NatChat - The Natilik Podcast
Episodes
87 episodes
The Three Pillars of Great Wi-Fi
In this episode of NatChat, Natilik's wireless experts Ashley Mead and Dan Johnson discuss the evolution of Wireless Walks, built around three pillars of great Wi-Fi: Coverage, Configuration, and Client Experience. They explore how combin...
NatChat - The Chip Shortage Explained: What Rising Memory Prices Mean for Your Infrastructure Strategy
In this episode of NatChat, Nick Diesel, Multi-Cloud Solutions Architect at Natilik, is joined by Matyas Prokop, Technology Director for Multi-Cloud, to dig into one of the biggest challenges facing IT leaders right now - chip shortages, soarin...
NatChat - Optimise Your Data Centre Spend With Dell APEX's Cloud Cost Model
In this episode of NatChat, Matyas Prokop, Technology Director for Multi-Cloud at Natilik, is joined by Matt Goodley, EMEA APEX Sales Leader from Dell to explore the growing shift towards consumption-based infrastructure - and why Dell Apex is ...
NatChat - Navigating VMware in a Changing Landscape: What Tech Leaders Need to Know Before Their Next Renewal
In this episode of NatChat, Jordan Checker is joined by Natilik’s Multi-Cloud Solutions Architect, Nick Diesel, to explore how the VMware landscape is changing and what it means for organisations approaching their next renewal.The conver...
Simplicity Equals Reliability: Greenergy's Blueprint for Better Meeting Spaces
What does it take to make meeting rooms that nobody complains about?For Greenergy's IT & Security Director James Herbert, the answer was simple - literally. In this episode of Nat Chat, James joins host Jason Welch, Principal Archite...
NatChat - Spring clean your cloud and optimise your spend
In this episode, we dive into the world of cost optimisation with Glenn Rogers, UK Sales Lead for IT Asset Management and FinOps at Crayon. Glenn shares practical insights on how organisations can set themselves up for success when tackling cos...
NatChat - Decisions That Scale - The Key Decisions Shaping Collaboration in a Hybrid World
In this episode of NatChat's new series, Decisions That Scale, Ian Anderson is joined by James Hinton, Collaboration Solutions Director at Natilik, to explore how collaboration is evolving as hybrid work becomes the default way organis...
NatChat - Navigating Hybrid & Sovereign Cloud: Assurance, Resilience and Control in a Multi‑Cloud World
In this episode of NatChat, host Emma Simpkin, Service Architect at Natilik, is joined by Adam Bonny, Group CTO, to unpack the realities of today’s hybrid and multi‑cloud environments, and why sovereignty, resilience and assurance are now front...
NatChat - Reflecting on the AI trends of 2025
In this episode of NatChat, the Natilik Multi-Cloud team dives deep into the evolving world of AI and its impact on businesses. Host Nicholas Diesel, Solutions Architect is joined by Nigel Pyne, Principal Architect for Multi-Cloud, and Jordan C...
NatChat - The Future of Meetings: Smart Spaces, Sensors & Seamless Tech
In this episode of NatChat Jason Welch, Principal Architect for Collaboration at Natilik, sits down with Gary Belnkarn, Collaboration Solutions Engineer at Cisco, to explore the evolving world of meeting spaces. Gary shares insights...
NatChat - The truth about network complexity (and how to beat it)
In this episode, Natilik's Emma Simpkin and Ashley Georgeson uncover why enterprise networking has become more challenging than ever - and what businesses can do to stay secure, agile, and innovative without drowning in complexity.Wha...
NatChat -The CX trends for 2026
In this episode of NatChat Jonathan Charlton is joined by Natalee Wiggins and Sarah Stevenson from NICE to explore the CX trends for 2026.They dive into:• The common pitfalls organisations face when scaling CX• How loyalty ...
NatChat - Why do AI projects fail?
In this episode of NatChat Ihab El Ghazzawi from Dell Technologies explores a critical question: Why do AI projects fail? Drawing on years of experience across industries, Ihab shares insights into the common pitfalls organisations fac...
NatChat - The evolution of Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi 8
In this episode Wi-Fi expert Ashley Mead talks us through the evolution of Wi-Fi from the very beginning all the way into the future with Wi-Fi 8.Walk through every iteration of this intrinsic technology and how business priorities have ...
NatChat - Rethinking your meeting spaces in 2026 – why it’s not just about the tech
In this episode, Jason Welch is joined by Josh Coombes and Emma Simpkin to explore why the future of meeting spaces isn’t just about upgrading hardware - it’s about embracing a new service paradigm. Discover how Natilik’s Meeting...
NatChat - Do you really need all those cables?
In this episode, Jason Welch, Natilik’s Principal Architect for Collaboration, joins Russell Harpham to explore why meeting spaces have become so complex - and how we can simplify them.Here’s what you’ll learn: ✅ Consistency ...
NatChat - Cisco 2025 Unwrapped
In this episode of NatChat, Ian Anderson, Field CTO at Natilik, sits down with Joachim Mason, Director at Cisco UK & Ireland, to reflect on Cisco’s transformative year and explore what’s on the horizon for 2026.Fresh from Cisco...
NatChat - Securing commerce with Verkada
Rob Eldridge sat down with Ardon Anderson from Verkada to discuss all things retail security! From minimising shrinkage to actionable real time insights, this episode looks at multiple different angles on how data and intelligence f...
NatChat - What keeps a CISO up at night?
This Natchat episode explores the evolving challenges faced by CISOs in balancing sprawling legacy infrastructures with the need to deliver innovative digital experiences. Cloudflare’s Shaz Camali and Mike Awford highlight how organ...
NatChat - Reflecting on 2025's Webex One announcements: the key takeaways for Natilik's tech leaders
In this episode we are joined by Jonathon Charlton, Customer Experience Solutions Director and James Hinton, Collaboration Solutions Director to share their key takeaways from Cisco's Webex One event.From AI-driven meeting experiences a...
NatChat - Halloween Special - 7 deadly sins of WiFi
In this Halloween Special episode, we’re not just talking ghosts and ghouls, we’re talking about the real horrors lurking in your wireless network. From sluggish speeds to scary signal drops, the sins of bad Wi-Fi are haunting busin...
NatChat Mini - Cisco Hyperfabric, the latest in cloud managed DC switching
We invited Multi-Cloud Solutions Engineer Harry Seaman into the NatChat studio to give us a quick overview of Cisco Hyperfabric. Fresh out of the Natilik data centre from installing the new kit, Harry talks through the building bloc...
NatChat - 6 top tips to a Zero Trust Approach in 10 mins
We sat down with the team at Cloudflare to discuss Zero Trust Security and how an approach that has been around for the last decade is still relevant and critical for businesses in 2025!In 10 minutes we run through Cloudflare expert, Sha...
NatChat - Security September Series- Unlocking Smart Security: Meet Verkada
In this episode, we kick off the final instalment of our Security September Series with a lively conversation featuring Ardon Anderson, Vice President of EMEA at Verkada. Ardon joins Rob Eldridge to introduce Verkada’...
NatChat - Security September Series- Expert insight into the future of Cisco Security
Every wanted to know what mesh firewalling really means? How to secure AI? We invited Joe and Mustafa from Cisco Security to join us on this episode of NatChat. Across 20 minutes we cover developments in the Cisco Security portfolio...