Cloud Speed: Recent Episodes
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Get to the future faster with our regular Cloud podcast series. In each episode, our resident experts will delve into some of the most exciting trends, topics and practices in Cloud to help you understand the possibilities of this transformative technology and how to make it work for your business. From enabling the Future of Work to Security in the Cloud and DevOps, there’s something for everyone.
The Island is Deloitte's cutting-edge IT transformation accelerator, delivering a secure, scalable cloud-based environment in just days. It includes core IT services such as cloud infrastructure, networking, and collaboration tools, all built with zero-trust architecture. Ideal for M&A, cyber recovery, and cloud transformation, The Island offers cost efficiency and enhanced security. Its modular design ensures it meets your unique needs, enabling rapid and effective deployment. With our newest episode, discover how The Island can revolutionise your IT landscape today.
In our latest episode, our experts discuss the transformative impact of cloud technology on businesses. The key topics include cloud adoption trends, strategic benefits, migration challenges, and optimising cloud infrastructure. The conversation emphasises the importance of a robust cloud strategy for achieving agility, scalability, and innovation.
The transition from DevOps to DevEx underscores an engineer-centric approach, emphasising continuous feedback and secure-by-design platforms to enhance productivity and speed. This shift empowers engineers with greater autonomy and incentives. In the premiere episode of Cloud Speed’s new technical series, "Engineering the Cloud," Deloitte’s CTO group, along with a team of technical SMEs from across our firm, explores toolkits, delivery methods, and rewards. They discuss the importance of DevEx, its implementation, and its impact on engineers and businesses.
FinOps is a framework that helps organisations optimise their cloud spend and manage cloud costs effectively. In the latest episode, our guests discuss not only the evolution of FinOps in organisations but the use of Gen AI and cloud unit economics and how organisations are getting ahead in the journey of FinOps.
Leveraging the power of cloud platforms and services drives positive outcomes beyond efficiency and agility. In the latest episode, the Cloud Speed team investigates cloud transformation, the barriers that businesses are facing and how organisations can overcome them to unleash their full potential.
Compliance and control landscape has evolved from managing risks that come with digitalisation or adoption of the cloud to much more of a resilient framework. In this episode we hear from industry experts as they discuss about how compliance has had an impact on the digital age.
Cloud technology is transforming every sector in business – financial services is no different. Banks, exchanges, and of course, FinTechs, are embracing new technologies to help differentiate their offering from competitors, improve efficiency in processes, and launch new products. But what does the future hold? In this episode, we discuss the vision for digital transformation in the financial services space over the next five years.
Over the last decade, the role of a developer has evolved due to the introduction of new tools and technologies. Not only this, but the adoption of agile working and cloud have meant that developers are no longer considered as solely software engineers. Our guests discuss this in further detail, and reveal the best way to acquire and foster new talent in tech.
Cloud technology is transforming every sector in business – financial services is no different. Banks, exchanges, and of course, FinTechs, are embracing new technologies to help differentiate their offering from competitors, improve efficiency in processes, and launch new products. But what does the future hold? In this episode, we discuss the vision for digital transformation in the financial services space over the next five years.
The Consumer sector has undergone radical changes over the last two years, with Brexit, the pandemic, and now the cost-of-living crisis creating the perfect storm of uncertainty. However, with change comes opportunity. In the first episode in season 5 of the cloud speed podcast, we discuss the need for digital and cloud transformation in the consumer space, and how businesses that have adopted new strategies are benefitting.
Since launching the Cloud Speed podcast back in 2020, lots has happened! However, one theme that we’re still yet to discuss is talent in the Cloud industry, whether this is within consultancies, service firms or product companies. Cloud Speed is excited to be joined by Prathmesh Jadhav, Customer Delivery Architect and Laura Hyatt, Solutions Architect from AWS for our final episode of the series.
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity is rapidly growing across the globe, with more than 92% of respondents expecting deal volume to increase or stay the same over the next 12 months according to Deloitte’s 2022 Future of Mergers and Acquisitions Trends survey.
This episode of Cloud Speed provides further insight into M&A activity, to educate you further on this topic.
Converge Prosperity is Deloitte’s innovative financial services offering, built on multiple cloud-native technologies. This offering allows our clients to imagine, design, assemble, and deliver the first production release of their next-generation digital bank at pace.
This episode of Cloud Speed shares insight into Converge Prosperity, to educate you further on this new offering.
Deloitte’s recent Tech Trends report found that 72% of IT leaders already use edge computing, with an increasing amount of enterprise data now being created using edge computing and Cloud.
This episode of Cloud Speed explores the topic of 5G and edge computing and why we are asking ourselves ‘where is my Cloud?’
Over the last year, we have seen an increase of people shifting from working in an office, to fully working remote from home. Insights from our recent survey on the topic of people’s remote work behaviour, strongly suggests that this shift to remote and hybrid working will outlive the pandemic. Globally, half of all employed adults (53%) say they can do their job remotely and prefer a 60-40 hybrid working routine. So, what technologies are pivotal in helping companies that support hybrid working, to stay present and connected with their colleagues?
Cloud is powering every digital transformation, but it’s how we deliver the future of work, enhance the customer experience, harness the power of analytics, and achieve the agility that is most important. Deloitte’s 2021 Cloud Survey, across 200 UK executives, highlights an internal skill gap, as 1 in 3 Cloud adopters admitted to feeling concerned about their internal lack of ability to execute on their digital strategies. So what skills are organisations looking for to execute their digital and Cloud strategies and how will these change in the coming years?
Cloud adoption operates at a fast pace and there’s no sign of this slowing down. Research from Gartner predicts that public Cloud spending in 2026 will exceed 45% of all enterprises’ IT spend, which is 17% up from 2021. As enterprises become more and more dependent on Cloud, it’s rapidly becoming the most expensive contract for many IT functions.
What should enterprises think about when they establish contracts with their Cloud providers?
Our guests for this episode are Stephen Reeves, Director in the Commercial and Technology team at Deloitte Legal and George Tilbrook, Senior Manager in the Deloitte Tech Sourcing and Commercial Management team.
Key questions explored in this podcast:
- What are your views on the big topics in the world of Cloud Contracting for your clients right now?
- From a legal perspective, what are the crunchy areas that need tackling when supporting clients through the contracting process itself?
- From a sourcing perspective, what’s important for clients right now?
- With Cloud contracts getting larger, are you seeing a change in the Hyperscalers’ approach to contracting?
- A lot of work goes into getting the right contract in place. From an on0going operational perspective, what advice is there for our listeners?
- What’s the number 1 take away for our listeners from this episode?
Understanding how Cloud adoption by consumers differs from that of enterprises helps us appreciate the lessons we can draw from the varying adoption styles. These include, what are the key hindrances for this adoption and how can we accelerate and drive further adoption by enterprise? In this episode we also take a look at the impact that connectivity has on consumer adoption in Cloud.
In an ever-changing regulatory and risk landscape, Financial Services organisations in the UK that are creating value through the exploitation of Cloud services need to navigate a number of complex topics. Cloud is increasingly becoming an enabler for Financial Services organisations to address their growth ambitions and in this episode we’ll be exploring what businesses should be focusing on and how they should approach it.
Our guest for this episode is Deloitte’s Edward Litchfield, Director in the Digital Risk team and Deloitte’s Kyle Irvine, expert in Cyber Transformation Practice in Risk Advisory.
**Key questions explored in this podcast:**
- What are your views on the key themes in Digital and Tech risk for financial services organisations?
- The requirements from regulators seem to be adapting to the increasing consumption of Cloud. What, in your view, is different about Cloud that’s driving this change? And are there particular timescales around these requirements?
- For those organisations that also have operations outside of the UK - what are we seeing in other geographies?
- How are we helping our clients navigate these topics surrounding digital and tech risk for financial services?
- Where can listeners go for more information on this topic?
As AI and analytics continues to become embedded in everything we do, understanding the impact on business, as well as the wider effect on society, is vital. All organisations have vast amounts of data and analysing it to drive a meaningful experience and value for customers in a compliant way is what we are going to explore in episode 15 and beyond.
Our guest for this episode is Deloitte’s Leon Duffield & Ray Pulapaka, Directors in the AI and Data team.
Key questions explored in this podcast:
- What is the difference between data analytics and data science?
- What are some of the use cases where experience analytics (target: customer) can be applied?
- Are enterprises truly exploiting the power of data?
- How to get on top of data governance to drive the experience for clients / customers?
- Where should the skills for data be deployed?
With the growth of cloud computing and therefore increase in the number of data centres and electricity demand, there’s a need for the cloud to become green. The largest cloud service providers have pledged to cut their carbon emissions, signing up to initiatives such as re-100, acronym for “renewable 100 percent, in which members must publicise annual progress reports in their quest to be achieve 100 percent renewable energy. So what practises has the market adopted to achieve sustainability?
Our guest for this episode is Ben Combes, Director, Net Zero Strategy & Climate Tech.
Key questions explored in this podcast:
- What exactly is the connection between Cloud & Sustainability?
- What is driving organisations to put this on their strategic agendas?
- What are the challenges and opportunities organisations face around Cloud & Sustainability?
- How far are organisations getting and what are Deloitte doing to help them?
- Where are the Hyperscalers focussing their efforts?
- Do you see any particular trends in Cloud & Sustainability across different industries and sectors?
- What’s next in Cloud & Sustainability?
Cloud is powering every digital transformation, it is how we will deliver the future of work, enhance the customer experience, harness the power of analytics and achieve the agility we all desire.
In order to take full advantage of the opportunities presented by Cloud and truly transform our operations, we need to embed a digital mindset into every aspect of an organisation’s DNA. But just why is this mindset shift so critical to successful Cloud, and broader business, transformation? And as business leaders, what are some of the changes you need to embrace in order to help your business meet its potential?
This episode’s guest is Lorraine Barnes, Business Operations Leader and CLT sponsor for Cloud Transformation at Deloitte.
Key questions explored in this podcast:
- What is ‘Digital DNA’ and why should organisations have one?
- What are the behaviours you need to exhibit to setup a digital organisation?
- How do digital leaders make or break transformation?
- What are the barriers to digital transformation and what role Cloud leaders and services have in this?
- How will the digital workplace evolve over time?
In the 12th episode of our Cloud Speed podcast series our hosts and guests will explore some of the key findings from Deloitte’s recent Tech Trends research from a Cloud perspective. We have picked out two interesting trends to discuss: Zero Trust and MLOps.
The annual Tech Trends report identifies nine trends that are likely to transform businesses in the next 18 to 24 months, with insights around strategy, risk, and finance implications that can empower technology leaders, business leaders, and board members.
Cloud has been the biggest tech disruption since the introduction of the Internet. But while we’ve been talking about it for years, the rate of Cloud adoption hasn’t caught up at the same pace. So what’s the cause of this inertia? And how can businesses overcome the challenge?
Join our host Aarti Balakrishnan as she tackles the topic of Cloud inertia with Dave Parkin, a Deloitte Cloud Transformation leader.
Key questions explored in this podcast:
- The conversation around Cloud has been going on for years, so why are we seeing such slow adoption rates?
- How has the COVID-19 intervention shifted mindset?
- How has the leadership adopted and evolved to this new way of working and demand?
- Is the operating model catching up?
- How are we helping our clients?
- What skills are needed to tackle these challenges?
There’s a lot of talk about moving to Cloud, but when is the right time to make the move and how can you set yourself up for a successful migration? In this podcast our experts will uncover a series of questions relating to Cloud migration from the big challenges down to trends, opportunities and the critical factors to ensure a successful Cloud migration. Incomplete data, overly optimistic views and cyber risk are just a few of the big challenges to mention.
Join our host Adam Gogarty as he explores the world of Cloud migration with experts from across our Consulting practice.
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we’ve brought together some of our prominent and inspirational female Cloud experts. In this very special episode, we’ll be exploring what it means to them to be part of a passionate Women in Cloud community, busting some myths about what it’s like to work in Cloud and exploring the important role that employers can play in removing some of the traditional barriers women often face when considering a career in Cloud and technology more broadly.
Whether you’re a woman considering a career in Cloud or an ally looking to understand what more you can do to support current and future colleagues, you’re guaranteed to be enlightened.
It’s safe to say Cloud has earned its seat at the table. Once seen as the preserve of the technologists, it is now becoming ever more present in boardroom conversations, with leaders not only looking for a way to respond to the ever changing landscape, but also to drive innovation and sustainable transformation across the enterprise. One area where we have witnessed huge shifts is in the rise of the digital contact centre. Cloud, and the broader ecosystem it enables, presents businesses with a huge opportunity to transform this experience for customers and colleagues alike.
Join us in this episode, as we explore how Cloud has changed traditional contact centre model and what this means for the customer service experience.
Whether you’re a Cloud native or a Cloud novice, it’s likely that you and your organisation have been on some sort of Cloud journey this year. The events of 2020 have brought into focus the role that Cloud must play in enabling organisational transformation. No longer seen as the preserve of the IT or digital teams, Cloud is rapidly marching its way up the Exec agenda and there are exciting things to come in 2021.
For this Christmas special edition of ‘Cloud Speed’ we’re joined by colleagues from our Human Capital, Strategy, Analytics and M&A and Cloud Engineering practices, to reflect on some of the remarkable things we’ve seen and learned this year from a Cloud perspective and make our predictions for the big trends of 2021.
In the final episode of our first series, we’ll be exploring the topic of operational excellence. We’re all too aware that the technological landscape, platforms we manage, and things we monitor, have changed significantly and become ever more complex. So how has monitoring evolved and matured into observability to keep up with this changing landscape?
Join our panel of experts as we delve into the world of observability tackling questions including - what are the shifts from architecture to operations and how do we use this information effectively? How does ‘Chaos Engineering’ aid in achieving operational excellence, and finally, as a managed service provider, how do we adapt our practices to the variety of businesses we support?
Questions:
- What is the difference between monitoring and observability?
- Should information provided by today’s toolset be available to a broader audience?
- How does chaos engineering dovetail into operational excellence?
- How do we adapt our operational practices to the variety of businesses we support as a Managed Service Provider?
Businesses today are looking beyond the model of cost saving and priorities have taken a more strategic turn when it comes to the future of technology and the creation of value - be that for shareholders or for citizens. Key to success is remembering that a strong business case is more than just the financial numbers, it needs to align with the digital ambition and executive plan while remaining flexible and adaptable as the world evolves.
In this episode we're taking on different perspectives to provide a holistic approach in what you need to know about building a business case for Cloud. Tune in, there's more than what meets the eye!
Questions:
- What are some of the most compelling business cases for Cloud?
- From an IT operator's perspective, is the Cloud cheaper?
- What is key in ensuring the business case is clear for all stakeholders involved?
- What have we learnt from managing Cloud services for clients that can help protect – or even increase the benefits forecasted?
It is universally agreed that DevOps underpins our journeys into the cloud and is the way that cloud platforms should be implemented and managed. DevOps enables us to maximise the agility of Cloud and shorten time-to-market. There are, however, aspects of DevOps that people often miss – it’s not just about toolchains and automation.
In this episode, we dive into the commonly-overlooked aspects of successful DevOps implementation, as well as some of the key areas of focus for scaling DevOps adoption in the Cloud. Pro tip: it's all about identifying impediments to automation and scalability. Tune in to find out more!
Ensuring the security of data in the Cloud has long been a concern of Senior Executives and those leading on Cloud transformation programmes. Join our experts as they explore the world of Cloud security, sharing their top pieces of advice to help you protect your business in the Cloud.
With Cloud adoption becoming ever present in business conversations and organisations seeking to understand how they can harness the power of Cloud, we explore whether Cloud adoption is a technology or a business transformation and and why it’s important for business leaders to be ‘Cloud Fluent’.
Join us as we explore some of the drivers of cloud adoption and discuss how business leaders can remain true to their longer term Cloud transformation goals.
It’s fair to say the last six months have been a huge experiment for all of us in the future of work. But how has Cloud enabled our rapid move to the future? And where do we go next? The possibilities are endless – are you ready to start your journey?
Welcome to Cloud Speed. In this podcast, we’ll delve into the latest trends in Cloud technology, provide practical guidance to achieve your Cloud ambitions as well as share our learnings – first hand. Cloud is fundamental and we want to help you get to this future faster!