Shows / Tech Talks Daily

Tech Talks Daily
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…
Episodes
Tech Talks Daily3473: CybExer Technologies on Building the World's First Space Cyber Range
What does cybersecurity look like beyond Earth's atmosphere? That's the question at the heart of this conversation with Kristiina Omri, Vice President of…
Tech Talks Daily3472: How Estonia is Scaling Space Through Software and Partnerships
In this episode, I sit down in Tallinn with Madis Võõras, Head of the Estonian Space Office at Enterprise Estonia, to unpack how Estonia is carving out a real…
Tech Talks Daily3471: How Estonia Is Defining the Future of Space and Cyber Defense
What role does cybersecurity play when the battlefield extends beyond Earth's atmosphere? In this special episode recorded live in Tallinn for the fifth…
Tech Talks Daily3470: How Netomi is Bringing Humanity Back to AI-Driven Customer Experience
Artificial intelligence has changed how we think about service, but few companies have bridged the gap between automation and genuine intelligence. In this…
Tech Talks Daily3469: Inside Boston Consulting Group (BCG)'s Global Research on AI at Work
What if the biggest barrier to AI adoption isn't the technology itself, but our ability to learn, adapt, and reskill? That question sits at the heart of my…
Tech Talks Daily3468 From Upwork to Acquisition: How Eden Data Turned Cybersecurity into a Growth Engine
What if your cybersecurity strategy could become your biggest sales advantage? In this episode, I sit down with Taylor Hersom, Founder and CEO of Eden Data, to…
Tech Talks Daily3467: How Springboard IQ is Helping Startup Founders Rebuild Go-To-Market Strategies
What happens when early-stage founders realise their go-to-market strategy just isn't working? Do they double down on outdated advice or take a fresh look at…
Tech Talks Daily3466: From Court to Courtroom: How Tom Dunlop Built Summize and Redefined Legal Tech
What happens when a world-class badminton player trades the court for the courtroom and then the boardroom? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I sit down…
Tech Talks Daily3465: The Convergence of AI, Robotics, and Human Ingenuity in Logistics
What if the key to creating cleaner, faster, and more efficient cities isn't building new infrastructure, but rethinking how we move what we already have? In…
Tech Talks Daily3464: How AppDirect Turned AI Experimentation into Measurable Business Impact
*]:pointer-events-auto [content-visibility:auto] supports-[content-visibility:auto]:[contain-intrinsic-size:auto_100lvh]…
Tech Talks Daily3463: How Flippa's Lauren AI Is Changing the Way We Buy and Sell Online Businesses
What if artificial intelligence could help you find, value, and buy an online business in minutes instead of months? That's the idea behind Lauren AI, Flippa's…
Tech Talks Daily3462: When AI Meets Broadway: Jeffery Keilholtz on the Future of Live Entertainment
*]:pointer-events-auto [content-visibility:auto] supports-[content-visibility:auto]:[contain-intrinsic-size:auto_100lvh]…
Tech Talks Daily3461: AI in Schools and the Cybersecurity Risks Behind It
What happens when classrooms become laboratories for artificial intelligence? As AI tools find their way into schools, from lesson planning to student…
Tech Talks DailyGitex Global - How DigitalOcean Is Making AI Work for Everyone
What happens when simplicity meets AI on the world's biggest tech stage? In this episode, recorded live at GITEX Global in Dubai, I sit down with Sohaib…
Tech Talks DailyGlobal Tech Without Borders GNX and GITEX Global Unite Innovators
*]:pointer-events-auto [content-visibility:auto] supports-[content-visibility:auto]:[contain-intrinsic-size:auto_100lvh]…
Tech Talks Daily3458: Deepfakes 2.0 and the Psychology of Deception with Risk Crew
Deepfakes used to be a niche curiosity. Today they have become a sophisticated tool for manipulation, persuasion, and exploitation. In this episode of Tech…
Tech Talks Daily3457: GITEX Global: The UN World Food Programme's AI Driven Fight Against Hunger
What if artificial intelligence could help end world hunger? In this special episode recorded live from GITEX Global in Dubai, I sit down with Magan Naidoo…
Tech Talks Daily3456: How Living Homes Is Redefining the Meaning of Smart Living at GITEX Global
This week has reminded me why I love what I do. I have spoken with people from the US, China, Dubai, Bulgaria, and South Africa, and even discovered that one…
Tech Talks Daily3455: From Prototype to Deep Tech Unicorn: XPANCEO's Journey at GITEX Global
What if the next generation of computing was not something you held or wore, but something you looked through? In this special episode recorded live from GITEX…
Tech Talks Daily3454: Why Pinecone Believes the Future of AI Depends on Data, Not Models
What if the real breakthrough in AI isn't the model itself, but the data that gives it knowledge? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I sit down with Edo…
Tech Talks Daily3453: How Wolters Kluwer Is Building Trustworthy AI for Regulated Industries
What happens when an AI strategy meets the real-world complexity of healthcare, law, and finance? That's the challenge at the heart of my conversation with…
Tech Talks Daily3452: How ServiceNow Turns AI Governance into a Strategic Advantage
What does it take to build AI that enterprises can actually trust? That's the question I explored with Nirankush "Kush" Panchbhai, Senior Vice President of…
Tech Talks Daily3451: The Hidden Cost of Data: How NetApp Is Tackling the Sustainability Crisis in IT
What if the biggest sustainability challenge in tech isn't hardware or cloud emissions, but the invisible mountain of unused data sitting in storage? That's…
Tech Talks Daily3450: Why Predictive AI Delivers Real ROI While Generative AI Struggles
What if the next big leap in business AI isn't generative at all, but predictive? That's the question at the heart of my conversation with Zohar Bronfman, CEO…
Tech Talks Daily3449: How Urban SDK Is Using AI to Help Local Governments Save Lives
What happens when artificial intelligence meets the everyday heroes of local government? That's the question driving my conversation with Justin Dennis…
Tech Talks Daily3448: Inside Kore.ai's Mission to Make Agentic AI Accessible for Everyone
Agentic AI is only interesting when it leaves the lab and takes responsibility for real outcomes. In this episode, I reconnect with Raj Koneru, Founder and CEO…
Tech Talks Daily3447: How DXC Is Using AI to Outsmart Cybercriminals
In this episode, Mike Baker, Vice President and Global CISO at DXC Technology, says the cyber industry has been focusing on the wrong side of AI. He believes…
Tech Talks Daily3446: How Atlassian Is Redefining Teamwork with AI at Team 25
What happens when the future of teamwork collides with the power of AI? That's the question at the heart of this episode as Tiffany from Atlassian joins me…
Tech Talks Daily3445: Why AI Won't Replace Human Testers at Jalasoft
As AI tools race into every corner of software development, a simple question keeps coming back to me. Will AI replace human testers, or will it force us to…
Tech Talks Daily3444: Mews on Why Hotel Tech Underperforms and How to Fix It
Here's the thing. Most of us still picture a hotel lobby with a counter, a queue, and someone typing furiously while we wait after a long flight. In this…
Tech Talks Daily3443: euroNAS Simplifying Storage and Virtualization for Real World IT
When a company quietly builds world-class storage and virtualization software for twenty years, it usually means they have been too busy solving real problems…
Tech Talks Daily3442: AI Realized - Practical Pathways From Pilot to Production
AI hype has been loud for three years, but most leaders still tell me the real work begins after the demo. That was the starting point for my conversation with…
Tech Talks Daily3441: How Abacum Became the Fastest Growing Tech Company in Spain
Finance leaders know the struggle of managing endless spreadsheets, juggling data from every corner of the business, and trying to plan for a world that…
Tech Talks Daily3440 Blackline CIO and CTO on Governing AI Inside the Enterprise
What happens when a CTO and a CIO of a global tech company sit down together to talk about AI? That's the starting point of today's episode, where I'm joined…
Tech Talks Daily3439: Zeta and the Future of AI-Powered Marketing That Drives Real ROI
Zeta Global's CTO, Chris Monberg talks about building AI that helps brands grow with repeatable, scalable programs without losing the spark that makes a brand…
Tech Talks Daily3438: Forter on AI, Autonomous Commerce, and Digital Identity
I invited Michael Reitblat, CEO and founder of Forter, to unpack a reality many retailers are living with every day. Fraud is no longer a side issue. It shapes…
Tech Talks Daily3437: Accruent and the Rise of Autonomous Buildings
Here's the thing. "Smart" has been the buzzword for years, but Richard Leurig argues we're on the cusp of something bolder. In our conversation, the Accruent…
Tech Talks Daily3436: Tanium on People-First Cybersecurity
What if the biggest weakness in cybersecurity isn't a missing tool, but a cultural blind spot? That's the perspective of Dan Jones, Senior Security Advisor at…
Tech Talks Daily3435: Pluralsight CEO on AI's Role in Rewiring Human Intelligence
Some interviews stick because they take a noisy topic and bring it back to reality. This was one of them. I spoke with Erin Gajdalo, CEO of Pluralsight, about…
Tech Talks Daily3434: t3rn, Interoperability, and the Next Wave of Real Adoption
Here's the thing. We have had brilliant ideas in Web3 for years, along with better tooling and plenty of enthusiasm, yet adoption still feels slower than it…
Tech Talks Daily3433: AI Trading Without Lag: EZ Trading Computers on Building the Right Setup342
When we think about what separates winning traders from those who struggle, we usually picture strategies, indicators, or a bit of insider know-how. But what…
Tech Talks Daily3432: GoTo on Making AI Practical for Small and Mid Sized Businesses
Most conversations about AI are still caught up in the spectacle. We see demos, marvel at copilots, and argue about the latest big model. But what happens when…
Tech Talks Daily3431: AI and Data-Driven Manufacturing with IDA Ireland and Eli Lilly and Company
I wanted this conversation to do two things at once. First, ground the hype in real practice. Second, show how a small country can punch well above its weight…
Tech Talks Daily3430: Broadridge AI, NYFIX, and the New Data Strategy for Financial Services
What does it really mean to future-proof financial data? That's the question at the heart of my conversation with George Rosenberger, General Manager of NYFIX…
Tech Talks Daily3429: How Credit Karma Scales GenAI to Power 60 Billion Predictions a Day
What does it take to deliver personalized financial guidance to more than 140 million people every single day? That is the question I put to Wan Agus, Head of…
Tech Talks Daily3428: Building Trust in AI: Hitachi Vantara's Vision for Governance
AI is quickly moving from boardroom buzzword to boardroom headache. Enterprises are waking up to the fact that bringing large language models in-house is not…
Tech Talks Daily3427: Can Smarter Compression Help Save the Planet? CompressionX Think so
What if the way we store data is shaping the planet's future? That thought has been on my mind ever since attending the IT Press Tour in Amsterdam, where I…
Tech Talks Daily3426: Aura Technology at TechSummit25: XDR, Secure Edge, Real Outcomes
I recorded this episode at Barracuda TechSummit25 in Alpbach, Austria, a mountain village that looks like a postcard and hosts some of the most grounded…
Tech Talks Daily3425: Barracuda XDR: From Football Playbooks to Home Alone Tactics
I recorded this conversation at Barracuda TechSummit25 in Alpbach, Austria, where the mountains feel close enough to touch and the discussions get very real…
Tech Talks Daily3424: Barracuda TechSummit 25: Secure Today, Ready Tomorrow
I recorded this conversation in Alpbach, Austria, a village that looks like a postcard and hosts a very serious tech gathering. TechSummit25 is Barracuda's…
Tech Talks Daily3423: Johnson Controls Explains How to Cut Data Center Cooling Energy by 40%
In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I'm joined by Todd Grabowski from Johnson Controls to unpack the physics, products, and design choices shaping the next…
Tech Talks Daily3422: Meet Symphion and the Print Fleet Cybersecurity as a Service
I've spent years talking about endpoint security, yet printers rarely enter the conversation. Today, that blind spot takes center stage. I'm joined by Jim…
Tech Talks DailyMarketing Intelligence After Cookies: How Funnel Turns Data Into Decisions
Marketing teams used to have a simple enough job: follow the click, count the conversions, and shift the budget accordingly. But that world is gone. GDPR, iOS…
Tech Talks DailyWhy FeatureOps Might Be the Future of Software Delivery
I invited Egil Østhus to unpack a simple idea that tends to get lost in release day pressure. DevOps gets code to production quickly, but users experience…
Tech Talks DailyFrom Bots To Agents: Building Trustworthy Autonomy With Hakkōda, an IBM Company
I invited Atalia Horenshtien to unpack a topic many leaders are wrestling with right now. Everyone is talking about AI agents, yet most teams are still living…
Tech Talks Daily3418: Scaling IoT Security with Real Time Visibility at Wireless Logic
Here's the thing. Connecting thousands of devices is the easy part. Keeping them resilient and secure as you grow is where the real work lives. In this…
Tech Talks Daily3417: Inflection AI and the Rise of Contextual Intelligence
Here's the thing. Most enterprise AI pitches talk about scale and speed. Fewer talk about trust, tone, and culture. In this conversation with Inflection AI's…
Tech Talks Daily3416: DEUNA: From One-Click Checkout to Intelligent Payments Infrastructure
Here's the thing. Payments only look simple from the outside. In this Tech Talks Daily episode, I sit down with Roberto "Reks" Kafati, CEO and co-founder of…
Tech Talks Daily3415: Secure GenAI for SAP: Syntax Systems CodeGenie on BTP
I sat down with Leo de Araujo, Head of Global Business Innovation at Syntax Systems, to unpack a problem every SAP team knows too well. Years of enhancements…
Tech Talks Daily3414: Self-Healing Machines and Robotics with Grace Technologies
Drew Allen, CEO of Grace Technologies, shares real stories from the floor, the ideas shaping safer plants, and why culture matters more than slogans. Drew's…