Technical Debt Really Isn’t All That Bad – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
In this episode, the roundtable discusses the idea of technical debt. They look into why technical debt occurs, why it isn’t always a bad thing, and how to possibly optimize for when to incur it....
View ArticleThe Origins of Premises
The consternation around the usage of “on-premise” is understandable. For those in IT, it is a benefit to be as precise as possible. It makes communications efficient and eliminates wasteful ambiguity....
View ArticleTechnical Debt in the Age of AI
On the latest episode of the On-Premise IT Roundtable, we discussed the premise that technical debt isn’t really all that bad. The discussion spurred some interesting insights, among others that...
View ArticleSatyamania: Windows Subsystem for Linux
If there are corporate image rehab awards (and I’m not sure that there aren’t), Microsoft would probably have swept for the last two years. In the nineties it was the evil empire, in the 2000s it was...
View ArticleSecurity is a Dumpster Fire – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Security is a dumpster fire, or is it somehow worse? Our esteemed guests discuss whether it’s actually many dumpster fires or some other form of refuse conflagration. It’s an invaluable and inflammable...
View ArticleLooking at Commvault GO 2017
Commvault has a long legacy for an enterprise IT company, but their GO conference still has that new car smell. Commvault GO 2017 will be their second annual conference, this year moving up from...
View ArticleSecurity BAD, Data Devalued, and an IT Origin from Gestalt Server News 17.9
Where Do You Want to Go Today? Here’s your regular look at what’s happening in servers. If you’d like to sign up for our newsletter and never miss an update, sign up here! Featured Stories Security...
View ArticleThe CLI is Dead – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
The roundtable discusses the premise that the CLI is dead, or at least terminally ill. They look at why this is the prevailing narrative in networking and the greater IT landscape. Is the death of the...
View ArticleGetting to Know Congruity360
This is post 1 of 1 in the series “Congruity360 Tech Talk 2017” If the name Congruity360 isn’t immediately familiar, don’t worry, you haven’t fallen out of the IT loop. The company was established in...
View ArticleGestalt IT Rundown: November 8, 2017
Despite some technical hurdles, Tom Hollingsworth and Rich Stroffolino return to bring you the IT news from the week that was! In this episode they rundown new announcements from Nutanix, Cisco, AWS,...
View ArticleA Conversation with Congruity360 COO Mark Shirman
This is post 2 of 2 in the series “Congruity360 Tech Talk 2017” At Commvault GO 2017, Stephen Foskett sat down with Congruity360 COO Mark Shirman. They discuss how the company’s engineering talent...
View ArticleGPUs, HPC, and PCI Switching
This is post 1 of 1 in the series “Liqid Tech Talk 2017” In 2009, Volodymyr V. Kindratenko, et al., presented a paper on using Graphics Processor (GPU) clusters for High Performance Computing (HPC)....
View ArticleRuss White – IT Origins
This is post 4 of 4 in the series “IT Origins” Russ White is currently a member of the Architecture Team at LinkedIn as well as on the Routing Area Directorate at the IETF, and co-chairs the IETF I2RS...
View ArticleCongruity360 Opens a Historic Data Center
This is post 4 of 4 in the series “Congruity360 Tech Talk 2017” The IT world is defined by nothing else than the struggles of both embracing the new while dealing with legacy infrastructure. Very...
View ArticleThe Gestalt IT Holiday Gift Guide 2017
Image Credit: William Warby Ahhh the sweet smell of anticipation and diminishing credit scores can only mean that the holiday shopping season is upon us again. Gift giving for the IT professional in...
View ArticleScale-Out, Gift Guides, and Meg Whitman’s Legacy in Gestalt Server News 17.10
Where Do You Want to Go Today? Here’s your regular look at what’s happening in servers. If you’d like to sign up for our newsletter and never miss an update, sign up here! Featured Stories Scale-Out...
View ArticleFailed Startups – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
On this episode, host Stephen Foskett talks with Mark May, Howard Marks, and Keith Townsend about what makes a failed startup. Are some concepts simply too early, or are there ideas whose time simply...
View ArticleThe Gen-Z Consortium: A Blade By Any Other Name?
I remember the first time I heard about blade servers. It was an old IBM ad from 2006-2007. Obviously I was late to the game, and blade servers weren’t exactly new at that point either. The prevailing...
View ArticleThe Case for the HCI Administrator
Can an organization actualize the benefits of hyperconverged infrastructure without changing their IT methodology? In a more traditional siloed IT environment, it makes sense to have discrete teams for...
View Article2017 was the Year of… – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
On today’s show, each of our roundtable panelists chose what was the hot ticket item of 2017. Tune in to hear their arguments why 2017 was the year of SD-WAN, HCI, Net Neutrality, or Data Management!...
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