Data, it's the new oil, new gold, your Crown Jewels. We've all heard these phrases, but it is hard to deny that data is a fantastic asset. However, it's fair to say that data also comes with its challenges, we must store it all, make sure we protect it all and of course we need to make sure it's secure. This week is the first in a short series of shows looking at the challenges of data privacy. This week is part one of a two part chart with global data privacy attorney Sheila Fitzpatrick, with n...
Feb 27, 2017•16 min
We all love the way cloud has simplified how we deliver technology solutions to our business challenges, its simplicity and efficiency are extremely powerful. It's a great answer to many a challenge, but what about when public cloud can't be the answer? Whatever the reason, technical, commercial or data security, sometimes for an organisation public cloud just can't be the answer. What do we do when we want the simplicity of cloud but can't have it? Build your own cloud of course! That is the to...
Feb 20, 2017•27 min
This week we explore a bit more DevOps as I chat with Microsoft Tech Evangelist Matt McSpirit. Matt is based at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond and produces lots of great and helpful content in his role as a tech evangelist. In the first of a two-part chat, we explore Matt’s two current areas of focus, AzureStack which we will cover next week and, in this first part, we get a Microsoft take on the DevOps movement, how they see it, and how it is affecting how Microsoft deliver their own technol...
Feb 13, 2017•32 min
This is the second of our series of episodes looking at emerging technology trends and this week we jump in with one of the most high profile, DevOps. I attended an event recently ran by Microsoft partner Blackmarble discussing building a DevOps practice using Microsoft tools, after the event I grabbed a little bit of time with Blackmarbles' Engineering Director Richard Fennell. We chat about what DevOps is and isn't as well as some tips on how to build a DevOps practice. Enjoy the show - show n...
Feb 06, 2017•21 min
As the amount of data we create continues to grow exponentially, traditional methods of storing it are becoming less and less effective. One answer to this is Object Storage, designed to overcome the challenges of storing billions of files, across multiple data repositories across potentially many geographic locations, It's the storage that powers the big public cloud providers and, as it's use cases grow, is finding its way into our enterprise IT. In this episode I'm joined by Robert Cox from N...
Jan 30, 2017•24 min
When we spend all our time in the technology industry sometimes we can get a little close to it, too close to certain vendors or solutions and it can be very useful on occasion to step back and try too look at a wider picture. This week we try to do just that as I chat with technology journalist Hannah Breeze. Hannah is deputy editor at CRN (Channel Reseller News) and writes about the relationship between vendors, distributers and sellers of technology, or as it is known, the IT channel. Full Sh...
Jan 23, 2017•15 min
Data sprawling all around us, certainly does not mean those managing IT are having fun! If you think about the kind of organisations many of us are a part of, then we understand what a critical asset our data is and how getting the best from it can give us real edge in our organisations field. But there is so much of it to manage, not just the production data, but the copies that we also have, backups, dev, test and QA, to name just a few. In this episode I speak with Rich Wallace of Catalogic S...
Jan 16, 2017•8 min
In this episode we discuss whether working more closely with your peers in the IT industry has any benefit. Does it help you to do your job better? Does it help you develop your career? is there anything to gain? This week I'm joined by Amy Lewis host of the Geek Whisperers as we discuss those questions and find out about developing your IT superhero! Enjoy Show notes are here http://wp.me/p4IvtA-Bs
Jan 09, 2017•9 min
A couple of months ago, I was at a Tech User Group event and one of the presentations was intriguingly called "my life as a 12 year old software developer". I assumed that this was someone with 12 years of experience, what I hadn't expected was that our presenter was indeed just 12! Josh, better known to the tech community on twitter as @all_about_code is a smart young man, very passionate about developing and coding, but not just about writing bits of code for games, or entertainment projects, ...
Dec 20, 2016•8 min
The security of our data is a significant challenge for us all, as individuals and as organisations, big or small, keeping our data secure and maintaining privacy is no longer a nice to have, it's a necessity. In this episode, global data privacy expert Sheila Fitzpatrick joins me, Sheila is data privacy officer for global storage giant NetApp. In our chat, we discuss the difference between privacy and security, is the data security challenge a myth?, the impact of GDPR and how to start building...
Dec 12, 2016•11 min
In this episode I'm joined by Pete Flecha, Senior Technical Marketing Architect at VMware, as we discuss VVOL's. VMware's new approach to delivering storage to virtual infrastructures. VVOL's look to address many of the problems traditional SAN based storage presents to Virtual infrastructures. Pete provides an intro to the problems VVOL's look to address, how they go about it and what we can expect from the recent vSphere 6.5 release that brings us VVOL's v2.0... enjoy. Show notes are here http...
Dec 05, 2016•8 min
In this episode I speak to Michael Cade of Veeam. We discuss if it's fair to say that Veeam are much more than just a virutalisation backup company, what's new and interesting in the data protection industry, how public cloud providers and are providing new an interesting methods for protecting our data. There is also a bonus, thanks to the NetApp TechONTAP podcast team, who provided me with some additional material from Michael's recent appearance on their show, about what's new in Veeam Availi...
Nov 28, 2016•13 min
The technology industry loves a conference, we all get invited to so many of them, however, are they worth going? - I caught up with three people at the end of the NetApp Insight conference 2016 in Berlin, to get their thoughts, this is what they said.. For show notes check out here... http://wp.me/p4IvtA-uN
Nov 21, 2016•12 min
A chat with Mike England of Tech UG, talking about the importance of the IT professional community, how it helps us to do a better job and develop our IT careers.
Nov 07, 2016•12 min
November 1st 2016 was a big day of NetApp announcements, all of which hugely enhanced their Hybrid cloud strategy - in this Interview I speak with NetApp's Mike Andrews as we discuss the technical and strategic benefits of these wide ranging announcements.
Nov 01, 2016•13 min
In this interview I speak with Marcus Robinson of Microsoft, as we discuss the addition of support for Docker Containers in Windows Server 2016, and the effect this will have on container adoption in the enterprise.
Oct 18, 2016•9 min
A short interview with Veeam UK SE Michael Cade - discussing the impact of cloud service on data protection, upcoming Microsoft technologies and how Veeam provides modern data protection
Oct 08, 2016•9 min
