Ep 43 – Telco’s Pinball Wizard: Neil McRae

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Ep 43 – Telco’s Pinball Wizard: Neil McRae

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Jun 14, 2022

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BT Chief Architect Neil McRae talks about the company's digital transformation and strategies for working with hyperscalers ... and pinball, of course!

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Jun 14, 2022

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Give me 20 minutes, and we’ll cover the next 20 years in telco. Get the latest news, insights and best practices on how public cloud is transforming telecom – and enjoy a few laughs!

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Ep 4 – Lift Off: Right-size your public cloud spending: Find out how telcos can control public cloud spending and avoid leaving money on the table. Featuring cloud economist and snark-master Corey Quinn. by Telco in 20
16 min listen
Ep 12 – Monetizing 5G and IoT: Telcos are making huge investments in 5G. Will ROI follow? Pete Bernard, Senior Director of Azure Edge Devices, Platforms and Services, talks about how 5G, IoT, AI and the edge can work together to help monetize the network. by Telco in 20
22 min listen
Telco in 20 – Subscribe now!: You’ve found my podcast! Telco in 20 presents my vision for where the telco industry will be in 20 years and how savvy leaders will get there. New episodes, specifically for telco executives, drop every two weeks. Get the latest insights and best practic by Telco in 20
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Ep 6 – The BFCs: Is Google Cloud Platform (GCP) right for telcos?: Neil Bunn, Head of Customer Engineering, Media and Telco, for Google Cloud Canada, reviews the coolest features of Google cloud technology and offers an unexpected reason why GCP should be at the top of telcos’ list (hint: think, Anthos). by Telco in 20
18 min listen
Ep 3 – Lift Off: Telcos moving to the public cloud – beware of lift and shift: Using a lift and shift strategy for public cloud migration demands clear vision around what’s waiting on the other side. Cloud architect Forrest Brazeal explains what you need to know and why. by Telco in 20
16 min listen
Ep 1 – It starts with…transformational leadership: Telco needs disruptive leaders with the courage to drive change. Find out what sets these trailblazers apart and why it takes big changes to big things to succeed. by Telco in 20
15 min listen
Ep 10 – 2021 Forecast: cloudy with a chance of OpenRAN: In this special episode, we take a look at 2020’s big headlines and trends to watch in the coming year. Tune in to find out who will be in the winner’s circle at the end of 2021. by Telco in 20
12 min listen
Ep 8 – The HR Series: Pair programming – the most powerful tool you’ve never used: The HR Series, Part 2: What has two heads, two keyboards and two monitors and can help you squash the competition? It’s time to adopt pair programming. by Telco in 20
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Ep 5 – The BFCs: Putting Microsoft Azure to the test for telcos: Rick Lievano, Worldwide Director of Technology Strategy at Microsoft, builds a good case for why Azure should be telecom’s cloud platform of choice, not the least of which is Azure for Operators -- a game changer in the quest for carrier-grade cloud. by Telco in 20
19 min listen
Ep 2 – Lift Off: Taking the first step: Telcos need to start moving to the public cloud, like, yesterday. Migration specialist Troy O’Brien offers his advice on smart planning for a smooth journey. by Telco in 20
16 min listen
Ep 7 – The HR Series: Telcos, get ready for workforce transformation: The HR Series, Part 1: If telecoms are going to survive the inevitable move to the public cloud, they need to start focusing on people - retraining, hiring, and yes, letting some workers go. by Telco in 20
22 min listen
Ep 11 – The Software Series: MATRIXX: The Software Series, Part 1: MATRIXX Software CTO Marc Price talks 5G, designing for the public cloud, and why customizations will be the death of vendors AND telcos. by Telco in 20
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Ep 15 – Totogi: The new ant at the picnic: Remember the David-and-Goliath business story of Siebel vs Salesforce? There’s a new public cloud startup in Telco that will change everything – webscale charging engine Totogi. by Telco in 20
20 min listen
Ep 9 – Microsoft’s big move: Microsoft wants to be THE hyperscaler for the telecom industry. Yousef Khalidi, corporate VP for Azure for Operators, shares exactly what Azure is up to and why telcos need to pay attention. by Telco in 20
30 min listen
Ep 13 – The Software Series: CSG: Jon Fagan, Senior Principal Cloud Architect at CSG, talks about what the billion-dollar company is doing with the public cloud. by Telco in 20
22 min listen
Ep 16 – #SaveMWC: The rumors are true... Public cloud is taking center stage in Barcelona and TelcoDR is leading the way! by Telco in 20
20 min listen
Ep 14 – The Software Series: PortaOne: Andriy Zhylenko, CEO of PortaOne, talks about leading a pivot to the public cloud via Oracle Cloud. by Telco in 20
24 min listen
Ep 18 – A digital telco: Meet Yaqoot: Transformation leader Juha Korhonen shares his experience with the successful launch of Yaqoot, a digital mobile operator in the Middle East. by Telco in 20
27 min listen
Ep 19 – Double your ARPU with customer ❤️❤️❤️: Switching from being network-centric to customer-centric is not only necessary, but also the best thing you’ll ever do for your bottom line. by Telco in 20
16 min listen
Ep 28 – Talking public cloud with GSMA: Telco in 20 sits down with Mats Granryd, Director General for GSMA, to talk about the future of the public cloud and telco. by Telco in 20
27 min listen
Ep 17 – The Software Series: LastMileXchange: LastMileXchange’s cloud-based access quoting solution shines a spotlight on how the public cloud can transform telecom. by Telco in 20
20 min listen
Ep 22 – Meet mediation vendor Digital Route: Jonas Wallenius, Strategic Product Manager at Digital Route, has a clear view of the public clouds potential for telco, and ideas about how the industry can get there. by Telco in 20
23 min listen
Ep 27 – Talking public cloud with Telecoms.com: Telco in 20 sits down with Scott Bicheno and Iain Morris of the Telecoms.com podcast to have an awesome conversation about the public cloud and telco. by Telco in 20
82 min listen
Ep 20 – The paradox of the public cloud: There are massive upsides to the public cloud for telcos, but that’s not the whole story. TelcoDR CEO Danielle Royston tells it all in her MWC21 keynote. by Telco in 20
17 min listen
Ep 23 – DynamoDB: A tier 0 database: AWS Rick Houlihan tells us why flexible and scalable NoSQL databases are a great fit for telco. by Telco in 20
24 min listen
Ep 34 – Get ready for CLOUD CITY 2022!: CLOUD CITY is back, baby! And 100% in the cloud this year. Find out what we’ve done to bring an in-person experience to our virtual platform, and what you’ll find during the event. by Telco in 20
18 min listen
Ep 26 – Avoid vendor lock-in with TM Forum Open APIs: TM Forum’s Open APIs are giving telcos a way to build IT solutions that are easier and cheaper to deploy, integrate, and upgrade. It’s time to change your thinking about the best way to build applications. by Telco in 20
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Ep 21 – How we rocked MWC21: CLOUD CITY shifted the spotlight to the public cloud for telco for the first time in MWC history. by Telco in 20
18 min listen
Ep 38 – What’s Up with Totogi? The Future of Charging: Nothing new has happened in charging in decades – until now. Find out why Totogi’s API-based, pay-by-the-use system is a game changer for telcos. by Telco in 20
18 min listen
Ep 25 – Get ready to use the public cloud… in Afghanistan: Former Roshan CFO Imtiaz Esmail and his team refused to be sidelined by two devastating attacks on the Afghan telecom. Instead, they guided the company through a successful digital transformation. by Telco in 20
21 min listen

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Ep 34 – Get ready for CLOUD CITY 2022!: CLOUD CITY is back, baby! And 100% in the cloud this year. Find out what we’ve done to bring an in-person experience to our virtual platform, and what you’ll find during the event. by Telco in 20
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Ep 33 – Quick and easy real-time communications with Amazon Chime SDK: Amazon Chime SDK general manager Sid Rao shares insights into what this set of real-time communication tools can do for telcos. by Telco in 20
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Ep 32 – 2022 Predictions: All aboard the public cloud train: In this special episode, we take a look at telco and public cloud trends to watch in 2022. Tune in to find out what you need to know. by Telco in 20
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Ep 30 – What’s up with Totogi? Achieving Feature Velocity with the Totogi APIs: Totogi APIs can help CSPs bring new features to market fast, and boost customer satisfaction and ARPU in the process. by Telco in 20
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Ep 31 – Verizon’s public cloud journey: Nanda Kumar, executive director of cloud engineering at Verizon, has helped pilot the company’s successful digital transformation. He tells us about the journey, which started back in 2016. by Telco in 20
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Ep 29 – Telco in 20’s Best of 2021: In our most popular episode from 2021, transformation leader Juha Korhonen shares his experience with the successful launch of Yaqoot, a digital mobile operator in the Middle East. by Telco in 20
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Ep 43 – Telco’s Pinball Wizard: Neil McRae

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