Lifting the Lid on Technology

Insightful. Powerful. Actionable. Welcome to Lifting the Lid on Technology, a podcast series from Softsource vBridge giving you tech insights from the inside. Join us and New Zealand's leading IT vendors and experts to uncover current market trends and challenges.

Lifting the Lid on Technology is a technology podcast hosted by Softsource vBridge, with 21 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Softsource vBridge hosts Lifting the Lid on Technology, a technology show with 21 episodes published.

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  Episode #6

  Who's watching the agents?

  Aug 12, 202617 minS2

  1.3 billion AI agents are forecast within a couple of years. The population of India. But who is watching what they do? In this Episode of Lifting the Lid, Barry White and Philip Meyer dig into Agent 365 and Microsoft Cowork, the governancekeeping the agent world under control, and the harder questions about jobs and choice. Covered in this episode Agent 365 and agent observability, giving agents Entra IDs and Purview controls, the AWS data centre outage, Microsoft Cowork versus Claude, choice of language models across Copilot and Azure AI Foundry, and why a human still needs to check the work. Governance, compliance and the importance of our roles with AI. Bought to you in partnership with Microsoft. New episodes weekly.

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  Episode #5

  Why auto renew will save you money

  Aug 10, 20268 minS2

  This episode is a practical one, and it could save you money. There's a change to licensing that could raise your monthly bill, and many businesses need to act quickly. In episode five, Barry White and Philip Meyer break down Extended Service Terms in plain language, with the context you only get from 35 years inside Microsoft. Covered in this episode What Extended Service Terms are, why the grace period is gone, auto renew and payment mechanics, how an annual deal can flip to monthly with an uplift, and how to get your renewal in order before the end date. Essential listening on Microsoft CSP, Extended Service Terms and licensing for New Zealand business. Bought to you in partnership with Microsoft. New episodes weekly.

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  Episode #4

  If AI can see all, it will tell all

  Aug 5, 202614 minS2

  A student used their school AI LLM to show the salaries of every teacher. Is this an AI problem or a security problem? In episode four, Barry White and Philip Meyer take on confidentiality in the age of AI, and why the biggest risk is usually a helpful person, not a bad one. Covered in this episode The end of security by obscurity, accidental oversharing, Microsoft Purview and data security posture management for small business, classifying data as confidential by default, insider risk, and the scale of intellectual property loss. Real talk on AI confidentiality, data governance and Purview for New Zealand business. Bought to you in partnership with Microsoft. New episodes weekly.

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  Episode #3

  People Didn't Pilot Electricity

  Aug 3, 202615 minS2

  People didn't pilot electricity. They adopted electricity. They didn't trial it for six months to see how it felt. They said, right, we're shutting down the steam engine and we're electrifying the business. In episode three, Barry White and Philip Meyer take a critical look at Copilot adoption and mindset, with the experienced talk of someone who spent 35 years inside Microsoft. Covered in this episode Free versus paid Copilot, security and governance, why AI is a business transformation and not an IT project, AI as electricity, why you should not bet on a single language model, and why older users often adopt with more intent. Honest talk on AI adoption and business transformation. Bought to you in partnership with Microsoft. New episodes weekly.

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  Episode #1

  Data storage and the cloud repatriation

  Jul 27, 202616 minS2

  The loss of information of businesses, the damage done to them, equates to the third largest economy in the planet. In episode one, Barry White sits down with Philip Meyer, 35 year Microsoft Veteran, now out on his own. They dig into the questions every New Zealand business is quietly asking about the cloud and AI. Covered in this episode Why New Zealand stays hybrid, data sovereignty and the ANZ government data centre, latency andtransactional workloads, the diluted promise of cloud scalability, the real cost of lost intellectual property, and the shift from Shadow IT to Shadow AI. Straight talk on cloud compliance, data sovereignty and governance, built for New Zealand business. New episodes weekly

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