{"podcast":{"title":"The ITPro Podcast","slug":"the-itpro-podcast-1191840","podcast_index_feed_id":1191840,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-itpro-podcast/","website_url":"https://www.itpro.com/the-it-pro-podcast","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/f191862a-6fce-446c-a2fe-263b169791ae/acad8df3ecb5996fb010a288313b18e7.jpg","author":"ITPro","episode_count":369,"summary":"The ITPro Podcast is a weekly show for technology professionals and business leaders. Each week hosts Rory Bathgate and Jane McCallion are joined by an expert guest to take a deep dive into the most important issues for the IT community. New episodes premiere every Friday. Visit itpro.com/uk/the-it-pro-podcast for more information, or follow ITPro on LinkedIn for regular updates.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-05T20:19:48.484639+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-itpro-podcast-1191840"},"episode":{"title":"February rundown: SaaS-pocalypse now?","slug":"february-rundown-saas-pocalypse-now","published_at":"2026-02-27T09:40:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-itpro-podcast-1191840/february-rundown-saas-pocalypse-now","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-itpro-podcast-1191840","url":"https://www.itpro.com/the-it-pro-podcast","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/b09b6c51-6323-4f88-bb13-13574eeb6c52.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=f3283fca-ed34-4271-8f7c-301f5c25540b&aw_0_1st.episodeid=b09b6c51-6323-4f88-bb13-13574eeb6c52","summary":"February is the shortest month, but you wouldn’t know it from the sheer amount of news that’s broken in just the past 26 days. Amid growing fears of AI stealing jobs, OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman has claimed that firms are simply using the technology as an excuse for mass layoffs. Earlier this month, a series of Anthropic releases drove stocks down at a range of companies – all tied to fears that the SaaS model might be on its way out. Also this month, Pure Storage has rebranded as Everpure – what’s behind this decision and what does it say about the company’s strategy going forward? In this episode, Jane and Rory welcome back Ross Kelly, ITPro’s news and analysis editor, to explore some of February’s biggest stories. Read more: Sam Altman just said what everyone is thinking about AI layoffs Why Anthropic sent software stocks into freefall Anthropic says Claude Code can help streamline 'cost-prohibitive' COBOL modernization, but IBM says it's not that simple What might cause the 'AI bubble' to burst – and what impact would that have on the business world? Pure Storage snaps up 1touch in data management pivot","meta_description":"February is the shortest month, but you wouldn’t know it from the sheer amount of news that’s broken in just the past 26 days. Amid growing fears of AI st…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1345,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-itpro-podcast-1191840/episodes/february-rundown-saas-pocalypse-now/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-itpro-podcast-1191840/february-rundown-saas-pocalypse-now.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}