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The ITPro Podcast

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  • The ITPro Podcast is a weekly show for technology professionals and business leaders. Each week hosts Rory Bathgate (@rorybathgate) and Jane McCallion (@JaneMcCallion) are joined by an expert guest to take a deep dive into the most important issues for the IT community. New episodes premiere every Friday. Visit itpro.com/uk/the-it-pro-podcast for more information, or follow ITPro on LinkedIn for regular updates.
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Episodes
  • Can better connectivity boost rural business?

    Can better connectivity boost rural business?
    Jan 10 2025
    Anyone who works outside of a major city, or has ever tried to get work done while on a trip to a more rural location, knows that rural connectivity can be patchy.

    Despite the UK’s high population density and relative lack of difficult terrain, rural connectivity remains an uneven picture. Many rural businesses are still struggling to receive fiber optic cables, let alone leverage 5G signals to keep up with the demands of modern business.

    Is UK connectivity improving? And how far have we still got to go?

    In this episode, Jane and Rory speak to David Happy, non-executive director at JET Connectivity and non-executive chairman for transport at Wales Fiber, and Colin Wood, innovation lead at Dorset Council, to better understand the state of rural connectivity in the UK.
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    38 mins
  • The trends we're watching in 2025

    The trends we're watching in 2025
    Jan 3 2025
    January is a time for planning, goal-setting, and looking to the future and here on the ITPro Podcast things are no different.

    While there are sometimes unexpected developments – take ChatGPT in 2022, for example – it’s nevertheless possible to tease out trends from the year gone by that can influence the new one.

    For this new year’s edition of the podcast, Jane and Rory are joined by Dr John Honchell, IT industry analyst at Future B2B, to unpick the top trends from this year that will shape 2025.

    Footnotes

    • Generative AI's cybersecurity potential is clear, but so far it's given hackers the upper hand
    • Enterprises are ramping up investment in private AI systems
    • VMware cuts ribbon on new Private AI offerings
    • What is a sovereign cloud?
    • Sovereign cloud demand is “truly global” according to Oracle — and the company is well placed to capitalize on it
    • OpenAI just raised $6.6bn in funding, but it drove a hard bargain – investors will be stopped from funding rivals
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    32 mins
  • The 2024 that didn't happen

    The 2024 that didn't happen
    Dec 27 2024
    It's now a Christmas tradition on the ITPro Podcast to look back at trends that were expected to dominate the year but then fizzled out.

    What predictions have gone the way of flying cars and the Metaverse? Which are delayed, perhaps permanently?

    In this episode, Jane is joined by Bobby Hellard, ITPro’s reviews editor, and Ross Kelly, ITPro’s news and analysis editor, to discuss three of the trends that failed to materialise this year: Intel’s AI dominance, a nuclear solution to data center energy problems, and generative AI taking our jobs.

    Highlights

    “They are going to rely on AI to solve the problem of the small modular reactors which they need to power the data centers that are running the AI all while the energy problem continues.”

    “I remember Pat Gelsinger coming back in January 2021 … this big, shattering news story, prodigal son returns. But if you look at that point there, they were so far behind in production for 10 nanometer process, AMD had caught up really quickly, and by the time Intel had got anywhere near developing that AMD were already on seven nanometer process … when it gets to developing AI, they're they're just so far behind they can't catch up.”

    “The potential reliance on AI tools in the future could actually have a detrimental impact on broader security teams and people entering the industry and the workforce. How reliant are they going to be if you're going through college, university now, and so much of the sort of industry narrative is around these tools, and you're you're using them, you're learning how to use them, you get into your first job, and then what's your level of expertise compared to a fresh graduate 10 years ago?”

    Related links



    • Microsoft is using AI to get its nuclear projects approved in the US
    • Microsoft’s Three Mile Island deal is a big step toward matching data center energy demands
    • Google is going nuclear
    • Intel targets AI hardware dominance by 2025
    • Intel layoffs to hit 15,000 roles as falling revenue and poor returns on AI bite
    • Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger announces retirement
    • What do security pros want from generative AI?
    • Median construction time for nuclear reactors
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    28 mins

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