DiscoPosse Podcast

DiscoPosse Podcast

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DiscoPosse Podcast episodes

  • Ep. 20 - OpenStack Ecosystem and Summit Catch Up with Ken Hui (@kenhuiny) of @Rackspace

    Join us for a great chat with Ken Hui (@kenhuiny) of Rackspace as we delve into the overall OpenStack community, the results from the Summit, and a little look back over the history of the Summits.  Ken brings some great insight into the challenges of the OpenStack ecosystem while highlighting the very important advances we've made.  Also, we talk about some of the Rackspace updates from the Summit and in their Developer advocacy area with a few very cool projects.

    41 min
  • Ep. 19 - OpenStack Interop, RackN and more with Rob Hirschfeld (@zehicle)

    In this episode, we chat with Rob Hirschfeld (@zehicle) about the evolution of OpenStack, interoperability, abstractions and APIs, and more.  We also talk a little about RackN and we even find out the origin of the Twitter handle Zehicle.  Episode was recorded while at the OpenStack Summit in Austin which gave a perfect background for us to really dig into where the evolution of OpenStack and the big tent approach has brought us, and what may be next in the open cloud ecosystem.

    37 min
  • Ep. 18 - The Importance of Company Culture and Building Trust with Ben Nye

    We chat with Ben Nye, Managing Director of Bain Capital and CEO of VMTurbo, as we discuss the importance of company culture, the art of growing a product into a business, the state of the venture capital environment in IT and much more. 

    Ben is a dynamic speaker, and inspires a large team at VMTurbo.  Having a storied career in business and technology, it was a pleasure to dive into how the challenges of creating trust in the organization can prove to be the path to success for organizations.
    36 min
  • Ep. 17 - Developer Advocacy with Matthew Brender (@mjbrender)

    We chat with Matthew Brender (@mjbrender) on his role at Intel as a Developer Advocate as well as the overall concept of developer advocacy and supporting open source communities.  This was an enlightening chat which will really open up some eyes as to the importance of our participation as advocates for every aspect of open source projects. 

    42 min
  • Ep. 16 - 2 Ninjas 1 Blog - Private cloud with Nick Colyer (@vNickC) and Amy Manley (@WyrdGirl)

    In an exciting chat about the rebirth of private cloud, we talk with Nick Colyer (@vNickC) and Amy Manley (@WyrdGirl) on their 2Ninjas1Blog project, succeeding in private cloud, and also the challenges of thinking cloud in a virtualized environment. 

    We discover some great tips on what the common pitfalls are, and how teams can surpass them to succeed in adopting private cloud.  Technology is a strong part of the solution, but the central focus is around people first, process second, and technology as the solution to solve the pain points.

     

    Show notes and podcast details available here:  https://greencircle.vmturbo.com/community/industry-perspectives/blog/2016/04/23/gc-on-demand-ep-16-2ninjas1blog-private-cloud-with-nick-colyer-vnickc-and-amy-manley-wyrdgirl
    40 min
  • Ep. 15 - OpenStack Mitaka Updates, Nova goodness and more with Stephen Gordon (@xsgordon)

    With the OpenStack Summit in Austin, the timing is perfect to catch up on the OpenStack Nova project with Stephen Gordon (@xsgordon).  We had a great chat with Stephen on Nova updates in Mitaka, the overall OpenStack ecosystem, real-time KVM and much more. 

    Full show notes available here:  https://greencircle.vmturbo.com/community/industry-perspectives/blog/2016/04/17/gc-on-demand-ep-15-openstack-mitaka-updates-nova-goodness-and-more-with-stephen-gordon-xsgordon
    36 min
  • Ep. 13 - IOpipe, Leading the Curve in Tech, Containers and more with Erica Windisch (@ewindisch)

    In this episode, we talk with Eric Windisch (@ewindisch) about his new venture, IOpipe.com and about his very interesting history in technology.  Having been involved in PaaS building, OpenStack, Docker, and much more, Eric continues to lead the curve with startups taking a very interesting direction to solve today's and tomorrow's problems with technology. 

    You can find out more about IOPipe at the website IOPipe.com
    49 min
  • Ep. 12 - SMB, Food Truck IT, and more with Trevor Pott (@cakeis_not_alie)
    In this episode, we chat with Trevor Pott (@cakeis_not_alie) about a wide array of content.  We tackle the challenges of SMB and mid-market IT, why public cloud and SaaS just doesn’t work for many, what’s coming in IT, and very valuable insight into what it takes to have integrity and trust as a vendor and community member. 
     
    We also learn what could be my new favourite way to describe an interesting market space which is food truck IT.
    44 min
  • Ep. 11 - Talking Business, Technology, and Pure Storage with Vaughn Stewart (@vStewed)
    In this episode, we  talk with Vaughn Stewart (@vStewed).  We cover the all important topic of understanding business needs as a technologist, being a public voice in the tech industry, disruption, and the Pure Accelerate conference that just happened in San Francisco. 

    Our chat touches on the importance of being a trusted advisor, and some very interesting insight into how to do that in a tumultuous and competitive industry.

    Vaughn also gives us one of the most interesting book lists to date!

     

    51 min

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