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. Dennis really knows his stuff, which is why he uses Azure NetApp Files for his customer demos. We've got a good partnership with NetApp and back to this idea of using cloud based technologies and trying to help with cost efficiency, resource utilization, efficiency and the like. When Azure NetApp Files became available with the Azure VMware solutio...
Aug 16, 2023•41 min
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 trust the solution you've chosen, then you'll always be looking over your shoulder. Azure NetApp Files is a proven cloud solution - a first party service within Microsoft's Azure ecosystem, which is why customers feel secure in using it for their enterprise NAS workloads. In this episode, we talk to a customer (Mark Sahadeo) in that industry about ...
Jul 14, 2023•24 min
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 offer it on-prem, where they have to manage all the hardware and software components and deal with access from multiple locations across the globe? Or do they move to a managed service that is flexible, scalable and able to be offered in multiple cloud regions? Azure VMware Solutions provides a robust way to handle the increasing requirements for or...
Jul 07, 2023•33 min
Site reliability engineers for cloud providers are the oil that makes the cloud engine run smoothly. They're responsible for the management and automation of the cloud resource backend. One of the challenges of automation isn't just about automating tasks, but about automating the tasks in the right, most efficient way. If your initial approach is flawed, then you've wasted time and will have to re-architect everything later on down the road. Argonaut's founder Surya Oruganti joins us to discuss...
Jun 30, 2023•26 min
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 reclaimed. But what if you want the cost savings without worrying if your mission critical applications will be shut down at any given moment? Spot Elastigroup uses machine learning and cloud trends to help predict when a spot VM instance will be removed and will reallocate resources as needed, as well as help you manage scale as your applications requir...
Jun 09, 2023•37 min
!!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 Norton Ghost to create images. When virtualization became big, that process moved to creating VM templates. But there was still often a lot of manual intervention in these tasks - password setting, BIOS updates, vCenter installations and more. As the IT world moves more and more towards automating software tasks, what about automating infrastructure prov...
May 26, 2023•43 min
Incident response in enterprise IT environments is a time critical task, where any delays can mean potential loss of revenue. When dealing with the cloud, incident response takes on a whole new set of challenges, as most of the infrastructure involved is outside of your administrators reach. At that point, you're looking at mitigating the risk by addressing incidents at the application layer. With Spot Connect, you can put more of that infrastructure power into your administrator's hands and aut...
May 19, 2023•22 min
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 better - letting someone else handle it so you have more time to take care of the numerous other tasks in your job? That's what the cloud is for, and in this Tech ONTAP Podcast episode, NetApp DeveloperAdvocate Shon Harris drops by to discuss the past, present and future of CloudOps and how it compares to all the other ops floating around out there in...
May 12, 2023•29 min
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 - especially if it doesn't scale back down. Spot by NetApp features Ocean - a way to address runaway cloud costs associated with Kubernetes deployments. This week, Zak Harabedian stops by to discuss Spot Ocean and how it can positively impact your Azure Kubernetes Service deployments.
May 05, 2023•19 min
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 avoid any surprises. That methodology extends into other places, including the US military. Every year, the Navy and Marines conduct experimental training exercises to test field deployment readiness called Trident Warrior. And in even years, Trident Warrior combines with other allied nations RIMPAC forces to conduct these tests. NetApp was able to part...
Apr 07, 2023•35 min
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, statistically, you have), you've probably played something that was built using Perforce, which is *the* source code versioning software that nearly all the major game developers use. With the increase of online gaming and global distribution of game studios, the cloud is becoming a critical component in game development and delivery. As a result, ...
Mar 31, 2023•24 min
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 - especially when they get sent to your phone or work device. I can recall rolling out of bed at 3AM to the sound of alerts on my phone, only to realize that most of the alarms were either false positives or things that were not high urgency. That gets old fast, and you start to tune the alerts out. Naturally, that's when the big outage happens and your boss ...
Mar 24, 2023•31 min
Did you know that Google created Tensorflow and Kubernetes? Or that Solaris invented NFS? That Amazon created S3? Or that Uber created Apache Spark Horovod? Some of the key technologies that companies use today were originally created by businesses trying to solve their own internal challenges. In this episode of the Tech ONTAP Podcast, NetApp TME Rick Huang and Solutions Architect Ken Hillier join us to discuss Rick's new blog on using NetApp AI with Apache Spark Horovod for deep learning and i...
Mar 17, 2023•48 min
Before the war in Ukraine started, a rash of cybersecurity incidents started to crop up - particularly in the Ukrainian financial sector and against government websites. This created a substantial amount of chaos with the day to day operations in Ukraine, and a week later, Russia invaded. In the wake of these and other cyber attacks against critical infrastructure across the globe, countries are starting to realize that data security is a vital part of national security. This week on the podcast...
Mar 10, 2023•31 min
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, "do we have yet another term to worry about?" Or, do you realize that cyber resiliency is just a way to describe all the best practices we need to use when ensuring data protection, security and recovery in our enterprise IT environments. In this case, buzzy-ness is just business. In this episode, AJ Casamento of Brocade and Ant Tyrell of NetApp joi...
Mar 03, 2023•35 min
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 a losing battle for her. What usually inspired me to clean up, however, was when I couldn't find something. Then I knew it was time to take inventory and get a bit more organized (for the time being, at least). Data management isn't much different - especially with large unstructured data lakes. Not only are there potentially millions - or billions...
Feb 24, 2023•40 min
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 Yellin from the Robusta Open Source project joins us to help us find out!
Feb 03, 2023•33 min
Artificial Intelligence. Blockchain. ChatGPT. Remote working. What do all of these things have in common? They're technology disruptors that businesses are having to learn to navigate and integrate into their day to day operations, each with their own unique challenges and benefits. They're also all pieces of a bigger digital transformation puzzle. This week, Kamales Lardi joins us to discuss her book "The Human Side of Digital Business Transformation" as well as what digital transformation mean...
Jan 23, 2023•29 min
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 and restore your high file count environments at a better speed, efficiency and simplify restores with search functionality.
Jan 13, 2023•29 min
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 locations for better localization of data sets instead of having to move terabytes of data around when you need it.
Jan 06, 2023•38 min
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!
Dec 28, 2022•36 min
This week on the podcast, Andrew Sjoquist joins us to talk about how Fluid - a software defined infrastructure platform which allows for the simplified and automated rollout of cloud-like environments anywhere. Find out how Fluid integrates into NetApp BlueXP and how it can help you deploy your own cloud-like infrastructure on-premises or at the edge!
Dec 16, 2022•30 min
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 new centralized, cloud-resident control plane to manage NetApp products!
Dec 09, 2022•35 min
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 latest information on the set of storage efficiency features in NetApp ONTAP.
Dec 02, 2022•28 min
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.
Nov 18, 2022•35 min
This week, Keith Aasen and Ken Mencher from the ONTAP product team join us to discuss what's in ONTAP 9.12.1!
Nov 11, 2022•40 min
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 that arena.
Nov 04, 2022•30 min
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.
Oct 28, 2022•25 min
This week, Yossi Weihs and Ed Barron join us to discuss Cloud Insights and the latest feature - ONTAP Essentials.
Oct 07, 2022•50 min
This week on the podcast, NetApp TMEs Chance Bingen ([email protected], @CB8MyDataCenter) and Niyaz Mohamed ([email protected]) join NetApp's Director of the Global VMware Alliance, Jason Kotsaftis ([email protected]), to discuss NetApp's announcements at VMware Explore 2022 including the VMware Cloud on Amazon FSx ONTAP solution!
Sep 30, 2022•44 min
