What do Taylor Swift concerts and Black Friday have in common? Both events can overwhelm systems when those platforms are built on legacy technology. 

Join David Rubinstein, editor-in-chief of ITOps Times, as he talks with guest Spencer Kimball, CEO of Cockroach Labs, about using cloud technology and planning to make sure massive spikes in traffic don't swamp your systems. 

Quantum computers may one day be able to break our current data encryption algorithms, so quantum researchers today have been researching new algorithms that could be used that can withstand these advanced computers.

Recently, NIST approved the first three of many such algorithms, and IBM Research developed two of those. So, for this episode, we spoke with Vadim Lyubashevsky, a cryptography researcher at IBM Research, about these algorithms.

Key talking points include:

• Why quantum computers will be able to break our current algorithms
• What's unique about the new algorithms
• The benefits of having multiple algorithms approved
• IBM's research in the quantum space

Further resources:
Video: Shor's Algorithm
Video: The Knapsack Problem
IBM blog post: Expanding the quantum-safe cryptography toolbox

In this episode we interview Sitaram Iyer, VP of emerging technologies at Venafi, about Google's proposed change to shorten TLS server certificate validity to 90 days.

We discuss: 

• The rationale behind shortening the validity timeframe
• What impact this would have on IT teams and organizations
• Potential security downsides of a shorter certificate window
• How companies can prepare for shorter certificates

In this episode (rebroadcast from earlier this year), ITOps Times Editor-in-Chief David Rubinstein talks about observability data with Nick Heudecker, senior director, Market Strategy & Competitive Intelligence at Cribl.

They discuss:

• The difference between data observability and observability data
• Why observability feels like too broad of a term
• Cribl's approach to a customizable data infrastructure

This episode of Get With IT was originally recorded and published in June for our other podcast, What the Dev?, and since it's a topic that ITOps teams will be interested in too, we are rebroadcasting it here. Enjoy!

In this episode, Jenna Barron, news editor of ITOps Times, interviews Andrew Tunall, head of product at Embrace, a mobile observability company. 

They talk about:

• What it takes to get mobile observability right
• The challenges companies might face when trying to get observability into mobile apps
• OpenTelemetry's role in mobile observability 

Access Embrace's open source mobile observability SDKs here: https://github.com/embrace-io

In this episode, we spoke with Tushar Katarki, senior director of product for Red Hat's GenAI Foundation Model Platforms Portfolio, about some of the issues companies may run into when trying to implement generative AI. 

Key talking points include: 

• The rush to AI
• Challenges companies run into
• The human factor of AI implementation and use

In this episode, ITOps Times editor-in-chief David Rubinstein interviews Keith Babo, head of product at Solo.io, about how platform engineering teams manage the underlying infrastructure needed to build their platforms. 

They discuss:

• What goes into enabling self-service capabilities in a safe and secure way
• Why mTLS is an important piece of the puzzle
• Advice for new platform teams on best practices for getting started successfully 

Transcript: https://www.itopstimes.com/itops/qa-how-platform-engineering-teams-manage-infrastructure-and-security/ 

In this week's episode, ITOps Times editor-in-chief David Rubinstein interviews Kai Wombacher, product manager at Kubecost, a company that provides cost monitoring for Kubernetes. 

They discuss: 

• How sometimes we forget about the environmental effects of software
• Cost-cutting measures go hand in hand with reducing environmental impact
• The open source project OpenCost and how it can be used to tackle the issue

In this episode, ITOps Times editor-in-chief Dave Rubinstein is joined by Randall Degges, head of developer relations and community at Snyk. 

They discuss: 

• How C-Suite execs are dramatically underestimating the risk of using AI tools
• Security issues in generative AI outputs 
• How AI can amplify problems in bad code 

Partial transcript: https://www.itopstimes.com/itsec/qa-the-disconnect-between-the-c-suite-and-it-practitioners-on-ai-readiness/ 

In this episode, David Rubinstein, editor-in-chief of ITOps Times, interviews Wayne Scott, regulatory compliance solutions lead at Escode, about software escrow, which is a practice that helps ensure continuity of service when companies shut down or remove their product. 

They talk about: 

• What software escrow is and what role it plays in risk management
• How to assess software escrow deals 
• Owning the risks of using SaaS products
• Upcoming regulations related to business continuity

Transcript: https://www.itopstimes.com/itops/qa-software-escrows-role-in-business-continuity-planning/