DiscoPosse Podcast

In this episode, we chat with Rob Hirschfeld ( @zehicle ) about the evolution of OpenStack, interoperability, abstractions and APIs, and more.  We also talk a little about  RackN  and we even find out the origin of the Twitter handle Zehicle.  Episode was recorded while at the OpenStack Summit in Austin which gave a perfect background for us to really dig into where the evolution of OpenStack and...

We chat with  Ben Nye , Managing Director of Bain Capital and CEO of VMTurbo, as we discuss the importance of company culture, the art of growing a product into a business, the state of the venture capital environment in IT and much more.  Ben is a dynamic speaker, and inspires a large team at VMTurbo.  Having a storied career in business and technology, it was a pleasure to dive into how the chal...

We chat with Matthew Brender (@mjbrender) on his role at Intel as a Developer Advocate as well as the overall concept of developer advocacy and supporting open source communities.  This was an enlightening chat which will really open up some eyes as to the importance of our participation as advocates for every aspect of open source projects. 

In an exciting chat about the rebirth of private cloud, we talk with Nick Colyer ( @vNickC ) and Amy Manley ( @WyrdGirl ) on their 2Ninjas1Blog project, succeeding in private cloud, and also the challenges of thinking cloud in a virtualized environment.  We discover some great tips on what the common pitfalls are, and how teams can surpass them to succeed in adopting private cloud.  Technology is...

With the OpenStack Summit in Austin, the timing is perfect to catch up on the OpenStack Nova project with Stephen Gordon (@xsgordon).  We had a great chat with Stephen on Nova updates in Mitaka, the overall OpenStack ecosystem, real-time KVM and much more.  Full show notes available here:   https://greencircle.vmturbo.com/community/industry-perspectives/blog/2016/04/17/gc-on-demand-ep-15-openstack...

In this episode, we talk with Matthew Brender ( @mjbrender ) about some of the work happening in the Intel SDI-x team. We talk about project snap, the announcement on March 31st and more about open source goodness.   

In this episode, we talk with Eric Windisch (@ewindisch) about his new venture, IOpipe.com and about his very interesting history in technology.  Having been involved in PaaS building, OpenStack, Docker, and much more, Eric continues to lead the curve with startups taking a very interesting direction to solve today's and tomorrow's problems with technology.  You can find out more about IOPipe at t...

In this episode, we chat with Trevor Pott (@cakeis_not_alie) about a wide array of content.  We tackle the challenges of SMB and mid-market IT, why public cloud and SaaS just doesn’t work for many, what’s coming in IT, and very valuable insight into what it takes to have integrity and trust as a vendor and community member.    We also learn what could be my new favourite way to describe an interes...

In this episode, we  talk with Vaughn Stewart (@vStewed).  We cover the all important topic of understanding business needs as a technologist, being a public voice in the tech industry, disruption, and the Pure Accelerate conference that just happened in San Francisco.  Our chat touches on the importance of being a trusted advisor, and some very interesting insight into how to do that in a tumultu...

In this episode, we  continue a dynamic chat with Andi Mann ( @AndiMann ).  Andi brings a wealth of knowledge to the chat on DevOps, the culture of driving change in business and technology.  The second part of our chat covers the heart of DevOps, specifically the challenges of visibility across complex teams, processes, and tools; and the importance of metrics in the DevOps approach. I even lead...

In this episode, we chat with Andi Mann ( @AndiMann ) in the first of a two part conversation.  Andi brings a wealth of knowledge to the chat on DevOps, the culture of driving change in business and technology.  This first part covers the disintegration of IT, spreading across components and architectures, internally and externally; and addressing all the problems that brings. Andi is the author o...

In this episode, we chat with Andi Grabner (@GrabnerAndi) and Brett Hofer (@Brett_solarch) who bring some excellent insight into elevating development to a more DevOps methodology.  Understanding the challenges of embracing the culture, and what relatively common sense steps you can follow to do the same in your organization.     Andi and Brett provide some great insight into:   Fundamentals of so...

In this episode, we welcome  Amy Manley  ( @wyrdgirl ) to talk about chargeback, embracing a pricing model for IT, and building out the amplified feedback loop to the business.  These are all critical to building an effective private cloud IMHO.  

In this episode, we welcome Jonathan Frappier ( @jfrappier ) to talk about using Ansible as an automation and configuration management platform.  Jonathan gives is great details on how to get started with Ansible, ways to learn to up your Ansible game, and what the core reasons for automation are which drive the need for configuration management and automated solutions.  

In this episode, we welcome CoreOS founder and CEO, Alex Polvi.  We talk about what 2015 at CoreOS was like, and what is upcoming in 2016.  We touch on the strengths and challenges of open source, and Alex offers some excellent insight into his vision, that of CoreOS, and how open source is fundamental to delivering on that vision.   We also have a big announcement in this one for the CoreOS team!

In this episode, we are joined by Chris Wahl ( @ChrisWahl ) and our host Eric Wright ( @DiscoPosse ) as they discuss technology evangelism, learning, personal and corporate growth as a technologist and much more!

In this episode, we are joined by Dwayne Lessner (@dlink7) and our host Eric Wright (@DiscoPosse) as they discuss blogging, learning tools, and being an Intrapraneur for your own skills.  Dwayne's background in IT and his blogging led to becoming an early employee with Nutanix.  

In our second episode we chat with James Green (@jdgreen) about the value of community and extending beyond your comfort zone to grow your skills and career.       

In our premiere episode we chat with Rob Nelson (@rnelson0) about automation.  Everything from the why to the how, including some great info on Puppet, and how the community works together to drive great configuration management ecosystems like Puppet and others.    Episode page available here: https://discoposse.com/2019/01/16/discoposse-podcast-ep-1-automation-with-rob-nelson-rnelson0/