CRLIVE51 Microsoft Ignite 2025: Undercover Cloud with Alistair Speirs, Microsoft
Description
Hello San Francisco - we're arrived for Microsoft Ignite 2025!
The #CloudRealities podcast team has landed this week in San Francisco, we're bringing you the best updates right from the heart of the event. Join us to connect AI at scale, cloud modernization, and secure innovation—empowering organizations to become AI-first.
Plus, we'll keep you updated on all the latest news and juicy gossip.
Dave, Esmee, and Rob continue their conversation with Alistair Speirs, GM of Global Infrastructure for Microsoft’s Azure Business Group, exploring how to build and scale the AI and Cloud datacenters of the future worldwide—while also addressing sovereignty requirements.
TLDR
00:40 – Introduction to Alistair Speirs
04:42 – Keynote highlights and Expo floor insights
06:50 – Deep dive conversation with Alistair
36:36 – Favorite IT-themed movie, using your brain as compute storage, and why people still matter
Guest
Alistair Speirs: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alistair/
Hosts
Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/
Esmee van de Giessen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/esmeevandegiessen/
Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/
Production
Marcel van der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-vd-burg/
Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/
Sound
Ben Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/
Louis Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/
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