Lisa at the Edge

In this episode I'm joined by my two team mates Jayanth and Janaka. Jayanth and Janaka are Azure Stack Engineering Technologists covering APJ.  As we know Azure Stack Hub is a co-engineered product between Microsoft and a few select OEMs. In this episode we talk through some of the Dell Tech differentiators and the value we bring to Azure Stack Hub. I hope this episode interesting and if you...

In this AWESOME episode I am joined by Steve Buchanan.  Steve Buchanan is a Director, & Midwest Containers Services Lead on the Cloud Transformation/DevOps team with Avanade, the Microsoft arm of Accenture. He is an eight-time Microsoft MVP, and the author of six technical books. In this episode we discuss:  Evolving your career as technology evolves  How to transform your IT de...

In this episode I am joined by Mark Scholman.  Mark is a Freelance Microsoft Azure Consultant - Microsoft MVP - Working on #Azure , #AzureStack , #AzureStackHCI - Speaker & blogger - @azurestackblog Mark travelled the world providing training to HPE in 2017-2018 when Azure Stack launched and has recently created his own courses and virtual learning offering.  The courses sound awesom...

With awesome guest Chris Renda -  Director of Engineering for Azure Stack at Dell Technologies.  In this episode we discuss Dell's approach to co-engineering Azure Stack Hub with Microsoft, where we look to add value, building a team to integrate tech and people and what a monthly engineering cycle looks like including our approach to Agile and the release train! Twitter: @ChrisRenda1 De...

In this episode I am joined by Aaron Buley. Aaron recently transitioned within Dell from Global Director of the Engineering Technologist team for the CI & HCI BU to Director of Product Management for Data Centric Workloads and Solutions In this open and honest conversation we cover personal brand, leadership, social media presence, mentoring and leaning in to challenges. Good luck to Aaron in...

In this episode I am joined by Martyn Coupland.  Martyn is the DevOps Technical Lead at Virgin Atlantic.  I first met Martyn a few years ago at a user group and was blown away by his infrastructure as code skills.  Martyn has just launched his own podcast called DevOps Squared so be sure to check that out.  In this episode we discuss what is DevOps and surprisingly don't mentio...

In this episode myself and Kenny Lowe Senior Engineering Technologist at Dell Tech and Azure MVP are lucky to be joined by Jeff Woolsey Principal Program Manager at Microsoft looking after Azure Stack HCI, Windows Server and all things Hybrid cloud.   This episode is the result of a threadzilla on Twitter where there was a hot debate on Azure Stach HCI's naming convention.  Is it just a...

In this episode I am joined by Darren Small Microsoft Azure Stack Global Black Belt, Kenny Lowe Azure MVP and Senior Engineering Technologist at Dell Technologies as well as a super special guest Dino Bordanaro, Azure MVP and owner of Bordonaro IT in Germany. We discuss why Azure Stack Edge is a perfect sidekick for Azure Stack Hub, the benefits of a disconnected Hub, what it means to run an appli...

On this episode I am joined by Will Rowe.  Will is a leading specialist recruiter in the Azure space, author, speaker, occasionally cracks a good joke and all round funny guy.  In this episode we discuss how to engage with recruiters, how to approach the dreaded salary discussion, the different types of recruiters and how specialist recruiters can help you long term in your career develo...

Welcome back to another episode of Lisa at The Edge  Today I am joined by Community Hero Isidora Katanic .  Isi is on the board of Switzerland based Microsoft Partner Make it Noble and organises Experts Live Switzerland and Europe .   Isi is a true community spirit who is doing a lot of amazing things right now to keep the community together in these tough times. In this open and ho...

Hey Everyone and welcome back to Lisa at The Edge.  In this episode I am joined by Sarah Lean. Sarah Is a Microsoft Cloud Advocate, STEM ambassador, co-founder of the Glasgow Azure User Group and all round awesome person.  We discuss Sarah's role as a Cloud Advocate and how she never imagined herself in this role.  We talk creating content, whether surviving a pandemic should be see...

I'm joined by my boss for this one!  We discussed the importance of being both opportunistic and intentional in approaching our careers and the word that used to make me cringe “networking” as well as another term that used to make me uncomfortable 'personal brand'.  Myself and Greg discover we're more similar than we thought!  Enjoy! 

In this episode I am joined by Darren Small Microsoft Intelligent Edge Specialist and Kenny Lowe Azure Stack MVP and Senior Principal Engineering Technologist at Dell Technologies.  We discuss how to make the perfect chip at home, the Azure Stack Family of products, how the portfolio and messaging has evolved as well as why Scotland is such a hub for technology.   Enjoy and let us know w...

Hey Listeners, thanks for joining!  In my very first episode I talk with Darren Small Microsoft Intelligent Edge specialist about his role, his career so far, why we love the Hybrid Cloud space and of course how Covid-19 has impacted our roles.  Big thank you to Darren (@DarrenMsft) for being my first guest! Really enjoyed this podcast and looking forward to the next one already!