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ICTP 328: A 2024 update on ICANN and why we all should be more involved in current and upcoming activities, with Albert Daniels

Posted by Michele Marius | 13 Nov 2024 | Podcast Episodes

To the outsider, the internet-related issues that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is addressing can seem intimidating. But individuals, micro or small businesses, among others, are part of the end-user constituency and are critical players in ICANN’s policy development process.

In our latest conversation with Albert Daniels, the Senior Manager for Stakeholder Engagement for the Caribbean, we discuss some of the latest developments in the ICANN Space. Some of the areas covered include: what exactly is ICANN and why it is important; the Registration Data Request Service and the implications for law enforcement; the new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Program; and how Caribbean countries could benefit from this and other upcoming initiatives.

ICTP 327: Ramblings. Would you let AI make all of your decisions?

Posted by Michele Marius | 6 Nov 2024 | Podcast Episodes

In this podcast episode, our host, Michele Marius is alone – no guests – and sharing her thoughts on a recent article published in the New York Times in which the writer allowed AI to make all of her decisions for a week. The article sent Michele down a rabbit hole (of sorts) and had her ponder whether, in the context of AI, we could have too much of a good thing.

ICTP 326: Our continuing vulnerability to cyberattacks, ESG versus CSR versus ICT, and Caribbean consultants becoming true digital nomads

Posted by Michele Marius | 30 Oct 2024 | Podcast Episodes

In our October 2024 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Debbie Jollie, the Stammering Communicator who is based in Trinidad and Tobago, and Technology Architect and Digital Transformation Consultant, Garfield Gordon, of Jamaica, the panel discusses: our continuing vulnerability to cyberattacks; ESG versus CSR and the effects on ICT; and Caribbean consultants becoming true digital nomads.

ICTP 325: BPO and offshore outsourcing in the Caribbean update, with Wayne Sinclair of the Global Services Association of Jamaica

Posted by Michele Marius | 23 Oct 2024 | Podcast Episodes

Globally, offshore outsourcing is a huge market and growing. By 2030, it is expected to be valued at half a trillion dollars! It is thus highly dynamic and competitive with Caribbean countries trying to maintain and even increase their size of pie. Wayne Sinclair, the current President of the Global Services Association of Jamaica, formerly the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica, joins us to discuss the state of the industry, including: whether Jamaica’s outsourcing industry can continue to grow and remain globally competitive; the impact technologies such as AI and Robotic Process Automation are having on the industry; what it might take to move up the value chain; and his thoughts on the future of outsourcing.

ICTP 324: Video game development, the benefits and opportunities in the Caribbean region

Posted by Michele Marius | 16 Oct 2024 | Podcast Episodes

Although we have all played video games, video games developed by Caribbean developers appear to have little or no visibility. Moreover, there is no video game development industry in the region to speak of, and the underpinning ecosystem remains underdeveloped. However, by 2023, the size of the global video games industry is expected by valued at half a trillion US Dollars! We circle back to a 2021 conversation we had with video game developers, Glen Henry, of Spritewrench Studios, and Graham Reid, of GrahamOfLegend, where they discussed the state of game development and the potential and opportunities in the Caribbean region, including: the economic benefits for Caribbean countries; the region’s strengths and weaknesses; the business of video gaming development; and advice for individuals who want to get into game development.

Category: Podcast Episodes

ICTP 328: A 2024 update on ICANN and why we all should be more involved in current and upcoming activities, with Albert Daniels

ICTP 327: Ramblings. Would you let AI make all of your decisions?

ICTP 326: Our continuing vulnerability to cyberattacks, ESG versus CSR versus ICT, and Caribbean consultants becoming true digital nomads

ICTP 325: BPO and offshore outsourcing in the Caribbean update, with Wayne Sinclair of the Global Services Association of Jamaica

ICTP 324: Video game development, the benefits and opportunities in the Caribbean region

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