Lisa at the Edge

Lisa at the Edge

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Lisa at the Edge episodes

  • EP19 - Cloud Lunch & Learn with Hugo Barona

    Hugo Barona is a Cloud Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Pluralsight Author.  

    Hugo kicked off the Cloud Lunch and Learn initiative which is aimed at providing free lunch time learning sessions focused on all things Cloud. 

    In this episode we find out more about Cloud Lunch and Learn and the future plans as well as discuss the importance of community support and sharing the knowledge. 

    LinkedIn: Hugo Barona

    Twitter: @HmsBarona

    Twitter: @CloudLunchLearn

    Website: Cloud Lunch & Learn

    Github: Cloud Lunch & Learn

    LinkedIn: Cloud Lunch & Learn

    YouTube: Cloud Lunch & Learn


    46 min
  • EP18 - Azure Stack Hub Marketplace with Ihcene Cheriet

    In this episode I am joined by Ihcene Cheriet.

    Ihcene is a PM at Microsoft working in the Azure Stack team focussed on the Marketplace within Azure Stack Hub.

    In this episode Ihcene shares her story of how she graduated as a Software Engineer, did some pretty cool internships and found her passion for the PM role within Microsoft.

    Then we dive in to a discussion around how powerful the Marketplace is within Azure Stack Hub for ISVs and for customers.  

    We cover three customer personas: 

    • ISV - On-boarding their Solution to Azure Stack 
    • Developer - Azure Hybrid Model 
    • Operations - curating the Marketplace to achieve Governance 

      • I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did and a massive thanks to Ihcene for sharing her knowledge and insight with us.

      @icheriet1

      Links discussed in this episode: 

      • Marketplace items available today on Azure Stack Hub : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-stack/operator/azure-stack-marketplace-azure-items?view=azs-2002
      • ISV technical publishing guide for Azure Stack Hub : aka.ms/azsonboarding
      • Azure Stack Partner Portal at the Edge : aka.ms/azurestack/partners (Forboth ISVs and Sis interested in bringing their solution over to Azure Stack Hub or Azure Stack Edge)

        • For disaster recovery scenarios to have data protection for operation backup and restore. You can have a backup on Azure and a backup on the Azure Stack Hub

        • Commvault 
        • Veeam Backup & Replication

          • Networking: VPN services, Load balancing services, Firewall services or for centralized management

          • Palo Alto VM-Series Next Generation Firewall
          • FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall
          • Barracuda CloudGen Firewall Control Center
          • Check   Point CloudGuard IaaS Single Gateway
          • f5 Big-IP Virtual Edition

            • Hidden Gems:

            Bitnami released recently :

            • GitLab Community Edition
            • Cloud-based Git repository and version control system
            • TensorFlow Serving
            • for machine learning models
              • 58 min
            • EP17 - Automating as a Team with Barbara Forbes
              In this episode I am joined by Barbara Forbes. Barbara is an IT Consultant at SCCT in the Netherlands and also a MVP. 
              Barbara gave a talk at Ignite in 2019 before she was an MVP about how to Automate as a team. 
              The talk was so popular that they added another session. However the talk was only 20 mins long so Barbara has joined me to share more on this topic. We also discover another ‘how I got in to IT’ career story!
              How to protect you and your team 
              Identifying where things can go wrong 
              Culture & mindset 
              Making the time for education 
              Yolo scripting & lots more!
              Twitter: @Ba4bes
              Website: https://4bes.nl/
              Ignite Talk: Automating as a team | THR1001. m7bj9BGU6JYyQyelbr5n
              1 hr 24 min
            • EP16 - Career Development, VMware on Azure & Diversity in Tech with Shannon Kuehn
              Shannon Kuehn is a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft focussed on VMware on Azure. Shannon shares the story of how she got in to tech with us. It started with a move to Chicago to chase that DJ life and then she found her calling. We discuss VMware on Azure, why MSP years are like dog years, that your experience is valuable in the world of cloud and we touch on diversity in tech and the female dynamic.
              Be aware there are bloopers in this episode. I debated editing them out. In fact I stressed about it for two weeks thinking they were worse than they were. However, I've always said this podcast is about keeping it real and this is as real as it gets. Lockdown is taking its toll, I've been working more than I should and it's beginning to show but this podcast has been a life line during the last few months and I want to thank you all for listening. Enjoy this episode! I have four more for you then Lisa at the Edge will be taking a break over the summer and back with a bang in Autumn.
              LinkedIn: Shannon Kuehn
              Twitter: @shankuehn
              1 hr 6 min
            • EP15 - Career Development & Ops to DevOps with April Edwards

              In this episode I am joined by the awesome April Edwards. 

              April is an Azure Advocate and Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft and has the most fascinating story to tell when it comes to how she found her calling in a career in tech after almost going down a few other paths.  

              We discuss transitioning from Ops to DevOps, impostor syndrome, the importance of being you, getting comfortable with not knowing everything in tech and we confirm that you are Dev/Tech enough! 

              April also shares her thoughts on Work Life Balance vs Work Life Integration when we discuss how Covid-19 has impacted her role and day to day life as well as how she is surviving lockdown.  

              @TheAprilEdwards


               

              53 min
            • EP14 - Why Dell Technologies for Azure Stack Hub

              In this episode I'm joined by my two team mates Jayanth and Janaka.

              Jayanth and Janaka are Azure Stack Engineering Technologists covering APJ.  As we know Azure Stack Hub is a co-engineered product between Microsoft and a few select OEMs.

              In this episode we talk through some of the Dell Tech differentiators and the value we bring to Azure Stack Hub. I hope this episode interesting and if you have any questions after listening please reach out to me and the team.

              @lisaattheedge

              @YkJayanth

              @JanakaRangama

              58 min
            • EP13 - Career Development, Containers 101 and Diversity in Tech with Steve Buchanan

              In this AWESOME episode I am joined by Steve Buchanan.  Steve Buchanan is a Director, & Midwest Containers Services Lead on the Cloud Transformation/DevOps team with Avanade, the Microsoft arm of Accenture. He is an eight-time Microsoft MVP, and the author of six technical books.

              In this episode we discuss: 

              • Evolving your career as technology evolves 
              • How to transform your IT department to Strategic Business Partner 
              • Containers 101 - 
              • Diversity in Tech 

                • Steve also flips the table and asks me some questions which caught me off guard.  I hope you enjoy this honest and open episode as much as I did. 

                Twitter: @buchatech

                Blog: www.buchatech.com


                1 hr 7 min
              • EP12 - Azure Stack Training with Mark Scholman

                In this episode I am joined by Mark Scholman.  Mark is a Freelance Microsoft Azure Consultant - Microsoft MVP - Working on #Azure, #AzureStack, #AzureStackHCI - Speaker & blogger - @azurestackblog

                Mark travelled the world providing training to HPE in 2017-2018 when Azure Stack launched and has recently created his own courses and virtual learning offering.  The courses sound awesome and I think they will provide excellent value. 

                You can learn more about the courses and take the free Azure Stack Family course here: Azure Stack Learning 

                Twitter: @MarkScholman

                54 min
              • EP11 - Co-Engineering Azure Stack Hub - The Dell Tech Approach

                With awesome guest Chris Renda -  Director of Engineering for Azure Stack at Dell Technologies. 

                In this episode we discuss Dell's approach to co-engineering Azure Stack Hub with Microsoft, where we look to add value, building a team to integrate tech and people and what a monthly engineering cycle looks like including our approach to Agile and the release train!

                Twitter: @ChrisRenda1

                Dell Technologies Cloud Solutions for Microsoft Azure Stack Hub

                Dell Technologies InfoHub Azure Stack

                1 hr 11 min
              • EP10 - Career Development with Aaron Buley

                In this episode I am joined by Aaron Buley. Aaron recently transitioned within Dell from Global Director of the Engineering Technologist team for the CI & HCI BU to Director of Product Management for Data Centric Workloads and Solutions

                In this open and honest conversation we cover personal brand, leadership, social media presence, mentoring and leaning in to challenges.

                Good luck to Aaron in his next role and hopefully he'll join us again to share more about his career development.

                Twitter: @AaronBuley

                Twitter: Tech Breakfast Podcast

                Podcast: Tech Breakfast 

                1 hr 10 min

              About Lisa at the Edge

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              Hello and welcome to Lisa at The Edge!