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    045 – Getting to Public Cloud Doesn’t Have to Hurt

    You probably realize that moving part or all of your IT operations to the public cloud isn’t easy. But even with that understanding, it’s still harder than you think. That’s why Root Level Technology exists, and they’re our guests on this edition of “10 on Tech.” Root Level Technology… Read More

    By Keith Ward
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    044 – Dynamic Networks Require Dynamic Security

    IT infrastructure has changed dramatically over the years. Data centers are no longer castles surrounded by moats that are entirely self-contained and shut off from the outside world. And that means the ways of securing the castle have to change, too. Faraz Aladin, Head of Technical Product Marke… Read More

    By Keith Ward
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    043 – Getting Fox Sports Connected

    There’s no doubt that computing is moving rapidly to the edge – this is the idea behind the Internet of Things, as well as increasing use of mobile and branch networks. One area you may not have thought of is the infrastructure necessary to run a live sports show. SD-WAN vendor Cradlepoint pr… Read More

    By Keith Ward
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    042 – Career Advice From the CTO Advisor

    Keith Townsend is one of the most prominent members of the IT community, with a long and varied background spanning multiple years and many job roles. Having recently joined VMware, he’s now added “vendor employee” to his list of titles. In this episode of “10 on Tech,” ActualTech Media… Read More

    By Keith Ward
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    041 – Hands-Off Data Center Infrastructure

    It’s what many admins would call Nirvana – the ability to automate your infrastructure to the point where you almost don’t have to touch it. Is it just a pipe dream? Ned Bellavance says No! In this episode of “10 on Tech,” ActualTech Media Partner James Green chats with Ned, the directo… Read More

    By Keith Ward
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    040 – Ransomware and the Cloud: A Deadly Combination

    Time was, the chief disasters that worried IT were natural disasters – things like fires, floods, earthquakes and tornados. In other words, you had to worry about your on-premises data center going down. But that’s changing, as more pieces of your data center move offsite. With Infrastructure-as… Read More

    By Keith Ward
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    039 - ‘Hyperconverged Kubernetes’? Yes, It’s a Thing

    You’re probably used to the idea of hyperconvergence as it’s applied to storage, servers and networking. But you’re probably not aware that the principles of hyperconvergence can be applied to Kubernetes! This episode of “10 on Tech” teases out that concept. ActualTech Media’s James G… Read More

    By Keith Ward
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    038 - Doing More – Much More – With Hyperconverged Infrastructure

    Hyperconverged infrastructure, also known as HCI, used to be thought of as appliances that basically brought together storage, compute and networking into a single box. But that definition, and the way of doing HCI in general, is changing. That’s the focus of this “10 on Tech” podcast, whic… Read More

    By Keith Ward
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    037 - Cray-Z Performance: Storage for HPC

    When you think of Cray and computing, images of gigantic supercomputers are likely to spring to mind. With good reason: Cray is all about extreme performance at extreme scale. On this week’s “10 on Tech” podcast, Cray discusses how storage is the key to what they do. Mark Wiertalla, Marketi… Read More

    By Keith Ward
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    036 - Who’s Your Cloud Daddy? Secure Backup on Amazon Web Services

    There are three critical pillars of data protection: backup, restore and disaster recovery. But when it comes to protecting your data in the cloud, advanced security countermeasures and infrastructure management become part of the holistic solution. That’s what Cloud Daddy CEO Joe Merces and Actua… Read More

    By Keith Ward
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    035 - Tear It Down, Build It Up: Software Composable Infrastructure (w/DriveScale)

    “We can do for clusters what VMware did for servers.” It's a bold claim, but that’s what DriveScale aims for, and they’re our guest on this week’s episode of the “10 on Tech” podcast from ActualTech Media. DriveScale Founder and Chief Scientist Tom Lyon, along with CTO Brian Pawlows… Read More

    By Keith Ward
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    034 - Deploying Reliable Storage in Crazy Environments (w/ Cory Stuart)

    In this new episode of the 10 on Tech podcast, James Green and Scott D. Lowe of ActualTech Media interview Cory Stuart of Argonne National Laboratory about data storage for the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program. Cory has some very unique challenges with his data center deployments, and found… Read More

    By James D. Green
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    033 - Crafting IT Resilience in a Multi-Cloud World (w/ Zerto)

    You need IT resilience: the ability to withstand outages and disruptions and keep IT services humming along. And the cloud helps immensely there. If you can figure it out, that is. In this new episode of the 10 on Tech podcast, James Green of ActualTechMedia interviews Rob Strechay of Zerto (@Re… Read More

    By James D. Green
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    032 - Don't Drown In The Data Lake (w/ WhereScape)

    Every organization wants to leverage the value of their data. The question isn’t, “should we start getting a handle on this massive trove of information?”, but rather, “how do we even get started? It’s so complicated!” After all, there’s so much data locked away in so many locations an… Read More

    By James D. Green
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    031 - Storage So Fast It'll Make Your Head Spin (w/ Julie Herd)

    In this new episode of the 10 on Tech podcast, James Green of ActualTech Media interviews E8 Storage Director of Technical Marketing Julie Herd about E8 Storage, and how NVMe is disrupting the storage industry. NVMe isn’t exactly new to the market, but many still know very little or nothing about… Read More

    By James D. Green
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    030 - Kubernetes Is Driving the Need for Persistent Container Storage (w/ Alex Chircop)

    In this new episode of the 10 on Tech podcast, David Davis and James Green of ActualTech Media interview Alex Chircop (@chira001) of StorageOS (@Storage_OS) about the adoption of container storage. In this interview, you’ll learn about: Why container storage is important in the industry tod… Read More

    By James D. Green
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    029 - Ken Hosac of Cradlepoint and the 2018 State of IoT Report

    In this new episode of the 10 on Tech podcast, James Green and Scott Lowe of ActualTech Media interview VP of IoT Strategies and Business development at Cradlepoint, Ken Hosac (@KenHosac) about Cradlepoint and their 2018 State of IoT Report that they did in conjunction with Spiceworks. In this inte… Read More

    By James D. Green
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    028 - Charles Foley of @TalonStorage - Storage Fabrics for All

    In this new episode of the 10 on Tech podcast, David Davis and James Green of ActualTech Media interview Charles Foley (@CFoleytkd) of Talon about modern challenges with storage, especially when it's geographically dispersed. In this interview, you’ll learn about: - Talon storage technology… Read More

    By James D. Green
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    027 - Kris Boyd of Tintri (@Tintri) on SEGA and Storage

    In this new episode of the 10 on Tech podcast, James Green and Scott Lowe of ActualTech Media interview Field CTO at Tintri, Kris Boyd (@Tintri), about SEGA and Storage. In this interview, you’ll learn about: - How Tintri helped SEGA Games solve their virtual machine storage problems. - How… Read More

    By James D. Green
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    026 - Patrick Sullivan (@2600Hertz) on The VoIP Revolution

    In this new episode of the 10 on Tech podcast, James Green and David Davis from ActualTech Media interviewed Patrick Sullivan from 2600Hz. In this interview, you’ll hear from our guest about: - How the UC and VoIP landscape is changing - How 2600Hz is using their open source platform to distru… Read More

    By James D. Green
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    025 - Eric Wright (@discoposse) on the Theory of Constraints

    In this new episode of the 10 on Tech podcast, James Green from ActualTech Media interviewed Eric Wright from Turbonomic. In this interview, you’ll hear from our guest about: - The Theory of Constraints as applied to IT - The tools that organizations are using to remove bottlenecks today - Wh… Read More

    By James D. Green