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Object storage is gaining more and more of a foothold in an ever evolving cloud storage world and NetApp StorageGRID is delivering more functionality to address the growing demands. Vishnu Vardhan joins us to discuss the latest release of StorageGRID.

A lot goes into making a car, and even more data is used. That data has to go somewhere, and oftentimes, it goes on NetApp storage - whether on-prem or in the cloud. Tilman Schroeder, NetApp's automotive industry expert, joins us to discuss how NetApp helps drive the automotive industry.

Security is one of the most important - and most complex - concepts to address when dealing with any aspect of IT. This becomes much more apparent in the cloud, which is why using a managed service makes a lot of sense, particularly for small to medium businesses that do not have the money or expertise to manage their own security. Scott McCrady of SolCyber joins us to discuss how SolCyber provide...

SnapCenter is NetApp's flagship application driven backup and restore offering that provides data protection for databases such as SQL, Oracle, SAP and more. The latest release of SnapCenter also provides better cloud integration, including support for volumes as a service offerings such as Azure NetApp Files. Join us as we discuss the new SnapCenter 5.0 release and all it delivers.

NetApp's ONTAP software design - with its multi-tenant Storage Virtual Machines, nondisruptive operations, integrated backup and replication, scale out approach - lends itself well to cloud deployments. Opti9Tech understands this, which is why, as a managed cloud provider, they use ONTAP and its features to deliver leading cloud services to their customers. Opti9Tech CTO Sagi Brody joins us to tal...

Databases traditionally are run in on-premises data centers, but as they scale larger and larger and require more performance, admins need to start evaluating whether to purchase new hardware to manage or move to a lease-based model in the cloud. Amazon FSxN for NetApp ONTAP offers a way for database adminstrators to confidently move their workloads to the cloud without sacrificing performance or...

Ever wonder how the chips in your phones, TVs, cars and appliances are made? Well, a lot goes into those and in this episode, NetApp's resident Electronic Design Automation expert Michael Johnson tells us about the processes, challenges and basics of the EDA chip manufacturing industry.

Another fall brings another new ONTAP release here at NetApp and this one is chock full of new features to better improve your NetApp experience. Keith Aasen joins us to break it all down and explain what's new.

This week, a former director of IT at Naughty Dog - Justin Monast - stops by to discuss how NetApp ONTAP powered some of the most influential games in gaming history.

When you have a Kubernetes cluster that your applications depend on to stay online, you have to seriously consider how you plan on recovering in the case a disaster strikes. Ransomware, power failures, cloud region outages all can wreak havoc on Kubernetes clusters. NetApp Astra helps mitigate disasters with strong backup, recovery and replication technology backed by NetApp ONTAP and SnapMirror....

The more healthcare companies start to digitize their records, the more they realize they need more capacity to do it, but they don't always have the resources to manage it. That's where the cloud comes in. The Amazon AWS FSx NetApp offering provides a plethora of features that help enable EHR workloads to perform better, save space and provide a viable and efficient disaster recovery plan with im...

This week, we go over the newest additions to ONTAP in the latest release with Keith Aasen. Join us as we discuss the new guarantee program, autonomous ransomware updates and much more!

IT admins are raised on skepticism and there's an entire security philosophy centered around distrust, right? So, so when you start talking about managed services and what we like in the cloud and what we see in the cloud, you start to run into a lot of IT admins that simply do not like it. And we've invited one. Melissa Palmer (also known as vMiss) joins us to tell us all about her cloud skeptici...

NetApp BlueXP delivers a unified experience for storage and data services across on-premises and cloud environments. It enables operational simplicity through the power of AIOps, with the flexible consumption parameters and integrated protection required for today’s cloud-led world. And now, BlueXP offers a more complete solution for backup and recovery in your cloud deployments. NetApp's Semion M...

Postgres is a popular open source database that powers applications for companies such as Atlassian and DoorDash due to its cost, performance and versatility. But what if you could make Postgres perform better? Pganalyze gives you visibility into your Postgres database deployments and its queries to make suggestions for improvements, tuning and maintenance. Pganlyze CEO and founder Lukas Fittl joi...

Medical imaging is a prevalent cog in the healthcare industry. Millions of images can be stored in a single location and provide use cases not just in radiology, X-rays, CT scans, MRIs, and EKGs, but also for post-op wounds, dermatology and more. Medical imaging is being extended into more use cases, such as digital pathology, where slides are scanned for later analysis. These millions of images h...

Jetstream Software offers one of the premiere backup and recovery options for VMware in the cloud and we invited Dennis Bray to tell us all about it. Dennis really knows his stuff, which is why he uses Azure NetApp Files for his customer demos. We've got a good partnership with NetApp and back to this idea of using cloud based technologies and trying to help with cost efficiency, resource utilizat...

When dealing with storing data in the cloud, trust becomes a critical component for customers - especially ones in the financial sector. If you can't trust the solution you've chosen, then you'll always be looking over your shoulder. Azure NetApp Files is a proven cloud solution - a first party service within Microsoft's Azure ecosystem, which is why customers feel secure in using it for their ent...

The shift to remote work in the past few years has caused enterprises to re-think how they handle virtualization infrastructure. Do they continue to offer it on-prem, where they have to manage all the hardware and software components and deal with access from multiple locations across the globe? Or do they move to a managed service that is flexible, scalable and able to be offered in multiple clou...

Site reliability engineers for cloud providers are the oil that makes the cloud engine run smoothly. They're responsible for the management and automation of the cloud resource backend. One of the challenges of automation isn't just about automating tasks, but about automating the tasks in the right, most efficient way. If your initial approach is flawed, then you've wasted time and will have to r...

A Spot instance is a cost effective way to provision storage because you give cloud providers control over when the instance's resources can be reclaimed. But what if you want the cost savings without worrying if your mission critical applications will be shut down at any given moment? Spot Elastigroup uses machine learning and cloud trends to help predict when a spot VM instance will be removed a...

!!WARNING: DEEP SYSADMIN CUTS AHEAD!! Back in the early 2000s, if you were a sysadmin that had to set up desktops or servers, you probably used Norton Ghost to create images. When virtualization became big, that process moved to creating VM templates. But there was still often a lot of manual intervention in these tasks - password setting, BIOS updates, vCenter installations and more. As the IT wo...

Incident response in enterprise IT environments is a time critical task, where any delays can mean potential loss of revenue. When dealing with the cloud, incident response takes on a whole new set of challenges, as most of the infrastructure involved is outside of your administrators reach. At that point, you're looking at mitigating the risk by addressing incidents at the application layer. With...

There's an old saying: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. But what if it could be better? What if "fixing it" simply means "improving it"? Or - even better - letting someone else handle it so you have more time to take care of the numerous other tasks in your job? That's what the cloud is for, and in this Tech ONTAP Podcast episode, NetApp DeveloperAdvocate Shon Harris drops by to discuss the past,...

Kubernetes does a great job at autoscaling for applications. But when you run Kubernetes in the cloud, auto scaling might not always be so great - especially if it doesn't scale back down. Spot by NetApp features Ocean - a way to address runaway cloud costs associated with Kubernetes deployments. This week, Zak Harabedian stops by to discuss Spot Ocean and how it can positively impact your Azure K...