Tanzu Talk
311 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingA collection of podcasts from VMware Tanzu, covering IT modernization and digital transformation from every angle. We cover the week’s news, talk with guests, and have the occasional oddball thing. Topics range from engineers in the weeds of cloud, developers, to executives pushing change within their organizations.
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Episode 172: DataOps and home haircuts, with Bob Glithero
July 15, 2020 00:00 - 35 minutes - 16.6 MBWith all the attention on application development, it’s easy to forget about data. Just as agile, DevOps, and cloud native have changed app development, those improvements have changed the world of data as well. In this episode, Bob Glithero tells us all about it. We also discuss haircutting strategies.
Episode 171: Making Time To Fail In Order To Learn: John Paice on the Journey from vSphere pro to DevOps pro
June 30, 2020 14:00 - 32 minutes - 45.1 MB“Taking a course on Kubernetes is helpful, but it’s also really helpful to just fail at it." Failing at anything feels uncomfortable. But, as John Paice, a platform reliability engineer at DICK's Sporting Goods points notes, failing at something can be the best way to learn it. In this episode, Dormain talks to John about his journey from a HyperV and vSphere expert to one of the founding members of the DICK's Sporting Goods platform engineering team. Along the way, he's had to learn new scri...
Event-driven integration and architecture (with James Urquhart)
June 23, 2020 12:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBLearn more: VMware Tanzu An introduction to event-driven architecture and Apache Kafka Learn the 'whats' and 'whys' of Apache Kafka in 15 minutes The Main Event: How Event-Driven Architecture Helps Discover Move Faster and Win More Card Customers Scale and velocity are driving the next generation of DevOps 'Objection inversion': Why platform ops can create new champions in IT Follow everyone on Twitter: Intersect James Urquhart Derrick Harris VMware Tanzu
Episode 170: It’s all about containers now
June 23, 2020 00:00 - 31 minutes - 15.3 MBContainer usage is finally getting big time in the enterprise. Gartner is estimated a 34% growth rate, going up to $1bn by 2024. With new co-host, Rita, we look at what “containers” and “cloud native” has become as a market. Our conversation starters this episode are about checking in on how much executives are actually transforming and discussing trade-offs in decision making. Also: olive oil. Full show notes: http://tanzu.vmware.com/podcast
Episode 170: It's all about containers now
June 23, 2020 00:00 - 31 minutes - 15.2 MBContainer usage is finally getting big time in the enterprise. Gartner is estimated a 34% growth rate, going up to $1bn by 2024. With new co-host, Rita, we look at what “containers” and “cloud native” has become as a market. Our conversation starters this episode are about checking in on how much executives are actually transforming and discussing trade-offs in decision making. Also: olive oil. Full show notes: http://tanzu.vmware.com/podcast
Business transformation after COVID-19 (with Gautham Pallapa)
June 09, 2020 12:00 - 22 minutes - 21.4 MBLearn more: VMware Tanzu Business transformation simplified: The 4 x 3 approach Business transformation simplified: Three guiding principles How bad culture impedes business transformations Follow everyone on Twitter: Intersect Gautham Pallapa Derrick Harris VMware Tanzu
Episode 169: Process, Automation, and Continuous Everything: Analyst Report Insights
May 29, 2020 19:03 - 43 minutes - 59.5 MBIn this episode, I (Dormain) am joined by Rita Manachi (@ritam) and Derrick Harris (@derrickharris) to dissect three analyst reports: *Forrester's Top 10 Trends That Will Shape Modern Infrastructure and Operations in 2020 *Gartner's Application Modernization Should Be Business-Centric, Continuous, and Multiplatform *Gartner's Best Practices to Enable Continuous Delivery with Containers and DevOps What we observe are that many of these insights and recommendations are related to each other. P...
Episode 168: There Is No Team Without Tea - Neville George On the Path from vSphere Admin to Platform Engineer
May 07, 2020 16:19 - 47 minutes - 65.2 MBThere are more VMware Admins out there than Cloud/Platform Engineers... but with vSphere 7 with Kubernetes, that is likely to start to change. To give a taste for what is to come for vSphere admins out there, Dormain sat down with Neville George who himself made the transition from VMware administrator to Platform Engineer at Comcast. He shares what has stayed the same and what has changed, as well as what he has had to learn along the way. A must-listen for anyone managing VMware infrastruct...
Episode 167: Tour De Tanzu Milestones
April 16, 2020 14:00 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MBIn this episode, Dormain and Richard take turns with Jared Ruckle and Scott Buchanan to describe a flurry of recent milestones across the Tanzu portfolio, as well as another round of work-from-home tips. Somehow eight-legged raccoons and rhombus-shaped houses also come up. See full show notes here: https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/podcasts/tour-de-tanzu-milestones
Episode 166: A Tale of Two Digital Transformations
April 01, 2020 14:00 - 48 minutes - 67 MBSo, you're digitally transforming... what does "good" look like? "Getting developers to the point where developers want to change." In this episode, Dormain sits down with Paul Pelafas (@paulpelafas) and Jonathan Regehr (@jonathanregehr) to hear how two different organizations navigated digital transformation journeys. They discuss what "good" looks like, how a healthy software culture is sustained (and destroyed), and the difference between grassroots and executive-led transformations. See f...
VMware Tanzu and the evolution to cloud-native (with James Watters)
March 25, 2020 12:00 - 29 minutes - 27.7 MBLearn more: VMware Tanzu Become a Modern Software Organization with VMware Tanzu vSphere 7 and Tanzu Kubernetes Grid = Powerful Platform for Architecting Modern Apps Managing Kubernetes at enterprise scale: A closer look at Tanzu Mission Control What’s in a Name? How Pivotal’s Products Are Being Renamed as Part of VMware Tanzu Follow everyone on Twitter: Intersect James Watters Derrick Harris VMware Tanzu
Episode 165: Accidental universal control plane, with Joe Beda
March 25, 2020 00:00 - 45 minutes - 20.9 MBIn this episode, we talk with Joe Beda about, of course, kubernetes, but also about an organization's platform, the roles that work in the software supply chain in enterprises, types of developers, and other topics like what DevOps "is" now. This discussion will give you a good view of how to model and think about enterprise software development and operations now-a-days, and thinking through the strategy you want to take to transform your organization to be cloud native.
Episode 164: It's Tanzu!, a look at the VMware Tanzu portfolio with Jared Ruckle
March 17, 2020 18:06 - 51 minutes - 23.6 MBVMware recently released and outlines its Tanzu and major updates to vSphere. To understand how the Tanzu Application Service, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, vSphere and VCF all fit together, we have Jared Ruckle on. He walks us through the portfolio, new names and products, and we discuss where the Tanzu products are positioned in the cloud native stack. Also, a discussion of Latin. As Coté mentioned, we have Spring Live coming up, a 24 hour online conference chocked full of developer content, plus ...
Episode 164: It’s Tanzu!, a look at the VMware Tanzu portfolio with Jared Ruckle
March 17, 2020 18:06 - 51 minutes - 23.7 MBVMware recently released and outlines its Tanzu and major updates to vSphere. To understand how the Tanzu Application Service, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, vSphere and VCF all fit together, we have Jared Ruckle on. He walks us through the portfolio, new names and products, and we discuss where the Tanzu products are positioned in the cloud native stack. Also, a discussion of Latin. As Coté mentioned, we have Spring Live coming up, a 24 hour online conference chocked full of developer content, plus ...
Episode 163: Developer Experience is a Team Effort at Liberty Mutual
March 11, 2020 14:00 - 40 minutes - 56 MB"The more we can get into our [developers'] hands [...] the faster we've seen adoption, the faster we've seen growth, the more we've seen folks understand the tools because they're diving in and taking ownership" - Miranda LeBlanc, Developer Enablement, Liberty Mutual In this episode, Dormain chats with three people (Miranda LeBlanc, Matt Ruel, and Kevin Ingvalson), all with different roles that impact the developer experience at Liberty Mutual. She finds out what moves the needle, what chang...
Facilitating digital transformation from the C-suite (audio blog posts)
February 26, 2020 13:00 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBLearn more: How CEOs can drive digital innovation without learning to code CEOs: Foster The Software Teams And Talents Your Firm Needs For designers or developers, actually trying is the key to hiring digital talent How CIOs Can Successfully Attract and Retain Digital Talent in a Seller’s Market 4 types of employees you'll need to manage carefully during digital transformation The 5 pillars of digital transformation Know thyself Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on the future of software eng...
Episode 161: The kubernetes community, being a good corporate citizen in open source, with Dawn Foster
February 11, 2020 00:00 - 49 minutes - 22.8 MBIn this episode, I talk with Dawn Foster about companies working in open source, the kubernetes community, and a few other topics. I was especially interested to hear about the goals of the kubernetes community, what is it that that community wants? We also discuss: the multitude of roles in open source communities, beyond programming or even documentation; why hardware vendors get interested in open source; and what's kept Dawn working in open source all these years.
Spring and Spring Cloud (with Spencer Gibb)
February 06, 2020 13:00 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBLearn more: Spring Spring Cloud Netflix OSS and Spring Boot—Coming Full Circle Follow everyone on Twitter: Intersect Spencer Gibb Spring Spring Cloud Derrick Harris Pivotal VMware
Episode 160: Where kubernetes starts and app development begins, kubernetes potpourri with Paul Czarkowski
January 27, 2020 00:00 - 45 minutes - 21.2 MBWe're kicking off the new year with Paul Czarkowski talking all about kubernetes and…soup. First, we discuss Paul's take on drinking broth, especially bone broth.
Episode 159: A Checklist for API Security with Wim Remes
December 31, 2019 15:00 - 41 minutes - 56.6 MBAs a security expert and consultant, Wim Remes (@WimRemes), was fed up with clients using security products that had lacking API security themselves. But he knew that it was a multi-faceted problem that couldn't be addressed in one place. So, he developed a maturity model for security APIs that could serve as a check list for clients evaluating products, procurement teams involved in purchasing security products, and security vendors building the products. As it turns out, it's a pretty good ...
Highlights episode No. 2 (strategies for adopting modern IT practices and technologies)
December 26, 2019 17:45 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBOriginal episodes and blog posts: AI for enterprises: Start small and choose projects wisely SRE and the value of treating operations as a software problem What enterprises need to consider when adopting open source Some honest advice for enterprise buyers on engaging with startups Follow everyone on Twitter: Derrick Harris Andrew Ng Dave Rensin Stephen O'Grady Jessica Lin Jonathan Lehr
Episode 158: Platform as a product, cloud native education, and 2020 predictions, with Paula Kennedy
December 19, 2019 07:06 - 50 minutes - 23.4 MBIn this episode, we talk with Paula Kennedy who heads up our education and platform groups. She talks about the type of education about cloud native development and operations that our customers find useful and also the platform as a product concept and methods. We also go over some predictions for 2020, not all super-nerdy, but mostly.
Highlights episode No. 1 (cloud-native architecture and technologies)
December 12, 2019 13:00 - 19 minutes - 18.7 MBOriginal episodes and blog posts: Learn the 'whats' and 'whys' of Apache Kafka in 15 minutes Learn about Kubernetes and digital transformation in 15 minutes Learn about the nexus of MongoDB and microservices in 15 minutes How to navigate the nuanced world of PaaS, CaaS, and Kubernetes Securing applications in the era of speed, scale, and open source The next generation of SQL is about simplicity and global scale Follow everyone on Twitter: Derrick Harris Neha Narkhede Joe Beda Eli...
Episode 157: Developer services and platform operations at AirFrance-KLM
December 11, 2019 00:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MBIn this episode, Coté talks with AirFrance-KLM's Fabien Lebrere about starting AirFrance-KLM's platform group. They discuss how and why the platform team started, how they determined what they needed to do, and how they're working with developers. Fabien also discusses how to prioritize which services to work on and gives advice for those just starting out. For even more, check out Fabien and friend's presentations from Cloud Foundry Summit 2018 and 2019.
Episode 156: Solving the Last Mile to the Cloud at Intrado
December 03, 2019 15:00 - 26 minutes - 36.2 MBWith a mandate to adopt cloud to cut costs, the team at Intrado (formerly known as West Corporation) found themselves stuck in early 2018. They had 600-700 application instances on the Pivotal Platform, but that was far from their projected goal. Why were they stuck? Terry Miles, platform owner at Intrado, describes it as the "last mile" issues, including workflows and processes. How did Intrado triple the number of application instances on the platform in the next year? In this episode you'l...
Working with startups (with Jessica Lin and Jonathan Lehr)
November 26, 2019 13:00 - 27 minutes - 26.1 MBLearn more: Work-Bench Work-Bench blog Enterprise Weekly (newsletter) Dear Enterprise Startups, Not All Customer Intros Are Equal Follow everyone on Twitter: Intersect Jessica Lin Jonathan Lehr Work-Bench Derrick Harris Pivotal
Episode 155: Demetrious Robinson, Labs, and Learning Tech
November 26, 2019 00:00 - 41 minutes - 19.3 MBIn this episode we talk with Pivotal's Demetrious Robinson about his experience becoming a programmer, starting with RPG games, learning in Last Mile while in prison, and then through a General Assembly coding Boot Camp and into Pivotal. We also cover recent Pivotal related news with Pivotal Container Service (PKS), PAS on Kubernetes, and the Pivotal Build Service.
Episode 154: Modernizing from Mainframe to .NET Core at Travelers Insurance
November 21, 2019 17:34 - 53 minutes - 73.1 MBAhead of their January 23 webinar (https://content.pivotal.io/webinars/jan-23-app-modernization-with-net-core-how-travelers-insurance-is-going-cloud-native-webinar), Dormain sat down with Viraj Naik, Lead Solutions Architect at Travelers Insurance, and Rohit Kelaure (https://twitter.com/RKela), Principal Solutions Architect at Pivotal. We talked about why and how the team at Travelers modernized a workload off of the mainframe on to .NET Core running on Pivotal Platform. Tune in to learn abo...
Episode 153: Platform Automation and Kubernetes with T-Mobile and Altoros
November 15, 2019 21:43 - 49 minutes - 67.6 MBIn this episode of Pivotal Conversations, T-Mobile's Mohammad Salman and Matt Murphy, along with Altoros' Ryan Meharg share insights into building platform automation, deploying and operating PKS, and building trust between teams. See full show notes here: https://content.pivotal.io/podcasts/platform-automation-and-kubernetes-with-t-mobile-and-altoros
Entrepreneurial thinking (with Zachary Klima)
November 12, 2019 13:00 - 20 minutes - 19.5 MBLearn more: WaitTime Pivotal Intersect Follow everyone on Twitter: Intersect Zachary Klima WaitTime Derrick Harris Pivotal
Enterprise open source (with Stephen O’Grady)
October 29, 2019 12:00 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBLearn more: RedMonk Cockroach and the Source Available Future DataStax and the Modern Commercial Open Source Business The Cloud and Open Source Powder Keg What Does Open Mean in the Era of Cloud APIs? It's 2019. It's Still Not a Good Idea to Build Your Own Platform Follow everyone on Twitter: Intersect Stephen O'Grady RedMonk Derrick Harris Pivotal
Enterprise open source (with Stephen O'Grady)
October 29, 2019 12:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBLearn more: RedMonk Cockroach and the Source Available Future DataStax and the Modern Commercial Open Source Business The Cloud and Open Source Powder Keg What Does Open Mean in the Era of Cloud APIs? It's 2019. It's Still Not a Good Idea to Build Your Own Platform Follow everyone on Twitter: Intersect Stephen O'Grady RedMonk Derrick Harris Pivotal
Episode 152: Candy corn teeth, or, SpringOne Platform re-cap
October 15, 2019 00:00 - 55 minutes - 25.8 MBWith SpringOne Platform over, Danielle Burrow and Bryan Friedman join us to re-cap the conferences, esp. their favorite sessions and some notable fun findings. The news segment also covers Pivotal Application Service 2.7, Azure Spring, and the Pivotal Vanguard program.
Episode 151: Pack to the Future: Cloud-Native Buildpacks on k8s with Emily Casey
October 01, 2019 14:00 - 26 minutes - 36.6 MBEmily Casey got into tech "by accident," but we're sure glad she did. As an engineer on the Cloud-Native Buildpacks contributor team, Emily has been working to mature how people build container images. Last year, she presented about "Cloud Foundry Buildpacks and the Future of Opinionated Cloud Builds" at SpringOne Platform. Since then, the vision for cloud-native buildpacks has become a reality. Casey and team have been tackling how to make the more modular cloud-native buildpacks more intero...
Next-generation SQL (with Peter Mattis)
October 01, 2019 12:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBLearn more: Cockroach Labs CockroachDB Distributed SQL: An Evolution of the Database Spring Data and YugaByte DB: A Developer's Dream Follow everyone on Twitter: Intersect Peter Mattis Derrick Harris Cockroach Labs Pivotal
Episode 150: Richard & Coté’s SpringOne Platform Pre-Romp
September 30, 2019 00:00 - 47 minutes - 21.8 MBSpringOne Platform is in just one week! Richard and Coté talk about the conference, some of their highlights, and some quick food recommendations (burgers!). Perhaps too quick! We also cover some recent news in .Net, serverless, and Azure security. Richard discusses a DevOps Report webinar he did with Dr. Nicole Forsgren, and Coté gives an overview of the new book he's working on (The Business Bottleneck) and preview of a two part webinar on the topic (part one, part two). There's still time ...
Episode 150: Richard & Coté's SpringOne Platform Pre-Romp
September 30, 2019 00:00 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBSpringOne Platform is in just one week! Richard and Coté talk about the conference, some of their highlights, and some quick food recommendations (burgers!). Perhaps too quick! We also cover some recent news in .Net, serverless, and Azure security. Richard discusses a DevOps Report webinar he did with Dr. Nicole Forsgren, and Coté gives an overview of the new book he's working on (The Business Bottleneck) and preview of a two part webinar on the topic (part one, part two). There's still time ...
Episode 149: Leading Product: The Sparks, the Challenges, and the Victories, with Alexandra Lung
September 27, 2019 14:30 - 38 minutes - 17.9 MB"The Product Manager is the one who leads the product." In this SpringOne Platform interview, Coté talks with Alexandra Lung about her and Fanny Verney's talk at SpringOne platform: "Leading Product: The Sparks, the Challenges, and the Victories." They discuss enterprise product management, an example from Orange, and the daily work of product managers. There's still time to register and come see this talk and many, many other awesome ones. SpringOne Platform is Oct 7th to 10th in Austin, Te...
Episode 148: Unwinding Folklore to Modernize at Northern Trust with Len Hardy
September 24, 2019 16:26 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MBWhile many organizations want to use the public cloud, they aren't in a position to do so. With applications written decades ago and an offshoring strategy, companies need to invest in re-engineering applications for the cloud era. This is where Northern Trust found itself a couple years ago. In this podcast, you'll hear how Northern Trust began to modernize core software and build new functionality according to 12 Factor principles. You'll hear how they worked closely with Pivotal and Solst...
Episode 147: Using Micrometer to Understand Application Behavior, a SpringOne Platform preview
September 18, 2019 12:30 - 40 minutes - 18.9 MBMark Heckler talks with Erin Schnabel about her SpringOnePlatform talk, "Metrics for the Win: Using Micrometer to Understand Application Behavior." SpringOne Platform is Oct 7th and 10th in Austin, Texas. Register before August 20th to get a comfy, $200 discount by using discount code S1P200_MHeckler.
Application security (with Guy Podjarny)
September 17, 2019 12:00 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBLearn more: Snyk The Secure Developer Snyk Service Broker for Pivotal Platform What is cloud-native security? Code that writes code? With code robots from Atomist and Snyk, the future is now Why Wells Fargo wants to 'repave' its platform every day Follow everyone on Twitter: Intersect Guy Podjarny Derrick Harris Snyk Pivotal The Secure Developer
Episode 146: A preview of two talks on CI/CD and Reactive, Cora Iberkleid
September 11, 2019 12:30 - 24 minutes - 11.5 MBMark Heckler talks with Cora Iberkleid about two of her SpringOnePlatform talks: "Square Pegs, Square Holes: CI/CD That Fits" and "Reactive Architectures with RSocket and Spring Cloud Gateway." SpringOne Platform is Oct 7th and 10th in Austin, Texas. Register before August 20th to get a comfy, $200 discount by using discount code S1P200_MHeckler.
Episode 145: SpringOne Platform preview: RabbitMQ and Kafka, and, Building Reliable Services on Kubernetes
September 05, 2019 11:49 - 12 minutes - 5.87 MBMark Heckler talks with Zoe Vance about two of her SpringOnePlatform talks: "RabbitMQ and Kafka" and "Building Reliable Services on Kubernetes." SpringOne Platform is Oct 7th and 10th in Austin, Texas. Register before August 20th to get a comfy, $200 discount by using discount code S1P200_MHeckler.
Episode 144: How to Get Productive with Spring Boot, Madhura Bhave
September 05, 2019 09:00 - 24 minutes - 11.3 MBThis week, Mark Heckler talks with Madhura Bhave about her talk at SpringOne Platform 2019, "How to Get Productive with Spring Boot." SpringOne Platform is Oct 7th and 10th in Austin, Texas. Register before August 20th to get a comfy discount, or listen to this episode to hear a discount code that'll shave off $200.
Episode 143: Hello, Spring Security 5.2 with Ria Stein
September 03, 2019 15:30 - 17 minutes - 8.44 MBThis week, Mark Heckler talks with Ria Stein about her talk at SpringOne Platform 2019, "Hello, Spring Security 5.2." SpringOne Platform is Oct 7th and 10th in Austin, Texas. Register before August 20th to get a comfy discount, or listen to this episode to hear a discount code that'll shave off $200.
Site Reliability Engineering (with Dave Rensin)
September 03, 2019 12:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBLearn more: Google's SRE homepage Reliability Engineering for Humans Principles and Best Practices for Site Reliability Engineering Scale and velocity are driving the next generation of DevOps Follow everyone on Twitter: Intersect Dave Rensin Derrick Harris * Pivotal Google Cloud SRE Book
Episode 142: Fully Reactive: Spring, Kotlin, and JavaFX Playing Together with Trisha Gee
August 28, 2019 18:27 - 29 minutes - 13.6 MBThis week, Mark Heckler talks with Trisha Gee about her talk at SpringOne Platform 2019, "Fully Reactive: Spring, Kotlin, and JavaFX Playing Together." SpringOne Platform is Oct 7th and 10th in Austin, Texas. Register before August 20th to get a comfy discount, or listen to this episode to hear a discount code that'll shave off $200.
Episode 141: Analysts relations, kubernetes for konservative konsumers, and pig brains
August 27, 2019 00:00 - 49 minutes - 23.1 MBAnalysts relations, kubernetes for konservative konsumers, and pig brains, with Rita Manachi We've got Rita Manachi back this week to talk about industry analysts in the tech world. As ever, we discuss some relevant news first - lots of VMware! - and then talk with Rita about the in's and out's of working with analysts. Also, we discuss some actual industry trends like kubernetes and how analysts have looked at and advised around it over recent years. And, remember: SpringOne Platform is comi...
PaaS and CaaS (with Cornelia Davis)
August 20, 2019 12:00 - 27 minutes - 25.9 MBLearn more: Pivotal The CIO's guide to Kubernetes Kubernetes: One cluster or many Pivotal brings the magic of 'cf push' to Kubernetes Tech Insights: Cloud-Native Pivotal Application Service Pivotal Container Service Pivotal Function Service Follow everyone on Twitter: Intersect Cornelia Davis Derrick Harris Pivotal
Episode 140: How to Live in a Post–Spring Cloud Netflix World with Olga Maciaszek-Sharma
August 16, 2019 00:00 - 31 minutes - 14.6 MBThis week, Mark Heckler talks with Olga Maciaszek-Sharmaabout her talk at SpringOne Platform 2019, "How to Live in a Post–Spring Cloud Netflix World." SpringOne Platform is Oct 7th and 10th in Austin, Texas. Register before August 20th to get a comfy discount, or listen to this episode to hear a discount code that'll shave off $200.