Bits, Bytes & Beyond
Bits, Bytes & Beyond
Podcast Description
Bits, Bytes & Beyond, hosted by Trent Blakely, Head of Product Marketing at PCCW Global, is a podcast that goes beyond the buzzwords and dives deep into the real-world challenges of how data moves – and what may happen when things go wrong. Each episode features candid conversations with industry experts, breaking down technical use cases and unpacking the strategies that actually work.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes of cloud computing, data migration, network connectivity issues, and real-world technical challenges with episodes that include topics like multi-cloud deployment pitfalls and connectivity intricacies across AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure, striving to provide practical strategies and insights for tech practitioners.
Bits, Bytes & Beyond, hosted by Trent Blakely, Head of Product Marketing at PCCW Global, is a podcast that goes beyond the buzzwords and dives deep into the real-world challenges of how data moves – and what may happen when things go wrong. Each episode features candid conversations with industry experts, breaking down technical use cases and unpacking the strategies that actually work.
Last mile connectivity has always been the most challenging, and as bandwidth demands grow and applications move closer to users, it isn’t getting any easier.
In episode 5 of Bits, Bytes & Beyond, host Trent Blakely sits down with Shaheen Kalla, Presales Team Lead at PCCW Global, to unpack why the last mile remains such a complex piece of the puzzle, how it’s changed and where it’s headed.
Episode chapters:
(00:00) Start
(01:07) Intro
(03:08) What's the single biggest unsolved problem in last mile connectivity that you faced?
(12:36) When designing resilience into the last mile, what trade-offs or creative solutions have actually worked, and which have failed?
(19:52) How has the shift to cloud and SaaS changed the way you approach last‑mile connectivity compared to the old data‑centre model?
(23:53) How else have you seen the last mile change over the last 5 to 10 years?
(26:09) Do you see technologies like 5G or Leo satellites as realistic last mile replacements in enterprise environments or only as niche backups?
(31:33) If you had a blank slate, how would you reimagine the last mile for today’s distributed workforce and hybrid cloud world?
(37:34) Final thoughts
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