IT Life

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IT Life: Allan Alford, Mitel

Mitel chief information security officer Allan Alford talks about evolving security challenges, machine learning – and how he unexpectedly ended…

5 years ago

IT Life: Justin Day, 6point6 Cloud Gateway

6point6 Cloud Gateway chief executive Justin Day talks about the shift from hardware to software, flying cars and the historic…

5 years ago

IT Life: Jamie Hutton, Quantexa

Quantexa chief technology officer Jamie Hutton talks about artificial intelligence, international money laundering, and his favourite DJ app

5 years ago

IT Life: Hiren Parekh, OVH

OVH's director of cloud Hiren Parekh talks about the challenges of large-scale data processing, why he likes to keep different…

5 years ago

IT Life: Giorgio Regni, Scality

Scality chief technology officer Giorgio Regni talks about cloud apps, collaborative development and the surprising way he found to improve…

5 years ago

IT Life: Labhesh Patel, Jumio

Labhesh Patel, chief technology officer and chief scientist at Jumio, talks about AI, the challenges of data protection and how…

5 years ago

IT Life: André Stewart, Netskope

André Stewart, head of EMEA for Californian cloud security firm Netskope, talks about using artificial intelligence to fight cybercrime, the…

5 years ago

IT Life: Tim Thurman, Paysafe Group

Paysafe chief digital officer Tim Thurman talks about blockchain, the Internet of Things and why he loves cooking

6 years ago

IT LIFE: Morten Primdahl, Zendesk CTO

Morten Primdahl talks about his career in IT and how Zendesk transformed from a server in a cupboard to 110,000…

6 years ago

IT LIFE: Matt Starr, Spectra Logic CTO

Matt Starr talks about the future of storage, the IoT and why he would be making wine if he wasn't…

6 years ago

IT LIFE: Nico Fischbach, Forcepoint CTO

Forcepoint's Global CTO Nico Fischbach discusses the future of security, his networking background and why he might open a restaurant

6 years ago

IT LIFE: Wendy Paine, Logicalis UK

Wendy Paine from Logicalis takes use through her career in IT and talks about skiing, cycling, and, er, Citrix

6 years ago

IT LIFE: Dan Martland, Edge Testing Solutions

Dan Martland from Edge Testing Solutions talks about how his hobby became a career and the importance of software testing

6 years ago

IT LIFE: Simon Williams, NTT Data

NTT DATA UK CEO Simon Williams talks us through his career, including the integration of Orange and T-Mobile, and why…

6 years ago

IT LIFE: James Kretchmar, Akamai EMEA CTO

Akamai CTO talks us through IPv6, the Apollo Lunar Module and why he would study foreign languages if he wasn't…

6 years ago

IT LIFE: Mark Heath, Alfresco

Mark Heath talks about his journey from aerospace tech to software via networks and Symbian. And why he wanted to…

6 years ago

IT LIFE: Toni Gidwani, Threat Connect

ThreatConnect's director of research discusses her career in IT and her investigations in to some of the most notable hacks…

6 years ago

IT LIFE: Oliver Norton, WRLD CTO

From developing Game Boy games to 3D mapping. Oliver Norton talks us through his career in IT

6 years ago

IT LIFE: James Nesfield, Chirp CTO

Audiophile James Nesfield talks us through his career in IT and the work he's doing at Chirp

6 years ago

IT LIFE: Lee James, Rackspace EMEA CTO

Rackspace's Lee James talks about his journey from the market stall to becoming a CTO

6 years ago

IT LIFE: Craig Foster, HomeServe Labs MD

HomeServe Labs MD discusses his love of the iPhone, Slack and why architecture could have been an alternative career path

6 years ago

IT LIFE: Jon Wrennall, Advanced CTO

Jon Wrennall was HMRC's first CTO, a position he now holds for Advanced. Here is is his career in IT

7 years ago

IT LIFE: Jason Hart, Gemalto CTO Data Protection

Jason Hart guides us through his career in IT, his love of the enigma machine and why he would turn…

7 years ago

IT LIFE: Colin Cooper, Sage People CTO

Colin Cooper talks about his career in IT, how he founded Fairsail, and what's next for Sage People

7 years ago

IT LIFE: Chris Martin, Powwownow CTO

Powwownow CTO talks about his career in IT and why he's excited about AI

7 years ago

IT LIFE: Richard Pursey, SafeToNet CEO

Richard Pursey details how SafeToNet uses AI to protect children online, his career to date and why routemapping technology took…

7 years ago

IT LIFE: Steve Lewis, UK CTO, Hitachi Data Systems

Steve Lewis talks us through his career in IT, the future of IoT and love of guitars

7 years ago

IT LIFE: Ronan Kelly, ADTRAN CTO

Ronan Kelly, ADTRAN CTO and President of the FTTH Council, takes us through his career in IT and experience with…

7 years ago

IT Life: Fraser Hardy, CTO Qudini

CTO and co-founder of Qudini Fraser Hardy talks about his career in IT

7 years ago

IT Life: Martin Woolley, Technical Program Manager At Bluetooth SIG

Bluetooth SIG's technical program manager Martin Woolley talks us through his career in IT and the three apps that he…

7 years ago