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In this episode of The Modern Tech POV, Dennis Woodside, CEO at Freshworks, sits down with Brent Westerkamp, Director of IT Services at Vermeer, an industrial and agricultural equipment manufacturer serving customers in over 60 countries. Vermeer took its IT team from 11 to 165 people but the real story isn’t in the headcount. It’s how IT transformed from a cost center into now a strategic driver of the business in one of the most challenging operating environments. In manufacturing, the line doesn’t pause for technology problems.

In this episode of The Modern Tech POV, Dennis Woodside, CEO at Freshworks, sits down with Dan Keyworth, Executive Director of Performance Technology and Systems at McLaren Racing, the reigning Formula One Constructors' Champions. McLaren runs one of the most demanding technology operations in the world. 26 race weekends a year. A new network built from scratch at every circuit. 100,000 telemetry parameters per second. And zero margin for error.

IT teams today are expected to deliver more than fast resolutions—they’re expected to be strategic business partners. Freshservice helps IT unlock that value with AI-powered ITSM, proactive operations, enterprise-grade ITIL support, and modern employee experiences. In this video, discover how Freshservice transforms IT service management across incident, problem, change, and service request management lifecycle—while improving visibility, automation, and user experience.

What is ITOM? IT Operations Management or ITOM is the set of IT management capabilities organizations need to effectively manage the provision, capacity, availability, and performance of the IT infrastructure - which includes computing, network, and application resources. IT operations management, or ITOM, has gained prominence as an area of strategic focus for IT management leaders and their teams. Now is a good time to take a detailed look at ITOM and how your team and your business might approach it successfully.

Complexity is the enemy of exceptional service. It slows teams down, drives up costs, and creates friction for businesses, employees, and the customers they serve. In a world where many are weighed down by bloated software and rising costs, Freshworks takes a different approach.

In a landscape where vendors slap “AI-powered” on everything from chatbots to coffee machines, CIOs must take a critical eye to every new technology, and create guidelines that will keep the organization safe and align to its goals. “If we’re not careful, we risk falling into AI-washing—where AI is more of a marketing tool than a practical asset,” says Jess Evas, vice chancellor and CIO of Maricopa Community Colleges and longtime technology leader in higher education.

CIOs have spent decades justifying their existence with complex technical roadmaps and lengthy implementation cycles. Pawan Satyawali throws that playbook out the window. “At the end of the day, every decision should answer one question: What’s in it for the business?” says Satyawali, former CIO of Tata Consumer Products and now head of digital services at Signify. CIOs should identify AI use cases that deliver measurable impact in weeks, not years, he says in our guide to IT leadership in the AI era.

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