Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast Tech Field Day Podcast
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| 22. AI is Not a Fad | 27 Aug 2024 | 00:35:09 | |
AI Field Day 5 Event Page: https://techfieldday.com/event/aifd5/ The current hype about building massive generative AI models with massive hardware investment is just one aspect of AI. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast features Frederic Van Haren, Karen Lopez, Marian Newsome, and host Stephen Foskett taking a different perspective on the larger world of AI. Our last episode suggested that AI as it is currently being hyped is a fad, but the bigger world of AI is absolutely real. Large language models are maturing rapidly and even generative AI is getting better by the month, but we are rapidly seeing the reality of the use cases for this technology. All neural networks use patterns in historical data to infer results, so any AI engine could hallucinate. But traditional AI is much less susceptible to errors than the much-hyped generative AI models that are capturing the headlines today. AI is a tool that augments our knowledge and decision making, but it doesn't replace human intelligence. There is a whole world of AI applications that are productive, responsible, and practical, and these are most certainly not a fad. Host: Stephen Foskett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sfoskett/ Panelists: Frederic Van Haren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fredericvharen/ Karen Lopez: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenlopez/ Marian Newsome: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariannewsome/ Tech Field Day: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfieldday Podcast: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com/podcast X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfielddaypod | |||
| 21. AI as We Know It is Just a Fad | 20 Aug 2024 | 00:34:23 | |
AI Field Day 5: https://techfieldday.com/event/aifd5/ Although AI is certain to transform society, not to mention computing, what we know if it is unlikely to last much longer. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast brings together Glenn Dekhayser, Alastair Cooke, Allyson Klein, and Stephen Foskett to discuss the real and changing world of AI. Looking at AI infrastructure today, we see massive clusters of GPUs being deployed in the cloud and on-premises to train ever-larger language models, but how much business value do these clusters have long-term? It seems that the true transformation promised by LLM and GenAI will be realized once models are applied across industries with RAG or tuning rather than developing new models. Ultimately AI is a feature of a larger business process or application rather than being a product in itself. We can certainly see that AI-based applications will be transformative, but the vast investment required to build out AI infrastructure to date might never be recouped. Ultimately there is a future for AI, but not the way we have been doing it to date. Host: Stephen Foskett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sfoskett/ Panelists: Alastair Cooke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastaircooke/ Allyson Klein: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allysonklein/ Glenn Dekhayser: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gdekhayser/ Tech Field Day: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfieldday Podcast: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com/podcast X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfielddaypod #TFDPodcast, #AI, #GenAI, | |||
| 12. It's Time for Private 5G in the Enterprise | 18 Jun 2024 | 00:24:39 | |
Event Page: https://techfieldday.com/event/atm24/ Wi-Fi has changed the way we work in the office but it’s not the only wireless technology. Challenging environments require new solutions like private 5G. In this episode, Tom Hollingsworth is joined by Mark Houtz and Shaun Neal as they discuss the rise of private LTE/5G technologies outside of the carrier space. They discuss the use cases where private 5G makes the most sense as well as why teams would choose to deploy this technology in the uncarpeted enterprise. The wrap up by suggesting questions that should be asked before embarking on a private 5G deployment. Host: Tom Hollingsworth, Practice Leader and Tech Field Day Event Lead: https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/ Panelists: Shaun Neal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaunneal/ Mark Houtz: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markhoutz/ Tech Field Day: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfieldday/ Podcast: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com/podcast X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfielddaypod Tags: #TFDPodcast, #NFDx, #ArubaAtmosphere, @TechFieldDay, @TechFieldDayPod, | |||
| Service Providers Lead the Way in Automation | 09 Aug 2022 | 00:30:55 | |
The modern enterprise network is excited by the prospect of network automation. But is automation a new idea? Or is the enterprise finally catching up to where other disciplines have been all along? In this episode featuring delegates from Networking Field Day: Service Provider, we discuss how Service Providers Lead the Way in Automation. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Steve Puluka John Osmon Charles Uneze Moderator Tom Hollingsworth @SPuluka @JohnOsmon @Network_Charles @NetworkingNerd Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| Wireless is Not Mission Critical | 26 Jul 2022 | 00:27:14 | |
The world is more wireless now than ever. No matter where you go you’ll find some form of wireless connectivity. But what about those applications that need to be more reliable? What about those places where you need it to work no matter what? Is wireless reliable enough? Or is wireless not mission critical? On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Chris Reed Troy Martin Shaun Neal Moderator Tom Hollingsworth @TheCMReed @TroyMart @SV_Neal @NetworkingNerd Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| Multi-Cloud is Inevitable | 19 Jul 2022 | 00:30:57 | |
What really is multi-cloud and why does it keep coming up so often in the context of enterprise cloud computing models? If you know anything about cloud computing, you’d know that the hottest thing in the cloud domain right now is multi-cloud – a model companies are incrementally adopting to keep their applications and services distributed across public and private clouds, and now edge cloud platforms. Seeing that that’s the status quo for a majority of the enterprises in cloud, the big question is – is multi-cloud inevitable? Are companies that have not embraced it yet also headed in that same direction? Are all vendors in the future going to have a cross-cloud service portfolio to support the multi-cloud movement? Or is it just another trend that’s having its 15 minutes of fame? On this episode of the On-Premise IT Podcast, Stephen Foskett is joined by a panel of delegates who drills into these questions to bring clarity to the topic of multi-cloud and what the future looks like for this model. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Ather Beg Chris Hayner Ned Bellavance Moderator Stephen Foskett @AtherBeg @Hayner80 @Ned1313 @SFoskett Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| You’re Using the Word Site Survey Wrong | 12 Jul 2022 | 00:25:23 | |
In wireless we talk about doing site surveys but do we actually know what that means? Are we even talking about the same thing when we mention in as part of a pre-sea engagement or post-sales validation? And who should be doing it? In this episode, our group of wireless experts discuss the premise and whatever or not we are Using the Words Site Survey Wrong. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Dr. Avril Salter Jennifer Huber Keith Parsons Moderator Tom Hollingsworth @AvrilSalterUSA @JenniferLucille @KeithRParsons @NetworkingNerd Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| The Future of Storage Isn’t Purely Hardware or Software | 05 Jul 2022 | 00:30:52 | |
The development of enterprise storage has historically oscillated between a focus on special-purpose hardware and optimized software. In this episode, brought to you by Pure Storage, Justin Emerson, Justin Warren, and Marc Staimer join Stephen Foskett to discuss this push and pull. Modern storage systems are extremely complicated, with layers of virtualization, different protocols, intelligence, tiered media, and scalability. All of this complexity makes the design of a storage system more difficult, so a company like Pure that can control the entire stack is able to deliver a more efficient system. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Justin Warren Marc Steimer @JPWarren @ChiefDS Pure Storage Panelist Justin Emerson, Technology Evangelist. Connect with Justin on LinkedIn. Moderator Stephen Foskett @SFoskett Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| Consistent Security is Very Difficult | 28 Jun 2022 | 00:27:33 | |
Security is a hard job. We spend our time analyzing our environment and building controls to keep our users and their data safe. As hard as security can feel it’s even harder to apply consistently. Attackers only have to get lucky once. Is your company using security in a reactionary mode? Or are they planning ahead with policies and platforms designed to prevent exposure? In this episode, sponsored by Fortinet, we discuss why Consistent Security is Hard. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Matt Haedo Larry Smith @MattHaedo @MrLESmithJr Fortinet Panelist Vince Hwang, Senior Director of Cloud Security. Connect with Vince on LinkedIn. Moderator Tom Hollingsworth @NetworkingNerd Relavant Links * Secure Your Cloud Journey Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| Networking is Too Complex | 24 Jun 2022 | 00:23:30 | |
The more advanced a technology becomes, the more complex it appears. Is that always the case? Or is the complexity in networking coming from something besides the technology itself? Are there reasons why networking gets more and more complex as the years go by? Are we just doing this to ourselves? Is Networking Too Complex? On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Jordan Villarreal Jason Gintert Martin Duggan Moderator Tom Hollingsworth @SystemMTUOne @BitsInFlight @MartinCcie7942 @NetworkingNerd Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| The Cloud is More Than Just an API | 21 Jun 2022 | 00:32:05 | |
Pretty much every application today has an API and scales out using modern infrastructure approaches, but is it a cloud? That’s the question we put to the panel of podcast guests today, as we look forward to Cloud Field Day 14 in June 2022. Certainly APIs are important to cloud applications, but it takes more than an API to be a cloud. The cloud operating model, and as-a-service financial models, are just as important, as are automated provisioning and scaling and hands-off management. All of these things existed historically in enterprise IT but never came together the way they do with today’s cloud services, and this is what makes them unique. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Lino Jan Telera Nico Stein Brian Knudtson Craig Rodgers Karen Lopez Moderator Stephen Foskett @LinoTelera @NicoAStein @BKnudtson @CraigRodgersms @DataChick @SFoskett Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| Full Stack Engineering is a Joke | 17 Jun 2022 | 00:29:06 | |
You may have engineering talent on staff but how full are they? Because you must have a full stack engineer, or you’ll never get anything accomplished. What is a full stack engineer? Why are they so in-demand? And why are there no full stack lawyers? Or full stack doctors? In this episode, we discuss whether or not Full Stack Engineering is a Joke. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Keith Townsend Dan Kelcher Bruno Wollmann Moderator Tom Hollingsworth @CTOAdvisor @IPSwitch @WollmanBruno @NetworkingNerd Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| Does Enterprise IT Matter Anymore | 14 Jun 2022 | 00:30:05 | |
Enterprise IT has endured a significant number of changes in the past few years. The rise of the cloud coupled with a global pandemic forcing users to work remotely has made stakeholders ask about the need to replace hardware for a location that doesn’t see much traffic. Coupled with the desire of hardware vendors to move to a subscription model, it’s time to ask Does Enterprise IT Matter Anymore? On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Drew Conry-Murray Troy Martin Remington Loose Jody Lemoine Moderator Tom Hollingsworth @Drew_CM @TroyMart @LocalPref_Net @GhostInTheNet @NetworkingNerd Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| 11. Cloud Native is Just a Marketing Term | 11 Jun 2024 | 00:32:19 | |
Event Page: https://techfieldday.com/event/cfd20/ Software developers used to use the term cloud native to describe applications that are designed for the cloud, but today it seems to be more of a term for containerized applications. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast, recorded ahead of Cloud Field Day 20, includes Guy Currier, Jack Poller, Ziv Levy, and Stephen Foskett discussing the true meaning of cloud native today. Merely running a monolithic application in containers doesn’t make it cloud native, though it certainly can be beneficial. To be truly cloud native, an application has to be microservices based and scalable, and built to take advantage of modern application platforms and resources. There is some question whether a cloud native application needs to have API access, telemetry and observability, service management, network and storage integration, and security. But ultimately the words used to describe an application are less important than the value and benefits of it. Although it is disappointing that the definition of cloud native has been watered down, the core concepts still have value. Host: Stephen Foskett, Organizer of the Tech Field Day Event Series: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sfoskett/ Panel: Ziv Levy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zivlevy/ Jack Poller: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackpoller/ Guy Currier: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guycurrier/ Tech Field Day: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfieldday Podcast: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com/podcast X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfielddaypod | |||
| Sometimes the Best Storage is No Storage | 07 Jun 2022 | 00:32:41 | |
The line between storage and memory is blurring thanks to Intel Optane technology, and systems equipped with this might not need storage at all. Join Dr. Jawad Khan of Intel as he discusses a real-world system that was able to outperform a high-end solution at a tenth the cost thanks to Intel Optane technology. Justin Warren and Frederic Van Haren join Stephen Foskett to discuss the implications of a system that can keep an entire big data graph in persistent memory and thus does not need as much memory or high-performance storage. Dr. Khan uses Intel’s winning entry at the recent NeurIPS Conference Big ANN Challenge competition as an example, in which the Intel offering returned 4x better CAPEX and OPEX than alternatives. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Justin Warren Frederic Van Haren @JPWarren @FredericVHaren Intel Optane Panelist Jawad Khan, Principal Engineer at Intel. Connect with Jawad on LinkedIn or on Twitter. Moderator Stephen Foskett @SFoskett Relevant Links for Intel Optane: * Winning the NeurIPS BillionScale Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search Challenge Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| IT is Always Reinventing the Wheel | 31 May 2022 | 00:34:50 | |
Companies are reinventing things all the time in IT. In their own fields, when venturing out to new ones, it seems that every company is trying to do things their own unique way, albeit trying to bring something new and incredible to the market, but there is a fallacy to this approach that’s foiling their good intentions. Enterprise IT companies don’t seem to communicate much amongst themselves and that is causing them to repeat each other’s mistakes, develop partial solutions to full size problems, and as secure as they’re in their own silos, wouldn’t it be great if they came together and talked to each other, share their decades of experience, talk technologies, exchange their thoughts and help clear the doubts of one another? As we enter a new era of enterprise IT, it may be time to end this disengagement and communicate more, for the good of their own business and cater better to the customers they’re serving. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Aaron Conaway Keith Parsons Ben Story Moderator Stephen Foskett @AConaway @KeithRParsons @Ntwrk80 @SFoskett Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| People Don’t Realize How Insecure Their Storage Is | 24 May 2022 | 00:38:13 | |
Most people assume that storage systems are secure, but security is not necessarily part of the design for most storage systems. In this episode, sponsored by RackTop Systems, Marc Staimer and Arjan Timmerman are joined by Eric Bednash and David Hughes of RackTop to discuss the real state of storage security. Although cybersecurity professionals have processes and directives in place in many spots within modern IT infrastructure, most do not have robust security practices within the domain of storage. RackTop sees this as a “doors and windows” problem, with a misplaced sense of perimeter security that does not match modern architecture. How do we secure storage in modern environments? The key to the RackTop solution is to monitor the behavior of storage access and use this to infer their motives and act to intervene. The system then acts based on policy to set up an active defense of the data accessed through the RackTop system. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Marc Staimer Arjan Timmerman @ChiefDS @ArjanTim Pure Storage Panelist Eric Bednash, CEO, RackTop Systems. Connect with Eric on LinkedIn. David Hughes, Director Sales Engineering, RackTop Systems. Connect with David on LinkedIn. Moderator Stephen Foskett @SFoskett Relevant Links for RackTop Systems: * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/racktop-systems* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RackTop* Twitter: https://twitter.com/RackTop* Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/showcase/6978638* YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/myracktop Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage ... | |||
| AI Needs Specialized Storage | 17 May 2022 | 00:26:40 | |
Given the announcements of just about every company in the industry, it appears that AI requires specialized storage to function. In this special episode, recorded prior to AI Field Day, Andy Banta and Karen Lopez join Stephen Foskett to discuss the relationship between storage, data, and AI. We’ve seen lots of companies, including AI Field Day presenters DDN, NetApp, and WEKA, selling their high-performance distributed storage solutions for AI workloads. But is this just the nature of modern storage or is it truly linked to AI systems? It seems that much of this depends on the specifics of the AI application, whether it is used for training, the size and nature of the data set, and the specific use case. We should also consider what we mean by AI. Is it image recognition, autonomous driving, or a massive data set like GPT-3 or DALL-E? Just as with all such architecture questions, the answer is it depends on the specific use case. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Andy Banta Karen Lopez Moderator Stephen Foskett @AndyBanta @DataChick @SFoskett Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| VPNs Aren’t Required Anymore | 10 May 2022 | 00:25:36 | |
The technology behind VPNs is venerable. Heavy clients that create client networking issues coupled with key exchanges makes users want to throw their hands up in dismay. Applications have integrated security features and moved to the cloud to provide centralized access. Are VPNs even worth it any more? In this episode, brought you by Keeper Security, we debate the premise that VPNs Aren’t Required Anymore. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Girard Kavelines Evan Mintzer @GKavelines @EvanMintzer Pure Storage Panelist Zane Bond, Director of Product Management, Keeper Security. Connect with Zane on LinkedIn. Moderator Tom Hollingsworth @NetworkingNerd Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| Developer Advocacy Isn’t Exactly What We Think It Will Be | 03 May 2022 | 00:29:21 | |
Many companies are trying to leverage DevOps to sell products through developer advocacy, but does it actually work? Just having open source or sharing code on GitHub doesn’t guarantee that a company will get quality engagement, let alone testing or adoption. In fact, a developer focus can be counter-productive if a company wants to become a strategic partner to other companies. Open source works great to spread and develop software, but self-centered developer-focused marketing isn’t the same thing. Is it true engagement or is it a one-sided effort to attract customers and leverage free talent? If companies focus on real developer engagement, advocacy will take care of itself. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Andy Banta Gina Rosenthal Josh Warcop Moderator Stephen Foskett @AndyBanta @GMinks @Warcop @SFoskett Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| Do Enterprises Need Private Cellular? | 19 Apr 2022 | 00:38:00 | |
Wireless is the new normal for endpoint connectivity. But does it solve all the problems we have with connecting lots of devices over a wide area? Are there places where Wi-Fi doesn’t work as well as other technologies? With the rise of private cellular deployment options IT departments are asking whether or not they should be considering alternatives to traditional Wi-Fi. In this episode, a panel of experts answers the question Do Enterprises Need Private Cellular? On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Guest Özer Dondurmacioglu, VP Marketing, Celona Panelists Troy Martin Shaun Neal Dr. Avril Salter Moderator Stephen Foskett Connect on with Özer on LinkedIn @TroyMart @SV_Neal @AvrilSalterUSA @SFoskett Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| Too Much Security is Just as Bad as No Security | 05 Apr 2022 | 00:22:11 | |
We all know how dangerous it is to have no security around your important IT assets. We need to keep the users safe and the infrastructure secure. What happens when we go overboard and implement too many polices and tools to protect things? Are we really helping the situation? Or are we just making it worse for everyone, including the people that rely on us to get their work done? In this episode, our panel of security experts discuss whether or not Too Much Security is Just as Bad as No Security. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Gerard Kavelines Zoë Rose Dominik Pickhardt Moderator Tom Hollingsworth @GKavelines @RoseSecOps @NetworkAutobahn @NetworkingNerd Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| Storage is Insecure | 15 Mar 2022 | 00:34:22 | |
Storage is not secure, period. Storage has security weaknesses that can open doors to attackers to easily hack into sensitive data stores, and this is not news. Security vulnerabilities in storage have existed for years, but not much has been done about it. Today, on the face of rising ransomware attacks, when data security is supremely important, storage is still the weakest link in security. In this On-Premise IT Roundtable Podcast, Stephen Foskett and his guests discuss this situation to find a strategic solution to poor security in storage. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Enrico Signoretti Jeffrey Powers Andrea Mauro Moderator Stephen Foskett @ESignoretti @Geekazine @Andrea_Mauro @SFoskett Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| Firewalls Don’t Seem To Belong Everywhere | 15 Mar 2022 | 00:28:39 | |
The typical approach to security is to just put some firewalls in place and create a perimeter, right? While that might work well in very specific enterprise settings reality is more nuanced, especially in a service provider. In this episode we discuss why Firewalls Don’t Seem to Belong Everywhere. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Nick Buraglio Chris Cummings Vince Schuele Moderator Tom Hollingsworth @ForwardingPlane @CrankyNetMan @Schuele22 @NetworkingNerd Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| 10. AI is the New Blockchain | 04 Jun 2024 | 00:23:09 | |
AI is at the top of the hype cycle and it feels unstoppable. Once upon a time blockchain was in the same place. In this episode, Tom Hollingsworth is joined by Evan Mintzer and Jody Lemoine. They tackle the surge behind AI development as well as the way the technology is portrayed in the industry. They compare how blockchain and AI are both solutions in search of a problem and how AI might better avoid the fate of DeFi. Also discussed is the potential way for AI-related companies to avoid issues with the AI bubble popping. Host: Tom Hollingsworth, Practice Lead and Tech Field Day Event Lead: https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/ Delegates: Evan Mintzer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evanmintzer/ Jody Lemoine: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodyl/ Tech Field Day: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfieldday Podcast: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com/podcast X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfielddaypod Tags: #TFDPodcast, #TFDx, #CiscoLive24, @TechFieldDay, @TechFieldDayPod, @Cisco, | |||
| Next-Generation Storage is Not Storage Anymore | 08 Mar 2022 | 00:28:32 | |
Looking at the new companies in enterprise storage, it’s obvious that storage just isn’t storage anymore. Even more traditional storage vendors are adding software as a service and data services, and these are major selling points rather than the ability to store data. At Storage Field Day in March 2022, none of the companies is presenting block and file storage, SAN or NAS, or any of the other traditional storage technologies. Is the storage array “a solved problem” or are we just looking at the new application-centric market? Pure Storage is perhaps the most traditional storage company presenting this week, but they’re coming to talk about Pure1 and storage as a service. The same is true of companies like Hammerspace and SIOS that are focused on data distribution and availability. VAST Data, RackTop Systems, Fungible, and MinIO are developing storage solutions but they are aimed at special use cases, like data analytics, security, high-performance, and cloud. Then there’s Intel, who is coming to Storage Field Day to give an update on their Optane technology, which promises to fundamentally change the entire storage paradigm. Clearly, next-generation storage isn’t storage anymore, it’s something altogether new and different! On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Erik Ableson Andy Banta Enrico Signoretti Moderator Stephen Foskett @EAbleson @AndyBanta @ESignoretti @SFoskett Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| Reactive Security Controls Are Not Enough | 01 Mar 2022 | 00:30:31 | |
The modern world of security is transforming quickly. Attackers are leveraging new tools and new ways to invade systems and capture data or demand ransoms. The traditional method of securing your enterprise isn’t enough any more. If you’re thinking in a reactive way you’re falling behind and may never catch up. In this episode we discuss all the ways that Reactive Security Controls are Not Enough. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Justin Warren Scott Driver @JPWarren @VTsnowboarder42 Pure Storage Panelist Andy Stone, CTO for the Americas at Pure Storage. Connect with Andy on Linkedin. Moderator Tom Hollingsworth @NetworkingNerd Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| Web3 is Bunk | 24 Feb 2022 | 00:30:45 | |
You’ve probably heard of Web3 but how do we actually define it? We know that it has something to do with connecting the web to a blockchain but the true definition of Web3 is unclear. We can all agree that there are exciting aspects of Web3 but why are we doing this? We can already do a lot of things without Web3, from online banking to distributed applications. Do we really need a blockchain? Is being used for what it was intended for? In this episode we take on the premise that Web3 is bunk. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Brian Knudtson Craig Rodgers Jim Czuprynski Moderator Stephen Foskett @BKnudtson @CraigRodgersMS @JimTheWhyGuy @SFoskett Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. Link: My First Impressions of Web3 | |||
| The Hypercloud is More Important Than the Cloud | 15 Feb 2022 | 00:32:40 | |
As public cloud becomes more popular and competitive, developers are adopting cross-cloud platforms that can be thought of as a hypercloud. One driver for this is high availability, but many platform decisions are driven by a desire for more advanced features. Still, we must be aware of data gravity and the complexity involved with these platforms. Kubernetes is the ultimate example of a hypercloud platform, but many vendors are producing compelling tools that sit above the cloud and replace the proprietary offerings of public cloud providers. Is it time for the hypercloud? Is the traditional cloud dead? Companies Mentioned: Red Hat OpenShift, Kasten by Veeam, NetApp, Pure Storage, IBM cloud satellite, VMware On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Adam Fisher Enrico Signoretti Glenn Dekhayser Jim Czuprynski Moderator Stephen Foskett @BonzoVT @ESignoretti @GDekhayser @JimTheWhyGuy @SFoskett Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| Disruptive Technologies Get Buried | 08 Feb 2022 | 00:24:05 | |
How many times have we heard of an exciting new advance in enterprise IT that is poised to revolutionize the way we do things only to see it fizzle out? Perhaps it’s bad business practice but what about those that were acquired by bigger companies and disappear? Is it a bit of bad luck? Or is it something more sinister? In this episode we explore the idea that Disruptive Technologies Get Buried. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Carl Fugate Ed Weadon Kerstin Mende-Stief Moderator Tom Hollingsworth @CarlFugate @AvalonHawk @Fraustief_in_IT @NetworkingNerd Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| 2022 Will Be the Same For Technology As 2021 | 11 Jan 2022 | 00:30:00 | |
Have you ever watched a movie sequel that felt just like the previous one but with slightly newer references? That’s how 2021 felt compared to 2020. In 2022, will we see the technology landscape shift dramatically? Or will it feel like the past twelve months but with faster speeds and lower costs? Join a group of forward-looking thinkers on this episode as we decide whether or not 2022 will be the same year for technology as 2021 or not. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Stephen Foskett Chris Grundemann Tim Crawford Moderator Tom Hollingsworth @SFoskett @ChrisGrundemann @TCrawford @NetworkingNerd Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| A Service Provider Network is Not Your Enterprise Network | 07 Dec 2021 | 00:32:50 | |
Networking is networking, right? It’s all the same routers and switches that move packets between locations. How different can they really be? Join Tom Hollingsworth as he brings on a panel of service provider networking experts to dissect the differences between the traditional enterprise network and a service provider or transit network. What are the ultimate goals of your infrastructure? And who is the customer? When you finish listening to the episode, will you agree that A Service Provider Network is Not Your Enterprise Network? On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Nick Buraglio Chris Cummings Vince Schuele Moderator Tom Hollingsworth @ForwardingPlane @CrankyNetMan @Schuele22 @NetworkingNerd Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| You’re Not Ready to Deal with Unstructured Data | 30 Nov 2021 | 00:33:01 | |
Unstructured data is varied in nature and continues to grow, especially in our new world of telematics, multimedia, and AI. In this sponsored episode, Amy Fowler of Pure Storage joins Gina Rosenthal, Enrico Signoretti, and Stephen Foskett to discuss the challenge of dealing with unstructured data. With IDC estimating that 85% of user data will be unstructured, the challenge isn’t to provide structure but to develop solutions that can handle data as it is. Today’s object storage systems offer extreme scalability, high performance, cost-effective, and offer API-based integration with applications to offer a world of possibilities for analytics and insights. This is an area where developments in data storage systems can help improve business outcomes and potentially benefit the world at large. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Gina Rosenthal Enrico Signoretti @GMinks @ESignoretti Pure Storage Panelist Amy Fowler, VP, Strategy & Solutions, FlashBlade Business Unit at Pure Storage. Connect with Amy on LinkedIn. Moderator Stephen Foskett @SFoskett Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| Data Rates Don’t Change Cell Size | 23 Nov 2021 | 00:30:24 | |
When designing Wi-Fi networks, there are a number of buttons that you can push to help make the perfect setup to maximize coverage and throughput. Depending on the application you use to do the work you may find some buttons easier to use than others. However, the most popular value to change seems to be the data rate. Is this a good idea? Or are you just setting yourself up for failure? In this episode, will we find out that Data Rates Don’t Change Cell Size? On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Sam Clements Jake Snyder Mohammad Ali Moderator Tom Hollingsworth @Samuel_Clements @JSnyder81 @Malief46 @NetworkingNerd Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| Heavy Containers Shouldn’t Exist | 09 Nov 2021 | 00:25:47 | |
Containers were supposed to be lightweight and stateless, unlike the heavy virtual machines that dominate today’s datacenter. In this first on-premises episode in two years, Stephen Foskett puts the question of heavy containers to Ned Bellavance, Nico Stein, and Nathan Bennett. Containers were intended to abstract system services rather than hardware like virtualization, and this results in their light and stateless nature. But this is a result rather than a necessary quality of containers, and companies are increasingly deploying heavy containers with multiple application components and data. As microservices applications rise, so do container management systems, and these are increasingly including light, heavy, and system service containers for networking and storage. Should heavy containers exist? On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Ned Bellavance Nico Stein Nathan Bennett Moderator Stephen Foskett @Ned1313 @NicoAStein @vNathanBennett @SFoskett Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| 9. Application Modernization Requires Good Security Practices | 28 May 2024 | 00:32:57 | |
As application development and modernization moves forward, security has never been more important. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast introduces AppDev Field Day with a discussion of the importance of DevSecOps featuring Paul Nashawaty, Mitch Ashley, Michael Levan, and Stephen Foskett. Application security isn't just about the vulnerabilities in the application itself; the entire software stack must be secure. There are many approaches, from vulnerability scanning to minimization of the attack surface, but the most important thing is to build security into software from the start. There are many parallels between physical infrastructure and software applications, with many of the same security considerations. Various components make up a software bill of materials (SBOM) and any of these can expose a vulnerability or be attacked. Platform engineering is an important connector between infrastructure and developers, and plays a major role in reducing the attack surface. It's all about bringing expertise to the table to build supportable and secure platforms for modern applications. Host: Stephen Foskett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sfoskett/ Panel: Micheal Levan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaellevan/ Mitch Ashley, Principal Analyst and CTO, Techstrong Group: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchellashley/ Paul Nashawaty, Practice Lead, Application Development Modernization at The Futurum Group: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulnashawaty/ Tech Field Day: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfieldday Podcast: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com/podcast X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfielddaypod Tags: #TFDPodcast, #ADFD1, #AppDev, @TechFieldDay, @TechFieldDayPod, @GestaltIT, @TechstrongTV, @TheFuturumGroup, | |||
| The Cloud Is Finally Ready For the Enterprise | 26 Oct 2021 | 00:38:55 | |
The question of cloud readiness has plagued the enterprise for a decade, but we have finally gotten to the point that enterprise IT is coming to the public cloud. Some of the drivers for cloud adoption include the pandemic and work-from-anywhere as well as the current shortage of chips and equipment. But there is a pull for cloud as well, now that applications have evolved to the point that they work better in the cloud enterprises are making the switch. Applications like collaboration and email belong outside the firewall, and cause more trouble than they’re worth inside the datacenter. Enterprises today have a difficult decision to make on a per-application business: Does this belong in the datacenter? Hybrid cloud? Public cloud? Software as a service? And there are many considerations to make, from security to ownership to cost. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Jim Jones Nico Stein Moderator Stephen Foskett @K00laidIT @NicoAStein @SFoskett Join us on November 3–5, 2021 for another exciting Cloud Field Day event, where you can learn more about the premise of this episode. Also, follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| Data Protection Software Doesn’t Solve Ransomware Issues | 12 Oct 2021 | 00:28:15 | |
The rise of massive ransomware outbreaks has led to a number of strategy changes, including the pivot of disaster recovery and business continuity companies into marketing their solutions as an effective way to stop ransomware. But are these products really going to solve the issue? Or just treat the symptoms of the wider problem? On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Scott Driver Bruno Wollmann Moderator Tom Hollingsworth @VTsnowboarder42 @WollmannBruno @NetworkingNerd Join us on October 20–22, 2021 for another exciting Security Field Day event, where you can learn more about the premise of this episode. Also, follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| You Need To Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone If You Want To Learn | 28 Sep 2021 | 00:32:37 | |
Techies are inherently curious, and magic happens when they step outside their area of expertise and really dig into something new. That’s what we’re talking about this week on the On-Premise IT Roundtable with a set of delegates from Tech Field Day 24. We’re mixing disciplines and breaking down the walls between industry verticals and learning about everything from IoT to storage to container management to smart networking. When we see things we don’t know, we can spot novel approaches and try to bring them to our own realm. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Drew Lentz Denny Cherry Chris Hildebrandt Chris Maki Evan Mintzer Moderator Stephen Foskett @WirelessNerd @MrDenny @CHildebrandt42 @ChrisMaki @EvanMintzer @SFoskett Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| Will Working From Anywhere Destroy Enterprise IT? | 14 Sep 2021 | 00:24:47 | |
With a hybrid work model now a reality for a growing number of enterprise employees, IT departments are now rethinking the way they deploy their resources. One of the big questions is what happens during the next upgrade cycle. Are IT budgets going to be cut? Do we need full-featured devices in an office no one is going to visit? Should that spending be shifted to the end users or to cloud services? Will working from anywhere be the end of enterprise IT? On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Jody Lemoine Girard Kavelines Tim Bertino Moderator Tom Hollingsworth @GhostInTheNet @GKavelines @TimBertino @NetworkingNerd Be sure to check out Networking Field Day, which airs September 14-16th, 2021. Also, follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| Service Mesh Is a Use in Search of a Problem | 07 Sep 2021 | 00:29:01 | |
Today, it seems like every cloud vendor is pitching a service mesh, but is this really necessary? In this episode, Calvin Hendryx-Parker, Ned Bellavance, and Jason Benedicic join Stephen Foskett to discuss the value of a service mesh to modern application stacks. In theory, a service mesh facilitates communication between services and microservices in modern applications. It also provides a data and management plane to today’s scalable applications and can improve security and flexibility. But a service mesh is built of proxies, and this adds multiple layers of complexity to already-complex containerized application platforms. Before companies deploy a service mesh, they should consider whether the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Jason Benedicic Calvin Hendryx-Parker Ned Bellavance Moderator Stephen Foskett @JABenedicic @CalvinHP @Ned1313 @SFoskett Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| Hype and Reality Are Not Related | 31 Aug 2021 | 00:31:13 | |
The history of information technology is bound up with hype. In this discussion, Tech Field Day 24 delegates Paul Stringfellow, Robert Novak, and Craig Rodgers discuss the endless parade of hype with Stephen Foskett. Whether it’s 5G or edge or disaggregated infrastructure or the cloud, every technology goes through a wave of hype before it becomes reality. How can we tell what a technology will really deliver and what’s just marketing talk? The famous Gartner Hype Cycle is more about marketing than the reality of technology adoption, and a product can be good or bad regardless of the amount of hype surrounding it. That’s one thing the delegates are watching for during the Field Day events! Amazingly, hype can even be productive in pushing change and adoption of new concepts, and even product development to meet these inflated expectations. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Craig Rodgers Paul Stringfellow Rob Novak Moderator Stephen Foskett @CraigRodgersms @TechStringy @Gallifreyan @SFoskett Be sure to join us for Tech Field Day September 1st & 2nd, 2021! Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| When is it Time to Scrap Everything in Storage and Start Over? | 17 Aug 2021 | 00:32:33 | |
In today’s ever-shifting enterprise IT landscape, when is the right time to completely respec your storage setup? Should you tear it all down and start over? Should you learn from the past and keep some of the old ways? When it comes to innovating storage practices in a changing world, there are a lot of opinions on how to do it. Join host Stephen Foskett and his round table of esteemed guests from around the storage industry as they discuss these questions and more. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Wolfgang Stief David Klee Dan Frith Ralph Ronzio (Pure Storage) Moderator Stephen Foskett @SpeicherStief @KleeGeek @PenguinPunk @LoveYourStorage @SFoskett Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| It’s Time to Embrace the Bottlenecks in Storage | 03 Aug 2021 | 00:34:24 | |
Storage administration has always been about fighting bottlenecks, but today’s architecture means it’s time to embrace them instead. In this episode, our panel discusses the premise that it’s most important to match bottlenecks to the position in the infrastructure stack and application. One reason for this is the amazing bandwidth and low latency we have, thanks to Optane PMEM, NVMe, flash, and other technologies, but another is the emergence of new technologies that enable disaggregated architecture, moving storage closer to the application. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Christian Mohn Rob Koper David Klee Moderator Stephen Foskett @H0bbel @50mu @KleeGeek @SFoskett Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| Technical Debt Will Bankrupt Your Modern Apps | 27 Jul 2021 | 00:32:34 | |
Traditional IT architecture is a poor fit for modern applications and holds us all back. So-called technical debt can pile up, forcing companies to spend time and money supporting legacy infrastructure for the sake of keeping it running rather than moving the company forward. In this special episode of the On-Premise IT Roundtable podcast, sponsored by Pure Storage, we discuss the modern application stack and how technologies like object storage and Kubernetes are allowing companies to break free from their technical debt once and for all. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Arjan Timmerman Thom Greene @ArjanTim @ThomTalksTech Pure Storage Panelist Shawn Rosemarin, VP of Worldwide Systems Engineering at Pure Storage. Connect with Shawn on LinkedIn or on Twitter @ShawnRosemarin Moderator Stephen Foskett @SFoskett Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| High Availability Is the Worst Reason to Go Multi-Cloud | 20 Jul 2021 | 00:31:13 | |
Multi-cloud has quickly become a buzzword in the enterprise IT industry, but as organizations start to adopt multi-cloud strategies, their reasoning behind the switch may not justify the act itself. Although a multi-cloud approach can increase an organization’s availability, that alone doesn’t warrant introducing the complexity and costs that come with multi-cloud. Listen to this episode of the On-Premise IT Roundtable Podcast to hear how host Tom Hollingsworth and our esteemed guests unpack the concept of multi-cloud and uncover more impactful reasons than just high availability to consider adopting multi-cloud. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Ather Beg Calvin Hendryx-Parker Moderator Tom Hollingsworth @AtherBeg @CalvinHP @NetworkingNerd Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| 8. Techstrong Editorial Platform Engineering Is the Revenge of IT Operations | 21 May 2024 | 00:31:34 | |
Platform Engineering is the Revenge of IT Operations Host: Tom Hollingsworth, Practice Lead and Tech Field Day Event Lead: https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/ Panelists: Stephen Foskett, Organizer of the Tech Field Day Event Series: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sfoskett/ Mitch Ashley, Principal Analyst and CTO, Techstrong Group: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchellashley/ Mike Vizard, Chief Content Officer, Techstrong Group: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelvizard/ Tech Field Day: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfieldday Podcast: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com/podcast X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfielddaypod Tags: #TFDPodcast, #PlatformEngineering, #ITOperations, @TechstrongTV, @Techfieldday, @SFoskett, @NetworkingNerd, @GestaltIT, @TheFuturumGroup, | |||
| Is Enterprise Wireless the Key to Bringing Workers Back to the Office? | 06 Jul 2021 | 00:29:15 | |
The world is starting to recover from the pandemic. People are starting to ask if it’s time to return to the office. And more than a few aren’t ready to go back. At the same time, employers are trying to find a way to get people back, and they’re asking questions about the infrastructure. Could new fast wireless access points be the tipping point? In this episode, we discuss whether or not new wireless networks are enough to bring workers back to the office. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Mike Wade Landon Foster Rocky Gregory Moderator Tom Hollingsworth @WirelessKahuna @AceHighWiFi @BionicRocky @NetworkingNerd Be sure to join us for Mobility Field Day July 14–16, 2021! Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| DNS is Critical for Modern Cloud | 29 Jun 2021 | 00:32:47 | |
Cloud is the way that we consume our media, content, and even perform our jobs. We rely on it daily to live our lives. And cloud relies on services to ensure prompt delivery and reliable service. We know networking and storage are critical. What about the other services that we don’t always see? In this episode, we explore the importance of DNS to the way modern cloud operates and decide whether or not DNS is critical for the operation of modern cloud. Special thanks to BlueCat Networks for their partnership with this episode. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Larry Smith Ather Beg @MrLESmithJr @AtherBeg BlueCat Panelist Andrew Wertkin, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at BlueCat. Connect with him on Twitter @AWertkin Moderator Tom Hollingsworth @NetworkingNerd Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||
| Enterprise IT Has Transformed Public Cloud | 22 Jun 2021 | 00:33:12 | |
Cloud computing has transformed enterprise IT, but it is perhaps less obvious how traditional concepts like data protection and high availability have infiltrated the public cloud. In this episode, Cloud Field Day 11 delegates Max Mortillaro, Adam Post, and Thom Greene join Stephen Foskett to discuss the many ways that cloud computing has adapted to the demands of the enterprise. This has been called “inside-out” computing, since it takes the things that have been run inside the datacenter out to the public cloud, as opposed to the “outside-in” approach, which brings concepts like Kubernetes and DevOps to the enterprise. On-Premises for Today’s Roundtable: Panelists Max Mortillaro Thom Greene Adam Post Moderator Stephen Foskett @MaxMortillaro @ThomTalksTech @Semi_Technical @SFoskett Be sure to join us for Cloud Field Day June 23-25, 2021! Follow us on Twitter! AND SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. | |||