Tech Talks Daily
Neil C. Hughes
If every company is now a tech company and digital transformation is a journey rather than a destination, how do you keep up with the relentless pace of technological change?
Every day, Tech Talks Daily brings you insights from the brightest minds in tech, business, and innovation, breaking down complex ideas into clear, actionable takeaways.
Hosted by Neil C. Hughes, Tech Talks Daily explores how emerging technologies such as AI, cybersecurity, cloud computing, fintech, quantum computing, Web3, and more are shaping industries and solving real-world challenges in modern businesses.
Through candid conversations with industry leaders, CEOs, Fortune 500 executives, startup founders, and even the occasional celebrity, Tech Talks Daily uncovers the trends driving digital transformation and the strategies behind successful tech adoption. But this isn't just about buzzwords.
We go beyond the hype to demystify the biggest tech trends and determine their real-world impact. From cybersecurity and blockchain to AI sovereignty, robotics, and post-quantum cryptography, we explore the measurable difference these innovations can make.
Whether improving security, enhancing customer experiences, or driving business growth, we also investigate the ROI of cutting-edge tech projects, asking the tough questions about what works, what doesn't, and how businesses can maximize their investments.
Whether you're a business leader, IT professional, or simply curious about technology's role in our lives, you'll find engaging discussions that challenge perspectives, share diverse viewpoints, and spark new ideas.
New episodes are released daily, 365 days a year, breaking down complex ideas into clear, actionable takeaways around technology and the future of business.
Every day, Tech Talks Daily brings you insights from the brightest minds in tech, business, and innovation, breaking down complex ideas into clear, actionable takeaways.
Hosted by Neil C. Hughes, Tech Talks Daily explores how emerging technologies such as AI, cybersecurity, cloud computing, fintech, quantum computing, Web3, and more are shaping industries and solving real-world challenges in modern businesses.
Through candid conversations with industry leaders, CEOs, Fortune 500 executives, startup founders, and even the occasional celebrity, Tech Talks Daily uncovers the trends driving digital transformation and the strategies behind successful tech adoption. But this isn't just about buzzwords.
We go beyond the hype to demystify the biggest tech trends and determine their real-world impact. From cybersecurity and blockchain to AI sovereignty, robotics, and post-quantum cryptography, we explore the measurable difference these innovations can make.
Whether improving security, enhancing customer experiences, or driving business growth, we also investigate the ROI of cutting-edge tech projects, asking the tough questions about what works, what doesn't, and how businesses can maximize their investments.
Whether you're a business leader, IT professional, or simply curious about technology's role in our lives, you'll find engaging discussions that challenge perspectives, share diverse viewpoints, and spark new ideas.
New episodes are released daily, 365 days a year, breaking down complex ideas into clear, actionable takeaways around technology and the future of business.
Episodes
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Feb 25, 2026 • 30min
ServiceNow, Dynatrace And The Future Of End-To-End IT Autonomy
Pablo Stern, EVP and GM at ServiceNow who leads technology workload products for CIOs and CISOs, discusses wiring observability to workflows. He outlines the AI maturity curve from insight to orchestrated autonomy. He explains how the Dynatrace partnership aims to reduce outages, speed root-cause analysis, and enable staged automation and trust-building for end-to-end IT outcomes.
Feb 24, 2026 • 25min
Scrut Automation And The Security Blind Spot Facing The 99%
Aayush Choudhry, CEO and co-founder of Scrut Automation, builds GRC automation for small and mid-sized tech firms. He explains why mainstream security tools miss the 99% and how converging compliance with security reduces risk. He outlines minimum AI security hygiene, using agents safely, and making enterprise-grade security affordable through automation.
Feb 24, 2026 • 33min
Inside Epicor's Approach To Inclusive, High-Performing Tech Teams
Kerrie Jordan, CMO and SVP of Product at Epicor with 20+ years in software and product leadership. She discusses moving from literature to cloud ERP, using storytelling to shape product and teams, tackling burnout with practical habits, building psychological safety, making mentorship active and intentional, and practical steps to improve gender representation in manufacturing.
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Feb 23, 2026 • 27min
Miro CIO Tomás Dostal Freire On Reclaiming Creative Time With AI
Tomás Dostal Freire, CIO and head of business acceleration at Miro with experience at Google, Netflix, and Booking.com. He discusses research showing creative time vanishes under meetings and admin. He explains how context switching and duplicate work slow teams. He argues AI should be embedded in shared collaboration spaces, not used solo, and outlines a one‑month test to reclaim creative time.
Feb 22, 2026 • 26min
From 1.16 BillionReactive Logs A Day To Proactive Insight: Storio Group And Dynatrace
Alex Hibbitt, Engineering Director at Storio Group who led the observability transformation. He recounts consolidating multiple e-commerce platforms, the strain of 1.16 billion log lines a day, and how a culture-first approach plus AI-driven observability cut log costs and detection times. He also shares the Black Sunday wins where early detection prevented millions in impact.
Feb 21, 2026 • 25min
How The IOWN Global Forum Is Reinventing Financial Infrastructure With Photonics
Masahisa Kawashima, an NTT leader pushing optical transport and sustainable networks, and Katsutoshi Itoh, chair translating use cases into business-driven photonics requirements, discuss photonics reshaping finance. They cover synchronous replication over ultra-low latency optics. They explore open all-photonic networks, distributed compute across regions, regulatory engagement, and how photonics can cut latency, cost, and boost resilience.
Feb 20, 2026 • 32min
Drata And The Rise Of The Chief Trust Officer In The AI Era
Matt Hillary, CISO at Drata who runs IT, security, GRC and acts as “customer zero,” discusses AI and automation transforming compliance workflows. He describes AI-powered questionnaires that cut hours to minutes. Automation shifts audits from sampling to continuous, API-driven checks. He also explores how the CISO role is evolving into a chief trust officer focused on credibility and intentionality.
Feb 19, 2026 • 25min
Rethinking Prevention And Recovery With Barracuda XDR
Yaz Bekkar, Principal Consulting Architect for Barracuda XDR and member of Barracuda's Office of the CTO, discusses designing systems for human error in an AI‑accelerated world. He covers how AI changes the risk equation, building secure defaults and least‑privilege, paved‑road workflows for safe fast decisions, disaster planning to limit blast radius, and replacing annual training with continuous micro‑drills and simulations.
Feb 18, 2026 • 23min
Atlassian On Why AI Must Deliver Measurable Business Outcomes
Andrew Boyagi, Customer CTO at Atlassian who advises enterprises on delivery, collaboration and AI adoption. He discusses why AI must solve concrete business problems and how developers’ roles are evolving toward system design and product outcomes. Conversation covers keeping humans accountable, leadership and training for AI collaboration, and measuring AI’s real impact on flow, quality and ROI.
Feb 17, 2026 • 21min
AI Everything Cairo: Capgemini And Egypt's Moment On The Global AI Stage
Alaa Ali Kortoma, a Cairo-based front-end developer and mentor at Capgemini with ~10 years’ experience, shares her on-the-ground perspective. She talks about mentoring hackathons, Egypt’s rising AI presence, women stepping forward in tech, startups meeting investors, and AI as opportunity and inclusion. Short, proud, and optimistic reflections on local AI momentum.
