Interview

16 December, 2020

Podcast 8: IoT is boosting healthcare professionals’ efficiency

There’s no time like a pandemic to talk about Connected and Remote Healthcare. And who better to ask about it than two senior execs from a mobile network operator successfully delivering these services now to millions in its home market. Luc Vilandre and Mike Cihra from Canada’s TELUS talk exclusively to Jeremy Cowan, host of Tech Trends Podcast and Robin Duke-Woolley, founder of Beecham Research about choices in hospitals between WiFi 6 and 5G, smart healthcare services, and about the insights that IoT brings to help decision-making. That’s before we dive into some weird and wonderful stories in the wider tech world.

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19 November, 2020

Network performance management evolving in a troubled world

With the ongoing pandemic and the continuing demand to upgrade networks to accommodate new technologies around 5th Generation mobile communications (5G), the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI), for instance, network performance management has never been more important.

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10 November, 2020

Podcast 7: Tackling telecom pain points to aid new services

Telcos worldwide are facing competition over their new services from agriculture to telehealth logistics to manufacturing. It’s vital for them to roll-out new services quickly, reliably, scalably and interoperably with their partners. This kind of openness can only be built on common frameworks, micro services, APIs, and configurable multi-capabilities. Fortunately, Sunil Diaz, General Manager Enghouse Networks, can guide us through this, joined by IoT analyst Josh Taubenheim from US firm MachNation. Enjoy our podcast as it’s time to look again at the serious and the far-less-serious Tech News.

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03 June, 2020

Podcast: Episode 2 Building a Better Business Case for IoT

You’ve got the right technology for your IoT application, but do your customers expect free services? Listen as Nick Earle, Eseye CEO tells Jeremy Cowan and George Malim how to build the business case.
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08 October, 2019

SD-WAN is a lever in the door for the new world of software-defined telecoms says Verizon’s Cantor

Oliver Cantor is associate director of product strategy at Verizon and is focused on communicating the company’s software defined and virtualisation strategy to enterprise customers. The emergence of these technologies is enabling the telecoms industry’s transformation into a provider of digital infrastructure for enterprises. At the same time, enterprises are transforming through digitalisation and Verizon has developed products and services to support them in this agile, new world he tells VanillaPlus managing editor George Malim

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21 June, 2019

Emma Hudson, Gen3 chief technology officer, discusses how she went from tomboy to tech lead

Interview between Emma Hudson and Gayle Paterson, founder of FLITE (Female Leaders in Tech, Everywhere). (more…)

23 January, 2019

The rise of mobile ticketing and implications for mobility as a service

Nick Maynard from Juniper Research talks to VanillaPlus‘ Annie Turner about the dramatic rise in mobile ticketing and its implications for mobility as a service.

AT: How fast is mobile ticketing for transport growing and what’s driving the growth?

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26 October, 2018

Why telcos lag behind tech firms in the cloud, and how to choose a public vs. private cloud strategy

In a wide-ranging interview, Danielle Royston, one of the leading women in telecoms IT talks exclusively to VanillaPlus about the mistakes people make in their cloud strategy, why telcos are lagging behind tech firms in their cloud revenues, some bold claims, and saying Yes to more opportunities.  (more…)

18 October, 2018

How is AI transforming wireless networking for CSPs?

Everyone seems to have a story to tell in Artificial Intelligence (AI) these days. But is it really having an impact on wireless networks? Here, Jeremy Cowan of VanillaPlus talks to two execs about recent developments; Keith Cahoon, UK Business Development director of Mist, and Kevin Fenn, global head of networks at ThoughtWorks. VanillaPlus: AI has been touted as […]

18 September, 2018

Full 5G will take a while but CIOs should prepare for it now

With 5G launch imminent in the US and some other markets, the technology is starting to become a reality. However, it remains very early in terms of deployment coverage and the ways in which initial 5G is being deployed do not deliver many of the promises of 5G. Nevertheless, it’s worthwhile for CIOs to prepare their enterprises for 5G adoption, Mark Hung, a research vice president at Gartner tells George Malim

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