For this week’s IT Origins interview, we spoke with Nick Bowie, a Senior Technical Account Manager with VMware. Make sure to checkout how he’s seen IT change since the 90s, why he’s throwing Australia shade, and the power of Quake LAN parties in an IT career.
Predictive IT, Matt Leib, and Chip Consolidation in Gestalt News 18.6
In this edition of Gestalt News:
– we generate new IT slogans using machine learning
– Matt Leib sits down for the IT Origins interview
– the Gestalt IT Rundown discuss the chip market crunch, Samsung surpassing Intel, and what a potential Dell EMC – VMware merger does
Acquire ALL the Chips | Gestalt IT Rundown, January 31, 2018
Rich Stroffolino and guest co-host Tom Merritt discuss the IT news of the week. This week, they dig into the ever consolidating chip market, the potential Dell EMC – VMware merger, Microsoft’s serverless ambitions, and Samsung surpassing Intel in semiconductor revenue.
GDPR, Enrico Signoretti, and Licensing in Gestalt News 18.4
In this edition of Gestalt News:
– Tom Hollingsworth breaks down what GDPR means for your data
– Enrico Signoretti sits down for the IT Origins Interview
– The On-Premise IT Roundtable discusses why licensing models matter
400G Ethernet, Gina Minks, and WPA3 in Gestalt News 18.3
This week in Gestalt IT News:
– Tom Hollingsworth looks at the future of 400Gbps Ethernet
– IT Origins talks to Gina Minks
– The Gestalt IT Rundown looks at the news of the week!
Runecast Analyzer 1.6.5 detects MeltDown and Spectre chip issues
In the fallout of the Meltdown and Spectre flaw disclosures, we’re beginning to see various tools role out updates to help alert admins to needed patches. Runecast Analyzer is the latest to offer such insights.
Gina Minks – IT Origins
In this IT Origins interview, we talk with Gina Minks. Find out how she got her start in IT, what are her most annoying buzzwords, and how IT has changed since she began her career.
Is Software Broken or Unrealized?
In a recent post, Bob Plankers asserts that software is always broken. While the process of releasing software is often a chaotic one, is it accurate to say it is broken? If that is the case, what are the conditions by which it can be made whole?
Maxta and Red Hat Team Up For Hypervisor Choice
Maxta has offered a software-centric approach to hyperconverged infrastructure for a while. The company now support easy migrations in Red Hat to KVM, giving organizations more choice on how best to implement HCI for their needs.
Deep Thoughts: VMware on AWS
One of the major announcements from this year’s VMworld was the culmination of VMware’s partnership with Amazon to launch VMware on AWS. Essentially, you can now run a minimum four host cluster on Amazon’s cloud infrastructure, which puts together vSphere, VSAN, NSX and vCenter into a SaaS offering. The idea is this will mirror on-site infrastructure in either a pure cloud or hybrid cloud formulation.