Tech Barometer · 2026-05-14 · 20 min
Industry analyst Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell, hosts of the archived “ DataCentric ” podcast, reunite in this Tech Barometer segment to break through the hype surrounding enterprise AI, NewClouds, cloud native and data storage trends, and supply chain constraints. Get tech leader insights to move faster and smarter. Get more stories by subscribing to The Forecast . Podcast transcript: Matt Kimball Oh yeah, the Steve and Matt show. Let's talk about 2PIC, Steve. Steve McDowell 2PIC, first let's talk about us. We are Steve and Matt, host of the Data Center Podcast. Matt Kimball Yes. Who are you? Are you Steve or Matt? Steve McDowell I'm Steve McDowell, Principal Analyst. Matt Kimball Look at you. I'm Matt Kimball. Steve McDowell Are you also a Principal Analyst? Matt Kimball Principal Analyst. I'm a bunch of things. Jason Lopez That's an excerpt from the Data Centric Podcast featuring Matt Kimball, Principal Data Center Analyst at More Insights and Strategy and Steve McDowell, now Chief Analyst at NAND Research. It ran six seasons from 2018 to 2023 for more than a hundred episodes and covered enterprise IT and data centers. This is the Tech Barometer Podcast. I'm Jason Lopez.
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