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#073 - What was announced for vSAN in the last month? Featuring Pete Koehler!

Unexplored Territory - April 28, 2024 23:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
In episode 073 Duncan and Pete discuss various updates and changes related to vSAN, including ReadyNode configurations, licensing, vSAN Max, capacity reporting, and compression ratios. They highlight the improvements in compression ratios with vSAN ESA, which can result in significant space effi...

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Ep. 163 - Enterprise Security Concerns

Next in Tech - April 17, 2024 12:08 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
Effectively managing information security for any enterprise can be a challenge, but airlines have to deal with the compounding effects of regulations in multiple domains, life safety issues and much more. Air New Zealand CISO, Phil Ross, joins host Eric Hanselman to discuss prioritizing cyberse...

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#072 - Chris Gully and the rise of Small Language Models

Unexplored Territory - April 14, 2024 23:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Summary Chris Gully discusses his current role in the new Broadcom organization and highlights of his career. He emphasizes the importance of staying relevant in the technology industry and the value of working with cool and smart people. The conversation then shifts to the topic of small langua...

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Ep. 162 - The cloud native journey

Next in Tech - April 09, 2024 14:59 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
While getting to a cloud native development pattern is a goal for most organizations, it can be a significant journey to transform both infrastructure and processes. Analyst Carl Lehmann joins host Eric Hanselman to explore the paths that can move enterprises forward. DevOps approaches can speed...

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Ep. 161 - Payment technology in automotive

Next in Tech - April 02, 2024 16:39 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
The integration of payment technologies in the automotive realm offers interesting potential, but it has to be done with care to ensure customer experience meets expectations. FinTech’s move into the EV software ecosystem is a first step and analysts Beatriz Minamy and Sophia Furber join host Er...

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#071 - Developer Experience & Spring with DaShaun Carter

Unexplored Territory - April 01, 2024 02:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
In this new episode of the Unexplored Territory Podcast, DaShaun Carter, a Spring Developer Advocate at VMware Tanzu and Broadcom, discusses his career highlights, his home lab setup, and his passion for Spring. He explains the concept of developer experience and how Spring and Tanzu contribute ...

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Ep. 160 - AI use cases

Next in Tech - March 26, 2024 14:01 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
While there is no end of generative AI discussion, it’s not often clear how it’s being used. Nick Patience and Alex Johnston return to explore the results of a recent study that digs into AI use cases with host Eric Hanselman. Projects are charging forward and concerns around data dominate. Gett...

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Ep. 159 - KubeCon Preview

Next in Tech - March 19, 2024 13:27 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
The spring edition of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s KubeCon/CloudNativeCon is about to get underway and Jean Atelsek and William Fellows return to discuss what will be playing out in the sessions and on the exhibit floor with host Eric Hanselman. The next stage of licensing pull back f...

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3.18 Casey Hasten VIP Recruiting

Careers for Women, Trades and Veterans in Tech and Data Centers - March 19, 2024 12:57 - 33 minutes
My favorite question to ask to accomplish this task is "what will make you happy to go to work everyday?"  Casey is a VP with VIP consulting  and the author of "Awaken Your Potential."  Casey discusses how to find your "dream" job and steps people can take to unlock their employment potential.  ...

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#070 - vSAN performance with Patryk Wolsza (Intel)

Unexplored Territory - March 18, 2024 00:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
In episode 070, we spoke with Patryk Wolsza about vSAN performance. Patryk wrote some great whitepapers on the topic of vSAN OSA vs ESA, vSAN on AMD vs vSAN on Intel, and vSAN with RDMA and 100GbE. In this episode, we discuss the benefits of ESA, Intel CPUs, and RDMA/100GbE. Some links to topic...

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Ep. 158 - Mobile World Congress Review

Next in Tech - March 12, 2024 16:21 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
The curtain has come down on Mobile World Congress for 2024, but the repercussions are just beginning to settle out. Brian Patridge and Rich Karpinski join host Eric Hanselman to look at what happened at the Congress and how the implications are panning out. 5G advanced and 6G were being soft pe...

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The Case for Open Source Hypervisors with Special Guest Tom Lawrence

2GT Tech Chats - March 07, 2024 14:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
In the post-vmware world we live in today, many people are evaluating where to turn next for their virtualization needs. In this video, I sat down with  Tom Lawrence to discuss the viability of open-source hypervisors as an alternative to #vmware and other closed-source hypervisors available tod...

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Ep. 157 - AI Investing

Next in Tech - March 05, 2024 13:10 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
The world of gen AI is complex, but the web of investments in both cash and infrastructure that are supporting the many AI companies is wildly intertwined. Analyst Melissa Incera returns to look at what these interrelationships mean with host Eric Hanselman. Typical investment priorities have be...

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Ep 65 - Day in the Life of a SOC Analyst

Conf T with your SE - March 04, 2024 15:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Summary   This conversation explores the role of a SOC analyst and the challenges they face in the cybersecurity field. It covers the structure and responsibilities of a SOC team, the impact of remote work on communication and collaboration, and the skills required to be a successful SO...

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#069 - AI on CPUs with Earl Ruby

Unexplored Territory - March 04, 2024 00:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
In episode 69, we spoke with Earl Ruby on running AI and ML workloads on CPUs. Earl is an R&D engineer at VMware by Broadcom focusing on AI/ML accelerators. He provides us with an overview of the do's and don't of successful deployments of AI-enabled applications on CPUs. Some links to topics d...

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Ep. 156 - Connecting with Customers

Next in Tech - February 27, 2024 14:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
Digital customer interactions are critical to business success. The effect on customer satisfaction can be dramatic, but the technology behind those interactions is often hidden. Raul Castañon Martinez joins host Eric Hanselman to look at Communications Platform and Contact Center as a Service (...

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ePlus Security Presents: Security with Soccer Mom - Ep. 1 Managed Detection and Response

Solutions Express - February 23, 2024 15:01 - 8 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratings
In Episode 1, ePlus’ Director of Managed Security Services and host of Security with Soccer Mom, alongside ePlus Director of Security Services Alisa Castro dive into the elements of Managed Detection and Response and the importance of including a Threat Detection & Response Guidance service to f...

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Ep. 155 - Mobile World Congress Preview

Next in Tech - February 20, 2024 23:46 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
What has been the premier telecom conference has expanded to be a technology showcase for everything from IoT to AR/VR. Lynnette Luna, Julber Osio and Mohammed Hamza, part of the analyst team braving the 100,000 or so attendees converging on Barcelona, join host Eric Hanselman to discuss what th...

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#068 - Diving into the VMC on AWS announcements with Niels Hagoort

Unexplored Territory - February 19, 2024 03:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
In episode 067, we invited Niels Hagoort back to the show to talk about the latest VMC on AWS announcements. Topics we discussed: The new M7i instance, including its use cases and specs The Cloud Management Add-on for VMC on AWS and how Aria can add value The differences between the M7i inst...

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Ep. 154 - Supply chain is back

Next in Tech - February 13, 2024 15:22 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
Many thought that supply chain woes faded with pandemic concerns, but they’re back and with new dimensions. Analyst Mark Fontecchio returns to explore its cyclic nature and the challenges technological approaches are facing with host Eric Hanselman. Shippers and logistics firms are refocusing on...

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Ep. 153 - Smart cities

Next in Tech - February 07, 2024 02:41 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
While visions of smart cities might conjure up flying cars and robot delivery, the reality is that many are leveraging digitization today with significant impacts on a smaller scale. Analyst Zoë Roth looks at what’s going on today and the potential for the future with host Eric Hanselman. Digita...

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#067 - Securing the worlds data with Rubrik featuring Jerry Rijnbeek

Unexplored Territory - February 05, 2024 00:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
In episode 067, we spoke with Jerry Rijnbeek on the topic of Rubrik, and how Rubrik enables customers to secure their data against natural disasters as well as ransomware, but more importantly, also helps customers to develop a data security posture. Follow us on X for updates and news about up...

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#067 - Securing the world's data with Rubrik featuring Jerry Rijnbeek

Unexplored Territory - February 05, 2024 00:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
In episode 067, we spoke with Jerry Rijnbeek on the topic of Rubrik, and how Rubrik enables customers to secure their data against natural disasters as well as ransomware, but more importantly, also helps customers to develop a data security posture. Follow us on X for updates and news about up...

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Life After VMware

2GT Tech Chats - February 05, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Welcome to our first podcast of 2024! (yes, it's a little late...that's my fault.) Anyway, we're changing up the podcast a bit in terms of format. That's right! We're trying something a little different! We've added a short news section to the beginning of the pods, followed by our deep-dive top...

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Ep. 152 - Cyber Insurance

Next in Tech - January 30, 2024 17:47 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
The intersection of technology and financial markets in security is creating interesting dynamics. Analysts Thomas Mason, Dan Kennedy and Scott Crawford join host Eric Hanselman to dig into the complexities of cyber insurance and the technologies surrounding it. Insurers have struggled in the ra...

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Bitcoin ETF, Bitcoin Halving, CBDCs – OrionX Download Podcast

OrionX Download - January 30, 2024 07:07 ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Bitcoin ETF and Bitcoin halving have fueled renewed excitement in the cryptocurrency world and it is time to catch up with the state of the market again. Dr. Stephen Perrenod joins Shahin Khan to go over the latest hot topics: Wall Street entering the Bitcoin market with about a dozen Bitcoin E...

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Ep. 151 - Network Security in Cloud

Next in Tech - January 23, 2024 21:52 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
Security in cloud-based infrastructure has different possibilities, but enterprises don’t always leverage cloud’s potential to improve security footing, particularly in networking. Quint Van Deman, senior principal within the office of the CISO at Amazon Web Services joins host Eric Hanselman to...

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#066 - Data Platforms for AI/ML workload with Vaughn Stewart

Unexplored Territory - January 22, 2024 00:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
In episode 66, we spoke with Vaughn Stewart on data platforms for AI and ML workloads. Vaughn is the VP of Systems Engineering at VAST Data. He provides us with an overview of the needs and requirements of a data platform for successful deployments of AI-enabled applications. Some links to topi...

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Ep. 150 - Technology in media production

Next in Tech - January 16, 2024 19:25 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
Technology’s impacts are felt in many areas, including podcasts! We pull back the curtain a little with producers Darren Rose and Kyle Cangialosi joining host Eric Hanselman to look at the transformations that are driving media production. Concerns about deep fakes are all the rage, but the real...

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Ep. 149 - Metaverse and Gen AI Collide

Next in Tech - January 10, 2024 20:13 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
It might seem like generative AI has eclipsed the metaverse as a buzzy tech topic, but the two are intersecting in ways that are impacting autonomous vehicles and wealth of pursuits beyond gaming. Ian Hughes returns to the podcast to explore what this interaction is creating today and where it’s...