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It's hard to believe we have done 100 episodes of the podcast. We have had a great time interviewing so many interesting people and companies. It has been a fun ride, and we are looking forward to a whole lot more

So, today we talk about ourselves and the show. Thanks to everyone who has supported the show to get us to 100.

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Businesses everywhere are scrambling to find workers, but it can be a frustrating and difficult process for everyone involved.Beyond finding the right fit, there are all kinds of logistical hurdles, and regulatory issues that you need to contend with. Today we are talking with a company that brings Artificial Intelligence into the mix to make it all work better.

Hey everybody, this is Chris Brandt here with Sandesh Patel, welcome to another FUTR podcast

Today we are talking with Rich Mendis CMO of HireLogic a company that is trying to bring machine intelligence to the process of hiring, helping you find, evaluate and hire the best candidates out there. So we are going to talk with Rich about what is happening in the labor market today and about why it is so important to find and attract the right person, that diamond in the rough, when job seekers have so much opportunity these days.

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Security threats are growing every day. Protecting the crown jewels of an organization is a challenge. Historically, we have protected the perimeter. More recently we have been looking deeper into the environment adding layers of defense, but storage has always been difficult to secure. we are talking to a company that looks to help solve this challenge.

Hey everybody, this is Chris Brandt here with Sandesh Patel, welcome to another FUTR podcast.

Today we are talking with Racktop Systems CEO Eric Bednash. Racktop has a Cyberstorage system that they say can stop a ransomeware attack in less than a second. This is storage design explicitly around security, and they have attracted a lot of security conscious organizations and three letter agencies that have a vested interest in aggressively protecting their data. This is storage that goes well beyond just encrypted drives.

So let's talk with Eric to find out what Cyberstorage is and how it works.

Welcome Eric 

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The core of any successful company is its culture. Building a great culture is a challenging task, and many companies never manage to put all of the intricate pieces together, but when they do, the magic happens. Today, we are talking with an expert on what makes culture go, so stay tuned.

Hey everybody, this is Chris Brandt here with Sandesh Patel, welcome to another FUTR podcast.

I recently read The Soul of Startups: The Untold Stories of How Founders Affect Culture by Sophie Theen. In the book, Sophie chronicles her experience as an HR professional in the world of tech startups. She has a front row seat to the good, the bad, and the downright ugly of the industry. Throughout it all, she shares what she has learned from the pains and joys she found in the land of tech startups.

The book focuses a lot on the character that founders bring to a company, but it is a bigger story than just that. Building a great culture takes grit, empathy, and vision and buy in from the people that make the company go.

Today we are fortunate to have with us Sophie Theen, author of The Soul of Startups to tell us what she has leaned.

Welcome Sophie

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Hey everybody, this is Chris Brandt Last Week, Sandesh Patel and I headed out to New York to attend the HPC + AI Wallstreet High Performance Computing conference, and I am here to break it down for you.

So, like I mentioned, Sandesh and I went to the HPC + AI Wall Street conference where friend of the show Ryan Quick was a featured speaker. There were a bunch of sessions focusing on everything from Quantum computing and Neuromorphic computing to Artificial Intelligence and Big Data. The show was run by Tabor communications that is the publisher of HPC Wire, Datanami, and EnterpriseAI to name a few.

This is a show with a limited audience, so it is interesting to see how small a community it is right now. Most of the people know each other in this space and there is a lot of back and forth with people. Much of the discussion focuses on fairly cutting edge and exotic tech, so I thought it was a ton of fun. There was even a great session on the ethics surrounding AI.

A lot of the vendors in the space sponsored the event and were there to talk about what they have for HPC. I was able to chat with a few of them and I wanted to share those interviews with you.

Let's start with Run:AI. They have a scheduler that is getting a lot of attention, but let me have them tell it in their own words.

Next up, we got a chance to catch up with Memverge. You might remember Memverge from episode #44 where we talked with Memverge founder and CEO Charles Fan.

Last, here is friend of the show Ryan Quick who not only hosted a couple of sessions, but was there to help promote Data Vortex, a new networking stack designed around extremely high performance.

Overall, this was a small, but great show that will only be growing over the years. If you are looking into High Performance Computing I suggest you check the next one out.

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Today we are going to take a look at the executive perspective of the market, and get some insights from an established leader.

Hey everybody, this is Chris Brandt here without Sandesh Patel today. Welcome to another FUTR podcast.

Today we are talking with Suja Chandra. She has held executive technology positions in a range of companies, including Fortune #1 Walmart where she was Global Chief Technology & Digital Officer. She has had prominent roles at a wide range of companies like Kimberly-Clark, Nestle, and Timberland. She has specialized in M&A,  is a frequent industry speaker, and investor

Suja sits on the board of several public companies like American Eagle Outfitters, Cardinal Health as well as private companies like Blume Global Technologies and Agendia. Additionally, she founded T200 an organization devoted to advancing women in technology.

Most recently, she served as Senior EVP and Chief Digital and Information Officer at Common Spirit Health. 

Suja is going to tell us what she is seeing in the market and how technology impacts business during these disruptive times.

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Hey everybody, this is Chris Brandt here with a quick update on VMware's annual show.

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Last week I went to VMworld, or as it is now called VMware Explore. I have to say it was a bit of a disaster, but I will get into that in a bit.

To start with, VMware Explore was held in San Francisco at the Moscone center. Not sure this was a great decision. They may have felt if they stay local, more companies will be interested in sponsoring, and exhibiting. For everyone not from the bay area, it was very expensive. Hotels were at a premium for sure. San Francisco is also dealing with a bit of a crime crisis at the moment, which has been getting a lot of news coverage. 

All of this, plus a lingering pandemic, a bunch of Monkey Pox, and an uncertain economy meant that this event wasn't as well attended as previous ones. Additionally, a lot of uncertainty about the Broadcom acquisition was expressed, and this may have played into the lower attendance as well.

It was a dramatically smaller show. It reminded me of some of the regional events that they do. Vendors I talked with said that they had many good interactions, so maybe with less volume, you get a more interested crowd. I do know that this event used to sell out long before the show, but this year you could buy tickets at the door.

The exhibit floor seemed to be less than half of what it was previously. The main focus was around storage, Horizon products and visibility solutions. The usual cohort of smaller vendors just wasn't there this year. I'm not sure if this speaks to market conditions, or an erosion of the VMware ecosystem.

While the exhibit floor was lackluster, the sessions seemed to be buzzing with activity. I think the attendees were really focused on the education aspect of this show, and there were a lot of sessions for people to attend. The sessions I attended were good if not packed. I generally heard good feedback from people about their sessions.

VMware had a handful of announcements. They doubled down on cloud, citing an IDC analysis that showed 400 percent growth in cloud native apps over the past 3 years from a total of 72 Million in 2019 to an estimated 310 Million cloud native apps today.

Some of the big announcements were VMWare Image Builder which is a SaaS service that allows customers to package verify and publish across multiple Kubernetes providers, talking a lot of the manual work out of building for multiple platforms.

They also expanded and improved the VMware Application Catalog with more integration with OpenShift, greater OS support, and a bunch of additions to the catalog.

They also discussed how they are growing the VMware Marketplace as well, but not a ton of big flashy new stuff this year.

My plan for this year's show was to meet with some of the vendors and get some interviews. I was able to interview O.J. Wolanyk from Kentik, but shortly after a quick interview with him, I put my microphones down and somebody walked off with them while I wasn't looking. They were brand new and that was the first time I used them. So, unfortunately, the recording was also lost when the mics were taken, but I did have some audio off the camera, so please excuse the crowd noise.

Unfortunately, without the mics, it was a bit difficult to do any more interviews, but in all honesty, there weren't many new vendors to talk with.

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Today we are going to be talking about leadership and how to align a company to rapidly changing market conditions and building to where the ball is going to be rather than where it is today.

Hey everybody, this is Chris Brandt here with Sandesh Patel, welcome to another FUTR podcast.

Today, we have with us Poojan Kumar, founder and CEO of Clumio, an AWS centric, SaaS based data protection platform. When Clumio started in 2017 they anticipated the huge shift to cloud. The shift was slow going at first, but since the pandemic, a massive acceleration toward the cloud has been happening. Clumio is well positioned to take advantage of this transformation.

Staying in front of these changes and timing the market has been incredibly challenging, so we are going to talk with Poojan about how Clumio has evolved and how they look at the market to predict where it is going and what it will need.

Welcome Poojan

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Genetics is big business, and it is rapidly changing our world. This was most evident recently with the rapid creation of mRNA COVID vaccines. Genetics is everywhere, from individually engineered cancer therapies to bioengineered food. It plays a huge role in so much of what we use and consume. So, we are going to get the low down on how our genes work and what we can expect in the future.

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Today, we are talking with Kira Dineen, host of the "DNA Today podcast,"  the two time winner of the People's Choice Podcast Award for best science and medicine podcast. 

Have you ever wondered why Calico cats look the way they do? Is there a human equivalent? What does our genetic future look like? Well the answers might surprise you. So let's hear about it from an expert.

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Drones have really changed how we view the world. It brings aerial photography and videography to the masses. Previously what could only be captured by helicopter or plane can now be viewed by drone. For construction projects, this kind of insight can be critical. We are going to talk with a company that specializes in making this happen.

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Today we have with us Rory San Miguel Co-Founder and CEO of Propeller Aero, which provides 3D drone based analysis to reliably map, measure, and report on worksite progress. This is an incredibly valuable tool for worksites, to manage progress, maintain safety and prevent disasters.

So we are going to talk with Rory about how this all works and why it is so important.

Welcome Rory

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