ClearTech Loop: In the Know, On the Move
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Welcome to ClearTech Loop—your fast, focused, and fresh/ take on what’s next in technology. This 10-minute “HotTake” podcast delivers sharp, soundbite-ready insights on Cloud, Cybersecurity, Cloud Security, and AI Security. Built for busy tech leaders and practitioners, each episode brings clarity to a rapidly shifting landscape.
Each week, we explore the most pressing issues through a 3-question lens, offering listeners a pulse-check on the business and technical conversations shaping the security space today.
The ClearTech Loop Mission
ClearTech Loop exists to:
- Raise awareness about evolving risks and opportunities
- Share real-world insights from the field
- Explore best practices and what’s working now
- Investigate emerging trends with curiosity and candor
- Spark meaningful dialogue and debate
Series Spotlight: The CISO Slant (Episodes 1-10)
We kick things off with a special series: The CISO Slant. In this 10-episode arc, we sit down with prominent CISOs to unpack how they’re navigating challenges, redefining priorities, and managing risk in the age of AI.
ClearTech Loop Podcast Ep 1 Stephenie Southard, CISO Baxter Credit Union
Release Date: July 1, 2025 Series: The CISO Slant (Episode 1 of 10) Guest: Stephenie Southard, Chief Information Security Officer, Baxter Credit Union Host: Jo Peterson, Chief Analyst, ClearTech ResearchEpisode Summary In this kickoff episode of The CISO Slant, Jo...
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AI, Zero Trust & Vegas Converge During Zenith Live 25
June 9, 2025 Q: What does Las Vegas, Zero Trust and AI have in common? A: Everything! One of the key themes of Zenith Live 2025, which took place in Las Vegas this week and hosted about 4000 customers, prospects, vendors, analysts, media, and Zscaler employees was the...
Google Cloud WAN: A network built for and powered by AI
What does a Wide Area Network and AI have in common? The short answer is a lot. AI is one of the next evolutions in technology and it represents its own set of workload challenges. This raises an issue that many IT operations teams don’t see coming until it is often...
Wiz, a Lucky Security Charm for Google Cloud?
On the heels of St Patrick’s Day, Alphabet (Google’s parent company) announced the acquisition of Wiz. The deal is valued at $32 billion. This is the largest acquisition in Alphabet’s history. The purchase of Wiz is a smart offensive move on Google’s part. This...
Microsoft Co-Pilot for Azure—Your AI Key to Letting the Light In
In IT we love acronyms. An oldie but a goodie is KTLO or Keeping the Lights On. KTLO refers to basic systems and infrastructure maintenance. Did you know that some IT organizations spend as much as 80% of their resources and budget on simply supporting the...
Microsoft Defender for Cloud–A Holistic View
Did you know that Microsoft released the first version of SQL Server, known as SQL Server 1.0, in 1989 for the OS/2 operating system? All of us in IT are familiar with this long time database friend and server that stores and retrieves data. SQL Server was...
Continued Innovation with Azure VMware Solution
Recently, I attended the Veritas Conquer Every Cloud event on January 26th. Veritas has been in business for almost 40 years, starting out as Tolerant Systems in 1983, building fault-tolerant computer systems. It was interesting to learn that their software and...
Microsoft Fabric — Connecting the Dots
Did you know that Microsoft released the first version of SQL Server, known as SQL Server 1.0, in 1989 for the OS/2 operating system? All of us in IT are familiar with this long time database friend and server that stores and retrieves data. SQL Server was...
AI’s Role in Identity
Due to the widespread adoption of multi cloud strategies and the growing utilization of AI related programs like Large Language Models, we’re seeing the quantity of both human and machine identities growing quickly. Many of these identities require sensitive or...
Responsible AI in an Evolving Regulatory Environment
Generative AI is expected to be a $200 billion industry by 2032. The pace of its growth underscores the need to address the legal, ethical, and privacy concerns created by the technology and its use. This powerful thought leadership whitepaper from the Cloud Security...
AWS re:Inforce 2024 Keynote Recap—A Commitment to Security and Innovation
Moore’s law states that the number of transistors on integrated circuits (or microchips) will double every two years. Moore’s law was first described by Gordon E. Moore, a co-founder of Intel, in 1965. It has held largely true for about 46 years now, even though he...
Why ClearTech Loop?
Because tech doesn’t stand still—and neither do we. We cut through hype to bring actionable insight with an unconventional voice. Whether decoding complex topics or rethinking long-held assumptions, ClearTech Loop keeps you in the circle and ahead of the curve.