Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com We’re joined by **Anand Eswaran**, CEO of **Veeam Software**, and **Rehan Jalil**, CEO of **Securiti AI**, following Veeam’s bold acquisition of Securiti—a move that fuses data protection, security, and AI governance into one platform. Together, they unpack why GPUs alone can’t fix untrusted data and why 80–90% of enterprise AI projects fail, exploring how unifying data security and resilience lays the groundwork for AI that’s saf...
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Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com We’re joined by **Anand Eswaran**, CEO of **Veeam Software**, and **Rehan Jalil**, CEO of **Securiti AI**, following Veeam’s bold acquisition of Securiti—a move that fuses data protection, security, and AI governance into one platform. Together, they unpack why GPUs alone can’t fix untrusted data and why 80–90% of enterprise AI projects fail, exploring how unifying data security and resilience lays the groundwork for AI that’s saf...
Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com We’re joined by **Anand Eswaran**, CEO of **Veeam Software**, and **Rehan Jalil**, CEO of **Securiti AI**, following Veeam’s bold acquisition of Securiti—a move that fuses data protection, security, and AI governance into one platform. Together, they unpack why GPUs alone can’t fix untrusted data and why 80–90% of enterprise AI projects fail, exploring how unifying data security and resilience lays the groundwork for AI that’s saf...
Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com What if your next high-performing hire never sleeps, knows your stack, and ships secure environments in hours? We dive deep with Chris Chapman CTO of MacStadium to map the shift from brittle automation to agentic AI running on fleets of Macs, where outcomes replace step-by-step scripts and digital employees take on repeatable, high-value work. Chris opens the hood on Orca, their software-defined Mac platform, and shares how c...
Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com What if your crypto wallet felt as safe as your bank account? We sit down with Crypto Insurer BDIC Insurance Founder and CEO Jeffrey Glusman to unpack a bold plan to bring deposit insurance to digital assets and unlock mainstream confidence. Instead of chasing whales, the model targets the everyday holder with clear, affordable coverage tiers, vetted wallets, and a focused list of insurable coins. The goal is to turn fear, uncerta...
Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Most AI pilots impress in a demo and stall in production. We wanted to unpack why. Joseph Kim is the President and CEO of Druid AI joins us to break down the real blockers to AI readiness and the playbook that moves teams from wow to working systems. We talk candidly about market hype, sobering stats on failed deployments, and the ingredients that make enterprise agents safe, accurate, and compliant at scale. We start with first ...
Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com What happens when agents can talk to agents—securely, asynchronously, and at scale? We sit down with Edward Funnekotter Chief Architect and AI Officer from Solace to unpack the architecture behind an open agent mesh and why event-driven design is the key to turning AI hype into dependable workflows. Instead of a single chatbot, imagine a network of specialized agents that advertise their skills, discover each other, and coordinate...
Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The fastest way to lose a security battle is to wait for it to start. We pull back the curtain on a proactive strategy to break the attack chain—disrupting reconnaissance, lateral movement, and exfiltration—by uniting offensive testing with integrated blue team defenses that actually prove what works. John Grancarich Chief Strategy Officer Fortra, joins us to explain how red and blue can operate on a single vision that prioritizes...
Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Noise is the enemy of good defense. We sit down with Jawahar Sivasankaran President of Cyware to unpack how a threat-centered architecture, powered by agentic AI and rich collaboration, can turn scattered data into clear, prioritized action. Rather than adding yet another dashboard, the strategy puts high-fidelity intelligence at the core of the SOC so every control—detection, response, and exposure management—makes smarter moves,...
Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Want proof that better IT experience can be engineered, not wished into existence? From the floor at Gartner, we sit down with Lakeside to explore how a lightweight, 29‑year-old agent design built for scarcity is suddenly perfect for today’s edge. When compute, memory, and network were expensive, the team designed a platform that sips resources, keeps data close to the device, and structures it cleanly. That constraint-driven appr...
Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The lock icon is not a comfort blanket. It’s a contract. We sit down with Chris Hickman, Chief Security Officer at Keyfactor, to unpack what digital trust really means when every person, device, app, and service needs a verifiable identity. From the browser to the factory floor, PKI and certificate management quietly power secure connections, and when they fail, the business feels it fast. Chris pulls back the curtain on the polic...
Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Patch Tuesday shouldn’t feel like roulette. We sat down at Gartner Symposium with Egan from NinjaOne to explore a simple, disciplined idea: beat IT misery with speed, clarity, and trustworthy automation. Guided by decades in the DoD and intelligence community, Egan frames endpoint management as an operational craft where time-to-value, clean data, and risk-aware decisions matter more than shiny features. That lens drives concrete ...
Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com What if your mobile number became the single identity that powers every call, text, and meeting—on your smartphone, your desk phone, and your laptop? We sat down at the T-Mobile for Business booth to unpack a 5G connected workplace that unifies communications inside Microsoft Teams while retiring the patchwork of SIP trunks and over-the-top apps that never quite played nicely together. We walk through how Teams Phone Mobile and O...
Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com When communication becomes mission critical, “good enough” isn’t good enough. We sit down at the T-Mobile for Business booth to unpack Supermobile, a bundled plan built for reliability under pressure. Instead of stitching together a dozen add-ons, Supermobile brings unlimited talk, text, and data together with satellite backup via SpaceX Starlink and a priority slice on the network during congestion and disasters. The result: simp...
Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Ever wished you could roll into a venue and flip on flawless connectivity like a light switch? We sit down with T-Mobile for Business at their booth to unpack a portable private 5G kit built for speed, security, and control—ready to power live broadcasts, pop-up events, and mission-critical enterprise workflows in a matter of hours. We walk through how a compact setup supports roughly a thousand authenticated users with private S...
Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Picture a cell tower that takes to the sky when the ground route is blocked. We sit with Chris, senior disaster recovery manager at T‑Mobile for Business, to unpack how a tethered drone becomes a flying cell site—rising to 400 feet, running 24/7, and restoring coverage where trucks can’t reach. From islands off Puerto Rico to rugged stretches near Hawaii, this portable system can ride on a boat or UTV, spin up quickly, and hold th...
Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com What if spinning up a 100G connection took less time than making coffee? We sit down with Megaport’s CEO Michael Reid and technical evangelist Alexis Bertholf to explore how a fully automated, software-defined backbone turns global networking into a click-and-go experience across 1,000+ data centers. We trace their unconventional paths from aerospace to IT, then dive into the engine room: why no one logs into devices, how code dr...
Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com What if customer communications weren’t an island, but the heartbeat of your business? We dive into how we’re unifying contact center and collaboration with an AI-powered CX platform designed for end-to-end automation, tight integrations, and real-world reliability. The goal: make every interaction faster, smarter, and easier to act on—without forcing a rip-and-replace. We unpack why hybrid UC is accelerating w/ Martin Bitzinger ...
Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com What if AI in telecom had to earn its keep from day one? We sit down with Petri, CEO of Tupl, to unpack a no-nonsense approach to automation where every workflow ties back to a clear business case. From shrinking customer care handle times to orchestrating energy savings that don’t dent performance, this conversation shows how practical AI reshapes the daily work of carriers—and why adoption by 30,000+ frontline users is the metri...
Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com What if your best coach was available at any moment you needed help on the job? We sit down with industry analyst Josh Bersin to unpack how generative AI is replacing one-size-fits-all courses with real-time, conversational enablement that helps people perform, learn, and grow in the flow of work. Instead of chasing completion rates, teams can tap living knowledge: the latest field fixes, sales plays that actually worked, leadersh...
Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Stuck with slow processes, rising OPEX, and customers who expect fixes in seconds, not hours? We sit down with Hector Montes from Tupl to unpack a pragmatic blueprint for telecom automation that starts with the people who know the work best—domain experts—and turns their know‑how into solutions that scale. From first-contact technical support that slashes escalations to smarter energy management across the network, this conversati...
Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The most natural way to ask for help is to speak—and that’s exactly why voice CX is so hard to get right. We sit down with Babelforce CEO & Co-Founder Pierce Buckley to unpack why the real challenge isn’t the AI model at the front, but the orchestration behind it: identity, contracts, logistics, field service, and payments spanning a dozen-plus systems that must work in lockstep to deliver a short, sweet resolution. From “my f...
Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com We’re joined by **Anand Eswaran**, CEO of **Veeam Software**, and **Rehan Jalil**, CEO of **Securiti AI**, following Veeam’s bold acquisition of Securiti—a move that fuses data protection, security, and AI governance into one platform. Together, they unpack why GPUs alone can’t fix untrusted data and why 80–90% of enterprise AI projects fail, exploring how unifying data security and resilience lays the groundwork for AI that’s saf...
