Jim increases his fiber, and we're all better for it Brian shares what it's like to live through a literal disaster Jim talks marketing to two marketing folks and the grief he feels Not letting the lack of a rule dictate what you can or can't do If you enjoy the show or have any comments, please feel free to reach out to any / all of us on Twitter:…

A view from the inside as Rubrik goes public Signs of trouble for VMC on AWS Broadcom shenanigans create an opportunity for alternative hypervisors If you enjoy the show or have any comments, please feel free to reach out to any / all of us on Twitter: @vPirateRadio @bknudston @jhoughes @k00laidIT @MattThatITGuy…

Return to office and the artificial limitations that come with it Will the push of return to office foster a renaissance in the startup world? Are there times in your career where certs are more worthwhile than others? Using certifications to prove what you know vs. using them as a learning path If you enjoy the show or have any comments, please fe…

Jim is visited by a West Virginian superhero Ransomware groups are being taken down Scams are abound If you enjoy the show or have any comments, please feel free to reach out to any / all of us on Twitter: @vPirateRadio @bknudston @jhoughes @k00laidIT @MattThatITGuy Expand “More Episode Settings”Brian Knudtson, Jim Jones, Joe Houghes and Matt Crape

Topics: Brian's joining Rubrik!! https://knudt.net/2023/12/18/concluding-my-job-search/ Searching for jobs in 2023 https://knudt.net/2023/10/31/lessons-learned-from-a-layoff/ https://knudt.net/2023/12/20/wrapping-up-a-layoff-job-hunt/ The VMware/Broadcom acquisition closes https://www.broadcom.com/blog/broadcom-announces-successful-acquisition-of-v…

Beard-mic fails Matt Set yourself up for success with your network Silos are real between your security and backup teams If you enjoy the show or have any comments, please feel free to reach out to any / all of us on Twitter: @vPirateRadio @bknudston @jhoughes @k00laidIT @MattThatITGuyBrian Knudtson, Jim Jones, Joe Houghes and Matt Crape

Join Theresa Miller, Director of Technical Advocacy at Cohesity and guest DJ Eshelman Author of "Just Do This" to learn more about how organizations should lead their enterprise data with a recovery ready mindset, implement methodologies, planning and process to be prepared for any data disaster.Cohesity

Topics: MGM Ransomware Caesar’s, too https://cisoseries.com/cyber-security-headlines-caesars-mgm-attacks-weather-network-down-lockbit-dual-deployment/ https://www.engadget.com/hackers-claim-it-only-took-a-10-minute-phone-call-to-shutdown-mgm-resorts-143147493.html VMware/Broadcom Oct 31 Layoff email - https://dataconomy.com/2023/09/15/vmware-leaked…

Join Staff Technologist, Jed Wallace, and Director of Technical Advocacy, Theresa Miller, as they talk about how technology is reshaping the way we work, from remote work to automation and AI.Cohesity

Topics: Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and why none of us are getting anything done Things that need to fuck off Time zones UTC to save a life Counterpoint UTC can fuck off People who can’t convert to save a life People that don’t use ISO 8601 Why do schools schedule everything at once, be proactive! The 6 Ps still apply here Soda pop vs sod…

Join Vic Camacho, Principal Technologist at Cohesity, with special guest Tim Desai, Director of Product Marketing at Cohesity, as we discuss a new zero-cost SmartFiles assessment that can help reduce overall cost with your third-party NAS solutions.Cohesity

Enterprises have more risk than ever when it comes to cyber crime and ransomware is more prolific than ever. Having data insights into threats and being able to recover from the latest clean copy of data is imperative to keeping business up and running in the event of an attack. Having a end to end strategy around how to do this matters. Are you re…

Join Staff Technologist Jed Wallace and Director of Technical Advocacy Theresa Miller as they talk about how to truly know your backups are air gapped and why it truly matters.Cohesity

Topics: vExpert Looking for love in all the wrong AI GPT oops GPT Hutchins Microsoft Love Google faux pas Balloons Balloony! If you enjoy the show or have any comments, please feel free to reach out to any / all of us on Twitter: @vPirateRadio @bknudston @jhoughes @k00laidIT @MattThatITGuy Expand “More Episode Settings”…

If you enjoy the show or have any comments, please feel free to reach out to any / all of us on Twitter: @vPirateRadio @bknudston @jhoughes @k00laidIT @MattThatITGuyBrian Knudtson, Jim Jones, Joe Houghes and Matt Crape

Principal Technologist Jon Hildebrand and Director of Technical Advocacy Theresa Miller discuss what was the year 2022 and offer up quick predictions of 2023.Cohesity

In this episode, recorded at VMware Explore Barcelona, Jon Hildebrand, Principal Technologist, and Theresa Miller, Director of Technical Advocacy, review common mistakes organizations make with regard to their backup and recovery strategies.Cohesity

Join two Cohesity experts—Theresa Miller, Director of Technology Advocacy Group, and Mark Baugher, Senior Manager, Curricula and Training—as they discuss how (and when) to get the most value from technology training. They'll also explore the many training opportunities available through Cohesity Academy to grow your IT skills and further your caree…

Join Theresa Miller, Director of Technology Advocacy at Cohesity and Haley Heter, Sr. Director Cohesity Academy to talk about a business and recruiter viewpoint on why certifications matter for you as the employee and career growth.Cohesity

Join Vic Camacho, Principal Technologist at Cohesity, Jon Hildebrand, Principal Technologist at Cohesity, and special guest Brian Knudtson at 11:11 Systems as we discuss modern tools for security. Listen in now!Cohesity

In this episode we discuss Impressions from VMware Explore Comparisons to other modern tech conferences The growing discussions and trend of moving to Cloud, or just off vSphere https://old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/xda3jr/sudden_disturbing_moves_for_it_in_very_large/ Supercloud is a dumb term created by and for analysts to have something to r…

Join Vic Camacho, vExpert and Principal Technologist at Cohesity, Jon Hildebrand, vExpert and Principal Technologist at Cohesity, and special guest Kris Boyd, Staff Solutions Engineer at VMware, as we discuss Security Architecture for End User Computing Environments. Listen in now!Cohesity

Join Vic Camacho, vExpert and Principal Technologist at Cohesity, Jon Hildebrand, vExpert and Principal Technologist at Cohesity, Chris Colotti, vExpert and Principal Solutions Architect at Cohesity, and special guest David Stevens, vExpert and Chief Solutions Architect at Entrust as we have a discussion while attending VMware Explore 2022 about da…

With VMware Explore coming up next week, we discussed our thoughts and shared experiences. Topics include: VMunderground - What it is, how to get tickets, and why it's awesom Solutions Exchange - Great conversations, a chance to network, and the cost of free swag Dogs - The joys of dog ownership, and Matt's dog's snoring If you enjoy the show or ha…

Join Mike Nelson, Principal Technologist and Theresa Miller, Director of Advocacy at Cohesity as they dive into the captivating topic of the impact of cloud migrations from a user perspective. They discuss planning, education, personas, and overall solutions to assist in involving the business user in your cloud migration projects Tune in now!…

Topics: VMware Explore Why rename? This is horrible. Bad marketing people, BAAD Why? Making the case for the hallway track Echo chambers and the value of being in person to break out of them What’s next? If you enjoy the show or have any comments, please feel free to reach out to any / all of us on Twitter: @vPirateRadio @bknudston @jhoughes @k00la…

Join Theresa Miller, Director of Technology Advocacy at Cohesity, Jon Hildebrand, Principal Technologist at Cohesity, and Guy Leech, Independent EUC Consultant with Secure Platform Solutions Ltd. Take a closer look at when to use PowerShell automation (no — it doesn't fix everything), how to get started, learn about some challenges that come with a…

Join Theresa Miller, Director of Technology Advocacy at Cohesity, Jon Hildebrand, Principal Technologist at Cohesity, and DJ Eshelman, President at Thrive-IT, in a discussion with Tim Mangan, Kahuna at TMurgent Technologies, and Mary Jane Mangan at TMurgent Technologies in this podcast to dive into the ways that they have found success as a married…

IoT What is it? Use of it in the world Use of it in the home Technical support of the house Security concerns Calling home to China, etc. Patching/updating Similar to Matt’s bike story -> Privacy, surveillance state and facial recognition. Jan 6 committee and all the people who filmed themselves doing crimes Benefits of Z-Wave / Zigbee vs. Wifi dev…

Join Theresa Miller, Director of Technology Advocacy at Cohesity, Victor Camacho, Principal Technologist at Cohesity, and Patrick Coble, Principal Consultant with VDISEC. This podcast covers all angles of security you may or may not have thought of from an enterprise perspective. Warning this podcast may leave you speechless.…

In this episode we discuss: Some brief personal thoughts on Uvalde Joe is in Australia Broadcom intends to buy VMware https://worldnewsera.com/news/tech-tips/sources-the-broadcom-vmware-deal-happened-within-two-weeks-broadcom-ceo-had-switched-his-focus-to-software-amid-regulatory-headwinds-for-semiconductor-deals-financial-times/ Investor presentat…

Join Theresa Miller, Director of Technology Advocacy at Cohesity, and Jon Hildebrand, Principal Technologist at Cohesity, in a discussion with Esther Barthel, Solutions Architect and Owner at cognition IT and Ruben Spruijt, Sr. Technologist at Nutanix in Part 2 of this this podcast topic to we dive into how we found successful ways of adapting and …

Join Theresa Miller, Director of Technology Advocacy at Cohesity, and Jon Hildebrand, Principal Technologist at Cohesity, in a discussion with Esther Barthel, Solutions Architect and Owner at cognition IT and Ruben Spruijt, Sr. Technologist at Nutanix in this podcast to have an intimate and honest discussion around the impact the pandemic has had o…

Topics: Twitter, Elon Musk, and “free speech” Musk buying Twitter for $44b Musk promised changes: Edit button Open-sourced algorithm Shut down bots/verify all humans Is twitter the “de facto town square”? The good, the bad, and the ugly of free speech When is speech _too_ free Should speech be 100% free Tuning what you see (avoiding the town square…

With travel opening back up, we are also seeing a shift back to in-person events. But after being away for 2 years, what do we expect to see has changed or stay the same? We touch on all sorts of topics from social cultures, pros and cons of virtual vs. in-person, and the somewhat nostalgic, but quickly dissipated beast known as travel. If you enjo…

In this episode, Vic and Jon welcome back Chris Colotti as we discuss the confusing state of the differences between disaster recovery and business continuity. Are they the same? Are they different? Let's get the conversation going...Cohesity

Topics: New branding for vPirateRadio Defining your brand What’s your schtick? Social media profiles Do you need to have a blog? How do you determine a “theme” Do you need a podcast? Graphical art - how do you develop, where do you use, should you outsource? Do you need to have stickers? How do you value your time / brand?…

Join Theresa Miller, Director of Technology Advocacy at Cohesity, J. Peter Bruzzese, Chief Content Officer at Clip Training, and Shannon Kuehn, Senior Program Manager at Microsoft in this podcast to dive into SaaS data protection. This year over 70% of enterprises are expected to run their business on SaaS applications. With the increasing adoption…

Today we celebrate International Women's Day 2022 with Theresa Miller, Director, Technology Advocacy Group at Cohesity, Martina Grom, CEO at Atwork, and Leah Schoeb, Sr. Manager, Design Engineering at AMD come together from around the world for International Women's Day for some great discussion. Covering the challenge of unconscious bias in the wo…

In this episode we discuss: Tech Field Day events Virtual vs hybrid vs in-person events The desire to return to in-person conferences The real value of session content vs. the hallway track The suckage that is the whole of virtual events for presenters If you enjoy the show or have any comments, please feel free to reach out to any / all of us on T…

Jon Hildebrand interviews Brian Knutdson, from iland, about the ever-evolving data security uniqueness and needs of a service provider. Brian also comments on upcoming service offerings (Fort Knox/Data Governance) from Cohesity.Cohesity

Join Theresa Miller, Microsoft MVP and Director, Technology Advocacy Group at Cohesity, and guest Steve Goodman, Microsoft MVP and Principal Technology Strategist at Content+Cloud for a discussion around how ransomware is impacting companies, lessons learned, and ideas and strategies around how to be prepared to combat ransomware. From backups, to …

In this episode, we discuss: Facebook / Meta stock falls off a cliff ~%30 drop after earnings statement Added only 2M users for the quarter vs 15M the quarter before Daily Active users dropped by 1M Are we choosing platforms based on belief system? Alternative: all the slacks, is it a feedback loop though? (private vs. public SoMe) Spotify Twitter/…

In this episode we discuss How life is going The Microsoft Activision/Blizzard Acquisition Background Links https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/01/18/welcoming-activision-blizzard-to-microsoft-gaming/?ocid=Evergreen_soc_omc_xbo_tw_Photo_lrn_1.18.1 https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/18/22889258/microsoft-activision-blizzard-xbox-acquisition-call-of-duty-o…

Everybody makes New Year’s resolutions. In this episode we discuss our plans and initiatives for 2022 that focus more on evolving ourselves rather than reinventing. Jim NSX-T- NSX-V going End of Support 1/16/2022 https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2149616 Kubernetes and Containers Automation- Ansible, SaltStack, Terraform Reading things longer than 24…

Join Theresa Miller, Principal Technologist at Cohesity and guest Shannon Kuehn, Cloud Advocate for Microsoft to learn more about the importance of a data governance plan, best practices, and security considerations as your organization works towards a plan.Cohesity

The one and only Kit Colbert, new VMware CTO sits down with past VMware now Cohesity Principal Technologists Chris Colotti and Vic Camacho. While this episode is a little longer than usual Chris and Vic get to pick Kit's brain on his rise from Intern to Company CTO. The three also reminisce about the early days working together.…

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We welcome back Vic Camacho to the team at Cohesity and in his first episode back he and fellow Principal Technologist Chris Colotti tackle the complex issue of outages. A recent cloud outage sparked a community twitter conversation that is the basis of the discussion. Listen to some of their thoughts and comment to continue the discussion.…

Chris Colotti and Cohesity CISO Brian Spanswick discuss some of the things that are keeping CISO's on their toes. They talk about insider threats and data exfiltration just to name a few things.Cohesity