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Is Backup Dead? – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Data protection used to be pretty straightforward. In recent years, there have been a number of changes in enterprise backup. It's not necessarily that backup has changed, but systems and people have changed. In fact,
Hadoop is Dead – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Big data is on everyone's mind across IT, and the storage industry is no exception. For a while, Hadoop seemed ready to conquer the world with its promise of reliable, scalable, distributed computing. However the tide has seemingly turned away from the...
Toxic People Are Unavoidable in IT- The On-Premise IT Roundtable
In this roundtable, Tom Hollingsworth discusses whether it's fundamentally unavoidable to work with toxic people in IT. First the panelists define what we mean by toxic in an IT context. Then they dig into why IT seems to have its fair share of people ...
Wi-Fi Monetization is Bad – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
In this roundtable, Tom Hollingsworth leads a discussion about the premise that Wi-Fi monetization is bad. Some would argue that it's evil. If venues and businesses want to offer Wi-Fi, it should be treated the same way other utilities are.
IT Certifications Are More Valuable Than A College Degree – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Odds are that if you've been in IT for a while, you've been asked how many certifications you have. There's no doubt that these are valuable. Yet many IT pros still feel that they need a college degree to hang on the wall.
The Promise of the Cloud Cannot Be Achieved – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
We know that The Cloud is a real thing. But of the many things called The Cloud, each of them is remarkablly different. Features, capabilities, functions are vary wildly between them. Every organization is scrambling to figure out how to use the cloud,...
Digital Transformation is a Myth – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
There's a lot of talk about digital transformation, but are organizations actually achieving that, or are they simply changing IT practices to keep up with changing infrastructure. Should we even view digital transformation into a means in and of itsel...
BONUS: The Origins of Tech Field Day – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
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 event series. They discuss the event that gave Stephen the initial idea, a fortuitous plane ride,
Simplification Adds Risk – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Simplification may sound great and improve efficiency, but it always with it an increase in risk. This is because by abstracting away the complexity, you're also hiding potential faults in the system. The roundtable discusses if this is true,
The Administrative Hurdle of IPv6 – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
IPv6 is the next big thing in networking, it’s going to solve all of our network addressing issues. At least, that’s what it’s been promising for the last two decades. So why hasn’t it lived up to the hype?