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The ITPro Podcast is a weekly show for technology professionals and business leaders. Each week hosts Bobby Hellard and Jane McCallion 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/the-it-pro-podcast for more information, or follow ITPro on LinkedIn for regular updates.

  1. 6d ago

    What is a flatpack data center?

    As data center construction causes controversy around the globe, Jane and Bobby are joined by Chris Carreiro, the CTO of global IT infrastructure services firm Park Place Technologies, to discuss the pros and cons of flatpack data centers and how modular computing can help enterprises scale up. Related content AI data center growth stymied by power constraintsData center markets are booming in these EMEA countriesThe great data center backlash threatens to disrupt the future More from ITPro Visit ITPro.com Subscribe to the ITPro Newsletter Find us on YouTube

    What is a flatpack data center?

  2. Oct 21

    SPECIAL EDITION: Future-proofing the modern enterprise in an AI-centered world

    Nearly half of enterprises are struggling to keep pace with disruption. Largely down to a combination of fragmented AI, workplace, and infrastructure strategies, according to Dell's latest Modern Enterprise Readiness Report. Disconnected projects slow businesses down. Outdated hardware creates an AI bottleneck. Leaders need an integrated strategy where devices, infrastructure, and security work as one connected system. On this special edition of the ITPro Podcast, in association with Dell Technologies, Global Chief Technology Officer and Chief AI Officer of Dell Technologies, John Roese, talks through the findings of the Modern Enterprise Readiness Report and how businesses can close the execution gap. For businesses looking to learn more about how they can advance their adoption of AI, John will be sharing additional insights during his keynote presentation at Dell Technologies Forum London on November 24th 2026. Highlights “As anybody who's ever worked in an enterprise knows, the technology is actually not the hard part. It's organizational dynamics, prioritization, regulatory regimes, all of the things that are what are called execution” “If you are not willing to do that restructuring and reorganization of your fundamental processes, then your adoption of AI — even if you're successful with it — will be marginal. It will give you 15% improvement. Our experience has been that when you've completely redesigned the process, when you go in with an open mind, and you realize what the technology can do, and you rethink the distribution of work, you can see orders of magnitude improvement of the actual overall process versus just a marginal 10, 15% improvement.” Related content Register now for Dell Technologies Forum London, 24 November 2026 More from ITPro Visit ITPro.com Subscribe to the ITPro Newsletter Find us on YouTube

    SPECIAL EDITION: Future-proofing the modern enterprise in an AI-centered world

  3. Oct 16

    Have agents, copilots, and chatbots made life harder?

    AI tools like copilots, chatbots, and agents have rapidly taken root in the workplace in the years since ChatGPT brought the technology into the mainstream. The initial promise was that AI would lighten the load and help workers carry out tasks without having to learn new skills. In reality, that’s not quite what happened. Barriers to adoption have led to a growing AI skills gap in companies driven not by a lack of understanding of how to use the technology, but by a lack of understanding of how the technology works and what its weaknesses are. On this week’s episode, Jane and Ross are joined by Greg Hanson, VP and head of EMEA North at Informatica from Salesforce, to discuss the impact this can have on companies and whether there is a straightforward way to overcome it. Related content Enterprises are ‘paralyzed by a lack of understanding’ with AI adoption – and there's one key factor that decides successWhy AI adoption is a people problem, not a technology problem More from ITPro Visit ITPro.com Subscribe to the ITPro Newsletter Find us on YouTube

    Have agents, copilots, and chatbots made life harder?

  4. Oct 14

    SPECIAL EDITION: Scaling, ROI, and what’s next for workplace AI

    For many companies, AI is now a fact of life. A growing number of those that were running pilots have now moved to production, bringing agents and other forms of generative AI into force in their organizations. Perhaps more exciting still, these projects are – finally – starting to demonstrate ROI. In this special edition of the ITPro Podcast, in association with SAP, Jane is joined by guest James Bates, head of industry and customer advisory at SAP UK and Ireland, to talk about AI investment, the importance of workforce skills, and how organizations can successfully scale their implementations. Highlights“AI largely to this point has been fantastic in terms of productivity use cases ... but if you think about the prospect of agentic AI and its ability to transform end-to-end processes, where actually you'll have agents really driving actions – albeit still orchestrated, I would stress, by people and people very much at the center of that decision-making kind of process – you’re right, there is definitely a lot of excitement about it.” “If you think about the sorts of processes and data that SAP and SAP's customers are dealing with … nearly right isn't good enough in our world. Actually, it has to be 100% right, which is interesting if you start thinking about the nature of probabilistic systems versus deterministic. And of course, large language models are probabilistic, and we're having to try and understand how we solve some of those challenges when it comes to the nature of data within an SAP kind of landscape.” “If we think about where customers are investing and working and deploying capabilities today, it's also in building some of the foundations around AI. So things like data, processes, skills, governance frameworks. And I often think actually that the organizations and customers that will win in the long term are those that are focused on building those initial foundations.” There’s still time to register for SAP NOW AI Tour UKI – click here to join SAP in Birmingham. Related content Special agents: the changing face of AI in business and how it’s driving ROIDownload SAP’s The Value of AI report now

    SPECIAL EDITION: Scaling, ROI, and what’s next for workplace AI

  5. Oct 9

    What UK tech can learn from a decentralized government

    It’s been a summer of change in the UK. With Andy Burnham taking up residence in 10 Downing Street, the new prime minister has championed the government’s focus on a more decentralized approach to governing the UK – including a ‘Number 10 North’ in Manchester. With a proposed shift of power away from London toward other regions, could this approach work in the UK tech sector? In this week’s episode, we speak to Ben Bilsland, Head of Technology Industry at RSM UK, about the UK’s technology hubs and how a more regional focus could help the UK grow its technology sector. More from ITPro Visit ITPro.com Subscribe to the ITPro Newsletter Find us on YouTube Related content UK government targets 'sovereign AI' gains with new £500 million startup funding scheme

    What UK tech can learn from a decentralized government

  6. Oct 2

    NetApp Insight 2026: Can Novus and Keystone break the AI bottlenecks?

    As we move further into autumn, conferences start to come thick and fast. This week was NetApp's annual Insight event, live from Las Vegas, where there was another chance to hear more about how smart storage, AI factories, and data readiness can empower enterprises. However, it’s been a challenging year for NetApp, with growing concern over the ever-rising cost of hardware and the rapid expansion of agentic AI pulling safety concerns into focus. ITPro’s news and analysis editor, Ross Kelly, joined the pod live from an unusually rainy Las Vegas to talk through NetApp’s announcements. NetApp Novus has AI factory bottlenecks in the crosshairsI can’t believe we’re still talking about AI data readinessNetApp CEO George Kurian: AI adoption

    NetApp Insight 2026: Can Novus and Keystone break the AI bottlenecks?

  7. Sep 30

    SPECIAL EDITION: What enterprises need from a modern data center

    The data center has always been the backbone of enterprise operations, but in the age of AI, modern infrastructure has to evolve. And there are many challenges for enterprises when it comes to their legacy infrastructure and what they need to consider for a successful refresh. In this special edition of the ITPro Podcast, Bobby Hellard talks with Dell Technologies senior director of global speciality sales, KC Funk on the evolution of the modern data center. From storage layers and AI readiness to security and the current threats data centers should prepare for, KC explains how Dell solutions like PowerStore can help. Three business benefits of Dell Private Cloud

    SPECIAL EDITION: What enterprises need from a modern data center

  8. Sep 25

    Rogue AI and unionization at Meta

    The month of September is usually about the first flourishes of Autumn, but thanks to a cohort of AI companies, everyone is seeing red. Multiple reports of rogue AI agents hacking companies across the internet have led to calls to slow down the research and development of the technology. And, in an even more unbelievable turn of events, Meta is open to unionization across its workforce… On this week’s episode of the ITPro Podcast, Bobby Hellard, Scott Bekker, and Ross Kelly look at the recent spate of AI agent hacks and Meta’s deal with Prospect. Meta and prospect partnership Spanish gov hacked by AI agentsAnthropic rogue AI agents

    Rogue AI and unionization at Meta
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The ITPro Podcast is a weekly show for technology professionals and business leaders. Each week hosts Bobby Hellard and Jane McCallion 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/the-it-pro-podcast for more information, or follow ITPro on LinkedIn for regular updates.

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