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With all the hyperbolic claims of what the cloud can do for IT, what the cloud actually means gets lost in the process. The roundtable looks at what cloud actually means in the modern enterprise. This includes the changes in workflows that need to happen to successfully migrate to the cloud. They go on to frame the cloud’s influences historically within other industries.   On-Premises for today’s roundtable: Twitter @SFoskett @JPWarren @TheJasonNash @Cuff_S @RayLucchesi @JoshCoen Follow us on Twitter. SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. © rich for Gestalt IT, 2017. | Cloud is More Than a Data Center: The On-Premise IT Roundtable Read more posts categorized as On-Premise IT Podcast

The Internet of Things is already proliferating a number of connected devices into our lives. But as these devices increasingly become abandoned, they turn into security liabilities. The panel discusses the causes, implications, and solutions for IoT Abandonware.   On-Premises for today’s roundtable: Follow us on Twitter. SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. © rich for Gestalt IT, 2017. | IoT Abandonware: The On-Premise IT Roundtable Read more posts categorized as On-Premise IT Podcast

The roundtable discusses how NVMe is impacting the storage industry. Is this just an iteration on what we’ve already seen with flash, or does it represent a sea change that will fundamentally change IT?   On-Premises for today’s roundtable: Follow us on Twitter. SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. © rich for Gestalt IT, 2017. | The Brave New World of NVMe: The On-Premise IT Roundtable Read more posts categorized as On-Premise IT Podcast

Is Kubernetes simply benefiting from the first mover advantage, or does it have the force to stay the dominant container orchestrator in the enterprise for years to come? The roundtable discusses.   On-Premises for today’s roundtable: Follow us on Twitter. SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. © rich for Gestalt IT, 2017. | Is Kubernetes a Flash in the Pan? The On-Premise IT Roundtable Read more posts categorized as On-Premise IT Podcast

IT professionals spend years learning how to manage the complex infrastructure that organizations depend on. But they often spend far less time thinking about how to manage their careers. The roundtable takes on this topic, looking into dealing with imposter syndrome, knowing your own worth, and how to navigate these potentially problematic waters.   On-Premises for today’s roundtable: Follow us on Twitter. SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. © rich for Gestalt IT, 2017. | Managing Your IT Career – The On-Premise IT Roundtable Read more posts categorized as On-Premise IT Podcast

Caching and tiering have been abused by marketing in enterprise IT, often used interchangeably, or simply when not applicable. Luckily, we’ve got a table, it’s round, and surrounded by storage experts. They’ll explain the technical differences between caching and tiering, how to identify which is being used, and what are the performance implications of each.   On-Premises for today’s roundtable: Follow us on Twitter. SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. © rich for Gestalt IT, 2017. | Caching vs Tiering – The On-Premise IT Roundtable Read more posts categorized as On-Premise IT Podcast

To be clear, the answer to “what is big data?” isn’t the On-Premise IT Roundtable. Nevertheless, our panelists discuss what exactly they mean when they use the term, why it’s the new hotness, and how they’ve seen it impact organizations.   On-Premises for today’s roundtable: Follow us on Twitter. SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. © rich for Gestalt IT, 2017. | What is Big Data? The On-Premise IT Roundtable Read more posts categorized as On-Premise IT Podcast

Intel isn’t known as a networking company, but they think they have a play in the network functions virtualization market. The round table discusses what future Intel has in the space, and how they compete with more historic players in the market. On-Premises for today’s roundtable: Follow us on Twitter. SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. © rich for Gestalt IT, 2017. | Intel and Network Functions Virtualization: The On-Premise IT Roundtable Read more posts categorized as On-Premise IT Podcast

In the light of the vSphere 6.5 release, moderator Stephen Foskett asks the roundtable about the impact of VMware integrated containers. This runs on Photon OS , a lightweight Linux distribution that runs a single container. What is the impact of this integration, in terms of security, training, and administration? And more importantly, does the industry need vSphere butting into the container space? On-Premises for today’s roundtable: Follow us on Twitter. SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. © rich for Gestalt IT, 2017. | Virtualization and Containers: The On-Premise IT Roundtable 4 Read more posts categorized as On-Premise IT Podcast

On tap for today’s roundtable, the panel discusses the state of locations and beacons. Moderator Stephen Foskett asks the panel to consider how location services factor into the greater enterprise mobility landscape. This goes from using beacons to give turn-by-turn navigation indoors to using location to cue print jobs. Often the backend of these application has been available for a while, but now new use cases are emerging. On-Premises for today’s roundtable: Follow us on Twitter. SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. © rich for Gestalt IT, 2017. | Locations and Beacons: The On-Premise IT Roundtable 3 Read more posts categorized as On-Premise IT Podcast

Moderator Stephen Foskett poses a completely non-controversial question: is DevOps a load of crap? Does DevOps just turn into NoOps? What are these darn kids doing with our infrastructure? The roundtable debates all these questions and more. On-Premises for today’s roundtable: Recorded at Cloud Field Day 1. Follow us on Twitter. SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox. © rich for Gestalt IT, 2017. | Is DevOps a Disaster? The On-Premise IT Roundtable 2 Read more posts categorized as On-Premise IT Podcast

Welcome to the inaugural On-Premise IT Roundtable podcast! This episode, we’ve gathered our esteemed panel to discuss software-defined wide area networking, SD-WAN. In this emerging market, how do you compare the various offerings in the space? Is the market bound for consolidation, or will it remain full of vibrant competition? And how does the ease of use of SD-WAN impact the market for network professionals?   On-Premises for today’s roundtable: Recorded at Networking Field Day 13. Follow us on Twitter. SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for more great coverage right in your inbox.   © rich for Gestalt IT, 2017. | SD-WAN: On-Premise IT Roundtable 1 Read more posts categorized as On-Premise IT Podcast