Technology Now

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 topics including physical AI and quantum computing. At the HP Garage in Palo Alto, California, our on the ground reporter Sam Jarrell is once again joined by HPE Labs Chief Architect, Kirk Bresniker, this time, to discuss the future of innovation

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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 Alto, California. Our reporter on the ground, Sam Jarrell is joined by HPE Labs Chief Architect, Kirk Bresniker, to explore the history of the HPE and how the modern era of electronics began. This episode is available in both video and audio formats.

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Why are we still talking about virtualization? This week, Technology Now is returning to a classic topic in computing: Virtualization. So, what’s changed in the landscape that’s bought virtualization back into the limelight, and how is it being used in our current technological landscape? Brad Parks, Chief Product & Go To Market Officer at HPE’s recently acquired Morpheus Data, tells us more.

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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 how network outages are solved. What caused the problem? Who should run the response? How can organisations learn from outages to prevent them happening in the future? Sarah Tovar, a Principle Network Engineer on the Advanced Customer Engineering team tells us more.

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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 with HPE’s Chief Technology Officer, Fidelma Russo, about any updates since last year’s Diary of a CTO episode, and where she sees the industry heading in the future.

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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 reporter on the ground, Sam Jarrell, is joined by HPE’s President and CEO, Antonio Neri, to explore the show floor and learn more about this year’s event. This episode is available in both video and audio formats.

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What do you do with the world’s largest supercomputer? This week, Technology Now looks further into the world of supercomputers and explores what the world’s largest supercomputer, El Capitan, and its sister machine, Tuolumne, are used for. Rob Rieben, a computational physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, tells us more.

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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’s largest supercomputer, was built. We will explore the software and hardware requirements as well as investigating the physical requirements needed to even be able to run a supercomputer on your premises. Bronis de Supinski, CTO of Livermore Computing at Lawrence Livermore Nati...

How do we prepare our cybersecurity for a post quantum world? This week, Technology Now explores how security experts are looking to future-proofing their work. We will examine the hurdles to post-quantum security, the underlying ways in which our data is protected, and we will be delving into the underground world of “harvest now, decrypt later”. Dr Sarah McCarthy tells us more.

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Where do you create an AI? This week, Technology Now explores the world of AI factories, dedicated spaces for building bespoke artificial intelligence software. We look into what these factories are, how they work, and we examine the importance of them going forward. Iveta Lohovska tells us more.

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How can we prevent people misusing technology to harm others? This week, Technology Now investigates how technology can be used as a weapon against others. We ask how technology has been utilized by bad faith actors in this way and we examine whose responsibility it is to prevent this misuse of technology. Joanne O’Connor from HPE’s cybersecurity organization and founder of Ireland’s National Cyber Security Awareness Taskf...

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 large language models. We ask what are some of the current problems with AI, and examine how applying agents can help artificial intelligence to provide better answers to our questions. Jimmy Whitaker, Chief Scientist in the AI Private Cloud Group at HPE, tells us more.

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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 are the challenges faced when trying to build and use a SD digital twin, and what are the benefits these twins bring to companies which use them? Sebastian Schwarz, General Manager at NetAllied, tells us more.

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 What’s the current state of the cybersecurity world? This week, Technology Now explores the biggest threats we currently face, the way companies and businesses are securing themselves, and the future of cybersecurity. Our reporter, Jaye Tillson, is at the RSA Conference in San Francisco where he is joined by Jon Green, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Security Officer at HPE Networking, John Spiegel, CTO of Security and...

 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 models using the data can be too. We ask what it actually means for AI models to be sovereign and why companies, and indeed entire countries, would be interested in this concept. Andreas Geiss, Vice-President Automotive & Manufacturing at Aleph Alpha tells us more.

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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 way, we can harness it as a powerful tool to contribute to sustainability in other industries too. We ask which challenges are facing AI when it comes to sustainability and how can companies build strategies that support more efficient IT. Monica Batchelder, Chief Sustainabilit...

How can cloud computing be completely isolated from the internet? This week, Technology Now explores the next step in data storage and processing: the concept of a disconnected cloud. Why would someone want their cloud cut off like this? From a single building to an entire country, what are the security and regulatory compliance benefits?! Rich Bird, Worldwide Hybrid Cloud Marketing at HPE tells us more.

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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 energy: excess heat. How much of a problem is the excess heat in the world? How much do data centers actually contribute to the problem? What, if anything, can we do to combat this? Malte Matthies, Business Development Lead for Modular Data Center - at Hewlett Packard Enterpris...

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 a precarious position as an industry. In the global north, growth is largely stagnant, according to those same UN statistics. Even in high-growth economies like China, it’s slowing down. It’s also notoriously inefficient. So, can tech help? And if so, what does that look like...