Application Modernization: A Podcast for High-Growth Software Companies
Technology Podcasts
You want to grow your business. But first, you need to successfully modernize your infrastructure to handle it. Enter Application Modernization, a show that spotlights the forward-thinking leaders of high-growth software companies. From scaling applications and accelerating time to market to avoiding expensive licensing costs, we discuss how you can innovate with new technology and forward-thinking processes and save some cash in the process.. Join us as our expert guests delve into the challenges they faced during the technological transformation of their companies and share what they learned along the way.
You want to grow your business. But first, you need to successfully modernize your infrastructure to handle it. Enter Application Modernization, a show that spotlights the forward-thinking leaders of high-growth software companies. From scaling applications and accelerating time to market to avoiding expensive licensing costs, we discuss how you can innovate with new technology and forward-thinking processes and save some cash in the process.. Join us as our expert guests delve into the challenges they faced during the technological transformation of their companies and share what they learned along the way.
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Technology Podcasts
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You want to grow your business. But first, you need to successfully modernize your infrastructure to handle it. Enter Application Modernization, a show that spotlights the forward-thinking leaders of high-growth software companies. From scaling applications and accelerating time to market to avoiding expensive licensing costs, we discuss how you can innovate with new technology and forward-thinking processes and save some cash in the process.. Join us as our expert guests delve into the challenges they faced during the technological transformation of their companies and share what they learned along the way.
Language:
English
Episodes
Custom Automation For Your Business
5/31/2022
Do you remember when George Jetson pushed a button and a salad came out of a box? Believe it or not, that future might be closer than you think.
Born out of demand during the COVID pandemic to automate and digitize food supply, this manufacturing company has created an automated food delivery system that sounds like it belongs in a science fiction film. But it’s not just that it’s as fast as you think it is. Abram Simon, VP of Software Engineering at Hyphen, shares not only how close this...
Duration:00:43:40
Making the Internet More Human
5/24/2022
The emergence of digital spaces augmenting social interactions is taking over the planet. Avatars represent the true identity of the most important contributor to the internet. What happened to learning about the actual human being behind the keyboard or smartphone?
But what if we could make the internet more human? What if it felt like stepping into someone’s front door? Where you see their pictures, their books, their records, and get a good feel for who they are as a HUMAN, not an...
Duration:00:43:13
How Suited Leverages AI to Improve the Hiring Process
5/17/2022
Traditional hiring processes often place a lot of undue emphasis on GPA and alma mater, data points that, generally, aren’t very predictive of future performance.
Aaron Myers, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, and the team at Suited have built a company around a better way to hire—using AI to measure personality traits, experiences, cognitive data, and other metadata so that companies and job candidates find the most suitable match.
Aaron discusses how Suited works, how the company helps...
Duration:00:50:01
Tech Modernization in the Healthcare Space
5/3/2022
Many industries were forced to accelerate their digital transformation plans at the onset of the pandemic—none more so than the healthcare space.
Emily Carlson, Vice President of Technology at Divurgent, shares ho w her company supported large healthcare organizations in making the transition. Plus, she also talks about the steps the industry needs to take to bring more women into technology.
We discuss:
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Duration:00:46:41
How Suited Leverages AI to Improve the Hiring Process
5/3/2022
Traditional hiring processes often place a lot of undue emphasis on GPA and alma mater, data points that, generally, aren’t very predictive of future performance.
Aaron Myers, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, and the team at Suited have built a company around a better way to hire—using AI to measure personality traits, experiences, cognitive data, and other metadata so that companies and job candidates find the most suitable match.
Aaron discusses how Suited works, how the company helps...
Duration:00:48:55
Tech Modernization in the Healthcare Space
4/19/2022
Many industries were forced to accelerate their digital transformation plans at the onset of the pandemic—none more so than the healthcare space.
Emily Carlson , Vice President of Technology at Divurgent , shares how her company supported large healthcare organizations in making the transition. Plus, she also talks about the steps the industry needs to take to bring more women into technology.
We discuss:
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Duration:00:46:26
How Hazelcast Delivers Real-Time Data Processing
4/4/2022
Hazelcast is a real-time data platform that can run anywhere—from the edge to the data center to the cloud. In other words, it brings the computation to the data rather than moving the data to the computation.
That enables the ability to connect insights to the real-time actions of the customer.
Want to hear more about it?
John DesJardins , Chief Technology Officer, and Mark Santos , Vice President of Worldwide Business Development, join the show to discuss how Hazelcast can accelerate...
Duration:00:53:35
Explained w/ Tony Stafford: Crypto, Metaverse, & Quantum Computing Part 2
3/25/2022
Tony Stafford is a lifelong technologist.
He got his first job in technology in high school. From there, he had stints in the military, government contracting, the Department of Defense, and at our company, Shadow-Soft . Currently, he’s a technology executive working with DOD customers.
It’s that breadth of experience with technology that makes him the perfect person to talk with about technology trends. And that’s exactly what we do in this episode.
We discuss:
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Duration:00:28:57
Decision Time w/ Tony Stafford: Effectiveness in an API-Driven Economy Part 1
3/22/2022
Tony Stafford is a lifelong technologist.
He got his first job in technology in high school. From there, he had stints in the military, government contracting, the Department of Defense, and at our company, Shadow-Soft . Currently, he’s a technology executive working with DOD customers.
It’s that breadth of experience with technology that makes him the perfect person to talk with about technology trends. And that’s exactly what we do in this episode.
We discuss:
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Duration:00:23:31
The Benefits of Building Quality Software from the Start
3/10/2022
Today’s guest, , Director of Software Engineering at , takes pride in doing software engineering the right way.
It’s the reason he became a boss. Before that, he had managers that were perfectly fine with rush jobs and cutting corners to meet a deadline.
Not Sean.
In this episode, he explains why using engineering best practices—design patterns, test-driven deployment, and pair programming, for example—enables you to scale faster and build stronger applications.
We discuss:
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Duration:00:29:07
Improving Software Development & Overcoming Modernization Challenges
2/1/2022
Though the platforms have changed, many of the same application challenges still exist. Namely, finding alignment between the people who build the applications and the people who own and operate the platforms.
In this episode, Michael McCormick, Vice President of Technology at Artium, shares his perspective on these age-old challenges and provides advice on how to make modernization projects more effective.
We discuss:
Resources mentioned during the podcast:
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Duration:00:33:43
Improving Software Development & Overcoming Modernization Challenges w/ Michael McCormick
1/13/2022
Though the platforms have changed, many of the same application challenges still exist. Namely, finding alignment between the people who build the applications and the people who own and operate the platforms.
In this episode, Michael McCormick, Vice President of Technology at Artium, shares his perspective on these age-old challenges and provides advice on how to make modernization projects more effective.
We discuss:
Resources mentioned during the podcast:
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Duration:00:25:57
Open Source Revolution: A Conversation w/ Carvel Baus
12/21/2021
Open source is used in way more things than people realize.
After all, with so much open source code available to power basic functionalities, it’s easier for developers to just plug it iRn and move on to other things that are more core to their business.
In an open source world, you can really do anything you want as long as the code is there.
In this episode, Carvel Baus, Senior Consultant & Architect at Shadow-Soft, explains the value of open source technology and interesting ways it’s...
Duration:00:40:57
Red Hat & the Proliferation of the Open Development Model w/ Chung Kim
12/7/2021
Building proprietary software is an outdated business model. Open platforms, open API’s, open public clouds, open partnerships, and even open ecosystems are the wave of the future.
After all, when 99% of innovation happens outside of your organization, your best bet for survival is to tap into the innovation of the community.
In this episode, Chung Kim, Chief Architect at Red Hat, joins the show to talk about the advantages of the open development model and how it helps developers...
Duration:00:33:25
Red Hat Summit Executive Briefing w/ Derrick Sutherland
10/12/2021
In today’s episode, we’re breaking down major announcements from the Red Hat Summit.
Derrick Sutherland, Senior Practice Manager at Shadow-Soft, joins the show to provide his take on the news.
Topics covered:
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Duration:00:18:23
Taking the Busy Work Out of Building Data Pipelines at Scale w/ Chris White
9/28/2021
Within a year of the first prototype, Prefect had their first paying customer — a Fortune 100 company. Their SaaS offering was not even publicly available yet.
That was partly because they were developing a platform that allowed companies to build, run, and monitor data pipelines at scale, a problem no one else had tackled in quite the same way.
Another reason was their commitment to the iteration cycle during development. By releasing the MVP early, they were able to gather feedback...
Duration:00:42:40
Getting to Actionable Insights with Speed & Scale
9/14/2021
Organizations across the world encounter the same issue with their data — speed to insight. Even with a team made up of the best and brightest statisticians, you still have to run correlations and regressions to get to that actionable insight, and that takes time.
In this episode, we talk with David Wolfe , CEO at Inguo.io , about the platform his team has built that can actually discover and visualize actual causality within your data and help you get to actionable insights...
Duration:00:34:52
Software Development: How ISV Acquisitions Speed Things Up
8/31/2021
Software development takes time and resources. One way to bypass that and achieve speed, scale, and savings quickly is to acquire pieces of architecture that have already been used and tested and integrate it into what you’re creating.
In this episode, Martin Randolph , Chief Executive Officer at Osmond , shares how acquisitions have transformed the way in which his company develops software.
We discuss:
- How Osmond helps companies keep track of all existing security investments
-...
Duration:00:24:53
Public Cloud: The Bullet Train to Growth & Scalability w/ Frank Wander
8/10/2021
Public cloud has changed everything. Not only does it help companies get data centers up and running quickly, it also means people with deep expertise can take the lead on setting up, managing, and maintaining what can be an extremely complex environment. Gone are the days where you have to acquire servers, bring in equipment, and configure your data center. The days of speed, scale, and savings are here.
In this episode, , CEO and Founder of , shares why he’s passionate about public cloud...
Duration:00:25:15
Meet Nick Marcarelli: The New Host of Application Modernization
7/27/2021
In this special episode, we introduce , Vice President at , as the new primary host of the show.
Nick shares:
Why he was passionate about continuing the showWho he hopes to reach with the podcastWhat topics the show will cover
Have ideas for guests or topics? Head to the Shadow-Soft or reach out on , , or .
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Duration:00:06:14