web02.fireside.fm Mon, 25 May 2026 10:50:25 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) DataCentric - Episodes Tagged with “Digital Transformation” https://www.datacentricpodcast.com/tags/digital%20transformation Thu, 16 Feb 2023 02:00:00 -0500 Welcome to the DataCentric podcast, where we delve into the latest developments in information technology, offering insights into its intricate workings and broader implications. Hosted by Steve McDowell, Senior Analyst at NAND Research, our podcast explores new technologies, influential trends, and provides expert commentary on the forward trajectory of the technology industry. Join us as we navigate the complex landscape of IT. Whether you're an industry professional or simply curious about the future of technology, DataCentric is your trusted source for informed discourse and forward-thinking analysis. en-us episodic Enterprise IT Trends and Technologies NAND Research Welcome to the DataCentric podcast, where we delve into the latest developments in information technology, offering insights into its intricate workings and broader implications. Hosted by Steve McDowell, Senior Analyst at NAND Research, our podcast explores new technologies, influential trends, and provides expert commentary on the forward trajectory of the technology industry. Join us as we navigate the complex landscape of IT. Whether you're an industry professional or simply curious about the future of technology, DataCentric is your trusted source for informed discourse and forward-thinking analysis. no datacenter, technology, enterprise, IT, storage, servers, convergence, hyperconverged, infrastructure, HCI, composable infrastructure, enterprise compute, information technology, data, observability, cybersecurity, AI NAND Research datacentric@nand-research.com Taming Digital Transformation: A Conversation with Persistent Systems' Dominique Bastos https://www.datacentricpodcast.com/504 70433433-416b-4faa-b502-10838337e4ab Thu, 16 Feb 2023 02:00:00 -0500 NAND Research full 2023 NAND Research Digital Transformation is full of promise, and full of challenges. One of the biggest challenges is around cloud – when to use, and to what extent. This week’s podcast has hosts Matt Kimball & Steve McDowell speaking with Dominique Bastos, Senior Vice President at Persistent Systems. 44:32 no <p>Digital Transformation is full of promise, and full of challenges. One of the biggest challenges is around cloud – when to use, and to what extent. This week’s podcast has hosts Matt Kimball &amp; Steve McDowell speaking with Dominique Bastos, Senior Vice President at Persistent Systems.</p> <p>In this episode, Dominique talks about what she sees with enterprise customers undergoing digital transformation, and how to find an on-prem/off-prem balance that drives best results for the business.<br> Equally interesting is Dominique’s perspective as a woman’s journey through the tech ranks – from engineer to executive.</p> <p>Tune in for what may be our most interesting podcast yet!</p> <p>Dominique’s profile: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominiquebastos/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominiquebastos/</a><br> Persistent Systems: <a href="https://www.persistent.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.persistent.com/</a> Special Guests: Dominique Bastos and Matt Kimball.</p> datacenter, technology, enterprise, information technology, IT, storage, servers, processor, convergence, HCI, composable infrastructure, data fabric, CIO Digital Transformation is full of promise, and full of challenges. One of the biggest challenges is around cloud – when to use, and to what extent. This week’s podcast has hosts Matt Kimball & Steve McDowell speaking with Dominique Bastos, Senior Vice President at Persistent Systems.

In this episode, Dominique talks about what she sees with enterprise customers undergoing digital transformation, and how to find an on-prem/off-prem balance that drives best results for the business.
Equally interesting is Dominique’s perspective as a woman’s journey through the tech ranks – from engineer to executive.

Tune in for what may be our most interesting podcast yet!

Dominique’s profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominiquebastos/
Persistent Systems: https://www.persistent.com/

Special Guests: Dominique Bastos and Matt Kimball.

]]> Digital Transformation is full of promise, and full of challenges. One of the biggest challenges is around cloud – when to use, and to what extent. This week’s podcast has hosts Matt Kimball & Steve McDowell speaking with Dominique Bastos, Senior Vice President at Persistent Systems.

In this episode, Dominique talks about what she sees with enterprise customers undergoing digital transformation, and how to find an on-prem/off-prem balance that drives best results for the business.
Equally interesting is Dominique’s perspective as a woman’s journey through the tech ranks – from engineer to executive.

Tune in for what may be our most interesting podcast yet!

Dominique’s profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominiquebastos/
Persistent Systems: https://www.persistent.com/

Special Guests: Dominique Bastos and Matt Kimball.

]]> Digital Transformation in today's Cloud-Native Data-First World https://www.datacentricpodcast.com/311 5d8c47ed-c012-4779-93dd-7bc9c9397286 Thu, 13 May 2021 14:00:00 -0400 NAND Research full 2021 NAND Research Investment in Digital Transformation projects continues to accelerate. The move to cloud-native and data-first architectures bring new challenges and considerations for IT practitioners undertaking digital transformation projects. Rajan Sethuraman, the CEO of LatentView Analytics, joins Matt and Steve to talk about these challenges, as well as what IT organizations can do to help smooth the path to a successful digital transformation project. 29:04 no <p>Investment in Digital Transformation projects continues to accelerate. The move to cloud-native and data-first architectures bring new challenges and considerations for IT practitioners undertaking digital transformation projects. </p> <p>Rajan Sethuraman, the CEO of LatentView Analytics, joins hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell to talk about these challenges, as well as what IT organizations can do to help smooth the path to a successful digital transformation project. </p> <p>It's a great conversation on the practical considerations involved in any digital transformation project. Special Guest: Rajan Sethuraman.</p> datacenter, technology, enterprise, information technology, IT, CIO, digital transformation Investment in Digital Transformation projects continues to accelerate. The move to cloud-native and data-first architectures bring new challenges and considerations for IT practitioners undertaking digital transformation projects.

Rajan Sethuraman, the CEO of LatentView Analytics, joins hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell to talk about these challenges, as well as what IT organizations can do to help smooth the path to a successful digital transformation project.

It's a great conversation on the practical considerations involved in any digital transformation project.

Special Guest: Rajan Sethuraman.

]]> Investment in Digital Transformation projects continues to accelerate. The move to cloud-native and data-first architectures bring new challenges and considerations for IT practitioners undertaking digital transformation projects.

Rajan Sethuraman, the CEO of LatentView Analytics, joins hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell to talk about these challenges, as well as what IT organizations can do to help smooth the path to a successful digital transformation project.

It's a great conversation on the practical considerations involved in any digital transformation project.

Special Guest: Rajan Sethuraman.

]]> Professional Services for Modern Enterprise IT https://www.datacentricpodcast.com/306 85ac45c8-9c89-4b4c-a85a-5a53e0609c43 Mon, 08 Mar 2021 13:15:00 -0500 NAND Research full 2021 NAND Research Professional Services teams can bring tremendous value to an IT organization. A professional services engagement brings a trusted advisor into your organization, supplementing targeted expertise to help increase both the momentum and success rates for digital transformation and IT modernization projects. Joining the DataCentric crew this week are a couple of seasoned professional services experts: 30:18 no <p>Professional Services teams can bring tremendous value to an IT organization. A professional services engagement brings a trusted advisor into your organization, one who can bring targeted expertise to help increase both the momentum and success rates for digital transformation and IT modernization projects. </p> <p>Joining hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell, senior technology analysts at Moor Insights &amp; Strategy, tare a couple of seasoned professional services experts. Tom Schroeder, vice president of professional services at Pure Storage, and Don McCullough, the senior product marketing manager for professional services at Pure Storage. </p> <p>The Pure teams goes into detail of its "evaluate, activate, innovate" philosophy to help move digital transformation and IT modernization programs forward. This includes everything from strategy workshops, through project planning and scoping, all the way through projects such as legacy data migration. </p> <p>Professional services isn't just about bringing more hands to help accelerate an IT projects. It's really about helping IT organizations understand where they're heading and why. </p> <p>Don't miss this eye-opening conversation. <br> Special Guests: Don McCullough and Tom Schroeder.</p> datacenter, technology, enterprise, information technology, IT, storage, servers, processor, convergence, HCI, composable infrastructure, data fabric, CIO Professional Services teams can bring tremendous value to an IT organization. A professional services engagement brings a trusted advisor into your organization, one who can bring targeted expertise to help increase both the momentum and success rates for digital transformation and IT modernization projects.

Joining hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell, senior technology analysts at Moor Insights & Strategy, tare a couple of seasoned professional services experts. Tom Schroeder, vice president of professional services at Pure Storage, and Don McCullough, the senior product marketing manager for professional services at Pure Storage.

The Pure teams goes into detail of its "evaluate, activate, innovate" philosophy to help move digital transformation and IT modernization programs forward. This includes everything from strategy workshops, through project planning and scoping, all the way through projects such as legacy data migration.

Professional services isn't just about bringing more hands to help accelerate an IT projects. It's really about helping IT organizations understand where they're heading and why.

Don't miss this eye-opening conversation.

Special Guests: Don McCullough and Tom Schroeder.

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]]> Professional Services teams can bring tremendous value to an IT organization. A professional services engagement brings a trusted advisor into your organization, one who can bring targeted expertise to help increase both the momentum and success rates for digital transformation and IT modernization projects.

Joining hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell, senior technology analysts at Moor Insights & Strategy, tare a couple of seasoned professional services experts. Tom Schroeder, vice president of professional services at Pure Storage, and Don McCullough, the senior product marketing manager for professional services at Pure Storage.

The Pure teams goes into detail of its "evaluate, activate, innovate" philosophy to help move digital transformation and IT modernization programs forward. This includes everything from strategy workshops, through project planning and scoping, all the way through projects such as legacy data migration.

Professional services isn't just about bringing more hands to help accelerate an IT projects. It's really about helping IT organizations understand where they're heading and why.

Don't miss this eye-opening conversation.

Special Guests: Don McCullough and Tom Schroeder.

Links:

]]> Digital Transformation during an Uncertain Time https://www.datacentricpodcast.com/232 da4e0bed-11d1-4e8f-8194-0cad45cad612 Tue, 22 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0500 NAND Research full 2020 NAND Research Jumping into the world of digital transformation, hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell (senior technology analysts at Moor Insights & Strategy) welcome Bipin Sahni, an expert in digital transformation. This is a fascinating and wide-ranging conversation touching on everything from IT in the time in the time of COVID, data migration, stack modernization, hybrid-cloud and as-a-service adoption, and the emergence of AI in the enterprise. 42:03 no <p>Digital Transformation is always front and center of every IT organization, but at no point has digital transformation been more critical than now, as we navigate uncertainty on a global scale. </p> <p>To help us understand how IT organizations are treating digital transformation projects as we exit 2020 and enter a new year, hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell (senior technology analysts at Moor Insights &amp; Strategy) welcome an expert in digital transformation. Bipin Sahni is the chief strategy officer for Persistant Systems, a global system integrator and solution provider who helps enterprises of all sizes navigate the waters of digital transformation. </p> <p>This is a fascinating and wide-ranging conversation touching on everything from IT in the time in the time of COVID, data migration, stack modernization, hybrid-cloud and as-a-service adoption, and the emergence of AI in the enterprise. <br> Special Guest: Bipin Sahni.</p> datacenter, technology, enterprise, information technology, IT, storage, servers, processor, convergence, HCI, composable infrastructure, data fabric, CIO Digital Transformation is always front and center of every IT organization, but at no point has digital transformation been more critical than now, as we navigate uncertainty on a global scale.

To help us understand how IT organizations are treating digital transformation projects as we exit 2020 and enter a new year, hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell (senior technology analysts at Moor Insights & Strategy) welcome an expert in digital transformation. Bipin Sahni is the chief strategy officer for Persistant Systems, a global system integrator and solution provider who helps enterprises of all sizes navigate the waters of digital transformation.

This is a fascinating and wide-ranging conversation touching on everything from IT in the time in the time of COVID, data migration, stack modernization, hybrid-cloud and as-a-service adoption, and the emergence of AI in the enterprise.

Special Guest: Bipin Sahni.

]]> Digital Transformation is always front and center of every IT organization, but at no point has digital transformation been more critical than now, as we navigate uncertainty on a global scale.

To help us understand how IT organizations are treating digital transformation projects as we exit 2020 and enter a new year, hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell (senior technology analysts at Moor Insights & Strategy) welcome an expert in digital transformation. Bipin Sahni is the chief strategy officer for Persistant Systems, a global system integrator and solution provider who helps enterprises of all sizes navigate the waters of digital transformation.

This is a fascinating and wide-ranging conversation touching on everything from IT in the time in the time of COVID, data migration, stack modernization, hybrid-cloud and as-a-service adoption, and the emergence of AI in the enterprise.

Special Guest: Bipin Sahni.

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