Digital Workspaces: Balancing Security, Cost and User Experience
What happens when the technology designed to make work easier becomes too complex, restrictive or difficult to manage? In this episode of So...
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This is Explain IT, a show for IT professionals by IT professionals; offering insight, knowledge, experience and opinion on a variety of enterprise tech topics. The podcast will be released...
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20 of 101 episodesModernising Infrastructure Without Starting from Scratch
Modernising infrastructure does not have to mean starting from scratch. In this episode, Helen Gidney, Softcat's Head of Architecture, is jo...
The AI Reality Check: Enterprise IT & Infrastructure Insights from Dell Tech World 2026
Helen Gidney, Softcat's Head of Architecture, heads to Las Vegas (in spirit, at least) with Tim Loake from Dell Technologies and Softcat's o...
Cyber Resiliency: The Prevention, Response and Recovery
Is your business truly cyber resilient, or are you one malicious click away from a system lockdown? In this episode of Softcat's Explain It...
Data Sovereignty in a Multi Cloud World
"It’s not just about where your data lives - it’s about who should, or shouldn’t, have access to it." In this episode of Softcat’s Explain I...
Explain IT: Highlights from our conversations in 2025
2025 was a defining year for technology. From the rapid acceleration of private cloud adoption and growing security risk challenges, to majo...
Why Businesses Need Smarter Workspaces
This episode of Explain IT explores the evolution of the smart workspace, moving beyond basic connectivity to create environments that act a...
Unlocking AI with the power of Private Cloud
Business leaders are setting AI strategies, and IT teams are expected to deliver results. Research from the IDC shows that 88% of all AI pil...
VMware Explore on Tour - is Private Cloud the solution your business needs?
Many organisations are rethinking their cloud strategies and searching for smarter, more secure solutions. Private cloud is gaining traction...
Navigating Windows 10 End of Support
As Microsoft wraps up a decade of Windows 10 support, we’re seeing a real moment of decision for businesses. If you haven’t made the move ye...
Big Data London; Why AI Isn’t Delivering (Yet)
In this episode, we’re not just talking about AI - we’re unpacking the reality behind the hype, taking a look back at Big Data London and wh...
Streamlining your Operations
Join host Helen Gidney, Head of Architecture at Softcat, as she sits down with Adam Spearing, VP of AI Go-To-Market for EMEA at ServiceNow,...
Everything Data
In this episode, we're not just talking about data, we're talking about everything that comes with it. The challenges, the misconceptions, t...
The road to IT innovations with HPE
On this edition of Explain IT, we’re celebrating HPE’s ten-year anniversary, and reflecting on the standout moments from HPE Discover. We ex...
Supply Chain Risk
How secure is your supply chain? With the recent swathe of supply chain cyber attacks on big name brands, now more than ever it’s important...
Cyber Automation and Burnout
Ever wondered how we can stay ahead of cyber threats without burning out? On this edition of Explain IT, we're talking about the leveraging...
Backup Security and Cyber Resiliency
Keeping your data structured and secure is key to keeping your business safe. But how do we ensure that at every level of our IT infrastruct...
Wireless first connectivity for your business
You rely on wireless connectivity, we all do… and having a good wireless system can have a big impact on the success of your business. As co...
New Year Resolutions (Part Two)
From artificial intelligence to 5G Networks to everything in between, we’ve seen some big shifts in the IT industry in 2024. In today’s epis...
New Year Resolutions
From artificial intelligence to 5G Networks to everything in between, we’ve seen some big shifts in the IT industry in 2024. In today’s epis...