Tech Field Day Podcast

Tech Field Day Podcast


Latest Episodes

vSphere 7 Means NVMe-oF is Ready for Prime Time – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
May 26, 2020

Pure Storage Spotlight: Those of us who have been following storage and server architecture are pretty excited about NVMe and various things over fabrics. So far, it’s been a challenge to bring NVMe-oF into the enterprise datacenter.

Virtual Events Are Good Enough
May 19, 2020

Lots of us are experiencing the joy of working from home right now and many people are also experiencing the fun of virtual events. How are these events working? - A quick non-official poll: "I am never leaving my house again!"

IT Isn’t Really “That” Broken
May 12, 2020

Computers never work. I can’t check my email. The Internet is always slow. No matter what I’m doing it seems like Information Technology is never the way I want it. Everything is completely broken. Or is it?

Feature-Based Licensing for Infrastructure is a Good Thing
May 05, 2020

Modern technology has focused on delivering value. The current shift away from hardware to software means that companies need to recognize how they deliver that value. In order to ensure they are responding to their customers’ needs in the best possibl...

Enterprise AI is a Bunch of BS
April 28, 2020

Enterprise AI seems to be a buzzword we are having trouble escaping. Is it following us, or just getting smart enough to know the paths we tread to shake it? The roundtable faces this pursuer and decides if we should take away it's boastful title,

COVID-19 Is A Security Disaster
April 21, 2020

Security will always be a bit of a treadmill that organizations need to keep moving on. But that treadmill got kicked into overdrive as a result of COVID-19. Organizations that seemingly had well-implemented security policies in place now have to accou...

Physical Distancing Isn’t Possible for IT Support
April 07, 2020

With many people working from home as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, IT is faced with challenges of how it can fulfill its support mission while maintaining a safe physical distance. Certainly the proliferation of cloud services has changed the lan...

Commodity Broadband is Inferior to MPLS
March 24, 2020

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 MPLS and commodity broadband. Everyone knows how reliable MPLS can be.

Backup is a Security Hole
March 10, 2020

The Premise: Backup is a Security Hole  - 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 able to restore any potential loss and keep your forward movem...

Single Pane of Glass is a Myth – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
February 25, 2020

From a user's perspective, it can be argued that single pane of glass doesn't exist at all, and vendors who push this idea are never looking beyond their product. When users look at heterogeneous networks, there may be a single pane of glass for this a...