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We’re taking our techies out of the data centre and our Proactivists away from their desks, to explore the hottest news, trends and topics in the world of IT. Join our guest hosts as they team up with experts from across the industry to chat all things technology – providing unique industry insight and a witty repartee you won’t want to miss!

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Episode 6:

CyberUK 2025: Key Takeaways with Shane Wallace

27 March 2025 | 39 min

Datacentre Unplugged returns with a special wrap-up episode from CyberUK 2025—one of the premier events in the cyber resilience calendar. Hosted in Manchester by the UK Government’s National Cyber Security Centre, this internationally recognised gathering brought together cybersecurity professionals from 32 countries to explore the latest trends, threats, and innovations shaping the cyber security landscape.

Joining us is Shane Wallace, Chief Technologist for Resilience at Proact, who shares his top reflections from the event. In this episode, Shane also delivers a compelling follow-up to our last podcast with more information on the recent wave of cyberattacks affecting major UK retailers including M&SCo-op, and Harrods. Shane offers his insights into what these developments reveal about the evolving threat landscape and what organisations can learn from these attacks.

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Episode 5:

Unpicking the M&S cyberattack with Shane Wallace

03 March 2025 | 40 min

Datacentre unplugged is back with a special edition of our podcast, all about the recent cyberattacks that have impacted M&S, Coop and other retailers. We’re joined by Shane Wallace, Proacts ‘Chief Technologist’ for Resilience and Recovery.

Shane helps to shed light on what may have happened at M&S, what they have likely been experiencing in recent weeks, and what other organisations can learn from this experience.

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Episode 4:

Preparing for new legislation: What NIS2 and DORA mean for Operational Resilience

06 February 2024 | 47 min

New DORA and NIS2 legislation changes offer a critical chance for organisations to revise their cyber security strategies; ensuring they have end-to-end resiliency, while enhancing client and staff satisfaction, and ultimately ensuring against financial loss. It’s no longer ok, to rely on your security posture to keep you safe from cyber attacks – you must be able to recover. You must be Operationally Resilient. You must do so by October 2024..

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Episode 3:

Saving the planet and your IT budget: Moving your IT to a sustainable future

21 November 2023 | 41 min

In this episode, we explore how organisations are using IT to move towards net zero. Climate change, changing attitudes and the higher cost of energy are bringing sustainability higher up the IT agenda. We will shed light on the CO2 and cost savings that are being achieved today through sustainable IT decisions, as well as the scale of the problem facing the industry. 

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Episode 2:

From Chaos to Clarity: Navigating Workspace Transformations - Part 2

22 September 2023 | 39 min

In the second of this two-part workspace series, we’ll be covering the practical steps you should take if you’re affected by recent licensing and end-of-life announcements from Microsoft, Citrix & VMWare. We’ll explore the key components of a successful workspace strategy, examples of how businesses are transforming their hybrid working, and the technology and services available to achieve it.

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Episode 1:

From Chaos to Clarity: Navigating Workspace Transformations - Part 1

22 September 2023 | 40 min

In the first of this two part workspace series we’ll be talking about new licensing announcements from Microsoft, Citrix and VMware and how they are challenging traditional remote working models by creating price hikes and end of life issues across the industry. We’ll also be exploring how organisations are achieving true hybrid working and touch on Microsoft’s Roadmap for the future.

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Data Centre unplugged

19 September 2023 | 38 sec

Data Centre Unplugged from PROACT is a podcast where we take the ‘techies’ out of the data centres to explore the latest news, trends, and technologies across the world of enterprise IT. Join our guest hosts as they team up with industry experts to unpick the technology and share the insight that you need to know.

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