All in Podcast

Hello Metaverse! With Surreal CMO Adam Voss

What the heck is the Metaverse? Everybody is talking about it. It is supposed to usher in a grand new world, but what s it really, and who is building it. Hang tight, because we are about to talk to someone doing just that.

Welcome to another FUTRtech video podcast today we have back Adam Voss from Surreal, and they are one of the leaders in the space. They are working with Unreal engine and Epic Games to build out this virtual world, and today we are going to find out just where things are at, and when we can get to the Oasis.

Finding Gold with Nick Huedecker of Cribl

We have all been inundated with security breech after security breech, with no end in sight. With the highly distributed nature of infrastructure and applications these days, the amount of data that needs to be analyzed to identify threats and compromises is sometimes the biggest hurdle that security teams face. Today, we are going to be talking with a company that promises to streamline that data to make it more valuable.

High Octane SaaS with Octane founder Akash Khanolkar

Here at FUTRtech, we love startups, and today we are going to talk with an early stage company with an idea that could one day solve a big problem in the industry. We have talked about the massive shift to subscription and consumption based models before, but with that comes enormous challenges in managing all of those subscriptions. Today we are going to talk with a company that is building a platform to solve that problem

Your Portworx in a Storm, Solving the Database Challenge

Today we are going to be talking about Database as a Service and about some of the big announcements that just came from Pure Storage.

Hey everybody welcome to another FUTRtech video podcast. Today we are going to be talking with Michael Ferranti who is VP of Product and Corporate Marketing for Portworx, which is now a part of Pure Storage. He is here to tell us about all Portworx and their new Database as a service offering as well as fill us in on all of the great new stuff that Pure just announced.

Doing the Right Thing - B-Corps With Tim Frick

It seems like every day we see headlines about some public company behaving badly. Whether it is environmental disasters, abuse of workers, or just plain theft, companies often don’t have an overarching mission to do good. This shouldn’t be a surprise, because the main job description for the CEO of a public company is to maximize shareholder profits.

Building Your Personal Brand With LinkedIn's John McGrath

Have you been wanting to know how to get more out of LinkedIn, but were afraid to ask? Well, you’ve come to the right place, because we are going to be talking about all things LinkedIn.

When John McGrath moved back to Dublin Ireland in the middle of a recession, it was difficult to find a job, and he leaned heavily on LinkedIn to make it all happen. From then on, he was hooked. For years he worked with LinkedIn as a customer of LinkedIn, but eventually, he got the chance to work for them, as a Global Customer Success Manager there.

The Future Is In Their Hands - Here Come The Millenials

We often forget that some of the technology we use every day begins life in the labs of Universities around the world, and many of those people doing the work will one day be the technology leaders we look to solve the worlds most challenging problems. Today we are going to be speaking to one of those future leaders.

Sandesh and I were recently talking with Kai Pederson, a young man Sandesh has known since he was a child. We heard his stories as a member of the Army National Guard working on Cyber Security, his work in chip manufacturing and his research on energy harvesting IOT devices.

Conversational AI Saves The Day with Aisera CEO Muddu Sudhakar

We have all had the dream that we could live in a world of automation, like George Jetson, just pushing a button. That dream has been slow to arrive, but now we are seeing the rise of Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Assistants. Companies that specialize in automating the mundane, and not so mundane task of people, have finally arrive to help drag us all into the future.

Building A Unicorn With VAST Data Founder Jeff Denworth

One of the things we don’t spend enough time talking about is how hard it is to build a business. Bringing an idea to market requires so many factors to align it can be mind-blowing. We are going to talk to someone who is a veteran of the startup space to tell us what it is really like.

Today we are talking with VAST Data CMO and co-founder Jeff Denworth about what it takes to bring a product to market in a competitive industry. We are going to talk about the challenges, compromises, tradeoffs and difficult decisions that go into it. We are also going to talk about the ingredients needed to not just build a great product, but a great company, and we are going to learn a bit about VAST Data and what makes it tick.

Ransomware Is Everywhere, with Pure Storage's Ransomware expert, Andrew Miller

The number one security risk right now is Ransowmware. The amount of breaches we have seen recently has been alarming, and the number continues to grow. Ransomeware is big business, so we are going to talk about how to survive an attack.

Today we are talking with Andrew Miller, who is a subject matter expert on Ransomware for Pure Storage. He has been on the front lines helping companies put meaningful protections in place to address these threats. We are going to talk about what he is seeing in the wild and what strategies can work to help companies weather this storm.

The Future is 5G with AdMY's CEO Shekar Ayyar

Get your tinfoil hats out, because today we are going to be talking about 5G. We are also going to be talking about SPACS. So, what is this stuff and why is it important? Well, stay tuned and you will find out.

Today we are talking with Shekar Ayyar who is the CEO of AdMY Technology Group and is a Venture Partner at NTTVC the venture arm of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Company. Shekar is an IIT graduate, has his PhD in Electrical Engineering and has an MBA from Wharton.

Being Trans, with Celia Daniels

We are continuing our conversation about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and today’s conversation is going to touch on some difficult subjects. We are going to hear some very personal stories and unpack some of the complexity of these issues.

Celia Daniels is an Indian trans women, entrepreneur, public speaker, activist, motivator, musician, artist, photographer and filmmaker. She grew up in Southern India and faced intense stigma, discrimination and violence while trying to come to terms with her gender dysphoria.