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Insight's Transformation: The Future of Technology Solutions in 2023 - #113
The word that we hear over and over is transformation. Well, what happens when the company that helps you transform, transforms. Today we are going to be talking about the state of the technology industry and what matters now.
The Formula 1 of Computing, HPC with Ryan Quick - #69
The world is full of so much data, and collecting, refining, transforming and analyzing it becomes a bigger challenge every day. Like a frog slowly boiling in a pot of water, it all just slowly creeps up on you until you just can't manage it any more. You might be surprised to find that you are suddenly thrust into the world of HPC. So, today we are going to be talking with well known HPC expert Ryan Quick.
Composing the Future with Fungible Co-Founder Pradeep Sindhu - #60
I have been a fan of disaggregation and composable infrastructure for some time now. It is a great way to get better utilization out of your infrastructure, and improve flexibility and the programmability of your resources. Even companies like HPE have validated the market with their Synergy platform, but, adoption has been slow. Today we are going to be talking with a company that is looking to change that.
Top 5 Topics in Tech Today
Due to the 4th of July Holiday, we are not releasing an interview this week. Instead, I thought I would talk about the top 5 things I hear people in tech talking about the most these days.
Folks in the tech world have a lot on their minds these days, but here are the top 5 things I have been asked about the most.
#48: Building A Unicorn With VAST Data Founder Jeff Denworth
One of the things we don’t spend enough time talking about is how hard it is to build a business. Bringing an idea to market requires so many factors to align it can be mind-blowing. We are going to talk to someone who is a veteran of the startup space to tell us what it is really like.
Today we are talking with VAST Data CMO and co-founder Jeff Denworth about what it takes to bring a product to market in a competitive industry. We are going to talk about the challenges, compromises, tradeoffs and difficult decisions that go into it. We are also going to talk about the ingredients needed to not just build a great product, but a great company, and we are going to learn a bit about VAST Data and what makes it tick.
#47: Ransomware Is Everywhere, with Pure Storage's Ransomware expert, Andrew Miller
The number one security risk right now is Ransowmware. The amount of breaches we have seen recently has been alarming, and the number continues to grow. Ransomeware is big business, so we are going to talk about how to survive an attack.
Today we are talking with Andrew Miller, who is a subject matter expert on Ransomware for Pure Storage. He has been on the front lines helping companies put meaningful protections in place to address these threats. We are going to talk about what he is seeing in the wild and what strategies can work to help companies weather this storm.
#35: Talking with the Big Dog, Datadog and Ilan Rabinovitch
With the infrastructure sprawl that has been accelerated by the pandemic, many companies are flying blind without the necessary visibility into their assets. Over the past few years, one company has emerged and grown to be a dominant player. Today we are going to talk to the big dog in the monitoring space, Datadog.
#33: The Future of Computing with VMWare Legend Duncan Epping
There are some people in IT who become quite notable for always being at the center of great things. They enable others with their knowledge, and by doing so, they rise to legendary status within the community. Today we have just such a person, Duncan Epping.
#32: Talking Security with Safe Security CEO Saket Modi
Here at FUTRtech, we love to talk about great new companies. We also have been talking a lot about security these days with major breaches regularly appearing in the headlines. Today you are in luck, because we are going to be talking about both.
One of the challenges with security is knowing where to spend your money and where to put in the effort to achieve the best results. The truth is, unless you know what the state of your security is, it is very hard to take effective measures to protect your organization.
#22: Talking AIOPs with CloudFabrix CEO Raju Datla
Today we are going to talk about an important topic that doesn’t always get enough attention in IT and that is the AIOPs space. In my previous life on the business side, I know how valuable tools like this can be and leadership doesn’t always sufficiently understand the value they can provide to the business.
There is an interesting group of very successful entrepreneurs who spin out of Cisco, create some compelling tech which is then acquired by Cisco and integrated into their product portfolio. We are lucky enough to have one of those serial entrepreneurs with us today.
#21 - All about Qumulo with Molly Presley
In 2012, Isilon veterans, Neal Fachan, Peter Godman, and Aaron Passey set out to create a new vision for storage. After extensive market research and development, they released the file-based storage platform Qumulo in 2014. Most recently, they finished a substantial funding round with a valuation over a billion dollars. They have built a software defined storage product that is built to run in the data center or in the cloud, focusing on performance and simplicity and looking to rewrite the storage playbook. And, I can tell you that they are popping up in deals all over the place. Today we have with us Molly Presley who runs global product marketing for Qumulo to tell us the story of Qumulo and where they are headed.
#19: The Wisdom Of Bipul Sinha
I am really excited about today’s guest, as he has been a friend and advisor to Sandesh and I for a while now and I can’t tell you how much I genuinely value his guidance and wisdom.
Bipul Sinha is an entrepreneur, engineer and venture capitalist with more than 20 years of experience building billion-dollar companies - including his current company Rubrik where he is CEO. In addition, Bipul is the Board Chairman & Co-Founder of Confluera as well as a Venture Partner at Lightspeed.
#16: The Grey Side of Security with Daniel Nowak - Part 1
Daniel has spent over two decades in the trenches of the global security community. Dan has worked for everyone from fortune 500 to Startups to governments to NGOs domestically and abroad. He consults on a wide range of security challenges and strategies. Dan describes himself as a Cyber, Intel, IO, Signals / Adjunct, Coffee, Entrepreneur and Trainer. I have known Dan since 2003, and I always find him a great source on security info. Dan will also be teaching a class online at NYU this summer on cybersecurity, so don’t miss that if you are a student at NYU.
Welcome Dan
#8: SaaS & Clumio with Joe Ferguson
Hey everybody welcome back. Today I have with me Joe Ferguson, who has made an appearance here before demonstrating Clumio. With the Coronavirus outbreak, SaaS has become incredibly important. I thought it would be great to catch up with Joe and get an update on what is going on with Clumio, a born in the cloud pure play SaaS data protection product, to talk about the importance of SaaS while companies rapidly transform their to adapt to the new environment we find ourselves in.