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Data Center Therapy#096 - SD-What?Confused by the alphabet soup of SD-WAN? Wondering whether it's about connecting multiple sites or just improving your local internet performance? Join your Data Center Therapy guides, Matt "Connectivity Curmudgeon" Yette and Matt "Bandwidth Barista" Cozzolino, along with special guest Jeremy "The Network Navigator" Goosen, as they untangle the complexities and demystify SD-WAN in this insightful episode.What’s Inside:SD-WAN Defined: We clarify the confusion around SD-WAN by breaking down the two primary uses—site-to-site LAN connectivity (think Meraki or Palo Alto), and local internet optimization solutions (Bigleaf, Cato Networks).Inte...
2025-04-0236 min
Data Center Therapy#095 - Into the Microsoft JungleAre the dense jungles of Windows Server leaving you lost? Are Active Directory tangles, Entra ID integrations, or legacy issues keeping your IT nights sleepless? Well, grab your machete (or PowerShell) and join us on an expedition into the depths of Microsoft ecosystems in this week’s episode of Data Center Therapy!In this thrilling adventure, your trusted guides, Matt “Server Sherpa” Yette and Matt “Patch Paladin” Cozzolino, are joined once again by IVOXY’s own Microsoft guru, Dade “Forest Ranger” Wilson. Together, they brave the wilds of Windows Server and Active Directory to uncover the secrets, pitfalls, and solutions waitin...
2025-01-2443 minData Center Therapy#094 - CrowdStrike Oops, Intel Woes, and Docker Management, Oh MyHot enough for you, Data Center Therapy listeners?Go ahead, grab a plate of ribs, corn, and green beans, and belly up to the listening picnic table, as your ears get to feast on the freshness that is Episode 94. In this one, our sun-drenched hosts, Mr. Matt “8 Panel Chamois” Yette and Mr. Matt “Deep Cycle Marine” Cozzolino share their summer exploits along with a healthy heaping of topical news items from the world of I.T.In this episode, you, our loyal DCT fans, will get to hear about:The durability issues plaguing Intel’s 13th and...
2024-08-0541 minData Center Therapy#093 - The (Active Directory) Forest from the TreesWhat things Microsoft lurk in the shadows, basements, and dark closets of your I.T. organization? Which parts of Active Directory, Exchange, or M365 keep you up at night, racked with anxiety and fear? Is there no relief from scary upgrades and failures to be had? Fear not, loyal compatriots! Bust out your flashlights, proton packs, and ectoplasm-resistant onesies because this week on Data Center Therapy, your hosts, Matt ‘Venkman’ Yette and Matt ‘Ray’ Cozzolino welcome IVOXY’s newest Consultant and Microsoft Specialist, Mr. Dade ‘Egon’ Wilson to the virtual studios to explore all things ‘365.’ In this episode you...
2024-06-2141 minData Center Therapy#092 - Endpoints, AI and Aria OperationsWelcome back for another new episode, Data Center Therapy aficionados! This week, our adventurous and hard-working hosts, Matt “Master Link” Yette and Matt “Chromed Crankset” Cozzolino open up the virtual studios to IVOXY’s own Ryan “Security Gusset” Grelck, who joins the fellas to talk all things endpoint-related for the first part of the podcast.In addition to discussions of all things client-related, the crew also discuss:The differences between endpoint protection (EPP) and endpoint detection and response (EDR).SentinelOne’s purple.ai feature and automated root cause analysis (RCA).Microsoft’s Recall feature for Copilot+ PCs, and its securi...
2024-06-0637 minData Center Therapy#091 - Broadcom's VMware Acquisition: The Fireside FollowupWelcome back, long-awaiting listeners, as your favorite IT podcast with a healthy dose of empathy, Data Center Therapy, returns after a seven-month hiatus. It’s been too long, we know, but we’re back and we’re recharged so we can bring you the first of many new episodes with exciting, topical and relevant content. Thanks for joining us!On this episode, your intrepid hosts, Mr. Matt “been through the desert on a horse with no name” Cozzolino and Mr. Matt “Call me Heisenberg” Yette share Cozzo’s adventures hiking from Supai to Havasupai Falls in the great state of Ari...
2024-05-2347 minData Center Therapy#090 - Azure Virtual Desktops with Ryan Grelck and Aaron HagmanWelcome back, loyal Data Center Therapy listeners! As summer gives way to fall, we’re dropping another fresh and topical episode onto the hot podcast grill for your informational delight (with a dash of fun thrown in for good measure.) Your host, Mr. Matt “My Stack Overflowed” Cozzolino joins IVOXY End User Compute specialists Ryan "Universal Broker" Grelck and Aaron "Auto-Scaling" Hagman for a deep dive into the new and cloud-enabled world that is Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop, and Windows 365. In just thirty-two minutes, you, our listeners will get to learn about: What Azure Virtual Desktop is, why it exists...
2023-10-2032 minData Center Therapy#089 - InTune Education with Ryan Grelck and Aaron HagmanWelcome back to another exciting episode of Data Center Therapy, where the digital device management seas are stormy but the DCT deck crew are always ready for a challenge! While Matt ‘Hard to Starboard’ Cozzolino is out on PTO this week, your reliable and experienced Captain, Mr. Matt ‘Engines Steady at Quarter Impulse’ Yette welcomes IVOXY End User Computing Consultants Mr. Ryan ‘Magnum VDI’ Grelck and Mr. Aaron ‘Active Directory Animal’ Hagman to the virtual DCT studios, for a chat about all things Microsoft Intune. In this episode, you, our adventurous listeners, will get to hear about: Wha...
2023-08-0833 minData Center Therapy#088 - What’s new with Desktop Virtualization and Horizon Classes, with Mr. Ryan GrelckWelcome back to another installment of your favorite IT podcast with a healthy dose of empathy, Data Center Therapy. On this episode Matt ‘Mouse Master’ Yette and Matt ‘4K before 4K was cool’ Cozzolino invite VDI expert and all-around VMware guru Mr. Ryan Grelck back to the virtual studios. Ryan shares the latest and greatest developments of end-user-computing and virtualization technologies, the changes that were made in the IVOXY training labs as of late, and even ends up getting mired in debates over the best input systems for end-user devices. In this episode, you, the lifeblood of our show...
2023-06-2227 minData Center Therapy#087 - Network Assessments with Mack & RobertYou’re a one-person wrecking crew. You rock your compute infrastructure, your hypervisor and virtual machine management system, and your storage subsystems, but you’ll admit, you could use some help with the networking side every once in a while. In fact, every now and again, something happens on the network and you never can quite get to the root of it; you rebooted a device and that ended up fixing it ninety nine times out of a hundred. Let’s not talk about that one-hundredth time - that was a doozy and turned out to be an obscu...
2023-05-0135 minData Center Therapy#086 - What's New in vSphere 8.0?You! Yes, you! Running vSphere 6.5 or 6.7? We understand, you’re busy! For many, many reasons, you couldn’t get around to upgrading your systems to 7.0 when VMware deprecated support for 6.7 and 6.5 on October 15th, 2022. So now you’re at a cross roads. vSphere 8 is out, but fairly new, and comes with its own set of new hardware requirements. Assuming your existing hardware meets them, do you upgrade to vSphere 7 or vSphere 8? If instead you get new hosts, should you run ESXi 7 or 8 on them? And what if you’re already running vSphere 7? Should you upgrade to 8? It’s...
2023-03-0941 minData Center Therapy#085 - Endpoint Device and Virtual Desktop Jamboree with Hoppy ShawThe Matts are back, baby! Your intrepid Data Center Therapy hosts, Mr. Matt ‘He sings the bass’ Yette, and Mr. Matt ‘He sings the tenor’ Cozzolino have returned! The Matts welcome IVOXY’s own End-User Compute specialist Mr. Hoppy Shaw back to the DCT virtual studios. Hoppy once again regales you, our audience, with stories of his time in Operations and the evolution of Microsoft products we’ve come to all know and (somewhat) love. Among the many topics they review are: The beginnings of ActiveSync and Exchange. The evolution of relevant software suites from Microsoft...
2023-03-0836 minData Center Therapy#084 - If You Had Just One Dollar to Spend on Security...Scene: a dimly lit but warm lobby, looking a little like a doctor’s office in a log cabin but more comfortable. You’re patiently waiting to hear from some I.T. podcast microphone jockeys who’ve haven’t peeked out of their door in some time. You’ve been in that waiting room for a bit, but thankfully your Data Center Therapists, Mr. Matt “Email shields up” Yette and Mr. Matt “Attack vector identified” Cozzolino are back and ready to see you now! As Yette says, if you could spend only a dollar on security, it should...
2022-12-1336 min
The GovBriefPowering Successful Cloud MigrationAs state and local governments continue to move toward digital government, there’s no doubt that cloud has become an essential tool to enable the user-friendly, services constituents want and to streamline operations to improve mission success. But while cloud holds the ability to revolutionize government operations and skyrocket innovation, cloud migrations are no easy feat, particularly for state and local governments that often have limited resources and shoestring IT staff. Migrations require a plethora of new skills, cost assessments, tools and more that require expertise to navigate and execute successfully.
In this episode of the "Migrating to the Citizen-Focused, Se...
2022-11-2811 minData Center Therapy#083 - Email: The Wide Open Front DoorHowdy Data Center Therapy regulars and new “Therapy Clients” alike! On this episode, your hosts Matt “Release and Report” Yette and Matt “Reverse Lookup” Cozzolino break down email security for you, our listeners, with a little history, a little humor, and a little education around all those three, five and six letter acronyms. The Matts share their deep technical knowledge and experiences so that you can understand what those acronyms add, protocol-wise, to enhancing the integrity of the email system as a whole. During the course of this podcast, you’ll get to hear about: The relation...
2022-11-2232 minData Center Therapy#082 - The Past, Present and Future of GPUsHowdy Data Center Therapy listeners - are you all ready to go on a trip? What if we told you this trip would take you back to the beginnings of Graphics Processing Units? Are you ready to time-travel to the start of 3D-enabled gaming, the beginnings of fancy operating system user interfaces with visual effects, and the early artificial intelligence and machine learning efforts? Strap on those headphones and press play to go on our GPU Journey, with your hosts Matt “3DFX” Yette and Matt “Literal Duct Tape” Cozzolino as they welcome IVOXY’s own Virtual Des...
2022-06-1434 minData Center Therapy#081 - Advanced vSphere with Shane BradleyWho doesn’t love a good trilogy? Cue the John Williams music! Mr. Shane Bradley, IVOXY’s resident VMware Master, returns for his third appearance on Data Center Therapy. Your intrepid hosts, Matt “No! I want Performant, Scalable AND Value-Conscious!” Yette joins his co-host Matt “Have I shown you this Docker setup?” Cozzolino to collectively welcome Shane back to the DCT virtual studios, and talk about the new Advanced vSphere class he’s been working studiously on for the past few months. Along the way, the Matts and Shane discuss: What folks would learn in a more advanced...
2022-05-1634 minData Center Therapy#079 - Remote Work, Zero Trust, Mobile Device Management and MoreWhat’s better than having a Security-minded Consultant guest on Data Center Therapy, sharing their tips on how to manage endpoints and access in your network? Why, having TWO of them, of course! Matt “Tech Debt Crusher” Yette and Matt “Magnificent Bastion” Cozzolino welcome back to the virtual studios one Mr. Quinton Barber, Security Consultant for IVOXY as well as one Mr. Hoppy Shaw, End-User Technology Consultant for IVOXY, as they discuss the challenges of remote work and zero trust. Some of the concepts, you, our loyal listeners will hear on this episode include mult...
2022-05-1240 minData Center Therapy#080 - Ransomware Preparedness with Quinton BarbeCliched though it may be, it’s true: It’s not if you’re going to experience a ransomware attack, it’s just a matter of when. What can you do to prepare for it? Matt “It’s 2022 but Backup is still Sexy” Yette and Matt “Trip this Wire” Cozzolino welcome back to the virtual studios for the second time in a row IVOXY’s own Mr. Quinton Barber, Security Consultant, who counts acting as an Anti-Ransomware Specialist as one of his many responsibilities. Quinton and the Matts waste no time and begin to prescribe steps you can take to...
2022-05-1240 minData Center Therapy#078 - Mapping and MacintoshesUsing a Garmin? Maybe a TomTom? It’s OK if you’re not, because it’s 2022 and your phone has a maps application, right? If you thought you knew everything about what you can do with your phone and a mapping app, think again! We welcome our Data Center Therapy guests to a gadget- and application-filled episode as your hosts Matt “Major Release Blues” Yette and Matt “Offroad Antenna” Cozzolino chat about mapping and then circle around to the state of Macintosh hardware and software. Whether you’re a diehard camper, an off-road enthusiast, a powder hound, or yo...
2022-04-0730 minData Center Therapy#077 - Adventures in 3D PrintingWhat are you going to print? Head straight downtown to the 3D statue-filled intersection of “Fun Street” and “Technology Avenue” with this Data Center Therapy podcast! Your hosts Mr. Matt “What can’t you do with a Pi?” Yette and Mr. Matt “Printable Log Cabin” Cozzolino welcome you, our loyal listeners, into their virtual garages for an entertaining introduction to 3D printing, sans the resin fumes. If you’re wondering what the heck a “PEI magnetic build plate” is, give this episode a listen! In this quick but enjoyable 30-minute dash, you’ll get a handle on: Which 3D pri...
2022-03-3130 minData Center Therapy#076 - NetApp Technical Partner Manager (and IVOXY alumnus) Kris LametWelcome back Data Center Therapy fans! We have a special treat on this podcast as IVOXY’s own Kris Lamet returns to the virtual DCT studios, this time employed at NetApp as their Technical Partner Manager for the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada. Kris and your two intrepid hosts, Matt “2.4 Gigahertz? Sure Does!” Yette and Matt “Deadbolt This!” Cozzolino crack a couple of frosty ones and muse about the amazing longevity and adaptability of NetApp, the challenges of using the cloud either for DR or for hybrid datacenter scaling, and the newest home automation projects they’re all working on...
2022-03-2447 minData Center Therapy#075 - Introducing Mr. Quinton BarberJoin us on this special episode of Data Center Therapy where Matt “M.C. MFA” Yette and Matt “So Many Rules” Cozzolino welcome the newest member of the IVOXY family, Security Consultant Quinton Barber. Quinton joins the team with over 25 years of experience in Information Technology and has specialized in producing Assessments and Gap Analysis for all his customers, from the improbably small to the stupendously large F500s. In this episode, you’ll get talk that includes conceptual basics such as Defense-in-depth, zero-trust, and edge and endpoint protection layers. You’ll hear discussion around policies, firewalls, anti-virus and...
2022-03-0341 minData Center Therapy#074 - Retro Gaming and Hypervisor Boot DevicesAway crew, prepare to set your phasers to ‘fun’! On this episode of Data Center Therapy, your fabulous hosts, Mr. Matt “SCUMM For Life” Yette and Mr. Matt “Bring up your Inventory Screen!” Cozzolino drive the DeLorean Time Machine and drop you, our loyal listeners, off at the Pizza Hut with a huge stack of quarters for the Pac-Man, Galaga, and pinball machines. Come on a retro journey with the IVOXY gang as they share their thoughts on their favorite games of years past, including: Beloved Nintendo64 and PlayStation classics such as GoldenEye and Final Fantasy VII. The finest...
2022-02-2439 minData Center Therapy#073 - AI and the MetaverseIt’s the near future. You’re on a road trip across the country. At some point, you realize you’re tired and lower your seat for a nap. You go ahead and take one. In the meanwhile, your car nearly silently glides onward, ever attentive to the road. On this quick bite of an episode, your Data Center Therapy hosts Matt “You think that’s air you’re breathing?” Yette and Matt “We Hope You Enjoy the Ride!” Cozzolino talk about Artificial Intelligence, the Metaverse, 3D movies and Washington state drivers. You, our dear listeners, will also g...
2022-02-0336 minData Center Therapy#072 - Working from Home with Neil KassalYou already work from home, and you’re in IT, so there’s probably not much you can do to improve your setup, right? Maybe not! In this episode of Data Center Therapy, your hosts Matt “Faster than Gigabit” Yette and Matt “Layer 2 Plus” Cozzolino welcome IVOXY’s own Systems and Storage Consultant Neil Kassal into the virtual studios. Neil shares his tips on optimizing your work from home setup, from your seating all the way up to network segmentation and home backups. Along the way, the dynamic trio discuss: “Layer 8 issues” - how to deal with...
2022-02-0347 minData Center Therapy#071 - USA’s First Air Force and Space Force Chief Software Officer, Nicolas ChaillanYou ever envision updating the firmware of a weapons system on your fighter jet while you’re flying it? No? That makes sense. But for the people trying to evolve our military’s ossified bureaucracies and systems, that vision is indeed a reality. Your hosts of this Data Center Therapy episode, Matt ‘I’ve got a lock on the target’ Yette and Alec ‘It's a UNIX system! I know this!’ Taylor welcome the United States of America’s very first Chief Software Officer, Nicolas M. Chaillan to the DCT virtual studios. Nicolas shares his background, how his career at t...
2021-12-1545 minData Center Therapy#070 - Supply Chain Troubleshooting with Eric WatsonWhen you need to talk about the supply chain issues that affect IVOXY, our customers and really everyone and everything, who’d be the logical guest to bring on an episode of Data Center Therapy? Maybe…somebody who’s seen it all, and been there from the very start? This week on DCT, our intrepid hosts, the newly returned Matt “Logistical Challenge Accepted!” Yette and Matt “Holdin’ up the Fort” Cozzolino welcome IVOXY’s founder, Mr. Eric Watson, to the virtual studios to share his unique, broad perspective on the supply chain conundrum. Eric knows finance and the IVOXY customer b...
2021-12-1427 minData Center Therapy#069 - 2022: Predictions and Anticipations with Ryan GrelckSpace out. No, really, go ahead and think of your favorite space themed games, movies, and books, because on this episode of Data Center Therapy, your host Matt “PlexMan” Cozzolino welcomes Ryan Grelck into the virtual studios to talk about 2022 and what fun things are right around the corner. Don’t be fooled, however, as the duo also talk about Linux as a desktop operating system, ransomware, and transparent network virtualization technologies all in the same episode! While taking you, our dear listeners, on an intergalactic journey through the greatly anticipated entertainment releases of late 2021 and 2022...
2021-12-1425 minData Center Therapy#068 - End User Computing with Consultant Hoppy ShawIOS. Android. MacOS. Windows. No, this isn’t an episode about which is better or what Apple just released. It’s all about managing those mobile and desktop platforms because, face it, the world is complicated, and the stronger businesses know how to play nice with all the different platforms. Keep the users happy, but also keep the critical enterprise data protected while allowing those platform choices. This isn’t an easy thing to do for most companies. The software is complicated. There are many competing vendors. Experts are few and far between. IVOXY recog...
2021-12-1432 minData Center Therapy#067 - Security vs Home Automation: FIGHT!!!Time flows strangely in the era of the pandemic. Sometimes you go out on what seems like a four hour walk, and barely two hours have passed. Or you might sit down on the couch in what you thought was the morning and suddenly it’s 4PM and you have no idea how that’s even possible. Here on this podcast episode is a rare change up for Data Center Therapy; there’s almost no mention of the datacenter! Instead, Matt “Bonjour” Yette and Matt “You have a Rendezvous with a uPnP problem?” Cozzolino melt away thirty-five minutes into what feels like a...
2021-10-0735 minData Center Therapy#064 - No Silver Bullets: Security Series, Part OneWelcome back to another episode of Data Center Therapy where the topic this week is all things security related. With your hosts Matt “You sure you wanna kick that can down the road?” Yette and Matt “The answer is: It Depends!” Cozzolino, the intrepid DCT Duo has a quick and fun but also informative podcast all around Information Technology Security this week. In this episode, the Matts answer a few white-hot, timely and relevant questions such as: Is the sole purpose of SD-WAN to reduce costs by eliminating proprietary networking circuits? Is there a way to implement...
2021-09-2329 minData Center Therapy#065 - No Silver Bullets: Security Series, Part TwoWelcome back to Data Center Therapy’s second security episode of late summer 2021. With your hosts Matt “Fragged due to network latency!” Yette and Matt “Raspberry PIs 4 Life!” Cozzolino, the DCT Duo get into the nuts and bolts of how firewalls have evolved over the years (ASA to PIX and well beyond those), and the DCT Duo also discuss how your company’s most critical data can be corralled INSIDE your network with the right set of tools. In this episode the Matts ask and answer: What information can be extracted from seemingly encrypted communications? What did the first...
2021-09-2326 minData Center Therapy#066 - The Man in Black, from VMware’s Carbon BlackWe know, we know, EVERYbody’s talking about ransomware lately. Given that there’s so many bad actors, and so many easily tricked users, though, how can we not talk about it? At least talk about a different technical approach to anti-virus and anti-malware software, we say. Tell us what makes it different and how it can be proactive, and not just reactive like most solutions out there. Ask and ye shall receive! Matt “The tinfoil doesn’t seem to be working!” Yette and Matt “I DROPped that packet, didn’t I?” Cozzolino welcome to the virtual studios a very speci...
2021-09-2337 minData Center Therapy#063 - Brand Protection with CiscoWho doesn’t love a good procedural cop show? Welcome to a very different episode of your favorite I.T.-themed podcast, Data Center Therapy, where your hosts Matt “Football is Life” Yette and Matt “Now the Hunted becomes the Hunter!” Cozzolino welcome to the virtual studios Doug Abbott, Senior Investigator for Brand Protection at Cisco. Doug and the Matts talk about many of the different ways Cisco gear can be counterfeited, and they cover topics on this show such as: How Cisco counterfeit products are created, “upgraded” or modified and how they’re trafficked, including on the Grey Market...
2021-08-1134 minData Center Therapy#062 - Smart Homes, Backyards, and Surviving Heat WavesAfter a short summer hiatus, hosts Matt “If you’re from Chicago, fight me!” Yette and Matt “Free Chimenea” Cozzolino return to the virtual Data Center Therapy studios to record another fun and casual podcast about all things Smart Home. Commenting on Cozzolino’s continued updates to his new-to-him log cabin, our intrepid hosts cover a wide amount of topics such as: Core technologies that power automation, such as Node Red, IFTTT (If This Then That), MQTT and Message Brokers, and Home Assistant. Z-wave sensors and clever programs to integrate changes in motion, temperature, humidity and luminosity. Corded and cordless...
2021-07-2942 minData Center Therapy#061 - Advanced vSphere Topics with Shane BradleyFor this episode, our intrepid hosts Matt “Southern Upstate New York Accent” Yette and Matt “Running NFSv3 before eligible for Driver’s Ed” Cozzolino welcome vSphere Guru and Senior IVOXY Consultant Shane Bradley back into the virtual studios. Shane shares where he’s at, what he’s working on, and gives us, the loyal Data Center Therapy listeners, a little preview of what’s coming down the pipe for Shane’s newest class, vSphere 7 Advanced. Along the way, the Matts and Shane talk about: NFSv4, pNFS, and how the changes from NFSv3 can potentially impact their customers and you...
2021-06-0941 minData Center Therapy#060 - Cryptocurrency with Keith EmmanuelWhat is Bitcoin? What’s Dogecoin (pronounced dohj-coin)? For that matter, what the heck is cryptocurrency? What’s it useful for? Why is the price of it so volatile? To answer these questions and more, Matt “Mine This!” Yette and Matt “Transactions and…all the things!” Cozzolino welcome IVOXY Network Consultant Keith Emmanuel to the virtual Data Center Therapy studios this week to break it all down for us. Keith sheds some light on how he got interested in cryptocurrency, the history and genesis of Bitcoin, and how it works (or the “Layer 1” as Yette likes to describe it!). To...
2021-05-1937 minData Center Therapy#059 - You Shall Not Pass(word): Multi-Factor AuthenticationQuestion: When does a 40-minute podcast episode feel like a fun 15-minute chat beside the old water cooler? (Remember when that was still a thing?) Answer: When it’s Matt “Lemme tell you something about Android” Yette and Matt “Got YubiKey?” Cozzolino talking about multi-factor authentication! Our intrepid hosts of Data Center Therapy have a lively and always topical talk about MFA and more in this latest chapter. You, our welcome listeners, get to hear about: How TouchID, FaceID, and biometrics are an important part of the multi-factor authentication story (and if they’re generally prov...
2021-05-0540 min
Data Center Therapy#058 - Software-Defined Wide Area Networks with Mack NethkinJoin Matt “Always carry a Mobile Hotspot” Yette and Matt “Palo Alto ARE my middle Names!” Cozzolino as they welcome Senior Network Consultant and Engineering Manager Mack Nethkin to the virtual Data Center Therapy Studio, to talk about all things Software-Defined Wide Area Network, or SD-WAN it’s come to be known. Mack and the Matts chat about: What the basic recipe of SD-WAN is, and where you’d want to use it in your corporate and datacenter networks. How SD-WAN can act as a unified management platform for wide area connectivity, how it can efficiently enable cloud...
2021-04-2133 minData Center Therapy#057 - Trust Nothing and No One: Micro-Segmentation with Matt CozzolinoIn this short but sweet DCT Episode, Matt “Yette never refers to himself in the third person!” Yette and Matt “Every User is an Attack Surface” Cozzolino give a great little introduction to traditional firewalling, microsegmentation, and Zero Trust concepts in the IT world. Listening to this episode, you’ll get to hear about: The history of the security “bastion” mindset, leading to how most enterprises built their network infrastructure. What Layer 2 stretch is, what Zero Trust represents, and what microsegmentation comprises and why it’s desirable. Why Windows Firewalls (and even Linux firewalls) can “fall down” after a comp...
2021-04-0730 minData Center Therapy#056 - Return of the VDI Jedi with Ryan GrelckEnd-user computing and virtual desktop administrators: You may rejoice as IVOXY VDI Senior Consultant Ryan Grelck returns to the virtual studio of Data Center Therapy to share the latest and greatest on Horizon 8 and beyond! When you tune into this timely and relevant VDI-centered podcast, you’ll hear Matt “PiHole Schmihole” Yette and Matt “Layer 2 Stretch is cooler than MicroSeg” Cozzolino ask Ryan questions such as: How the IVOXY lab is configured to serve our students in the Horizon for Virtual Administrators class, and which virtual machines and applications you can find in the class environment. How to dec...
2021-03-3148 minData Center Therapy#055 - Home Automation with the Three MuskebeardsSet the gadget geek dial to 100% for this Data Center Therapy episode, where Matt “No way do I use Just for Men” Yette and Matt “Slope Astronaut” Cozzolino welcome back to the virtual DCT studio our own Kris “Single-Pole Switch? No Problem!” Lamet to talk about everybody’s favorite post-lockdown hobby tech - Home Automation. Kris and the Matts cover in this episode: Which platforms, protocols and technologies the Matts and Kris have in their homes including Z-Wave, HomeKit, NodeRed, Ecobee thermostats, Apple Hub, Amazon Echo devices and Home Assistant. How to train your loved ones to do easier e...
2021-03-3145 min
Data Center Therapy#054 – Networking with JoeProud family that we are, IVOXY formally invites you to tune into this special episode of Data Center Therapy, where our hosts Matt “LAN party” Yette and Matt “Beard Ambassador” Cozzolino welcome Network Consultant Joe Lentz to the virtual DCT studio. Joe shares stories with the hosts about his networking background (dating back to high school!), his service in the Air Force, and his experiences working between security policy implementation and datacenter networking deployments. Learn more: https://www.ivoxy.com/networking-with-joe In other news, registration is open for our upcoming Introduction to Virtualization with vSphere 7.0 class.
2021-03-1040 minData Center Therapy#053 – Scaling with Terraform (On-Demand Lab Part VI)Here we go – the final episode of this series [insert Return of the Jedi reference here]. This week we here at Data Center Therapy we’re bringing you the ultimate conclusion of the IVOXY On-Demand Lab podcast series, where the subject is all things Terraform. Keep an eye out for our Terraform Demo Day coming in March, and consider saving your seat for our Hands-on VMware Horizon for Administrators class later this month. Learn more: ivoxy.com/scaling-with-terraform
2021-02-0334 minData Center Therapy#052 – Cisco Intersight with Dave NentarzIf the acronym “API” excites you, the phrase “software-defined infrastructure” tickles your fancy, or if skating ahead of where the technology puck is going is your MO, be sure to tune in to this one to hear Dave share about what’s coming down the pike from Cisco across networking, hyper-converged and computing solutions. Learn more at ivoxy.com/cisco-intersight By the way, we just announced our upcoming Hands-on VMware Horizon for Administrators – learn more and save your seat now: ivoxy.com/vmware-horizon-for-administrators
2021-01-2036 minData Center Therapy#051 – Holiday SundriesNeed a quick break from work? On this episode of Data Center Therapy we've just got fun water cooler topics like TV shows, home improvements and delicious beef dinners. Learn more at ivoxy.com/holiday-sundries
2021-01-0647 minData Center Therapy#050 – Network Automation with Keith Emmanuel (On-Demand Lab Part V)This week Keith astounds and delights the systems folks as well as the network infrastructure die-hards on this episode as he gives details on the parts and pieces needed to command, control and deploy a network from scratch. Learn more at ivoxy.com/network-automation-with-keith-emmanuel PS: There is still time to save your seat for our Hands-on Network Automation with Ansible hosted by Keith: ivoxy.com/ansible.
2020-12-3038 minData Center Therapy#049 – VDI with Ryan Grelck (On-Demand Lab Part IV)Our intrepid hosts welcome back to the virtual studios IVOXY’s very own Ryan "Magnum VDI" Grelck to talk about a smorgasbord full of Horizon topics, including how it has changed and how it’s been implemented in our On-Demand Lab. You will also find out why Matt Cozzolino doesn’t need a stud finder in his new house (and no, it is not the obvious joke you’re thinking of!!) Learn more at ivoxy.com/vdi-with-ryan-grelck PS: There is still time to save your seat for our Hands-on Network Automation with Ansible hosted by...
2020-12-1638 minData Center Therapy#048 – Network Virtualization (On-Demand Lab Part III)Our series reaches new depths as the guys discuss nesting NSX-T instances, GNS3 integration into the lab, and why on-prem solutions like vSphere & NSX-T are convergently evolving towards the DevOps space. Learn more at ivoxy.com/network-virtualization PS: Don't forget about our December 15 Gene Kim event – the first 50 to RSVP & attend get a complimentary copy of his latest book: ivoxy.com/gene-therapy PPS: Save your seat for our Hands-on Network Automation with Ansible coming this January right here: ivoxy.com/ansible.
2020-12-0243 minData Center Therapy#047 – Sizing with Shane Bradley (On-Demand Lab Part II)We welcome back Shane to share how our On-Demand Lab was conceived, sized and configured. Topics include the evolution from VMware Workstation virtual machine to full-on co-located infrastructure, NSX-T, Nested ESXi, Terraform, TrueNAS, ESXi on Arm and more. PS: We just announced an exciting event with Gene Kim coming up on December 15 – and the first 50 to RSVP & attend get a complimentary copy of his latest book: ivoxy.com/gene-therapy Learn more at ivoxy.com/sizing Save your seat for our Hands-on Network Automation with Ansible coming this January right here: ivoxy.com/ansible.
2020-11-2537 minData Center Therapy#046 – Origins (On-Demand Lab Part I)This episode is the first of our new series. Matt & Matt discuss how the new IVOXY lab was designed, how it was implemented, the things it can do, where it’ll go in the future and what it all means to you! This is a fun and delightful episode that shares adventures from just about all disciplines: networking, storage, compute, cloud and automation, so be sure to give it a listen if your technical interests veer towards any of those. Learn more at ivoxy.com/origins. Save your seat for our Hands-on Network Au...
2020-11-1840 minData Center Therapy#045 – VMworld 2020 REDUX EpilogueOur hosts Matt ‘Ask me about my Pi’ Yette and Matt ‘Barbecue-As-A-Service’ Cozzolino welcome back to the virtual studios our very own IVOXY Principal Consultant, Mr. Alec Taylor, who shares his camaraderie and technical perspective on this casual, fun edition of Data Center Therapy which was recorded #live at our VMworld 2020 REDUX event. You’ll get to hear about a few odds and ends that have the Matts and Alec thinking about the future like ESXi-on-ARM, DR testing, Carbon Black, and active-active data centers. PS: We're hosing one more chance for your to catch the full VMwor...
2020-10-2833 minData Center Therapy#044 – VMworld 2020 Predux with Alec TaylorAlec's got his crystal ball and he's giving you a peek! With VMworld squarely in the rear-view mirror, we're looking forward at what all the big announcements will actually mean for you and your organization. Consider this episode the appetizer to our main entre online event, with two convenient dates to choose from: October 20 and November 5. Whether you caught some of the event or not, VMworld 2020 REDUX is our can't-miss event of the year. Learn more and register here for free: ivoxy.com/redux. We hope to see you there, including at a very special...
2020-10-0739 minData Center Therapy#043 – Project Management Conundrums with Jenn Bahneman & Dan StoeckerIt’s the people and the processes that make that classic IVOXY data center refresh and network optimization magic happen. In this episode, our humble hosts welcome to the virtual studios two professionals from our Project Management Office: Jenn Bahneman and Dan Stoecker to discuss how we approach projects with our customers. Learn more at: ivoxy.com/project-management-conundrums. As mentioned, VMworld 2020 REDUX registration just opened – we hope you can join us: ivoxy.com/vmworld-2020-redux PS: We added more dates to our Hands-on vSphere 6.7 Advanced Class, save your seat now: ivoxy.com/vsphere-6-7-ad...
2020-09-2334 minData Center Therapy#042 – Matt "The Toolman" YetteRemember Tim & Wilson catching up across the fence on Home Improvement? This episode feels a lot like that! It's a holiday week, so the Matt & Matt slowed things down a bit to catch up on a potpourri of personal and semi-technical topics like: Their top choices of hard breakfast beverages. One of Yette’s old DMB fan stories. All things printers (including how to actually get a reliable home printer. Cozz’s recent off-roading experiences. A crude form of packet-based radio messaging you’ve likely never heard of. Yette’s home reno, especially focused on bringin...
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Data Center TherapyTeaser: DCT #Live – Ask us AnythingWe have a special podcast episode coming this Thursday at 10am PT! This is your chance to interact with hosts Matt & Matt, who are going to be recording #Live and taking your questions. Register now: ivoxy.co/live
2020-09-0800 minData Center Therapy#041 – Curb your Catastrophes with Neil KassalWe welcomed Neil (our multi-talented Systems and Storage Consultant) in to share some thoughts on how to approach DR planning, what kinds of tools there are out there to automate testing & failover of recovery plans, and how the disaster recovery landscape has changed over the years. Learn more at: ivoxy.com/curb-your-catastrophes. Our upcoming Hands-on vSphere 6.7 Advanced virtual class is sold out so we are about to add more dates, learn more and join the waitlist here: ivoxy.com/vsphere-6-7-advanced.
2020-08-2633 minData Center Therapy#040 – Exploring the New Horizon with David CrowHow much could possibly change with the flagship virtual desktop solution from VMware this summer? The short answer: more than you might imagine. This week the guys welcome End-User Compute Specialist David Crow back into the (virtual / socially-distanced) studio to give you the 30,000 foot view (and relative firehose) of the just announced Horizon 8 announcements. The velvety-piped “VDI Guy” David also shares his ...ahem… measured approach to the new features VMware often touts. Learn more at: ivoxy.com/exploring-the-new-horizon. Also, our upcoming Hands-on vSphere 6.7 Advanced virtual class is almost sold out – you can learn...
2020-08-1243 minData Center Therapy#039 – What to Expect when You’re Expecting (an F5 Exploit)Yette and Cozz embark on their most security-focused and technical journey yet, diving into the making of the recent F5 vulnerability while also educating listeners on things like two-factor authentication missteps, social engineering goofs, and the dangers of running multiple application & web servers from different codebases on your servers. Learn more at: ivoxy.com/f5-exploit PS: We just announced our upcoming Hands-on vSphere 6.7 Advanced virtual class coming in September. You can learn more and save your seat here: ivoxy.com/vsphere-6-7-advanced
2020-07-2939 minData Center Therapy#038 – (Network) Automation with Alec TaylorYou don’t need to be a network professional to appreciate the why and the how of the best practices shared on this episode – but feel free to invite your peers if they’re the kind of people who might appreciate automating IOS or NX-OS upgrades. Whether you are already an expert in YAML, Python, Terraform, or Ansible; or you're just trying to wrap your head around when network automation even makes sense, Alec & the guys have something for you in this episode. Learn more at: ivoxy.com/network-automation If you'd like to go deeper on this...
2020-07-1535 minData Center Therapy#037 – Storage Protocols and Boss BattlesIt’s a debate as old as modern, virtualized computing itself: Which storage protocol(s) should you deploy in your infrastructure? Given decades of development, such as the speeds of Ethernet links increasing and the CPU/processing power growing in modern servers, you’d think the landscape would tilt in a particular direction so long after these debates started. However, in this episode of Data Center Therapy, our hosts-with-the-most duke it out on the storage battlefield to build their respective cases for their preferred protocols and practices. Learn more at: ivoxy.com/storage-protocols-and-boss-battles PS: D...
2020-07-0837 minData Center Therapy#036 – The BGP Route Heist with Keith EmmanuelOur automation and network guru, Keith, stopped by to share about routing and the Border Gateway Protocol, including an incident with the country of Pakistan and YouTube that illuminates how BGP can be compromised. Learn more at: ivoxy.com/the-bgp-route-heist PS: Don't forget to register for our Network Automation for Busy People virtual workshops!
2020-07-0136 minData Center Therapy#035 – Adventures in Data Classification with Jason BurrellYou might remember Jason from his time at IVOXY – he's back to share what he's been working on in the Emerging Technologies division at Rubrik (a startup-within-a-startup!) Spoiler alert: topics include compliance, ransomware, & COVID-19 implications on the industry at large. We have an exciting promotion going for anyone interested in speaking more with Rubrik. Learn more about the episode and this offer at: ivoxy.com/data-classification
2020-06-1733 minData Center Therapy#034 – Storage Futures with Chris CrowFor our inaugural #Live episode we brought former Data Center Therapy host and current Pure Storage Engineer, Chris Crow, for a joyous reunion with the Matts. Chris cooked up a big ‘ole plate of storage appetizer topics to educate our listeners about brand-new flash technologies like vVols, wear-leveling basics, flash connected to host PCI-Express busses, NVMe latency benefits, etc. If you’d like to talk with IVOXY and Pure about how to put these technologies into action in your environment, you can get an awesome gift in the process by visiting our new...
2020-06-0343 minData Center Therapy#033 – vSphere 7 (It’s About Time!) with Shane BradleyOur resident VMware trailblazer, Shane, stopped by dive into some of the new features, gotchas, and surprises in the big new release including container orchestration, new UI display options, host licencing changes, plus enhancements to vMotion and Distributed Resource Scheduler. Shane and the guys are continuing the conversation WITH YOU later this week at Casual Fridays (11am PST): register now! Learn more at: ivoxy.com/vsphere-7-its-about-time
2020-05-1338 minData Center Therapy#032 – Home Automation: RebootedThis episode is all about greenfielding something fresh with no real consequences to your IT job: home automation. The Matts riff on HomeKit making way for Home Assistant, Raspberry Pi Zero W devices, The Z-Wave protocol, Node Red …and a slew of other home automation topics that make for a bonus extended runtime on this 46-minute edition. We're continuing the conversation WITH YOU this week at our third installment Casual Fridays: register now! Learn more at: ivoxy.com/home-automation-rebooted
2020-04-2946 minData Center Therapy#031 – Combo Meal with Touch-Free DeliveryWhether you’d like to learn a little bit about NSX-T 3.0, how upgrades on certain critical command-and-control mechanisms in your virtual environment impacts hosts & VMs, or why load balancers can be worth their weight in digital gold, there’s something for everybody in this well rounded episode. By the way, we'd love it if you joined us for our all-new Casual Fridays events, as well as our VMware Horizon Deep Dive virtual workshops hosted by our ever-talented and charming Principal & Consultant, Alec Taylor. Learn more at: ivoxy.com/combo-meal-with-touch-free-delivery
2020-04-1536 minData Center Therapy#030 – A New Dawn for Remote Work (& VDI) with David CrowWe invited our VDI Specialist, David, into the studio to share his perspective on remote work strategies in this new normal. Oh, and by studio we mean 100% remote conferencing because here at IVOXY Consulting we were practicing social distancing long before it was hip. PS: We will also be available in some new ways to be announced over the next few weeks – including our just-launched vROps In Depth & Horizon VDI Deep Dive Virtual Workshop Series. Learn more at: ivoxy.com/a-new-dawn-for-remote-work-and-vdi
2020-04-0134 minData Center Therapy#029 – A Healthy Dose of EmpathyWhat a few weeks it’s been. You’re stir crazy – we understand! You’re also probably more than ready to vent and share your pain (both physical and mental) with the Data Center Therapy crew. So go and grab a mitt’s worth of hand sanitizer, crank up the podcast volume and cozy up to the comfort that is Matt Yette and Matt Cozzolino in it with you on this week’s WFH edition of DCT (Captain Picard facepalm inserted here). Learn more at ivoxy.com/a-healthy-dose-of-empathy
2020-03-2538 minData Center Therapy#028 – Networking on vSphereWe're doubling down on networking to address all those questions hanging out there: What are good practices for setting up ESXi and vSphere networking? Should I put management vmkernel ports on Standard or Distributed virtual switches? Nexus or Catalyst switching? ...and much more – have a listen to find out! Learn more at ivoxy.com/networking-on-vsphere
2020-03-1828 minData Center Therapy#027 – Networking & Security Safari with Jeremy GoosenIf you're a part of a small to medium-sized organization, listen up! Jeremy spends some time talking with the guys about networking best practices for SMBs – specifically discussing some products & features that can really help secure servers & systems from diabolical attachers and feckless users alike. As discussed on this episode, if everything in your network is on the default VLAN (VLAN1), it might just be the right time to have a chat with your friends here at IVOXY; we’re eager to help you out! Learn more at ivoxy.com/networking-and-security-safari.
2020-03-0538 minData Center Therapy#026 – The Great Lab Rebuild2020 is off to a roaring start! Our intrepid hosts balance the demands of delivering services, refreshing our internal IVOXY lab infrastructure and helping the team get ready for our upcoming Kubernetes classes. Listeners get a chance to overhear the staging discussion and learn more about how the lab will be rebuilt with Infrastructure-as-Code, the trials and tribulations of bootstrapping a development environment, and how our engineers have to shift their mental gears to get into scripting and coding when plain old system administration is their true comfort zone. Learn more at ivoxy.com/the-great-lab-rebuild.
2020-02-1230 minData Center Therapy#025 – The IVOXY Origin Story with Alec TaylorWe’ve hit a milestone, the big two five, heck our podcast can finally rent a car! So we thought it’d be a good chance to catch up with our co-founder, Alec, to share a bit about our virtualization-driven genesis, 14 years of evolution, and where we believe IT is headed next. Learn more at ivoxy.com/the-ivoxy-origin-story. Be sure to check out our upcoming Hands-On Containers & Kubernetes classes: ivoxy.co/containers_training.
2020-01-2333 minData Center Therapy#024 – Infrastructure as CodeIaC borrows a methodology from developers and applies it to infrastructure. This week Matt & Matt make a New Year's resolution to work smarter, not harder by harnessing the efficiencies of Infrastructure as Code. Learn more at ivoxy.com/infrastructure-as-code. Be sure to check out our upcoming Hands-On Containers & Kubernetes training classes: ivoxy.co/containers_training.
2020-01-0938 minData Center Therapy#023 – How to Home Automate Like a BossIt’s well known that the Home Automation space is very fragmented with all the competing ecosystems and technologies out there, so this week our intrepid technology sherpas thought it'd be fun to break down the possible options & integrations for our listeners who already spend the bulk of their day supporting the tech at their organization. Learn more at ivoxy.com/how-to-home-automate-like-a-boss. Be sure to check out our upcoming Hands-On Containers & Kubernetes training classes: ivoxy.co/containers_training.
2019-12-1943 minData Center Therapy#022 – Tools of the (Information Technology) TradeMatt & Matt open up their toolboxes to share their favorite widgets, dongles, and gear that help them get their dirty data center jobs done right. Learn more at ivoxy.com/tools_of_the_information_technology_trade. Be sure to check out our upcoming Hands-On Containers & Kubernetes training classes: https://ivoxy.co/containers_training.
2019-12-1138 minData Center Therapy#021 – INSIGHT 2019 Recap - Devs are the New Kingmakers with Jeff HicksWe welcome our good friend & NetApp Technical Partner Manager, Jeff Hicks, to dive into the revelations shared from the mothership at NetApp INSIGHT 2019 – held at the surprisingly cold Las Vegas strip a couple of weeks ago. The conucopia of topics include disaggregated HCI, NetApp's Data Fabric vision, new hardware products like the AFF A400 array, and of course what we mean by "Developers are the new Kingmakers" and how we feel about it. Learn more at ivoxy.com/insight-2019-recap Oh, and by the way – NetApp is offering a free 3-minute assessment to help find the ri...
2019-11-1531 minData Center Therapy#020 – Can you Even Contain Yourself?Here comes a deep dive discussion that should prove informative and entertaining to all IT pros – container-savvy or not! Whether you’re interested in repeatability, scalability, or orchestration, there are some neat advantages containers have versus “we’ve always done it this way” deployment practices. Learn more: https://www.ivoxy.com/can-you-even-contain-yourself
2019-10-2440 minData Center Therapy#019 – Ch-Ch-Changes in Primary Storage and Data ProtectionThe guys just got back from the Pure//Accelerate conference in Austin + the Rubrik Tech Summit in Denver, and they have everything you need to know. Oh, plus they've got first-hand accounts of high-speed electric scootering and some TV show tips. Learn more at ivoxy.com/changes-in-primary-storage-and-data-protection
2019-10-0839 minData Center Therapy#018 – VMworld 2019 Redux Sneak Peek with Ryan Grelck & Kris LametRyan and Kris stop by to debrief what they learned at this year's VMworld and to queue up our biggest event of the year: VMworld 2019 Redux. Be sure to listen through to the end to get more details on the event and learn how to request your exclusive invitation!
2019-09-1832 minData Center Therapy#017 – HCI Throwdown! with David CrowThe gloves come off this week as the Matts invite David, a true EUC specialist, into our studios to debate the pros & cons of a hotly contested technology: Hyper-Converged Infrastructure. Find out more at ivoxy.com/hci-throwdown
2019-08-2834 minData Center Therapy#016 – VMworld Predux with Alec TaylorWhat do motorcycle road trips, Wu-Tang Clan, and the AetherPal acquisition have in common? VMworld 2019 of course! With the conference right around the corner, Alec joins the guys to kick around predictions and share about some can't-miss parties; as well as tease our VMworld Redux coming this fall. Get all the notes & links at ivoxy.com/vmworld19
2019-08-2039 minData Center Therapy#015 – NUMA NUMA Yay – VM Performance with Alec TaylorYette welcomes our Founding Partner, Alec, to the podcast to talk all things virtual machines: Things like NUMA & vNUMA, why DIMMs might not be optimally placed, how VMware's evolution of multi-core & multi-socket CPU hardware impact your VMs, and much more! (Apologies to anyone looking for more info on the classic O-Zone song 'Numa Numa Yei', perhaps we'll cover that on a future episode).
2019-07-2637 minData Center Therapy#014 – Cisco Live Recap with Mack NethkinIt’s time to LVtMCEaaS (Live Vicariously through Mack’s Conference Experience as a Service) as we dive into the developments and products announced at last month's show.
2019-07-0934 minData Center Therapy#013 – Home Labs & Home Automation… Because we Can’t Turn it OffWe naturally nerd-out professionally – so it should come as no surprise then, that beyond being keyboard jockeys by day, we also like to automate, command, control, and upgrade all the things in our homes, garages, entertainment systems, etc. This week we discuss our home lab and automation setups, as well as the smart home software and hardware we use to make life that much geekier.
2019-06-0634 minData Center TherapyBonus – NSX-V to -TCozz was recently joined by our very own Kris Lamet & Alec Taylor for an impromptu Q&A about the future of NSX. They briefly cover what the release of NSX-T 2.4 means for users of the NSX-V as it sunsets – and what new features -T brings to the table.
2019-05-2107 minData Center Therapy#012 – vSphere [-R]evolution - 6.7 Update 2We cover a lot this week including network virtualization & the software-defined datacenter, vRealize Log Insight, and all things 6.7 Update 2: Spectre / Meltdown, new config maximums for VMs, and more!
2019-05-0831 minData Center Therapy#011 – Learning by (API) Example with Rebecca FitzhughTechnologies like Swagger, GraphQL, PowerShell, etc. are revolutionizing the way our software interacts with other components & infrastructure in the modern data center. Rebecca Fitzhugh of Rubrik takes us through the evolution of APIs, and whether you speak JSON, Golang, Python, or just plain old English, this is one you’re not going to want to miss.
2019-04-1335 minData Center Therapy#010 – Container Technologies - There Ain't no Switch to FlipThis week Matt & Matt cover the 5 W's & the H of containers – most importantly WHEN you should be implementing them and HOW they tie into the new world of cloud-hosted infrastructure.
2019-03-2633 minData Center Therapy#009 – Embracing a Cloud-first Strategy with Jonas IrwinReady or not! Are you being pushed to deploy a cloud-first strategy? Jonas Irwin of Pure Storage brings his extensive cloud acumen to bear, discussing the hybrid consumption models that are helping organizations bridge the gap.
2019-03-0832 minData Center Therapy#008 – Mahalo & Aloha to Old Friends, and our Trip to DR in the CloudTake a 10,000-foot Pacific Northwest view of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) to get a handle on your disaster recovery plans and archival strategy as we explore the cloudy side of the data center.
2019-02-2334 minData Center Therapy#007 – Malware and Your Possibly Ailing Security Posture with Mack NethkinJoin us for a self-declared FUD-free 32 minutes where you’ll get to know a little more about our Network Practice Leader, Mack, the evolution of malware and ransomware, and how you can reduce and eliminate risk in your environment.
2018-12-2832 minData Center Therapy#006 – NSX - It Depends on the DayChris and Matt got to sit down and discuss the many benefits and use cases for upgrading your infrastructure with VMware NSX.
2018-11-2134 minData Center Therapy#005 – Automate Now! Laying the Groundwork for Infrastructure as a ServiceEverybody's talking about automating, but where to start? For the past several years Chris has been helping server admins and broader IT teams bring that time way down by implementing IaaS. On today's episode he talks through many of the ins and outs.
2018-10-2332 minData Center Therapy#004 – Don't be a Target: Palo Alto Networks with Matt CozzolinoWe are joined this week by our resident security expert, Matt Cozzolino, to talk all things Palo Alto Networks. When it comes to securing your data, Palo Alto is top notch and we at IVOXY are ready to help you deploy it successfully. Listen now to learn more about the technology and how you can experience it for yourself with the Security Lifecycle Review.
2018-09-1937 minData Center Therapy#003 – VMware Horizon View 7.5 with Ryan Grelck Ryan Grelck is an IVOXY engineer who specializes in virtual desktops, automation, and security, among other things. Chris and Matt spend some time with him drilling down on everything you need to know about the latest version of View.
2018-08-2228 minData Center Therapy#002 – A look at VMware vSphere 6.7 - Part II With so many new features in vSphere 6.7, Matt and Chris spend a bit more time diving into some that we didn't have time to mention in Episode 1.
2018-08-0727 minData Center Therapy#001 – A look at VMware vSphere 6.7 Our inaugural episode finds Matt and Chris explaining who we are at IVOXY Consulting and what we do. We quickly dive into the tech, discussing vSphere 6.7 and its headlining features.
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