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The Grey Side of Security with Daniel Nowak - Part 2

The Grey Side of Security with Daniel Nowak - Part 2

Chris Brandt
Ethics, Networking, Podcast, Security, Vulnerability

Here is part 2 of our interview with Daniel Nowak. 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.

The Grey Side of Security with Daniel Nowak - Part 1

The Grey Side of Security with Daniel Nowak - Part 1

Chris Brandt
Data Center, Ethics, Podcast, Security

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

SaaS & Clumio with Joe Ferguson

SaaS & Clumio with Joe Ferguson

Chris Brandt
Cloud, Data Center, Data Protection, SaaS, Podcast

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.

The Sales Machine with Phil Johanet - Part 2

The Sales Machine with Phil Johanet - Part 2

Chris Brandt
Cloud, Data Center, Data Protection, Giving Back, Podcast, Sales, Work From Home, Tips and Tricks

Welcome back to another FUTRtech video podcast. This is part 2 of our Interview with Phil Johanet where we talk about the world of sales in technology.

I have known phil for some time, and if the topic of all-time greatest sales people in the business comes up, Phil’s name is always at the top. Phil brings a sensibility and intelligence to the game that you rarely see. He is the perfect balance of getting it done and fun. I’m super excited to talk with him, Welcome Phil.

The Sales Machine with Phil Johanet - Part 1

The Sales Machine with Phil Johanet - Part 1

Chris Brandt
Cloud, Data Center, Data Protection, Giving Back, Leadership, Sales

Welcome back to another FUTRtech video podcast. Today we are going to talk about the world of sales in technology, and we have a great guest that I am very excited to introduce, Phil Johanet.

I have known phil for some time, and if the topic of all-time greatest sales people in the business comes up, Phil’s name is always at the top. Phil brings a sensibility and intelligence to the game that you rarely see. He is the perfect balance of getting it done and fun. I’m super excited to talk with him, Welcome Phil.

Tips For Picking a Data Center Facility Part 4: Security, Add-ons, and Negotiating the Contract

Tips For Picking a Data Center Facility Part 4: Security, Add-ons, and Negotiating the Contract

Chris Brandt
Compliance, Data Center, Market Analysis, Security, Tips and Tricks

Welcome back, This is part 4 and the final episode of my series on picking a data center. If you haven’t seen part 1 through 3, please check them out.

Last time we talked about cooling delivery systems, Fire Suppression systems and network. So let’s jump in and start with Security then we’ll talk about add-ons and finally, negotiating a contract.

Tips For Picking a Data Center Facility Part 3: Cooling, Fire Suppression, and Network

Tips For Picking a Data Center Facility Part 3: Cooling, Fire Suppression, and Network

Chris Brandt
Data Center, Market Analysis, Networking

So in the last two videos we covered building your own vs. leasing colo space, different tier levels, redundancy factors, frequently used terms, facility considerations, company financials, MEP, PUE and power systems. So if you haven’t seen the first two videos, you can check them out here.

Cooling

Let’s talk about cooling. This is one of the most important and challenging features of a facility. Cooling capabilities are usually what limits the amount of power consumption and density of your facility. Cooling is dependent on the amount of energy you put into the room, the volume of the room and the amount of airflow.

Tips for Choosing a Data Center Part 2: Facility, Location, and Power Systems

Tips for Choosing a Data Center Part 2: Facility, Location, and Power Systems

Chris Brandt
Cloud, Compliance, Data Center, Market Analysis, Tips and Tricks

Are you picking a data center? Unsure of what you should be looking for? Can’t figure out what makes one data center provider better than another? Well, you came to the right place.

In the last video I talked about building your own vs. leasing colo space (spoiler don’t build your own), and we talked about what the different tier levels mean and we talked about redundancy factors as well as some frequently used terms. So, if you didn’t see part 1 of this series, check it out here, I’ll wait.

Re:Invent 2019 Part 1

Re:Invent 2019 Part 1

Chris Brandt
AWS, Cloud, Shows, AWS Re:Invent

Hi Everyone, this is Chris Brandt with another AWS Re:Invent update. Before I get started I just wanted to say, if you enjoy these videos, please like and subscribe, click the bell to get notifications when I post new content. I usually do that at the end, so I thought I would try it up front for a change.

AWS Re:Invent was held once again in Las Vegas Nevada. This show has grown so large, there are few cities that can house it. Re:Invent this year had capacity for 65,000 attendees, and by all accounts they were pretty close to maximum capacity. The show spanned 6 properties in Las Vegas, and rumors have it that they are going to be adding in Mandalay Bay next year in an attempt to hit 80,000 in attendance which is absolutely mind-blowing.

AWS Re:Invent 2019 Interviews - Instana and Infinidat

AWS Re:Invent 2019 Interviews - Instana and Infinidat

Chris Brandt
Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, AWS, Shows, AWS Re:Invent

Managing complex environments has always been tricky, and having good tools to provide you with actionable information is invaluable. When you start talking about cloud native applications and micro services, this challenge is magnified.

I have always felt that Application Performance Monitoring tools are very under deployed. They can be such an invaluable tool to IT, but the value proposition has often been hard to translate up the chain to CFOs. While there isn’t a direct line to greater profits, reducing the time to resolution or proactively addressing problems can have enormous value. In a micro services world, having some sort of APM in place is simply a requirement. 

AWS Re:Invent 2019 Interviews - Fivetran and Perimeter81

AWS Re:Invent 2019 Interviews - Fivetran and Perimeter81

Chris Brandt
AWS, Cloud, Shows, AWS Re:Invent

We all know the story that data is a strategic asset and this is causing companies to become IT organizations at their core. Companies are also increasingly leveraging SaaS applications. Companies now often have hundreds of SaaS vendors. With all of this comes data sprawl.

Since data is critical to organizations now, collecting and analyzing that data is key, but that can be a challenge when the data lives on many different platforms in many different forms, so bringing all of it together into a data warehouse can be hard.

NetApp Insight 2019 Part 2: Interview with Igneous and Cleondris

NetApp Insight 2019 Part 2: Interview with Igneous and Cleondris

Chris Brandt
Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Compliance, Shows, Storage

A lot of the show floor was taken up by NetApp itself. The show floor was divided into different sections. Some for the Partner community, some focusing on their products and some focusing on specific use cases. And there were areas devoted to play and areas to relax.

Like other shows this year, there has been a focus on Social Media, which mostly involves tracking Twitter feeds talking about the company and show. I probably need to get plugged in with these folk a bit more.

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