Tech Field Day Podcast
Episodes
Next-Generation Storage is Not Storage Anymore
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Looking at the new companies in enterprise storage, it’s obvious that storage just isn’t storage anymore. Even more traditional storage v...
Reactive Security Controls Are Not Enough
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The modern world of security is transforming quickly. Attackers are leveraging new tools and new ways to invade systems and capture data or dem...
Web3 is Bunk
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Hypercloud is More Important Than the Cloud
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As public cloud becomes more popular and competitive, developers are adopting cross-cloud platforms that can be thought of as a hypercloud. One drive...
Disruptive Technologies Get Buried
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 o...
2022 Will Be the Same For Technology As 2021
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
A Service Provider Network is Not Your Enterprise Network
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Networking is networking, right? It’s all the same routers and switches that move packets between locations. How different can they really be? Join...
You’re Not Ready to Deal with Unstructured Data
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Unstructured data is varied in nature and continues to grow, especially in our new world of telematics, multimedia, and AI. In this sponsored episode...
Data Rates Don’t Change Cell Size
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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. De...
Heavy Containers Shouldn’t Exist
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Containers were supposed to be lightweight and stateless, unlike the heavy virtual machines that dominate today’s datacenter. In this first on-prem...
The Cloud Is Finally Ready For the Enterprise
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Data Protection Software Doesn’t Solve Ransomware Issues
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The rise of massive ransomware outbreaks has led to a number of strategy changes, including the pivot of disaster recovery and business continuity co...
You Need To Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone If You Want To Learn
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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’...
Will Working From Anywhere Destroy Enterprise IT?
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 reso...
Service Mesh Is a Use in Search of a Problem
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, it seems like every cloud vendor is pitching a service mesh, but is this really necessary? In this episode, Calvin Hendryx-Parker, Ned Bellava...
Hype and Reality Are Not Related
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The history of information technology is bound up with hype. In this discussion, Tech Field Day 24 delegates Paul Stringfellow, Robert Novak, and Cra...
When is it Time to Scrap Everything in Storage and Start Over?
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 s...
It’s Time to Embrace the Bottlenecks in Storage
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Storage administration has always been about fighting bottlenecks, but today’s architecture means it’s time to embrace them instead. In this epis...
Technical Debt Will Bankrupt Your Modern Apps
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 s...
High Availability Is the Worst Reason to Go Multi-Cloud
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Multi-cloud has quickly become a buzzword in the enterprise IT industry, but as organizations start to adopt multi-cloud strategies, their reasoning ...
Is Enterprise Wireless the Key to Bringing Workers Back to the Office?
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 r...
DNS is Critical for Modern Cloud
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Enterprise IT Has Transformed Public Cloud
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cloud computing has transformed enterprise IT, but it is perhaps less obvious how traditional concepts like data protection and high availability hav...
Humans Aren’t Smart Enough to Manage Storage
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With so much data at the average organization’s disposal, the task of storing it all — and storing it in an effective manner — seems to be quic...
Composable Infrastructure Will Save the Data Center From the Cloud
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With the rise of Kubernetes and other completely cloud-based deployments, on-premises data centers seem to be on the way out to make way for the scal...
We Have Reached the End of the SSD Era
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The enterprise storage industry has passed from the hard disk era through hybrid to all-flash, but what comes next? In this sponsored episode, Moshe ...
The Enterprise is Not Ready for AI
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
AI-powered applications are rolling out everywhere, but enterprises are really not ready for this shift. From lack of infrastructure to power trainin...
Traditional Network Monitoring Tools Can’t Keep Up With Modern Environments
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The enterprise network is full of data. We’ve spent the past decade trying to learn how to unlock those secrets. However, the recent shift away fro...
Are Our Networks Just Becoming Cloud Service Providers?
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We spent hours and hours, dollars and dollars to create state-of-the-art networks, ensuring that all the computers in our companies could talk to eac...
Multicloud Is the True Driver of SASE and SD-WAN Adoption
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
SD-WAN has been the truest example of implementing software-defined networking in the last decade. With the rise of SASE, we’re seeing the integrat...
Is It the End of the Server as We Know It?
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dynamic. Extensible. Scalable. These are just some of the key traits today’s companies need from their infrastructure, and frankly, it seems like t...
Private LTE Won’t Displace WiFi
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wi-Fi networking is the way we do business today in the enterprise. Our workstations, printers, and mobile devices are all connected with the technol...
Do We Need To Toss Out Hacked Software?
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Modern software is not invulnerable. We constantly find ourselves under attack from a variety of angles trying to sneak in to steal information or ca...
Is Security Just A Bunch of Products?
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Security is a lot of things. It’s the way we protect ourselves and our information. It’s a process and a need. But can we boil it all down to some...
Kubernetes Needs Data, Not Storage
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pure Storage Spotlight: Does Kubernetes Even Need Storage? In this sponsored episode by Pure Storage, we’re discussing Kubernetes and storage. ...
What Is The Fate of VMware?
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With the recent departure of Pat Gelsinger and other executives, VMware finds itself in uncertain times. Rumors have swirled for months about plans t...
XDR Isn’t Enough for Your Security Needs
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cisco Spotlight: Is XDR Enough for Your Security Needs? What is XDR exactly? Is it a specific tool? Is it a term that encompasses the entirety of ...
Metadata is Not Data
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Metadata is not data… or is it? Should it be treated and protected like data? For example, using metadata, phone providers may not know the content...
Is SASE Just A Marketing Term?
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The world of networking and security are being wrapped up together with the advent of Secure Access Service Edge, or SASE. Is this a new tech...
Pat Gelsinger is Going to Save Intel
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On February 15, Bob Swan is stepping down from Intel as the CEO, and Pat Gelsinger will take his place. The former CTO steps into a company embat...
Docker Only Cares About Developers Now
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What direction is Docker going in now? Does it really only care about developers now? There are over 10 million people out there in the world usi...
Is Storageless Storage Just Someone Else’s Storage?
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Storageless storage? What, in the name of oxymorons does that mean? This new buzzphrase has hit the storage world and we need to figure out what ...
Do Predictions Even Matter in 2021?
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Could anyone say they got their predictions mostly right in 2020? Even a little bit? As we begin 2021, we take a moment to realize that no matter...
Bug Bounty Programs are Just Legalized Bribery
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Finding bugs in software isn’t new. Finding security bugs is just as old. Even the process of selling them to nefarious operators has history. ...
Traditional Security Models Don’t Work From Just Anywhere
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As workers transition into the new state of working from their home office, what does that mean for our existing security technologies? How does ...
Rate Limiting Will Kill Docker
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Docker has recently announced that they will rate limit image pulls from Docker Hub. These images are critical to modern infrastructure and have beco...
You Need Cloud Gateways to Transition to the Cloud
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The world of the cloud is not your traditional enterprise IT space. The requirements are different for the way we access data and services. The tools...
There’s Still No Viable Open Source Business Model
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How can an open source project become your full-time job and how can you make money at it? Good question. Catch the podcast to find out!
Solving Networking From Home Challenges
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
VMware Spotlight Podcast VMware Work From Anywhere Spotlight Podcast: The pandemic has created challenges for professionals working from home, not the...
Governments Trying to Disrupt Botnets is a Bad Idea
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Are Governments Disrupting Botnets a Bad Idea? Botnets are becoming a huge part of Internet attack methods and data collection tools. The...
Enterprise Networking Has No Need for IPv6 – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Does enterprise networking need IPv6? Enterprise networks have been on the verge of address exhaustion for years. The promise that was on...
Object Storage is the Future of Primary Storage
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
PURE STORAGE SPOTLIGHT PODCAST featuring Rajiev Rajavasireddy, Vice President Of Product Management. The Premise: Is object storage the future of pri...
Companies are Not Inherently Good or Evil
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Are companies inherently good or evil? We all have the idea that there are companies that are good and companies that are bad. Some do ki...
Working From Home Isn’t All That Great
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Is working from home all that it’s cracked up to be? The current state of the world has forced us all to work from home. It’s wha...
Not All APIs Are Created Equal
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Are all APIs created equally? NGINX Spotlight: We live in an increasingly interconnected world that hinges on responsive APIs. It is beco...
Your Data is Lying to You
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Is your data telling you the truth? Facts are facts, but that doesn’t mean that your data is telling you the whole story. Data experts ...
You Should Roll Your Own Whitebox Storage
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Should you roll your own storage system? As enterprise storage moves to commodity hardware and software, has the time come for businesses...
Wi-Fi Isn’t Always the Best Wireless Solution – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Is Wi-Fi the Best Wireless Solution? In a highly-connected world, we rely on our technology to stay online at all times. Almost everythin...
IoT Doesn’t Need Wi-Fi 6E – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Does IoT Need Wi-Fi 6E? The standards for faster wireless communications are being adopted much more quickly. We have faster speeds and ...
Disaggregated Architecture Runs Best with Enterprise Hybrid Cloud
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Does disaggregated architecture run best with enterprise hybrid cloud? Pure Storage Spotlight In this episode, we are taking on enterpri...
A Single Source of Truth Can Bring Justice to the World
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Could a single source of truth help bring justice to the world? Continuing our effort to reconcile the perspective of enterprise IT nerds...
IT Observability Principles Can Help Bring Justice to the World
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Could IT observability principles help bring justice to the world? Technical people love clarity, facts, transparency, and data, but the...
AI Can’t Do Much for WiFi – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Does artificial intelligence do anything for WiFi? Today’s world is driven by software. Applications rule the tech space and they are ...
Orchestration is the Reason Enterprises Haven’t Adopted Containers – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Orchestration is the reason enterprises haven’t adopted containers. Pure Storage Spotlight Orchestration is almost synonymous with con...
Encryption is Ruining Network Security – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: There used to be a time when the Internet was free, wild, and nothing was encrypted. With the advent of things like SSL and TLS, some net...
Anomaly Detection is the Only Good ML in the Enterprise – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: There are a bunch of new AI/ML startups, and we hear about the latest advances and interesting concepts, but it tends to fall down when i...
vSphere 7 Means NVMe-oF is Ready for Prime Time – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: With the release of vSphere 7, there are some new storage features and interoperability, but is NVMe-oF ready for prime time? Pure Stora...
IT Isn’t Really “That” Broken – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: With the number of computer performance issues reported by consumers each day, one begins to wonder is IT really broken? Computers never...
Feature-Based Licensing for Infrastructure is a Good Thing
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Software companies have found a way to offset development costs, but is charging customers for features a good thing? Modern technology ...
Enterprise AI is a Bunch of BS – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: There is so much talk about artificial intelligence and machine learning from many enterprise IT companies lately, and the general feelin...
COVID-19 Is A Security Disaster – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: With more people working from home, organizations need to focus on both security and humanity during this COVID-19 pandemic. Security w...
Physical Distancing Isn’t Possible for IT Support – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: The demands of IT support make physical distancing not practical in all situations. With many people working from home as a result of t...
Commodity Broadband is Inferior to MPLS – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
By now, we’re all familiar with software-defined wide area network or SD-WAN. SD-WAN enables the use of multiple circuit types, including both M...
Backup is a Security Hole – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Backing up data is standard practice and one that both companies and individuals take part in regularly. Having your data at your fingertips to be ab...
Single Pane of Glass is a Myth – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Single Pane of Glass is a Myth If you use network monitoring software or SIMS, you’re probably used to having a ton of browser wind...
Is Backup Dead? – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
11 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Is Backup Dead? Data protection used to be pretty straightforward. In recent years, there have been a number of changes in enterprise b...
Hadoop is Dead – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Hadoop is Dead. Big data is on everyone’s mind across IT, and the storage industry is no exception. For a while, Hadoop seemed read...
Toxic People Are Unavoidable in IT- The On-Premise IT Roundtable
28 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Working with toxic individuals in unavoidable in IT. In this roundtable, Tom Hollingsworth discusses whether it’s fundamentally una...
Wi-Fi Monetization is Bad – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
14 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Wi-Fi monetization is bad, it should be free, frictionless, and fast. In this roundtable, Tom Hollingsworth leads a discussion about the ...
IT Certifications Are More Valuable Than A College Degree – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
24 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: IT Certifications are more valuable than a college degree. Odds are that if you’ve been in IT for a while, you’ve been asked ...
The Promise of the Cloud Cannot Be Achieved – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
17 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: The Promise of the Cloud Cannot Be Achieved. We know that The Cloud is a real thing. But of the many things called The Cloud, each of the...
Digital Transformation is a Myth – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Digital transformation is a myth. There’s a lot of talk about digital transformation, but are organizations actually achieving tha...
BONUS: The Origins of Tech Field Day – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
22 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode, we’re joining Stephen Foskett as he talks with some of the original delegates and inspirations for the Tech Field Day ev...
Simplification Adds Risk – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
19 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Simplification inherently adds risk to an IT system. Simplification may sound great and improve efficiency, but it always with it an incr...
The Administrative Hurdle of IPv6 – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: The biggest hurdle to IPv6 adoption is administrative. IPv6 is the next big thing in networking, it’s going to solve all of our network...
Storage: You Gotta Keep ’em Separated – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
22 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: You should never put primary and secondary storage on the same system. It’s almost canonical wisdom is storage that you shouldnR...
Learning Kubernetes is a Waste of Time – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: With the advent of managed services, learning Kubernetes is a waste of time. On this episode, our roundtable discusses the premise that l...
Security Can’t Keep Up – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
24 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: In recent years, the velocity and sophistication of malicious hacks have accelerated beyond the capability for modern IT security to keep...
The Cloud Should Adapt to the Enterprise – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
10 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Public cloud providers should adapt to the needs of the enterprise, not the other way around. It would be great if all our applications w...
Redesigning is Useless in Wireless – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
27 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: When it comes to wireless, redesigns are useless. Redesigns in wireless are done more for compulsive than technical need. When a new acce...
SaaS Backup Isn’t My Problem – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
13 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Backing up SaaS apps isn’t my problem, the cloud provider should handle it. We all know how traditional backup work, but SaaS is di...
The Traditional Office is Dying – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: The traditional office will be dead in the next 5-10 years. The traditional office is dying. Since the rise of telecommuting in the 90s, ...
VARs are Useless – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: VARs are useless. Value-added resellers (VARs) are often characterized as useless, adding a needless cost for something that should be so...
IoT Is Making Society Less Secure – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: By proliferating the number of devices on our networks, IoT is making our society less secure. On this episode, the roundtable discusses ...
Multi-Cloud Is A Fad – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: The push for multi-cloud is driven by vendors and analysts, not by an actual IT need. On this episode, the roundtable discusses if the ...
You’re Wrong About Data Protection Policy – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Data protection policy isn’t defined by business need or IT capability, rather than an inherited set of traditions and superstition...
Bringing Yourself to Work – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
30 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: There’s value to the business in bringing your personal interests to work in IT. Today’s show discusses when you can bring yo...
The Cloud is Going to Disappear – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: People don’t want cloud, they want what it does. Today’s episode considers if people want cloud, or what the cloud actually d...
Network Analytics Is Too Expensive – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: Network analytics is too expensive for the modern enterprise. Thanks to the growth of software-defined networking, a lot of network infor...
Microsoft Is Done With Windows – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Premise: With the current corporate vision, Microsoft is done with Windows. Declaring the Death of Windows is always a great way to drum up some c...