Explain IT

Helen Gidney

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Booking Overview

A monthly interview show focused on enterprise IT, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, data protection, and emerging technology, typically featuring senior technologists from major technology vendors alongside Softcat specialists. Credible pitches include technology executives, chief technologists, cybersecurity and data-protection leaders, and cloud or infrastructure experts with practical enterprise experience; booking difficulty is high because recent guests hold senior roles at prominent technology companies.

Metrics

Episodes: 99

Frequency: Monthly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: United Kingdom

YouTube: 1.1k subscribers

Instagram: 3.1k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Helen Gidney - Head of Architecture at Softcat with expertise in enterprise technology and IT architecture.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Senior technology leaders, chief technologists, and subject-matter experts from major enterprise technology companies, with practical expertise in cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data protection, or data sovereignty.
Required Achievements:  
Leadership of enterprise technology platforms or solutions, Recognized expertise in cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, or data protection, Senior role at a prominent enterprise technology company

Recent Guest Discussions

Tim Loake - Enterprise Artificial Intelligence, Data Sovereignty, Hybrid Cloud, On-premise Infrastructure, Supply Chains, Consumption Models, And Automation.

James Blake - Cyber Resilience, Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, Ransomware Response, Backup Security, Clean-room Recovery, And Artificial Intelligence-enabled Threats.

Sabina Anja - Data Sovereignty, Cloud Governance, The Cloud Act, GDPR, Cloud Repatriation, Private And Sovereign Cloud, Containers, Kubernetes, And Infrastructure For Artificial Intelligence.

Recent Topics

Enterprise Technology, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Data Sovereignty, It Infrastructure

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Explain IT
:

The AI Reality Check: Enterprise IT & Infrastructure Insights from Dell Tech World 2026

June 30, 2026

Helen Gidney, Softcat's Head of Architecture, heads to Las Vegas (in spirit, at least) with Tim Loake from Dell Technologies and Softcat's own Tim Jeans to pick apart the biggest announcements from Dell Technologies World 2026.If you work in enterprise IT, this one is especially worth your time. The conversation covers where AI has actually landed after years of hype, why data sovereignty is reshaping infrastructure decisions, and what the current supply chain situation means for your budget ...

Cyber Resiliency: The Prevention, Response and Recovery

April 28, 2026

Is your business truly cyber resilient, or are you one malicious click away from a system lockdown?In this episode of Softcat's Explain It podcast, host Helen Gidney is joined by James Blake from Cohesity and Gary Hawkins from Softcat to work through what modern data protection and recovery actually looks like, and why it differs from traditional disaster recovery.They discuss why cyber resilience can't be bought off the shelf, how conventional DR approaches risk reintroducing threats into a ...

Data Sovereignty in a Multi Cloud World

February 24, 2026

"It’s not just about where your data lives - it’s about who should, or shouldn’t, have access to it."In this episode of Softcat’s Explain IT podcast, host Helen Gidney, Head of Architecture at Softcat, is joined by Sabina Anja, Chief Technologist, VMware Cloud Foundation at Broadcom, and Gary Hawkins, Chief Technologist, Hybrid Platforms at Softcat, to demystify the complexities of Data Sovereignty.As organisations face increasing regulatory pressure and the rapid adoption of AI, understandin...

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