Tech Interviews

Data, it's the new oil, new gold, your Crown Jewels. We've all heard these phrases, but it is hard to deny that data is a fantastic asset.

However, it's fair to say that data also comes with its challenges, we must store it all, make sure we protect it all and of course we need to make sure it's secure.

This week is the first in a short series of shows looking at the challenges of data privacy.

This week is part one of a two part chart with global data privacy attorney Sheila Fitzpatrick, with nearly 35 years experience in the field, she is the ideal guest too provide us with some initial context around the current data privacy landscape, the challenges we have and the challenges we are going to see in the future, including the upcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR.

Sheila has lots of great information to share, so settle back, there's plenty to learn.. enjoy the show.

Full show notes are here.. http://wp.me/p4IvtA-Ld

We all love the way cloud has simplified how we deliver technology solutions to our business challenges, its simplicity and efficiency are extremely powerful.

It's a great answer to many a challenge, but what about when public cloud can't be the answer?

Whatever the reason, technical, commercial or data security, sometimes for an organisation public cloud just can't be the answer.

What do we do when we want the simplicity of cloud but can't have it?

Build your own cloud of course!

That is the topic of this weeks show, in part two of my chat with Microsoft Technical Evangelist Matt McSpirit, we explore Azure Stack, Microsoft's on-premises private cloud offering.

Matt Shares with us what Azure Stack is, who it is (and isn't meant for) and how you get your hands on it, both in its current tech preview as well as its general release form later in 2017.

Hope you enjoy the show - show notes are here.. http://wp.me/p4IvtA-J4

This week we explore a bit more DevOps as I chat with Microsoft Tech Evangelist Matt McSpirit.

Matt is based at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond and produces lots of great and helpful content in his role as a tech evangelist.

In the first of a two-part chat, we explore Matt’s two current areas of focus, AzureStack which we will cover next week and, in this first part, we get a Microsoft take on the DevOps movement, how they see it, and how it is affecting how Microsoft deliver their own technology to their customers.

We also look at some of the principles you should follow as you look to build a DevOps approach to your business, as well as discussing whether DevOps is something that stretches beyond the world of just software development.

Enjoy the show, the full show notes can be found here... http://wp.me/p4IvtA-IK

This is the second of our series of episodes looking at emerging technology trends and this week we jump in with one of the most high profile, DevOps.

I attended an event recently ran by Microsoft partner Blackmarble discussing building a DevOps practice using Microsoft tools, after the event I grabbed a little bit of time with Blackmarbles' Engineering Director Richard Fennell.

We chat about what DevOps is and isn't as well as some tips on how to build a DevOps practice.

Enjoy the show - show notes can be found here on TechStringy.com http://wp.me/p4IvtA-GQ

As the amount of data we create continues to grow exponentially, traditional methods of storing it are becoming less and less effective.

One answer to this is Object Storage, designed to overcome the challenges of storing billions of files, across multiple data repositories across potentially many geographic locations, It's the storage that powers the big public cloud providers and, as it's use cases grow, is finding its way into our enterprise IT.

In this episode I'm joined by Robert Cox from NetApp to provide an introduction to object storage, why it exists and why you may want to use it, so if you want to know more about Object Storage, this maybe the episode for you.

Show notes are here http://wp.me/p4IvtA-Fu

When we spend all our time in the technology industry sometimes we can get a little close to it, too close to certain vendors or solutions and it can be very useful on occasion to step back and try too look at a wider picture.

This week we try to do just that as I chat with technology journalist Hannah Breeze. Hannah is deputy editor at CRN (Channel Reseller News) and writes about the relationship between vendors, distributers and sellers of technology, or as it is known, the IT channel.

Full Show Notes are here http://wp.me/p4IvtA-F9

Data sprawling all around us, certainly does not mean those managing IT are having fun!

If you think about the kind of organisations many of us are a part of, then we understand what a critical asset our data is and how getting the best from it can give us real edge in our organisations field.

But there is so much of it to manage, not just the production data, but the copies that we also have, backups, dev, test and QA, to name just a few.

In this episode I speak with Rich Wallace of Catalogic Software and discuss the data sprawl challenge.

Full show notes are here - http://wp.me/p4IvtA-Cc

In this episode we discuss whether working more closely with your peers in the IT industry has any benefit.

Does it help you to do your job better? Does it help you develop your career? is there anything to gain?

This week I'm joined by Amy Lewis host of the Geek Whisperers as we discuss those questions and find out about developing your IT superhero!

Enjoy

Show notes are here http://wp.me/p4IvtA-Bs

A couple of months ago, I was at a Tech User Group event and one of the presentations was intriguingly called "my life as a 12 year old software developer". I assumed that this was someone with 12 years of experience, what I hadn't expected was that our presenter was indeed just 12!

Josh, better known to the tech community on twitter as @all_about_code is a smart young man, very passionate about developing and coding, but not just about writing bits of code for games, or entertainment projects, what is really impressive is his passion for developing solutions to problems that he has seen in his own day to day world.

I hope you enjoy this 8 minute chat I had with Josh, about his passions for developing, why he likes tech community and some of the projects he's worked on.

Enjoy the show.

Full show notes are here http://wp.me/p4IvtA-At

The security of our data is a significant challenge for us all, as individuals and as organisations, big or small, keeping our data secure and maintaining privacy is no longer a nice to have, it's a necessity.

In this episode, global data privacy expert Sheila Fitzpatrick joins me, Sheila is data privacy officer for global storage giant NetApp. In our chat, we discuss the difference between privacy and security, is the data security challenge a myth?, the impact of GDPR and how to start building robust data privacy solutions. Sheila is an attorney and renowned global expert in her field. She is truly passionate about the topic of privacy and shares some fantastic tips.

So dive in and enjoy the episode.

Show Notes are here... http://wp.me/p4IvtA-zD