Tech Talks Harvey Nash

Today's show we're talking to Stu Bannerman, who gives his take on why companies struggled to meet demand during the height of the pandemic, and why disaster recovery was left in the long grass (and hopefully won't be again) by too many!

Also on the show we're discussing the #challengeaccepted trend, what it says, and whether it's making the impact it should: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/30/is-the-challengeaccepted-trend-simply-a-miss-instagram-pageant-or-something-more

Erik joins us from the West Coast to chat about Postal.io, to talk about the sales and marketing sector, and being an entrepreneur in the current climate. He discusses the need to understand the market is changing, but your proposition doesn't have to, as well as striking some caution in the shift to home working. Big Tech might yet shake up the way we work again!

Also on the show Neil Blagden from Finastra shares an update on Boycott Your Bed. If you want to support Neil and his colleagues you can! https://www.justgiving.com/team/Finastra

Amir Hashmi is a technology expert with more than 20 years’ experience working in companies like BP, Bertelsmann, Merck and Deutsche Bank. He founded zsah, an award-winning cloud and managed technology services company headquartered in London (but with a global reach). Today's show focused on his view of the market, and how it's now changing... and what opportunities there are for some of the businesses we've got to know during lockdown!

Jason is CEO of Luminance, the market-leading artificial intelligence platform for the legal industry. We chat about how businesses need to pivot, redefine what efficiency means, and embrace the new world we live in. Why? Because this is normal, and we're not going back.

David joins the show to explain how behaviour analytics can be used to protect consumers and businesses from fraud. Machine learning and automation is key as the data used to profile and understand our habits expands.

Also on the podcast Ken Deeks, MBE, founder of Byte Night, talks about www.boycottyourbed.co.uk - it's on August 21st so join in, or simply sponsor us!

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/david-savage21

Pialy is Chief Strategy Officer at Republic, an investment platform for startup companies. We chat about inclusion and tackling the inequality in funding, how the pandemic has altered the relationship between financiers and entrepreneurs, and how volatility always breeds opportunity!