Chaos Engineering as a concept and as a practice has been growing in popularity over the last few years. It was first popularized by Netflix in 2011 and continues to evolve as adoption continues to grow. What was once an operation model only possible for hyperscalers has come within the reach of most organizations.
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Revving up for re:Invent | Advice From the Community
AWS re:Invent is right around the corner and I will be attending my first event as a member of the Gestalt IT team. Believe it or not, this will also be my first trip to re:Invent, so I reached out to my friends in the community for their advice on how to tackle this monstrosity of a conference.
The Wisdom of Amazon | Gestalt IT Rundown: November 7, 2018
The Gestalt IT Rundown is your source for the latest IT news. This week, Ken Nalbone and Rich Stroffolino discuss the latest VMware acquisition, Amazon’s HQ2 getting a biblical twist, and as always, new chip news.
Dremio Reaches Maturity with the Release of 3.0
Recently, Dremio released version 3.0 of their Data-as-a-Service platform. Since the release of Dremio over one year ago, the company has made several enhancements to the platform aimed at addressing many of the requirements for broader adoption of the platform by the enterprise.
Rundown Spooktacular | Gestalt IT Rundown: October 31, 2018
The Gestalt IT Rundown discusses the IT news of the week, each and every Wednesday. This week, Ken Nalbone and Tom Hollingsworth will further discuss the fallout of the IBM – Red Hat acquisition, Microsoft’s GitHub, enterprise drone, Xilinx on Azure, and more!
Discussing the IBM – Red Hat Acquisition
Big news broke over the weekend: IBM is buying Red Hat for $34 billion. What will this mean for the open-source stalwart and the larger hybrid cloud market? Stephen Foskett, Tom Hollingsworth, Ken Nalbone, and Richard Stroffolino discuss.
Introducing Ken Nalbone, Cloud Field Day Event Lead
Today we’re announcing that Ken Nalbone is joining the Gestalt IT crew and will be leading Field Day events going forward!
Ken Nalbone – IT Origins
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In this installment of IT Origins, we had the good fortune to talk with Ken Nalbone. We discussed how he went from wanting to own a drum store to a career in IT. Along the way we discussed the impact of getting his Masters, why the principals of coding are more important than a specific language, and the importance of LAN parties.