Great Things with Great Tech Podcast

In this episode I talk with Jim Freeman, Head of Solutions at OnApp.  OnApp provides a complete Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) software platform for hosting companies, cloud providers, managed service providers and telecoms companies. Service Providers can create a wide range of cloud, dedicated hosting, CDN, DNS and storage services on top of commodity datacenter infrastructure; automate them completely through a central control panel. Jim and I discuss the early days backing Xen as a compute platform, the key partnership with VMware and OnApp's Federation service which is a true Cloud Computing Marketplace.

OnApp was founded in 2010 and is based the United Kingdom.

Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned

DELL, VMware, KVM, Xen, Kubernetes, VMware Cloud Director, NSX-v, NSX-T

Web: https://onapp.com

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In this episode I talk with Liran Zvibel, Co-Founder and CEO at Weka. Weka has built the world's fastest parallel file system, designed to solve the performance challenges in AI deep learning and technical computing. WekaFS delivers high performance, low latency storage. Weka provides a seamless hybrid cloud solution between on-premises data centers and the public cloud. With customers in several high performance markets including autonomous vehicle AI training, genomics, financial modeling, EDA, software development, satellite imaging and media and entertainment.

Weka was founded in 2014 and is based San Francisco.

Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned

NVMe, DELL, HPE, nVidia, SuperMicro, Cisco, Mellenox, Infiniband, Linux

Web: https://wkea.io

Interested in being on #GTwGT? https://launch.gtwgt.com

Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Niraj Tolia, President, GM and Co-Founder at Kasten. Kasten simplifies the operational management of stateful cloud-native applications for Kubernetes. The K10 Platform for Kubernetes Backup and DR provides an enterprise operations teams an easy-to-use, scalable, and secure system for backup/restore, disaster recovery, and mobility of Kubernetes applications. Niraj and I talk through the brief but eventful history of Kasten leading up to and beyond the Veeam acquisition. We also spend a lot of time talking about how Kubernetes is changing the IT landscape and going deep into the WHY and HOW of protecting Kubernetes workloads with Kasten.

Kasten was founded in 2017 and is based in Los Altos, California, USA.

Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned

Kubernetes, Helm, VMware, Tanzu, Docker, Containers

Web: https://kasten.io

Interested in being on #GTwGT? https://launch.gtwgt.com

Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Alan Zurakowski, CEO at HyAlto. HyAlto delivers a revenue focused Cloud Management Platform designed for MSPs and CSPs focusing on VMware IaaS and BaaS platforms. Those in the VMware Service Provider space might remember them as AirVM who were an early innovator in the cloud market in 2008, delivering a white-label, IAAS cloud platform for resellers. As demand for cloud services grew, a strong pivot took place to developing SaaS based software to enable service providers and white-label distributors to sell and deliver cloud services at scale. Find out how vCloud Director played a huge role in shaping their success... and not in the way you would expect!

Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned

VMware, Veeam, Datto, ConnectWise, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Office365

Web: https://www.hyalto.com

Interested in being on #GTwGT? https://launch.gtwgt.com

Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Yves Sandfort, CEO and co-founder at comdivision. comdivision have built a strong reputation over the past 25 years as a leading Professional Services company, spanning architecture, design, implementation as well as education and enablement primarily with VMware Technologies. They enable enterprises and service providers to do great things with great technology with a strong focus on emerging technologies. Yves and I talk about current industry trends such as intrinsic security and the future of multi and hybrid cloud and how the commoditization of technology platforms enables the next wave of great technologies.

Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned

VMware, Veeam, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Carbon Black, VMware Cloud

Web: https://comdivision.com

Interested in being on #GTwGT? https://launch.gtwgt.com

Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Brad Jervis, Senior Cloud Architect at OffsiteDataSync (ODS). OffsiteDataSync is a leading cloud services provider, recognized as a global provider of highly available and secure cloud data protection solutions, including Infrastructure (IaaS), Disaster Recovery (DRaaS) and Backup (BaaS). Brad an I talk about how the company was founded for break/fix but quickly filled a growing niche in becoming one of the first true backup and DR focused providers.

Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned

VMware, Veeam, Zerto, Nimble, Dell, CEPH, Linux, Microsoft

Web: https://www.offsitedatasync.com

Interested if being on #GTwGT? https://launch.gtwgt.com

Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Tim Brewer, Co-Founder and CEO of Functionly. Functionly is a Software as a Service (SaaS) company focused on delivering a real time intelligent Organizational Chart. Tim and I talk about how his prior experiences within organizations and as an advisor lead him to believe that there was a better way to do organizational mapping and charting leveraging web based technologies. This is a great story about looking to fill a gap in the market through SaaS based tooling and automation for what was previously deemed to be only doable via manual functions and tasks. 

Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned

AWS, Heroku

Web: https://www.functionly.com

Interested if being on #GTwGT? https://launch.gtwgt.com

Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Neil Cresswell, Co-Founder of Portainer. Portainer works by hiding the complexity that makes managing containers hard behind an easy to use GUI. By negating the need for users to use CLI, write YAML or understand manifests, Portainer makes deploying apps and troubleshooting problems simple. Neil and I talk about how he saw an opportunity with containers that was well ahead of the current Kubernetes wave and how he focused on reducing complexity around containers.

Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned

Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, CNCF

Web: https://www.portainer.io

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Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Sheng Yeo, CEO and Co-Founder of OrionVM. OrionVM are a wholesale Cloud Service Provider who designed their cloud platform for speed and distributed resiliency leveraging the InfiniBand networking standard as the core of their architecture. They where doing Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI) before HCI was a thing! Sheng gives us an insight into their founding and we go through what makes them unique as a IaaS provider doing great things differently, creating their own niche in the market while continuing to learn and grow along the way. 

Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned

Linux, Xen, InfiniBand, Cumulus Networks

Web: https://www.orionvm.com

Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Justin Giardina, (CTO) at iland. iland are one of the most innovative Cloud Service Providers in the world. This has been achieved by building their platform with usability and management as cornerstones. Justin and I talk about how iland's purpose built public API provides partners and customers with the ability to consume and manage their cloud services at scale with a focus on Infrastructure as Code. This API allows them to expose great technology platforms across 11 global locations offering IaaS, DRaaS, BaaS, Storage, Security and Compliance, and Office 365 backup.

Technology Partners Mentioned

VMware, Veeam, Zerto, Cassandra, Cisco, Nimble, Tenable, Trend Micro, HyTrust

Web: https://www.iland.com

Music: https://www.bensound.com