
Container Driven Architecture
In this episode, we continue our dive into the changing architecture of IT infrastructure and look at how containers and container platforms are changing. We also look at the fundamental nature of what people want to buy, accelerated by VMware Broadcom, making virtualization platforms much less attractive, and the shifting landscape here. This is work that is based on a presentation that I've been giving around the shift towards open shift virtualization and Kubernetes in general. Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/BnYKzI0zzOLqqWi45vck9gMwsDk?utm_source=copy_url
2 Mai 45min

Container Driven Architecture
In this episode, we dive deeper into the new architectural trends for infrastructure designers in this coming decade, which is a transition from virtualization platforms first like VMware into containerized platforms first. But this time, we talk through the use of virtualization in containerized systems - keeping VMs but with what changes are necessary to make a containerized virtualization platform dominant instead of a virtualized virtualization platform. Reference: https://kubevirt.io/user-guide/architecture/ https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift/virtualization
2 Mai 45min
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HA Troubleshooting [Tech Ops]
This episode of the TechOps series goes into high availability troubleshooting. Not just high availability, not just troubleshooting, but actually talking through what it takes to manage and maintain and fix HA systems. This is part of a longer discussion we've been having and so there's some really interesting ideas in the middle of these discussions that I hope will shape your thinking as you build high availability systems, diagnostics and troubleshooting for people who are in high availability very complex environments. Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/wM__4w1YIzZnhVdgLuXLsDDu0Ng?utm_source=copy_url References: https://status.openai.com/incidents/ctrsv3lwd797\
25 Apr 55min

Is 2025 even harder than we expected?
We review 2025 predictions today and dig into why I think this year is going to be both boring and terrifying for a lot of enterprise IT leaders. That, of course, spans Amazon, Reinvent storage, VMware, AI, and Agentic AI - we run the gamut on what is coming and why this is actually going to be a very challenging year. Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/H6UvLC-r2zmBO9A5jffUkhnjr5o?utm_source=copy_url Reference: https://zenoh.io by ZettaScale
23 Apr 1h 4min

The Many Bits of Quantum State
In this episode, we dive into all things quantum computing, starting from the idea that Microsoft managed to put a new quantum silicon chip together. We go all over quantum from compute to entanglement and everything in between. Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/Tt282iKZEkt5nL3C3zCDf_-pEIE?utm_source=copy_url References: https://naumanahmad86.medium.com/is-the-mac-mini-m4-cluster-the-ultimate-machine-for-running-large-ai-models-0b6c6a2d9a18 https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/innovation/microsofts-majorana-1-chip-carves-new-path-for-quantum-computing/ https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.19118
18 Apr 46min

Kubernetes on Prem vs Cloud
We step back in this episode of our Tech Ops series and talk about cloud self managed infrastructure and how you balance the competing concerns. We started from a report that RackN had commissioned talking about on premises Kubernetes, and mixing that into your IT infrastructure. Can you have a cloud broker? Can you do multi cloud, some sort of tried and true topics for cloud consideration, but through a new filter and through this repatriation idea of mixing and matching your IT Infrastructure? Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/FKGuQpV-5bQFVASAYDhNQJtuoKM?utm_source=copy_url Resources: https://store.repebble.com/ https://rackn.com/2025/03/18/ready-for-kubernetes-on-bare-metal/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/google-agrees-buy-cybersecurity-startup-wiz-32-bln-ft-reports-2025-03-18/ https://gabrielsimmer.com/blog/kubernetes-plus-oneplus
14 Apr 48min

DeepThink AI and Kubernetes
We springboard from DeepThinking AI and have a robust conversation about what impact DeepThink is having on the industry. We also discuss where we see things going into the dilemma of people building AI infrastructure and working to do that quickly, robustly and with strong governance. This is necessary to ensure that they can quickly update and manage that AI infrastructure that they're spending so much money to build, and this leads into a broader conversation about virtualization, containers and open shift. Recorded Jan 30, 2025 Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/79JxdYOiXUoSS44pYP9bnZc4xN0?utm_source=copy_url Reference: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/provide-an-extensive-and-detai-HmRlePfiTQ6LJG_X0SlB5g#8
4 Apr 1h 3min
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Writing Great Test Scripts [TechOps]
We deep dive into something seemingly very small, but with a lot of repercussions for how you manage and run a data center, and that is test scripts for servers. As you're going through a production cycle or a provisioning cycle, how do you test? What do you test? This topic was from a Reddit thread that we answered and then had a whole hour conversation about just how important and impactful this type of script is. Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/Cb3yac8JHvlM2yqh72bA_CBPWgs?utm_source=copy_url
1 Apr 52min