CCS Insight Software Development Research Podcasts

There is tension in the delivery, operations and maintenance of the next generation of application workloads. The market dictates speed and a fast pace of change along with adherence to a whole host of evolving technologies and execution processes. Stand still for a moment and organisations find themselves asking: what is the right application development, delivery and operational strategy for their business operations and customer base and how different is it from before?

Questions abound and confusion and complexity reign in a market craving for simplicity.

In this discussion on “New Age App Development: What’s the playlist for success?”, Bola Rotibi of CIC, talks to Mat Keep, Sr. Director of Products and Solutions at MongoDB, Joe Drumgoole, Director of Developer Advocacy at MongoDB and Clive Howard, CTO at Huozhi, a provider of a humanitarian fintech platform and CIC’s Principal Analyst for Practitioner research. The podcast discussion looks at understanding what the new rules of engagement are and how should organisations really prepare for the changing order of operation. More importantly with such a mix of suppliers how can businesses ensure an open and flexible ecosystem of providers and solutions?

Additionally, listeners will gain insights into:

  • What matters in the new age of application development, delivery and operations,  and the role of data and the database in the modern app dev process
  • Employing the right business empowerment in the development, delivery and operational processes
  • Determining whether organisations are equipped to hire the right kind of roles needed to build and maintain the application workloads of the future
  • How organisations can look to migrate to the new way of app development and delivery
  • The music playlist that speaks to what is needed in the new age of development
Direct download: 363-NewAgeDevPodcastFinal.mp3
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Direct download: 347-IBM_Cloud_GarageFinalV4.mp3
Category:Cloud -- posted at: 8:06pm UTC

25th May 2018 is the day the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation comes into effect. As organisations rush to ensure compliance to an EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union, CIC’s principal analyst, Ian Murphy talks to IBM’s Francoise Alabiso a Distinguished Engineer and leading expert on IBM’s mainframe platform, IBM Z Systems, on how the features and services embedded within the platform that will support an organisation’s efforts to address GDPR when it comes into force.

The podcast discussion provides insights into the following important areas:

  • The opportunities and challenges GDPR presents
  • IBM Z’s Support for GDPR and the acceleration points for compliance
  • Getting the most out of your mainframe investments for GDPR
  • GDPR Progression and IBM support framework
  • IBM’s Mainframe evolution for the Digital Economy


Listeners will get insights into an overview of the GDPR regulation and the compelling features within IBM Z that lend themselves well to supporting GDPR. They will also hear the work that has been done to ensure that the mainframe through IBM Z remains a valuable and integral part of the modern IT estate with a particular focus on key supporting features. Finally, they will learn how IBM is ensuring that its clients are well versed in how their investments in IBM Z can be exploited for GDPR compliance and how they can begin to address GDPR with their current IBM Z investments.

Direct download: 345-MainframeGDPR_Final.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:59pm UTC

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