Behind the Scenes Episode 362: Perforce and NetApp in the Cloud

Welcome to the Episode 362, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.” Did you know that over 3 billion people play video games? That's nearly 50% of the world's population! And if you've ever played a video game (which, statistically, you have), you've probably played something that was built …

Behind the Scenes Episode 361: NetApp Spot Security – What’s New in Spring 2023

Welcome to the Episode 361, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.” If you've ever worked an IT support job and had to do on-call rotations, you probably know how noisy things can get with alerts and events - especially when they get sent to your phone or work …

Behind the Scenes Episode 360: NetApp AI and Nvidia with Apache Spark Horovod

Welcome to the Episode 360, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.” Did you know that Google created Tensorflow and Kubernetes? Or that Sun invented NFS? That Amazon created S3? Or that Uber created Apache Spark Horovod? Some of the key technologies that companies use today were originally created …

Behind the Scenes Episode 359: Exploring DORA

Welcome to the Episode 359, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.” Before the war in Ukraine started, a rash of cybersecurity incidents started to crop up - particularly in the Ukrainian financial sector and against government websites. This created a substantial amount of chaos with the day to …

Behind the Scenes Episode 358: NetApp, Brocade and Cyber Resiliency

Welcome to the Episode 358, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.” What's in a name? When people say the words "cyber resiliency," what do you do? Do you cringe at the buzzy-ness of the term? Do you pause and think, "do we have yet another term to worry …

Behind the Scenes Episode 357: Cloud Data Sense – Data Governance and Compliance

Welcome to the Episode 357, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.” When I was a kid, my room was often a mess. Clothes on the floor, toys everywhere. My mom would try to stay on me to keep it clean, but it was mostly a losing battle for …

Two – no, Three! no, Four! – new features for Azure NetApp Files released! (Feb 2023)

UPDATED Feb 4, 2023 to reflect new added features One of the bigger benefits of managed services in the cloud is how new features can just appear seemingly from thin air without admins having to do anything, and without needing any maintenance window. Azure NetApp Files is no exception to that, and this month, two …

New Year, New Role!

Last year, I transitioned from the on-prem ONTAP product group over to the Google CVS and Astra group to work on some new challenges. While over there, I created some new stuff. For starters, I partnered up with Oliver Krause to work on a Cloud Volumes Services security doc for Google Cloud. You can find …

Behind the Scenes Episode 356: Kubernetes, Prometheus and ChatGPT w/ Natan Yellin

Welcome to the Episode 356, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.”   ChatGPT is the latest in a series of AI tools available to help people get their work done, but can it help you manage your Kubernetes cluster? Natan Yellin (natan@robusta.dev, Natan's LinkedIn) from the Robusta Open …

Behind the Scenes Episode 355: The Human Side of Digital Business Transformation w/ Kamales Lardi

Welcome to the Episode 355, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.” Artificial Intelligence. Blockchain. ChatGPT. Remote working. What do all of these things have in common? They're technology disruptors that businesses are having to learn to navigate and integrate into their day to day operations, each with their …