Shadow IT is perceived by many in the Cyber Security industry as a risk, but by many business lines as an enabler.  Forcepoint’s Paul Gamble joins us to discuss how IT Security teams can enable their business to securely reap the benefits of shadow IT systems.

Out of the shadows:  Securing Shadow IT to enable growth

Welcome to the Fujitsu Pride Podcast! Our monthly podcast to talk about global LGBT+ inclusion. We’ll be exploring topics such as experiences of LGBT+ employees and communities across the world, updates on some of our key initiatives, and discussions with our partners and customers. 

For our Fujitsu colleagues - if you have a topic you would like us to explore, please visit our Yammer page ‘Fujitsu Pride Global’ and send us a message. Otherwise please do contact us at FujitsuPrideEurope@fujitsu.com.

Introducing the Fujitsu Pride Podcast

In this podcast, Blaise Porter and Ian Gearey share the Fujitsu Oceania journey towards greater LGBTI inclusion, which has led to their Bronze Award for the 2021 Australian Workplace Equality Index!

Fujitsu Oceania's journey towards greater LGBTI inclusion

Data is the driving force that enables companies to improve the customer experience as well as to increase employee productivity and operational efficiency. 

The new portfolio of FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY M6 systems adds another foundational building block for this data-driven transformation. They will help our customers to move, store, and process massive amounts of data and to provide a solid foundation for today’s hybrid IT reality. 

In this podcast we will provide you with some insights about the new features and benefits. Find out more: www.fujitsu.com/primergy

Your infrastructure for the data-driven world: The PRIMERGY M6 server generation

1. Wellbeing at work in the hybrid world within the Financial Services industry

In this podcast, Adharsh, Marika and Tracy join Jaycee once more to reflect on the movie ‘Fathers’ a 2016 Thai drama film directed by Palatpol Mingpornpichit.

Pride Podcast - Movie Review Part 2

Wherever they’re working, your people need secure access to company apps and data – often between multiple locations, connections, and devices. The borderless office is an exercise in trust. 

But, with 82% of company leaders planning to let employees keep working from home at least some of the time, it seems the exercise has paid off.

Now, organizations need to maintain and build on that trust. Security and productivity tools, for example, are essential in any context. But seamlessness is also key – if security becomes an obstacle, employees will find a workaround and the trust will be lost. 

Listen in to this conversation between leading modern workplace experts to discover how to build a culture of trust in the borderless office.

Dr. Michele Williams, professor at Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, is in conversation with Joanna Molik, Executive Director and Industry Digital Strategist at Worldwide Financial Services.

Culture of Trust in 2021

This podcast was recorded live at DSEI on 16th September 2021, at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in London. 

DSEI stands for Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI), a world-leading event that connects governments, national armed forces, industry thought leaders and the entire defence & security supply chain on a global scale.  

This year Fujitsu is running a speaker programme bringing specialists within their respective fields to share insights on frontier technologies and digital transformation.

Our final speaker is Dr Keith Dear, Director of Artificial Intelligence Innovation at Fujitsu Defence. Keith has previously worked as an Intelligence Officer in the RAF and continues his service as a Group Captain (Reserve) in 601 Squadron, leading on Science, Technology and academic liaison. He was also an Expert Advisor to the UK Prime Minister on Defence Modernisation & the Integrated Review, advising on national strategies on emerging technology. Keith is driving Fujitsu’s Digitalisation Transformation to ensure Fujitsu leads the world in innovation by 2025. Today Keith spoke about the Digital Transformation of Power, introducing topics such as the importance of geopolitics of the metaverse to national security, the criticality of space to our future prosperity & security, and the role of creative AI in decision-making.  

For further information please visit: 
•	https://www.fujitsu.com/uk/microsite/dsei/   
•	Dr Keith Dear Twitter: https://twitter.com/kpd_musing 
•	Fujitsu Defence Twitter: https://twitter.com/Fujitsu_Defence 
•	Fujitsu Defence LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/fujitsu-in-defence-and-national-security

Fujitsu Speaker Series at DSEI21: Dr Keith Dear

There is no greater catalyst for change than an unforeseen traumatic event. And we’ve just experienced one. For years we’ve been shackled by the concept of the eight-hour day; a product of the industrial revolution. Since then, the forces of globalisation, social change and technological advancement have eroded the relevance of traditional working ‘norms’ and in parallel, the dynamics of the workforce have diversified. Employees are increasingly sophisticated and expectations of ‘work’ reflect their growing desire for experiences, purpose, inclusion and transparency.  

Hear from Ami Cook, Founder and CEO of MindNavigator, Bruce Daisley, former VP of twitter and Marcus Robbins, Chief Digital Advisor at Fujitsu as they discuss how we can seize the golden opportunity we’ve been given to transform our workplaces to create a better future.

Culture Change: Why it’s now or never

Frontline workers make up 80% of the world’s workforce (some 2.7 billion of the global working population), yet these jobs that require presence are often forgotten in discussions about work-life balance, employee experience and benefits. This seems more absurd when we consider that these workers – from healthcare professionals to grocery store employees and delivery drivers – have been the lifeblood of our economy over the past year-and-a-half, selflessly putting their own health at risk in the process.

Part and parcel of this is underpinned by the fact 76% of frontline and essential workers who say they don’t have the ability to provide feedback to their headquarters (according to LumApps). But there’s also a new challenge bubbling beneath the surface: burnout. Discussions of burnout often seem to be centred on occupations associated with a certain socioeconomic level. However, you don’t often hear of cleaners, or supermarket workers (etc) as being burned out, even though their work is often objectively harder. They basically don't have the luxury to talk about burnout.

This has to change – and HR leaders must be the ones to enact it. Some 80% of leaders agree, stating how they believe that empowering frontline employees is critical to long-term business strategy. In this podcast episode, we’ll explore the ways HR leaders can make this a reality, with an in-depth, expert-led conversation that covers off ways to enrich frontline experiences and prevent burnout. Combined with a look at the ways Fujitsu and its partner(s) are striving to support HR leaders and bridge the gap between them and the frontline.

Empowering the Frontline: HR’s Role in Enriching Employee Experiences & Preventing Burnout

From the evolution of retail and hospitality to innovative ways of working, the pandemic has driven a new era in IT usage, says Tim Moody, head of global offering strategy at Fujitsu. The leaders, he says, “have been able to take their existing applications, their existing business processes, and adapt them quickly to give them value, give their customers a new way of engaging with their services rapidly.”

New Fujitsu research finds that some companies have been able to achieve this through their hybrid cloud strategy. “Hybrid computing, hybrid IT, public cloud services have allowed the really forward-looking organizations to react much more quickly to those market changes,” says Moody. 

So how are businesses using hybrid cloud to reduce risk and facilitate growth? And what potential does this hold for the future? 

In this interview Tim Moody joins Hannah Stubbings, senior editor at Longitude, a Financial Times company, to discuss how hybrid cloud is enabling new avenues for growth and risk reduction that today’s businesses need to survive.

The multi-potential of hybrid cloud

International Transgender Day of Visibility 2022

Listen to the second part of a fireside chat between Fujitsu Pride and Endeavour Group and how they have supported Oli and Connor who are transgender.

Fireside chat between Fujitsu Pride and Endeavour Group for Wear it Purple – Part 2

Listen to the first part of a fireside chat between Fujitsu Pride and Endeavour Group and how they have supported Oli and Connor who are transgender.

Fireside chat between Fujitsu Pride and Endeavour Group for Wear it Purple – Part 1

In this Fujitsu Nova series podcast episode, Keith Dear (Managing Director, Centre for Cognitive and Advanced Technologies) looks at how emerging technology could play a role in underpinning productivity and growth at a crucial time for the UK economy

Fujitsu Nova series - Episode 1 - Emerging technology

In this Fujitsu Nova series podcast episode, Dr Jason Shepherd (Director of the Digital Twin Programme Office, Centre for Cognitive and Advanced Technologies) examines the evolution of digital twins and cyber-physical systems, the role they could play in policy making and their potential impact on business

Fujitsu Nova series - Episode 2 – Digital twins

In this Fujitsu Nova series podcast episode, Ilana Wisby (CEO, Oxford Quantum Circuits) looks at how quickly quantum computing can be scaled to meet the demands of industry and the ethical considerations that policymakers should be aware of.

Fujitsu Nova series - Episode 3 – Quantum computing

In this Fujitsu Nova series podcast episode, Stephanie Hare (Researcher, Broadcaster and Author) looks at how we can ensure AI is ethically developed and applied, and what can be done to place the issue at the heart of the UK’s AI strategy and skills development plan?

Fujitsu Nova series - Episode 4 – AI ethics

In this Fujitsu Nova series podcast episode - recorded during the first live event of the ‘Nova’ series - experts from the Centre for Cognitive and Advanced Technologies and Oxford Quantum Circuits look at how emerging technology could enable sustainable growth

Fujitsu Nova series - Episode 5 – Enabling sustainable growth

Welcome to ‘mind the (sustainability) gap’. In this podcast we explore the gap that exists between aspiration and reality when it comes to delivering measurable outcomes from sustainability initiatives. 

With pressed resources and targets to meet, where can business look for inspiration and innovation that will create capacity for sustainable change and be good for business? Who is doing this well and what can we learn from them?
 
Three guests join Fujitsu’s Emma Chatwin to discuss the factors that will help bridge the sustainability gap in future. Marga Hoek, global thought leader, author and board director, advisor to G20, G7 Climate Change & Cop 23, Leo Johnson, Presenter of BBC Radio 4 “Hacking Capitalism” and Head of Disruption & Innovation at PwC, and Valerie Oosterhoff, Fujitsu’s Sustainable development lead for Europe.

Mind the (sustainability) gap

Join Nicki Elkin (they/them) from Pride in Diversity and Rebecca Gallegos (she/her)  Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lead – Oceania talking about the support Pride and Diversity provide and the insights that they are seeing across the workplace that impact the LGBTI+ community.

Pride Podcast - Nicki and Rebecca

In this podcast episode from Fujitsu’s Nova series - shining a light on how innovation will impact the current and future direction of the UK economy - experts from The Centre for Cognitive and Advanced Technologies, Oxford Brookes Business School and Sussex University discuss the role which entrepreneurship could play in bridging the productivity gap between the UK and other G7 economies.

Fujitsu Nova series - Episode 6 – Entrepreneurship and innovation

With everyone’s heightened interest in COVID-19 and the growing volume of pandemic related email from both internal and external sources, attackers are using COVID-19 phishing lures to target cloud-based email users as part of widespread phishing campaigns.

Phishing - Ensure Employees Know How To Spot COVID - 19 Phishing Emails

Many IT leaders consider applying security patches to software as something that must be highly governed to minimize the chance of negatively affecting IT operations. However, in their quest to achieve perfection, companies often fall behind in patch management routines, unnecessarily increasing their attack surface.

Patching - Don’t Let Perfect Be The Enemy Of Good

Remote working practices have created new security challenges and making sure that your staff are fully aware of their responsibilities and how to reduce the impact of cyber threats is key to keeping systems, data and customers secure during the pandemic.

Why education is critical for secure remote working

Keeping staff productive during the pandemic means that they need remote access to the right systems.  But how do you ensure that they can access those systems reliably and securely?

Ensuring reliable and secure network access

A home office still needs to be a secure environment to protect businesses from cyberattacks and data breaches. Hear what our expert suggest needs to be considered to keep the home office secure.

Maintaining a secure environment for remote workers

There’s no doubt that the cloud is a business enabler. But the increasing use of cloud introduces the cyber-risk of the unknown.  Hear how you can discover the unknown risks to help you stay secure.

Hitting the moving target of Cloud Security

An engaged workforce can support rapid recovery and drive innovation. Therefore, employee experience is more important than ever before. But good EX is more than just reimagining the office space. 

From giving employees a sense of purpose to trusting them to do the best job they can, the entire business culture needs to be rethought from the ground up. 

Transformation starts with culture, people and purpose.
 
Working remotely has provided a huge shift of work culture across industries, where organizations need to find a way to remain close to their employees when physically they might be far away. 
 
Join digital workplace expert Sharon O’Dea as she unpacks what it means to deliver great employee experience. 
Guest speakers:

•	Dave Wright, Chief Innovation Officer, ServiceNow
•	Tim White, Corporate Executive Office, SVP, Head of Global Delivery Group, Fujitsu

The importance of Employee Experience

Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company, offering a full range of technology products, solutions and services. Approximately 132,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with our customers.

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