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For Martin Luther King day, I am recommending a great read on the history of the Civil Rights movement. The book is March by Congressman John Lewis with Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell.

March Book 1: https://amzn.to/34MPBCQ
March Book 2: https://amzn.to/3rqf0Ko
March Book 3: https://amzn.to/3tyYn1O


FUTRtech focuses on startups, innovation, culture and the business of emerging tech with weekly video podcasts where Chris Brandt and Sandesh Patel talk with Industry leaders and deep thinkers.

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On Today's episode, Chris Brandt and Sandesh Patel sit down to talk about what 2022 is going to look like. We would love to hear your thoughts on what will be important this year. Let us know what you think in the comments!

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Give your security guys a hug, a socially distanced one, because we are in the middle of a pandemic and we aren't savages. They had a very bad holiday trying to deal with the Log4J exploit that hit in December.

If you are confused as to what this is all about, stay tuned.

Hey everybody, this is Chris Brandt, welcome to another FUTRtech video podcast. On December 9th, a remote code execution bug in Apache Log4j 2 was discovered being exploited in the wild. This exploit was alarming for two reasons, it is very widely used and it is a very easy exploit to perform. Minecraft, Apple's iCloud and Amazon Web Services are just some of the major services impacted by this. Additionally, after the exploit came to light, bad actors started actively scanning the Internet for vulnerable systems.

So what is Log4J?  Log4J is an open source logging utility used by Java applications. Most systems log an enormous amount of events for analysis and troubleshooting. It is responsible for writing and processing the log files. For example, say you request a page from a webserver that doesn't exist, if the server is running Java it would likely log this failed attempt through Log 4J. The part that was exploited was the Context Lookup feature, which like it says adds additional context to the logs like adding the currently logged in user.

By submitting a specially crafted request, the application would execute code to either download additional exploits or to exploit functions on the system directly. The exploit is fairly trivial to perform and because of Log4J's wide use, this became a major problem for businesses over the holidays. With already overstretched security and development resources this became a major undertaking for many people.

Fortunately there is a patch available for this. There are still some configuration details that you need to pay attention to, but getting this fixed should be a top priority for your organization.

Thanks for watching, if you like what you saw, give us a like and think about subscribing, and I will see you in the next video.

FUTRtech focuses on startups, innovation, culture and the business of emerging tech with weekly video podcasts where Chris Brandt and Sandesh Patel talk with Industry leaders and deep thinkers.

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What a year it has been, hard to tell it apart form the previous year. We have been through so much with the pandemic upending our lives. 

I know I have struggled to find inspiration and creativity through this, and I know a lot of you have felt the same way. Now that we are faced with yet another major outbreak and what that may bring, it all seems overwhelming.

So I wanted to share with you a couple of interesting ideas to help you change things up.

British Musician and producer, Brian Eno, who rose to fame in Roxy Music, and went on to work with artists like David Bowie,  Talking Heads,  Devo,  U2 and Coldplay, has been known for his ingenuity and creativity. 

Well, he put together this thing called, "Oblique Strategies" which is a deck of cards that give you ways to break out of your creative rut.
https://www.enoshop.co.uk/product/oblique-strategies.html


Another one is Mind Cards from LSW, which give you, "Daily cards for a more fulfilling life."
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1056545272/mindfulness-cards-daily-cards-for-a-more

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We are just a couple of dads talking to cool people about cool stuff. On today's episode, we look back on the year and talk about some of our favorite moments from the podcasts.

#45: The Challenge of Being Trans, with Celia Daniels: https://youtu.be/Cn_qpgK6DTc
The New Go To Market with Clumio's Brian O'Shea - #53: https://youtu.be/Gmu5C3dN20U
#51: Building Your Personal Brand With LinkedIn's John McGrath: https://youtu.be/NJX_wAoPiJU
#30: Reinventing Yourself During a Pandemic with Nick Tasler: https://youtu.be/SRe45LxFdEs
#41: Data is a Team Sport - Interview with Databricks' Engineer Lee Blackwell: https://youtu.be/KBOBj_KsK4E
Is AI the Future or the end of everything - TikTok AI Ethics Influencer Paige Lord - #61: https://youtu.be/XCDlz1g9XQI
#50: The Future Is In Their Hands: https://youtu.be/SnKrt8Gp1Go
Hello Metaverse! With Surreal CMO Adam Voss - #59: https://youtu.be/3N4D9ZramGE
#32: Talking Security with Safe Security CEO Saket Modi: https://youtu.be/AqrrMCR106s
#31: Managing Your Security With Arctic Wolf CEO Brian NeSmith: https://youtu.be/3RKO-mAH7q0
#39: Here Come The Robots - Talking RPA with Automation Anywhere's Prince Kohli: https://youtu.be/nVzNRYKLHnQ
#37: Talking About Women in Tech - Diversity and Data with Dr Colleen Tartow of Starburst Data:https://youtu.be/2dT6cZvByaQ
Metaverse - Is it the end, or the beginning: https://youtu.be/9t5A8U07iAA
You've Gotta Have Hat - Lacework CEO David Hatfield - Episode #63: https://youtu.be/7IxxOq4t17c
#40: Life Lessons from the Sheik: https://youtu.be/CcYyZ2HChYM
#33: The Future of Computing with VMware Legend Duncan Epping: https://youtu.be/QFOQHXQuKZg
Growing Your Network With Ellen Barry - #54: https://youtu.be/FMa61us_J94

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Today we are going to be talking about security, scaling and leadership with one of the industry’s most successful leaders.

When Sandesh and I are talking with startups, they typically lack a critical piece in their path to success, someone to drive company culture and vision and to communicate that with both employees and customers. This is usually when you hear the phrase, “You just need someone like Hat, “ or, “If we only had Hat.” The Hat everyone is talking about is David Hatfield, co-CEO of the cloud security platform Lacework, which just raised and absolutely stunning $1.3B with an $8.3B valuation.

We first met Hat when he was President of Pure Storage which was the fastest growing tech company of all time at that point. It was obvious to us that he had something special, and there is a reason he is in such high demand. Hat is here to tell us about Lacework, their big raise and to fill us in on what it takes to be a great leader.

Welcome Hat.

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Hey everybody, this is Chris Brandt, welcome back to another FUTRtech video. 

I get asked about my gear all the time, so I thought as the year winds down, this would be a good time to give an update on what I am using. The list of stuff is long, but I wanted to highlight some of the things that really help me produce this channel. I will put a more comprehensive list in the notes for this show below.

I will also note that some of these links are affiliate links, which doesn’t cost you anything extra, but does give a little bit back to the channel.

Lighting

The first thing I want to talk about is lighting. I am working with limited space here in my studio, so my choices reflect that. The other thing that I am trying to do is create a pleasing soft natural looking light that takes some of these old man wrinkles away.

First off, there are a lot of different colors of white light, and they are referred to by their color temperatures. What we call daylight balanced usually falls in the 5600 Kelvin range while the light from a lamp would be in the 3200 Kelvin range, and have a more yellowish color.

I use daylight balanced lights for lighting the subject, me, and I use the 3200K lights in the background to warm things up and give separation.

There are 3 primary types of lights I use, COB lights, Panel Lights or ring lights. Ring lights are really simple to use and can give you a stylized look without a lot of effort. As the name implies, the light is in a ring and the camera usually sits in the middle. Because the light is directly in front of you, it flattens shadows and tends to give you a high key fashion look. You can tell when people are using these because they have ring highlights reflecting in their eyes.

Panel lights are great for tight spaces. They are panels that have rows of small LEDs to produce the light. They are great for tight spaces, but you need to put a lot of diffusion in front of them to get a soft look, or you need to move them far away from the subject. Diffusion or distance is the way to soften light.

The lights that I am currently using are COB, which stand for Chip on Board. It is a larger central light source that behaves more like traditional incandescent lights. The light I am using is the Aputure Amaran 100d, which produces great consistent light, while being compact and affordable. To soften the light, I am using an Aputure Lightdome Mini, which gives you great diffusion in a very small package. Aputure offers an incredible range of light products and they have recently been introducing lights like the 100d that are more affordable options of their more expensive professional lights.

Getting the lighting right is usually accounts for the biggest difference between people just starting out and the folks with a more professional look.

I am using a 3 point lighting setup with a key light, a side fill and a rim light to help create separation from the background.

Camera

Next, let’s talk about camera. People ask all the time how I achieve that blurry background that really sets me off from the background. That is what we mean by depth of field. When you have shallow depth of field, only a small area is in focus. Wide depth of field means more area is in focus. When you use a web cam or your computer’s camera, those lenses are designed to have a very wide depth of field, which keeps your background in focus. The same is true with phone cameras. Computational photography like they use on the iPhones, can identify the subject and put a blur on everything else, which is another way to achieve a blurred background.

Depth of field is usually influenced by three things, focal length, aperture and distance between the subject and the lens. Focal length is the difference between wide angle and telephoto. Typically the wider the angle lens, the greater the depth of field. With distance, typically the closer you g

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One of the great things about being a lean, agile startup is the ability to move and change quickly as the market shifts Most of the time, it is how the company adapts to shifting market conditions that determines its success. Today, we are talking with a company that Went through a major effort to refocus the company on solving the problems their customers were struggling with.

Today Sandesh Patel and I are talking with Clumio’s VP of product, Chadd Kenney. I first met Chadd, when he was VP of Products and Solutions at Pure Storage, and now Chadd has brought those talents to Clumio. Earlier this year, Clumio made the decision to take a step back  and re-evaluate how they could best serve the market, and Chadd was one of the architects of this effort. He is here to tell us how they were able to identify important gaps in this rapidly shifting market by listening to the customer. He’s going to tell us how Clumio adapted to solve those challenges.

Welcome Chadd.

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
01:35 - About Clumio
02:40 - Pandemic Changed the business landscape
05:21 - Taking a pause to talk to customers
08:20 - New opportunity in the cloud
09:50 - Making the hard decision to step back
13:10 - The impact on company culture
19:50 - The Importance of communicating the vision
21:10 - Changing up the sales motion with self-service and AWS Marketplace
28:30 - Adding value to the sales chain
30:45 - Results of the Shift and finding ways to fix S3 challenges
34:55 - What's Next for Clumio

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I have found some amazing content on TikTok, and in particular, I love the science and tech content that I have come across. This is where I found today’s guest. She focuses on AI and the ethics of AI and her TikTok channel is blowing up.

I first saw Paige Lord’s awesome TikTok videos in my feed, and I was impressed with her content around Artificial Intelligence and her passion for elevating women in tech. You can find Paige’s channel at ThePaigeLord. Paige works in Microsoft’s Data and Artificial Intelligence group and she is currently pursuing her Masters at Harvard University in Artificial Intelligence and Privacy law, and she has a lot to say on this very complex topic. 

Welcome Paige

Brad Smith:
https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2017/02/14/need-digital-geneva-convention/

Tools and Weapons by Brad Smith:
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I have been a fan of disaggregation and composable infrastructure for some time now. It is a great way to get better utilization out of your infrastructure, and improve flexibility and the programmability of your resources. Even companies like HPE have validated the market with their Synergy platform, but, adoption has been slow. Today we are going to be talking with a company that is looking to change that.

Hey everybody, today we are talking with Pradeep Sindhu Founder of Fungible, a company that is making Composable infrastructure a reality. Now you may know Pradeep from his other big hit, Juniper Networks, which he founded in 1996, and served as both CEO and chief scientist. I will tell you, Pradeep has engineering in his blood, and he is very passionate about bringing us the future of Composable infrastructure, and he has an amazing team with him to make it all go. 

Welcome Pradeep

https://fungible.com

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