Scalable AI and token reduction with data curation. With Rick Fulwiler, NETSCOUT
AI promises higher efficiency, more automation and greater user experience. Yet it may also fail to scale or to deliver, or require more resources than it saves. How to get the good sides of AI and pr...
12 Juni 45min
Resiliency, quantum security, and sovereign clouds: A holistic approach to network de-risking. With Caroline Chappell at CC Squared
AI and quantum can strengthen network security and resilience, but can also amplify vulnerabilities and expand the scope for security attacks. We need a new approach to cybersecurity in an era of geop...
5 Juni 36min
CALEA and lawful intercept: A disappearing act? With Nick Johnson, Independent Telecom Consultant
In Sparring Partners, I try to track down hot topics. This episode does the opposite by exploring an issue that has quietly faded from industry awareness: CALEA and lawfulintercept. Nick Johnson, an i...
31 Maj 32min
[Bonus Episode] AIOps builds scalable, AI-driven network operations today. With VIAVI, Claro, Iquall
[This is a bonus episode sponsored by VIAVI Solutions] As telco networks grow more complex, CSPs are under increasing pressure to turn AI from experimentation into measurable business value. AIOps has...
24 Maj 59min
AI gets physical: The connectivity, latency, and physics of embodied intelligence. With Yue Wang at China Telecom
I have devoted many Sparring Partners episodes to the AI models that live in data centers. In this one, Yue Wang, Chief Technologist at China Telecom, and I venture into the world of embodied intellig...
14 Maj 24min
AI listens to plants to improve crop production and sustainability. With Nigel Wallbridge at Vivent Biosignals
Most Sparring Partners are about using AI to improve the network infrastructure. This one is about how networks enable new AI-driven applications that need connectivity to work. I talked with Nigel Wa...
2 Maj 45min
Italy leading the way in digital ID with SPID. With Dario Betti at MEF
Being Italian, I thought I should have one of the country-focused podcasts on Italy. But what is something that sets Italy apart? Having spent more time there recently, I quickly came up with the answ...
26 Apr 42min
Collaboration drives innovation. With Dimitra Simeonidou, University of Bristol
Money alone does not drive innovation. You need people with passion, creativity, and talent to work together. You need collaboration. And to foster it. In this Sparring Partners, I talked with Dimitra...
17 Apr 37min
