Tanzu Talk

With all the attention on application development, it’s easy to forget about data. Just as agile, DevOps, and cloud native have changed app development, those improvements have changed the world of data as well. In this episode, Bob Glithero tells us all about it. We also discuss haircutting strategies.

“Taking a course on Kubernetes is helpful, but it’s also really helpful to just fail at it." Failing at anything feels uncomfortable. But, as John Paice, a platform reliability engineer at DICK's Sporting Goods points notes, failing at something can be the best way to learn it. In this episode, Dormain talks to John about his journey from a HyperV and vSphere expert to one of the founding members...

Learn more: VMware Tanzu An introduction to event-driven architecture and Apache Kafka Learn the 'whats' and 'whys' of Apache Kafka in 15 minutes The Main Event: How Event-Driven Architecture Helps Discover Move Faster and Win More Card Customers Scale and velocity are driving the next generation of DevOps 'Objection inversion': Why platform ops can create new champions in IT Follow everyone on Tw...

Container usage is finally getting big time in the enterprise. Gartner is estimated a 34% growth rate, going up to $1bn by 2024. With new co-host, Rita, we look at what “containers” and “cloud native” has become as a market. Our conversation starters this episode are about checking in on how much executives are actually transforming and discussing trade-offs in decision making. Also: olive oil. Fu...

Learn more: VMware Tanzu Business transformation simplified: The 4 x 3 approach Business transformation simplified: Three guiding principles How bad culture impedes business transformations Follow everyone on Twitter: Intersect Gautham Pallapa Derrick Harris VMware Tanzu

In this episode, I (Dormain) am joined by Rita Manachi (@ritam) and Derrick Harris (@derrickharris) to dissect three analyst reports: *Forrester's Top 10 Trends That Will Shape Modern Infrastructure and Operations in 2020 *Gartner's Application Modernization Should Be Business-Centric, Continuous, and Multiplatform *Gartner's Best Practices to Enable Continuous Delivery with Containers and DevOps...

There are more VMware Admins out there than Cloud/Platform Engineers... but with vSphere 7 with Kubernetes, that is likely to start to change. To give a taste for what is to come for vSphere admins out there, Dormain sat down with Neville George who himself made the transition from VMware administrator to Platform Engineer at Comcast. He shares what has stayed the same and what has changed, as wel...

In this episode, Dormain and Richard take turns with Jared Ruckle and Scott Buchanan to describe a flurry of recent milestones across the Tanzu portfolio, as well as another round of work-from-home tips. Somehow eight-legged raccoons and rhombus-shaped houses also come up. See full show notes here: https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/podcasts/tour-de-tanzu-milestones

So, you're digitally transforming... what does "good" look like? "Getting developers to the point where developers want to change." In this episode, Dormain sits down with Paul Pelafas (@paulpelafas) and Jonathan Regehr (@jonathanregehr) to hear how two different organizations navigated digital transformation journeys. They discuss what "good" looks like, how a healthy software culture is sustaine...

Learn more: VMware Tanzu Become a Modern Software Organization with VMware Tanzu vSphere 7 and Tanzu Kubernetes Grid = Powerful Platform for Architecting Modern Apps Managing Kubernetes at enterprise scale: A closer look at Tanzu Mission Control What’s in a Name? How Pivotal’s Products Are Being Renamed as Part of VMware Tanzu Follow everyone on Twitter: Intersect James Watters Derrick Harris VMwa...

In this episode, we talk with Joe Beda about, of course, kubernetes, but also about an organization's platform, the roles that work in the software supply chain in enterprises, types of developers, and other topics like what DevOps "is" now. This discussion will give you a good view of how to model and think about enterprise software development and operations now-a-days, and thinking through the...

VMware recently released and outlines its Tanzu and major updates to vSphere. To understand how the Tanzu Application Service, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, vSphere and VCF all fit together, we have Jared Ruckle on. He walks us through the portfolio, new names and products, and we discuss where the Tanzu products are positioned in the cloud native stack. Also, a discussion of Latin. As Coté mentioned, we...

"The more we can get into our [developers'] hands [...] the faster we've seen adoption, the faster we've seen growth, the more we've seen folks understand the tools because they're diving in and taking ownership" - Miranda LeBlanc, Developer Enablement, Liberty Mutual In this episode, Dormain chats with three people (Miranda LeBlanc, Matt Ruel, and Kevin Ingvalson), all with different roles that i...

Learn more: How CEOs can drive digital innovation without learning to code CEOs: Foster The Software Teams And Talents Your Firm Needs For designers or developers, actually trying is the key to hiring digital talent How CIOs Can Successfully Attract and Retain Digital Talent in a Seller’s Market 4 types of employees you'll need to manage carefully during digital transformation The 5 pillars of dig...

In this episode, I talk with Dawn Foster about companies working in open source, the kubernetes community, and a few other topics. I was especially interested to hear about the goals of the kubernetes community, what is it that that community wants? We also discuss: the multitude of roles in open source communities, beyond programming or even documentation; why hardware vendors get interested in o...

Learn more: Spring Spring Cloud Netflix OSS and Spring Boot—Coming Full Circle Follow everyone on Twitter: Intersect Spencer Gibb Spring Spring Cloud Derrick Harris Pivotal VMware

We're kicking off the new year with Paul Czarkowski talking all about kubernetes and…soup. First, we discuss Paul's take on drinking broth, especially bone broth.

As a security expert and consultant, Wim Remes (@WimRemes), was fed up with clients using security products that had lacking API security themselves. But he knew that it was a multi-faceted problem that couldn't be addressed in one place. So, he developed a maturity model for security APIs that could serve as a check list for clients evaluating products, procurement teams involved in purchasing se...

Original episodes and blog posts: AI for enterprises: Start small and choose projects wisely SRE and the value of treating operations as a software problem What enterprises need to consider when adopting open source Some honest advice for enterprise buyers on engaging with startups Follow everyone on Twitter: Derrick Harris Andrew Ng Dave Rensin Stephen O'Grady Jessica Lin Jonathan Lehr

In this episode, we talk with Paula Kennedy who heads up our education and platform groups. She talks about the type of education about cloud native development and operations that our customers find useful and also the platform as a product concept and methods. We also go over some predictions for 2020, not all super-nerdy, but mostly.

Original episodes and blog posts: Learn the 'whats' and 'whys' of Apache Kafka in 15 minutes Learn about Kubernetes and digital transformation in 15 minutes Learn about the nexus of MongoDB and microservices in 15 minutes How to navigate the nuanced world of PaaS, CaaS, and Kubernetes Securing applications in the era of speed, scale, and open source The next generation of SQL is about simplicity a...

In this episode, Coté talks with AirFrance-KLM's Fabien Lebrere about starting AirFrance-KLM's platform group. They discuss how and why the platform team started, how they determined what they needed to do, and how they're working with developers. Fabien also discusses how to prioritize which services to work on and gives advice for those just starting out. For even more, check out Fabien and frie...

With a mandate to adopt cloud to cut costs, the team at Intrado (formerly known as West Corporation) found themselves stuck in early 2018. They had 600-700 application instances on the Pivotal Platform, but that was far from their projected goal. Why were they stuck? Terry Miles, platform owner at Intrado, describes it as the "last mile" issues, including workflows and processes. How did Intrado t...

Learn more: Work-Bench Work-Bench blog Enterprise Weekly (newsletter) Dear Enterprise Startups, Not All Customer Intros Are Equal Follow everyone on Twitter: Intersect Jessica Lin Jonathan Lehr Work-Bench Derrick Harris Pivotal

In this episode we talk with Pivotal's Demetrious Robinson about his experience becoming a programmer, starting with RPG games, learning in Last Mile while in prison, and then through a General Assembly coding Boot Camp and into Pivotal. We also cover recent Pivotal related news with Pivotal Container Service (PKS), PAS on Kubernetes, and the Pivotal Build Service.