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Evan Kirstel
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Tech Transformation with Evan Kirstel: A podcast exploring the latest trends and innovations in the tech industry, and how businesses can leverage them for growth, diving into the world of B2B, discussing strategies, trends, and sharing insights from industry leaders!With over three decades in telecom and IT, I've mastered the art of transforming social media into a dynamic platform for audience engagement, community building, and establishing thought leadership. My approach isn't about personal brand promotion but about delivering educational and informative content to cultivate a sustainable, long-term business presence. I am the leading content creator in areas like Enterprise AI, UCaaS, CPaaS, CCaaS, Cloud, Telecom, 5G and more!

  1. 15H AGO

    Agentic SecOps That Works

    Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com If your SOC is buried under alert noise, another flashy AI demo won’t save you. We go deeper into what actually works: starting with data strategy and detection quality so automation has real signal to work with, not chaos to summarize. Our guest CEO and Founder Karthik Kannan from Anvilogic explains what “agentic SecOps” looks like in practice, from data onboarding and normalization to detection engineering, hunting, triage, investigation, and the integrations that move outcomes into your ticketing or case management systems. We talk through why many AI security operations tools jump straight to alert triage and why that can turn into a band aid. The more durable path is end-to-end context: knowing exactly which data sources fed a detection, what logic fired, and how the alert was produced. That lineage supports higher accuracy, cleaner investigations, and consistent mapping to frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK. We also dig into “show your work” explainability, why black box answers stall adoption, and how a decision trace helps teams build trust step by step. On the architecture side, we explore federated security operations across the tools enterprises already run, including Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Snowflake, and Databricks. Instead of forcing every byte into a monolithic SIEM, federated queries and data lake strategies let teams correlate where the data lives while controlling cost and complexity. We close with a grounded take on whether AI replaces security analysts and why the real win is reducing burnout and up-leveling people into higher judgment work. If this helped you rethink SOC automation, subscribe, share the episode with your team, and leave a review with the biggest bottleneck you want AI to tackle next. Support the show More at https://linktr.ee/EvanKirstel

    21 min

  2. 6D AGO

    What Happens When Hype Hits Budgets

    Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Cloud was supposed to simplify everything. Instead, a lot of CIOs are staring at bills that are far higher than anyone forecast, feeling locked into hyperscalers, and wondering where the business value went. I sit down with David Linthicum, former Deloitte chief cloud strategy officer turned tech influencer, to give an unvarnished reality check on cloud computing costs, cloud repatriation, and what “pragmatic architecture” looks like when budgets are real and timelines are slow. We also get blunt about enterprise AI. David explains why so many AI-driven transformations stall out on two constraints: money and talent. We dig into why AI can cost 10 to 20 times more than traditional software, why “AI-first enterprise” messaging can be dangerous, and how leaders can pick high-impact use cases instead of trying to bolt generative AI onto everything. Along the way, we talk about how AI is reshaping SaaS economics as agents start using systems on behalf of humans, and what that means for vendors and buyers. Then we tackle the loudest buzzword of the moment: agentic AI. Where does it shine as a productivity force multiplier, and where is it mostly hype when you try to deploy it at enterprise scale? We round out with underhyped edge computing opportunities and the growing backlash around data centers, power, and the grid. If you care about enterprise architecture, cloud strategy, generative AI, and what’s actually deployable right now, you’ll get a clear set of takeaways you can use this week. Subscribe, share this with a CIO or architect, and leave a review with the most overrated tech trend you want us to challenge next. Everyday AI: Your daily guide to grown with Generative AICan't keep up with AI? We've got you. Everyday AI helps you keep up and get ahead.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Support the show More at https://linktr.ee/EvanKirstel

    33 min

  3. 6D AGO

    How HYCU And Dell Turn Backups Into Cyber Intelligence

    Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Your backup system is sitting on a gold mine and most companies are treating it like a fire extinguisher behind glass. From the floor of Dell Technologies World, we talk with Simon Taylor CEO of HYCU about their next chapter: HYCU Air, an AI resiliency platform designed to turn SaaS backup data into something you can actually interrogate, learn from, and use to stay ahead of cyber risk.  We dig into the big idea that the most valuable asset is not the LLM itself, but the unique datasets inside your systems of record. HYCU Air pairs a knowledge graph and context engine with an LLM so you can ask natural-language questions of your backup history, the same way you would investigate a security camera recording. That reframes data protection from “pay for recovery” to “use backup data every day” across modern cloud applications, collaboration tools, and enterprise SaaS sprawl.  Then we get practical: cybersecurity posture management when AI agents and integrations are “running amok,” spotting policy drift, and using data classification to find sensitive data like PII that never should have been where it ended up. We also share what we’re hearing from customers, why demand is accelerating, and how this approach starts to look like the “brain of an organization” by connecting corporate memory across dozens of SaaS services.  If you want to see where AI resiliency is heading, hit play, share this with a security or IT leader, and leave a review with the one question you wish your backups could answer. Support the show More at https://linktr.ee/EvanKirstel

    9 min

  4. MAY 15

    A New Way To Cut IoT Network Data At The Edge

    Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The fastest way to break a modern network isn’t your Netflix download, it’s the quiet, constant upload from sensors, logs, and telemetry that nobody ever reads. We sit down with Julien Dersey from AtomBeam to unpack why data efficiency is suddenly a front-line issue for IoT networking, edge computing, and cloud operations, even in a world with 5G and new satellite options like Starlink. The uncomfortable reality is that bandwidth grows, then data expands to fill it, especially once cybersecurity teams demand near real-time visibility into who connected to what, from where, and when. We get concrete about the uplink bottleneck that hits IoT deployments first, and why “just filter the data” is a risky workaround. Julian shares a field deployment with an oil and gas fracking operator transmitting over Starlink, where compaction reduced traffic dramatically and kept gigabytes per day flowing reliably for months, while also helping identify odd behavior coming from a sensor. From there, we explore how AtomBeam’s lossless “compaction tunnel” differs from traditional compression, how it can run with extremely low CPU and memory, and why keeping applications unchanged is a big deal for real teams. We also dig into enterprise and operator integrations: testing with Ericsson over a 5G router and SD-WAN style network bonding, the latency and performance questions engineers always ask, and the security posture using TLS 1.3 with an added obfuscation effect. Finally, we widen the lens to point-of-sale receipt transmission at scale, disaster recovery replication speedups, and what’s coming as connected vehicles, smart meters, and smart grid AMI 2.0 generate even more machine data. If you care about IoT bandwidth, edge efficiency, secure data transport, and the future of connected devices, subscribe, share this with a colleague, and leave a review. What’s the single noisiest data stream on your network right now? Everyday AI: Your daily guide to grown with Generative AICan't keep up with AI? We've got you. Everyday AI helps you keep up and get ahead.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Support the show More at https://linktr.ee/EvanKirstel

    26 min

  5. MAY 14

    Complex Enterprises Need Custom UC And CX

    Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com ANZ moves fast, and that speed exposes the difference between “cloud by default” and communications that actually hold up under pressure. We sit down with Mitel and Ethan Global to unpack what it takes to deliver unified communications, contact center, and customer experience platforms across Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific where geography is huge, budgets demand efficiency, and resilience is non-negotiable. We talk about why Australia and New Zealand are early adopter markets, how hybrid work has shifted to a role-based model, and why complex verticals like government, healthcare, education, emergency services, mining, and transport can’t rely on one-size-fits-all deployments. You’ll hear what customers are asking for right now: redundancy, tight integration into core business systems, managed services, and clear answers on data sovereignty and regulatory expectations. Then we get into the AI reality check. Instead of vague hype, we focus on what’s delivering immediate value in CX and contact centers, including agent assist, conversation summarization, quality monitoring, and AI that improves IT operations through faster issue resolution and smarter provisioning. We also explore cloud-first mandates, the surprising rise of cloud repatriation when organizations move too quickly, and why the partner ecosystem now drives innovation as much as the platform itself. If you’re planning a UCaaS or CCaaS modernization, building an AI roadmap for customer experience, or supporting a hybrid workforce at scale, this conversation will help you pressure-test your strategy. Subscribe, share with a colleague, and leave a review with your biggest question about cloud, AI, or enterprise communications. Everyday AI: Your daily guide to grown with Generative AICan't keep up with AI? We've got you. Everyday AI helps you keep up and get ahead.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Support the show More at https://linktr.ee/EvanKirstel

    24 min

  6. MAY 12

    How Tugger Turns Scattered Business Systems Into Trusted AI Answers

    Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Your AI assistant is only as smart as the mess behind your dashboards. When business data lives across CRM, accounting, HR, and job systems, “connect ChatGPT to our data” quickly turns into rate limits, broken joins, confusing IDs, and answers nobody trusts. We sit down with Craig Morrall, co-founder of Tugger, to unpack a practical architecture for enterprise AI that actually holds up in the real world: pulling data from many platforms into a warehouse, then layering on a semantic model that explains what the data means and how records connect across systems. That extra context is what turns a chatbot into something you can rely on for revenue questions, profitability analysis, and cross-platform reporting without spending months on custom pipelines. Craig also shares what customers are doing once the foundation is in place, including building interactive dashboards in minutes and generating repeatable board packs that used to take finance teams hours. We dig into time to value, early ROI stories, and how Tugger approaches security and governance with ring-fenced data storage, ISO 27001 certification, and guidance on using business-grade LLM plans to reduce training risk. If you’re evaluating enterprise AI, data warehousing, semantic layers, or secure analytics with Claude or ChatGPT, this conversation will help you separate real capability from hype. Subscribe for more practical AI stories, share this with a friend building on enterprise data, and leave a review with the biggest data problem you want AI to solve. Everyday AI: Your daily guide to grown with Generative AICan't keep up with AI? We've got you. Everyday AI helps you keep up and get ahead.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Support the show More at https://linktr.ee/EvanKirstel

    25 min

  7. MAY 11

    Securing Agentic AI Identities

    Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com AI agents are starting to do real work inside real companies and they often do it by acting as us. That’s exciting, and it’s also a security wake-up call. We sit down with Matthew Immler Regional CSO, Americas at Okta, to unpack why identity security has become the primary battleground and why attackers increasingly prefer impersonation over breaking through a “front door” with zero-days. We get concrete about what “non-human identities” actually means in plain English, and how agentic AI changes the rules. When employees connect new tools and click consent, an AI agent can gain access not just to a calendar, but to email, files, and other sensitive systems through broad OAuth scopes. From the security team’s perspective, the activity can look like normal user behavior, which creates a visibility problem at the exact moment enterprises are being pushed to adopt AI faster than their controls can mature. We also talk solutions: treating AI agents as first-class identities with owners, managers, and access reviews; spotting non-human behavior through signals like abnormal client secret flows and extreme refresh token patterns; and why blocking AI outright can drive “shadow AI” instead of safety. Matt shares how standards work like cross-app access can shift control from end-user consent to IT policy so teams can approve tools, lock scopes down, and keep tight governance. If you care about AI security, identity and access management, OAuth risk, and practical guardrails for agentic AI, this conversation will help you think clearly and act faster. Subscribe, share this with your security or IT team, and leave a review with the one control you think every AI agent should have. Support the show More at https://linktr.ee/EvanKirstel

    15 min

  8. MAY 8

    How To Cut Costs And Errors With A Single Source Of Medical Truth

    Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Healthcare keeps getting more expensive, yet most of us feel like we’re doing more work just to get the same care: more portals, more forms, more phone calls, and more confusing lab results. We sit down with Greg Brady the founder and CEO of Connect4Patients to dig into the root cause he’s spent decades solving in other industries: fragmented data. His claim is direct and a little startling. If we can’t assemble a complete, real-time medical record, we can’t reliably reduce errors, we can’t simplify administration, and we can’t move the system upstream toward prevention.  We talk about what a patient-centric system actually looks like in practice: one unified “single version of the truth” for your health record that can be shared across providers, while still working with existing EMR/EHR systems. Greg explains how an AI-based network can fuse and cleanse records in a HIPAA-compliant way, then translate medical jargon into plain English so patients can understand what their numbers mean and what actions to take. That shift is bigger than convenience. It’s the foundation for catching trends early, like rising glucose before prediabetes, and for preventing dangerous mistakes, like prescriptions that conflict with other meds a patient is already taking.  We also get into the uncomfortable incentives that keep healthcare stuck in a treatment loop: more tests, more procedures, more friction in prior authorization, and a system where insurers can delay care through manual workflows. Greg shares a view of what could change if large employers, cities, or states act as self-insured organizations and reward preventive behaviors directly, using data and personalized guidance to lower chronic disease rates over time.  If you’ve ever wondered why healthcare feels “designed” to be hard, this conversation offers a concrete infrastructure-level answer and a practical path forward. Subscribe, share this with someone who’s tired of managing their care across multiple portals, and leave a review with the biggest healthcare friction you want fixed next. Everyday AI: Your daily guide to grown with Generative AICan't keep up with AI? We've got you. Everyday AI helps you keep up and get ahead.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Support the show More at https://linktr.ee/EvanKirstel

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Tech Transformation with Evan Kirstel: A podcast exploring the latest trends and innovations in the tech industry, and how businesses can leverage them for growth, diving into the world of B2B, discussing strategies, trends, and sharing insights from industry leaders!With over three decades in telecom and IT, I've mastered the art of transforming social media into a dynamic platform for audience engagement, community building, and establishing thought leadership. My approach isn't about personal brand promotion but about delivering educational and informative content to cultivate a sustainable, long-term business presence. I am the leading content creator in areas like Enterprise AI, UCaaS, CPaaS, CCaaS, Cloud, Telecom, 5G and more!

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  • Creator
    Evan Kirstel
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    647
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 TechInfluencer
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