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What"s Up with Tech?

Tech Transformation with Evan Kirstel: A podcast exploring the latest trends and innovations in the tech industry, and how businesses can leverage them for growth, diving into the world of B2B, discussing strategies, trends, and sharing insights from industry leaders!With over three decades in telecom and IT, I"ve mastered the art of transforming social media into a dynamic platform for audience engagement, community building, and establishing thought leadership. My approach isn"t about personal

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23:02

Right to Repair: The Fight for Digital Ownership

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2025/08/17

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Ever bought something only to discover you don't really own it? That's the troubling reality Lewis Rossman is fighting against through his work with the Fulu Foundation. What began as frustration over limited access to repair parts for Apple products evolved into a broader movement challenging how technology companies control our devices long after purchase. Rossman takes us behind the scenes of the right-to-repair movement, reve...

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30:02

The Future of Cancer Treatment: From Hospital to Home...

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2025/08/15

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com What happens when we take cancer care out of the sterile hospital environment and bring it into the comfort of patients' homes? Dan Nardi, CEO of Reimagined Care, is pioneering this transformative approach through a powerful combination of technology, AI, and human expertise. Cancer patients spend roughly 98% of their treatment journey outside clinical settings, often feeling isolated and unsupported between appointments. Many "s...

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23:05

From Space to AI: SUSE's Hidden Tech Footprint

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2025/08/14

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com When a technology has been around for over three decades, you might assume its most exciting days are behind it. But as SUSE CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen aka DP reveals, Linux and open source are actually at the center of today's most transformative technologies - from AI to edge computing to digital sovereignty. The conversation begins with a passionate reminder of why open source matters: it creates exponential innovation through...

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8:18

The Evolution of Legal Data Protection: Insights from...

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2025/08/13

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Data protection in the legal world is evolving rapidly, and the stakes couldn't be higher. When it comes to safeguarding critical case files and client information, law firms face unique challenges that extend far beyond typical enterprise concerns. The sheer volume of data maintained by legal organizations creates formidable technical and financial hurdles. As Will from Helient explains in this eye-opening conversation from ILTA...

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16:03

Beyond Chatbots: How Agentic AI Is Revolutionizing CX...

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2025/08/13

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com From zero to everywhere in just one year—that's the meteoric rise of agentic AI in the enterprise space. But beneath the buzzwords and hype, who's actually delivering real value with this technology? At AI4 in Las Vegas, Cognigy's Alan Ranger cuts through the noise to explain what truly differentiates agentic AI from traditional automation. Unlike the deterministic bots of yesterday, today's AI agents possess human-like reasoning...

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11:58

Universal Data Protection: Securing Critical Legal...

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2025/08/12

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Data protection sits at the crossroads of legal technology's most pressing challenges. As law firms rapidly migrate to cloud services, a dangerous gap has emerged between adopting SaaS applications and properly securing their critical data. During our live conversation at ILTACON with Andy Fernandez, Senior Director of Product Marketing at HYCU, we dive into the startling reality that the average law firm now uses 99 different Sa...

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21:21

How Ignite Tech is Building an Enterprise-Grade AI...

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2025/08/11

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Ever wondered what happens when artificial intelligence becomes more than just a feature but the very essence of your business? Eric Vaughan CEO of IgniteTech, Khorus, and GFI Software, has moved beyond the familiar "AI-first" terminology to something more profound – what he calls "AI DNA." His organization has transformed to the point where 75% of employees integrate AI into their daily work, regardless of their role. The conver...

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31:49

Adapting to the New Era of Artificial Intelligence...

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2025/08/08

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Ever wonder why your AI tools aren't delivering the results you need? The answer might surprise you. Tech futurist Shelly Palmer reveals that older professionals often outperform their younger counterparts with AI tools—not because of technical prowess, but because they know exactly what questions to ask. This counterintuitive insight is just one of many game-changing perspectives shared in our conversation about how artifi...

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20:06

Beyond the Server Room: Reimagining Business in the...

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2025/08/07

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The last frontier of cloud computing is finally giving way as ERP systems—the mission-critical applications that businesses depend on—migrate to cloud environments. In this revealing conversation, Kevin Beasley, CIO of VAI, takes us behind the scenes of this significant shift in enterprise technology. With 47 years of experience as an ERP software vendor, VAI has witnessed the transformation firsthand since launching their cloud ...

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20:03

5G Advanced: The New Revenue Engine

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2025/08/06

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The race to 5G Advanced is accelerating, and the stakes couldn't be higher for telecom operators worldwide. This transformative technology represents the third wave of 5G deployment, moving beyond enhanced speeds to turn networks into programmable revenue engines capable of monetizing quality of service, implementing dynamic network slices, and enabling edge computing solutions. Stephen Douglas Head of Market Strategy @ Spirent —...

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19:40

Building Agentic AI Solutions: How Launchpad is...

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2025/08/05

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The SaaS landscape is experiencing a seismic shift, with artificial intelligence accelerating at a pace unlike any previous technological wave. For companies under $100 million in revenue, this represents both an extraordinary opportunity and a critical inflection point. As Jason Masciarelli from Launchpad.io explains, these businesses now face a rapidly closing window to pivot toward AI-native solutions or risk obsolescence in an...

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28:14

Why AI agents without proper orchestration will wreak...

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2025/08/04

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Autonomous AI agents represent one of the most transformative technologies for enterprise operations, but deploying them without proper orchestration creates substantial risks. In this thought-provoking conversation with Sagi Eliyahu Co-Founder and CEO Tonkean as we unpack the critical relationship between AI agents, orchestration, and governance in modern enterprises. What makes AI agents fundamentally different from tradit...

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13:02

Keeping Critical Facilities Running: A Deep Dive with...

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2025/08/01

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The digital infrastructure powering our modern world faces unprecedented challenges – from AI's insatiable power demands to increasingly unpredictable weather events threatening uptime. How do data centers adapt and survive? Dave Schaible, Chief Operating Officer at Radix IoT, pulls back the curtain on the sophisticated monitoring systems keeping critical facilities operational 24/7. Their cloud-native Mango platform collects sec...

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15:29

First-Party Data and Video Commerce Are Changing...

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2025/07/31

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com What happens when ad tech meets automation and first-party data strategy? Something revolutionary. Jay Kulkarni Founder & CEO of Theorem Inc takes us on a fascinating journey through the evolving advertising technology landscape, revealing how content and commerce companies are navigating an increasingly competitive marketplace. Since 2002, Theorem has been helping major players like iHeart, Roku, and SiriusXM streamline thei...

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Self-Healing Code: How AI Transforms Software Supply...

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2025/07/30

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The invisible layers of software beneath our applications harbor unseen risks that could compromise entire organizations. Nick Mistry CISO from Lineaje Inc pulls back the curtain on why software supply chain attacks like SolarWinds and Log4j caught so many companies unprepared—despite having robust security programs in place. Software today can contain dependencies that run 60 layers deep, creating a perfect hiding place for mali...

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21:43

Intelligent Automation: How Zebra Technologies is...

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2025/07/29

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The manufacturing floor and warehouse operations of tomorrow won't simply be automated—they'll be intelligent, adaptive, and collaborative. This fascinating conversation with Andy Zosel, Senior Vice President of Intelligent Automation at Zebra Technologies, takes us deep into the evolution happening at the intersection of AI and physical operations. Andy reveals how Zebra's journey in machine vision and computer vision laid the g...

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28:42

Beyond Keywords: The Paradigm Shift from SEO to...

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2025/07/28

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The digital landscape is undergoing a revolutionary transformation as artificial intelligence reshapes how search engines connect users with information. In this riveting conversation, mathematician-coder Andreas from artios.io shares his unique perspective on the future of SEO in an AI-driven world, drawing from his experience building his first large language model five years ago. Andreas cuts through industry confusion with a ...

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20:40

AI: The New Playbook for Enterprise Risk Management

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2025/07/25

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Nick Kathmann, CISO at LogicGate, brings over 25 years of cybersecurity experience to tackle the paradox at the heart of modern risk management: security teams drowning in data while GRC teams are starving for it. This fundamental disconnect has long hindered effective enterprise risk management—until now. AI is emerging as the bridge between these two worlds, combing through massive datasets to identify patterns and relationship...

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28:21

Meet Your New Coworker: The AI Agent

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2025/07/24

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The world of artificial intelligence is evolving at breakneck speed, and nowhere is this more evident than in the emergence of agentic AI - autonomous systems capable of taking independent action on our behalf. From booking travel arrangements to conducting complex research that would take teams of humans weeks to complete, these technologies promise to transform how we work and live. Dave Nicholson, CTO advisor and industry anal...

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Agentic AI: Transforming Global Business Services...

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2025/07/23

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The strategic evolution of Global Business Services marks a revolutionary shift in enterprise operations. No longer just cost-cutting centers, GBS functions are becoming powerful growth engines through the integration of agentic AI and unified data platforms. Behind this transformation lies a fundamental change in approach. While early GBS focused on moving simple tasks offshore, today's advanced operations are handling core busi...

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