The Premise: The push for multi-cloud is driven by vendors and analysts, not by an actual IT need. 

On this episode, the roundtable discusses if the framing of multi-cloud as an inevitable IT outcome is really accurate. Is multi-cloud just something being pushed by analysts and vendors with solutions to sell? If so, will it ultimately be a fad? They further discuss what they mean when they say multi-cloud, which further clarifies the premise.

Tom Hollingsworth

Snehal Patel

Drew Conry-Murray

Jordan Martin

@NetworkingNerd

@SnehalPatel1410

@Drew_CM

@BCJordo

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The Premise: Data protection policy isn’t defined by business need or IT capability, rather than an inherited set of traditions and superstitions.

On this episode, the roundtable discusses data protection policy. The premise is that most organizations are doing this wrong. There’s a fundamental misalignment between what IT thinks it needs to be doing and what the business needs for operations and compliance. They discuss who needs to be taking ownership of these policies, how storage vendors are partially responsible, and how to move forward.

Stephen Foskett

Alex Almeida

Adam Fisher

Chris Evans

@SFoskett

@AlxJAlmeida

@bonzovt

@ChrisMEvans

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The Premise: There’s value to the business in bringing your personal interests to work in IT.

Today’s show discusses when you can bring your personal life into IT. We discuss if doing so is just a way to reduce burnout, or if there is legitimate business value to be found. We touch on how to approach supposed “third rail” topics and more.

Be sure to checkout Leon Adato’s book discussed in the episode, The Four Questions Every Monitoring Engineer is Asked.

Stephen Foskett

Josh Fidel

Leon Adato

Jordan Martin

@SFoskett

@JceFidel

@LeonAdato

@BCJordo

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The Premise: People don’t want cloud, they want what it does.

Today’s episode considers if people want cloud, or what the cloud actually does. In this case, we’re looking at if a focus on providing services will eventually make the cloud irrelevant, since people don’t really care about it. Or have the cloud providers created sufficient value-add services to solve business problems that make the cloud itself relevant, not just API-driven functions.

Stephen Foskett

Marina Ferreira

Glenn Dekhayser

Chris Grundemann

Patrick Hubbard

@SFoskett

@_MarinaLF

@GDekhayser

@ChrisGrundemann

@FerventGeek

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The Premise: Network analytics is too expensive for the modern enterprise.

Thanks to the growth of software-defined networking, a lot of network information that used to be unknown, is now known. But in order to get that information out of the network, you have to spend a lot of money on specialized hardware, software, and talent to program it all. Is it beyond the reach of most enterprises? Or is the cost of not knowing always greater? The roundtable discusses.

On-Premises for today’s roundtable:

Tom Hollingsworth

Rita Younger

Kevin Myers

Jody Lemoine

@NetworkingNerd

@SDN_Girl

@StubArea51

@GhostInTheNet

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The Premise: With the current corporate vision, Microsoft is done with Windows.

Declaring the Death of Windows is always a great way to drum up some clicks. But today, the roundtable discusses whether Windows is just kind of beside the point for a modern Microsoft. The debate whether this means the end of Windows, the end of the beginning of the end of Windows, or just that Windows’ role in Microsoft will fundamentally change.

On-Premises for today’s roundtable:

Stephen Foskett

Justin Warren

Karen Lopez

Jeffrey Powers

Nathaniel Avery

@SFoskett

@JPWarren

@DataChick

@Geekazine

@Nathaniel_Avery

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The Premise: The best way to keep passwords secure is to change them all the time.

Changing your passwords frequently is the best way to keep accounts secure, right? Or does frequently changing passwords cause users to lean on easily predictable patterns that ultimately make things less secure? The roundtable discusses what the best approach is, whether two-factor authentication changes your approach, and what changes when considering personal vs organizational passwords.

Tom Hollingsworth

Zoë Rose

Paul Snyder

Brandon Traffanstedt

@NetworkingNerd

@5683Monkey

@PTSnyder

@CyberArk

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The Premise: The storage array is dead, dead as a doornail.

The monolithic storage array used to be the standard of storage, but it’s time has come and gone… or has it? The roundtable discusses what specifically we mean when we talk about storage arrays, why they are increasingly irrelevant, and if their decline is permanent, or a temporary reaction to recent IT trends.

Stephen Foskett

Joe Houghes

Jon Hudson

Aaron Strong

Howard Marks

@SFoskett

@JHoughes

@_Desmoden

@TheAaronStrong

@DeepStorageNet

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The Premise: In order to be an effective analytics company, you need a sensor.

Tom Hollingsworth leads a discussion around how important sensors are for analytics and data. Is network monitoring enough? What about something in software? Or is the added expense of a dedicated out-of-band physical sensor the price you have to pay? The roundtable is pretty evenly split on the subject, and discusses where each approach works best.

Tom Hollingsworth

Mitch Dickey

Brennan Martin

Shaun Neal

@NetworkingNerd

@Badger_Fi

@CDNBeacon

@SV_Neal

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The Premise: 5G is set to replace traditional networking.

In this episode, the roundtable discusses what impact 5G will have on traditional networking. They dig into why wireless is a more finite resource than wired networking, the difficulty of service degradation, and how to justify rolling out 5G for fixed end points.

Tom Hollingsworth

Ryan Adzima

Rob Coote

Kevin Blackburn

@NetworkingNerd

@RAdzima

@Rob_Coote

@TheRoutingTable

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