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Check out the debut episode of Challenging the Model: Where Academic Thinking Meets Real-World Leadership. Origina CEO and Founder, Tomás O’Leary, discusses challenging industry innovation rules with academic leaders Linda Hill and Scott D. Anthony.

In this environment-first episode, Origina Founder and CEO Tomás O’Leary is joined by This Spaceship Earth Co-Founder Tim Rumage, Free ICT Europe Foundation Executive Director Jan Hoogstrate, and Procurement Consultant and Business Advisor Richard Beaumont for a discussion on who wins and who loses when hardware and software get replaced too early in enterprise-level businesses. The Right to Repair applies everywhere. Save money — and the earth — by using the tools your company already has to succeed. For more information on the Empower 2023 event, visit: https://www.origina.com/empower-2023 This Spaceship Earth: https://thisspaceshipearth.org/ FreeICT Europe: https://www.freeict.eu/ FreeICT US: https://freeict.org/

Andy Nagalewski, Director of Supplier Management at Sainsbury’s, joins Tomás O’Leary and Hari Candadai to discuss the innovative ways Sainsbury’s strikes a balance between pressures on budget and resources and the drive of digital initiatives to continually improve upon customers’ experiences. Plus, industry news related to the Silicon Valley Bank fallout, the proliferation of AI, and several other hot topics.

Steve O’Donnell, veteran Enterprise CIO and CTO, and author of “What Every CIO Wants,” joins Brendan Walsh and Hari Candadai to discuss the common vendor and budget roadblocks trying to detour your IT roadmap progress and how to stay on track. They also talk about the significant changes in the updated 2023 IBM International Passport Advantage Agreement, legal maneuvering and other megavendor tactics including IBM, and other software industry news.

Tomás O’Leary and Hari Candadai talk about the latest moves made by software mega vendors, including Oracle, Microsoft, and IBM, and the signals to watch regarding job cuts and economic trends in 2023. Plus, they’ll discuss the idea of being a “healthy skeptic” when driving your innovation agenda, and how this mindset can steer your IT roadmap decisions based on what you need, rather than on what software vendors demand.

Tomás O’Leary, Brendan Walsh, and Hari Candadai review the big — and not as big, but still interesting — stories of 2022 in the software world. From Microsoft to IBM, from software audits to defense contracts, and many topics in between. Plus, they’ll dig a bit deeper into recently announced price increases, courtesy of IBM, and how CIOs, SAMs, and procurement teams may best navigate such drastic changes.

Join Tomás O’Leary and Hari Candadai as they review the newest Gartner Market Guide on Third-party software maintenance (TPSM) and the growth outlook on the TPSM market. Discover why Gartner believes organizations are well-served by the quick wins offered by third-party support partners, and how these strategic relationships result in long-term savings and renewed focus on digital transformation initiatives.

Join Tomás O’Leary, Hari Candadai, and special guest Vinnie Mirchandani, for a discussion on the ways companies are changing how they approach IT roadmap decisions that free up time, people and money. It’s a big shift in the software status quo as Fortune 500 companies stem vendor overspending and refocus funds toward reviving and accelerating digital transformation initiatives that set their companies up for a bright future.

Join Tomás O’Leary and special guest Hari Candadai as they look back on previous predictions of mainframe relevance and how the latest industry news indicates a long road ahead. Then, dive a bit deeper into the current state of the IBM Z mainframe and how companies may benefit from a renewed outlook on how they’re supported.

In this episode, Tomás O’Leary shares a conversation he had with Tom Goodwin, speaker, author, and futurist, where they discuss the impact that transformation has on our digital world, and why some regulations and boundaries are a good thing when it comes to innovation, growth, and empowering organizations in technological advances.

For our special Spring edition, join Tomás O'Leary and Brendan Walsh as they discuss the latest developments and news in the software and Big Tech world. This time they are joined by special guest Brad Veech, Sr. Director IT Sourcing at Walmart and the author of ‘Software: The Silent Killer of your Company’s Budget: How to negotiate and manage your software portfolio without getting taken advantage of by your suppliers.’ He will provide tips and tricks to help with the spring cleaning of your IT budget. You can find his book here: https://www.amazon.com/Software-negotiate-portfolio-advantage-suppliers/dp/0578331470

Join Tomás O'Leary and Rowan O'Donoghue as they discuss good news regarding earning results for Big Blue in Q4 after it completed the separation of Kyndryl, the ambitions for the metaverse after Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard, and the partnership between IBM, and SAP in the hopes to move legacy workloads to hybrid cloud. Special guest, Martin Biggs, Vice President and General Manager, EMEA, Spinnaker Support, who joins the conversation to discuss the biggest trends in the third-party software support and maintenance industry, what’s the drive behind it, and challenges faced.

Join Tomás O’Leary and Brendan Walsh as they discuss the Big Blockbuster deal made by Microsoft, the two trends ahead for IBM in the year 2022, and more. This episode features a very special guest, Jim Gavin, former Irish Gaelic football manager, High Performance Coach and Keynote Speaker, who joins to discuss high performance and the key components and traits that make up a high-performance professional.

Join Tomás O’Leary and Brendan Walsh as they review the year 2021 and talk about the predictions going into 2022 from stock share prices to companies and the freedom of Right to Repair. Ben Lipczynski, Origina's head of security also joins to discuss the Log4Shell vulnerability, how it was discovered and what organizations can do to tackle the issue.

Join Tomás O’Leary and Brendan Walsh as they discuss cybersecurity and the current trends enterprises will face in 2022, IBM and its views on Third Party Support and maintenance and its Q3 showing gains in cloud revenue. Then, the ongoing race against Microsoft and Apple to be the most valuable company, Facebooks recent name change and Zuckerberg on the claims against Facebook being an attempt to "paint a false picture". Special guest: Graham Day, The Author of “Security in the Digital World: For the home user, parent, consumer and home office”, a book on low level, non-technical actions that help keep the reader safe online and in the digital world. You can find his book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Security-Digital-World-parent-consumer-ebook/dp/B0784ZDSMS