Infrastructure Matters

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates and Krista Macomber discuss Cohesity’s planned acquisition of Veritas NetBackup, NetBackup appliances and Alta SaaS, updates on Cybersecurity Policy including insights from Krista’s participation in a MarketScale Experts Talk, Cisco’s and Hitachi’s relationship, and Infleqtion’s quantum computing.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates are joined by Stephen Foskett and Keith Townsend, to discuss the evolving landscape of IT infrastructure, focusing on innovation and challenges in the field.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber are joined by Paul Nashawaty to discuss cybersecurity research with Commvault, IBM earnings and VMware’s acquisition by Broadcom.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Krista Macomber, Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates cover the latest from the NRF 2024 in NYC, perspectives from the MountainWest CyberSecurity Taskforce plus announcements from Hitachi Vantara, Hammerspace and Seagate.   Their conversation covers: The trends from the last 9 months in CyberSecurity, how  the bad actors are approaching multifactor au...

In this episode Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steven Dickens, Camberley Bates and Krista Macomber cover Google's egress fee drop as a potential trendsetter for other cloud providers, making repatriation and hybrid workloads more attractive. Additionally, they provide their key predictions for 2024, including: Repatriation: Increased focus on workload placement based on cost and security, with egre...

In this episode of the Infrastructure Matters, host Camberley Bates is joined by Randy Kerns for a look back at 50 years in the data infrastructure business. Randy Kerns started in this industry 50+ years ago and spent time developing systems at IBM, StorageTek, Tandem, Fujitsu, Sun Microsystems and at ProStor. He has mentored many engineers and analysts, plus helped marketing and sales muddle thr...

n this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber summarize the key trends going into 2024 and what is top of mind for the CIOs. We highlight two critical CIO imperatives, staffing and security, what investments are being made and their importance in light of new technologies, such as AI.  We cover the challenges facing staffing, especially in ligh...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Krista Macomber, Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates discuss AI GPUs and ransomware detection.  Key topics covered include: Insights from Marvell’s Analyst Day: Focus shift from commercial to enterprise and hyperscale markets. Growth driven by networking for AI workloads (800 PAM4) and custom compute for hyperscalers. Highlighting the complexity of A...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, Krista Macomber, Camberley Bates, and Steven Dickens discuss key takeaways from AWS re:Invent 2023, including the cloud juggernaut’s pragmatic approach to cloud computing, focusing on AI, hybrid solutions, and cost optimization. It is also investing heavily in new features and services, and partnering with other companies to expand their reach. Key themes...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Krista Macomber, Steven Dickens and Camberely Bates discuss announcements and insights from a number of recent vendor and industry events, including Microsoft Ignite, SuperComputing ’23, and Veeam’s Analyst Summit.

Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates explore the evolving landscape of Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies, highlighting the growth in conference attendance and the shift towards enterprise adoption and vendor announcements.

On this episode,The Futurum Group's Camberley Bates and Krista Macomber discuss Commvault's SaaS offering, Metallic, Nutanix's strategic  presence in the HCI market, Catalogic and CloudCasa, AWS's EC2 Capacity Blocks model and more.

The Futurum Group’s Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber provide an earnings and events season recap with highlights from NetApp Insight, Lenovo Tech World with discussions on AI, data security, and modern data architecture.

Hosts Krista Macomber and Steven Dickens discuss the latest trends in semiconductor innovation and the rise of custom silicon. They also discuss the implications of this innovation and use cases, including autonomous vehicles, AI, and edge computing.

The Futurum Group’s Randy Kerns and Krista Macomber discuss how to most cost-effectively use cloud infrastructure based on deep economic analysis and engagements with IT practitioners.

Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber covered the intersection of data protection and security, including announcements from Veeam, Nutanix, and Telesign, as well as highlights from research with C-Level leadership.

Steven Dickens, Krista Macomber and Camberley Bates cover HPE's restructuring to focus on hybrid cloud services, Cisco's acquisition of Splunk and its implications, the significance of custom silicon in AI, and the growing collaboration between security and data protection teams.

Steven Dickens, Krista Macomber and Camberley Bates covered topics related to the tech industry, including Cisco’s blockbuster acquisition of Splunk, Kioxia’s merger with Western Digital, Lenovo’s Edge Server launch, BMCs NYC Tech Exchange event and much more.

The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber discuss trends around using AI to bolster data protection, protecting SaaS applications, Tesla Dojo as an example for AI-driven business model innovation, and the implications of Oracle Cloud’s financial performance.

The Futurum Group’s Infrastructure Matters hosts delve into the critical aspects of infrastructure in the age of AI, emphasizing data management, cybersecurity, and the growing importance of private enterprise AI solutions.

The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates get into the latest earnings and trajectory of Generative AI technology plus coverage of Google Next announcements.

The Futurum Group’s Krista Macomber, Camberley Bates and Steven Dickens and cover the key themes and announcement from VMware Explore, including vSAN Max, Private AI and Edge Cloud  Orchestrator, plus discussion on the upcoming Broadcom acquisition.

The Futurum Group’s Infrastructure Matters hosts delve into the critical aspects of infrastructure in the age of AI, emphasizing data management, cybersecurity, and the importance of mainframe technology in the enterprise.

The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates cover some of the announcements from Flash Memory Summit and discuss the current state of the CHIPS Act of 2022.

The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber explores the evolving cloud landscape, discussing recent growth trends, complexities of adoption, and the balance between simplicity and challenges.