How did HPE and Disney form a relationship which has continued for over 80 years? This week, Technology Now begins a mini-series to celebrate the tenth birthday of HPE. In Episode one, we explore where it all began – with the sale of an oscillator to Disney in the ‘30s - and how that partnership has continued to this day through digitisation, the pandemic, and the current AI explosion.
This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.
About Alice Taylor:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicetaylor/
Sources
https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/5011/HP-9826/
https://www.hpe.com/nl/en/what-is/virtual-desktop.html
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls093653710/
https://www.flywing-tech.com/blog/a-1939-audio-oscillator-caught-disneys-eye-and-helped-launch-hp/
https://www.hewlettpackardhistory.com/item/a-deal-with-disney/
https://www.hpe.com/us/en/about/history/innovation-gallery/008-product.html
https://www.thedisneyclassics.com/blog/animation-styles
https://medium.com/cinemania/a-puppet-in-walt-disneys-hands-ea2d5b43ef96
What is Chapel? This week, Technology Now explores the programming language, Chapel. We ask what it is, how it was designed, and we explore why people would use it instead of some of the more established languages.
This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.
About Brad Chamberlain:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-chamberlain-3ab358105
Sources
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ada-Lovelace
https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/about/
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What is Chat HPE? This week, Technology Now dives into the world of workplace assistants and examines what must be considered when designing them. We explore why businesses want them, how they are created, and ask how good Chat HPE could be when designing a podcast... Jose M Mejias, a Distinguished Technologist working in the Data Office tells us more.
This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.
About Jose: https://pr.linkedin.com/in/jose-mejias-1233b323
Sources:
Joseph Weizenbaum. 1966. ELIZA—a computer program for the study of natural language communication between man and machine. Commun. ACM 9, 1 (Jan. 1966), 36–45. https://doi.org/10.1145/365153.365168
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/25/joseph-weizenbaum-inventor-eliza-chatbot-turned-against-artificial-intelligence-ai
How do we know if our AI… is really AI? This week, Technology now goes under the hood of AI products when Baradji Diallo, an AI Innovation Architect in Technology Strategy and Evaluation working in the office of the CTO joins us to tell us more about how he and his team investigate whether AI products are really what they claim to be.
This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.
About Baradji Diallo:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/baradji-diallo/
Sources:
https://www.statista.com/outlook/tmo/artificial-intelligence/worldwide
https://www.historyofdatascience.com/ai-winter-the-highs-and-lows-of-artificial-intelligence/
https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/definition/AI-winter
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnwerner/2024/04/09/three-lessons-learned-from-the-second-ai-winter/
How do we protect our institutional memory? This week, Technology Now explores the importance of organisational memory and the biggest challenges which can lead to its erosion. We dive into how it could be preserved, and why this is vital for our organisations. Rom Kosla, CIO for HPE, tells us more.
This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.
About Rom Kosla
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kosla
Sources
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/tenure.pdf
https://www.panopto.com/resource/valuing-workplace-knowledge/
https://www.britannica.com/science/Dewey-Decimal-Classification
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Melvil-Dewey
What sort of technology goes into building the latest arenas? This week, Technology Now explores the Chase Centre, home of the Golden State Warriors and a venue for all sorts of events from sports to live music. We examine the importance of technology in all aspects of design, from before fans leave their houses, to their connectivity, safety, and enjoyment at the venue. Brian Fulmer, Senior Director of IT at the Golden State Warriors, tells us more.
This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.
HPE and Golden State Warriors Partnership:
https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/a00115219enw
https://www.hpe.com/h22228/video-gallery/us/en/v100003857/video?jumpId=in_videogallery_366db19b-247e-46f0-9acc-490ac791aefe_gaiw
About Brian Fullmer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfulmer/
Sources:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/63755510
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-roman-gladiator-arena-concession-stand-shops-found/
https://www.britannica.com/sports/polo
https://www.football-stadiums.co.uk/articles/history-of-floodlights-in-football/
https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Kingdom
How can artificial intelligence make itself more efficient? This week, Technology Now delves into the concept of solution based efficiency, how it can be applied to new and emerging technologies, and the importance of expecting the unexpected. John Frey, Senior Director and Chief Technologist of Sustainable Transformation for HPE, tells us more.
This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.
HPE AI Sustainability Whitepaper: https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/a50013815enw
Sources:
https://homepages.math.uic.edu/~leon/mcs425-s08/handouts/char_freq2.pdf
https://www.morsecodeholistic.com/american-morse-code-translator
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47460499
Where do we get our stuff from? This week, Technology Now is diving into the subject of supply chain. We explore what different people along the value chain care about, the types of disruptions modern day supply chains face, and we explore how AI can be integrated into the world of supply chain to mitigate unexpected shocks.
This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.
About Mark Bakker: https://www.hpe.com/uk/en/leadership-bios/mark-bakker.html
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Can AI be used to improve patient experiences? This week, Technology Now explores how AI is being used to streamline data collection in the healthcare industry, how data should be treated to avoid bias in AI, and the benefits this brings to patients. Derek B. Howard, Programme Manager for the HPE Digital Health Foundry Programme, tells us more.
This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.
About Derek B. Howard:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/derek-howard1/
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https://www.britannica.com/technology/MYCIN
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How do you keep a computer running non-stop? This week Technology Now explores the world of fault tolerant computing. We dive into how fault tolerance works, what industries use it, and why such a useful form of computing isn’t as ubiquitous as we might expect. Casey Taylor, Vice President and General Manager HPE Nonstop Compute tells us more.
This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.
About Casey Taylor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/getcaseytaylor
Our previous episode with Casey: https://hpe.lnk.to/missioncriticalfa
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https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/24/tech/crowdstrike-outage-cost-cause
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Can we build technology today to defend against the threats of tomorrow? This week, Technology Now concludes a double episode on post quantum cryptography and explores the subject of firmware, why it’s imperative that it be protected against quantum attacks and why a simple update can’t solve every problem. Nigel Edwards, Director of the Security Lab at HPE Labs, tells us more.
This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.
About Nigel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigel-edwards-170591/?originalSubdomain=uk
Sources:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/01/the-long-and-winding-history-of-encryption/423726/
https://www.theqrl.org/blog/history-of-cryptography-behind-the-code-episode-1/
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/07/todays-ai-can-crack-second-world-war-enigma-code-in-short-order-experts-say
Why do quantum computers pose a threat to governments? This week Technology Now starts a two part dive into quantum computing. In this first episode, we ask: how are governments preparing to mitigate the threat posed by a hypothetical quantum computer which could be invented. Ken Rich, Federal CTO at HPE tells us more.
This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.
About Ken Rich:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenrich111/
Sources:
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/whitepaper/next-steps-preparing-for-post-quantum-cryptography
https://www.britannica.com/technology/quantum-computer
https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/history-of-quantum-computing-key-moments-that-shaped-the-future-of-computing
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2399246-record-breaking-quantum-computer-has-more-than-1000-qubits/
How do sports and technology go hand in hand? This week, Technology Now explores how sports teams use technology both on and off the field. We examine the history of sport analytics, and how technology is utilized to help training, find opponents’ weaknesses, and even discover new talent going forwards. Matt Messick, CIO for the Dallas Cowboys who are part of Blue Star Operations Services, tells us more.
This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.
HPE & Dallas Cowboys partnership:
https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/a50008315enw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD9WhsESuwE
Sources:
https://www.nielsen.com/news-center/2025/super-bowl-lix-makes-tv-history-with-over-127-million-viewers/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/neilsahota/2024/02/05/touchdown-technology-the-rise-of-ai-in-american-football/
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How can AI be used to commit fraud? This week, Technology Now dives into the world of AI attacks. We explore how AI is being used to commit fraud against both people and companies and ask what protections can be put in place to mitigate this in the future. Aman Raheja, Global Chief Information Security Officer at HPE tells us more.
This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.
About Aman:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahejaaman/
Sources:
https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/bernie-madoff
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bernard-madoff.asp
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/27/phishing-email-scam-stole-100-million-from-facebook-and-google.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39744007
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/25/706715377/man-pleads-guilty-to-phishing-scheme-that-fleeced-facebook-google-of-100-million
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/04/asia/deepfake-cfo-scam-hong-kong-intl-hnk/
What does the future hold for the world of Technology? This week, Technology Now is looking to the future and where we could be going next exploring topics including physical AI and quantum computing. At the HP Garage in Palo Alto, California, our on the ground reporter Sam Jarrell is once again joined by HPE Labs Chief Architect, Kirk Bresniker, this time, to discuss the future of innovation
This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.
About Kirk Bresniker: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirkbresniker
Sources:
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-history-of-innovation-cycles/
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How did we get here? This week Technology Now is looking back at the history of innovation and the birth of Silicon Valley from a tiny garage in Palo Alto, California. Our reporter on the ground, Sam Jarrell is joined by HPE Labs Chief Architect, Kirk Bresniker, to explore the history of the HPE and how the modern era of electronics began. This episode is available in both video and audio formats.
This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.
About Kirk Bresniker: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirkbresniker
Sources:
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2021/07/this-is-a-visualization-of-the-history-of-innovation-cycles/
https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Revolution
https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/tech-takes/history-of-hp
Why are we still talking about virtualization? This week, Technology Now is returning to a classic topic in computing: Virtualization. So, what’s changed in the landscape that’s bought virtualization back into the limelight, and how is it being used in our current technological landscape? Brad Parks, Chief Product & Go To Market Officer at HPE’s recently acquired Morpheus Data, tells us more.
This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.
About Brad Parks: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-parks-b190464/
Sources:
https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/feature/The-history-of-virtualization-and-its-mark-on-data-center-management
https://inventivehq.com/history-of-virtualization/
Why do networks go down? More importantly, how are they restored when they do? This week, Technology Now is diving in the worlds of networking, and how network outages are solved. What caused the problem? Who should run the response? How can organisations learn from outages to prevent them happening in the future? Sarah Tovar, a Principle Network Engineer on the Advanced Customer Engineering team tells us more.
This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.
About Sarah Tovar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-tovar-1083a5104/
Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/ARPANET
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/early-sketch-of-arpanets-first-four-nodes/
https://home.cern/science/computing/where-web-was-born
Where do industry experts see the world of technology heading? This week, Technology Now is looking back to a conversation from HPE Discover Las Vegas with HPE’s Chief Technology Officer, Fidelma Russo, about any updates since last year’s Diary of a CTO episode, and where she sees the industry heading in the future.
This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.
About Fidelma Russo: https://www.hpe.com/uk/en/leadership-bios/fidelma-russo.html
Today I Learned:
https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/microbes-transform-plastic-waste-into-paracetamol
Johnson, N.W., Valenzuela-Ortega, M., Thorpe, T.W. et al. A biocompatible Lossen rearrangement in Escherichia coli. Nat. Chem. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-025-01845-5
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This Week in History:
https://www.edn.com/bell-labs-announces-junction-transistor-july-5-1951/
https://uk.rs-online.com/web/content/discovery/ideas-and-advice/bipolar-transistor-guide
https://newatlas.com/computers/ibm-2-nm-chips-transistors/
https://www.nano.gov/nanotech-101/what/nano-size
What is happening at HPE Discover? This week Technology Now is dialing into to HPE Discover Las Vegas, HPE’s annual customer and partner event. Our reporter on the ground, Sam Jarrell, is joined by HPE’s President and CEO, Antonio Neri, to explore the show floor and learn more about this year’s event. This episode is available in both video and audio formats.
This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.
About Antonio Neri:
https://www.hpe.com/uk/en/leadership-bios/antonio-neri.html
This Week in History:
https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/26404794246.pdf
https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/nuclear-power-in-the-world-today