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The ModPod from Modality takes an informal, but informed, look at the world of Microsoft technologies and the modern workplace. From Security and Governance to the world of Operations, from Azure and CSP to etiquette in Teams, new ways of working and business trends, we'll cover anything and everything. Suitable for the C-suite, techies, or anyone navigating the new working world.
The NasStars is back with Episode 4 of the must-listen tech podcast!
This week, the panel discusses digital literacy, and how much you really need to know in the workplace. Plus, what cloud-native actually means. Hint: it’s not the ‘pretend cloud’!
Episode #4
Digital Literacy – how much do you need to know?
Plus
What does cloud-native actually mean?
The special guests joining host Head of Technical Services Peter Vasey this week are Ash Ward, Nasstar M365 Consultant and Ricardo Meechan, Nasstar M365 and Azure Consultant.
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The NasStars podcast is back for its 3rd episode following its re-brand from the ModPod.
This week, Peter Vasey, Nasstar’s Head of Technical Services, is joined by Nasstar’s Senior Consultant, Simon Gardner & Nasstar Managing Consultant, Rick Eveleigh to discuss two topics that will impact us all, including the world of politics!
We kick off with a discussion about the impact of technology on the UK’s voting system and continue to figure out where video communications will go next.
So, join us for another conversation about the most interesting matters in tech!
The NasStars podcast is back for its 2nd episode following its re-brand from the ModPod.
This week, Nasstar Head of Technical Services Peter Vasey, and Nasstar Sales Support Manager Krysia Jones are joined by Primary School Teacher Bryony Mason and Nasstar’s Microsoft Alliance Manager Jess Batty to confront to issue of how we increase the number of women in the tech industry.
This episode tackles two factors; how can education play its part in encouraging girls to think about tech as a career path, and what can we do now as a tech company to recruit more women.
So, join us for discussion and debate - plus a bit of technical hitch!
The NasStars podcast is here! Formally the ModPod, it’s back with a new look but you’ll recognise some familiar faces (or voices!).
Join Nasstar Head of Technical Services Peter Vasey and Nasstar Senior Consultant Chris Burns, and new regular voice; Nasstar Sales Support Manager Krysia Jones. Special guest this week is Nasstar Senior Solution Architect Rich Tolley. This episode tackles two topics impacting not only the tech industry but the world at large.
How will the energy crisis affect businesses? And will customer service levels decline in the new world of the contact centre?
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In this episode, our team discuss whether or not MTR-Premium can really deliver? What the future means for VMWare and Broadcom following the recent merger, and why Microsoft have dropped facial recognition machine learning. Peter Vasey is joined by regular, Chris Burns, Senior Project Manager, Steven Smith and Senior Consultant, Lewis Wheeler.
Jamie Wheeldon (Principal Solutions Architect) & Shaun Redfern (M365 Modern Workplace Consultant) talk to Chris Burns about the need to take security seriously following the news that the ICO have issued £98k fine against a company for lapses in their security.
How do you deal with the impact of the Ukraine/ Russia situation? Where do you draw the line? Do you remove Russian products from your estate? Do you cut off Russian entities from your business and what are the impacts and considerations you need to think about. Rich Tolley and Paul Hayward, Senior Solutions Architects join the discussion.
Michael DeDominick (ACM Manager), Jenny Little (Project Manager) and Chris Burns talk through whether FinOps is a ‘thing’, or whether it is being made in to a ‘thing’, and also whether or not the move to SharePoint is being thought about in the right way.
Chris Burns and the team talk about the move to the subscription model and the pros and cons of it; and they discuss the future of PSTN. With Sumit Soloman, UC Consultant and Pete Vasey.
The team tackle two topics in this episode, the insecurities of on-premises solutions and looking forward to the next 10 years in the world of tech. Peter is joined by Caroline Edwards (Product Marketing Manager) Chris Burns (Technical Architect) and Laurie Coleman (Presales Consultant) to mull it all over.
Bonus Material:
Where does the conversation go when the recording is over? Have a listen after the jingle and find out 😊
Chris and the panel talk through where the market is with Viva, how it links to Productivity and Culture, and the world of Teams Apps. He is joined by Georgina Rollins – Head of Partners & Alliances, Jack Fisher – Presales Consultant and Pete Vasey – Head of Technical Services.
We discuss why productivity conversations need to be driven from the business and also look into the curious concept of the Metaverse and Microsoft Mesh… Peter is joined by a team of guests this week including Om Lakhanpal - Presales Consultant, Chris Burns – Technical Architect and Steven Mensah from the Productivity team.
Pete is joined by Sophie and Rich to talk about Imposter Syndrome and the importance of taking note of the quiet ones in the meeting.
Chris and Paula join Pete to talk through the impact on the market of Operator Connect, the possible implications of Portugal’s decision to make it illegal for your Manager to contact you outside of working hours, and whether community led training is overtaking formal structured training content.
Sharon Harvey, Global Account Director and Chris Burns, Senior Technical Architect, talk about the role of the Digital Officer, whether frontline workers get to see useful tech and we share our initial thoughts on Microsoft Loop.
Product Marketing Manager, Caroline Edwards and Presales Consultant, Jack Fisher, join the conversation to talk about Wellbeing. We discuss the changes in the way people interact with technology, and the tools provided by Microsoft that can help keep your employees from burning out and keep them learning.
What is the collective noun for a group of ACM specialists? Who knows, but some of our ACM team (Michael DeDominick, Nick Boza & Steven Mensah) gather to talk all things ACM, where people get it right and where they are just fooling themselves that it is being done properly.
Peter is joined by Michael DeDominick, ACM Manager and Sean Murphy, Managing Consultant to talk through what the Hybrid Office might look and feel like, what you need to watch out for and how to mitigate any risks.
Jeremy Clarke (Sales Director and Strategic Accounts) and Bob Dalton (Managed Services Director) both return for a round of talks about the importance of having a strategy, making sure you know who you are talking to and to discuss whether we are ok to swear in the working environment these days.
Modality Head of Sales, Ricky Fancelli joins Peter and Lyndsay Ansell, Customer Success Manager for Products, who returns for her second ModPod outing. In this episode we discuss how Cloud has changed the Sales and Procurement process; What Microsoft’s move to a more Security, Compliance and Identity structure means, and whether or not Networking (the building relationships type) has a place in the modern world.
In the last ModPod before the summer break, we talk about CLAM (Cloud License Asset Management) with Chris Wheeler, M365 Presales Consultant and the rights and wrongs of processes with Jacob Haigh, Incident Management Team Lead, before winding it down to talk about Social Media in business.
You’ll have to listen to find out where the half-full Mercedes fits in.
It is little known that Modality has a full Video Managed Services team based out in Malaysia. Rachel Anne Thong, Head of Operations in Malaysia, Shima Razak, Senior Service Delivery Manager and Thevaraj Dharmarajan, Client Service Manager tell me how it came to be, what they do, and how it all fits culturally.
In this episode, the two Toms join Pete to discuss PowerPlatform, Daily Active Usage and how to tell your boss they’re using the technology all wrong! Tom Morgan, Product Innovation Architect and Tom Arburthnot, Principle Solution Architect join the ModPod for a light hearted talk about all things PowerPlatform.
Jamie Wheeldon, Principle Solutions Architect and Brett Shannon, Client Success and Transition Team Lead join in for a chat to discuss how Project Management and Incident Management fit together, what you need to think about when deploying security in the cloud and whether it really matters who drives business transformation.
In episode 9, Tom Scott, Senior Product Manager asks what the technical implications are for the Hybrid Office. Paul Hume, Project Manager wants to know if the pace of projects really is slower when being delivered remotely, and Pete asks what hours Tom and Paul actually work?
This week’s episode includes a follow on from episode 7, ‘What should a partner be doing for you?’ Do clients actually understand what SharePoint is, and when will Exchange actually die? Karen Glynn is a Senior Consultant for Modern Work and Stuart Hardy is Head of Client Success and they join the panel to talk through client journeys, the growth of SharePoint and more.
With the Microsoft Partner of the Year award coming up, Georgina Rollins, Head of Partnerships and Alliances, and Rick Eveleigh, Managing Consultant, discuss what differentiates a good IT partner, what your IT partner should be doing, and how you know if you have got yourself a good one.
In Episode 6, our team look at whether Teams makes you productive, discusses if we have peaked in terms of communications, and if there is such a thing as ‘too much data’?
Peter is joined by Simon Gardener – Senior Consultant for Collaboration intelligence and Jon Ketley – Service Improvement Program Manager for Managed Services.
Jeremy Clark, Head of International Sales and Shaz Simone, Senior Project Coordinator, discuss how to address the issue of a lack of diversity within the industry and whether or not we use the changes in technology to help address some of the imbalances.
This week on the ModPod, the panel discuss whether Microsoft Security is fit for purpose, if offices are really needed post-pandemic, and whether any of us actually want to go back to the office in future if we're given the option (and not just for the chance to go to the pub afterwards…)?
This time we discuss tips for getting the most out of Microsoft Ignite and virtual events more generally, whether Teams is really bigger than the operating system, and what attitudes or practices we would keep long-term from the world of lockdown remote working.
In this episode, we delve into emergencies, whether there’s a place for Emergency Calling and E911 in modern technology, can contact centres optimally function in Teams and how they work and if you should really be worrying about what your video background looks like to others (the blur function can come in handy)…
The team discuss whether companies understand the flip side of rapidly enabling Teams in response to lockdown, recruiting the right personnel and is there such a thing as etiquette in Teams.