The Connectivity Podcast

MATTIAS FRIDSTRÖM
The Connectivity Podcast

In this podcast, networking guru Mattias Fridström, Chief Evangelist at Arelion and industry experts discuss all things Internet, networks, cloud and connectivity.

  1. JUN 10

    EP58: Cloud connectivity, public internet, security standards, and enterprise networking trends

    Misha Kuperman, Chief Reliability Officer at Zscaler is back on the podcast. In this episode he and Mattias Fridström discuss if the recent trade tariffs will impact services from Zscaler, whether people in general understand cloud connectivity, if security in the cloud is just a waste of bandwidth resources, what customers know about the public internet, if security standards in telecoms are important, and what security trends we will see in enterprise networking in five years’ time.

    20 min

  2. MAY 12

    EP57: Enterprise networking, geopolitical impact, and zero trust

    In this episode, Misha Kuperman, Chief Reliability Officer at Zscaler joins the podcast to discuss the past and recent developments in enterprise networking, whether the current geopolitical situation has had any impact on the way enterprises think about security, what’s behind the ‘zero trust’ concept and how this works in real life.

    24 min

  3. JAN 20

    EP56: Data center security, heat recovery, understanding network architecture

    Eric Löwgren, Head of Network at data center provider GleSYS, is back on the podcast. This time, he and Mattias Fridström discuss physical and cyber security in data centers, optimizing sustainability through measures such as heat recovery (and getting customers to pay a premium for sustainability), increasing the understanding of network architecture among customers, and what the future data center will look like.

    18 min

  4. 12/11/2024

    EP55: Choosing location for data centers, moving out of the cloud, AI affecting connectivity demands

    Eric Löwgren, Head of Network at data center provider GleSYS, joins the podcast for a discussion on what impacts the selection of where to put a data center, the trend of moving things out of the cloud, AI driving power density and connectivity demands, and attracting ‘lead guitar’ talent to the data center industry.

    21 min

  5. 11/19/2024

    EPEP54: Quantum physics in optical networks, hollow-core fiber, and optimizing power consumption

    Robert Maher, CTO of Infinera, is back on the podcast. This time, he and Mattias Fridström discuss quantum physics in optical networks, the development of hollow-core fiber, optimizing power consumption in the AI data center era, and more.

    21 min

  6. 10/22/2024

    EP53: Optical networking, impact of AI, and hyperscalers building their own gear

    Robert Maher, CTO of Infinera, joins the podcast to talk about how the optical business has developed during the last 20 years, the strive for constant innovation, openness and disaggregation in the telecoms space, the impact of AI in areas such as self-provisioning, and hyperscalers building their own gear.

    23 min

  7. 09/16/2024

    EP52: AI in mobile networks, road to 6G & 7G, and security

    Anders Vestergren, Vice President, Head of Solution Area Network Management at Ericsson is back on the podcast. In this episode, the discussion centers around differentiation of mobile networks, component shortages, development and use cases of AI in mobile networks, finding and training talent with the right skill set, the road to 6G and 7G, the future for quantum computing in mobile services, and telecoms’ massive investments in security.

    25 min

  8. 08/13/2024

    EP51: Global 5G roll-out, edge computing, and network softwareization

    Anders Vestergren, Vice President, Head of Solution Area Network Management at Ericsson joins the podcast to talk about where we are with the global roll-out of 5G, fixed wireless vs mobile access, edge computing, and the softwareization of mobile networks. A great discussion with high-end use cases from the PGA Tour and Taylor Swift concerts.

    26 min
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In this podcast, networking guru Mattias Fridström, Chief Evangelist at Arelion and industry experts discuss all things Internet, networks, cloud and connectivity.

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  • Creator
    MATTIAS FRIDSTRÖM
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    59
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 The Connectivity Podcast
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    The Connectivity Podcast

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