The Irish Tech News Podcast

Tony Moreno, Julien Garrigues And Deirdre O’Connor From Black Pug Studios by Infused Media

Ronan talks to Jamie Bartlett the Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at the think-tank Demos who is speaking at the DataSolutions Secure Computing Forum taking place later this week. Jamie talks about his background, what has changed since his excellent BBC2 documentary series The Secrets of Silicon Valley aired 2 years ago, if another Cambridge Analytica story could happen, and if we can do anything to ensure that social media is not used for nefarious means. Jamie also talks about where surveillance technologies will go over the next 5 years, and what he will be taking about at this weeks DataSolutions Secure Computing Forum.

Ronan talks to Tom Parsons the head of Tenable in Ireland. Tom talks about the vulnerabilities found in Arlo home cameras, how they can be fixed, and what Tenable do when they discover vulnerabilities, the Zoom vulnerability that Tenable discovered, and why cloud based services can be harder to reverse engineer. Tom also talks about legacy systems, why they won’t push customers a certain way, how Tenable use machine learning and A.I., the various scanning methods that Tenable use, the pro’s and cons of the cloud., and the jobs Tenable are looking to fill.

Ronan talks to Kevin Bambury the co-founder of ONCOassist. Kevin talks about his background, how ONCOassist started, what ONCOassist does, and what cancers it works with. Kevin also talks about how many countries use ONCOassist, why doctors should use ONCOassist, what devices their app works on, and where ONCOassist will go in the next 5 years.

Ronan talks to Mark Swaine and Dr Shirley Coyle. Mark and Dr Coyle talk about their backgrounds, the tech shortages we are facing, how we can fix this. and they talk about their bootcamps in Talent Garden.

Ronan talks to David McGee from PwC. David describes the journey that PwC took to become fully digitally enabled, how they are using Salesforce, and the benefits they got from becoming fully digitally enabled. David also talks about the challenges that PwC faced when becoming fully digitally enabled, and tips to help companies that are about to embark on the journey of becoming fully digitally enabled.

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Ronan talks to Chris Heineken the CEO of Atrium. Chris talks about what Atrium does, how they started and how long they have worked with Salesforce. Chris also talks about AI, how being cloud based has helped them, broadband, and their future plans with Salesforce.

Ronan talks to Padraig Shanley the CEO of AnyExcuse. Padraig talks about his background, what AnyExcuse does, their move into America, and app development. Padraig also talks about different phone operating systems. and different mobile devices.

Ronan talks to Mike Manchip the CEO and founder of Anadue and Adam Tarshis the Director Of Business Development at Anadue. Mike and Adam talk about their backgrounds, why they think Bike and Scooter sharing is growing, what Anadue does, and they also talk about their Smart City product.