Tom Hollingsworth and Rich Stroffolino look at the big announcements from AWS re:Invent, with a heavy dose of machine learning. Plus they cover the latest acquisition by Palo Alto Networks, why looking at IT as a cost center is a problem for political candidates, and the EU sanctioning the EU.
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Glass Effect | Gestalt IT Rundown: November 6, 2019
This week, Rich Stroffolino is flying solo and discussing one major story, the first proof of concept of Microsoft’s Project Silica. This glass based storage offers a potential archival alternative to tape that could have huge applications as a cold storage medium. Learn about the details in this episode!
The Last JEDI | The Gestalt IT Rundown: October 30, 2019
Tom Hollingsworth and Rich Stroffolino are talking about the state of public cloud, why Microsoft is the last JEDI, and why the patent shoe is on the other foot for Intel.
Microsoft’s First Movere Advantage | Gestalt IT Rundown: October 23, 2019
Rich Stroffolino and Tom Hollingsworth talk about the IT news of the week, including a look at IBM’s financials since acquiring Red Hat, the Air Force SACCSing floppies, Microsoft’s recent acquisitions, and another week of terrible data leaks. Fun times!
Sudon’t Make Me a Sandwich | Gestalt IT Rundown: October 16, 2019
On this episode of the Gestalt IT Rundown, Tom Hollingsworth and Rich Stroffolino look at the news from Commvault GO, the increasing attrition in the Libra Association, how AWS made Oracle sad, and why you might want to say “sudon’t make me a sandwich.” Be sure to catch each episode live on Facebook at 12:30pm ET.
VMware Takes the Carbon Black | Gestalt IT Rundown: October 9, 2019
This week, Stephen Foskett and Rich Stroffolino discuss VMware closing on the acquisition of Carbon Black, why Workplace by Facebook is growing so fast, how Puppet is going after cloud-native development with Project Nebula, and why semi-custom silicon is the new hotness.
Gestalt News for the Week of October 7, 2019
It’s Gestalt News to get you up to date on the latest on the site. We’ve got the latest news on the Gestalt IT Rundown, we have a look at how Docker got to it’s current financial struggles, a look at what to expect at Commvault GO, and more.
WeWork’s IP-No | Gestalt IT Rundown: October 2, 2019
Rich Stroffolino and Ken Nalbone discuss the IT news of the week, including Docker’s quest for more funding, PDF encryption problems, WeWork cancelling their IPO, and why Congress is interested in DNS-over-HTTPS.
Gestalt News for the Week of September 30, 2019
This week in Gestalt News, we have a brand new episode of the Gestalt IT Rundown, a new podcast discussing if security can keep up with modern threats, as pieces about the latest from NetApp and Pure Storage. Be sure to subscribe to get the latest in your inbox.
Is Slack Doomed?
In this video, Rich Stroffolino looks at some recent analyst reports on who is actually paying for Slack and what it says about the platforms future versus Microsoft Teams. The media narrative has shifted to be a lot more skeptical of Slack since going public. Some of this is the intensifying competition with Microsoft Teams, but maybe it’s also a recognition that the novelty of team messaging has worn off.