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Most recent episodes

Cybersecurity and Identity - Quantum safe

 

  • Episode 236: What is Q-Day?
  • Episode 237: What is quantum-safe cryptography?
  • Episode 238: What is crypto agility?
  • Episode 239: Why PQC matters now
  • Episode 240: Principles of a PQC transition

Most recent episodes: Cybersecurity and Identity - Quantum safe

Episode 240 |

Principles of a PQC transition

Host: Teaganne Finn | Authors: Mark Hughes, Arfan Sabar

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Enterprise, AI Sovereignty & Generative AI

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 Agentic Systems & Integration

Find episodes about: Artificial Intelligence, AI Integration and AI for developers

 Machine Learning & AI Operations

Find episodes about: Machine Learning, AI/ML Ops and Observability

 Data for AI & Analytics

Find episodes about: Data for AI and Data quality

 Hybrid Cloud & Platform Operations

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 Cybersecurity & Identity

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Enterprise, AI Sovereignty & Generative AI

Find episodes about:

  • AI Sovereignty
  • Generative AI
  • Agentic AI
  • Quantum
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AI Sovereignty

Host: Matt Finio | Authors: Derek Robertson, Stephanie Susnjara, Ian Smalley
Operational Sovereignty

Host: Matt Finio | Author: David Zax
Technological Sovereignty

Host: Matt Finio | Author: Ivan Belcic
What is data sovereignty?

Host: Matt Finio | Authors: Mesh Flinders, Ian Smalley
What is digital sovereignty?

Host: Matt Finio | Author: David Zax
What is crewAI?

Host: Amanda Downie | Authors: Vanna Winland, Meredith Syed, Anna Gutowska
What is LangChain?

Host: Amanda Downie | Authors: Dave Bergmann, Cole Stryker
What is LangGraph?

Host: Amanda Downie | Authors: Bryan Clark
What is LangFlow?

Host: Amanda Downie | Authors: Ivan Belcic, Cole Stryker
What is MetaGPT?

Host: Amanda Downie | Authors: Vanna Winland, Meredith Syed
What is AutoGen?

Host: Cole Stryker | Authors: David Zax
What is AgentGPT?

Host: Cole Stryker | Authors: Cole Stryker
What is BabyAGI?

Host: Cole Stryker | Authors: Ivan Belcic, Cole Stryker
What is ChatDev?

Host: Cole Stryker | Authors: Vanna Winland, Erika Russi
What is AutoGPT?

Host: Cole Stryker | Authors: Ivan Belcic
What is model context protocol (MCP)?

Host: Cole Stryker | Authors: Anna Gutowska
What is A2A protocol (Agent2Agent)?

Host: Cole Stryker | Authors: Rina Diane Caballar, Cole Stryker
What is Agent Communication Protocol (ACP)?

Host: Cole Stryker | Authors: Sandi Besen, Anna Gutowska
Part 2: What are AI agent protocols?

Host: Cole Stryker | Authors: Cole Stryker , Rina Diane Caballar
Part 1: What are AI agent protocols?

Host: Cole Stryker | Authors: Cole Stryker , Rina Diane Caballar

Voice: Cole Stryker | Authors: Cole Stryker, Ivan Belcic
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Voice: Cole Stryker | Authors: Cole Stryker, Ivan Belcic
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Voice: Cole Stryker | Authors: Cole Stryker

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Voice: Cole Stryker | Authors: Amanda Downie , Matthew Finio
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Voice: Cole Stryker | Authors: David Zax
Techsplainers thumbnail - "What is multi-agent collaboration?"

Voice: Alice Gomstyn | Authors: Shalini Harkar
Techsplainers thumbnail - "What is a multi-agent system?"

Voice: Alice Gomstyn | Authors: Anna Gutowska
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is vibe coding?

Voice: Amanda Downie
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is retrieval augmented generation (RAG)?

Voice: Amanda Downie | Authors: Ivan Belcic
Techsplainers thumbnail - What are vision language models (VLMs)?

Voice: Amanda Downie
Techsplainers thumbnail - What are large language models (LLMs)?

Voice: Amanda Downie | Authors: Cole Stryker
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is generative AI?

Voice: Amanda Downie | Authors: Cole Stryker, Mark Scapicchio
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is agentic architecture?

Voice: Alice Gomstyn

Techsplainers thumbnail - Types of AI agents

Voice: Alice Gomstyn | Authors: Cole Stryker
Techsplainers thumbnail - AI agents vs. AI assistants

Voice: Alice Gomstyn | Authors: Charlotte Hu, Amanda Downie, Matthew Finio,

Techsplainers thumbnail - What are AI agents?

Voice: Alice Gomstyn | Authors: Anna Gutowska

Techsplainers thumbnail - What is agentic AI?

Voice: Alice Gomstyn | Authors: Cole Stryker
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Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Ryan Mandelbaum , Josh Schneider , Ian Smalley
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Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Ryan Mandelbaum , Josh Schneider , Ian Smalley
Techsplainers thumbnail - Part 2: What is a qubit?

Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Josh Schneider, Ian Smalley
Techsplainers thumbnail - Part 1: What is a qubit?

Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Josh Schneider, Ian Smalley
Techsplainers thumbnail - Part 3: What is quantum computing?

Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Josh Schneider, Ian Smalley
Techsplainers thumbnail - Part 2: What is quantum computing?

Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Josh Schneider, Ian Smalley
Techsplainers thumbnail - Part 1: What is quantum computing?

Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Josh Schneider, Ian Smalley

Agentic Systems & Integration

Find episodes about:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • AI Integration
  • AI for developers
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AI in customer relationship management (CRM)

Host: Amanda Downie | Authors: Teaganne Finn, Amanda Downie
Better customer service with AI agents

Host: Amanda Downie | Authors: Molly Hayes, Amanda Downie
Accelerating customer service response time with AI

Host: Amanda Downie | Authors: Matthew Finio , Amanda Downie
Accelerate the customer onboarding process with AI

Host: Amanda Downie | Authors: Matthew Finio , Amanda Downie
AI in the Customer Experience (CX)

Host: Amanda Downie | Authors: Teaganne Finn, Amanda Downie
What is artificial superintelligence?

Host: Teaganne Finn | Authors: Tim Mucci and Cole Stryker
What is artificial general intelligence (AGI)?

Host: Teaganne Finn | Authors: Dave Bergmann
What is strong AI?

Host: Teaganne Finn

Part 2: What is artificial intelligence

Host: Teaganne Finn | Authors: Cole Stryker, Eda Kavlakoglu
Part 1: What is artificial intelligence

Host: Teaganne Finn | Authors: Cole Stryker, Eda Kavlakoglu
What is an internal developer portal?

Host: Matt Finio | Authors: Dan Nosowitz
Part 2: What is embedded iPaaS?

Host: Matt Finio | Authors: Nick Gallagher , Michael Goodwin , Chrystal R. China
Part 1: What is embedded iPaaS?

Host: Matt Finio | Authors: Nick Gallagher , Michael Goodwin , Chrystal R. China
iPaaS vs. ETL

Host: Matt Finio | Authors: Nick Gallagher , Michael Goodwin
PaaS vs. iPaaS

Host: Matt Finio | Authors: Nick Gallagher , Michael Goodwin
What is straight-through processing?

Voice: Patrick Austin | Authors: Dan Nosowitz , Michael Goodwin
What is CRM integration?

Voice: Patrick Austin | Authors: Jim Holdsworth , Michael Goodwin
EDI and ERP integration: best practices, benefits and challenges

Voice: Patrick Austin | Authors: Jim Holdsworth , Michael Goodwin
What is CRM integration?

Host: Patrick Austin | Authors: Judith Aquino , Michael Goodwin
What is native integration?

Voice: Patrick Austin | Authors: Dan Nosowitz
What code LLMs mean for the future of software development

Voice: Erika Russi | Authors: Rina Diane Caballar , Cole Stryker
What is COBOL modernization?

Voice: Erika Russi | Authors: Rina Diane Caballar , Cole Stryker
What is legacy code?

Voice: Erika Russi | Authors: Rina Diane Caballar , Cole Stryker
AI code documentation: Benefits and top tips

Voice: Erika Russi | Authors: Rina Diane Caballar , Cole Stryker
What is code refactoring?

Voice: Erika Russi

iPaaS examples and use cases

Voice: Dan Segal | Authors: Nick Gallagher, Michael Goodwin
What is iPaaS (integration platform as a service)?

Voice: Dan Segal | Authors: Chrystal R. China, Nick Gallagher, Michael Goodwin
What is enterprise application integration?

Voice: Dan Segal | Authors: Nick Gallagher, Michael Goodwin
What is EDI integration?

Voice: Dan Segal | Authors: Jim Holdsworth, Michael Goodwin
What is electronic data interchange (EDI)?

Voice: Dan Segal | Authors: Dan Nosowitz, Michael Goodwin
What are hierarchical AI agents?

Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: Ivan Belcic, Cole Stryker
What is a utility-based agent?

Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: Cole Stryker, Ivan Belcic
What is a goal-based agent?

Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: David Zax
What is a model-based reflex agent?

Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: Cole Stryker, Ivan Belcic
What is a simple reflex agent?

Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: Cole Stryker
What is AI agent communication and AI agent learning?

Voice: Selma Pacheco | Authors: Cole Stryker, Ivan Belcic
What is tool calling?

Voice: Selma Pacheco | Authors: Cole Stryker
What is AI agent memory and agentic reasoning?

Voice: Selma Pacheco | Authors: Cole Stryker, Rina Diane Caballar
What is AI agent perception and AI agent planning?

Voice: Selma Pacheco | Authors: Cole Stryker
What are the components of AI agents?

Voice: Selma Pacheco | Authors: Cole Stryker

Machine Learning & AI Operations

Find episodes about:

  • Machine Learning
  • AI/ML Ops
  • Observability
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Techsplainers thumbnail - What is reinforcement learning?

Voice: Anna Gutowska | Authors: Jacob Murel, Eda Kavlakoglu
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is semi-supervised learning?

Voice: Anna Gutowska | Authors: Dave Bergmann
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is unsupervised learning?

Voice: Anna Gutowska
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is supervised learning?

Voice: Anna Gutowska | Authors: Ivan Belcic, Cole Stryker
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is machine learning?

Voice: Anna Gutowska | Authors: Dave Bergmann
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is AutoML?

Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Ivan Belcic, Cole Stryker

Techsplainers thumbnail - What is data labeling?

Voice: Ian Smalley
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is full-stack observability?

Voice: PJ Hagerty | Authors: Jim Holdsworth, Annie Badman
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is SRE observability?

Voice: PJ Hagerty | Authors: Chrystal R. China
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is model deployment?

Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Rina Diane Caballar, Cole Stryker
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is AI lifecycle management?

Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Kazuaki Ishizaki
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is a machine learning pipeline?

Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Ivan Belcic, Cole Stryker
Techsplainers thumbnail - Part 2: What is MLOps?

Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Tim Mucci, Cole Stryker
Techsplainers thumbnail - Part 1: What is MLOps?

Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Tim Mucci, Cole Stryker
Techsplainers thumbnail - Part 2: What is network observability?

Voice: PJ Hagerty | Authors: Chrystal R. China, Sanchita Chakraborti
Techsplainers thumbnail - Part 1: What is network observability?

Voice: PJ Hagerty | Authors: Chrystal R. China, Sanchita Chakraborti
Techsplainers thumbnail - observability vs monitoring

Voice: PJ Hagerty | Authors: Chrystal R. China
Techsplainers thumbnail - Three pillars of observability

Voice: PJ Hagerty | Authors: Chrystal R. China
Techsplainers thumbnail - what is observability?

Voice: PJ Hagerty

Data for AI & Analytics

Find episodes about:

  • Data for AI
  • Data quality
  • Data streaming
  • Data storage
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What are immutable backups?

Host: Matt Finio | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara , Michael Goodwin
What are immutable snapshots?

Host: Matt Finio | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara , Michael Goodwin
What is unified storage?

Host: Matt Finio | Authors: Dan Nosowitz , Michael Goodwin
What is network attached storage?

Host: Matt Finio | Authors: Nick Gallagher , Michael Goodwin , Stephanie Susnjara , Ian Smalley
What is Data Storage?

Host: Matt Finio | Authors: Nick Gallagher , Michael Goodwin , Stephanie Susnjara , Ian Smalley
What is NVMe?

Host: Elly Trickett | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara , Ian Smalley
What is NAND flash memory?

Host: Elly Trickett | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara , Ian Smalley
What is hybrid cloud storage?

Host: Elly Trickett | Authors: Phill Powell, Ian Smalley
What is immutable storage?

Host: Elly Trickett

What is AI storage?

Host: Elly Trickett | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara , Ian Smalley
What is edge storage?

Host: Dan Segal | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara , Ian Smalley
What is intelligent storage?

Host: Dan Segal | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara , Ian Smalley
What is flash storage?

Host: Dan Segal | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara , Ian Smalley
Object versus file versus block storage: What’s the difference?

Host: Dan Segal | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara, Ian Smalley
What is data storage?

Host: Dan Segal | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara , Michael Goodwin , Ian Smalley
What is streaming analytics?

Host: Ian Smalley | Authors: Alice Gomstyn , Alexandra Jonker
What is event-driven architecture?

Host: Ian Smalley | Authors: Tom Krantz , Alexandra Jonker
What is Apache Kafka?

Host: Ian Smalley | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara , Ian Smalley , Alexandra Jonker
What is a data streaming platform?

Host: Ian Smalley | Authors: Alice Gomstyn , Alexandra Jonker
What is real-time data streaming?

Host: Ian Smalley | Authors: Alice Gomstyn , Alexandra Jonker
What is data interoperability?

Host: Dan Segal | Authors: Judith Aquino , Michael Goodwin
What is a data catalog?

Host: Dan Segal | Authors: Tom Krantz, Alexandra Jonker
What is data lineage?

Host: Dan Segal

What is metadata?

Host: Dan Segal
What is data fragmentation?

Host: Dan Segal | Authors: Alexandra Jonker , Tom Krantz
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Host: Amanda Downie | Authors: Matthew Kosinski , Jim Holdsworth , David Zax
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Host: Amanda Downie | Authors: Rina Diane Caballar

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Host: Amanda Downie | Authors: Alexandra Jonker , Tom Krantz
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Host: Amanda Downie | Authors: Alexandra Jonker
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Voice: Matt Finio
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Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: Tim Mucci, Cole Stryker
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Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: Alexandra Jonker, Tom Krantz
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Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: Alexandra Jonker, Alice Gomstyn
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Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: Alexandra Jonker, Tom Krantz
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Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: IBM Cloud Education Team
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Voice: Matt Finio
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Voice: Mimi Sun Longo

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Voice: Mimi Sun Longo | Authors: Judith Aquino, Alexandra Jonker
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Voice: Mimi Sun Longo

Cover art for the IBM Think Podcast featuring the title 'Techsplainers' in bold typography. The design includes a yellow and pink color palette with a modern style. The IBM logo is clearly visible in the bottom right corner.

Voice: Mimi Sun Longo

Cover art for the IBM Think Podcast featuring the title 'Techsplainers' in bold typography. The design includes a yellow and pink color palette with a modern style. The IBM logo is clearly visible in the bottom right corner.

Voice: Mimi Sun Longo

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Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: Alexandra Jonker, Alice Gomstyn
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Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: Alexandra Jonker, Tom Krantz
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Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: Alexandra Jonker, Alice Gomstyn
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Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: Matthew Kosinski

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Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: Tom Krantz, Alexandra Jonker

Hybrid Cloud & Platform Operations

Find episodes about:

  • Hybrid cloud
  • DevOps
  • IT Infrastructure
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What is infrastructure automation?

Host: Alice Gomstyn | Authors: Annie Badman , Derek Robertson
What is Terraform?What is IT infrastructure?

Host: Alice Gomstyn | Authors: Derek Robertson, Matthew Kosinski, Gregg Lindemulder
What is provisioning?

Host: Alice Gomstyn | Authors: Michael Goodwin
What is infrastructure as code (IaC)?

Host: Alice Gomstyn | Authors: Jim Holdsworth, Annie Badman
What is IT infrastructure?

Host: Alice Gomstyn | Authors: Mesh Flinders , Ian Smalley
What is Kubernetes?

Host: Derek Robertson | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara, Ian Smalley
What is Containerization?

Host: Derek Robertson | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara, Ian Smalley
What is Terraform?

Host: Derek Robertson | Authors: Derek Robertson, Matthew Kosinski, Gregg Lindemulder
What are Microservices?

Host: Derek Robertson | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara, Ian Smalley
What is DevSecOps?

Host: Derek Robertson | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara, Ian Smalley
What is cloud architecture?

Voice: Douglas Lambert | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara , Ian Smalley
What is private cloud?

Voice: Douglas Lambert | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara , Ian Smalley
What is public cloud?

Voice: Douglas Lambert

Cloud computing fundamentals: Part 2

Voice: Douglas Lambert | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara , Ian Smalley
Cloud computing fundamentals: Part 1

Voice: Douglas Lambert | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara , Ian Smalley
What is cloud storage?

Voice: Daniela Baez | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara, Ian Smalley
What is multicloud?

Voice: Daniela Baez
What is virtualization?

Voice: Daniela Baez | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara, Ian Smalley
What is cloud infrastructure?

Voice: Daniela Baez | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara, Ian Smalley
What is hybrid cloud?

Voice: Daniela Baez | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara, Ian Smalley
A promotional graphic for the IBM Think podcast episode titled 'What is continuous testing?'. The design features colorful text blocks on a black background, highlighting the episode number (Ep. 050) and the voice contributor, Dan Segal. The layout is modern and tech-focused.

Voice: Dan Segal
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Voice: Dan Segal

A promotional graphic for the IBM Think podcast episode titled 'What is continuous integration?'. The design features colorful text blocks on a black background, highlighting the episode number (Ep. 048) and the host, Dan Segal. The layout is modern and tech-focused.

Voice: Dan Segal | Authors: Chrystal R. China, Michael Goodwin
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Voice: Dan Segal | Authors: Gregg Lindemulder, Matthew Kosinski
A promotional graphic for the IBM Think podcast episode titled 'What is DevOps?'. The design features a modern layout with vibrant colors and text boxes. Episode 046 is hosted by Dan Segal and focuses on explaining DevOps concepts.

Voice: Dan Segal | Authors: Gregg Lindemulder, Matthew Kosinski

Cybersecurity and Identity

Find episodes about:

  • Quantum safe
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data security
  • Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • Cyber Resiliency
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Principles of a PQC transition

Host: Teaganne Finn | Authors: Mark Hughes, Arfan Sabar
Why PQC matters now

Host: Teaganne Finn | Authors: Mark Hughes , Suja Viswesan
What is crypto agility?

Host: Teaganne Finn | Authors: Ray Harishankar, Michael Osborne, Jai S. Arun, John Buselli, Jennifer Janechek
What is quantum-safe cryptography?

Host: Teaganne Finn | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara , Ian Smalley
What is Q-Day?

Host: Teaganne Finn | Authors: Suja Viswesan, Mark Hughes
What is a cyber vault

Host: Anna Gutowska | Authors: Dan Nosowitz , Michael Goodwin
What is a disaster recovery plan (DRP)

Host: Anna Gutowska | Authors: Dan Nosowitz, Michael Goodwin
What is a contingency plan?

Host: Anna Gutowska | Authors: Nick Gallagher, Michael Goodwin
What is cyber resilience?

Host: Anna Gutowska | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara, Michael Goodwin, Ian Smalley
What is zero downtime migration?

Host: Anna Gutowska | Authors: Nick Gallagher, Michael Goodwin
What is zero trust?

Host: Dan Nosowitz | Authors: Gregg Lindemulder , Matthew Kosinski , Chrystal R. China
Guide to risk-based authentication

Host: Dan Nosowitz | Authors:D erek Robertson, Matthew Kosinski
Guide to continuous authentication

Host: Dan Nosowitz | Authors: Chrystal R. China
What is just-in-time access?

Host: Dan Nosowitz | Authors: Annie Badman, Matthew Kosinski
What is the principle of least privilege (PoLP)?

Host: Amanda Downie | Authors: Annie Badman , Matthew Kosinski
What is security lifecycle management?

Host: Alice Gomstyn | Authors: Matthew Kosinski
What is certificate lifecycle management?

Host: Alice Gomstyn | Authors: Matthew Kosinski
What is secrets management?

Host: Alice Gomstyn | Authors: Matthew Kosinski , Annie Badman , Jim Holdsworth
A guide to agentic AI security

Host: Alice Gomstyn | Authors: David Zax
What is machine identity management?

Host: Alice Gomstyn | Authors: Annie Badman , Matthew Kosinski
What is identity orchestration?

Voice: Bryan Clark | Authors: Amber Forrest, Matthew Kosinski
What is single sign-on (SSO)?

Voice: Bryan Clark | Authors: Amber Forrest, Mark Scapicchio
What is biometric authentication?

Voice: Bryan Clark | Authors: Jim Holdsworth , Matthew Kosinski
What is MFA (multifactor authentication)?

Voice: Bryan Clark | Authors: Matthew Kosinski , Amber Forrest , James Holdsworth

Authentication vs. authorization: What’s the difference?

Voice: Bryan Clark

Techsplainers podcast artwork

Voice: Bryan Clark | Authors:James Holdsworth, Matthew Kosinski
Cover art for the IBM Think Podcast featuring the title 'Techsplainers' in bold typography. The design includes a yellow and pink color palette with a modern style. The IBM logo is clearly visible in the bottom right corner.

Voice: Bryan Clark

Cover art for the IBM Think Podcast featuring the title 'Techsplainers' in bold typography. The design includes a yellow and pink color palette with a modern style. The IBM logo is clearly visible in the bottom right corner.

Voice: Bryan Clark | Authors: Matthew Kosinski
Cover art for the IBM Think Podcast featuring the title 'Techsplainers' in bold typography. The design includes a yellow and pink color palette with a modern style. The IBM logo is clearly visible in the bottom right corner.

Voice: Bryan Clark | Authors:James Holdsworth, Matthew Kosinski
Techsplainers podcast artwork

Voice: Bryan Clark | Authors: Annie Badman , Matthew Kosinski
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is access management?

Voice: Bryan Clark | Authors: Matthew Kosinski, Jim Holdsworth
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is authentication?

Voice: Bryan Clark | Authors: Matthew Kosinski
Techsplainers thumbnail - Part 2: What is ransomware?

Voice: Bryan Clark | Authors: Matthew Kosinski

Techsplainers thumbnail - Part 1: What is ransomware?

Voice: Bryan Clark | Authors: Matthew Kosinski

Techsplainers thumbnail - what is phishing?

Voice: Bryan Clark | Authors: Matthew Kosinski

Techsplainers thumbnail - What is social engineering?

Voice: Bryan Clark
Techsplainers thumbnail - what is a data breach?

Voice: Bryan Clark | Authors: Matthew Kosinski

Business Operations & Transformation

Find episodes about:

  • Finance and Operations
  • Asset management &maintenance
  • Supply Chain
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AI agents in the supply chain

Host: Mimi Sun Longo | Authors: Matthew Finio , Amanda Downie
What is AI in the supply chain?

Host: Mimi Sun Longo | Authors: Amanda Downie , Teaganne Finn
What is Supply Chain analytics?

Host: Mimi Sun Longo | Authors: Amanda McGrath , Ian Smalley
What is Supply Chain Management?

Host: Mimi Sun Longo
What is Supply Chain Planning?

Host: Mimi Sun Longo | Authors: Amanda McGrath , Ian Smalley
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Voice: Amanda Downie | Authors: Rina Diane Caballar , Cole Stryker
Techsplainers podcast artwork

Voice: Amanda Downie | Authors: Matthew Kosinski, Gregg Lindemulder
Techsplainers podcast artwork

Voice: Amanda Downie | Authors: Teaganne Finn , Ian Smalley
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