This episode, we talked with Barry Briggs, a proven technical leader, author and serial CTO with experience in cloud, virtual reality, IoT, and high-scale computing.

Prolific writer, co-author of popular (over 300,000 copies downloaded as of April 2018) "Enterprise Cloud Strategy," from Microsoft Press, and most recently, "Designed to Disrupt," guiding companies through digital transformation, also from Microsoft Press. Respected in the industry as someone who can both provide vision and drive to technical implementation; known for hiring and mentoring great, accomplishment-oriented teams that scale.

Companies which are planning their strategy for years down the road are always looking for an edge to help them to outperform their competition. Big data, AI, Machine Learning are becoming mainstream (if only as buzzwords) and are often perceived as the must-have technology for any company.

David Brin is a scientist, futurist and best-selling author. His novels include Earth, Existence, The Postman, and Kiln People, as well as Hugo Award winners Startide Rising and The Uplift War. The Transparent Society won a Freedom of Speech Award from the American Library Association.

A lot of companies are hurting right now. But what threatens your business model is not a lack of digital strategy -- it is a lack of being ready for change. That would have been true before the pandemic and remains true today.

What can we learn from Japan, Korea and China about how to create a high-tech society without putting ourselves out of a job?

How will their economic models protect their people against predicted unemployment generated by AI?

Recurrent Patterns host Vaclav Vincalek speaks with LightStream Research Financial Analyst Scott Foster about what he’s learned from decades of working in Asia.

Twitter, the decade plus old company is still trying to define what it is and how to make money. It is trapped in a business model of providing free service in exchange for our souls and friends.

The CEO is here to formulate a clear vision and strategy. Then, they have to empower people to execute on it. The CEO is here to build a team. They’re not there to understand the limits of algorithms.

The weather isn’t just a topic for chatting around the water cooler. Thanks to Big Data, it is becoming big business.

That’s why IBM recently bought the Weather Channel for reported $2 billion. And it is also another manifestation of big data creating opportunities for companies to capitalize on.

You’ve probably heard about ‘Big Data’ and ‘Predictive Analytics.’ These are the big buzz words floating around today. These terms sound very technical, futuristic even… and expensive.

Perhaps you were informed that you need to start a project that incorporates these concepts, but you have no idea why or how you would embark on such a mission.

There’s been much talk about the cloud as the best solution for meeting today’s changing needs of technology in the industry. Though most IT Directors are advocates of moving to the cloud not everyone’s heads are in the clouds.

For many, moving away from on-premise storage and access is a bit unsettling. Data security and privacy is high on the list of concerns. Their concerns about service providers stem from possible use of data, ownership and regulation.