Get all the latest from Gestalt IT with Gestalt News. This week we have pieces by Ken Nalbone, looking at the importance maintaining infrastructure beyond Day 0, and Paul Stringfellow giving a breakdown of Hammerspace’s presentation at Tech Field Day.
The Evolution of the Storage Pod
Backblaze seems to relish providing transparency into their infrastructure. We’ve been sharing their annual drive failure reports whenever we come across them, because it gives a fascinating real world look into overall drive reliability.Now the company has given an overview of how their Storage Pod rack infrastructure has evolved over time.
AI All The Things | Gestalt IT Rundown: February 13, 2019
The Gestalt IT Rundown is your weekly look at the IT news of the week. We had a technical issue with the video this week, but we’ve got the latest headlines and takes for you right here anyway. This week saw a ton of AI news, a key new API for G Suite, Android Things changes, and yet another massive data breach.
Gestalt News for the Week of February 11, 2019
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This week in Gestalt News, Stephen Foskett and Ken Nalbone led a great Gestalt IT Rundown, the On-Premise IT Roundtable discussed the role of sensors in analytics, and we debate if open source projects should fight strip mining. Subscribe to get it in your inbox each week!
Intel’s Swan Song | Gestalt IT Rundown: February 6, 2019
Get caught up on the IT news of the week with the Gestalt IT Rundown. Stephen Foskett and Ken Nalbone discuss calls from Cisco for GDPR-like privacy regulation in the US, what new Intel CEO Bob Swan means for the company’s future, Slack’s first steps toward going public, and more.
You Need Sensors for Analytics – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
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Tom Hollingsworth leads a discussion around how important sensors are for analytics and data. Is network monitoring enough? What about something in software? Or is the added expense of a dedicated out-of-band physical sensor the price you have to pay? The roundtable is pretty evenly split on the subject, and discusses where each approach works best.
Gestalt News for the Week of February 4, 2019
Your IT News for the Week of February 4, 2019 The Gestalt IT Rundown Ken Nalbone and Rich Stroffolino discuss the IT news of the week on the latest Gestalt IT Rundown. In this episode they discuss Rubrik’s big data leak, a new height to US-Huawei tensions, Slack reaching 10 million DAU, and Japan hacking […]
Necessary NAS Nomenclature
When I think of a NAS, I generally think of it in terms of a storage device. Then again, that kind of ignores the whole “network-attached” part!
That may seem like a minor point, but not when it comes to measuring data and transfer speeds. Confusing storage bytes with networking bits doesn’t just cause confusion, it might have implications for what is actually possible with your NAS. Tony Bourke put together an excellent primer to straighten everything out.
A Shortage in Common Sense: The Myth of the Talent Gap
It’s become a media narrative that there is a “talent gap” in cybersecurity. The story goes that there are plenty of good paying jobs, but not enough qualified people to do them. On the face of it, there seem to be good reasons. The spate of high profile data leaks and hacks have made security a front and center concern for organizations of all sizes. As the sophistication of these attacks increase, it makes sense that the number of jobs needed would also increases. But Ben Tomhave can’t stand this narrative. He makes the case that this talent gap is actually symptomatic of organizational dysfunction.
Olympic Hacking in Japan | Gestalt IT Rundown: January 30, 2019
Ken Nalbone and Rich Stroffolino are running down the IT news of the week. This time they are talking about the latest US-Huawei tensions, Slack reaching 10 million DAU, Rubrik’s data leak, and Japan’s plan to hack into their own IOT devices.