Technology Labs

Our guest is Finn Lorbeer (Director of Engineering at MOIA). With him we find out why one great performing autonomous car can master autonomous driving. This opposed to a fleet of cars that are 'semi'-autonomous. There are some great examples of traffic jams caused by deadlocked autonomous cars (either stand-alone or with each other).

Our podcast is not complete without tech updates and in this episode we discuss the gadget guide of 2023 (which turns out not to be so innovative) and how AI can help Formula 1 to guard 1000's of track violations in one race (a digital referee of sorts).

Gadget gift list EoY 2023 

Automate every step in your product creation proces so you can focus on real creativity. Every step along the way of creating a piece of code and eventually an integrated product can be automated. The creation of the (embedded) code itself is the creative part but all the rest: let's automate!

Together with Richard van de Laarschot (chief solution architect quality assurance at Capgemini Engineering) we explore how smart we can make hyper automation. A good message: Be aware not to fall in the bias trap that with a hyper automated production pipeline we find out that the developer working on the most complex parts is responsible for the most defects.

The two tech topics for this episode are:

Can Chat GPT help to test a Web page?

With this question Paul started his exploration of what is possible with current generation AI. His Youtube video shows his experiment and in this podcast we talk about all the possibilities of adding AI to our test toolkit. Just as with test automation it can speed up so much of the test activities we do. Having a 'robot' at your side, helping you out with the obvious stuff gives you so much focus on the creative and volatile aspects of test engineering that is almost a crime not to use it.

Of course there is room in this podcast to talk about tech updates. The James Webb telescope is producing awesome images of the rings of Uranus and there is the imminent launch of JUICE. Keeping in with the space theme we also discuss Star Wars celebrations and the releases of some new Star Wars series and movies!

Again a podcast you do not want to miss out on!

Can ChatGPT help to test a webpage?

The carbon footprint of worldwide IT already represents 1,5x of civil aviation and it is expected to increase in the upcoming years. A good starting point to look for more sustainable IT and reducing that footprint. We talk with Wilson Camargo Junior (Sustainability and Intelligent Industry Consultant) and discuss the options for IT solutions that have a lower impact on for example CO2 emissions. Simple actions as using your phone a year longer can make a difference. And we can take up that action. It is better to mine the heap of discarded electronics in stead of mining our beloved planet.

ChatGTP, Dall E are but examples of how accessible Artificial Intelligence (AI) is currently. With Weiwei Feng we discuss the current state of AI and its merits. AI has its ethical dilemmas and it is difficult to check if AI is doing what you want. The possibilities are endless and that is what we explore in this podcast.

The tech topics of this podcast episode are:

Today, we have Tobias Zimmergren as our guest in this episode of the podcast! Tobias is Senior Architecture Content Lead at Microsoft and has recently released guidance on how to architect your solutions in the most sustainable way. This guidance is part of the Azure Well-Architectured Framework and in he tells us all about it during this episode! 

If you want to read more about the Sustainability guidance, make sure to read this blog by Tobias:

Have you ever wondered what governments do to comply to all kinds of security, compliance and policy requirements? Microsoft has introduced Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty to support governments and public sector customers with just that. In this episode, Michiel van Otegem (Principal Program Manager at Microsoft) is our guest to explain us all about it.

Next to that, we of course talk about our tech updates:

In this episode, Pepijn Paap is our guest. Pepijn is Lead SAP/ERP Business Assurance Management Consultant & Test Master at Sogeti. He will tell us everything about the latest developments in SAP. With all the core processes that run on SAP workloads around the world, this is a very interesting topic to know more about!

Of course, we start with our tech updates:

Sustainability is a very hot topic right now. In this episode, we will talk with Maheshwar about this subject. Maheshwar is Global Quality Engineering & Testing Sales Leader at Sogeti Global. He has been researching sustainability for a couple of years now. 

During this episode, the following tech items are discussed:

New rules for people in self-driving cars

The term "MLOps" refers to deploying, managing, and monitoring machine learning models in production. It takes best practices from the field of DevOps and utilizes them for the unique challenges that arise running machine learning systems in production. In this episode, MLOps is the main subject. Tia and Ed are our guests and provide valuable insights about this exciting subject! 

During this episode, we discussed the following tech updates:

Spotify Car Thing gets 'add to queue' and call answering features

Collaborate on code, a 3D print stl-file or CAD drawing or on a document. Github is at the root of all of this. Now the worlds largest collaboration tool and full of features you might not have heard of. Together with Jeff Beehler from Github we talk you trough the basis of Github, find out its latest and greatest features but also how inner source can act as a quality gatekeeper for the outside world.

The metaverse is one big digital environment and a windmill can be represented by a nice digital wireframe image. Are they digital twins? Together with Jeroen Kersten we take a look at three different instances of a digital twin (digital assets, digital production and digital organisations). A lot of examples come by ranging from the Digital Twin of Sweden for mining transportation optimisation and windmill farm. Digital Twins are not those wireframe or CAD images you sometimes see with some data plotted on them. They ARE data. An elastic knowledge graph or a infinite mind map as Jeroen puts it shows the full potential of the digital twin. Ask your question in the context of the twin you are looking at and all the interconnections and relations become visible, hopefully solving your puzzle. Now only to integrate GPT3 natural language interpretation to these digital twin environments and we can just talk to our models to get the info we want.

It is the Matrix all over the place in this episode of the technology labs podcast. Of course we have a set of technology updates at the start of the podcast and in this case it was about:

Meta’s market value plunges by $230 billion in one day

Can Deepa Mamtani do a better prediction on AI for 2022 than AI itself? This is the episode for you to learn more about how AI is taking shape the coming year. Not unsurprisingly generative AI has a place but there is so much more. A little bit more explanation on what you can expect to be doing with machine learning algorithms the coming year is all revealed in this podcast.

Our tech updates cover a variety of topics. The tech this episode spans VR and fun one: Baby shark!

Baby Shark is the first YouTube video to surpass 10 billion views - The Verge

Technology is evolving rapidly. We can hardly keep up with research done on AI and its commercial implications. With AI thought leader Johan Steyn from Johannesburg, South Africa, we discuss the latest developments on AI and automation. During this podcast we talk about current generations not needing a driving license, solar powered headphones, brain interaction and the name change to Meta from Facebook.

Let us know your thoughts on AI or any questions you have on the topics. We are scheduling a series of AI episodes with Johan Steyn. Any questions for him we will make sure to ask him in one of er next podcasts.r

Let us know your thoughts on AI or any questions you have on the topics. We are scheduling a series of AI episodes with Johan Steyn. Any questions for him we will make sure to ask him in one of er next podcasts.

The links to the tech topics are:

Facebook changes its name to Meta as part of company rebrand

Together with Quantum expert Julian van Velzen we discussed the current state of Quantum computing. We encounter a lot of quantum computing links when discussing heavy computing calculations. In this podcast we take a look to some news items and their link to quantum computing (can you do crypto mining with quantum computing for example). To take things to the next level we even get the improbability drive from the book by Douglas Adams "Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy" into our quantum discussion. In under an hour you have your update on quantum in your ears.

Microsoft says it mitigated the largest DDoS attack ever recorded

It is not a question of what to automate but when to start with test automation. Vincent Wijnen talks with us on the current state of test automation. Products or applications that are (automatically) tested are evolving rapidly. Should test automation evolve just as fast? Before answering this question, Vincent shows us the values of test automation and that it needs to be quantified. 

Be sure to check out the current state of test automation in the technology labs podcast!

Starting the podcast we always look at some tech updates and in this episode we discuss the take over of MailChimp for $12B. An astonishing amount of money. Is it worth it? New vendors are entering the smart glasses market. Ray-ban, Xiaomi and facebook are busy with this technology. During the podcast Rik even weighs his own glasses to compare it with a smart version. Listen to find out our conclusions!

Quality Experience Day 2021 

Theme: Level Up! with Quality Engineering

The QX Day is an annual event organized for and by Sogeti. It is the largest event in the Netherlands in the field of quality engineering and testing! The event is interesting for anyone who is concerned with IT quality. So certainly not just for the specialists and testers themselves.

We offer a complete and inspiring program full of keynotes, practical stories and workshops, both in Dutch and a number of tracks in English. Learn from other organisations, meet colleagues and let yourself be updated. 

SIGN UP HERE to be part of the QXDAY 2021:

Ron Meyer is managing director of the Center for Strategy & Leadership, an international consulting and management development organization, dedicated to improving companies' competences in the areas of strategic thinking, leadership, entrepreneurship, business innovation and change management. We connected a tech outlook with making strategic business choices. In this podcast we find out that the answer to a good strategic tech outlook is probably that there is no answer. A reassuring thought for some maybe. Ron explains strategic choices if your company should "marry" or should be the "bachelor". How this holds for a clothing company compared to a car manufacturer is what you will find out in the 18th episode of the Technology Labs podcast.

The tech items present in this podcast are:

AI Could Soon Write Code Based on Ordinary Language

In the 17th episode of the technology labs podcast series our guest is Erika Paasche who is Managing Director at iSQI. She joins us from Germany and tells us all about online exams and remote proctoring. A very fitting topic for education and courses in COVID times. We do so much online that taking a course and doing an exam is transferred to online space. Guaranteeing the same value for an online exam as a physical exam requires some thought. We discuss the process to get to that situation and we learn more about how these online exams are done.

The tech updates for this technology labs podcast are:

Menno van Doorn is the guest in this episode of Technology Labs. He talks about the new book "playing with reality", which he wrote with his colleagues Sander Duivestein and Thijs Pepping. Also, we have our tech updates:

In this episode, we don't have guest! We have our tech updates and we talk about the upcoming year!

In this episode Johan Clausen is our guest. Johan is Event manager & Pursuit Lead at Capgemini Danmark. During this episode we talk with him about eSports! But next to all those interesting subjects, we also have our tech items:

In this episode, Dona Sarkar from Microsoft is our guest. Dona is Principal Advocate for the Power Platform at Microsoft. We talk with her about the Power Platform, her love for the African continent, and the community that she's active in. She used to lead the Windows Insider Program and that's something we touch on as well! Next to all these highly interesting subjects, we also have our tech updates:

In this episode, Lodewijk Bogaards - CTO at StackState - is our guest. Lodewijk tells us all about why he started the company, the 4T Data Model and a lot more.  StackState has been named by Gartner as a Key Vendor in their Market Guide for AIOps Platforms 2019. Make sure to listen to this episode to learn more about what makes StackState special!

During this episode, Berend - Expert Backend Developer at Sogeti - will tell us all about the book he co-wrote together with Rik Marselis, Wouter Ruigrok & Dennis Geurtsen. The book is called "Quality for DevOps Teams" and will be released very soon. Next to that, there are also some tech updates!

During this episode Erik Haahr tells us all about purposeful architecture and social desirability. Erik Haahr is Managing Consultant at Capgemini Sogeti Denmark.

During this episode we have Andrew Fullen as our guest. Andrew Fullen is Head of Technology and Innovation at Sogeti UK. We talk with him about the World Quality Report and other tech items.

During this episode, Eva Holmquist is our guest. She is a Senior Test Specialist and has a particular interest in Artificial Intelligence. 

During this episode, we have Antoine Aymer as our guest. He gave a talk at the QX Day 2019 and we interviewed him about that.

During this episode we have Gitte Ottosen as our guest. We will talk about SAFe, Agile at enterprise level and release trains.

During the first episode of Technology Labs we have a chat with Trine Balle Jensen of Lego and Michiel Boreel (CTO of the Sogeti Group) about the Future of Play. This interview was recorded at VINT Symposium. 

We also talk about some news: