Go Your Way

Go Your Way Episode 34: Microsoft Azure Resilient Cloud. Greg and Phoebe are back together after INSIGHT 2020 with special guest, Ben Di Qual, Director of Microsoft Azure Architecture and Engineering. In this episode we discuss the renaissance of Microsoft and how it’s reshaped how enterprises consume cloud resources. We also discuss the partnership between Microsoft and NetApp and the co-development of high performant and resilient cloud resources are distinctively important for the enterprise.

NetApp INSIGHT 2020 is around the corner October 26-29 and we have a FULL lineup for the whole event with a special focus on our Community Roundtable on this episode. During the Community Hour you’ll see the featured “Ready, Set... Cloud Cost Optimization” community roundtable hosted by Phoebe Goh, all new Go Your Way podcasts featuring Maya Livni as co-host and a special series of the NetApp A-Team “All Access” podcast. Register now and join us for NetApp INSIGHT 2020 - https://insight.netapp.com/

We are all experiencing personal and business transformations in the face of great change and the challenges that come with it. In this special episode of the podcast, we discuss the mindset of successful transformation with championship skier and record-setting BASE jumper Matthias "Super Frenchie" Giraud. Also, please join us on September 24 at 9:00am PDT at ntap.com/SAP to catch Super Frenchie's inspiring keynote.

The debate between using a single cloud vs a multi-cloud has long been a holy war in the industry. On this episode, we discuss how developers and organizations should focus their energies for successful business outcomes with our guest Josh Atwell, Sr. Technology Advocate at Splunk.

KubeCon 2020 Europe runs from August 17 - 20 and Nigel Poulton joins the podcast to discuss how Kubernetes adoption has evolved and ramped up so quickly. We also discuss the Kubernetes application deployment demo Nigel recorded on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that leverages both Cloud Volume Services (CVS) and Trident. For more on KubeCon 2020 Europe and to visit the NetApp booth, please visit cncf.io.

We are beginning Week 3 of Google Cloud Next 2020 with Dean Hildebrand, Technical Director in the Office of the CTO at Google. In this episode, we dive into the close work and collaboration that Google Cloud and NetApp have developed for years and how that is driving real business value for Google Cloud users. We also discuss some of the presentations and announcements from Google Cloud NEXT 2020.

We are kicking off week 1 of Google Cloud Next 2020 with Dean Hildebrand, Technical Director in the Office of the CTO at Google. We discuss the wealth of sessions across 9 weeks, all available on demand.

Data awareness and visibility continues to be one of the hurdles organizations encounter after adopting a hybrid-cloud strategy. On this episode of the Go Your Way podcast, we discuss these challenges with Josh Atwell, Sr. Technology Advocate at Splunk. Josh shares his industry experience, from containers to cloud to DevOps, to highlight the opportunity.

Not all data migrations to the cloud look alike and often times that means that data need to be accesible to where it can drive the most value. On this episode, we discuss how data portability and migration can play a critical role in how you architect your data strategy with industry veteran Mark Thiele, founder and CEO of Edgevana.

Not long ago, 'cloud first' initiatives drove significant cloud adoption that opened new questions about how to best optimize costs and performance. On this episode, we discuss new cloud migration opportunities and strategies with Greg Schulz from StorageIO.