Data Center Therapy
96 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIT talk with a healthy dose of empathy: Hosts Matt Yette & Matt Cozzolino draw on their combined 40+ years of infrastructure experience as they discuss the ever-changing technology landscape – from virtualization to storage, security to networking, and everything in between.
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#090 - Azure Virtual Desktops with Ryan Grelck and Aaron Hagman
October 20, 2023 13:45 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBWelcome back, loyal Data Center Therapy listeners! As summer gives way to fall, we’re dropping another fresh and topical episode onto the hot podcast grill for your informational delight (with a dash of fun thrown in for good measure.) Your host, Mr. Matt “My Stack Overflowed” Cozzolino joins IVOXY End User Compute specialists Ryan "Universal Broker" Grelck and Aaron "Auto-Scaling" Hagman for a deep dive into the new and cloud-enabled world that is Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop, and Wind...
#089 - InTune Education with Ryan Grelck and Aaron Hagman
August 08, 2023 18:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBWelcome back to another exciting episode of Data Center Therapy, where the digital device management seas are stormy but the DCT deck crew are always ready for a challenge! While Matt ‘Hard to Starboard’ Cozzolino is out on PTO this week, your reliable and experienced Captain, Mr. Matt ‘Engines Steady at Quarter Impulse’ Yette welcomes IVOXY End User Computing Consultants Mr. Ryan ‘Magnum VDI’ Grelck and Mr. Aaron ‘Active Directory Animal’ Hagman to the virtual DCT studios, for a chat about...
#088 - What’s new with Desktop Virtualization and Horizon Classes, with Mr. Ryan Grelck
June 22, 2023 18:45 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBWelcome back to another installment of your favorite IT podcast with a healthy dose of empathy, Data Center Therapy. On this episode Matt ‘Mouse Master’ Yette and Matt ‘4K before 4K was cool’ Cozzolino invite VDI expert and all-around VMware guru Mr. Ryan Grelck back to the virtual studios. Ryan shares the latest and greatest developments of end-user-computing and virtualization technologies, the changes that were made in the IVOXY training labs as of late, and even ends up getting mired i...
#087 - Network Assessments with Mack & Robert
May 01, 2023 15:26 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBYou’re a one-person wrecking crew. You rock your compute infrastructure, your hypervisor and virtual machine management system, and your storage subsystems, but you’ll admit, you could use some help with the networking side every once in a while. In fact, every now and again, something happens on the network and you never can quite get to the root of it; you rebooted a device and that ended up fixing it ninety nine times out of a hundred. Let’s not talk about that one-hundredth time - th...
#086 - What's New in vSphere 8.0?
March 09, 2023 20:26 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBYou! Yes, you! Running vSphere 6.5 or 6.7? We understand, you’re busy! For many, many reasons, you couldn’t get around to upgrading your systems to 7.0 when VMware deprecated support for 6.7 and 6.5 on October 15th, 2022. So now you’re at a cross roads. vSphere 8 is out, but fairly new, and comes with its own set of new hardware requirements. Assuming your existing hardware meets them, do you upgrade to vSphere 7 or vSphere 8? If instead you get new hosts, should you run ESXi 7 ...
#085 - Endpoint Device and Virtual Desktop Jamboree with Hoppy Shaw
March 08, 2023 16:29 - 36 minutes - 25 MBThe Matts are back, baby! Your intrepid Data Center Therapy hosts, Mr. Matt ‘He sings the bass’ Yette, and Mr. Matt ‘He sings the tenor’ Cozzolino have returned! The Matts welcome IVOXY’s own End-User Compute specialist Mr. Hoppy Shaw back to the DCT virtual studios. Hoppy once again regales you, our audience, with stories of his time in Operations and the evolution of Microsoft products we’ve come to all know and (somewhat) love. Among the many topics they review are: The beginning...
#084 - If You Had Just One Dollar to Spend on Security...
December 13, 2022 20:59 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBScene: a dimly lit but warm lobby, looking a little like a doctor’s office in a log cabin but more comfortable. You’re patiently waiting to hear from some I.T. podcast microphone jockeys who’ve haven’t peeked out of their door in some time. You’ve been in that waiting room for a bit, but thankfully your Data Center Therapists, Mr. Matt “Email shields up” Yette and Mr. Matt “Attack vector identified” Cozzolino are back and ready to see you now! As Yette says, if you could spend only a do...
#083 - Email: The Wide Open Front Door
November 22, 2022 15:34 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBHowdy Data Center Therapy regulars and new “Therapy Clients” alike! On this episode, your hosts Matt “Release and Report” Yette and Matt “Reverse Lookup” Cozzolino break down email security for you, our listeners, with a little history, a little humor, and a little education around all those three, five and six letter acronyms. The Matts share their deep technical knowledge and experiences so that you can understand what those acronyms add, protocol-wise, to enhancing the integrity of the...
#082 - The Past, Present and Future of GPUs
June 14, 2022 18:30 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBHowdy Data Center Therapy listeners - are you all ready to go on a trip? What if we told you this trip would take you back to the beginnings of Graphics Processing Units? Are you ready to time-travel to the start of 3D-enabled gaming, the beginnings of fancy operating system user interfaces with visual effects, and the early artificial intelligence and machine learning efforts? Strap on those headphones and press play to go on our GPU Journey, with your hosts Matt “3DFX” Yette and Matt ...
#081 - Advanced vSphere with Shane Bradley
May 16, 2022 06:30 - 34 minutes - 24 MBWho doesn’t love a good trilogy? Cue the John Williams music! Mr. Shane Bradley, IVOXY’s resident VMware Master, returns for his third appearance on Data Center Therapy. Your intrepid hosts, Matt “No! I want Performant, Scalable AND Value-Conscious!” Yette joins his co-host Matt “Have I shown you this Docker setup?” Cozzolino to collectively welcome Shane back to the DCT virtual studios, and talk about the new Advanced vSphere class he’s been working studiously on for the past few mo...
#079 - Remote Work, Zero Trust, Mobile Device Management and More
May 12, 2022 06:50 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBWhat’s better than having a Security-minded Consultant guest on Data Center Therapy, sharing their tips on how to manage endpoints and access in your network? Why, having TWO of them, of course! Matt “Tech Debt Crusher” Yette and Matt “Magnificent Bastion” Cozzolino welcome back to the virtual studios one Mr. Quinton Barber, Security Consultant for IVOXY as well as one Mr. Hoppy Shaw, End-User Technology Consultant for IVOXY, as they discuss the challenges of remote work and zero trust...
#080 - Ransomware Preparedness with Quinton Barbe
May 12, 2022 06:50 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBCliched though it may be, it’s true: It’s not if you’re going to experience a ransomware attack, it’s just a matter of when. What can you do to prepare for it? Matt “It’s 2022 but Backup is still Sexy” Yette and Matt “Trip this Wire” Cozzolino welcome back to the virtual studios for the second time in a row IVOXY’s own Mr. Quinton Barber, Security Consultant, who counts acting as an Anti-Ransomware Specialist as one of his many responsibilities. Quinton and the Matts waste no time and ...
#078 - Mapping and Macintoshes
April 07, 2022 06:50 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBUsing a Garmin? Maybe a TomTom? It’s OK if you’re not, because it’s 2022 and your phone has a maps application, right? If you thought you knew everything about what you can do with your phone and a mapping app, think again! We welcome our Data Center Therapy guests to a gadget- and application-filled episode as your hosts Matt “Major Release Blues” Yette and Matt “Offroad Antenna” Cozzolino chat about mapping and then circle around to the state of Macintosh hardware and software. Whet...
#077 - Adventures in 3D Printing
March 31, 2022 06:30 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBWhat are you going to print? Head straight downtown to the 3D statue-filled intersection of “Fun Street” and “Technology Avenue” with this Data Center Therapy podcast! Your hosts Mr. Matt “What can’t you do with a Pi?” Yette and Mr. Matt “Printable Log Cabin” Cozzolino welcome you, our loyal listeners, into their virtual garages for an entertaining introduction to 3D printing, sans the resin fumes. If you’re wondering what the heck a “PEI magnetic build plate” is, give this episode a lis...
#076 - NetApp Technical Partner Manager (and IVOXY alumnus) Kris Lamet
March 24, 2022 06:30 - 47 minutes - 32.3 MBWelcome back Data Center Therapy fans! We have a special treat on this podcast as IVOXY’s own Kris Lamet returns to the virtual DCT studios, this time employed at NetApp as their Technical Partner Manager for the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada. Kris and your two intrepid hosts, Matt “2.4 Gigahertz? Sure Does!” Yette and Matt “Deadbolt This!” Cozzolino crack a couple of frosty ones and muse about the amazing longevity and adaptability of NetApp, the challenges of using the cloud eit...
#075 - Introducing Mr. Quinton Barber
March 03, 2022 07:50 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBJoin us on this special episode of Data Center Therapy where Matt “M.C. MFA” Yette and Matt “So Many Rules” Cozzolino welcome the newest member of the IVOXY family, Security Consultant Quinton Barber. Quinton joins the team with over 25 years of experience in Information Technology and has specialized in producing Assessments and Gap Analysis for all his customers, from the improbably small to the stupendously large F500s. In this episode, you’ll get talk that includes conceptual basics su...
#074 - Retro Gaming and Hypervisor Boot Devices
February 24, 2022 07:50 - 39 minutes - 27 MBAway crew, prepare to set your phasers to ‘fun’! On this episode of Data Center Therapy, your fabulous hosts, Mr. Matt “SCUMM For Life” Yette and Mr. Matt “Bring up your Inventory Screen!” Cozzolino drive the DeLorean Time Machine and drop you, our loyal listeners, off at the Pizza Hut with a huge stack of quarters for the Pac-Man, Galaga, and pinball machines. Come on a retro journey with the IVOXY gang as they share their thoughts on their favorite games of years past, including: Be...
#073 - AI and the Metaverse
February 03, 2022 07:58 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBIt’s the near future. You’re on a road trip across the country. At some point, you realize you’re tired and lower your seat for a nap. You go ahead and take one. In the meanwhile, your car nearly silently glides onward, ever attentive to the road. On this quick bite of an episode, your Data Center Therapy hosts Matt “You think that’s air you’re breathing?” Yette and Matt “We Hope You Enjoy the Ride!” Cozzolino talk about Artificial Intelligence, the Metaverse, 3D movies and Washington ...
#072 - Working from Home with Neil Kassal
February 03, 2022 07:55 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBYou already work from home, and you’re in IT, so there’s probably not much you can do to improve your setup, right? Maybe not! In this episode of Data Center Therapy, your hosts Matt “Faster than Gigabit” Yette and Matt “Layer 2 Plus” Cozzolino welcome IVOXY’s own Systems and Storage Consultant Neil Kassal into the virtual studios. Neil shares his tips on optimizing your work from home setup, from your seating all the way up to network segmentation and home backups. Along the way, the...
#071 - USA’s First Air Force and Space Force Chief Software Officer, Nicolas Chaillan
December 15, 2021 07:30 - 45 minutes - 52 MBYou ever envision updating the firmware of a weapons system on your fighter jet while you’re flying it? No? That makes sense. But for the people trying to evolve our military’s ossified bureaucracies and systems, that vision is indeed a reality. Your hosts of this Data Center Therapy episode, Matt ‘I’ve got a lock on the target’ Yette and Alec ‘It's a UNIX system! I know this!’ Taylor welcome the United States of America’s very first Chief Software Officer, Nicolas M. Chaillan to the D...
#071 - USA’s First Air Force and Space Force Chief Software Officer, Nicolas Chaillan
December 15, 2021 07:30 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBYou ever envision updating the firmware of a weapons system on your fighter jet while you’re flying it? No? That makes sense. But for the people trying to evolve our military’s ossified bureaucracies and systems, that vision is indeed a reality. Your hosts of this Data Center Therapy episode, Matt ‘I’ve got a lock on the target’ Yette and Alec ‘It's a UNIX system! I know this!’ Taylor welcome the United States of America’s very first Chief Software Officer, Nicolas M. Chaillan to the D...
#070 - Supply Chain Troubleshooting with Eric Watson
December 14, 2021 07:55 - 27 minutes - 19.3 MBWhen you need to talk about the supply chain issues that affect IVOXY, our customers and really everyone and everything, who’d be the logical guest to bring on an episode of Data Center Therapy? Maybe…somebody who’s seen it all, and been there from the very start? This week on DCT, our intrepid hosts, the newly returned Matt “Logistical Challenge Accepted!” Yette and Matt “Holdin’ up the Fort” Cozzolino welcome IVOXY’s founder, Mr. Eric Watson, to the virtual studios to share his unique, ...
#070 - Supply Chain Troubleshooting with Eric Watson
December 14, 2021 07:55 - 28 minutes - 32 MBWhen you need to talk about the supply chain issues that affect IVOXY, our customers and really everyone and everything, who’d be the logical guest to bring on an episode of Data Center Therapy? Maybe…somebody who’s seen it all, and been there from the very start? This week on DCT, our intrepid hosts, the newly returned Matt “Logistical Challenge Accepted!” Yette and Matt “Holdin’ up the Fort” Cozzolino welcome IVOXY’s founder, Mr. Eric Watson, to the virtual studios to share his unique, ...
#069 - 2022: Predictions and Anticipations with Ryan Grelck
December 14, 2021 07:45 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBSpace out. No, really, go ahead and think of your favorite space themed games, movies, and books, because on this episode of Data Center Therapy, your host Matt “PlexMan” Cozzolino welcomes Ryan Grelck into the virtual studios to talk about 2022 and what fun things are right around the corner. Don’t be fooled, however, as the duo also talk about Linux as a desktop operating system, ransomware, and transparent network virtualization technologies all in the same episode! While taking yo...
#068 - End User Computing with Consultant Hoppy Shaw
December 14, 2021 01:16 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBIOS. Android. MacOS. Windows. No, this isn’t an episode about which is better or what Apple just released. It’s all about managing those mobile and desktop platforms because, face it, the world is complicated, and the stronger businesses know how to play nice with all the different platforms. Keep the users happy, but also keep the critical enterprise data protected while allowing those platform choices. This isn’t an easy thing to do for most companies. The software is complicate...
#067 - Security vs Home Automation: FIGHT!!!
October 07, 2021 06:50 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBTime flows strangely in the era of the pandemic. Sometimes you go out on what seems like a four hour walk, and barely two hours have passed. Or you might sit down on the couch in what you thought was the morning and suddenly it’s 4PM and you have no idea how that’s even possible. Here on this podcast episode is a rare change up for Data Center Therapy; there’s almost no mention of the datacenter! Instead, Matt “Bonjour” Yette and Matt “You have a Rendezvous with a uPnP problem?” Cozzolin...
#065 - No Silver Bullets: Security Series, Part Two
September 23, 2021 06:50 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBWelcome back to Data Center Therapy’s second security episode of late summer 2021. With your hosts Matt “Fragged due to network latency!” Yette and Matt “Raspberry PIs 4 Life!” Cozzolino, the DCT Duo get into the nuts and bolts of how firewalls have evolved over the years (ASA to PIX and well beyond those), and the DCT Duo also discuss how your company’s most critical data can be corralled INSIDE your network with the right set of tools. In this episode the Matts ask and answer: What inf...
#066 - The Man in Black, from VMware’s Carbon Black
September 23, 2021 06:50 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBWe know, we know, EVERYbody’s talking about ransomware lately. Given that there’s so many bad actors, and so many easily tricked users, though, how can we not talk about it? At least talk about a different technical approach to anti-virus and anti-malware software, we say. Tell us what makes it different and how it can be proactive, and not just reactive like most solutions out there. Ask and ye shall receive! Matt “The tinfoil doesn’t seem to be working!” Yette and Matt “I DROPped tha...
#064 - No Silver Bullets: Security Series, Part One
September 23, 2021 06:50 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBWelcome back to another episode of Data Center Therapy where the topic this week is all things security related. With your hosts Matt “You sure you wanna kick that can down the road?” Yette and Matt “The answer is: It Depends!” Cozzolino, the intrepid DCT Duo has a quick and fun but also informative podcast all around Information Technology Security this week. In this episode, the Matts answer a few white-hot, timely and relevant questions such as: Is the sole purpose of SD-WAN to reduce...
#063 - Brand Protection with Cisco
August 11, 2021 06:50 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBWho doesn’t love a good procedural cop show? Welcome to a very different episode of your favorite I.T.-themed podcast, Data Center Therapy, where your hosts Matt “Football is Life” Yette and Matt “Now the Hunted becomes the Hunter!” Cozzolino welcome to the virtual studios Doug Abbott, Senior Investigator for Brand Protection at Cisco. Doug and the Matts talk about many of the different ways Cisco gear can be counterfeited, and they cover topics on this show such as: How Cisco counterfe...
#062 - Smart Homes, Backyards, and Surviving Heat Waves
July 29, 2021 06:30 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBAfter a short summer hiatus, hosts Matt “If you’re from Chicago, fight me!” Yette and Matt “Free Chimenea” Cozzolino return to the virtual Data Center Therapy studios to record another fun and casual podcast about all things Smart Home. Commenting on Cozzolino’s continued updates to his new-to-him log cabin, our intrepid hosts cover a wide amount of topics such as: Core technologies that power automation, such as Node Red, IFTTT (If This Then That), MQTT and Message Brokers, and Home Assis...
#061 - Advanced vSphere Topics with Shane Bradley
June 09, 2021 07:05 - 41 minutes - 28.2 MBFor this episode, our intrepid hosts Matt “Southern Upstate New York Accent” Yette and Matt “Running NFSv3 before eligible for Driver’s Ed” Cozzolino welcome vSphere Guru and Senior IVOXY Consultant Shane Bradley back into the virtual studios. Shane shares where he’s at, what he’s working on, and gives us, the loyal Data Center Therapy listeners, a little preview of what’s coming down the pipe for Shane’s newest class, vSphere 7 Advanced. Along the way, the Matts and Shane talk about: NF...
#060 - Cryptocurrency with Keith Emmanuel
May 19, 2021 07:05 - 37 minutes - 25.4 MBWhat is Bitcoin? What’s Dogecoin (pronounced dohj-coin)? For that matter, what the heck is cryptocurrency? What’s it useful for? Why is the price of it so volatile? To answer these questions and more, Matt “Mine This!” Yette and Matt “Transactions and…all the things!” Cozzolino welcome IVOXY Network Consultant Keith Emmanuel to the virtual Data Center Therapy studios this week to break it all down for us. Keith sheds some light on how he got interested in cryptocurrency, the history ...
#059 - You Shall Not Pass(word): Multi-Factor Authentication
May 05, 2021 07:05 - 40 minutes - 27.5 MBQuestion: When does a 40-minute podcast episode feel like a fun 15-minute chat beside the old water cooler? (Remember when that was still a thing?) Answer: When it’s Matt “Lemme tell you something about Android” Yette and Matt “Got YubiKey?” Cozzolino talking about multi-factor authentication! Our intrepid hosts of Data Center Therapy have a lively and always topical talk about MFA and more in this latest chapter. You, our welcome listeners, get to hear about: How TouchID, FaceID, an...
#058 - Software-Defined Wide Area Networks with Mack Nethkin
April 21, 2021 07:05 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBJoin Matt “Always carry a Mobile Hotspot” Yette and Matt “Palo Alto ARE my middle Names!” Cozzolino as they welcome Senior Network Consultant and Engineering Manager Mack Nethkin to the virtual Data Center Therapy Studio, to talk about all things Software-Defined Wide Area Network, or SD-WAN it’s come to be known. Mack and the Matts chat about: What the basic recipe of SD-WAN is, and where you’d want to use it in your corporate and datacenter networks. How SD-WAN can act as a unified ma...
#057 - Trust Nothing and No One: Micro-Segmentation with Matt Cozzolino
April 07, 2021 07:05 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBIn this short but sweet DCT Episode, Matt “Yette never refers to himself in the third person!” Yette and Matt “Every User is an Attack Surface” Cozzolino give a great little introduction to traditional firewalling, microsegmentation, and Zero Trust concepts in the IT world. Listening to this episode, you’ll get to hear about: The history of the security “bastion” mindset, leading to how most enterprises built their network infrastructure. What Layer 2 stretch is, what Zero Trust represe...
#056 - Return of the VDI Jedi with Ryan Grelck
March 31, 2021 07:10 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MBEnd-user computing and virtual desktop administrators: You may rejoice as IVOXY VDI Senior Consultant Ryan Grelck returns to the virtual studio of Data Center Therapy to share the latest and greatest on Horizon 8 and beyond! When you tune into this timely and relevant VDI-centered podcast, you’ll hear Matt “PiHole Schmihole” Yette and Matt “Layer 2 Stretch is cooler than MicroSeg” Cozzolino ask Ryan questions such as: How the IVOXY lab is configured to serve our students in the Horizon fo...
#055 - Home Automation with the Three Muskebeards
March 31, 2021 07:05 - 45 minutes - 31 MBSet the gadget geek dial to 100% for this Data Center Therapy episode, where Matt “No way do I use Just for Men” Yette and Matt “Slope Astronaut” Cozzolino welcome back to the virtual DCT studio our own Kris “Single-Pole Switch? No Problem!” Lamet to talk about everybody’s favorite post-lockdown hobby tech - Home Automation. Kris and the Matts cover in this episode: Which platforms, protocols and technologies the Matts and Kris have in their homes including Z-Wave, HomeKit, NodeRed, Ecobe...
#054 – Networking with Joe
March 10, 2021 08:05 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBProud family that we are, IVOXY formally invites you to tune into this special episode of Data Center Therapy, where our hosts Matt “LAN party” Yette and Matt “Beard Ambassador” Cozzolino welcome Network Consultant Joe Lentz to the virtual DCT studio. Joe shares stories with the hosts about his networking background (dating back to high school!), his service in the Air Force, and his experiences working between security policy implementation and datacenter networking deployments. Learn ...
#053 – Scaling with Terraform (On-Demand Lab Part VI)
February 03, 2021 08:05 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBHere we go – the final episode of this series [insert Return of the Jedi reference here]. This week we here at Data Center Therapy we’re bringing you the ultimate conclusion of the IVOXY On-Demand Lab podcast series, where the subject is all things Terraform. Keep an eye out for our Terraform Demo Day coming in March, and consider saving your seat for our Hands-on VMware Horizon for Administrators class later this month. Learn more: ivoxy.com/scaling-with-terraform
#052 – Cisco Intersight with Dave Nentarz
January 20, 2021 08:05 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBIf the acronym “API” excites you, the phrase “software-defined infrastructure” tickles your fancy, or if skating ahead of where the technology puck is going is your MO, be sure to tune in to this one to hear Dave share about what’s coming down the pike from Cisco across networking, hyper-converged and computing solutions. Learn more at ivoxy.com/cisco-intersight By the way, we just announced our upcoming Hands-on VMware Horizon for Administrators – learn more and save your seat now: ivox...
#051 – Holiday Sundries
January 06, 2021 22:27 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBNeed a quick break from work? On this episode of Data Center Therapy we've just got fun water cooler topics like TV shows, home improvements and delicious beef dinners. Learn more at ivoxy.com/holiday-sundries
#050 – Network Automation with Keith Emmanuel (On-Demand Lab Part V)
December 30, 2020 08:05 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBThis week Keith astounds and delights the systems folks as well as the network infrastructure die-hards on this episode as he gives details on the parts and pieces needed to command, control and deploy a network from scratch. Learn more at ivoxy.com/network-automation-with-keith-emmanuel PS: There is still time to save your seat for our Hands-on Network Automation with Ansible hosted by Keith: ivoxy.com/ansible.
#049 – VDI with Ryan Grelck (On-Demand Lab Part IV)
December 16, 2020 08:05 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBOur intrepid hosts welcome back to the virtual studios IVOXY’s very own Ryan "Magnum VDI" Grelck to talk about a smorgasbord full of Horizon topics, including how it has changed and how it’s been implemented in our On-Demand Lab. You will also find out why Matt Cozzolino doesn’t need a stud finder in his new house (and no, it is not the obvious joke you’re thinking of!!) Learn more at ivoxy.com/vdi-with-ryan-grelck PS: There is still time to save your seat for our Hands-on Network Aut...
#048 – Network Virtualization (On-Demand Lab Part III)
December 02, 2020 08:05 - 43 minutes - 30 MBOur series reaches new depths as the guys discuss nesting NSX-T instances, GNS3 integration into the lab, and why on-prem solutions like vSphere & NSX-T are convergently evolving towards the DevOps space. Learn more at ivoxy.com/network-virtualization PS: Don't forget about our December 15 Gene Kim event – the first 50 to RSVP & attend get a complimentary copy of his latest book: ivoxy.com/gene-therapy PPS: Save your seat for our Hands-on Network Automation with Ansible coming this Jan...
#047 – Sizing with Shane Bradley (On-Demand Lab Part II)
November 25, 2020 08:05 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBWe welcome back Shane to share how our On-Demand Lab was conceived, sized and configured. Topics include the evolution from VMware Workstation virtual machine to full-on co-located infrastructure, NSX-T, Nested ESXi, Terraform, TrueNAS, ESXi on Arm and more. PS: We just announced an exciting event with Gene Kim coming up on December 15 – and the first 50 to RSVP & attend get a complimentary copy of his latest book: ivoxy.com/gene-therapy Learn more at ivoxy.com/sizing Save your seat fo...
#046 – Origins (On-Demand Lab Part I)
November 18, 2020 08:05 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBThis episode is the first of our new series. Matt & Matt discuss how the new IVOXY lab was designed, how it was implemented, the things it can do, where it’ll go in the future and what it all means to you! This is a fun and delightful episode that shares adventures from just about all disciplines: networking, storage, compute, cloud and automation, so be sure to give it a listen if your technical interests veer towards any of those. Learn more at ivoxy.com/origins. Save your seat for o...
#045 – VMworld 2020 REDUX Epilogue
October 28, 2020 07:05 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBOur hosts Matt ‘Ask me about my Pi’ Yette and Matt ‘Barbecue-As-A-Service’ Cozzolino welcome back to the virtual studios our very own IVOXY Principal Consultant, Mr. Alec Taylor, who shares his camaraderie and technical perspective on this casual, fun edition of Data Center Therapy which was recorded #live at our VMworld 2020 REDUX event. You’ll get to hear about a few odds and ends that have the Matts and Alec thinking about the future like ESXi-on-ARM, DR testing, Carbon Black, and acti...
#044 – VMworld 2020 Predux with Alec Taylor
October 07, 2020 07:05 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBAlec's got his crystal ball and he's giving you a peek! With VMworld squarely in the rear-view mirror, we're looking forward at what all the big announcements will actually mean for you and your organization. Consider this episode the appetizer to our main entre online event, with two convenient dates to choose from: October 20 and November 5. Whether you caught some of the event or not, VMworld 2020 REDUX is our can't-miss event of the year. Learn more and register here for free: ivoxy.co...
#043 – Project Management Conundrums with Jenn Bahneman & Dan Stoecker
September 23, 2020 07:05 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBIt’s the people and the processes that make that classic IVOXY data center refresh and network optimization magic happen. In this episode, our humble hosts welcome to the virtual studios two professionals from our Project Management Office: Jenn Bahneman and Dan Stoecker to discuss how we approach projects with our customers. Learn more at: ivoxy.com/project-management-conundrums. As mentioned, VMworld 2020 REDUX registration just opened – we hope you can join us: ivoxy.com/vmworld-2020-...