On the Priorities podcast, New York state acting CIO Jennifer Lorenz says that nearly a decade after the state’s massive IT consolidation, data and privacy will drive the next era of maturity for the state’s technology operations.

Also on the podcast, StateScoop’s Keely Quinlan explains the latest in biometric privacy legislation and policy. 
https://statescoop.com/biometric-data-definition-states-ftc/

Ohio’s Katrina Flory talks about her focus on next-generation 911.

StateScoop 50 Award winner Red Hat’s Doug Ross also joins the show to talk about IT modernization.
https://statescoop.com/list/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2023-statescoop-50-awards/

In the news this week:

The National Association of Counties is creating a new committee to explore artificial intelligence.
https://statescoop.com/county-government-ai-risk-ethics-uses/

Washington state’s tech bureau is staffing up with the hire of a new CISO, CDO, CTO and chief of staff in recent months.
https://statescoop.com/washington-state-watech-cio-cto-cdo/

Cybersecurity planning and training is lacking across multiple branches of government in Utah, according to a report from the state legislature’s watchdog office. 
https://statescoop.com/utah-cyber-audit-finds-shortfalls-across-state/

StateScoop’s Priorities Podcast is available every Thursday. 
Listen more here.
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Data, privacy next steps for New York state IT

The lads start by anticipating another day out at the tennis that Producer Pierre, who isn’t going, hopes will fall foul of the British weather. They start with their previous tennis enabler Orange, which is the latest operator to abandon an attempt at diversifying its business. Iain then attempts to summarise the strategic partnership announced between Nokia and Red Hat in language Scott can understand, before the latter finishes with some rants about political intrusion in the tech sector.

Orange, NokiaHat and politics

Fresh from a spot of lunch with Red Hat, the lads start by reflecting on a great day out at Wimbledon with Vodafone and some of chats that were had between games. They move on to discuss a new Twitter-like social media platform launched by Facebook-owner Meta, before concluding with a round up of the latest news concerning Chinese tech giant Huawei.

Threedafone, Threads and Huawei

The Red Hat changes in how they publish the source code for CentOS sent a stream specifically, but unlike all the other conversations that I've heard, we dive into how enterprises can inoculate themselves from this type of disruptive change. We also address what it means for the ecosystem of vendors and how we can build better software in response to the potential fragmentation of Red Hat, Linux Enterprise Linux or Enterprise Linux distros. 

This was a surprising conversation, because we addressed a lot of important trends in how companies depend on Linux stability, and what they could do. If you are in this boat with all of us looking at how to have stable long term secure infrastructure using Linux, you will love this podcast.

Sources:
https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/10/oracle_ibm_rhel_code/
https://www.zdnet.com/article/oracle-takes-on-red-hat-in-linux-code-fight/
https://www.suse.com/news/SUSE-Preserves-Choice-in-Enterprise-Linux/
https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-snap-and-flatpak-make-linux-a-better-os-for-the-average-user/ 

Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/dmrcCulS0X1CC4YGHOWtzMdXyio?utm_source=copy_url
Image: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-people-sitting-beside-table-3182755/

Future of Centos and Enterprise Linux

In this Tech Barometer podcast, Red Hat’s Bev Gunn and Richard Harmon take listeners into the collaborative world of open source software and explain why it can lead to responsible AI.

Find more enterprise cloud news, features stories and profiles at The Forecast:
http://www.theforecastbynutanix.com

Transcript:
https://media24.connectedsocialmedia.com/nutanix/07/20755/Role_Open_Source_AI.pdf

Related:
Can Open Source Software Help Resolve AI Trust Issues?
https://www.nutanix.com/theforecastbynutanix/technology/role-of-open-source-software-in-rise-of-ai

Open Source Software Powering Business Application Boom
https://www.nutanix.com/theforecastbynutanix/technology/benefits-of-open-source-software-for-app-development

The Race to Hybrid Multicloud Interoperability
https://www.nutanix.com/theforecastbynutanix/technology/hybrid-multicloud-interoperability-in-cloud-computing

IT Leaders Get AI-Ready and Go
https://www.nutanix.com/theforecastbynutanix/news/it-leaders-get-ai-ready-and-go

Birth of a Hypervisor That Unleashed the Hybrid Multicloud Era
https://www.nutanix.com/theforecastbynutanix/technology/origin-of-nutanix-ahv-hypervisorhttps://www.nutanix.com/theforecastbynutanix/technology/origin-of-nutanix-ahv-hypervisor

IT Team Modifies Open Source NetBox to Help Manage Hybrid Multicloud
https://www.nutanix.com/theforecastbynutanix/technology/netbox-improvement-adding-multicloud-asset-search

Unlocking Benefits of Hybrid Multicloud IT Automation
https://www.nutanix.com/theforecastbynutanix/technology/automating-hybrid-multicloud-data-center-inventory-management

Artificial Intelligence

Role of Open Source in AI

Each Wednesday, StateScoop’s Priorities Podcast explores the latest in state and local government technology news and analysis. Listen to in-depth conversations with government and industry’s top executives, and learn about trending stories affecting state and local IT leaders ranging from modernization and digital accessibility to the latest advances in generative artificial intelligence.

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