How do we know if our AI… is really AI? This week, Technology now goes under the hood of AI products when Baradji Diallo, an AI Innovation Architect in Technology Strategy and Evaluation working in the office of the CTO joins us to tell us more about how he and his team investigate whether AI products are really what they claim to be. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headline...
Oct 16, 2025•21 min•Ep. 131
How do we protect our institutional memory? This week, Technology Now explores the importance of organisational memory and the biggest challenges which can lead to its erosion. We dive into how it could be preserved, and why this is vital for our organisations. Rom Kosla, CIO for HPE, tells us more. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology beh...
Oct 09, 2025•22 min•Ep. 130
What sort of technology goes into building the latest arenas? This week, Technology Now explores the Chase Centre, home of the Golden State Warriors and a venue for all sorts of events from sports to live music. We examine the importance of technology in all aspects of design, from before fans leave their houses, to their connectivity, safety, and enjoyment at the venue. Brian Fulmer, Senior Director of IT at the Golden State Warriors, tells us more. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from He...
Oct 02, 2025•19 min•Ep. 129
How can artificial intelligence make itself more efficient? This week, Technology Now delves into the concept of solution based efficiency, how it can be applied to new and emerging technologies, and the importance of expecting the unexpected. John Frey, Senior Director and Chief Technologist of Sustainable Transformation for HPE, tells us more. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been maki...
Sep 25, 2025•24 min•Ep. 128
Where do we get our stuff from? This week, Technology Now is diving into the subject of supply chain. We explore what different people along the value chain care about, the types of disruptions modern day supply chains face, and we explore how AI can be integrated into the world of supply chain to mitigate unexpected shocks. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a ...
Sep 18, 2025•24 min•Ep. 127
Can AI be used to improve patient experiences? This week, Technology Now explores how AI is being used to streamline data collection in the healthcare industry, how data should be treated to avoid bias in AI, and the benefits this brings to patients. Derek B. Howard, Programme Manager for the HPE Digital Health Foundry Programme, tells us more. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been makin...
Sep 11, 2025•19 min•Ep. 126
How do you keep a computer running non-stop? This week Technology Now explores the world of fault tolerant computing. We dive into how fault tolerance works, what industries use it, and why such a useful form of computing isn’t as ubiquitous as we might expect. Casey Taylor, Vice President and General Manager HPE Nonstop Compute tells us more. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making...
Sep 04, 2025•19 min•Ep. 125
Can we build technology today to defend against the threats of tomorrow? This week, Technology Now concludes a double episode on post quantum cryptography and explores the subject of firmware, why it’s imperative that it be protected against quantum attacks and why a simple update can’t solve every problem. Nigel Edwards, Director of the Security Lab at HPE Labs, tells us more. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell...
Aug 28, 2025•23 min•Ep. 124
Why do quantum computers pose a threat to governments? This week Technology Now starts a two part dive into quantum computing. In this first episode, we ask: how are governments preparing to mitigate the threat posed by a hypothetical quantum computer which could be invented. Ken Rich, Federal CTO at HPE tells us more. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look a...
Aug 21, 2025•21 min•Ep. 123
How do sports and technology go hand in hand? This week, Technology Now explores how sports teams use technology both on and off the field. We examine the history of sport analytics, and how technology is utilized to help training, find opponents’ weaknesses, and even discover new talent going forwards. Matt Messick, CIO for the Dallas Cowboys who are part of Blue Star Operations Services, tells us more. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Mic...
Aug 14, 2025•20 min•Ep. 122
How can AI be used to commit fraud? This week, Technology Now dives into the world of AI attacks. We explore how AI is being used to commit fraud against both people and companies and ask what protections can be put in place to mitigate this in the future. Aman Raheja, Global Chief Information Security Officer at HPE tells us more. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, ...
Aug 07, 2025•24 min•Ep. 121
What does the future hold for the world of Technology? This week, Technology Now is looking to the future and where we could be going next exploring topics including physical AI and quantum computing. At the HP Garage in Palo Alto, California, our on the ground reporter Sam Jarrell is once again joined by HPE Labs Chief Architect, Kirk Bresniker, this time, to discuss the future of innovation This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird an...
Jul 31, 2025•22 min•Ep. 120
How did we get here? This week Technology Now is looking back at the history of innovation and the birth of Silicon Valley from a tiny garage in Palo Alto, California. Our reporter on the ground, Sam Jarrell is joined by HPE Labs Chief Architect, Kirk Bresniker, to explore the history of the HPE and how the modern era of electronics began. This episode is available in both video and audio formats. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bi...
Jul 24, 2025•24 min•Ep. 119
Why are we still talking about virtualization? This week, Technology Now is returning to a classic topic in computing: Virtualization. So, what’s changed in the landscape that’s bought virtualization back into the limelight, and how is it being used in our current technological landscape? Brad Parks, Chief Product & Go To Market Officer at HPE’s recently acquired Morpheus Data, tells us more. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bir...
Jul 17, 2025•19 min•Ep. 118
Why do networks go down? More importantly, how are they restored when they do? This week, Technology Now is diving in the worlds of networking, and how network outages are solved. What caused the problem? Who should run the response? How can organisations learn from outages to prevent them happening in the future? Sarah Tovar, a Principle Network Engineer on the Advanced Customer Engineering team tells us more. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, ho...
Jul 10, 2025•22 min•Ep. 117
Where do industry experts see the world of technology heading? This week, Technology Now is looking back to a conversation from HPE Discover Las Vegas with HPE’s Chief Technology Officer, Fidelma Russo, about any updates since last year’s Diary of a CTO episode, and where she sees the industry heading in the future. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at t...
Jul 03, 2025•22 min•Ep. 116
What is happening at HPE Discover? This week Technology Now is dialing into to HPE Discover Las Vegas, HPE’s annual customer and partner event. Our reporter on the ground, Sam Jarrell, is joined by HPE’s President and CEO, Antonio Neri, to explore the show floor and learn more about this year’s event. This episode is available in both video and audio formats. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story th...
Jun 26, 2025•23 min•Ep. 115
What do you do with the world’s fastest, verified supercomputer? This week, Technology Now looks further into the world of supercomputers and explores what the world’s fastest, verified supercomputer, El Capitan, and its sister machine, Tuolumne, are used for. Rob Rieben, a computational physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, tells us more. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's ...
Jun 19, 2025•19 min•Ep. 114
How do you make the world’s fastest, verified supercomputer? This week, Technology Now dives into the world of supercomputers, and how El Capitan, the world’s largest supercomputer, was built. We will explore the software and hardware requirements as well as investigating the physical requirements needed to even be able to run a supercomputer on your premises. Bronis de Supinski, CTO of Livermore Computing at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, tells us more. This is Technology Now, a weekly...
Jun 12, 2025•22 min•Ep. 113
How do we prepare our cybersecurity for a post quantum world? This week, Technology Now explores how security experts are looking to future-proofing their work. We will examine the hurdles to post-quantum security, the underlying ways in which our data is protected, and we will be delving into the underground world of “harvest now, decrypt later”. Dr Sarah McCarthy tells us more. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Love...
Jun 05, 2025•25 min•Ep. 112
Where do you create an AI? This week, Technology Now explores the world of AI factories, dedicated spaces for building bespoke artificial intelligence software. We look into what these factories are, how they work, and we examine the importance of them going forward. Iveta Lohovska tells us more. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind...
May 29, 2025•22 min•Ep. 111
How can we prevent people misusing technology to harm others? This week, Technology Now investigates how technology can be used as a weapon against others. We ask how technology has been utilized by bad faith actors in this way and we examine whose responsibility it is to prevent this misuse of technology. Joanne O’Connor from HPE’s cybersecurity organization and founder of Ireland’s National Cyber Security Awareness Taskforce tells us more. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Pac...
May 22, 2025•24 min•Ep. 110
How do we make artificial intelligence more intelligent? This week, Technology Now dives deep into the world of AI agents and how they interact with large language models. We ask what are some of the current problems with AI, and examine how applying agents can help artificial intelligence to provide better answers to our questions. Jimmy Whitaker, Chief Scientist in the AI Private Cloud Group at HPE, tells us more. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every wee...
May 15, 2025•21 min•Ep. 109
Why would someone want a 3D digital twin? This week Technology Now dives into the topic of digital twins, what they are and why they’re used. What are the challenges faced when trying to build and use a SD digital twin, and what are the benefits these twins bring to companies which use them? Sebastian Schwarz, General Manager at NetAllied, tells us more. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's ...
May 08, 2025•20 min•Ep. 108
What’s the current state of the cybersecurity world? This week, Technology Now explores the biggest threats we currently face, the way companies and businesses are securing themselves, and the future of cybersecurity. Our reporter, Jaye Tillson, is at the RSA Conference in San Francisco where he is joined by Jon Green, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Security Officer at HPE Networking, John Spiegel, CTO of Security and HPE Distinguished Technologist, and Gram Ludlow, a Security Product Line M...
May 01, 2025•22 min•Ep. 107
What does it mean for artificial intelligence to be sovereign? This week, Technology Now explores how more than just data can be sovereign, our AI models using the data can be too. We ask what it actually means for AI models to be sovereign and why companies, and indeed entire countries, would be interested in this concept. Andreas Geiss, Vice-President Automotive & Manufacturing at Aleph Alpha tells us more. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, ...
Apr 24, 2025•24 min•Ep. 106
How intertwined are AI and sustainability? This week, Technology now explores how we can do more than just use AI in a more sustainable and ethical way, we can harness it as a powerful tool to contribute to sustainability in other industries too. We ask which challenges are facing AI when it comes to sustainability and how can companies build strategies that support more efficient IT. Monica Batchelder, Chief Sustainability Officer at HPE, tells us more. This is Technology Now, a weekly show fro...
Apr 17, 2025•22 min•Ep. 105
How can cloud computing be completely isolated from the internet? This week, Technology Now explores the next step in data storage and processing: the concept of a disconnected cloud. Why would someone want their cloud cut off like this? From a single building to an entire country, what are the security and regulatory compliance benefits?! Rich Bird, Worldwide Hybrid Cloud Marketing at HPE tells us more. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Mic...
Apr 10, 2025•23 min•Ep. 104
How can we minimize the energy waste from data centers? This week, Technology Now explores a potential avenue to harness a large untapped source of energy: excess heat. How much of a problem is the excess heat in the world? How much do data centers actually contribute to the problem? What, if anything, can we do to combat this? Malte Matthies, Business Development Lead for Modular Data Center - at Hewlett Packard Enterprise tells us more. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packar...
Apr 03, 2025•22 min•Ep. 103
In this episode we are looking at a sector where IT and tech innovation is taking efficiency to a whole new level - manufacturing. Manufacturing is in a precarious position as an industry. In the global north, growth is largely stagnant, according to those same UN statistics. Even in high-growth economies like China, it’s slowing down. It’s also notoriously inefficient. So, can tech help? And if so, what does that look like? Joining us to discuss is Dan Klein, an advisor on data and digital tran...
Mar 27, 2025•21 min•Ep. 102
