The Premise: Enterprise AI is a buzzword slapped onto products and services without any technical merit.

Let’s face it, AI gets thrown around a lot in the enterprise these days. It often gets conflated with Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and neural networks. But does the term actually mean anything? Are there solutions out there that actually qualify as AI? The roundtable debates.

For another look at this topic, check out our conversation with Dr. Rachel Traylor on the difference between ML and AI.

Stephen Foskett

Gina Rosenthal

Max Mortillaro

Andrea Mauro

@SFoskett

@GMinks

@MaxMortillaro

@Andrea_Mauro

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We recorded a great interview with Patric Palm of Favro and decided to put it in the podcast feed as a bonus episode. Enjoy!

Patric Palm is the Co-Founder and CEO of Favro.

This week on IT Origins, we had the privilege speak to Patric Palm, the Co-Founder and CEO of Favro. We discussed how he started the company, his previous startup efforts, the importance of adaptability,  and his background in organization and process.

Music: “Inspired” by Kevin MacLeod 

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The Premise: The efficiencies of network engineering will decimate engineering jobs.

The panel debates if this is true. They look at if this will happen across the board, if engineers will just become programmers going forward, or if automation will actually benefit network engineers down the road. And if automation does eliminate all these jobs, does it then become a pernicious form of support lock-in?

Tom Hollingsworth

Jasper Bongertz

Max Mortillaro

Arjan Timmerman

@NetworkingNerd

@PacketJay

@MaxMortillaro

@ArjanTim

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On this episode, we’re discussing Network Functions Virtualization, aka NFV. The roundtable discusses what exactly NFV is, how it differs from SDN, and if it’s going to eat all specialized networking hardware. The discussion then turns into how changes in network design principles als make NFV even more viable in the enterprise.

Tom Hollingsworth

Scott McDermott

John Herbert

Keith Norbie

Michael Bagg

@NetworkingNerd

@ScottM32768

@MrTugs

@KeithNorbie

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An episode so nice, we share it twice. Throwing in a bonus episode to the feed. Had a great conversation with Karen Lopez for IT Origins. If you haven’t already, be sure to listen to her appearance on the podcast with What is Big Data?

Karen Lopez is a Senior Project Manager and Data Architect. 

I had the privilege to talk to Data Architect Karen Lopez for this week’s IT Origins interview. We discuss how data hasn’t changed all that much since she started her career, but our ways of relating to it have. We also discussed the best and worst IT trends, got some book recommendations for the world, and walked away with some career advice.

You can follow Karen on Twitter, LinkedIn, and at InfoAdvisors

Music: “Inspired” by Kevin MacLeod 

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On this roundtable, we’re getting cloudy. The panelists discuss why it matters where your SaaS apps live, and not just depend on an SLA. This can impact not just business continuity and customer experience, but security and compliance as well.

Stephen Foskett

Chris Porter

Justin Warren

Martez Reed

Ned Bellavance

@SFoskett

@UprightVinyl

@JPWarren

@GreenReedTech

@Ned1313

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Enjoy this bonus IT Origins interview episode. Our regularly schedule podcast will post April 10, 2018.

Zachary Smith is the CEO of Packet. 

I had the privilege to talk to Zachary Smith from Packet in our most recent IT Origins interview. We discussed how he went from majoring in the double bass at Juilliard to becoming an IT entrepreneur. We also discussed his two months in the Boy Scouts, the hip Australian coffee, and the benefits of innovating on the software layer.

You can follow Zac on Twitter, LinkedIn, and on the Packet blog.

Music by Kevin MacLeod

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Let’s face it, your alerts stink. If you’re finding lifehacks to deal with the amount of notifications you’re receiving, you’ve already lost the battle. On this episode of the podcast, the roundtable discusses why we’re drowning in notifications, how to better approach it, and why can’t we actually get actionable alerts.

Stephen Foskett

Luigi Danakos

Leon Adato

Sonia Cuff

Patrick Hubbard

@SFoskett

@NerdBlurt

@LeonAdato

@Cuff_S

@FerventGeek

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The podcast that inspired it all! Today we’re sharing the pilot episode of the On-Premise IT Roundtable, looking at terrible IT language. Does the name of our podcast drive you nuts? Do you cringe when someone asks you to “double-click” in conversation? Do you have opinions on how to pronounce BPDU? This is the episode for you.

Tom Hollingsworth

Ethan Banks

Phil Gervasi

Pete Welcher

Scott McDermott

@NetworkingNerd

@ECBanks

@Network_Phil

@PJWelcher

@ScottM32768

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Enjoy this bonus IT Origins interview episode. Our regularly schedule podcast will post March 13, 2018.

Dong Ngo is an IT consultant and writer at Dong Knows Tech. From 1999 through 2017, he was an Editor at CNET.com, covering the storage and networking beats. 

This interview provided some fascinating perspective into what we assume is significant technology. Dong shares his journey from a small village in Vietnam to moving to San Francisco in the 1990s. After listening to his interview, be sure to check out this 2011 piece from Dong about revisiting his hometown.

You can follow Dong at Dong Knows Tech on Twitter and LinkedIn.

What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe

Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World by Mark Miodownik

Music: “Inspired” by Kevin MacLeod 

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