The Tech Talks Daily Podcast

The Tech Startup Story behind ByHours and how it boosting the latest travel tech trend of microstays. BYHOURS is an app that makes all this possible and freeing-up consumers to use their time more creatively. The global online booking platform and app that enables users to book microstays in more than 3000 hotels for three, six or 12 hours around the world. We discuss learn how it is giving people the ability to respond to immediate needs or lifestyle whims with efficiency and speed.

New Relic’s Chief Product Officer Jim Gochee talks about why CEOs are now fully committed to DevOps and digital transformation and how New Relic is helping customers such as Scripps, Draft Kings and Braze who approached the company for tips and help. We also discuss the top questions and challenges companies face. As listeners are probably aware, companies of all sizes across various industries shared how they were going through a “digital transformation” and adopting a “DevOps culture”.

Audioburst is a revolutionary AI-powered audio search platform connecting audio content and users. With the mission of organizing the world's audio content, every day, the Audioburst AI platform listens to, understands, segments and indexes millions of minutes of audio information from top radio stations and podcasts. Powered by advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology and a proprietary AI platform that indexes audio segments into searchable “bursts” in real-time,.

Shout About London is the creative agency that leading brands want to work with at the moment. After having hosted one of the most talked about events of 2018, I wanted to find out more about the two young entrepreneurs behind Shout About London. Having set up in 2013 by two under-30 Londoners, Ben Gamble, and Stuart Groves, Shout About has grown exponentially, with the likes of Sky Media, Google, Redbull and Salesforce now calling themselves regular clients. T

Wouldn’t we all love to have a personal AI helper that is actually  smart and useful, and moreover, one that is highly personalized to your preferences and activities? Imagine a super-smart Alexa / Siri / Google Assistant-like app or device that remembers what you told it previously; can hold lengthy conversations; can interact with other assistants, devices, and apps; and that can learn new facts, preferences, and skills via English conversation.

Factmata is a London-based tech startup that uses artificial intelligence to help social media companies, publishers and advertising networks weed out fake news, hate speech, propaganda, and clickbait. Essentially, Factmata is on a mission to protect people, advertisers, publishers and other businesses from deceptive or misleading content online. The tech startup believes in the importance of objectivity, quality, and facts. They are combining cutting-edge AI with human community.

The announcement that Adobe acquired e-commerce Magento for $1.68 billion left many people with more questions than answers so I invited Errol Denger, director of Experience-Driven Commerce Program & Strategy, Adobe onto the show. The addition of the Magento will enable commerce to be seamlessly integrated into the Adobe Experience Cloud, that serves B2B & B2C customers We discuss what this new partnership will mean to customers, businesses and the future of both Magento and Adobe.

ChronoBank announces the launch of LaborX, the first complete blockchain-based job platform in the world. A key part of ChronoBank’s HR ecosystem, LaborX gives job seekers and companies the tools they need to transact quickly, safely, and easily in crypto. With its sleek design and integrations with ChronoBank’s multi-currency wallet (ChronoMint) and decentralized exchange (TimeX), LaborX becomes one of the first blockchain apps ready today for mass adoption.

CEO and co-founder of ClearSky, Ellen Rubin built a career on finding people with outrageous ideas and launching companies that help bring those ideas to fruition. Her first entrepreneur endeavor, Netezza, revolutionized data warehousing before it was purchased by IBM in 2010 for nearly $2 billion. Her second company, CloudSwitch, was named a “Cool Vendor” by Gartner before being acquired by Verizon. She’s been on an incredible journey and shares her tech startup story.

Here at the Apttus Accelerate conference in San Francisco, I have just seen Inhi Cho Suh, the GM at IBM Watson Marketing, perform her Quote-to-Cash Innovator session. On stage, she revealed that 92% of purchases today are influenced by social, digital engagement & experience is now the product. But she also warns that although data is the new currency, acting with integrity is a call to action for all businesses

Why IT leaders should prioritize "soft" skills like leadership, collaboration and communication among technology and IT professionals. West Monroe Partners, a business and technology consultancy's latest study “Closing the Technology Leadership Gap,” investigates the state of soft skills, defined as communication, collaboration, conflict resolution, and leadership in technology and IT hiring decisions.

Brain Corp is building the future of autonomous navigation transforming today's manually operated machines into tomorrow's autonomous solutions. CEO, Dr. Eugene Izhikevich is a world-renowned computational neuroscientist turned tech entrepreneur and robotics innovator., in 2005, Dr. Izhikevich implemented the world’s largest thalamocortical model. It simulated one hundred billion neurons and one quadrillion synapses–the same number as the human brain.

Microsoft VP Hayden Stafford said in his Keynote at Apttus Accelerate that "It's not industries that are transforming, it’s companies transforming industries. More precisely it's people transforming those companies." As sales teams worldwide are increasingly looking to speed up the selling process and do more by leveraging applications like Dynamics 365, Office 365 and LinkedIn Sales Navigator I caught up with Hayden Stafford to find out more about Microsoft's vision.

I chat with Raj Verma about the big themes at the Apptus Accelerate event this year. We discuss how Apptus is a hybrid cloud platform and by working alongside, Salesforce, Microsoft, and IBM they are truly cloud agnostic.  We also talk about Apttus’ Max, the company’s Applied Artificial Intelligence that enables enterprises to achieve superior business outcomes and the lessons learned over the last 12 months.

Jennifer Quinlan from R2i, discusses the future of marketing personalization in the Adobe Think Tank. She’s passionate that brands should be building more customized experienced, tailored to specific needs, but without crossing the line that makes customers feel uncomfortable. In a complex world that's always demanding more, R2i is a digital agency that helps marketers create more awareness, build deeper relationships, and drive measurable impact.