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CDW Canada Tech Talks

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Frequency: 1 episode/53d. Total Eps: 31

CDW Canada Tech Talks: Discussing the Latest Technology Innovations Experts from CDW and our partners tackle hot topics including generative AI, FinOps, the new cybersecurity landscape and more.

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Why End Users Are Cybersecurity's Weakest Link

Season 3 · Episode 11

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 • Duration 58:32

In this episode, host KJ Burke is joined by guests Daniel Pinsky, CSO & Head of Information Security, CDW Canada and David Shipley, CEO and Cofounder, Beauceron Security Inc. to discuss the need to educate our users on cybersecurity best practices and how we can build a security minded organization. To learn more, visit cdw.ca

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Bonus Episode - Charting the Course: Hybrid Multicloud Strategies and AI Adoption in Canada

Season 3 · Episode 10

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 • Duration 55:12

In this episode, host KJ Burke and guest Jim Love discuss some of the insights coming out of the 2024 Hybrid Cloud Report.To learn more, visit cdw.ca

The State of HPC and AI in the Canadian Federal Government

Season 3 · Episode 9

Tuesday, September 3, 2024 • Duration 01:40:31

What are some of the traditional uses cases for HPC and AI that the Federal Government uses currently?

· What are some of the identified use cases that have been difficult to implement?

· What challenges have stalled those implementations historically?

· How has the current state of HPC and AI changed so that some of those use cases can now be realized?

· What needs to be done so the federal space can implement the remainder?

· How have traditional HPC and AI technologies changed and how has that made things easier for implementations?

· How have things become more complex or challenging?

· What types of investments are being made for infrastructure to support modern HPC and AI platforms?

· How has the density of HPC and AI created challenges for IT teams?

· How are large hosting providers and public cloud providers handling AI at scale challenges?

· What has the advent of Generative AI done to change the HPC and AI landscape?

· Let’s talk about deterministic vs probabilistic models. How are they different?

o How does this difference make them more suitable to different use cases?

· When we think about data governance and AI governance it becomes a bit of safety vs innovation. How do we create a healthy balance between those two?

· How can we mitigate risk but still drive forward innovation of AI?

· As we look to the next 2 to 3 years what are some of the new use cases that you think will drive investment and also provide value?

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A Different Take on Data Privacy, AI, and AI management

Season 3 · Episode 8

Tuesday, August 6, 2024 • Duration 55:11

Up until recently access to AI was really restricted to fewer people. The need for specialized tools, knowledge and technology created hurdles that many organizations were not able to clear. How have you seen access to AI and the perceived value of AI change across different consumers?
One of the ways we have been segmenting generative AI with customers has been drawing a distinction between the targeted consumer of the AI tools and the risk profile of the data that data consumer will be accessing. How has the need for data governance become a barrier for broader AI use cases?
How has the hype around generative AI changed the types of traditional AI conversations you are having?
In addition to better establishing more mature data governance practices what are organizations doing to reduce the risk of over sharing data?
Do organizations view digital sovereignty for AI services differently that other types of more traditional data and application services?
What does the current distribution of AI workloads on premises, at the edge and in the public cloud look like?
How sensitive is the data being used for the initial phase of generative AI services we are seeing organizations build today?
Are some verticals more prepared to take advantage of their data with AI?
How are organizations deciding between operating on premises vs in the public cloud for AI services?
Are we able to put the factors that influence the decision-making process in order of importance?
How do the traditional methods of managing data and technology limit our ability to integrate AI into our organizations quickly and effectively?
What are some of the ways we can change to adapt to the new demands of AI?
How can AI development platforms accelerate an organization’s AI journey?
How does managing AI assets differ from traditional application deployment management?
How will organizations decide to be a consumer of AI vs a creator of their own AI assets?
What is the importance of measuring the efficacy of your AI model? How do you see AI assets being measured for efficacy and compared between iterations?
As we look to the future what are some of the trends that we predict in this space?
What excites you about the future of AI and the tools that you will get into the hands of organizations and users?

Computing with giants: How supercomputers are different

Season 3 · Episode 7

Tuesday, July 2, 2024 • Duration 01:16:35

What has the role of supercomputers been historically?
Has the advent of GPU clusters changed the role of HPC?
How is the technology changing to meet new needs of researchers and organizations?
As we look at supercomputing across different verticals, what parts of the technology and software stack stay similar and where does that stack depart from being similar?
How do we continue to innovate the technology and software but also address the sprawl of new technology offerings?
What is the role of a manufacturer in supporting open-source tools vs building tools optimized for your own hardware?
How are we managing the cooling challenges more effectively today?
As we move forward, what is the role of supercomputing?
Will we see general access to supercomputing via generative AI like we are seeing with foundation models?
What are some of your favourite supercomputer use cases that you have been involved with?
What excites you about the future of supercomputing and AI?
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How to Augment Your IT Team with Managed Services

Season 3 · Episode 6

Tuesday, June 4, 2024 • Duration 45:58

Why do organizations use staff augmentation and managed services?
How do you differentiate and decide between filling roles that are internal, external consulting or managed services?
What are some of the considerations that management focuses on when they build a plan to leverage managed services?
What makes a good managed services partner?
What are some of the risks of taking on a bad managed services partner?
How do you incorporate a managed services provider into your IT management plan effectively?
What is the best possible state for a managed services relationship to be in?
How does the type of technology affect your decision making for how to support it?
Where do you see managed services and consulting providing value to your team in the future?

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Smart Retail

Season 3 · Episode 5

Tuesday, May 7, 2024 • Duration 55:45

In this episode, we discuss smart retail innovations and how they lead to a better and more cost-effective environment for retail storefrontsTo learn more, visit cdw.ca

Innovating Patient Care

Season 3 · Episode 4

Tuesday, April 2, 2024 • Duration 01:09:20

In this episode, we discuss technology innovations impacting the way patients are cared for, where they are cared for, and how effective that care ultimately is.

The current state of healthcare. Where are we at and what is currently in flight as far as technology innovation that we are seeing?
How is innovation in technology changing the way patients interact with their care providers?
What is happening with technology from the provider side that patients may not be aware of that is changing the way they receive healthcare services?
The idea of the “home hospital” where patients and especially the elderly can minimize the impact to their daily lives by bringing more services to the home. How are technology empowering healthcare providers to bring more services to the home and why is that so important?
What types of technology will we see in the next few years that will really focus on improving the effectiveness of our healthcare providers?
How will tools like natural language processing empower better communication?
What are our expectations for innovations within AI and high-performance compute and how will that fundamentally change healthcare?
What does the technology and care gap look like between highly innovative healthcare providers and providers that have struggled to keep pace with technology innovation?
The innovation centres that CDW uses, and how we use those to help healthcare providers really see what technology innovation can mean to them and their patients?
Future state of healthcare. What excites you about the future of healthcare?

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The Latest Innovations in AI

Season 3 · Episode 3

Tuesday, March 5, 2024 • Duration 53:42

In this episode, we discuss...

The hardware ecosystem from device to data centre and platform
NPUs and endpoints
Cloud platforms for AI
Access to tools
Future of AI – Multimodal – Multisensory - sora

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AI Security and Governance

Season 3 · Episode 2

Tuesday, February 6, 2024 • Duration 01:05:38

In this episode we discuss...

Current state of cybersecurity
Types of AI are impacting cybersecurity
How bad actors are leveraging GenAI to be more productive
What is the measurable impact of GenAI to the risk profile of businesses?
What keeps you up at night when you think about AI as a cybersecurity risk?

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