Abi's Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Title: Adverse impact of PC delivery industry
Category: Personal Computing
Region: Global Key points covered: The state of PC delivery has been adversely impacted thanks to the production bottlenecks induced by the pandemic since the past year. Add to this the semiconductor shortage which has been affecting multiple end use industries not just PCs. Other critical components like DRAM and display panels are also witnessing supply disruptions and are unable to keep pace with the demand
Who should listen to: All enterprise customers of IT Infrastructure & networking services (strategic sourcing), IT Managed Service Providers & Managed Network Providers (business strategy)
Presenter name: Venkateswaran Vaidyanathan
Title: Private 5G networks: Is the new game changer - Will this benefit your needs?
Category: Telecom
Region: Global Key points covered: Private 5G networks provide much needed low latency, high reliability requirements for realizing the potential of smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0. This is expected to greatly benefit mission critical applications at enterprises without the need for having to establish fixed wire and cable connections for a connected factory.
Who should listen to: All enterprise customers of IT Infrastructure & networking services (strategic sourcing), IT Managed Service Providers & Managed Network Providers (business strategy)
Presenter name: Venkateswaran Vaidyanathan
Title: Will Open RAN have a wider adoption compared to traditional models - Find out who are the members of O-RAN alliance
Category: Telecom
Region: Global Key points covered: RAN contributes at least 60% of the TCO for a radio network and any system that offers flexibility to maintain heterogeneous blocks through an open system, certainly has significant potential for cost optimization. In line with expectations of telecom operators for a more diverse and interoperable ecosystem, O-RAN (Open RAN) alliance have come up with a set of industry-wide standards for RAN interfaces. These are expected to facilitate interoperability not only between different vendor RAN hardware equipment, but also between vendor hardware and third party software – the result – greater flexibility of the network at a lower cost. O-RAN alliance has Vodafone, Sprint, Verizon as notable members.
Who should listen to: Telecom Operators/Carriers/Network Providers
Presenter name: Venkateswaran Vaidyanathan
Title: Need for a simplified network and security management - Are you in par with the industry adopted model?
Category: Data Center Hosting, Network Hardware
Region: Global Key points covered: With remote working or hybrid working models on the one hand, and cloud driven consumption on the other, where data hosting and access functions are increasingly taking place, outside the traditional owned-data center locations and even branch offices, there is a need for a simplified approach to network and security management.
Who should listen to: All enterprise customers of IT Infrastructure & networking services (strategic sourcing), IT Managed Service Providers (business strategy)
Presenter name: Venkateswaran Vaidyanathan
Title: An increased migration towards Network as a Service (NaaS) - What could be the driver for this shift?
Category: Network Hardware
Region: Global Key points covered: NaaS comprises integrated hardware, software and associated services of installation and support offered in a flexible subscription based model. The higher degree of software components in the network infrastructure ecosystem is also anticipated to be a major driver for this model. A flexible offering like NaaS can offer multiple advantages such as access to latest technology like 100Gbits Ethernet, WiFi 6 including regular refresh of equipment, as hardware is accessed virtually and on-demand.
Who should listen to: All enterprise customers of IT Infrastructure & Networking services (strategic sourcing), IT Managed Service Providers (business strategy – portfolio augmentation)
Presenter name: Venkateswaran Vaidyanathan
Category: Meetings and Events
Region: Global Key points covered: Components contributing to event carbon footprint, importance of sustainability, areas of focus on and implementation process
Who should listen to: Meetings and Events Category Managers, Travel of Marketing Category Managers handling Events, Procurement team supporting this category
Presenter name: Saranya Sundararajan
Category: Fleet Management
Region: Global Key points covered: Overview of Electric vehicle market and targets set by countries, importance of electric vehicles, Action plan for EV implementation and pre requisites
Who should listen to: Fleet (Company Cars) Category Managers, Procurement team supporting this category
Presenter name: Saranya Sundararajan
Category: Employee Benefits
Region: Global Key points covered: Are indirect procurement teams ready to fulfil employee and HR teams requirement for changing flexible benefit requirements. Demand for telehealth and virtual EAP solutions saw a hike. Suppliers are not able to meet the increasing demand for services. Organisations are refocusing their efforts in procuring niche services to support mental and physical wellness of employees. While the demand for onsite gyms or onsite crèches dipped considerably
Who should listen to: HR Managers and Indirect Procurement Team supporting HR categories
Presenter name: Amy Elizabeth Abraham
Category: Corporate Health and Wellness
Region: Global Key points covered: Organisations are remapping their L&D spend and no longer relying on traditional classroom trainers, hence the supplier evaluation matrix has also changed considerably. HR teams are also focusing on setting up virtual learning response teams to monitor and success rate of online training solutions
Who should listen to:HR Managers and Indirect Procurement Team supporting HR categories
Presenter name: Amy Elizabeth Abraham
Category: Real Estate Management
Region: Global Key points covered: How effectively the real estate space can be managed amid a massive vacant space available that are owned and leased by enterprises
Who should listen to: Finance Team, Real Estate Category Managers, Procurement Buyers
Presenter name: Rajesh Anbalagan
Category: Management Consulting
Region: Global Key points covered: Rise of Network Based Consulting Firms, Types, Differences between Network Based and Traditional firms, Factors driving adoption and suitability
Who should listen to: Professional Services Category Managers, Consulting Category Managers, Procurement team supporting this category
Presenter name: Saranya Sundararajan