one of the earlie...

The intelligent data platform - a database for the AI era

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The global market for databases grew by 12.8% in 2023, according research by Gartner, and is now worth some $102bn annually. Within that, data science...

Re-imagining how we train LLMs using physics-based AI

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Machine-learning based Generative AI is inherently inefficient. Training models by sifting findings again and again until a suitable output is generat...

Re-engineering the computer to solve impossible math problems with AI accelerators

22 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There are math problems that are hard. So hard that even current computers cannot solve them. To get around these problems, we need to re-think the ve...

Formula E: Bridging the gap between the digital and real worlds

15 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we’ll be taking you on a trip to London for the final race weekend of the 10th season of the Formula E championship, which was held...

Who pays for our IT? The move to subscription hardware is making that complicated

08 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Subscription-based IT is becoming increasingly popular – not just for software, but also for hardware. This means our IT is increasingly not a capit...

Reducing barriers to entry to foundation model training

01 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the past couple of years, the world has seen the unprecedented growth and development of machine learning and AI applications, along with a huge sp...

How do we balance security fears and innovation?

25 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are looking at the dilemma being faced by organisations across the world when it comes to moving forward with innovations in techno...

Geo-distributed workloads - chasing the sun to reduce our data center energy use

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we are looking at improving the energy efficiency and sustainability of our computer workloads by shifting them around the world in r...

AI and ML Networking: bridging the gap between performance and economy

11 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we’re exploring the backbone of AI – network fabrics. The network fabric is the backbone of the data centre - keeping everything ...

Exploring Interpol's Mission to Protect Against Global Cyber Threats

04 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we explore the critical work Interpol is doing to combat international cybercrime. Cyberattacks like phishing, ransomware, and data b...

Diaries of a CTO: HPE's Fidelma Russo on AI, Data, and Future Tech

27 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we’re introducing a new format that we hope to revisit every few months. We’re joined by HPE's CTO, Fidelma Russo, to discuss the...

Analysing Antonio Neri's Keynote on AI at HPE Discover

20 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we’re heading to Las Vegas for HPE Discover 2024, for a breakdown of the multimedia keynote by HPE President and CEO Antonio Neri.​...

Edge computing and AI

13 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are looking at an emerging field which is bringing together two transformative fields in tech - edge, and AI. Traditionally, the in...

HPE CEO and President Antonio Neri on HPE Discover 2024

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are looking ahead to the Enterprise tech event of the year, HPE Discover Las Vegas, which is on during the week of June 17th 2024. ...

Tackling burnout in cybersecurity

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are looking at a growing issue in the tech field: Burnout among cyber security professionals. A report shared by the Information Sy...

Aurora - The world's second exascale computer officially recognized

23 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are looking at computers going fast. ‘Exascale’ means a computer is running a billion, billion operations every second. At the ...

The Technology Now: Today I Learned special edition

16 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are taking a break from the norm to bring you a few of the amazing stories from the world of science and technology that haven’t ...

Zero Trust Network Access and Virtual Private Networks: The VPN vs ZTNA showdown

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are looking at why people are moving away from Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs, and are navigating towards Zero Trust Network Acc...

Exploring the tech behind Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Walt Disney World Resort

04 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We're celebrating May the 4th be with you. Yes, it's Star Wars Day and we've been given incredible behind the scenes access at none other than Star Wa...

Synthetic data and the next generation of AI creativity

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today we’re discussing synthetic data - that is, data trained by AI and computer simulations, rather than gathered from the real world.Now, generati...

The potential of AI for stopping cyber security threats

18 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

According to a report published by the UK National Cyber Security Centre in January 2024, Artificial intelligence will increase the number and the sev...

The balancing act of AI in healthcare

11 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

AI in healthcare is considered an enormous opportunity. Diagnosis, drug discovery, treatment and triage – all are hot topics for new AI tools and as...

How can we avoid the human being a security weakpoint?

04 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For the last decade, messaging around cyber security has often followed a similar pattern: Make people fear the consequences of being hacked. We are o...

Science on the edge of space: Exploring the possibilities opened up by HPE Spaceborne Computer 2

28 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are revisiting HPE Spaceborne Computer 2, the supercomputer at the edge of space, speeding around above our heads on the Internatio...

How a supercomputer on the International Space Station is revolutionising science on the edge

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the next couple of episodes we’re going to be looking at HPE Spaceborne Computer 2 - a supercomputer on the International Space Station (ISS) tha...

How the public sector is dealing with cyber security in hybrid cloud

14 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are looking at how the public sector is embracing the hybrid cloud model and what steps need to be taken to be certain our informat...

How IT is revolutionizing the tricky world of car manufacturing

07 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tech is having a transformative effect on manufacturing, nowhere more so than in car manufacturing. IT is involved in every step of the process chain:...

Encouraging future generations into STEM

29 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Despite a huge boom in technological innovation around the world and an expanding tech industry, the number of graduates who have come from STEM subje...

Facing the ethical concerns of AI

22 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The ethical question of AI has been at the forefront of its development. Today, there is a global rush to establish legal and ethical frameworks aroun...

Why does the circular economy matter to IT? HPE's Technology Renewal Center re-visited

15 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back in the studio this week, revisiting Michael’s trip to HPE’s Technology Renewal Center in Erskine, Scotland. There, over three million...

The end-of-use tech finding a new life at HPE’s Technology Renewal Center

08 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

According to 2023 figures from the World Economic Forum, around 53.6 million metric tons of e-waste is produced every year worldwide.Combating that is...

How AI is creating a digital twin of the human brain

01 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

According to Alzheimer Disease International, there are 10 million new cases of dementia across the world every year. That’s the equivalent of a new...

Exploring the Isambard AI supercomputer

25 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The UK’s fastest supercomputer, the Isambard-AI, is due to be completed in Summer 2024. According to the teams involved, it will reach up to 200 qua...

How open source is leading the way for collaborative innovation in AI

18 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The term “open source” is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. It originally started out as a rebellious gesture to allow everybody access ...

Intelligent Courses at the Ryder Cup Europe: Revisited

11 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Golf is arguably one of the most challenging sports in the world from a logistical and operational standpoint. Especially when it comes to connecting ...

Dashboards in IT Ops, and the benefits Opening up your IT infrastructure to all

04 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the second of our two-part  edition on IT operations. Last week we looked at the emergence of convergence, and this time, we’re examining th...

Convergence: How Ops, Dev and SRE are coming together

21 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Convergence is an idea that’s been bubbling under the surface of IT operations for some time. The concept involves bringing Dev Ops, IT ops and SRE ...