CCS Insight Software Development Research Podcasts

In this Podcast, Bola Rotibi, Erik Vynckier of Alliance Bernstein and Ian Shave of IBM’s Storage Business Unit draw on their experiences and expertise to discuss the data and storage challenges along with the different analytical workloads facing many industry sectors but especially within the financial sector.  There are clear opportunities and potential for all industry sectors not least because of the overall affordability of an extensive range of storage strategies that can address the broadest range of needs and sophistication. A new era of storage facilities and capacity is upon us and it would be naïve not to investigate the possibilities for your organisations.

Direct download: 201-Next_Gen_Storage_V3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:08pm UTC

Mobile World Congress 2015 was the Uniface team’s first appearance at the exhibition which highlights the broadening scope and influence the event offers to the wider software industry and market. Developer productivity underpins the Uniface platform, so CIC’s Bola Rotibi caught up with Uniface’s Vice President of Product Management and Marketing, Adrian Gosbell to see if this concept was high on the list of attendees at the booth.  More importantly, with the imminent launch of Uniface 10 and the new mobile development facilities of the platform, MWC’s 93,000 plus attendees from 200 countries certainly offers an extensive audience reach and market field test bed to showcase the productivity of the development environment. But what insights are there for app development tool providers attending MWC 2015 in general?    

Direct download: MWC20201520Uniface20Adrian20Gosbell.mp3
Category:software development -- posted at: 10:36am UTC

Bola Rotibi joins Erik Kruse, Strategic Marketing Manager and Network Society Evangelist at Ericsson and Dr Catherine Mulligan, Head of Digital Strategy and Economics of Future Cities Catapult to discuss how IoT is providing one of the backdrops to disruptive industrial innovation. As one of the world’s major provider of communication technologies and services, with a global leadership position, Mobile World Congress (MWC) is of course a natural home for Ericsson to showcase the investments and advances it has been making towards providing a communications network capable of sustaining the digital economy. 

Direct download: IOT20Eric20Kruse20Ericsson20MWC201520C.mp3
Category:Systems Engineering -- posted at: 10:35am UTC

On day two of Mobile World Congress 2015, Digital Catapult, a nationally funded body with the goal of accelerating UK’s best digital ideas to market in order to support the UK economy, hosted an industrial IoT focused panel discussion for the UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) body. Bola Rotibi of CIC, caught up with two of the panellists – Mischa Dohler and Catherine Mulligan – to discuss points raised on the panel and expose the realities of a burgeoning Industrial IoT market, particularly for SME organisations.    

Direct download: UKTI20Panelist20on20IOT20MWC2015.mp3
Category:Systems Engineering -- posted at: 10:33am UTC

Governments can do a lot to help progress an emerging market. One such way would be in providing an environment that lessens the load and risk of upfront investment and offering support in key areas such as analysis, testing and legislative requirements. This can help to both encourage and drive innovation. More importantly it opens the way for the broadest engagement especially from Small Medium Enterprise (SME) organisations that don’t have the R&D capacity of larger firms or the means to efficiently and effectively navigate the different partner relationships that might be required. The UK government has invested in a network of “Catapults” to accelerate the best ideas to market in order to create new products, services, jobs and value for the UK economy. Clive Howard of CIC caught up with Dr Maurizio Pilu of the UK’s Digital Catapult to understand  how and where IoT fits in their investment and acceleration plans.    

Direct download: IOT20Maurizio20Pilu20Digital20Catapult.mp3
Category:Systems Engineering -- posted at: 10:31am UTC

In this podcast CIC’s Bola Rotibi caught up with Dr Mike Short, Vice President Research and Development at Telecoms giant Telefónica on day one of Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015. Although at the start of the four day event, Dr Mike short offers some fascinating insights into the state of the Internet of Things market today. Of particular note are the thoughts that he proffers on the role that MWC as an exhibition and the GSMA as a global body offer in driving and shaping the digital economy that IoT will undoubtedly help to deliver.

Direct download: IOT20Dr20Mike20Short20Telefonica20V2B.mp3
Category:Systems Engineering -- posted at: 10:30am UTC

One doesn’t need to look far to see the possibilities and potential from the onslaught of software and communication technologies made available today and going forward. In the hands of good developers and diverse development teams, such technologies can enable all manner of business process accomplishments occur more effectively. They can make possible, greater social collaboration and outreach for the broad spectrum of industry and market sectors. 

You get a sense of the power and influence that developers can help to deliver when one considers the volume and variety of data now available. By utilizing the variety of analytical facilities now available they can deliver application and services that employ the deepest insights, correlations and predictions. All of which can serve to achieve the most effective outcome. 

So given the business demand for IT enabled growth, the onslaught of game-changing technology, devices and social trends, and the general consumerization of IT, is it any wonder that the development remit is now even broader? 

We bandy around the word developer, but what does it really mean to be a developer in today’s climate? - and how is the role evolving to meet the needs of businesses today and for the future?


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