Mini Series: Ep#6 Conversations in Higher Education with Gabe Akisanmi – EDUCAUSE 2025

Conversations in Higher Education explores the critical challenges and innovations shaping the future of colleges and universities through candid discussions with leaders on the front lines of transformation. In this episode, Gabe Akisanmi tackles the complex challenge of shadow AI in higher education, explaining how institutions can build trust by providing secure, governed AI tools […]
Mini Series: Ep#5 Conversations in Higher Education with Charron Andrus – EDUCAUSE 2025

Conversations in Higher Education explores the critical challenges and innovations shaping the future of colleges and universities through candid discussions with leaders on the front lines of transformation. In this episode, Charron Andrus shares her perspective as a CISO on restoring trust in higher education, the personal liability security leaders now face, and how institutions […]
Mini Series: Ep#4 Conversations in Higher Education with Patrick Frontiera, AWS – EDUCAUSE 2025

Conversations in Higher Education explores the critical challenges and innovations shaping the future of colleges and universities through candid discussions with leaders on the front lines of transformation. In this episode, Patrick Frontiera from AWS discusses what comes after migrating student information systems to SaaS, how institutions can complete their digital transformation journey, and the […]
Mini Series: Ep#3 Conversations in Higher Education with Miloš Topić – EDUCAUSE 2025

Recorded live at EDUCAUSE 2025 in Nashville, this episode features Milos Topic, a higher education technology leader, discussing the fundamental challenges and opportunities facing colleges and universities today.In this episode, Milos discusses:✅ Why restoring trust is an opportunity, not just a challenge✅ Education as the great equalizer and leveling the playing field✅ Building leadership teams: […]
Mini Series: Ep#2 Conversations in Higher Education with Carrie Shumaker – EDUCAUSE 2025

Welcome to Conversations in Higher Education! 🎓Recorded live at EDUCAUSE 2025 in Nashville, this episode features Carrie Shumaker, a higher education CIO, for a candid conversation about the critical challenges facing colleges and universities today.In this episode, Carrie discusses:✅ Why higher education has lost public trust and how to restore it✅ The growing disconnect between […]
Mini Series: Ep#1 Conversations in Higher Education with Vanessa Kenon & Jeff Martinez – EDUCAUSE 2025

Welcome to Conversations in Higher Education Technology! 🎓In this episode, recorded live at EDUCAUSE 2025 in Nashville, Jeff Martinez sits down with Dr. Vanessa Keenan, EDUCAUSE Ambassador from UT San Antonio, to discuss the top priorities shaping the future of higher education technology.Dr. Keenan shares insights on:✅ How DegreeWorks is empowering students to self-direct their […]
Ep#241 The Future of Thin and Zero Clients and Endpoint Management with Kevin Greenway from 10ZiG

Join Jon Myer as he sits down with Kevin Greenway, CTO of 10ZiG, for an in-depth conversation about the evolution of endpoint management, thin and zero clients, and how modern VDI infrastructure is transforming hybrid work environments. From security challenges to AI workloads, discover what IT leaders need to know about securing and simplifying their […]
Ep#240 Democratizing the Cloud: Is Private Cloud making a comeback?

In this episode of the Jon Myer Podcast, we dive deep into the cloud infrastructure revolution with Todd Robinson, Founder and President of OpenMetal. As businesses grapple with escalating cloud costs and vendor lock-in, Todd shares how open-source technologies are leveling the playing field.🎯 What You’ll Learn:Why the Broadcom VMware acquisition is forcing companies to […]
Ep#239 Application Containerization Revolution Running Legacy Apps on Modern Infrastructure

Join Jon Myer as he sits down with Arthur Hitomi, CEO and Co-founder of Numecent, to explore how application containerization is revolutionizing software deployment and solving critical legacy application challenges.With Windows 10 end-of-life looming and organizations struggling with legacy systems that can’t be upgraded, Arthur shares how Numecent’s CloudPaging technology is helping companies modernize without […]
Ep#238 Multi-dimensional Scaling and Disaggregated Architectures with Paul Speciale from Scality

Join Jon Myer as he sits down with Paul Speciale, CMO of Scality, to explore the cutting-edge world of storage technology. In this deep-dive conversation, we unpack how multidimensional scaling and disaggregated architectures are revolutionizing how organizations handle massive data volumes in the age of AI.From unpredictable AI workloads that scale from millions to trillions […]