The CTO Advisor

The CTO Advisor


Latest Episodes

Deepseek’s Impact on Your AI Strategy
January 29, 2025

In this episode, Keith Townsend is joined by Dion HinchcliffeVP and Practice Lead for The Futurum Groups CIO practiceto explore the monumental impact of DeepSeek, a new large language model (LLM) t

AI Trends for 2025: Productivity, Integration, and Agentic AI
December 18, 2024

In this episode of the CTO Advisor Podcast, recorded on December 18, 2024, Keith looks back on the major tech trends that are set to shape the landscape as we head into 2025. Drawing insights from rec

Replay-Server-side Web Assembly with Adobe’s Colin Murphy
November 13, 2024

After meeting at Kubecon, Keith gets in touch with Colin Murphy, a Senior Software Engineer at Adobe Systems, to discuss Web Assembly. They delve into how Adobe has employed Web Assembly to bring end-

Replay-GitBOM. It’s not Git or SBOM
November 06, 2024

Join Keith, Aeva Black (@aevavoom), and returning guest Ed Warnicke (@edwarnicke) as they dive into the world of GitBOM. Its not a Git tool, nor is it exactly an SBOM, so how does it enhance software

Coding Without Code: A Journey in Low-code/No-Code Development
October 16, 2024

In this episode of the CTO Advisor podcast, host Keith Townsend welcomes Delainy Dalton, a No-Code Developer in the healthcare insurance sector. Delainy shares her extraordinary journey from healthcar

2022: In Conversation with Kelsey Hightower
September 18, 2024

In this never-published recording, Keith Townsend, Chief Technology Advisor, talks with Kelsey Hightower, fresh off his then promotion to Google Distinguished Engineer. The two explore the trajectory

Building and Managing Private Clouds: OpenStack, Kubernetes, and the VMware Conundrum
September 04, 2024

In this episode of the CTO Advisor Podcast, Keith Townsend and guest Jason Benedicic dive deep into the challenges and opportunities surrounding private cloud solutions. As businesses grapple with the

Punched in the Nose Part 2 (Replay)
August 21, 2024

Mark and Keith welcomeMatt BrobergandLuigi Danakos for a candid chat about the IT industry. Together, they explore real-life experiences with navigating layoffs, job hunting, and various career hur

Modernizing Legacy Applications for the Cloud: Lessons from Granite
August 14, 2024

In this episode, Keith Townsend and Alastair Cook, both seasoned CTO advisors at the Futurum Group, delve into the challenges and strategies of migrating legacy, VM-based applications to the public cl

Gene Kim: DevOps Evolution, AI Leadership, and Enterprise Transformations
August 07, 2024

In this episode of the CTO Advisor Podcast, Keith Townsend interviews Gene Kim, the renowned author of The Phoenix Project and The Unicorn Project. Gene shares his experiences and insights from his ex