Tech Field Day Podcast

Tech Field Day Podcast


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Storage Admins Aren’t Ready for Infrastructure as Code
September 13, 2022

Storage has historically not been compatible with modern infrastructure as code concepts, so today’s administrators probably aren’t ready for this change. In this episode of the On-Premise IT podcast, sponsored by Pure Storage, Larry Smith an

Observability Needs to Be Smarter
September 06, 2022

In the modern world of enterprise IT its important to keep an eye on your systems. But the amount of data that is being generated makes it very difficult to know whats happening and how to fix issues. Companies are touting the latest advances in ML and

Real Cloud Hybrid Storage Doesn’t Exist
August 30, 2022

There is a long-standing dream of hybrid cloud that combines the best of datacenter and cloud architecture, but does this exist for storage? In this episode of the On-Premise IT podcast, Enrico Signoretti and Chris Evans join Molly Presley of Hammerspace

EVPN Doesn’t Need VXLAN
August 23, 2022

VXLAN changed the way we use layer 2 networking in the data center and solved a lot of our multitenancy problems. Today its inexorably linked with EVPN. Do you need to use VXLAN with EVPN? Are there alternatives? And how does the cloud change the conver

Service Providers Lead the Way in Automation
August 09, 2022

The modern enterprise network is excited by the prospect of network automation. But is automation a new idea? Or is the enterprise finally catching up to where other disciplines have been all along? In this episode featuring delegates from Networking Fie

Wireless is Not Mission Critical
July 26, 2022

The world is more wireless now than ever. No matter where you go youll find some form of wireless connectivity. But what about those applications that need to be more reliable? What about those places where you need it to work no matter what? Is wireles

Multi-Cloud is Inevitable
July 19, 2022

What really is multi-cloud and why does it keep coming up so often in the context of enterprise cloud computing models? If you know anything about cloud computing, youd know that the hottest thing in the cloud domain right now is multi-cloud – a m

You’re Using the Word Site Survey Wrong
July 12, 2022

In wireless we talk about doing site surveys but do we actually know what that means? Are we even talking about the same thing when we mention in as part of a pre-sea engagement or post-sales validation? And who should be doing it? In this episode, our g

The Future of Storage Isn’t Purely Hardware or Software
July 05, 2022

The development of enterprise storage has historically oscillated between a focus on special-purpose hardware and optimized software. In this episode, brought to you by Pure Storage, Justin Emerson, Justin Warren, and Marc Staimer join Stephen Foskett to

Consistent Security is Very Difficult
June 28, 2022

Security is a hard job. We spend our time analyzing our environment and building controls to keep our users and their data safe. As hard as security can feel its even harder to apply consistently. Attackers only have to get lucky once. Is your company u