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Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 09x01: Utilizing Agentic AI with Frederic Van Haren, Guy Currier, and Stephen FoskettAI is the hottest topic in tech right now, evolving dramatically over the previous eight seasons of this podcast. We are kicking off Utilizing Tech season nine with a discussion of the state of the art of Agentic AI with Frederic Van Haren of HighFens, Guy Currier of Visible Impact, and Stephen Foskett of Tech Field Day. Generative AI augments our capabilities, and is being used every day by millions of people. Agentic AI combines reasoning with actions, enabling AI to perform actions on our behalf. Although AI does not reason like us, the way it manipulates data resembles...

2025-09-2934 min

Tech Field Day Podcast SPOTLIGHT: Servers Are Still Relevant in the Age of Cloud with HPEEvent Page: https://techfieldday.com/event/tfdxhpegen12/Although we live in a world of software, server hardware still matters from datacenter to cloud to edge. This episode of the Tech Field Day Podcast features Scott Shaffer, VP and Chief Technologist at HPE, discussing the evolution of the server with Jack Poller, Vuong Pham, and Stephen Foskett. Although servers might appear to be commoditized, companies like HPE are building optimized designs for various purposes. Edge servers, for example, are a unique form factor and have special requirements for mounting, air filtering, security, power efficiency, management, and more. Datacenter...

2025-04-0836 min

Tech Field Day Podcast 33. AI Doesn't Make App Dev Any BetterEvent Page: https://techfieldday.com/event/adfd2/ Generative AI is transforming many industries where people create content. Software development is no different; AI agents are in almost every development platform. But is AI improving application development and software quality? This episode of the Tech Field Day Podcast looks at some of the issues revolving around AI and App Dev with Alastair Cooke, Guy Currier, Jack Poller, and Stephen Foskett. The ultimate objective of a software development team is to deliver an application that fulfills a business need and helps the organization be more successful. An AI that...

2024-11-1229 min

All Archives - Gestalt IT Real World AI Looks a Lot Different From the Movies Most people envision AI as a cool and orderly datacenter activity, but this technology will soon be everywhere. This episode of the On-Premise IT podcast contrasts the AI-based greenhouses of Nature Fresh Farms, as presented by guest Keith Bradley at AI Field Day, with the massive GPU-bound infrastructure many people imagine. Allyson Klein, Frederic Van Haren, and Stephen Foskett attended AI Field Day and were intrigued by the ways AI can process data from cameras and other sensors in a greenhouse environment. Podcast Information: Stephen Foskett is the Publisher of Gestalt IT and Organizer of Tech Fi...

2024-03-0500 min

Spotlight Podcast Archives - Gestalt IT Real World AI Looks a Lot Different From the Movies Most people envision AI as a cool and orderly datacenter activity, but this technology will soon be everywhere. This episode of the On-Premise IT podcast contrasts the AI-based greenhouses of Nature Fresh Farms, as presented by guest Keith Bradley at AI Field Day, with the massive GPU-bound infrastructure many people imagine. Allyson Klein, Frederic Van Haren, and Stephen Foskett attended AI Field Day and were intrigued by the ways AI can process data from cameras and other sensors in a greenhouse environment. Podcast Information: Stephen Foskett is the Publisher of Gestalt IT and Organizer of Tech Fi...

2024-03-0500 min

Tech Field Day Podcast Real World AI Looks a Lot Different From the MoviesMost people envision AI as a cool and orderly datacenter activity, but this technology will soon be everywhere. This episode of the On-Premise IT podcast contrasts the AI-based greenhouses of Nature Fresh Farms, as presented by guest Keith Bradley at AI Field Day, with the massive GPU-bound infrastructure many people imagine. Allyson Klein, Frederic Van Haren, and Stephen Foskett attended AI Field Day and were intrigued by the ways AI can process data from cameras and other sensors in a greenhouse environment. Podcast Information: Stephen Foskett is the Publisher of Gestalt IT and Organizer of Tech Field Day, no...

2024-03-0531 min

Tech Field Day Podcast Generative AI is Developing Applications Generative AI is becoming a key tool for software developers, and businesses are embracing it as well. This episode of the On-Premise IT podcast brings Paul Nashawaty of The Futurum Group, data expert Karen Lopez, and Stephen Foskett together to discuss how AI is impacting application development. Generative AI is incredibly compelling, rapidly producing credible output. that it’s hard to put a stop to it. Rather than trying to stand in the way, companies are looking for better quality tools, with data privacy and compliance capabilities to fend off the negatives that can arise from AI-generated content. AI ca...

2024-02-2027 min

Tech Field Day Podcast Hardware Can’t Keep Up With Software Modern workloads are overloading hardware systems, and the CPUs in the market today aren’t up to the task. In this episode of On-Premise IT Podcast recorded on the premises of the Cloud Field Day event in California, host Stephen Foskett is joined by Thomas LaRock, Shala Warner, and Jim Czuprynski from the IT world, to talk about innovation in hardware. The discussion addresses the burning question of whether investing in more specialized hardware will solve the problem. Hear the panel explain how hardware innovation is intertwined with software innovation, and how the two components come together to power cu...

2024-02-1328 min

Tech Field Day Podcast WebAssembly Will Displace Containers For Web-Scale Applications Containerization of applications is only a small step forward from virtualization, but WebAssembly promises a real revolution. This episode of the On-Premise IT podcast, recorded live at KubeCon 2023 in Chicago, features Nigel Poulton, Ned Bellavance, Justin Warren, and Stephen Foskett discussing the prospects for WebAssembly. WebAssembly (WASM) is lauded for its potential to be faster, smaller, and more secure than its predecessors. But skepticism surrounds its long-term adoption and development trajectory, with debates centering on whether WASM can achieve the transformative status that containers once held. While WASM applications are technically more portable, smaller, and quicker to start, adoption...

2023-12-0518 min

Tech Field Day Podcast Identity Management is Tweaking our Neuroses The concept of identity management has become increasingly complex and challenging due to the purely digital nature of modern identity. This episode of the On-Premise IT podcast, recorded on-premises at ISS in Cleveland, features Bob Kalka of IBM, Leon Adato of Kentik, and Stephen Foskett discussing the various ways identity management tweaks our neuroses. As organizations grapple with this issue, they face the daunting task of merging elements such as identity, passkeys, passwords, and AI in a way that is seamless and less nerve-wracking. Identity...

2023-11-2827 min

Tech Field Day Podcast Cybersecurity is a C-Suite Problem As ransomware continues to pose a significant threat to enterprises, C-level executives must collaborate and communicate with IT. This episode of the On-Premise IT podcast, brought to you by Commvault and recorded live in New York at their Shift event, features Thomas Bryant of Commvault along with Gina Rosenthal, Eric Wright, and Stephen Foskett. The discussion focused on the crucial need to bridge departmental gaps so IT and executive management can work together. The panel also emphasized the need for openness about risks, lessons from past attacks and the role of government mandates.

2023-11-2126 min

Tech Field Day Podcast Mind the Gap Between Hyperscale and Enterprise IT Hyperscale-inspired technology is everywhere in enterprise IT, from Kubernetes to S3 to OCP, but these technologies may not be applicable. This episode of On-Premise IT features Cloud Field Day 18 delegates Allyson Klein, Eric Wright, and Nathan Bennett discussing the cloud gap with Stephen Foskett. Looking at AI, we see a very different deployment model in hyperscale cloud as opposed to enterprise cloud, with this gap in technology, implementation, and talent widening. One impact of the needs of hyperscalers is an increased focus on sustainability, specifically energy consumption. We should also consider how the...

2023-10-1735 min

Tech Field Day Podcast Edge Innovation is Coming from All DirectionsAs we’ve discussed all season on Utilizing Edge, innovation is coming from all directions, including hardware, software, and applications. This special crossover episode of the On-Premise IT and Utilizing Tech podcasts features Edge Field Day delegates Brian Knudtson, Ned Bellavance, and Jody Lemoine discussing their perspectives about edge innovation with Stephen Foskett. The primary drivers at the edge are integration, efficiency, and connectivity, as well as the unique needs of the applications there. Starting with hardware, customers are headed in two directions, with more enterprise availability features deployed in some locations and less-capable hardware in others, both in te...

2023-10-0336 min

Tech Field Day Podcast Edge Innovation is Coming from All Directions As we’ve discussed all season on Utilizing Edge, innovation is coming from all directions, including hardware, software, and applications. This special crossover episode of the On-Premise IT and Utilizing Tech podcasts features Edge Field Day delegates Brian Knudtson, Ned Bellavance, and Jody Lemoine discussing their perspectives about edge innovation with Stephen Foskett. The primary drivers at the edge are integration, efficiency, and connectivity, as well as the unique needs of the applications there. Starting with hardware, customers are headed in two directions, with more enterprise availability features deployed in some locations and less-capable hardware in others, both in te...

2023-10-0336 min

Tech Field Day Podcast Primary Storage is Becoming Secondary Storage The storage industry is increasingly focused on memory rather than traditional storage, and this reflects an architectural shift in the compute stack. This episode of On-Premise IT focuses on the new storage stack, which now includes memory, with Andy Banta, Jim Jones, Vuong Pham, and Stephen Foskett, all of whom are attending Storage Field Day 26 and SNIA’s Storage Developer Conference. The difference between memory and storage was historically based on the technology at hand, but these lines are blurring. The latest systems can address storage and memory in very similar ways, and can apply advanced data management techniques to...

2023-09-1934 min

Tech Field Day Podcast VMware Should Focus on the Hypervisor and Networking As we head into VMware Explore US 2023, we are forced to consider the company’s strategy once again. Wouldn’t it be better if VMware focused on the hypervisor and networking rather than continually exploring new products and markets? That’s the question posed by Stephen Foskett to Allyson Klein, Andy Banta, and Matt Tyrer in this episode of the On-Premise IT podcast. Focus isn’t a bad strategy, especially given the slow pace of development for cloud-native applications in the enterprise. And VMware’s involvement in edge computing is an enticing new market for their core technologies. But not everyo...

2023-08-2235 min

Tech Field Day Podcast QLC SSDs Are Ready for Mainstream with Solidigm As NAND flash memory technology has evolved, MLC, TLC, and QLC has been perceived to compromise both reliability and performance. In this episode of the On-Premise IT podcast, we confront the reality of Quad-Level Cell (QLC) SSDs, shedding light on their capabilities and suitability for today’s workloads. Roger Corell of Solidigm, who sponsored this episode, discuss QLC SSD with Karen Lopez, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. The industry is increasingly embracing the benefits of QLC SSDs for mainstream workloads, and this discussion debunks common misconceptions, emphasizing the equivalent reliability, performance, and quality of...

2023-05-2333 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 4x1: What's Next for CXL after Memory Expansion?The first CXL products have emerged, with Samsung delivering memory and storage expanders and MemVerge supporting big memory with their software. Stephen Foskett discusses these products with Julie Choi of Samsung, Steve Scargall of MemVerge, Shalesh Thusoo of Marvell, and George Apostol of Elastics.cloud to discuss current and emerging CXL products. This special episode of Utilizing CXL was recorded live at CXL Forum in New York, with the entire industry watching. Once memory expansion is delivered, where do we go next? Marvell is working to support the new protocol in chipsets, and Elastics Cloud developing CXL fabric switches...

2022-10-2424 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 4x0: Introducing Utilizing CXLThe emerging CXL standard is making waves, promising big memory, new system architecture, and maybe even rack-scale computing. Utilizing Tech is switching focus from AI and ML to CXL for Season 4, and that means new companies, new technology and new hosts! Join Stephen Foskett as he introduces Utilizing CXL along with co-hosts Nathan Bennett and Craig Rodgers. Look for new episodes of Utilizing CXL every Monday! Links UtilizingTech.com Utilizing Tech on Twitter Guest and Hosts Stephen Foskett, Publisher of Gestalt IT and Organizer of Tech Field Day. Find Stephen’s writing at GestaltIT.com ...

2022-10-1716 min

Tech Field Day News Rundown VMware Explores the Future of Enterprise IT | Gestalt IT Rundown: August 31, 2022VMware's annual conference is taking place in San Francisco this week, and Stephen Foskett is on-site to cover the event for Gestalt IT. It's been a tumultuous event, the first from VMware since the pandemic, and it's returning with a new name and theme. VMware Explore is different from VMworld in many ways, not least for the focus on multi-cloud management and entierprise IT developers, but we're also trying to see the future, since the company will soon be purchased by Broadcom. Along with vSphere 8, which integrates Project Monterey, we're seeing a beefed-up Tanzu and a new reporting suite...

2022-08-3132 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 03x28: Revisiting Utilizing AI Season 3Frederic Van Haren and Stephen Foskett look back on all the subjects covered during Season 3 of Utilizing AI. The podcast covered many topics, from religious and ethical implications of AI to the technology that enables machine learning, but one topic that stands out is data science. If data is the key to AI, then the collection, management, organization, and sharing of data is a critical element of making AI projects possible. We also continue our “three questions” tradition by bringing in open-ended questions from Rich Harang of Duo Security, Sunil Samel of Akridata, Adi Gelvan of Speedb, Bin Fan of A...

2022-04-2528 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3x27: Benchmarking AI with MLPerfHow fast is your machine learning infrastructure, and how do you measure it? That's the topic of this episode, featuring David Kanter of MLCommons, Frederic Van Haren, and Stephen Foskett. MLCommons is focused on making machine learning better for everyone through metrics, datasets, and enablement. The goal for MLPerf is to come up with a fair and representative benchmark to allow the makers of ML systems to demonstrate the performance of their solutions. They focus on real data from a reference ML model that defines correctness, review the performance of a solution, and post the results. MLPerf started with...

2022-04-1243 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3x26: DataOps - Putting the Data in Data ScienceThe quality of an AI application depends on the quality of the data that feeds it. Sunil Samel joins Frederic Van Haren and Stephen Foskett to discuss DataOps and the importance of data quality. When we consider data-centric AI, we must consider all aspects of the data pipeline, from storing, transporting, and understanding to controlling access and cost. We must look at the data needed to train our models, think about the desired outcomes, and consider the sources and pipeline needed to get that result. We must also decide how to define quality: Do we need a variety of...

2022-03-2937 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3x25: The Unique Challenges of ML Training Data with Bin FanMachine learning is unlike any other enterprise application, demanding massive datasets from distributed sources. In this episode, Bin Fan of Alluxio discusses the unique challenges of distributed heterogeneous data to support ML workloads with Frederic Van Haren and Stephen Foskett. The systems supporting AI training are unique, with GPUs and other AI accelerators distributed across multiple machines, each accessing the same massive set of small files. Conventional storage solutions are not equipped to serve parallel access to such a large number of small files, and they often become a bottleneck to performance in machine learning training. Another issue is m...

2022-03-1535 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3x24: Challenges of Building Successful ML ProgramsWith so many AI tools available, it can be a challenge to integrate everything into a productive platform. Orly Amsalem of cnvrg.io joins Frederic Van Haren and Stephen Foskett to discuss the challenges of managing data and resources for AI training, development, management, and deployment. Orly discusses her journey from software development to AI and the challenges people face. Many in the AI community are following the same path, and are looking for tools like cnvrg to help them bring AI to their day to day work. AL blueprints, provided by cnvrg and the community, can help developers...

2022-03-0138 min

BrainChip Podcast Having a Field Day with AI Expert Stephen FoskettIn this episode, Rob Telson hosts Stephen Foskett of Gestalt IT to discuss the exciting future of AI technology in consumer, industrial, and commercial settings.

2022-03-0115 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3x23: How Algorithmic Bias in ML Affects MarketingAs machine learning is used to market and sell, we must consider how biases in models and data can impact society. Arizona State University Professor Katina Michael joins Frederic Van Haren and Stephen Foskett to discuss the many ways in which algorithms are skewed. Even a perfect model will produce biased answers when fed input data with inherent biases. How can we test and correct this? Awareness is important, but companies and governments should take active interest in detecting bias in models and data. Links: "Algorithmic bias in machine learning-based marketing models" Three Questions: Frederic...

2022-02-2139 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3x22: The State of AI and the EnterpriseWith AI technology changing so quickly, we often need to step back and take a big picture look at the market. In this episode, Manoj Suvarna of Deloitte joins Frederic Van Haren and Stephen Foskett to discuss the many products and applications of AI in the enterprise. It is important for business executives to survey the many ways that AI and data science are being applied across the enterprise and try to find ways to leverage this work in other areas. Deloitte recently conducted a survey of companies around the world to get a sense of the many ways...

2022-02-1541 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3x21: Under the Hood of the Data Engine with SpeedbData is the most important element of artificial intelligence, but how is that data managed and stored? In this episode of Utilizing AI, Adi Gelvan of Speedb goes deep under the hood to take a look at the data engine along with Frederic Van Haren and Stephen Foskett. Facebook's RocksDB provides the basic storage for many webscale projects, managing metadata in a massive scale. Because of the inherent limits of RocksDB, most cloud applications shard data across many data engines. But Speedb takes a different approach, bringing more advanced storage technology to build a compatible data engine. A good...

2022-02-0836 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3x20: GPUs and AI accelerators - What is the difference?AI is everywhere, and so are AI accelerators, from CPU to GPU to special-purpose hardware. Eitan Medina, Chief Operating Officer of Habana Labs, an Intel Company, joins Frederic Van Haren and Stephen Foskett to discuss the various specialized AI processors being developed today. Habana Labs has created a special-purpose AI training and inferencing processor with many unique features. Since deep learning is done at scale today, it makes sense to integrate enterprise networking with an accelerator like Habana Gaudi to increase overall system performance thanks to rDMA over Ethernet (RoCE) technology. Habana Gaudi is optimized for matrix math and...

2022-02-0142 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3x19: How AI Can Help in Medical Care and Pain Management with Sara E. BergerAmong many surprising applications, AI can be used for pain management and medical care. Neuroscientist Sara E. Berger of IBM joins Chris Grundemann and Stephen Foskett to discuss applications of machine learning in medical care. Pain management is a deeply personal field, but there are so many different data points that it can be difficult to see patterns that lead to positive outcomes. Machine learning can assist in sorting and selecting treatments, bringing in different sensors and data types to help patients. The more we see pain in a multi-disciplinary lens, and the more understanding we bring, the better...

2022-01-2540 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3x18: AI Everywhere, Even in Surprising Places with BrainChipBrainChip's neuromorphic AI technology has long been the talk of the industry, and now the Akida processor is available for purchase. We invited Rob Telson, VP of Worldwide Sales for BrainChip, to return to the Utilizing AI podcast to give Chris Grundemann and Stephen Foskett an update on the Akida processor. As of today, Akida is available for use by developers and hobbyists to explore neuromorphic compute at the edge. BrainChip enables five sensor modalities: Vision, hearing, touch, olfactory, and taste. BrainChip's architecture allows incremental on-chip learning at extremely low power, potentially bringing this capability to some surprising places...

2022-01-1837 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3x17: Why the Heck Even Use Deep Learning?Although it’s a powerful tool, deep learning is perhaps over-used in modern applications. In this episode of the Utilizing AI podcast, Rich Harang joins Chris Grundemann and Stephen Foskett to discuss the various reasons people use AI, both good and bad. In a November Twitter thread, Rich posited that the following conditions were required to use AI for real: The cost of errors must be extremely low, the decision needs to be possible but expensive, there needs to be the same kind of decision frequently, there needs to be a benefit and be better than a simple rule, yo...

2022-01-1141 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3x15: Utilization of Shadow AI with Run: AIShadow IT is as old as our profession, so it's no surprise that shadow AI is becoming a major issue. In this episode of Utilizing AI, Ronen Dar and Gijsbert Janssen van Doorn join Frederic Van Haren and Stephen Foskett to discuss resource utilization and shadow AI. One of the biggest issues with shadow IT is the low utilization of these resources that can come when they are purchased and used by a single corporate group or application. This is true both on-premises and in the cloud. But even if enterprise IT operations and infrastructure groups can come to...

2021-12-2140 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3x14: What Scares InfoSec About AI? With Girard KavelinesAI is coming fast to the information security world, both in terms of tools and threats. In this episode, InfoSec professional Girard Kavelines discusses the reality of AI in security with Chris Grundemann and Stephen Foskett. With AI assistance on both sides of the security divide, will we see an escalation of attack and defense? On the defense side, threats have evolved to advanced attacks that look like system processes and legitimate connections, and machine learning can help process more data than ever before. ML-based systems can also judge unknown threats that a rules-based system would never catch. On...

2021-12-1434 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3x13: AI is a Creativity Maximizer with Ben Taylor of DataRobotMany of the tasks we perform on a daily basis are beneath our abilities, and these are the ideal targets for AI. In this episode, Ben Taylor of DataRobot joins Frederic Van Haren and Stephen Foskett to talk about AI as a creativity maximizer. Business people too often get stuck in a process rather than innovating, from office work to manufacturing to R&D, and all of these can be augmented by AI-based tools. The most successful companies have hundreds or thousands of AI initiatives across the entire business to help identify opportunities for the technology to help employees...

2021-12-0739 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3x12: Democratizing Unstructured Data at Scale with Edward Cui of GravitiMachine learning applications require massive datasets, but it can be challenging to build and store large amounts of unstructured data. In this episode of Utilizing AI, Edward Cui of Graviti discusses his creation of an open repository for unstructured data with Frederic Van Haren and Stephen Foskett. Coming from Uber's self-driving organization, Cui realized the value of data and the challenge of storing massive amounts of unstructured data, so he created the Graviti platform and made it available for free to open datasets. These datasets enable development of a variety of applications, from agriculture and environmental science to gaming...

2021-11-3038 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3x11: Putting Data Science Into Everyone's Hands with Amanda Kelly of StreamlitData science and machine learning developments can't have an impact if they don't get into everyone's hands. In this episode, Amanda Kelly of Streamlit joins Chris Grundemann and Stephen Foskett to talk about the challenges and opportunities in bringing data science to everyone's hands. How can we enable marketing, sales, marketing, and other elements of the business to access data and make informed decisions themselves? Data science teams have to meet business people where they are to better answer their questions rather than trying to create a perfect model in a vacuum. Streamlit helps to productize python scripts with...

2021-11-1637 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3x10: Democratizing Data Infrastructure for ML with Melisa Tokmak of Scale AIData is the most important component of AI implementation, but most companies neglect data infrastructure and focus too much on the ML models. In this episode of the Utilizing AI podcast, Melisa Tokmak of Scale AI joins Frederic Van Haren and Stephen Foskett to discuss the democratization of data infrastructure to support machine learning projects. Enterprises often don't have a good understanding of their data, and this can undermine the success of an AI project, and this must be addressed before the project can proceed. Companies also must consider the quality of their data, beginning with a definition of...

2021-11-0944 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3x09: Focusing MLOps on the Data Scientist with Adam Probst of ZenMLMany data scientists and ML engineers have faced the challenge of putting AI models into production, and this is the core of MLOps. In this episode, Adam Probst, Co-Founder of ZenML, joins Frederic Van Haren and Stephen Foskett to discuss the challenges of putting ML models into production. Machine learning pipelines are inherently complex and fragile and require feedback and tuning, and this requires a new approach with continuous improvement and tight integration. Although reminiscent of DevOps, MLOps demands even more collaboration between IT operations, developers and data scientists, and lines of business. ZenML prepares ready-to-use MLOps infrastructure to t...

2021-11-0237 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3X08: The Invisible Workers Behind the AI Algorithms with Alexandrine RoyerAI is spreading around the world, both in terms of technology and workforces. Many tasks that support artificial intelligence are being outsourced globally, with many workers exploited or mistreated as they take up the opportunities offered by the information economy. In this episode, Alexandrine Royer, Student Fellow at the Leverhulme Center for the Future of Intelligence, joins Chris Grundemann and Stephen Foskett to discuss the prospects for global AI workers. The situation is akin to globalization of manufacturing or shipping, with powerful corporations exploiting differing regulations and approaches around the world. Given this situation, collective action and advocacy might...

2021-10-2635 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3X07: The Trillion-Parameter ML Model with Cerebras SystemsDemand for AI compute is growing faster than conventional systems architecture can match, so companies like Cerebras Systems are building massive special-purpose processing units. In this episode, Andy Hock, VP of Product for Cerebras Systems, joins Frederic Van Haren and Stephen Foskett to discuss this new class of hardware. The Cerebras Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE-2) has 850,000 processors on a single chip the size of a dinner plate, along with 40 GB of SRAM and supporting interconnects. But Cerebras also has a software stack that integrates with standard ML frameworks like PyTorch and TensorFlow. Although the trillion-parameter model is a real need...

2021-10-1940 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3x05: The Philosophical and Religious Aspects of AIIn this episode, we consider the moral and ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence. Leon Adato, host of the Technically Religious podcast, joins Frederic Van Haren and Stephen Foskett to consider the boundaries of technology and the choices we make. Leon suggests that the unintentional, unconscious, and undetectable impact of AI is the key consideration, not the science fiction questions of AI and religion. Many religions seek to apply the lessons of the past to new technologies and situations, and these can provide a unique insight into the question of the way we as a society should proceed. We must...

2021-10-0539 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3x04: How AI and ML are used in Network Management with Tom Hollingsworth of Gestalt ITLocal and wide-area networks can get complex very quickly, so it's no surprise that AI-powered network management is making a huge impact in the enterprise. In this episode, Tom Hollingsworth, who runs Networking Field Day for Gestalt IT, joins Chris Grundemann and Stephen Foskett to discuss applications of AI in network monitoring and management. Solutions like Mist from Juniper Networks give network administrators the ability to ask questions get insight using the power of machine learning. This proactive observability stance allows network administrators to answer difficult questions rather than just keeping things running. AI truly has become a co-pilot...

2021-09-2835 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3x03: Platform Considerations For Deploying AI At Scale with Tony Paikeday of NVIDIAEnterprises are working to simplify the process of deploying and managing systems to support AI applications. That's what NVIDIA's DGX architecture is designed to do, and what we'll talk about on this episode. Frederic Van Haren and Stephen Foskett are joined by Tony Paikeday, Senior Director, AI Systems at NVIDIA, to discuss the tools needed to operationalize AI at scale. Although many NVIDIA DGX systems have been purchased by data scientists or directly by lines of business, it is also a solution that CIOs have embraced. The system includes NVIDIA GPUs of course but also CPU, storage, and connectivity...

2021-09-2141 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 3x02: Using AI to Assess Risk with Mike O'Malley of SenecaGlobalMachine learning excels at finding needles in haystacks, even unexpected ones, and this helps organizations to assess risks. In this first episode of season 3, Utilizing AI hosts Stephen Foskett and Chris Grundemann discuss risk analysis with Mike O'Malley of SenecaGlobal. ML is extremely good at detecting outliers and adapting to changing patterns, and this can yield excellent results in applications like financial pattern recognition. But AI lacks real understanding, and this can limit the use cases for ML. Three Questions Are there any jobs that will be completely eliminated by AI in the next five years? ...

2021-09-1429 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 2x29: How AI Can Help Displaced Workers with Saiph SavageAlthough we usually focus on the ways AI can displace workers, this technology can also create new jobs and help them. In this episode, Saiph Savage joins Chris Grundemann and Stephen Foskett to discuss the many ways AI can help displaced workers. One new type of job created by AI is in the area of model training, and this can help develop digital skills and improve the lives of workers. Digital labor platforms tend to be opaque, however, and we must audit them to understand the wages paid, exposure to negative content, and invisible labor workers do to continue...

2021-07-2039 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 2x28: Offloading ML Processing to Storage Devices with NGD SystemsToday’s storage devices (disks and SSDs) have processors and memory already, and this is the concept of computational storage. If drives can process data locally, they can relieve the burden of communication and processing and help reduce the amount of data that gets to the CPU or GPU. In this episode, Vladimir Alves and Scott Shadley join Chris Grundemann and Stephen Foskett to discuss the AI implications of computational storage. Modern SSDs already process data, including encryption and compression, and they are increasingly taking on applications like machine learning. Just as industrial IoT and edge computing is taking on...

2021-07-1337 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 2x27: How the ML Community Has Evolved in 2021 with Demetrios Brinkmann and David AponteThe MLOps community has grown dramatically recently, with security, a data-centric approach, ethical implications, and a growing and diverse community rising in 2021. In this episode, MLOps Community managers Demetrios Brinkmann and David Aponte join Steph Locke and Stephen Foskett to discuss what has changed over the last year. It seems that a new ML company is launching every week, and the MLOps Community provides a great way to learn about these. We are also seeing a push and pull between open source and cloud platforms, and concern about lock-in and technical debt. Data science and machine learning are merging...

2021-07-0651 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 2x26: The Global Imbalance of AI Investment with Sofia TrejoLook at a list of the top companies in the world, and most are focused in the United States, China, and Europe, and this causes an imbalance of investment in AI. With most companies building AI infrastructure and applications located in Silicon Valley and similar areas, how will the rest of the world catch up? Sofia Trejo joins Chris Grundemann and Stephen Foskett to discuss the implications of this imbalance, which causes an AI divide. Companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon increasingly centralize global data through their internet access initiatives, and all are also deeply involved in developing cloud...

2021-06-2937 min

Nerd Journey: Career Advice for the Technology Professional A Different Kind of Technical with Tom Hollingsworth (2/3) Welcome to episode 126 of the Nerd Journey Podcast [@NerdJourney]! We’re John White (@vJourneyman) and Nick Korte (@NetworkNerd_), two Pre-Sales Technical Engineers who are hoping to bring you the IT career advice that we wish we’d been given earlier in our careers. In today’s episode we share part 2 of the interview with Tom Hollingsworth, discussing his transition to event lead at Tech Field Day, how the role was still technical in many ways though different, and a little more detail about what those who attend Tech Field Day experience. Original Recording Date: 06-01-2021 Tom Hollin...

2021-06-2900 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 2x25: AI Is Going to Be Everywhere and in Everything With David KleeAI is everywhere these days, powering applications from the enterprise to industrial, medical, education, and mobility. In this episode, David Klee joins Chris Grundemann and Stephen Foskett to discuss the ubiquity of AI technology today. Although not all applications of machine learning have been compelling, we are starting to see novel uses that allow us to do things we could never do before. One exciting application is in root cause analysis across the entire application stack, which has never before been possible. Three Questions Will we ever see a Hollywood-style “artificial mind” like Mr. Data or othe...

2021-06-2231 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 2x24: MLOps Is About Quality Not Technology with Steph LockeMLOps is similar to DevOps but focused on ML, and focuses on improving quality of delivery for artificial intelligence applications. In this episode, Stephen Foskett discusses MLOps with Steph Locke, CEO of Nightingale HQ. DevOps is very much a cultural shift for software development, while MLOps in practice tends to be more of a team sport, with software developers, data scientists, machine learning experts, and IT infrastructure and operations. Another benefit of MLOps is the improvement of efficiency that results from having all these diverse groups collaborate on application development and deployment. Three Questions How long...

2021-06-1531 min

The Watch Files x1 Breitling's Montbrillant Watch ManufactoryIn this special "extra" episode of The Watch Files, Stephen Foskett tells the story of the Breitling Montbrillant Watch Manufactory in La Chaux-de-Fonds. If you're a Breitling fan, you're probably aware of the name, Montbrillant, which has been used on historic models and featured in advertising for a century. But you might be surprised to learn what the name really refers to, and the complicated history of the Montbrillant Watch Manufactory Breitling operated in La Chaux-de-Fonds for 85 years. This is the audio of a special Watch Files video, which can be seen on YouTube: "What Does “Montbrillant” Mean to Brei...

2021-06-0410 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 2x22: Microsoft is Democratizing AI with Steph LockeMicrosoft plays a large role in enterprise IT applications, from the desktop to the datacenter to the Azure cloud, and the company is active in the world of AI as well. But most of Microsoft’s work has gone unnoticed, with high-profile cloud AI and ML applications at companies like Google and Uber getting all the press. In this episode, Steph Locke joins Chris Grundemann and Stephen Foskett to discuss the place of AI inside the Microsoft ecosystem. Microsoft has built AI into search and Cortana and has also produced an AI Builder and ML workspace in Azure that al...

2021-06-0140 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 2x20: Expanding ML Models Beyond Current Limits with GroqMachine learning models have grown tremendously in recent years, with some having hundreds of billions of data points, and we wonder how big they can get. How do we deploy even bigger models, whether it’s in the cloud or using captive infrastructure? Models are getting bigger and bigger, then are distilled and annealed, and then grow bigger still. In this episode, Dennis Abts of Groq discusses the scalability of ML models with Stephen Foskett and Chris Grundemann. HPC architecture and concepts are coming to the enterprise, enabling us to work with unthinkable amounts of data. But we are al...

2021-05-1840 min

Ace Jewelers Podcast Ace Jewelers Podcast Series "The Art of Collecting Wristwatches" S01E14 Stephen FoskettAn original Ace Jewelers Podcast Series: "The Art of Collecting Wristwatches" Season One, Episode 14: Stephen Foskett This is an exclusive audio online episode of the podcast series "The Art of Collecting Wristwatches" by Ace Jewelers. In this series we interview wristwatch collectors all over the world. We want to find out what makes them tick. In this episode American watch collector, historian & journalist Stephen Foskett shares his journey as a watch collector. He founded and publishes Grail Watch and the sister site, Grail Watch Reference. He is also a cont...

2021-05-1431 min

Into the Woods with Holly Worton 407 Keith Foskett ~ Through Hiking Long-Distance Trails in the USA and SpainI'm excited to introduce this week's guest, Keith Foskett, also known as Fozzie (that's his trail name). I've read two and a half of his hiking books (I'm in the middle of one right now), and they were one of the things that helped me to get through this last lockdown—it was like having an armchair adventure. If you've ever wondered about hiking the Camino de Santiago, the Pacific Crest Trail, the Appalachian Trail, or the Continental Divide Trail, this episode is for you. We talk about the differences between the trails, what kind of preparation yo...

2021-05-1051 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 2x18: Taking Machine Learning on the Road with IBM and B-PlusDevelopment of autonomous vehicles is an excellent example of machine learning applied to industrial IoT. In this episode, Alexander Noack of b-plus and Frank Kräemer of IBM Germany join Chris Grundemann and Stephen Foskett to discuss data collection on the road, central processing, and AI model training. Machine learning is part of the development of autonomous vehicle development and is also used in production in vehicles. It is also used to filter data and enhance processing, and this is the same concept found in many edge and industrial use cases. Edge computing is relevant beyond AI, and these t...

2021-05-0434 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 2x17: How AI Drives the Need for Next-Generation Infrastructure Architectures with LiqidWe are on the cusp of a totally new architecture for enterprise IT, and this change toward composability is being driven by applications like AI. Instead of designing around fixed-configuration servers, disaggregation allows the use of pools of resources, and composability allows dynamic allocation of these resources as needed for different applications. When it comes to AI workloads, organizations can deploy a set of expensive GPUs and then allocate these as needed to various tasks, and redeploy these when that task (ML training, for example) is done. That’s what Liqid is delivering for their customers, and why we in...

2021-04-2738 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 2x16: Optimizing ML at the Edge for Industrial IoT with Sastry Malladi of FogHornIndustrial cameras and sensors are generating more data than ever, and companies are increasingly moving machine learning to the edge to meet it. This is the market for FogHorn, so we invited Co-Founder Sastry Malladi to join Chris Grundemann and Stephen Foskett to discuss the implications of this challenge. Industrial IoT, also called operational technology, is the use of distributed connected sensors and devices in industrial environments, from factories to oil rigs to retail. Any solution to this problem must be oriented towards the staff and skills found in these environments and must reflect the data inputs and outputs...

2021-04-2132 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 2x15: Enabling AI Applications through Datacenter Connectivity with NvidiaAI applications typically require massive volumes of data and multiple devices within the datacenter. Nvidia acquired Mellanox to bring them industry-leading networking products to enable next-generation applications, including artificial intelligence. Kevin Deierling joins Chris Grundemann and Stephen Foskett to discuss the Nvidia vision for a datacenter-wide compute unit with integrated networking to bring all of these components together. This represents a continuous evolution of computing, from supercomputers to HPC to big data to AI, all of which have required more compute, memory, and storage resources than any one device and require the connectivity to bring it all together.

2021-04-1332 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 2x10: AI and Analytics Are Driving a New Kind of Storage with Brad King of ScalityBig data really wasn't all that big until modern analytics and machine learning applications appeared, but now storage solutions have to scale capacity and performance like never before. In this episode, Brad King, Co-Founder of Scality, joins Chris Grundemann and Stephen Foskett to discuss this new demand for scalable storage by AI applications. Applications like autonomous driving, log analysis, and travel booking are driving massive need for storage as AI applications detect anomalies and support business intelligence. Scality had to tune their system to handle the massive scale of data supporting these applications, with up to a petabyte of...

2021-03-0934 min

Technically Religious S3E04: Tech In Religion 02image credit: CWWally: http://www.threadless.com/@cwwally) “Tech In Religion” is a running series under the Technically Religious umbrella. In these episodes, we look at technology - be it a website, a phone app, or a gadget - that somehow deepens, strengthens, or improves our experience of or connection to our faith (our religious, moral, and/or ethical point of view). This is a tech review lovingly wrapped in a through-line about faith in general and our experience of faith in particular. The goal is to uncover and promote tech you (our audience) might not have hear...

2021-03-0941 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 2x09: Building Transparency and Fighting Bias in AI with Ayodele OdubelaWhen it comes to AI, it's garbage in, garbage out: A model is only as good as the data used. In this episode of Utilizing AI, Ayodele Odubela joins Chris Grundemann and Stephen Foskett to discuss practical ways companies can eliminate bias in AI. Data scientists have to focus on building statistical parity to ensure that their data sets are representative of the data to be used in applications. We consider the sociological implications for data modeling, using lending and policing as examples for biased data sets that can lead to errors in modeling. Rather than just believing the...

2021-03-0231 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 2x08: Algorithmic Bias and Subjective Decision Making with Alf RehnBiases can creep into any data set, and these can cause trouble when this data is used to train an AI model. Alf Rehn, Professor of Innovation, Design, and Management at the University of Southern Denmark, joins Andy Thurai and Stephen Foskett to discuss the lessons he has learned about algorithmic bias based on his work with the Velux Foundations Algorithms, Data and Democracy project. Society is directing artificial intelligence to solving some problems and ignoring others, and this can create biases as surely as data selection in model training. Can we ever truly eliminate bias? If not how...

2021-02-2333 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 2x07: Improving AI with Transfer Learning Featuring Frederic Van HarenProductive use of AI requires the application of existing models to new applications through a process called transfer learning. In this episode, High-Performance Computing and AI Expert Frederic van Haren joins Stephen Foskett to discuss the topic of transfer learning and what it means, from voice recognition to autonomous driving and enterprise applications. Transfer learning is analogous to the way teachers impart knowledge and experience to their students, and represents a feedback loop that improves the model over time. This is a valuable concept for applications like language processing but requires a feedback mechanism or it is something of...

2021-02-1637 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 2x05: How AI Can Save IT Operations From Drowning in Data with Josh Atwell from SplunkAI is impacting IT operations more quickly than expected, and companies like Splunk are leveraging it to augment staff capabilities. Josh Atwell joins Andy Thurai and Stephen Foskett to discuss practical application of AI to help keep IT operations from drowning in data as applications are distributed in containers and the cloud. The key to using AI for operations is to leverage it to assist staff to process the volume and velocity of data, not replace them. Guests and Hosts Josh Atwell is Senior Technology Advocate at Splunk. Find Josh on Twitter as @Josh_Atwell and...

2021-02-0230 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 2x04: Talking To Business People About AI with Ken Grohe of WekaKen Grohe of Weka discusses various business use cases for AI-enabled applications with Chris Grundemann and Stephen Foskett. AI is coming into practical use right now in applications like autonomous vehicles, drug development and healthcare, and retail. High-performance scalable storage is necessary for many ML training applications, and can be key to advanced applications in life sciences and others with massive data sets. The Chief Data Officer, and data scientists in general, are the future of the business, and AI is enabling the growth of this field. Guests and Hosts Ken Grohe, President and Chief Revenue...

2021-01-2634 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 2x03: Deploying AI in the Business with Per Nyberg of Stradigi AIPer Nyberg of Stradigi AI discusses "blue collar" AI applications with Stephen Foskett. What problems can businesses solve with AI technology? Machine learning can find anomalies and outliers in manufacturing and finance, look for relationships in data, and cutting through the complexity of multi-disciplinary data. Consider customer churn: Machine learning can discover features in profiles that might not be visible even to an expert. Data scientists and AI experts must learn to present AI technology to average business people in terms they can understand, and this has lead to a "haves/have nots" situation where some companies or business u...

2021-01-1928 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 2x02: The Last Mile - Connecting AI to Enterprise Applications with Monte ZwebenThere are many “last mile” items on the enterprise checklist, and companies are struggling to connect everything together. In this episode, Monte Zweben, CEO of Splice Machine, discusses feature stores with Andy Thurai and Stephen Foskett. Data engineers maintain data pipelines, data scientists maintain the data store, and machine learning engineers are trying to create models and package them so they will be useful. One idea is to store a model in a relational database, store records in a feature table, and enable the database to trigger a model based on this data. That’s what Splice Machines is implem...

2021-01-1236 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 2x01: AI-Driven Information Security with Steve SalinasAI will be part of everything we do in the future, not replacing us but augmenting our work, and this is especially true in information security. In this, the first episode of Season 2 of Utilizing AI, Steve Salinas joins Chris Grundemann and Stephen Foskett to discuss AI as a “co-pilot.” Enterprise security saw an explosion of threats in the last decade, outstripping the ability of information security professionals to identify and prevent intrusions. The goal of enterprise AI in security is to help identify threats both known and unknown through deep learning as well as simpler pattern-matching machine learning. Of c...

2021-01-0530 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 01x18: Merging Data Science and AI with Mel Greer of IntelJust as data analytics transformed business intelligence so is artificial intelligence transforming data science. In this episode, Mel Greer of Intel joins Chris Grundemann and Stephen Foskett to discuss this transformation, which is impacting business of all sorts including Intel itself. Intel's strategy has evolved, and their hardware platforms are following, with the company developing hardware and software to serve AI-driven data analytics. The conversation then turns to the challenges of implementing unbiased AI, from explainable AI to diversity of data and thought within businesses.Hosts and GuestsMel Greer, Chief Data Scientist, Americas, at...

2020-12-2233 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 01x16: As AI is Transforming Our Tools, It’s Also Transforming Us with Chris GrundemannIn this episode, Stephen Foskett and Chris Grundemann discuss the impact of AI on the future of work. How will our everyday lives be transformed by the widespread application of AI? What about the datacenter? Do AI-enabled network management tools mean we lose jobs? We already rely on AI-enabled tools, from Siri to Marvis, and maybe this is the template for the future of work with AI. Not everyone needs to be a data scientist or programmer, we just need to see AI as a co-worker.Episode Hosts and Guests Stephen Foskett, Publisher of Gestalt IT...

2020-12-0824 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 01x13: Will NVIDIA Dominate the Market for AI Hardware with Matt Bryson of Wedbush SecuritiesMatt Bryson of Wedbush Securities joins Stephen Foskett for a discussion of AI hardware companies, focusing on the biggest player, Nvidia. Stephen and Matt start with a look at Nvidia: Just how big is Nvidia in the enterprise AI market? Then we turn to other major player in this space, Intel, which is strong in the inference market with their Xeon processors but obviously wants a bigger piece of the special-purpose processor market. AMD has had success in the cloud but doesn’t seem focused on the AI space. Then we look at the world of AI hardware startups. Ho...

2020-11-1726 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 01x11: Is Kubeflow the Real Deal? Featuring David Aponte and Demetrios BrinkmannDavid Aponte and Demetrios Brinkmann discuss the future of Kubeflow with Stephen Foskett and Andy Thurai. Kubeflow is getting a lot of attention, but contributions and community seem to be lagging. Is this really the future of machine learning or just another dead-end open source project? Will product vendors pile on top, redirect the project, or kill development? The open source community tends to gravitate to quality projects, and it will develop Kubeflow (or not) based on the usefulness of the solution.Episode Hosts and Guests David Aponte, Machine Learning Engineer. Find David online at LinkedIn...

2020-11-0334 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 01x10: Bringing DevOps Principles to MLOps with Gaetan CasteleinStephen Foskett and Andy Thurai discuss the parallels between DevOps and MLOps with Gaetan Castelein of Tecton. We are in the middle of a shift in analytics and software engineering, with DevOps and continuous deployment, and this is colliding with the development of data analytics and big data. Machine Learning allows organizations to handle this explosion of data and build new applications and automate new business processes, but MLOps must be converged with big data and DevOps tooling to make this a reality. One key enabler of this transformation is the creation of an ML feature store, which stores...

2020-10-2730 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 01x09: Deploying AI Models in the Enterprise with Manasi Vartak of VertaStephen Foskett discusses the practicalities involved in packaging, deploying, and operating AI models with Manasi Vartak of Verta. Deploying an AI model in production is a challenge, just like it was in the past with software. Once a company has an AI model to deploy, they must validate its results, create scaffolding code to make it consumable, optimize the data pipelines, instrument it, and assign operators. This is what Manasi and Verta have developed, and the world of AIOps parallels that of DevOps but with some unique twists. The data component of AI models presents a unique challenge not...

2020-10-2029 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 01x08: What Does AI Mean For the Future of Networking with Chris GrundemannStephen Foskett and Andy Thurai are joined by Chris Grundemann to discuss how AI is used in enterprise networking, and how it is changing the industry. They begin with a discussion of AI in enterprise networking, connecting it with software-defined networking and other trends. What network management tasks can be improved through the use of AI? Grundemann looks to using the technology in root cause analysis and fault correlation as well as prediction of network events. The discussion then turns to the ways that AI workloads will change the workload or demand on networking. AI systems demand data, throughput...

2020-10-1322 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 01x07: The Seductive Appeal of AI with Josh FidelStephen Foskett is joined by Josh Fidel, a technologist and futurist who has been inspired by applications for AI. Starting with a discussion of GPT-3, the AI text generation engine, the discussion ranges widely from AI Weirdness to James Yu's Singular to technological determinism to the Melbourne Monolith. Applications of AI are everywhere today, and Fidel's background as an enterprise technologist and futurist gives him a unique perspective. AI is generating compelling content, and we all must be ready to absorb and understand it. How will businesses use machine-generated text? It is likely that we will have to push...

2020-10-0630 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 01x06: Ethics and Bias in AI with Karen LopezStephen Foskett is joined by Karen Lopez, an expert and speaker on data management, data quality, and data analysis. Karen focuses on the quality of the data underlying AI systems and the ethics of using this data. She discusses concerns about data reuse, consent for use, and how changes of data cat impact the outcome of models. We also consider the impact of pervasive data collection, and how this flood of data can impact the outcome of AI models. We finish with a discussion of outliers and missing data, and how this can affect the integrity of artificial intelligence...

2020-09-2926 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 01x05: Building AI and Machine Learning Infrastructure with Gina RosenthalStephen Foskett is joined by Gina Rosenthal, an expert on enterprise IT infrastructure and operations. Gina has made her career in enterprise IT infrastructure and has worked with many of the largest vendors. In this episode, she considers how vendors approach artificial intelligence, what applications they are delivering, and what this means in the enterprise. The conversation turns to ethics and risks of AI applications and how business should approach building AI models. As AI applications are deployed in the line of business, IT infrastructure organizations need to be prepared to handle the demands of these systems with next-generation...

2020-09-2225 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 01x04: Is Enterprise IT Operations Really Ready for AI with Ray LucchesiStephen Foskett is joined by Ray Lucchesi, an expert on enterprise IT infrastructure and operations. Ray has seen many technologies come and go, but he's impressed by AI. Why does he think it's more reality than hype and how does he think it will affect the datacenter going forward? How are product vendors using AI and ML technology today, from storage to security to systems management? What will AI mean to datacenter infrastructure and the future of CPU and GPU hardware?Stephen Foskett can be found at GestaltIT.com and on Twitter @SFoskett. Ray Lucchesi can be...

2020-09-1523 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 01x03: How is Machine Learning Affecting IT Operations with ML Ops CommunityStephen Foskett discusses practical aspects of enterprise AI with David Aponte and Demetrios Brinkmann. AI offers promise to help IT operations departments deal with the flood of data, since ML is so good at finding needles in haystacks. But is it true or just vendor hype? Are current vendors able to work in this space or do we need a new kind of product or vendor to develop AI models? Does the new data demand a different type of infrastructure? And how are AIOps related to DevOps?Find Stephen online at GestaltIT.com and on Twitter at...

2020-09-0829 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 01x02: Ethical and Moral AI with Andy ThuraiStephen Foskett and Andy Thurai discuss the ethics and morality of AI. Taking a cue from an article written by Andy for AI Trends, we focus on the various biases that can influence AI, and how to prevent these from interfering with the results. Andy recommends modeling knowing that biases would come into the input data, recognizing limitations in technology and data, teaching human values and validating AI models, and setting an ethical tone in the organization creating the AI model. Like people, AI models can only be as unbiased as their environment and training, and it is critical...

2020-09-0128 min

Utilizing Tech - The Podcast Series about New and Emerging Technologies 01x01: AI is Getting Real with Andy ThuraiIn this pilot episode of Utilizing AI, Stephen Foskett and Andy Thurai discuss the reason for the podcast and consider where we go from here.AI is getting real, moving out of academia and hyperscale and into the enterprise. Businesses are adopting AI in strategically, and IT companies are deploying AI technologies in their products. This trend is quite obvious to Stephen at Gestalt IT, as many Tech Field Day companies present AI-enabled products for network monitoring and management, security, mobility, and much more. Today's infrastructure applications are focused on applying machine learning to large datasets, finding...

2020-08-2822 min

The Tech Trailblazers Startup Podcast JudgesonFire inaugural podcast with Stephen Foskett of Tech Field DayStephen joins Chief Trailblazer Rose Ross to discuss why he has joined the esteemed Tech Trailblazers judges. Charting his move from SysAdmin to analyst and now entrepreneur leading the Tech Field Day team who connect tech vendors many are startups with influencers from across the globe.

2020-06-1928 min

The Pure Report Technology Zombies - Dead or Alive?Analyst Stephen Foskett from Gestalt IT returns to the Pure Report for an entertaining discussion around the life cycle of certain influential and historical IT technologies in data management and beyond. From mainframes to storage protocols and microprocessors, tune in to hear the zombie scale rating for each regarding how much viability exists in these technologies. For more info on Stephen Foskett and Gestalt IT: https://gestaltit.com/

2020-02-0621 min

The Pure Report Accelerate Day 1 Recap with Stephen Foskett from Gestalt ITThe highly entertaining Gestalt IT analyst and influencer Stephen Foskett joins the Pure Report to recap a busy day 1 of Pure Accelerate in Austin. Listen to get Stephen's perspectives on all the latest Pure announcements including FlashArray//C, Storage Class Memory, Cloud Block Store, FlashBlade, Pure1 and more. For more information on Gestalt IT, go to: https://gestaltit.com/ and for the latest on Accelerate 2019: https://www.purestorage.com/accelerate.html

2019-09-1923 min

Voices in Data Storage A Conversation with Stephen Foskett of Tech Field Day In this episode, Enrico Signoretti talks with Stephen Foskett about the future of Data Storage, current trends and the phenomenon of Tech Field Day Voices in Data Storage – Episode 9: A Conversation with Stephen Foskett of Tech Field Day

2019-02-2729 min

SolarWinds TechPod Dropped Packets with Stephen FoskettListen in on a candid conversation with Stephen Foskett, a fixture in the world of enterprise information technology, longtime voice in the storage industry, and organizer in chief of Gestalt IT's Tech Field Day. He divulges some of his best tech-related travel tips, secret passions, and what the future has in store for Tech Field Day with host Alex Navarro. This podcast is provided for informational purposes only. © 2019 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved.

2019-02-2110 min

RunAs Radio Next Generation Storage with Stephen FoskettRichard chats with Stephen Foskett about where storage is at these days. The conversation spans far and wide, talking about how Microsoft's latest products (like Exchange 2013) are rather SAN-hostile, why we're all happy to get away from FibreChannel, our indifference toward iSCSI and the impact of NFS and SMB3 on file systems. Stephen also talks about just how fast fast is these days - whether it's SSDs, PCI-E based storage or USB3 thumb drives! It's all about the iOPs! Make sure you check out Tech Field Day!

2013-10-0240 min

RunAs Radio Stephen Foskett Builds Virtual Data Centers!Richard talks to Stephen Foskett about building data centers for virtual servers. The conversation ranges over how virtualization has evolved from consolidating servers in data centers into the newer concepts of private cloud, where being able to move and/or duplicate a virtual machine quickly becomes paramount. Stephen focuses on the challenges around data in these scenarios and how traditional disaster recovery techniques for data migration are inadequate. In 2012 Stephen will be doing a series of seminars on building virtual infrastructure - check them out for more information!

2012-02-0129 min

RunAs Radio Stephen Foskett Talks Storage!Richard and Greg talk to Stephen Foskett about storage technologies. Stephen gives a history of storage technologies from RAID arrays to SANs, including Microsoft's Storage Server. The conversation ranges over a huge number of storage technologies, including the new generation of low cost iSCSI targets, lamenting the death of Microsoft Home Server and even diving into obscure concepts like (get this) Fibre Channel over Token Ring! The show ends exploring the prospects of storage in the cloud and the possibilities going forward for data storage.

2011-07-1335 min