Around the IT Block: Recent Episodes

Calvin Zito

You’ve read the blogs, watched the videos, now subscribe to the podcast as Calvin has subject matter experts join him to talk about the latest technologies and services to deliver on our edge-to-cloud Platform-as-a -Service strategy.

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The 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Primary Storage is out and host Calvin Zito talks to HPE Storage VP of Marketing Shilpi Srivastava about the current state of HPE Storage. 

Here's what this podcast contains:

  • 00:00-02:05 Introductions, including background on Shilpi Srivastava who rejoined HPE in the last year.
  • 02:05-03:10 HPE Storage is a leader for the fourth time in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Primary Storage
  • 03:10-04:40 Why do you think HPE is a leader in the storage market?
  • 04:40-07:15 What does being "data-first" really mean?
  • 07:15-09:45 What is a cloud-operational experience?
  • 09:45-12:45 How does HPE InfoSight contribute to the cloud-operational experience?
  • 12:45-17:15 Diving into HPE primary storage (HPE Alletra and HPE GreenLake for Block Storage)
  • 17:15-20:00 Managing storage in a hybrid cloud environment
  • 20:00-22:50 Data protection for hybrid cloud
  • 22:50-25:00 Closing thoughts

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Michael Mattsson from HPE Storage joins host Calvin Zito to talk about the HPE CSI driver for Kubernetes and the latest updates. Here's what they discussed:

  • 00:00-01:00 Introduction
  • 01:00-02:30 What is the HPE Dev Community? (developer.hpe.com)
  • 02:30-04:25 Where does the HPE CSI driver fit in the Kubernetes ecosystem?
  • 04:25-05:45 Which HPE Storage products work with the CSI driver and which doesn’t it work with?
  • 05:45-07:40 What challenges does the HPE CSI driver for Kubernetes address?
  • 07:40-11:50 What’s new in this version of the HPE CSI driver for Kubernetes?
  • 11:50-13:50 What new papers and videos are there to help understand the CSI driver and where can people find it?
  • 13:50-16:40 When should customers use HPE Storage with the CSI driver vs using HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric?
  • 16:40-18:45 Wrap-up

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Host Calvin Zito is joined by industry expert Frederic Van Haren, CTO and founder of HighFens to help define artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL). This is a great episode to go deeper and better understand the topic. Frederic is an expert in high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI). 

In this episode, they discussed:

  • 00:00-03:55 Introduction
  • 03:55-09:00 What is AI?
  • 09:00-13:30 What is training vs inference for AI?
  • 13:30-20:25 What is the difference between AI, machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL)? Give some examples of when we would use ML vs DL?
  • 20:25-22:45 Is accuracy of a model important?
  • 22:45-26:25 Predict what you see the future holds for AI and models.
  • 26:25-30:00 What do you do in bringing AI solutions to customers?
  • 30:00-34:00 Talk about the “edge” – seems that AI has lead to the edge being so important to processing on the edge.
  • 34:00-35:30 Wrap-up

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Edge computing is computing happening near or where data is being created and experts agree that edge computing will play a key role in the digital transformation of almost every business. Host Calvin Zito is joined by Denis Vilfort, Director of Edge Products and Strategy to discuss Project Edge Cluster that addresses edge computing. In this episode, they discuss:

  • 00:00-01:10 Introductions
  • 01:10-03:00 What is the problem we’re trying to solve with Project Edge Cluster
  • 03:00-05:55 What is the starting point for Project Edge Cluster
  • 05:55-10:40 What is the stack, including data management, for Project Edge Cluster?
  • 10:40-12:25 This sounds like a software-defined edge cluster – is it?
  • 12:25-14:20 Delivering power in a small footprint and the importance of the software
  • 14:20-19:05 How does HPE GreenLake help manage this distributed edge cluster?
  • 19:05-22:45 The hardware to run this is available today – when will we have the rest of the solution available for customers?
  • 22:45-25:40 Summarizing and how to watch HPE CTO Fidelma Russo’s session from Discover that previewed Project Edge Cluster.
  • 25:40-27:00 Wrap-up

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How can HPE GreenLake help manufacturing? In this episode, host Calvin Zito is joined by Jochen Mohr to talk about how manufacturing is focusing on data and how data can improve quality and the manufacturing lifecycle.  In this episode, they discuss: 

  • 00:00-01:10 Intro
  • 01:10-03:10 How is data transformation impacting manufacturing?
  • 03:10-06:15 How are manufacturers utilizing AI?
  • 06:15-08:00 Customer example using AI to improve manufacturing
  • 08:00-08:55 Using historical data for predictive maintenance in manufacturing
  • 08:55-12:15 How does HPE GreenLake help manufacturing customers scale?
  • 12:15-14:15 How can manufacturers bring disparate data together to take advantage of it?
  • 14:15-17:10 Examples of customers who have brought data together and the results
  • 17:10-18:10 How does HPE GreenLake help with a data centric architecture?
  • 18:10-19:05 What about other HPE GreenLake workloads for manufacturing?
  • 19:05-20:15 Wrap-up

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At VeeamON 2022, Alexia Clements, VP HPE GreenLake Alliances joined host Calvin Zito to discuss how HPE GreenLake and Veeam working together give customers choice around security, ransomware, data protection and backup. In this episode, they discussed:

  • 0:00-1:00 Intro
  • 1:00-2:15 Cloud first or hybrid/multi-cloud strategy
  • 2:15-5:00 Backup co-innovation with HPE GreenLake and Veeam
  • 5:00-7:00 Backup as-a-Service win a CoLo
  • 7:00-9:00 Customer choice with HPE GreenLake and Veeam
  • 9:00-10:00 Wrap-up

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HPE and Veeam have had a long standing relationship. At VeeamON 2022, host Calvin Zito talked with HPE subject matter experts about what HPE and Veeam co-innovations that are helping customers with modernizing backup and disaster recovery.

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What is HPE Financial Services (HPEFS) and how can they help accelerate your migration to HPE GreenLake? In this episode, Calvin Zito is joined by Michael Swan of HPEFS to discuss how HPEFS can help you plan and fund your IT transformation and transition to aaS and HPE GreenLake.  They will explore how asset management solutions such as asset upcycling and certified pre-owned tech that can propel your path to HPE GreenLake while also support your sustainability strategy. For more: www.hpe.com/hpefinancialservices

Here's what was discussed in this episode: 

  • 0-3:30 Introduction and what is HPE Financial Services?
  • 3:30-5:45 How do we help customers set the mix of CapEx and OpEx they want?
  • 5:45-8:10 How does HPEFS help with the move to HPE GreenLake?
  • 8:10-12:10 What are some of the other things HPEFS helps with?
  • 12:10-15:00 Going deeper on up-cycling with some customer examples
  • 15:00-16:50 How does HPEFS help customers with sustainability?
  • 16:50-19:10 What capabilities does HPEFS have around sustainability management of pre-owned IT assets?
  • 19:10-21:00 Wrap-up

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Host Calvin Zito is joined by Isaac Deeb to give an overview of HPE GreenLake Management Services for NonStop. Isaac is a Service Delivery Manager for HPE GreenLake with a deep NonStop background. Here's what was discussed:

  • 00:00-02:00 Introductions
  • 02:00-05:20 Where does the NonStop run? (Hint: x86 and VMware VM). What is in the NonStop software stack?
  • 05:20-07:40 Who are typical NonStop customers? Why are customers using HPE GreenLake Management Services for NonStop?
  • 07:40-08:50 Is HPE GreenLake Management Services for NonStop available worldwide?
  • 08:50-12:40 What does HPE manage vs customers with HPE GreenLake Management Services for NonStop? How does HPE help customers pick the "right mix" of what they manage?
  • 12:40-14:00  What are the building blocks of HPE GreenLake Management Services for NonStop?
  • 14:00-14:45 Where is the HPE expertise to manage HPE GreenLake Management Services for NonStop?
  • 14:45-16:55 What are the customer benefits of HPE GreenLake Management Services for NonStop and what feedback are you hearing?
  • 16:55-18:05 How does HPE do to make deployment of HPE GreenLake Management Services for NonStop as seamless as possible?
  • 18:05-19:50 What about ISV support on HPE GreenLake Management Services for NonStop?
  • 19:50-21:00 Wrap-up

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Rich Bird, Worldwide Healthcare and Life Sciences lead, joins host Calvin Zito. In this episode, they talk about what's happening in healthcare that is impacting IT and the delivery of healthcare services to patients.  Here's is what they discussed:

  • 00:00-02:25 Intros
  • 02:25-07:25 What is happening with digital transformation in healthcare?
  • 07:25-11:10 What is holding healthcare IT back from embracing transformation?
  • 11:10-16:20 We talk about HPE as the edge-to-cloud company - how is that relevant to healthcare?
  • 16:20-18:35 Healthcare and data-first transformation.
  • 18:35-22:00 What role will AI have in future healthcare?
  • 22:00-26:20 What next for healthcare and HPE
  • 26:20-29:00 Wrap-up

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Simon Watkins, product marketing manager for Cloud Data Infrastructure and Cloud Data Services joins host Calvin Zito to give an overview of the just announced HPE GreenLake for Block Storage offering. They discuss what customer challenges it is addressing, how it's different from public cloud block storage offerings and from the existing HPE GreenLake for Storage solution.  Here's what was discussed:

  • 00:00-01:20: Introduction
  • 01:20-03:10: What customer challenges is HPE GreenLake for Block Storage trying to address?
  • 03:30-07:30: What does HPE GreenLake for Block Storage service look like for a customer and how is it different from a public cloud block storage service?
  • 07:30-10:00: How is HPE GreenLake for Block Storage different from HPE GreenLake for Storage and how are they the same?
  • 10:00-11:00: What is underneath the covers with HPE GreenLake for Block Storage?
  • 11:00-12:30: Can customers add other HPE GreenLake cloud services like HPE GreenLake for Backup and Recovery?
  • 12:30-14:00 When will HPE GreenLake for Block Storage be available and what can interested customers do to learn more?
  • 14:00-15:00 Wrap-up

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In this episode, host Calvin Zito talks to Brian Ott, VP of Vice President GreenLake Hybrid Cloud Managed Services Business, to learn about the managed services for Hybrid Cloud and the benefits. Here's what was discussed:

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 01:40 Why is hybrid cloud important to customers?
  • 05:05 What is multi-cloud really mean?
  • 06:25 How does HPE GreenLake make the hybrid cloud experience seamless?
  • 07:50 How does HPE GreenLake Management Services make the public cloud experience better?
  • 09:15 How does Service Now ITSM offering work with HPE GreenLake cloud platform
  • 11:05 What does HPE GreenLake Management Services for Hybrid Cloud do beyond metering and ticketing?
  • 12:45 How does HPE GreenLake Management Services for Hybrid Cloud help improve availability?
  • 14:25 What about IT staffing issues and can HPE GreenLake Management Services help?
  • 16:45 Wrap-up

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Host Calvin Zito is joined by Megs Suratkal, VP of Customer Experience and Customer Success for HPE GreenLake. They discuss what Megs' team does to improve customers' experience and ensure customer success. Here is what was discussed:

  • 0-1:35 Introductions
  • 1:35-5:15 NASCAR, F1 Racing, and delivering the end goal
  • 5:15-8:05 HPE's transformation to deliver everything as-a-Service
  • 8:05-13:05 What is the Customer Experience and Success team and what to they do?
  • 13:05-18:10 What does the team do to ensure optimal customer experiences?
  • 18:10-21:35 What about workloads and how does the team use AI to improve workload experience?
  • 21:35-23:05 What about the future, what will the Customer Experience team be focused on?
  • 23:05-25:25 Wrap-up

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What does 2022 hold for AI and ML Ops? Host Calvin Zito is joined by Sorin Cheran, VP and Fellow for HPE AI Strategy and Solutions and Evan Sparks, founder of Determined AI and VP of AI at HPE. In this episode, they discuss deep learning and large language models that will help drive AI in 2022. Here's what was discussed:

  • 0:00-2:25 Introductions
  • 2:25-6:10 Why was Determined AI a good fit for HPE?
  • 6:10-9:30 What is GPT3 and large language models?
  • 9:30-12:50 What is the advantage of using HPE GreenLake for AI and ML Ops?
  • 12:50-14:35 Are customers successfully implementing ML Ops and what will accelerate that in 2022?
  • 14:35-18:10 What's going to happen in 2022 with chips like Nvidia for AI?
  • 18:10-22:05 What innovations are coming in 2022 that will accelerate AI adoption in the enterprise?
  • 22:05-23:30 Wrap-up

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One of the HPE GreenLake Management Services offerings is Security, Risk, and Compliance. In this episode, Calvin Zito talks to 4 experts on the HPE GreenLake team who are responsible for those security services. Joining Calvin are Frank Palacios, Travis Schweller, Eric Coughlan, and Paul Benedetti. Here's what is discussed in this episode:

  • 0:00-01:30: Introductions
  • 2:25 Who does the Security, Risk, and Compliance (SRC) managed services fit with in HPE GreenLake and HPE GreenLake Management Services?
  • 4:45 What are HPE managed services doing to protect and mitigate risk for customers?
  • 6:10 How can HPE help customers start to consider security if they are in the early stages?
  • 7:50 HPE GreenLake Management Services are a "total" solution - what sets it apart from others?
  • 11:10 Overview of IT Compliance services with Travis
  • 14:45 Overview of Software Asset Management services with Eric
  • 20:00 Overview of Managed security, managed backup, and managed disaster recovery including ransomware with Paul
  • 25:30-26:50 Wrap-up

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In this episode, host Calvin Zito learns about HPE GreenLake Management Services (GMS): who it's for, what are the benefits, and details about the services. Joining him is Ron Irvine, Senior Director of the HPE GreenLake Management Services team. Here's what was covered in this episode:

  • 0-1:35 Intro
  • 1:35-4:40 Ron defines the pillars of HPE GreenLake
  • 4:40-6:15 What sets HPE GreenLake apart from competitive offerings?
  • 6:15-9:50 What are the customer needs that managed services addresses, looking at it with 3 personas?
  • 9:50-13:25 Customers have been spending 80% of their time on day-to-day IT tasks. Does GreenLake Management Services help customers shift to being strategic?
  • 13:25-19:30 What expertise does HPE bring to GreenLake Management Services?
  • 19:30-22:20 What applications and workloads do customers look to GreenLake Management Services for help?
  • 22:20-24:30 When is HPE GreenLake with managed services "too big" for a customer or what is the starting point for GMS?
  • 24:30-28:30 What are the benefits that GreenLake Management Services brings to hybrid cloud and the multi-cloud reality?
  • 28:30-30:00 Wrap-up

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What is a colo (co-location) data center, what are the benefits, and why should customers consider them when looking at public cloud or their own data centers? In this episode host Calvin Zito talks to Malcolm Ferguson, a Distinguished Technologist with HPE about using HPE GreenLake cloud data services with a colo.  Here's what was discussed:

  • 00:00-01:50 Introduction
  • 01:50 - 3:50 What is a Colo and what is a REIT?
  • 03:30 - 08:30 What are the advantages of a colo? Evolution of HPE moving from 85 owned datacenters to colo for HPE IT.
  • 08:30 - 13:50 Why a colo with HPE GreenLake? Customers that are "repatriating" applications from public cloud.
  • 13:50 - 15:30 Moving away from a "cloud-first" strategy and looking at workloads-first, availability-first.
  • 15:30 - 17:30 The pricing of HPE GreenLake in a colo is ALWAYS cheaper than public cloud.
  • 17:30 - 20:30 When should customers be using public cloud?
  • 20:30 - 23:30 Rethinking cloud first and moving to hybrid cloud with HPE GreenLake.
  • 23:30 -26:00 HPE GreenLake with colo is "green" and wrap-up.

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This episode is based on a blog post with the same title on Around the Storage Block blog: https://community.hpe.com/t5/Around-the-Storage-Block/The-year-in-review-around-the-storage-block/ba-p/7156420

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Welcome to Around the IT Block presented by Hewlett Packard Enterprise. I’m your host Calvin Zito. I’ve been geeking out around the IT block for decades and am fascinated by the evolution of technology and infrastructure, which can be pretty complex. I like to take that complexity and make it easy to understand – that’s the whole goal of this podcast.

I’ll host guests that help me decipher technical topics and answer why it matters to businesses like yours. We’ll cover subjects like storage, cloud, AI, containers, infrastructure and more.

So, join me – and gain an easy understanding of some of the normally complex subjects of technology. I look forward to seeing you Around the IT Block!

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Host Calvin Zito is joined by Rajesh Mistry from the HPE GreenLake team to discuss what is and isn't HPE GreenLake Central.

Here's more detail on what was discussed:

  • 00:00 – 04:20 Introductions, what is and what isn’t HPE GreenLake Central
  • 04:20 – 08:00 How does GreenLake Central manage who sees what? Personas
  • 08:00 – 09:20 As an example, how does a customer who is using VMware use GreenLake Central
  • 09:20 – 11:40 How would a “cloud consumer” leverage HPE GreenLake Central?
  • 11:40 – 18:20 A customer has his management asking “why aren’t we doing public cloud” – when should they consider HPE GreenLake?
  • 18:20 – 20:20 What is next with HPE GreenLake?
  • 20:20 – 21:00 Wrap-up

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Aleph Alpha is on the leading edge of research and development of AI. In this podcast, host Calvin Zito is joined by CEO and founder of Aleph Alpha Jonas Andrulis and Sorin Cheran, VP and Fellow for HPE AI Strategy and Solutions. This is a fascinating discussion around the latest in AI.  Here's what we discussed:
00:00 - 03:00  Introduction and what is the next wave of AI?
03:00 -08:30 Example of AI in self driving cars and how it's changing
08:30 - 11:30 What do you think is the next step from the supervised learning can you give us some examples about what you're doing at Aleph Alpha?
11:30 - 17:00 How close are we to having AI as-a-Service and how will GPT next be consumed by customers?
17:00 - 20:00 How do we democratize AI so everyone can use it instead of just in the hands of a few?
20:00 - 23:40 How is HPE partnering with Aleph Alpha and what role does HPE play?
23:40 - 26:00 What is multi-modal AI models and why is it important research in AI?
26:00 - 27:00 Wrap-up

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Calvin Zito, host of Around the IT Block podcast, recently hosted a Twitter Spaces conversation (think live podcast) where the discussion focused on Unified Data Analytics. This podcast is that discussion. Joining the conversation was Holger Mueller from Constellation Research and Matt MacCaux, CTO of HPE Ezmeral. 

Here's what we discussed: 
0:00 - 02:30  Introductions
02:30 - 07:40 What is the state of data analytics (Is data the new "oil" or more like sunshine?)
07:40 - 08:40 Why is unifying data analytics important?
08:40 - 13:45  Why does delivering data analytics on-premises (like via HPE GreenLake) important?
13:45 - 16:30 What is the value in the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric (data mesh)?
16:30 - 21:00 Who are the users of unified data analytics? Is it traditional IT or different?
21:00 - 25:45  What is the fusion of business data, AI, and machine learning? 
25:45 - 36:00 Customer use cases where customers are using unified data analytics to drive their outcomes
36:00 - 37:10 Wrap-up

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Flynn Maloy, VP Marketing of HPE GreenLake joins host Calvin Zito to talk about what's happened in IT and at HPE over the last 10 years that has positioned HPE GreenLake for success. Here's what was discussed:
0:00 - 01:20  Introductions
01:20 - 07:30 The early years of cloud and how HPE GreenLake developed
07:30 - 11:50 What does "the cloud that comes to you" and "edge-to-cloud platform" mean? 
11:50 - 15:50 What is the next big thing with HPE GreenLake?
15:50 - 17:00 Recent announcements around HPE GreenLake that extend customers experience 
17:00 - 22:30 What sets HPE GreenLake apart from others in the market?
22:30 - 23:30 HPE GreenLake customer retention is 99%. Why?
23:30 - 24:30 Wrap-up

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Sandeep Singh, VP of Marketing HPE Storage joined host Calvin Zito to talk about the recent 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Primary Storage, HPE's industry leadership, and the vision that HPE has for data infrastructure and data management. Here's what we discussed:

  • 0:00 - 01:00 Intros
  • 01:00 - 4:00 Importance of being in the leaders quadrant and what has set the foundation for the overall leadership.
  • 04:00 - 08:15 HPE Storage strategy of Unifed DataOps and the HPE vision of the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform coming together.
  • 08:15 - 11:30 HPE's leadership delivering Storage as-a-Service and data cloud services via HPE GreenLake.
  • 11:30 - 14:10 Leadership with HPE InfoSight vs the industry.
  • 14:10 - 17:00 HPE GreenLake for data protection extending cloud data services to simplify end-to-end data management.
  • 17:00 - 21:40 How does HPE CloudPhysics and Edge-to-Cloud Adoption Framework add value to what we're doing?
  • 21:40 - 24:00 Wrap up

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In this episode, host Calvin Zito is joined by two HPE GreenLake Lighthouse experts to help explain it and how it fits into HPE GreenLake. In this episode, Chris Eidler and John Gromala, both from the Lighthouse team, joined the discussion. This episode covered:
00:00 Intros
04:40 What is HPE GreenLake Lighthouse and why was it developed? 
07:40 Where does HPE GreenLake Lighthouse fit into HPE GreenLake Cloud Services?
09:25 How do we simplify the customer experience with HPE GreenLake Lighthouse?
14:20 HPE GreenLake is either on-premises or in a colo - how does it compare to hyperscalers?
15:40 How does a customer get HPE GreenLake Lighthouse?
21:40 What does HPE GreenLake Lighthouse actually do?
24:00 Compare composbility with HPE Synergy to HPE GreenLake Lighthouse
25:30 What does HPE GreenLake Lighthouse support now and where is it going?
27:30 Summing up HPE GreenLake Lighthouse and HPE GreenLake
31:00 Wrap-up

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In this episode, host Calvin Zito talked to Chris Coletti and Jon Hildebrand to talk about Cohesity, the relationship with HPE, and how the partnership is making data management and recovery easier. There's also an abbreviated version of this podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/b3fsC-SiWPU.

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This is a re-release of a podcast that was released on TalkShoe in June 2021. 

Back in late April, Scality partnering with HPE announced ARTESCA. Host Calvin Zito was joined by OEM partner Scality and talk about ARTESCA, cloud native object based storage.

Joining this episode were Wally MacDermid, VP of Strategic Alliances and Business Development at Scality and Candida Valois, Americas Field CTO for Scality. 

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Join host Calvin Zito in this episode was Chris Kinzler, a Solution Product Manager in HPE Storage. Chris is responsible for SAP HANA and Oracle; in this episode, they talked about Oracle and mixed workloads. Chris discussed industry trends and some testing done with the new HPE Alletra data infrastructure that was announced on May 4th.

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Join host Calvin Zito in this episode was Mike Harding, Solution Product Manager for HPE Storage to talk about Microsoft SQL Server and what Mike is seeing both from an industry standpoint and specifically with workload testing that HPE has done with HPE Alletra, the new data infrastructure that was announced on May 4th.

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Join host Calvin Zito in this episode was Chris Kinzler, a Solution Product Manager in HPE Storage. Chris is responsible for SAP HANA and Oracle; in this episode they talked SAP HANA. Chris discussed industry trends and some testing done with the new HPE Alletra data infrastructure that was announced on May 4th.

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This episode was originally also published on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2VXfajQ65d4 

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About two years ago, host Calvin Zito saw a video blog from Markus Leinonen talking about HPE SimpliVity. Calvin reached out to Markus because he really liked his style and wanted to help give him more exposure. Markus has continued to focus on making the complex easier to understand which and in the episode they talked about how Markus got into video blogging, why he likes HPE SimpliVity, the latest with SimpliVity v 4.1.0 and more. Here's a link to his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarkusLeinonen/featured 

Here's what was discussed:  

  • 0:00​ Introductions
  • 1:00​ Introduce Markus Leinonen - why he started doing videos, introduction to Markus' YouTube channel
  • 3:45​ How Calvin found Markus' videos, how did he get interested in HCI and specifically HPE SimpliVity
  • 9:15 dHCI and what Markus thought of it coming from his HCI/HPE SimpliVity perspective
  • 14:25​ What’s new with SimpliVity v4.1 – what did Markus like most in the new release?
  • 17:00​ Running containers on VMware discussion.
  • 18:30​ Finding Markus' video installing HPE SimpliVity v4.1.0
  • 19:10​ Integration with HPE SimpliVity and HPE Cloud Volumes Backup (URL to free trial of HPE Cloud Volumes trial)
  • 21:50​ Future video plans with Markus
  • 23:25​ Wrap-up

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Michael Cade, Sr. Global Technologist from Veeam discusses what's new with Veeam v11. Here's what was discussed: 

  • 0:00 - 1:55 Introductions
  • 1:55 - 3:40 What was the focus of v11?
  • 3:40 - 17:30 Diving deep into CDP, Ransomware, and Instant recovery
  • 17:30 - 20:10 Managing data with more intelligence
  • 20:10 - 23:40 Controlling backup/retention costs
  • 23:40 - 29:10 Improvements to Apollo 4500 backup performance in v11
  • 29:10 - 30:00 Wrap-up

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Host Calvin Zito discusses what has changed with the podcast and why it is no longer on TalkShoe.com. Here's where you can now subscribe to the "new" Around the IT Block podcast. 

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