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In this episode, Russell Boyer, Global Energy Field Director focused on the electric utilities industry for Dell Technologies, begins with the challenges electric utilities are facing today. Russell describes some of the technology disruptors impacting the electric industry and how they are driving the need for modernization and better reliability. Russell explains how Dell Technologies is engaging within the industry to help with modernization and is addressing cybersecurity. Russell concludes with Dell’s partners in this effort, some examples, how he coaches customers starting the modernization journey, where to find more information and final thoughts.

In this episode, Mason Baron, Chief Technology Officer for Digital Harmonic, begins with the role and challenges of imagery and video in the energy industry. Mason describes how an energy provider can achieve higher efficiency in processing images. Cleaner data helps with AI processing and extracting insights. Mason shares how Digital Harmonic addresses these problems, how their products, Purepixel and Keyframe, fit into the overall infrastructure and what results can be expected. Mason concludes with Digital Harmonic’s relationship with Dell and NVIDIA, where to find more information and final thoughts.

In this episode, Vince Westin, Storage Evangelist for Dell Technologies, first provides an overview of energy’s edge processing requirements, the importance of the data generated there, and why resiliency of that data is essential. He then introduces us to PowerStore, its key features such as AppsON, and how its simplicity and software defined configuration and management make it a perfect fit for scaled out edge locations such as those found in energy. Vince also discusses PowerStore’s upgrade capabilities, and other features such as its guaranteed 4:1 data reduction. Vince concludes with where to find more information on PowerStore and final thoughts.

In Part II of this two-part episode, David Holmes, Chief Technology Officer for Energy within Dell Technologies, continues his discussion on the technology impacting energy industry modernization. David then addresses cyber security and Dell’s response to the industry’s need for technical modernization. David concludes with VMware’s role, customer examples and final thoughts.

In Part I of this two-part episode, David Holmes, Chief Technology Officer for Energy within Dell Technologies, begins with general trends within the Energy industry, and more specifically the Oil & Gas and Electricity sectors. David then describes the changes and new challenges he is seeing within each sector and how the energy mix is changing. David also shares the impact of government regulations and how emissions considerations are affecting each sector. David concludes with a discussion of new technologies available to the energy industry.

In this Episode, Derek Arcuri, Team Lead for Industry and Application Marketing for Genetec, first describes how technology can assist Electric Utilities with Cyber Security and Genetec’s approach to leveraging technology to help with M&A, Regulatory, and Cyber Security challenges. He also shares a Genetec case study, where to find more info, and final thoughts.