TechONTAPPodcast
Episodes
Episode 411 - NetApp Backup and Recovery: Modern Data Protection Made Simple
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Backup isn’t just about copies anymore—it’s about resilience, efficiency, and simplicity at scale. From ransomware concerns to long-term retenti...
Ep 410 - Why Data Movement Defines Hybrid & AI Success
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When moving data into or out of the cloud, the real cost isn’t storage, but latency, egress fees, and lost flexibility. For instance, if you spin u...
Episode 309 - Who Really Controls Your Data in the Age of AI?
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As artificial intelligence reshapes cybersecurity, organizations are being forced to rethink data sovereignty, trust, and resilience. In this episode,...
Ep 408 - AI in Business with Kamales Lardi
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Tech ONTAP Podcast, we sit down with global AI and digital transformation strategist Kamales Lardi to explore one of the most importa...
Ep 407 - NetApp StorageGRID 12.0
11 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🚀 This week on the Tech ONTAP Podcast: We’re talking all things StorageGRID 12.0 — and this release is a game changer for AI and data-driven wo...
Ep 406 - AI Powered NetApp Docs
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🚀 This week on the Tech ONTAP Podcast: NetApp Docs goes AI! We sit down with Aksel Davis, Grant Glass, Jen Kaufman, and Adam Newton to explore how...
Episode 405 - NVIDIA SuperPod Updates - Fall 2025
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re diving deep into AI at scale with NetApp experts Bobby Oomen and David Arnette. From NVIDIA SuperPod (think AI factories powering massive LLM ...
Episode 404 - DataOps Toolkit
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Managing large amounts of data can be challenging, especially when you also have to manage the storage system where the data lives. So to make life ea...
Episode 403 - CPOC!
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The NetApp Customer Proof of Concept lab is a place where prospective NetApp customers can "kick the tires" on real NetApp hardware, with their own wo...
Episode 402 - NetApp FlexGroup: Advanced Capacity Balancing
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know there's a way to stripe large files across multiple nodes in a NetApp ONTAP cluster now? NetApp TME John Lantz drops by to drop some know...
Episode 401 - NetApp ONTAP: FlexCache (Spring 2025)
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, NetApp FlexCache TME drops in to discuss the latest information around the sparse caching feature for NFS and SMB workloads - FlexCache.
Episode 400 - NetApp Launch Announcements February 2025
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The NetApp A-Team drops by to chat about the NetApp launch announcements for February 2025. Listen as we cover updates to the ASA platform, new hardwa...
Episode 399: The T-Systems Health Hybrid Cloud
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The healthcare industry has long been known for its cautious approach to technology, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced a dramatic shift. In this episod...
Episode 398 - NetApp Hardware Announcements Fall 2024
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the NetApp A-Team joins us to discuss the latest NetApp hardware announcements, including the new A90 platform, as well as some new BlueXP ...
Episode 397 - Navigating the New EU AI Regulations (w/ Adam Gale)
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Tech ONTAP podcast, Adam Gale joins us to discuss the new EU AI regulations and how they may impact you and your business.
Tech ONTAP Podcast Episode 396 - BlueXP Classification
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sifting through millions of files to filter out PII, compliance violations, or other sensitive data is a huge burden for many organizations. BlueXP Cl...
Episode 395 - How Azure NetApp Files Powers EDA Workloads
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Electronic Design Automation (EDA) is the industry that powers the innovations to technology we utilize everyday by making smaller, more powerful micr...
Episode 394 - DataDobi
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
DataDobi provides world class migration and data analytics software that works seamlessly with NetApp ONTAP - both on-prem and in the cloud. Danny Es...
Episode 393 - SnapCenter 5.0 Use Cases
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SnapCenter 5.0 brought with it a ton of new features and functionality, and NetApp Solutions Architect Artie Noel joins us to discuss how exactly Snap...
Episode 392 - Talking EDA with Jon from Asianometry
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Asianometry is a newsletter and podcast channel started by a gentleman named Jon who became disillusioned with Silicon Valley and moved to Asia, start...
Episode 391 - What's in a brand? NetApp's New Identity
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brands define how people think about companies, so it's not only important to get it right, but to stay current and not be afraid to switch it up when...
Episode 390 - NetApp Goes All In on AI
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While it may feel like AI/ML are simply tech buzzwords, the influence on enterprises and their products is unquestionable. As a result, many companie...
Episode 389 - Current State of AI in Healthcare
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While generative AI is getting all the press in recent years, the practical use cases for AI, Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing have gr...
Episode 388 - StorageGRID 11.8
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Object storage is gaining more and more of a foothold in an ever evolving cloud storage world and NetApp StorageGRID is delivering more functionality ...
Episode 387 - How NetApp Drives the Automotive Industry
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A lot goes into making a car, and even more data is used. That data has to go somewhere, and oftentimes, it goes on NetApp storage - whether on-prem o...
Episode 386 - Managed Cloud Security with SolCyber
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Security is one of the most important - and most complex - concepts to address when dealing with any aspect of IT. This becomes much more apparent in ...
Episode 385 - Introducing SnapCenter 5.0
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SnapCenter is NetApp's flagship application driven backup and restore offering that provides data protection for databases such as SQL, Oracle, SAP an...
Episode 384 - Managed Cloud with Opti9tech
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
NetApp's ONTAP software design - with its multi-tenant Storage Virtual Machines, nondisruptive operations, integrated backup and replication, scale ou...
Episode 383 - Using Databases on Amazon FSxN for ONTAP
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Databases traditionally are run in on-premises data centers, but as they scale larger and larger and require more performance, admins need to start ev...
Episode 382 - Electronic Design Automation 101
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wonder how the chips in your phones, TVs, cars and appliances are made? Well, a lot goes into those and in this episode, NetApp's resident Electr...
Episode 381 - What's New in ONTAP 9.14.1
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Another fall brings another new ONTAP release here at NetApp and this one is chock full of new features to better improve your NetApp experience. Keit...
Episode 380 - NetApp in Gaming with Justin Monast (former Naughty Dog)
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, a former director of IT at Naughty Dog - Justin Monast - stops by to discuss how NetApp ONTAP powered some of the most influential games in...
Episode 379 - NetApp Astra 23.10 Updates
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When you have a Kubernetes cluster that your applications depend on to stay online, you have to seriously consider how you plan on recovering in the c...
Episode 378 - Electronic Healthcare Records in the Cloud with AWS
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The more healthcare companies start to digitize their records, the more they realize they need more capacity to do it, but they don't always have the ...
Episode 377 - ONTAP 9.13.1
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we go over the newest additions to ONTAP in the latest release with Keith Aasen. Join us as we discuss the new guarantee program, autonomou...
Episode 376 - How To Stop Being A Cloud Skeptic (w Melissa Palmer)
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
IT admins are raised on skepticism and there's an entire security philosophy centered around distrust, right? So, so when you start talking about mana...
Episode 375 - BlueXP Backup: Fall 2023 Updates
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
NetApp BlueXP delivers a unified experience for storage and data services across on-premises and cloud environments. It enables operational simplicity...
Episode 374 - Improving Postgres with pganalyze
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Postgres is a popular open source database that powers applications for companies such as Atlassian and DoorDash due to its cost, performance and vers...
Episode 373 - Medical Imaging on Amazon FSxN for NetApp ONTAP
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Medical imaging is a prevalent cog in the healthcare industry. Millions of images can be stored in a single location and provide use cases not just in...
Episode 372 - Jetstream Software And Azure VMware Solutions on Azure NetApp FIles
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jetstream Software offers one of the premiere backup and recovery options for VMware in the cloud and we invited Dennis Bray to tell us all about it. ...
Episode 371 - Azure VMware Solution in the Financial Sector
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When dealing with storing data in the cloud, trust becomes a critical component for customers - especially ones in the financial sector. If you can't ...
Episode 370 - Azure VMware Solutions on Azure NetApp Files with Baptist Health: Customer Story
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The shift to remote work in the past few years has caused enterprises to re-think how they handle virtualization infrastructure. Do they continue to o...
Episode 369 - Cloud Deployment Automation with Argonaut
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Site reliability engineers for cloud providers are the oil that makes the cloud engine run smoothly. They're responsible for the management and automa...
Episode 368 - Spot by NetApp: Elastigroup for your Spot VM Instances
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A Spot instance is a cost effective way to provision storage because you give cloud providers control over when the instance's resources can be reclai...
Episode 367 - Infrastructure Automation with RackN
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
!!WARNING: DEEP SYSADMIN CUTS AHEAD!! Back in the early 2000s, if you were a sysadmin that had to set up desktops or servers, you probably used Norto...
Episode 366: Incident Response Automation with Spot Connect
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Incident response in enterprise IT environments is a time critical task, where any delays can mean potential loss of revenue. When dealing with the c...
Episode 365 - The Future of CloudOps featuring Spot by NetApp
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There's an old saying: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. But what if it could be better? What if "fixing it" simply means "improving it"? Or - even be...
Episode 364: NetApp Spot Ocean Continuous Delivery
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kubernetes does a great job at autoscaling for applications. But when you run Kubernetes in the cloud, auto scaling might not always be so great - esp...
Episode 363: NetApp, the US Public Sector and Trident Warrior 2022
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On April Fools' Day, you stay on your guard to avoid being pranked. In IT, you always want to test before releasing something into production to avoi...
Episode 362: Perforce with NetApp in the Cloud
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that over 3 billion people play video games? That's nearly 50% of the world's population! And if you've ever played a video game (which,...
Episode 361: NetApp Spot Security - What's New in Spring 2023
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you've ever worked an IT support job and had to do on-call rotations, you probably know how noisy things can get with alerts and events - especiall...
Episode 360: NetApp AI and Nvidia with Apache Spark Horovod
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that Google created Tensorflow and Kubernetes? Or that Solaris invented NFS? That Amazon created S3? Or that Uber created Apache Spark ...
Episode 359: Exploring DORA
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Before the war in Ukraine started, a rash of cybersecurity incidents started to crop up - particularly in the Ukrainian financial sector and against g...
Episode 358: NetApp, Brocade and Cyber Resiliency
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What's in a name? When people say the words "cyber resiliency," what do you do? Do you cringe at the buzzy-ness of the term? Do you pause and think,...
Episode 357 - Cloud Data Sense Data Governance and Compliance
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When I was a kid, my room was often a mess. Clothes on the floor, toys everywhere. My mom would try to stay on me to keep it clean, but it was mostly ...
Episode 356: Kubernetes, Prometheus and ChatGPT w/ Natan Yellin
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
ChatGPT is the latest in a series of AI tools available to help people get their work done, but can it help you manage your Kubernetes cluster? Natan ...
Tech ONTAP Podcast Episode 355 - The Human Side of Digital Business Transformation w/ Kamales Lardi
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence. Blockchain. ChatGPT. Remote working. What do all of these things have in common? They're technology disruptors that busines...
Episode 354 - FlexGroup Volumes and BlueXP Cloud Backup
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Semion Mazor and Cecile Kellam join us to discuss the new addition to BlueXP Cloud Backup - FlexGroup volumes! Now you can backup, index an...
Tech ONTAP Podcast Episode 353 - NetApp Cloud Volumes Edge Cache
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the podcast, Jaap van Duijvenbode joins us to talk all about Cloud Volumes Edge Cache and how you can use it for remote and edge location...
Episode 352 - Google Cloud Medical Imaging Suite
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the podcast, Jason Klotzer of Google and Kim Garriott of NetApp join me to discuss the new Google Cloud Medical Imaging Suite offering!
Episode 351 - Fluid and NetApp BlueXP
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the podcast, Andrew Sjoquist joins us to talk about how Fluid - a software defined infrastructure platform which allows for the simplifie...
Episode 350 - NetApp Blue XP Overview
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you heard of NetApp's BlueXP? No? Don't worry, we have you covered. Phoebe Goh, Cecille Kellam and Semion Mazor stop by to tell us all about the ...
Episode 349 - NetApp FlexCache and Storage Efficiency Updates for ONTAP 9.12.1
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Tech ONTAP Podcast, Chris Hurley and Elliott Ecton join us to discuss the latest FlexCache updates in ONTAP 9.12.1, as well as the la...
Episode 348 - NetApp ONTAP 9.12.1 - S3 Updates
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the podcast, NetApp TME John Lantz joins us to discuss the latest ONTAP S3 updates for ONTAP 9.12.1, including S3/NAS interoperability.
Episode 347 - NetApp ONTAP 9.12.1 Overview
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Keith Aasen and Ken Mencher from the ONTAP product team join us to discuss what's in ONTAP 9.12.1!
Episode 346 - Executech's Approach to Cybersecurity
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, James Fair of Executech joins us to discuss how they approach cybersecurity as an MSP and we teach James about what NetApp has to offer in ...
Episode 345 - NetApp and Digital Pathology with Kim Garriott
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Kim Garriott drops by to teach us all about digital pathology and how it is the next wave of change in the healthcare IT industry.
Episode 344 - NetApp Cloud Insights featuring ONTAP Essentials
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Yossi Weihs and Ed Barron join us to discuss Cloud Insights and the latest feature - ONTAP Essentials.
Episode 343 - VMware Explore 2022 NetApp Recap
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the podcast, NetApp TMEs Chance Bingen ([email protected], @CB8MyDataCenter) and Niyaz Mohamed ([email protected]) join Net...
Episode 342: All About Yves (Weisser), Kubernetes and GitHub
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, NetApp Solutions Architect Yves Weisser ([email protected]) joins us to discuss his Kubernetes journey, Astra, his excellent GitHub r...
Episode 341 - NetApp Astra Control DR - Customer Perspectives
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the podcast, we feature two of our NetApp Astra Control customers as they kick the tires on the new SnapMirror support in Astra 22.08. Jo...
Episode 340 - NetApp Spot Security
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, NetApp Spot Product Manager Isma Rizvi and Security Evangelist Matt Trudewind join us to discuss cloud security by way of NetApp Spot Secur...
Episode 339 - NetApp Astra Control Updates - August 2022
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Sayan Saha joins us to discuss the latest updates to NetApp's Astra Control product - NetApp's application-aware data protection and mobili...
Episode 338 - Introducing FlexPod XCS
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, NetApp Product Manager Anand Louis ([email protected]) joins us to discuss the new FlexPod XCS offering with Cisco Intersight integrat...
Episode 337 - All About VMUG
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Brad Tompkins from VMware User Group (VMUG) joins us to discuss what they're all about and how you can be a part of the community. We also ...
Episode 336 - NetApp and the Medical Imaging Cloud Journey
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, NetApp Healthcare experts Kim Garriott and Tony Turner join me to discuss medical imaging and where the cloud journey for those workloads c...
Episode 335 - NetApp SAN Simplification with Brocade
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, learn about the many different ways NetApp ONTAP and Brocade Gen 7 helps simplify your enterprise SAN workloads, featuring Ant Tyrell of Ne...
Episode 334 - NetApp, SambaNova Systems and Medical Imaging Workloads
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Matt Taylor of SambaNova Systems and Esteban Rubens of NetApp join us to discuss medical imaging workloads and how Samba Nova and NetApp pa...
Episode 333 - NetApp Cloud Backup Services and StorageGRID
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we discuss NetApp's Cloud Backup Services and how it integrates with StorageGRID's rich S3 capabilities.
Episode 332 - How NetApp Approaches DevOps
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, NetApp Astra Product Manager Tim Doering joins us to talk about how NetApp approaches DevOps and what sort of solutions are available in th...
Episode 331 - NetApp ONTAP 9.11.1 Security Overview
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, NetApp Security Evangelist Matt Trudewind and Security TME Dan Tulledge join us to discuss the latest updates for security in ONTAP 9.11.1.
Episode 330 - NetApp ONTAP 9.11.1 Overview
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we cover what's new in NetApp ONTAP 9.11.1 with ONTAP Evangelist Keith Aasen!
Episode 329 - NetApp ONTAP Consistency Groups Deep Dive
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, NetApp's go-to database expert Jeffrey Steiner joins us to break down NetApp ONTAP consistency groups and dive deep into the whats, hows an...
Episode 328 - NetApp and vVols Backup
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Chance Bingen joins us to discuss NetApp's VMware vVol support and their approach to backing them up.
Episode 327 - The NetApp Ransomware Protection Approach
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we discuss NetApp's approach to ransomware detection, prevention and recovery with Security Evangelist Matt Trudewind, Security TME Dan Tul...
Episode 326 - NetApp SuperPOD featuring NVIDIA and E-Series
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, NetApp Software Developer Chris Weber and Solutions Marketing Manager Mike McNamara join us to break down SuperPOD - the latest AI/ML solu...
Episode 325 - RiskIQ with Steve Ginty
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Steve Ginty of RiskIQ joins NetApp's Security Evangelist Matt Trudewind and NetApp Spot's Azzedine Benameur to discuss how RiskIQ helps ide...
Episode 324 - Cleondris SnapGuard with NetApp ONTAP
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Dr. Christian Plattner and Rob Horsfield of Cleondris join NetApp's security evangelist Matt Trudewind to discuss how Cleondris SnapGuard f...
Episode 323 - How Natural Language Processing Enhances Healthcare Insurance
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, David Talby from John Snow Labs joins Esteban Rubens and Lisa Hines of NetApp to discuss how natural language processing enhances the healt...
Episode 322 - Cloud Backup for Applications
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Semion Mazor and Deb Prakash of NetApp discuss the new Cloud Backup for Applications product and how you can access a preview of the softwa...
Episode 321 - SAN Security with Broadcom and NetApp
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, AJ Casamento of Broadcom and Ant Tyrell of NetApp join us to discuss security considerations in SAN environments.
Episode 320 - NetApp ONTAP 9.10.1 Overview
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Keith Aasen from ONTAP Product Management joins us to deliver an overview of the latest ONTAP release, ONTAP 9.10.1.
Episode 319: SUSE Rancher, Kubernetes and NetApp
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Andy King and Luke Mwila of SUSE join us to discuss Rancher and its place in the long line of Kubernetes orchestration tools. We'll chat ab...
Episode 318 - Natural Language Processing with John Snow Labs
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, David Talby of John Snow Labs and Esteban Rubens of NetApp join us to discuss how natural language processing is revolutionizing the way do...
Episode 317 - Astra Control Center: What's new for Winter 2022?
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, NetApp Senior Product Manager Hrishi Keramane joins us to cover the newest updates to Astra Control Center.
Episode 316 - The Mark III and NetApp Medical AI Partnership
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Andy Lin of Mark III and Esteban Rubens of NetApp join us to discuss the medical AI partnership between Mark III and NetApp and how Mark II...
Episode 315 - Enterprise Imaging Workloads with NetApp and Google Cloud
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Esteban Rubens of NetApp and Jason Klotzer of Google join us to discuss enterprise imaging in healthcare and how NetApp and Google Cloud te...
Episode 314: What's New in NetApp Active IQ Digital Advisor - Jan 2022
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Principal TME Brett Albertson joins us to discuss the latest updates to NetApp ActiveIQ Digital Advisor and how to get the most out of your...
Episode 313: Autonomous SAN with NetApp and Broadcom
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, AJ Casamento and Ant Tyrell join us to discuss how Broadcom and NetApp are changing the way enterprise SAN remediates issues and adjusts fo...
Episode 312 - NFS over RDMA - NetApp ONTAP 9.10.1
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, NetApp TME David Arnette joins us to discuss the new NFS over RDMA feature in NetApp ONTAP 9.10.1 and how it boosts performance for AI, ML ...