gartner
Research and advisory firm
Episodes
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#6083: The Second Noun: Where AI Careers Are Still EmptyEveryone's headline says "AI consultant." The real openings sit where AI attaches to a second noun you already know cold. -
#5749: From Sand to Trillion-Dollar Chips: Semiconductors in 5 LevelsA bad conductor and a bad insulator — and the most important material in civilization. Semiconductors explained in five escalating levels. -
#5207: Hard Drives Are Having Their Biggest Boom in a DecadeEveryone assumes flash killed the spinning disk. Seagate's 52% margins and sold-out capacity through 2028 say otherwise. -
#4725: Software Evaluation as a Career PathThe hidden career track for people who love evaluating SaaS tools, building matrices, and becoming the go-to software decision-maker. -
#3859: How Gartner Shapes Tech Buying (and Who Pays for It)Gartner's Magic Quadrant and Hype Cycle shape billions in tech spending. But who's really paying the analyst? -
#2832: The Two-Tiered World of SupportHow technical account managers and premium SLAs create a support tier that’s almost a different product from consumer chatbots. -
#2189: Scaling Multi-Agent Systems: The 45% ThresholdA landmark Google DeepMind study reveals that adding more AI agents often degrades performance, wastes tokens, and amplifies errors—unless your sin... -
#2170: Pricing Agentic AI When Nothing's PredictableHow do you charge fixed prices for systems that operate in fundamental uncertainty? Consultants are discovering frameworks that work—but they requi... -
#1835: AI-Native vs. AI-Washed: How to Tell the DifferenceMost "AI-powered" tools are just lipstick on a chatbot. Here's how to spot the real AI-native apps. -
#1603: Fire Your Software Subscriptions and Just Code the VibeTired of the SaaS tax? Discover how AI is turning software from a product you buy into a capability you manifest. -
#1503: The Death of the Annual Audit: Real-Time SOC 2 ComplianceMove beyond the "once-a-year fire drill." Discover how AI agents and continuous monitoring are redefining SOC 2 compliance in 2026. -
#1495: Can Fictional Twins Save AI From Running Out of Internet?As high-quality human data runs dry, synthetic data is becoming the new gold standard for training the next generation of AI models. -
#791: The Roller Coaster of Tech AdoptionIs the AI magic wearing off? We dive into the Gartner Hype Cycle to see where LLMs and autonomous agents actually stand in 2026. -
#225: The Death of the VPN: Moving Toward a Zero Trust FutureIs the classic corporate VPN a dying dinosaur? Explore why the "castle and moat" model is failing and how Zero Trust is taking over.