CIO Exchange Podcast

VMware

The CIO exchange podcast features technology and business leaders from around the world, discussing what's working, what's not, and what's next. Through stories of failure, success, passion, and struggle, we explore the ways in which these tech executives have moved both their companies and their careers forward. Each episode is a conversation focusing on a unique topic intended to provide the insight and perspective needed to help others make progress. This podcast is produced by VMware, a Silicon Valley-based technology company. Visit vmware.com/cio for more details.

  1. 17/01/2024

    Moving Fast, Securely with Laura Bell Main, CEO of SafeStack

    How can companies move fast, securely? In this episode, Yadin sits down with Laura Bell Main, CEO of SafeStack and co-author of the book Security for Everyone, to discuss securing organizations of all sizes, navigating security conversations when selling to large enterprises, and some common missteps with security and AI. Laura dives into practical tips for both growing a company and prioritizing security. --------- Key Quotes:“We need to remember that security is the oldest problem there is, so it isn't something you grow into. It isn't something that suddenly appears one Tuesday morning and you're like, oh, right, security matters now.” “This is how your company is seen in the world. It's a bit crass to say security can help you sell, but it really kind of can.” “We're never going to win. We just have to give up on that entirely. There is no 100 percent secure, there's no done. That's okay, that's cool.” --------- Timestamps: (01:16) How smaller organizations can become secure (05:21) Security can help you sell  (06:05) Communicating security measures when pitching (08:54) Security and AI tools (11:01) Putting data in LLMs (17:24) AI explainability requirements in the EU (26:37) Understanding ROI in cybersecurity (32:40) The role of dopamine in cybersecurity -------- Links:Laura Bell Main on LinkedIn CIO Exchange on X Yadin Porter de León on X OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Model Applications [Subscribe to the Podcast]  On Apple Podcast For more podcasts, video and in-depth research go to https://www.vmware.com/cio

    35 min
  2. 20/12/2023

    Preparing for the Spacefaring Economy with Elizebeth Varghese, Partner / Principal, Space Economy Acceleration Leader at Deloitte

    Are CIOs prepared for the space age? In this episode, Yadin sits down with Elizebeth Varghese, Partner / Principal, Space Economy Acceleration Leader at Deloitte and the author of Stellar Singularity: Navigating the Spacefaring Economy. They discuss the impact that space technologies have on terrestrial companies and why every company will become a space company. They dive into the democratization of space and advice for CIOs. --------- Key Quotes:“The democratization of space is here.” “The boundaries of technology and space and non-tech space are blurring. Whether it's telephone services or download speeds, latency of data computing, launch vehicles, infrastructure, data analytics, everything is starting to have a component of space tech in it.” --------- Timestamps: (01:16) What will the space age look like?  (03:35) How space technology transforms businesses (07:32) When are spaceports coming?  (08:34) The democratization of space  (10:02) The four value streams of space exploration  (13:51) Are enough CIOs focused on the space economy?  (15:41) Everyday things that stem from space tech  (17:18) Challenges in space that mirror terrestrial challenges  (22:44) Advice for CIOs talking to the board about space  (26:48) Inspiration from space drives innovation  (30:48) Choosing space technologies  -------- Links:Elizebeth Varghese on LinkedIn CIO Exchange on Twitter Yadin Porter de León on Twitter [Subscribe to the Podcast]  On Apple Podcast For more podcasts, video and in-depth research go to https://www.vmware.com/cio

    33 min
  3. 13/12/2023

    What Makes a Sustainable Business? with Srini Koushik, President Technology, Sustainability, and AI at Rackspace

    hat does it mean to be a truly sustainable business? What factors should be included in the definition of 'sustainability'? In this episode, Yadin sits down with Srini Koushik, President of Technology, Sustainability, and AI at Rackspace. The two discuss the 'Three E’s' of sustainability that should be top of mind for tech leaders and delve into examples of how this framework applies to recent technologies. They specifically dissect the sustainable use of AI and explore the various considerations regarding how to employ it." --------- Key Quotes:“As technologists, we live and operate in an environment that has the ability to impact this in a meaningful way. How you choose the technologies you use, how you consume it, how do you kind of make it available to a broader subset of people so that they can enjoy the benefits that technology brings, those are all things under our control.” “As technology leaders, we're going to have to be a lot more conscious about the decisions we make as to where you use technology and how you do that. I think the sustainability framework we've been talking about gives you a much better, it's not that you're not going to make mistakes, but, it will be, it'll kind of weed out some of the really bad ideas very quickly”. --------- Timestamps: (00:50) Sustainability beyond the “green aspect”  (02:01) The three “E’s” of sustainability  (04:29) Applying the three E’s to AI  (06:46) Ethical and “green” use of AI  (09:40) AI to augment humans  (18:00) The evolution of the definition of sustainability  (23:07) The progression of technology and human knowledge  (27:55) We broke it, and we can fix it  (31:32) Will AI reach everyone equally?  (33:02) Call to action for technology leaders -------- Links:Srini Koushik on LinkedIn CIO Exchange on Twitter Yadin Porter de León on Twitter [Subscribe to the Podcast]  On Apple Podcast For more podcasts, video and in-depth research go to  https://www.vmware.com/cio

    38 min
  4. 29/11/2023

    The Sustainable Data Center and the “AI Gold Rush” with Missy Young, CIO of Switch

    Switch is an innovator in the data center industry, providing services that are 100 percent renewable with a perfect uptime record. In this episode, Yadin sits down with Switch’s CIO, Missy Young, to discuss how Switch’s sustainability practices trickle down and benefit their customers' ESG efforts, as well as their bottom line, and how AI is impacting the data center capacity across the industry. They delve into examples of how Switch partners with large companies and why so many digital transformations are failing within enterprises.  --------- Key Quotes:“A lot of people think it costs you way more to go green. No, not necessarily. It's not true. It depends on how you do it. But when you have a middleman who is buying the energy for you and then marking it up 80 percent and selling it to you, then yes, it's going to cost more. But if you can buy direct, you're going to get a much better bang for your buck.” “When C-level executives want to do digital transformation, it is a necessity that they have buy-in from the team. It is a necessity that they figure out, am I making sure that these employees don't feel fear because of this change? Am I making sure that they still feel valued? Am I making sure that I'm assigning the right tasks to the right people? Am I sure that they're not so afraid of the complexity of this change that they're not even going to do it?” --------- Timestamps: (01:31) The scale of Switch’s services (02:17) Why people aren’t running their own data centers (04:27) The value beyond a perfect uptime record  (05:21) How Switch formed their buying cooperative  (08:56) 100 percent renewable data centers  (11:38) Becoming net water positive  (12:38) How this supports customer ESG initiatives  (13:45) The "AI gold rush" and lack of data center capacity  (17:22) How Switch partners with companies / FedEx case study  (19:48) Why are transformations failing?  (25:00) What Missy sees happening next  -------- Links:Missy Young on LinkedIn CIO Exchange on X Yadin Porter de León on X [Subscribe to the Podcast]  On Apple Podcast For more podcasts, video and in-depth research go to https://www.vmware.com/cio

    29 min
  5. 08/11/2023

    How to Choose Your AI Partners with Suhail Nimji, VP/Head of Business Development, Corporate Development, and Partnerships at Jasper

    Is implementing generative AI different from implementing other tools? Should CIOs build or buy, and how should they choose their AI partners? IIn this episode, Yadin sits down with Suhail Nimji, VP/Head of Business Development, Corporate Development, and Partnerships at Jasper, to discuss what he is seeing and hearing in the market. They dive into the change management differences with AI, as well as the questions CIOs should ask as they build AI partnerships. --------- Key Quotes:“This is a journey, not a sort of, hey, we've implemented this thing and let's go. And so when I talk to CIOs about the landscape, it's more so who can you partner with on this journey? And I think that's the most important thing to think about. Because it will be iterative.” “The CIO's job is to be thinking about the next frontier constantly while having one eye on the present and one eye on the future. And to think that this is like a net new sort of revelation for them would be remiss. Their entire job with their leadership is to think about, how are we implementing the best technology for our customers, for our employees? How do we give the best experience? Generative is just another sort of like, oh, look, there's another tool that we should go evaluate.” --------- Timestamps: (01:15) What is the current conversation about generative AI?  (02:30) What is different about the AI conversation now?  (07:34) Is upskilling and reskilling a big part of the conversation? (09:32) AI creates workflow change, more than a technical one  (12:22) Deciding who to partner with (15:05) Trust in AI partnerships  (16:20) Questions tech leaders should ask as they choose AI partners  (21:44) Data security and privacy  (24:38) Is this different than other tools?  (27:27) Build versus buy  (29:14) Are there unique hurtles when rolling out AI solutions? (30:47) Change management  (33:54) Suhail’s advice for CIOs -------- Links:Suhail Nimji on LinkedIn CIO Exchange on X Yadin Porter de León on X [Subscribe to the Podcast]  On Apple Podcast For more podcasts, video and in-depth research go to  https://www.vmware.com/cio

    37 min
  6. 25/10/2023

    Securing the Software Supply Chain with Chip Childers, VP Security at VMware and Jim Mercer, VP DevSecOps at IDC

    Incidents like the Log4j incident and new governmental regulations have forced tech leaders to examine the security of their software supply chain. Understanding the complexities of this is challenging; how can CIOs determine their exposure and prioritize their vulnerabilities? In this conversation, Yadin sits down with Chip Childers, VP Security, Compliance, Open-Source & Privacy Engineering & Chief Open Source Officer at VMware and Jim Mercer, Research Vice President - DevOps & DevSecOps at IDC, to discuss the software supply chain and how CIOs should think about it, in depth. They look at how we became so reliant on the open-source community and the impact of generative AI. Key Quotes:“When you talk about the idea of having to have development resources to do patching, it's those transitive dependencies, honestly, that you may not be able to patch because you're relying on other people's work. That's why understanding this complexity really matters.” - Chip  “I don't think a lot of organizations realize how dependent they are on this open source community as we've started to kind of grow out, develop applications and rely so heavily on open source.”- Jim --------- Timestamps: (01:15) Why are we concerned about the software supply chain? (05:25) Building complex systems on top of other complex systems (08:15) Realizations from the Log4j incident  (11:22) Resulting shifts from new compliance and regulations (16:21) Creative chaos in the software industry  (18:48) Reliance on the open-source community  (19:23) How can you identify where code is coming from? (20:17) Prioritizing vulnerabilities  (23:08) The snowball effect in the supply chain (25:00) How do you understand your exposure? (33:15) The impact of generative AI  (37:27) Where should CIOs start heading into board level conversations?  -------- Links:Chip Childers on LinkedIn Jim Mercer on LinkedIn CIO Exchange on Twitter Yadin Porter de León on Twitter [Subscribe to the Podcast]  On Apple Podcast For more podcasts, video and in-depth research go to https://www.vmware.com/cio

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The CIO exchange podcast features technology and business leaders from around the world, discussing what's working, what's not, and what's next. Through stories of failure, success, passion, and struggle, we explore the ways in which these tech executives have moved both their companies and their careers forward. Each episode is a conversation focusing on a unique topic intended to provide the insight and perspective needed to help others make progress. This podcast is produced by VMware, a Silicon Valley-based technology company. Visit vmware.com/cio for more details.

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