The ITPro Podcast
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The ITPro Podcast is a weekly show for technology professionals and business leaders. Each week hosts Bobby Hellard and Jane McCallion are joined by an expert guest to take a deep dive into the most important issues for the IT community. New episodes premiere every Friday. Visit itpro.com/the-it-pro-podcast for more information, or follow ITPro on LinkedIn for regular updates.
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- Upgrading mission-critical services with AI, without causing disruption · 24 min · Episode 386A recent upgrade saw NHS 24 implement a clinical reasoning engine – an AI-powered support system to help the call handlers for Scotland’s 111 service. Here’s how they did it…
- Why password spraying is still an effective attack method · 20 min · Episode 385On this week’s episode of the ITPro Podcast, Chris Skipworth, the CEO of Passpack, discusses why password spraying is so often a successful attack method, and what approach IT…
- Hacked fridges and another Google Cloud outage · 17 min · Episode 384Halloween is upon us and October has already been full of IT horror stories. From French supermarket fridges filled with spoiled cheeses to another hyperscaler outage taking down…
- What is a flatpack data center? · 19 min · Episode 383As data center construction causes controversy around the globe, Jane and Bobby are joined by Chris Carreiro, the CTO of global IT infrastructure services firm Park Place…
- SPECIAL EDITION: Future-proofing the modern enterprise in an AI-centered world · 18 min · Episode 384Nearly half of enterprises are struggling to keep pace with disruption. Largely down to a combination of fragmented AI, workplace, and infrastructure strategies, according to…
- Have agents, copilots, and chatbots made life harder? · 24 min · Episode 382AI tools like copilots, chatbots, and agents have rapidly taken root in the workplace in the years since ChatGPT brought the technology into the mainstream. The initial promise…
- SPECIAL EDITION: Scaling, ROI, and what’s next for workplace AI · 15 min · Episode 381For many companies, AI is now a fact of life. A growing number of those that were running pilots have now moved to production, bringing agents and other forms of generative AI…
- What UK tech can learn from a decentralized government · 29 min · Episode 380It’s been a summer of change in the UK. With Andy Burnham taking up residence in 10 Downing Street, the new prime minister has championed the government’s focus on a more…
- NetApp Insight 2026: Can Novus and Keystone break the AI bottlenecks? · 19 min · Episode 379As we move further into autumn, conferences start to come thick and fast. This week was NetApp's annual Insight event, live from Las Vegas, where there was another chance to hear…
- SPECIAL EDITION: What enterprises need from a modern data center · 37 min · Episode 378The data center has always been the backbone of enterprise operations, but in the age of AI, modern infrastructure has to evolve. And there are many challenges for enterprises…
- Rogue AI and unionization at Meta · 21 min · Episode 377The month of September is usually about the first flourishes of Autumn, but thanks to a cohort of AI companies, everyone is seeing red. Multiple reports of rogue AI agents…
- Dreamforce 2026 and the dangers of AI · 18 min · Episode 376AI safety has dominated the public discourse over the last month, with executives and founders of some of the most popular AI companies sounding the alarm themselves. And the…
- AI's operational blind spots · 21 min · Episode 375Businesses continue to embrace generative AI at a rapid pace. From copilots and chatbots to autonomous agents, an exciting world of new technology is opening up. The race to…
- SPECIAL EDITION: TD SYNNEX talks about attaching services to products · 18 min · Episode 374In this special edition of the ITPro Podcast, host Bobby Hellard speaks with Stephen Ennis, VP Services EMEA at TD SYNNEX, about why attaching services to technology products has…
- Agents on the frontline: How Box is using AI to supercharge cybersecurity · 21 min · Episode 373Findings from Box’s State of AI in the Enterprise survey show 83% of enterprises are now running agents in some capacity. These bots are enabling teams to drive productivity and…
- SPECIAL EDITION: TD SYNNEX talks MSP Evolve™ · 9 min · Episode 372In this special edition of the ITPro Podcast, TD SYNNEX’s Nick Such discusses how the MSP Evolve™ framework helps Managed Service Providers scale recurring revenue and navigate…
- Google’s Spirit Airlines auction & TrendAI insider threat report · 14 min · Episode 371This week, Bobby Hellard and Scott Bekker talk with ITPro’s news & analysis editor, Ross Kelly, to discuss some of the top stories from August. That includes Google acquiring a…
- The key to a successful IT strategy · 28 min · Episode 370Poorly implemented IT strategies have a significant impact on businesses. From lackluster growth and financial losses to employee change fatigue, the risks are huge. With…
- Stopping supply chain attacks · 24 min · Episode 369Supply chain attacks are increasingly common and increasingly disruptive, but organizations still struggle to defend against them properly. In this episode of the ITPro Podcast…
- Can responsible AI beat hallucinations? · 24 min · Episode 368Hallucinations are an eternal problem in generative AI in particular, and while it’s true that large language models (LLMs) require vast amounts of data, the quality of that…
- SPECIAL EDITION: Shifting from traditional MDR to an AI-powered agentic SOC · 40 min · Episode 367In this episode, brought to you in association with Arctic Wolf, Jane speaks with Nick Dyer and Carl Adasa about moving from traditional MDR to an agentic SOC.
- What the OpenAI rogue bot story really says about the state of AI security · 27 min · Episode 366OpenAI and Anthropic both revealed this month that their "highly advanced" agents broke free of containment during a cybersecurity training exercise. Both businesses said this…
- Non-episode announcement · 1 min · Episode 365There's no ITPro podcast episode today, instead we will be putting out the episode you'd normally have in your feed today on Monday. Then we'll be back to our normal Friday…
- SPECIAL EDITION: The cloud hangover – why UK IT leaders are taking back control · 20 min · Episode 364Organizations have been rushing to the public cloud, often without much thought given to strategically placing workloads. Over the intervening years, however, IT and business…
- Why doesn’t more data produce better results? · 26 min · Episode 363Data is treated as a source of untapped riches for businesses, promising a world of better insight and easier management. What’s less discussed is how it’s possible to drown in…
- The Evolution of Digital Twins · 13 min · Episode 362Digital twins have been a key tool for organisations to create virtual replicas of operating environments. From transportation to manufacturing and oil & gas, they help simulate…
- The end of tokenmaxxing – and what comes next · 16 min · Episode 361The rise and fall of tokenmaxxing has been dramatic, not least because of how quickly it happened. From a darling of CEOs wanting to show how AI-forward they are to a balance…
- Do we have enough talent and power for the future of AI? · 22 min · Episode 360It’s a very uncomfortable end to June with temperature records once again being broken across Europe. The technology world is moving forward unabated, though, still talking about…
- HPE Discover and Pure Accelerate 2026 · 32 min · Episode 359This week’s episode comes to you live from Las Vegas, where we link up with Jane McCallion at HPE Discover and also ITPro’s news editor, Ross Kelly, at Pure Accelerate. Jane…
- The AI pricing time bomb · 25 min · Episode 358Are businesses heading for an AI pricing time bomb? With companies like Uber suddenly raising concerns about the inability to draw a clear line between token usage and visible…
- Why mobile connectivity still matters for business · 21 min · Episode 357When we talk about wireless connectivity, often what we’re thinking about is WiFi, however mobile connectivity such as 5G is still important for many sectors. What happens to a…
- SPECIAL EDITION: Security at the speed of AI · 22 min · Episode 356Many IT leaders are at a crossroads in their careers, with the clear potential of AI for cybersecurity matched with the huge threat of AI-powered attacks. Recent releases such as…
- The future of employment and gentlemanly hackers · 30 min · Episode 355The month of May is coming to a blistering hot end. Across Europe, new high temperature records are being set and unpredictability is very literally in the air as people wonder…
- SPECIAL EDITION: What Would a Mythos-Resilient SOC Look Like? · 29 min · Episode 354Security operations center (SOC) analysts were already stretched to their limits, with teams often unable to investigate threats at the scale and speed needed to keep their…
- Dell Technologies World 2026: agents, hardware, and tokenomics · 27 min · Episode 353It’s been a busy week for the enterprise tech world in Las Vegas as Dell Technologies customers, partners, and channel partners poured into the Venetian Conference Center to hear…
- How AI code is changing software development · 33 min · Episode 352IT leaders are carefully assessing the extent to which AI-generated code can make a difference in their business. On the one hand, AI developers promise their tools can enable…
- SPECIAL EDITION: Why cyber resilience is business critical · 46 min · Episode 351In 2026, cyber attacks are far from the sole provision of cybersecurity professionals. These incidents pose real, hugely destructive impacts for businesses and can seriously…
- Managing tech costs in a volatile market · 28 min · Episode 350IT spend can be incredibly hard to accurately calculate. If you’re reliant on public cloud providers for your AI and software needs, you’re open to price rises, license changes…
- April rundown: OpenAI hesitations and Apple's new CEO · 21 min · Episode 349April has come to an end and what a busy month it’s been, with major announcements, updates, and cancellations across all corners of the tech sector. Earlier this month, OpenAI…
- Google Cloud Next 2026: Scaling AI agents · 21 min · Episode 348Las Vegas may be known as the city of sin, but in the world of tech it’s also the land of conferences. Taking over the Mandalay Bay resort this week was Google Cloud Next…
- The race to become quantum-safe · 34 min · Episode 347For many, quantum computing is a little like nuclear fusion. Each is at the very furthest reaches of deep tech – and each its its own way will change the fabric of the world when…
- Can Europe achieve AI sovereignty? · 26 min · Episode 346AI deployment is inextricably linked to the United States of America. Many of the major frontier labs are based there and the cloud providers that businesses depend on to access…
- How AI is transforming enterprise data · 32 min · Episode 345It’s long been said that good data is necessary before you can have good AI. But to an increasing degree, AI is also helping businesses manage, analyze, and generate their data…
- March rundown: RSAC warnings and Arm's AGI CPU · 23 min · Episode 344In March the clocks change, Spring begins to show its face, and many companies enter their next financial quarter. But in cybersecurity, no such rays of sunshine are to be found…
- Has Apple stolen the budget laptop market? · 16 min · Episode 343Apple made waves at the start of March with the launch of the MacBook Neo, its first budget laptop. As RAM prices skyrocket, businesses are under pressure to make device…
- SPECIAL EDITION: How AI is changing education · 27 min · Episode 342One of the most commonly-touted benefits of AI is its ability to cut down toil and give workers more time to focus on valuable tasks. Few professionals could arguably benefit…
- Tomorrow's fraud techniques · 24 min · Episode 341Fraud has evolved leaps and bounds in the past few years, with new technology and more digitally-native businesses than ever providing the ideal attack surface for fraudsters. As…
- Will AI hiring entrench gender bias? · 33 min · Episode 340Women are still greatly underrepresented in STEM. The latest figures from the Women Tech Network show women only make up around 26-27% of the STEM workforce and the organization…
- February rundown: SaaS-pocalypse now? · 22 min · Episode 339February is the shortest month, but you wouldn’t know it from the sheer amount of news that’s broken in just the past 26 days. Amid growing fears of AI stealing jobs, OpenAI’s…
- Going all-in on digital sovereignty · 21 min · Episode 338Digital sovereignty has quietly become one of the most urgent requirements in the tech sector. Once a matter for policy debate, this is now a critical business issue and as much…
