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Infrastructure MattersIs AI Augmenting or Replacing? CISO's Report on AI Attacks and the News on HPE, Azure, Microsoft and Google - Episode 82How is AI impacting staff-IT company operations? CISO's say AI is attacking! Then, more on the VMware battles (KVM, VMware, Nutanix), and HPE Morpheus in the mix. What is happening with Balkanization in the cloud? And a sneak peak at Dion's latest CIO Insight studies.
2025-05-2631 minInfrastructure MattersRoundup on Tech Field Day for AI Infrastructure, Nutanix .NEXT, OpenAI, RSAC - Episode 81Keith and Camberley cover the latest tech notions from the events of the last few weeks, including Tech Field Day on AI, IBM Think and Nutanix .NEXT. Then, reflections on VMware migrations, OpenAI country plans and investments in IBM Quantum.
2025-05-0932 minInfrastructure MattersAI Disruption, Big Tech Gains and the $500 Billion Bet on Infrastructure - Episode 80On this week’s episode of Infrastructure Matters, we unpack a flurry of headlines shaping the enterprise tech landscape. ServiceNow, SAP, and HPE all post solid earnings, while Google Cloud continues its impressive streak with a 28% year-over-year growth. Dion Hinchcliffe flags a sobering report from AlixPartners warning that over 100 public software firms are on the brink of disruption by AI-native challengers and hyperscalers. We also cover Oracle’s cloud security concerns, the EU’s massive $200B InvestAI initiative, and Nvidia’s jaw-dropping $500B U.S. AI infrastructure plans with partners TSMC and Foxconn. Plus, Dell refreshes its storage portfolio—from Power...2025-05-0628 min
Dream Plan ExecuteEP 040: From the track to the boardroom, discover how the mindset of an athlete shaped a career in infrastructure leadership—blending grit, strategy, and service to deliver real-world impact.“Presence paired with precision” — that’s Kaye’s superpower. And in this episode, you’ll understand why that combination is a game-changer for leadership in any industry.I had the honor of sitting down with Kaye Bealer, Vice President of Customer Relations & Development at Brown and Caldwell, to explore the life, career, and philosophy behind one of the most dynamic leaders in the water infrastructure space.In this deep and authentic conversation, Kaye reflects on:✅ How her background as a competitive track athlete gave her the mental toughness, discipline, and focus she now brings to billion-dollar...2025-05-0157 min
Affordable Housing & Real Estate InvestingWhat is Horizontal Development? Top Issues That Happen BEFORE Building Vertically - Taurean GordonWhat if we told you that real estate development doesn't start with bricks and buildings... but with roads, pipes, and most importantly, the community?Taurean Gordon, Co-Founder of Greenwood Seneca, shares how he unexpectedly entered this field through a management consulting firm that introduced him to infrastructure, and how this work shapes the destiny of entire communities.From high-speed rail in California, land acquisitions for stadiums, to identifying what cities and communities need in place before they build, you'll want to know all about Horizontal Development and all the work that precedes it!...2025-04-2953 minInfrastructure MattersAgents, Exits and Ecosystems: Cloud Shifts and Storage Surges This Week - Episode 79In this week’s episode, we explore a flurry of announcements shaking up the enterprise infrastructure world. OpenAI rolls out o3 and the compact o4-mini, models built for high-performance reasoning and optimized agent use. Meanwhile, European enterprises are reportedly eyeing a hyperscaler exodus, signaling potential shifts in cloud strategy. Google Cloud counters with major momentum—launching its Distributed Cloud tailored for Gemini workloads and pushing forward with Firebase Studio, designed to streamline developer workflows. We also dive into Google’s newly released agent2agent protocol from Cloud Next, and the expanding Agent Space ecosystem. On the storage front, Dell m...2025-04-2133 minInfrastructure MattersMaking Decisions on Infrastructure in Light of Tariffs - Episode 78The IM team tackles tariffs and decision making for the infrastructure gang, and what to consider and plan for on this bumpy ride. Plus we highlight news from Intel Vision with Gaudi and new data management tool Hydrolix. Lastly, LLM tackles the Turing Test and what it means. Check out Dion's CIO playbook on tariffs:
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2025-04-0431 minInfrastructure MattersHas the Token Economy Arrived? Decoding NVIDIA’s GTC and the Future of AI - Episode 77On this episode of the Six Five Webcast – Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Keith Townsend, and Dion Hinchcliffe dive into the highlights and key takeaways from the recent GTC Conference. Topics include NVIDIA’s strategies and dominance in the AI sector, the ongoing challenges of AI infrastructure, and the intriguing concept of a token economy as a measuring tool for AI costs.
2025-03-3130 minInfrastructure MattersThe Latest from GTC: Announcements on Data Infrastructure and How the AI Markets are Shaping Up - Episode 76On this episode of the Six Five Webcast – Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates and Keith Townsend dive into the latest announcements and developments in data infrastructure and AI markets, ahead of GTC. Their discussion delves into new advancements and community engagement shaping the technology landscape.
2025-03-2133 minInfrastructure MattersSurprise: AI Drives Earnings Up and Down, Plus Agentic AI and Tariffs - Episode 75On this episode of the Six Five Webcast – Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Keith Townsend, and Dion Hinchcliffe dive into the pivotal role AI plays in driving business earnings, in addition to significant trends in the tech market, innovative advancements in AI, and the impact of global tariffs on the sector.
2025-03-1432 minInfrastructure MattersInfrastructure Matters Earnings Impact, AI and DNA, AI and Data Management - Episode 74On this episode of the Six Five Webcast – Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Keith Townsend, and Dion Hinchcliffe share a conversation on the significant impacts of recent earnings reports, advancements in AI, and the challenges of data management in corporate infrastructure.
2025-03-0431 minInfrastructure MattersEarnings Impact, AI and DNA, AI and Data Management - EP72Lenovo and Cisco earnings, HPE Gen12 servers, and the implications of the Evo2 Model. What you don't want to hear about W3/Blockchain. Lastly, data management—can unified data systems solve the AI dilemma?
2025-02-2531 minInfrastructure MattersInfrastructure Matters $100 Billion for OpenAI? - Episode 73On this episode of the Six Five Webcast—Infrastructure Matters, hosts Keith Townsend and Dion Hinchcliffe discuss the hottest topics in infrastructure and technology. They cover crucial developments affecting the industry, from the surge in Intel’s stock to the ethical landscape of AI advancement.
2025-02-1930 minInfrastructure Matters$100 Billion for OpenAI? - Infrastructure Matters - EP71On this episode of Infrastructure Matters, or for $100 billion we'll call it OpenAI Matters, Keith Townsend and Dion Hinchcliffe discuss the rise in Intel stock due to TSMC's involvement in helping Intel's foundry business. DataRobot acquires Agnostiq. Elon Musk and team offer $100 billion for OpenAI. Europe commits $200 billion to compete with the U.S and China in AI. Larry Ellison wants all American data in a master database for AI. Our Signal65 team benchmarks the Intel Gaudi 3 AI. SAP teams with Databricks to offer cloud-based analytics.
2025-02-1429 minInfrastructure MattersAre the Hyperscalers AI-Capacity Constrained? Gaining Efficiency with New LLM Releases - Infrastructure Matters EP70Google, Azure and AWS all claim AI capacity constraint -- is it impacting their growth? What is behind this? Plus, more on the latest LLM and other models from Google, DeepSeek and players from Stanford and UWA. Lastly, we get into file systems for AI and what we are seeing from key and new players: Weka, Hammerspace, NetApp, Dell and Vast.
2025-02-1129 minInfrastructure MattersIBM on the Upswing, Intel Struggles, and the DeepSeek Saga Continues - Infrastructure Matters - EP69IBM had a strong quarter, and Seagate sets the hard disk drive storage record. Intel cancels its new XPU and pushes out its 1.8 nanometer process chips, while DeepSeek continues recalibrating the generative AI inference world.
2025-01-3130 minInfrastructure MattersStargate - The $500 Billion Money Grab - Infrastructure Matters - EP68In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, Keith, Camberley, and Dion discuss the massive $500 billion investment from the Stargate consortium of companies. Then, Dion provides highlights from The Futurum Group's latest CEO AI research. Lastly, the model competition is heating up with China's DeepSeek AI model, and Keith gives his predictions for 2025.
Learn more about Dion's insights on Stargate: https://futurumgroup.com/insights/us-govt-unveils-500b-stargate-alliance-to-lead-us-ai-infrastructure-push/
2025-01-2431 minInfrastructure MattersLenovo + NetApp Making Moves, The Feds on Security, and Dion's Predictions - Infrastructure Matters - EP67Lenovo teams up with Infinidat, NetApp spins off Spot and CloudCheckr to Flexera. Plus, uncover what the Feds are doing around security with executive orders and hear Dion's CIO predictions for 2025! Check out the full list of predictions here: https://dionhinchcliffe.com/2025/01/09/enterprise-tech-predictions-for-2025/
2025-01-1734 minInfrastructure MattersWhat Does CES Have to Do with the Data Center, Plus 2025 Data Infrastructure Predictions - Infrastructure Matters - EP66Announcements you should know about from CES, the coming U.S. regulations on AI export controls, plus 2025 predictions for data infrastructure.
2025-01-1030 minInfrastructure Matters2025 - Industry Investments and Unicorns! Data, AI, Security Are Winners - Infrastructure Matters - EP65Keith and Camberley do a run down on some of the M&A, investments and valuations from this past year. Then, the super surprising $62 billion valuation of DataBricks. Plus how Broadcom is fairing with VMware (spoiler alert - very well), and NVIDIA's Jetson - how that might be a shift in the industry or not.
2024-12-2032 minInfrastructure MattersQuantum is Here! - Then More on re:Invent and Data Protection - Infrastructure Matters EP64The IM team covers the latest from AWS re:Invent, Google Gemini and what CIO's need to know. Then, they explore what is happening with Quantum and reflect on the intersection of AI, and Camberley covers the big, hairy topics coming out of American Society for AI. Lastly, data protection is front and center with big financial news from Cohesity, Veritas and Veeam.
2024-12-1328 minInfrastructure MattersShowtime: CIO / CTO AI Insights Plus Show and Earnings Coverage - Infrastructure Matters EP63The team covers the CIO/CTO Roundtable and insights into their priorities, including AI. Then, we cover earnings from Nvidia, NetApp and the trends coming out of KubeCon, SC24 and Microsoft Insight.
2024-12-0330 minInfrastructure MattersLenovo, Cisco, Kyndryl, Plus What to Know About LLMs - Infrastructure Matters EP62The Infrastructure Matters team covers what to know about the latest earnings, plus the highlights of announcements from NetApp, Pure and Veeam. We also discuss the CIO Insight Study and what CIOs should know about LLM performance.
Check out the LLM performance leaderboard: https://lmarena.ai/?leaderboard
2024-11-1530 minInfrastructure MattersWhat Earnings Mean to Infrastructure Decisions & VMware Changes Their Licensing! - Infrastructure Matters EP61What do earnings mean to infrastructure decisions? Join us as we break down Google and AI, as well as Microsoft and Commvault. Keith also breaks down the new VMware enterprise license - a great move for the enterprise. Then, we close out on SuperMicro.
2024-11-0130 minInfrastructure MattersAI Gets Loose, but Mainframe is Far From Dead! - Infrastructure Matters - EP60Coming off of IBM TechXchange and a CIO roundtable of F100 CIOs, we dive into AI and Anthropic, Granite, mainframe, open source and Cohesity. CIOs express concerns on chip distribution, BRIC geopolitics, and what that means for managing the growth of IT.
2024-10-2929 minInfrastructure MattersAI goes nuclear, x86 gets a group, plus IBM, Lenovo and BMC events - Infrastructure Matters - EP59Reporting from the IBM AR event, BMC conference and Lenovo Tech World, covering key announcements. Plus, a look at the impact of new investments in nuclear power, liquid cooling, IBM's Quantum chip and its implications for security, and how the formation of the new x86 group will impact future roadmaps.
2024-10-2430 minInfrastructure MattersStorage East AI - Infrastructure Matters - EP57Keith Townsend, Camberley Bates and Steven Dickens review the AI Infrastructure Field Day and the vendors that took part. They also discuss the Bank of America outage that impacted more than 60 million customers. Lastly, the team covered VAST Data's Cosmos announcement and the new OCI region in Malaysia.
2024-10-2428 minInfrastructure MattersAI Disrupts Everything but VMware - Infrastructure Matters - EP56Joining Steve Dickens and Camberley Bates, Dion Hinchcliffe and Keith Townsend discuss AI announcements from NetApp and Google Gemini, along with the implications of recent legal issues from the DOJ, EU, and California. However, as Keith says, it's still all about VMware.
2024-10-2431 minInfrastructure MattersWhat to do about Repatriation, Public Cloud and VMware? - Infrastructure Matters - EP55Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates discuss the recent news and noise about repatriation, what's happening with application placement, decisions about VMware and options, as well as Lenovo's investments in AI and Neptune. Lastly and most importantly, a shoutout to our friend Brian Gong, who recently passed away.
2024-09-2331 minInfrastructure MattersOracle Partners with AWS, SaaS and Gen AI Evolutions in Data Protection, and IBM's Next Turn of the Crank with the DS8000 - Infrastructure Matters - EP54Steven Dickens and Krista Case cover Oracle and AWS' partnership, AWS' sovereign cloud investment in the UK, Salesforce's planned acquisition of OwnBackup, Druva and data protection providers' investments in GenAI, and IBM's DS8000
2024-09-1728 minInfrastructure MattersBack after the Summer Break - VMware Explore and More! - Infrastructure Matters - Episode 53Steve and Camberley get into Hock Tan's Q&A at Explore, the significance of the VCF 9 release, how to look at TCO and VCF as part of the business analysis, plus more on if it's on-premises or public cloud and why. Then, they dive into HPE's earnings and the strategic directions for its server business, including AI and enterprise, as well as where its storage and network strategies are headed.
2024-09-1127 minInfrastructure MattersStack or Pipeline? - Infrastructure Matters - EP 51In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, we delve into the Future of Memory and Storage Summit, discussing advancements in AI-related memory technology and Intel's ongoing challenges. We also highlight Palantir's commercial growth and Cloudera's role in data management for AI, while underscoring efforts to support women in the tech industry through the SuperWomen of FMS initiative.
2024-09-0625 minInfrastructure MattersEarnings Take the Talk of the Pod Intel, Kyndryl, Commvault – Infrastructure Matters Episode 50In episode 50 of Infrastructure Matters, the hosts delve into recent earnings reports and industry trends, highlighting AWS's continued growth, Commvault's successful integration of its cloud division, and Intel's strategic restructuring. They also discuss Kyndryl's turnaround efforts and new announcements from Veeam, Splunk, and Google in AI and data management.
2024-09-0530 minInfrastructure MattersKrista Gets Married and Outages, Outages and more Outages - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 49Krista Case from the Futurum Group highlighted the significance of robust cyber resiliency and disaster recovery plans in light of the recent CrowdStrike outage, emphasizing that it was a flawed software update rather than a security breach. Camberley Bates and Steven Dickens discussed the broader implications of the outage, the importance of multi-vendor strategies to mitigate risk, and the increasing regulatory focus on addressing systemic issues in cloud services.
2024-09-0531 minInfrastructure MattersPerspectives on VMware Transitions Plus NetApp and Druva - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 48In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates and Krista Macomber cover key announcements from NetApp, Druva and discuss the current strategies and choices organizations are taking in regards to VMware.
2024-09-0522 minInfrastructure MattersSports, Security AI and Infrastructure - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 47In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steve Dickens and Krista Macomber discuss key topics around cybersecurity and AI, as well as IBM’s investments in Wimbledon.
2024-09-0527 minInfrastructure MattersData Meets Infrastructure - Sovereignty, Security, AI | Infrastructure Matters, Episode 46In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steve Dickens and Krista Macomber discuss key topics around Data Sovereignty, AI and Data Integration plus CyberSecurity.
2024-09-0526 minInfrastructure MattersShowtime #2: HPE, Pure Accelerate and FinOPsX - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 45Steven Dickens shares his experiences at HPE Discover, highlighting HPE's private cloud AI solutions and their collaboration with Nvidia. Camberley Bates discussed Pure Accelerate's focus on AI and cybersecurity, while Krista Macomber facilitated the conversation and covered insights from the FinOps X conference.
2024-09-0530 minInfrastructure MattersIt’s Showtime! Broadcom, NetApp, Splunk, AWS Reinforce Plus Oracle - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 44In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steve Dickens and Krista Macomber cover the latest from conferences: Broadcom Mainframe, NetApp AR, Splunk and AWS reinforce.
2024-09-0532 minInfrastructure MattersEarnings Roundup and More on Sovereign Cloud - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 43In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, we discuss earnings announcements from Elastic, Lenovo, MongoDB, and Pure Storage, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s expansion into Morocco.
2024-09-0526 minInfrastructure MattersThinking About AI - Dell, IBM and Nutanix Round Up - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 42In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, we discuss our experiences at various industry events, including earnings announcements from Dell, IBM, Nutanix, and Lenovo, highlighting major announcements and key trends, particularly focusing on AI and multicloud.
2024-09-0530 minInfrastructure MattersRSA, Red Hat Summit, AWS and Solidgm - Blockbuster Week in Tech - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 41In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steve Dickens, Krista Macomber and Camberley Bates cover the day at Solidigm and the Red Hat, RSA 2024 conferences.
2024-09-0531 minInfrastructure MattersSecurity Roundup & Hitachi Restructure - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 40In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Krista Macomber and Camberley Bates take on announcements and earnings: Commvault, Dell, Microsoft and Hitachi Vantara.
2024-09-0527 minInfrastructure MattersQ1 Earnings and another busy week in Tech! - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 39In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steve Dickens, and Camberley Bates take on earnings, IPOs and business growth: Rubrik, IBM, Google Oracle.
2024-09-0532 minInfrastructure MattersSecurity Bonanza - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 38In a discussion that spans significant financial movements and strategic acquisitions to innovative product launches in cybersecurity, hosts Camberley Bates, Krista Macomber, and Steven Dickens share their insights on the current dynamics and future prospects of the industry.
2024-09-0533 minInfrastructure MattersChatting Google Cloud Next, Security Field Day, and Mainframe Advancements - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 37In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steve Dickens, and Krista Macomber take on the latest conference events, including Google Cloud Next, The Mainframe’s 60th birthday and Security Field Day.
2024-09-0528 minInfrastructure MattersAI raises all boats and the Mainframe turns 60 - Infrastructure Matters: Episode 36In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steve Dickens, Camberley Bates, and Krista Macomber take on the Mainframe’s 60th birthday, how AI lifts all boats, Memcon 2024 conference and the Rubrik IPO and what DSPM means.
2024-09-0527 minInfrastructure MattersWhat's happening with CyberSecurity and AI? Plus more from Microsoft, IBM, BMC and Liqid - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 35In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber share perspectives on Microsoft Copilot for Security, IBM FlashCore Modules and Storage Defender, BMC, and Liqid.
2024-09-0529 minInfrastructure Matters"Sharing" Mainframe Perspectives Along with NetApp, SK Hynix Announcements - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 34In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber share their Mainframe perspectives, along with insights on the latest announcements from NetApp and SK Hynix.
2024-09-0526 minInfrastructure MattersCovering Mobile World Congress, Cohesity Gaia, and Infrastructure Earnings Palooza - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 33In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber discuss the network trends coming out of Mobile World Congress and announcements from Cohesity.
2024-09-0531 minInfrastructure MattersEarnings, Insights, and Innovation: Palo Alto, IBM, Lenovo, and Hammerspace - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 32Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens, and Krista Macomber discuss recent developments in the tech industry, including Palo Alto's earnings revision, IBM's security report, Lenovo's earnings, and Hammerspace's new Hyperscale NAS release.
2024-09-0528 minInfrastructure MattersStrategic Directions for VMware, Dell and Teradata - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 31In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Krista Macomber, Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates discuss Broadcom's strategic focus with VMware, Dell's partner program adjustments, Teradata's transition to cloud-based offerings, and the market reactions to these changes.
2024-09-0529 minInfrastructure MattersCohesity, Veritas and More on Changes in the CyberSecurity Market - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 30In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates and Krista Macomber discuss Cohesity’s planned acquisition of Veritas NetBackup, NetBackup appliances and Alta SaaS, updates on Cybersecurity Policy including insights from Krista’s participation in a MarketScale Experts Talk, Cisco’s and Hitachi’s relationship, and Infleqtion’s quantum computing.
2024-09-0523 minInfrastructure MattersInfrastructure Matters on the road at Cloud Field Day - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 29In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates are joined by Stephen Foskett and Keith Townsend, to discuss the evolving landscape of IT infrastructure, focusing on innovation and challenges in the field.
2024-09-0531 minInfrastructure MattersTalking Cybersecurity Research, IBM Earnings and VMware/Broadcom - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 28In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber are joined by Paul Nashawaty to discuss cybersecurity research with Commvault, IBM earnings and VMware’s acquisition by Broadcom.
2024-09-0529 minInfrastructure MattersTech Trends Uncovered: Cybersecurity Frontiers and Retail AI Innovations - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 27In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Krista Macomber, Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates cover the latest from the NRF 2024 in NYC, perspectives from the MountainWest CyberSecurity Taskforce plus announcements from Hitachi Vantara, Hammerspace and Seagate.
Their conversation covers:
The trends from the last 9 months in CyberSecurity, how the bad actors are approaching multifactor authentication and new phishing attacks
Insights from the Mountain West Cybersecurity Task Force
A review of the National Retail Federation's Big Show and highlighting the use of AI and technology in the retail sector, including edge computing and AI-powered image sensing for inven...2024-09-0528 minInfrastructure Matters2024 Outlook - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 26In this episode Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steven Dickens, Camberley Bates and Krista Macomber cover Google's egress fee drop as a potential trendsetter for other cloud providers, making repatriation and hybrid workloads more attractive. Additionally, they provide their key predictions for 2024, including:
Repatriation: Increased focus on workload placement based on cost and security, with egress fees playing a smaller role.
Cybersecurity: Remains a top priority, with AI playing a bigger role in detection and response.
AI adoption: Increased use of AI in data protection and security, particularly for training and automated responses.
Mergers and Acquisitions: Expect more major deals, impacting...2024-09-0530 minInfrastructure MattersA Conversation with Randy Kerns: A Look Back at 50 years in the Business - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 25In this episode of the Infrastructure Matters, host Camberley Bates is joined by Randy Kerns for a look back at 50 years in the data infrastructure business. Randy Kerns started in this industry 50+ years ago and spent time developing systems at IBM, StorageTek, Tandem, Fujitsu, Sun Microsystems and at ProStor. He has mentored many engineers and analysts, plus helped marketing and sales muddle through messaging and positioning, helping to launch and position successful companies. We walk through what 50 years of changes have looked like, where we are going and hear some advice for the information architects of today.
To...2024-09-0525 minInfrastructure Matters2024 Trends and CIO Strategic Focus Areas - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 24n this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber summarize the key trends going into 2024 and what is top of mind for the CIOs.
We highlight two critical CIO imperatives, staffing and security, what investments are being made and their importance in light of new technologies, such as AI.
We cover the challenges facing staffing, especially in light of AI engineering and Platform Engineering plus the continued support of hybrid IT environments.
Security will continue to be a major concern, and expect continued investment in observability and AI technologies
We will s...2024-09-0527 minInfrastructure MattersTalking AI GPUs and Ransomware Detection - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 23In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Krista Macomber, Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates discuss AI GPUs and ransomware detection.
Key topics covered include:
Insights from Marvell’s Analyst Day:Focus shift from commercial to enterprise and hyperscale markets.
Growth driven by networking for AI workloads (800 PAM4) and custom compute for hyperscalers.
Highlighting the complexity of AI datacenters and their similarities to custom car environments.
Discussion of Custom Silicon:Competition heating up with announcements from Google (TPU v5p), AMD (MI300X), and others.
Public cloud options like AWS Graviton and Inferentia offering more choice.
Pot...2024-09-0529 minInfrastructure MattersRecapping AWS re:Invent - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 22In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, Krista Macomber, Camberley Bates, and Steven Dickens discuss key takeaways from AWS re:Invent 2023, including the cloud juggernaut’s pragmatic approach to cloud computing, focusing on AI, hybrid solutions, and cost optimization. It is also investing heavily in new features and services, and partnering with other companies to expand their reach.
Key themes include:
Gen AI: AWS made a big push towards AI with announcements like Q, a helpful service for developers and cloud admins, custom silicon updates for Graviton and Trainium, and a focus on the AI layered cake.
Hy...2024-09-0530 minInfrastructure MattersAI Systems and Data Protection Market Development - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 21In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Krista Macomber, Steven Dickens and Camberely Bates discuss announcements and insights from a number of recent vendor and industry events, including Microsoft Ignite, SuperComputing ’23, and Veeam’s Analyst Summit.
2024-09-0530 minInfrastructure MattersKubecon 2023 Live from Chicago - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 20Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates explore the evolving landscape of Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies, highlighting the growth in conference attendance and the shift towards enterprise adoption and vendor announcements.
2024-09-0518 minInfrastructure MattersCloud Cost and Security Complexities - Infrastructure Matters Episode 19On this episode,The Futurum Group's Camberley Bates and Krista Macomber discuss Commvault's SaaS offering, Metallic, Nutanix's strategic presence in the HCI market, Catalogic and CloudCasa, AWS's EC2 Capacity Blocks model and more.
2024-09-0524 minInfrastructure MattersEarnings and Events Season Recap - Infrastructure Matters Episode 18The Futurum Group’s Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber provide an earnings and events season recap with highlights from NetApp Insight, Lenovo Tech World with discussions on AI, data security, and modern data architecture.
2024-09-0531 minInfrastructure MattersEvolutions in Enterprise Storage and AI for Data Protection - Infrastructure Matters Episode 17Hosts Krista Macomber and Steven Dickens discuss the latest trends in semiconductor innovation and the rise of custom silicon. They also discuss the implications of this innovation and use cases, including autonomous vehicles, AI, and edge computing.
2024-09-0521 minInfrastructure MattersTalking Cloud Cost Economics with Senior Strategist Randy Kerns - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 16The Futurum Group’s Randy Kerns and Krista Macomber discuss how to most cost-effectively use cloud infrastructure based on deep economic analysis and engagements with IT practitioners.
2024-09-0529 minInfrastructure MattersInfrastructure Complexity: Bridging the Gap Between IT Operations and Security - Infrastructure Matters Episode 15Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber covered the intersection of data protection and security, including announcements from Veeam, Nutanix, and Telesign, as well as highlights from research with C-Level leadership.
2024-09-0526 minInfrastructure MattersIs the tech industry restructuring for the next wave of success? - Infrastructure Matters - Episode 14Steven Dickens, Krista Macomber and Camberley Bates cover HPE's restructuring to focus on hybrid cloud services, Cisco's acquisition of Splunk and its implications, the significance of custom silicon in AI, and the growing collaboration between security and data protection teams.
2024-09-0532 minInfrastructure MattersTechnology News Highlights: Cisco's Acquisition of Splunk, Lenovo's Edge Server, and More - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 13Steven Dickens, Krista Macomber and Camberley Bates covered topics related to the tech industry, including Cisco’s blockbuster acquisition of Splunk, Kioxia’s merger with Western Digital, Lenovo’s Edge Server launch, BMCs NYC Tech Exchange event and much more.
2024-09-0532 minInfrastructure MattersGenerative AI, SAAS, and the Data Protection Revolution - Infrastructure Matters Episode 12The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber discuss trends around using AI to bolster data protection, protecting SaaS applications, Tesla Dojo as an example for AI-driven business model innovation, and the implications of Oracle Cloud’s financial performance.
2024-09-0526 minInfrastructure MattersTalking Data, AI, the Role of the CDO, and Security Industry Changes - Infrastructure Matters Episode 11The Futurum Group’s Infrastructure Matters hosts delve into the critical aspects of infrastructure in the age of AI, emphasizing data management, cybersecurity, and the growing importance of private enterprise AI solutions.
2024-09-0529 minInfrastructure MattersEarnings and The Impact of Generative AI, Plus Google Cloud Next - Infrastructure Matters Episode 10The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates get into the latest earnings and trajectory of Generative AI technology plus coverage of Google Next announcements.
2024-09-0533 minInfrastructure MattersVMWare Explore: Key Themes and Announcements - Infrastructure Matters Episode 9The Futurum Group’s Krista Macomber, Camberley Bates and Steven Dickens and cover the key themes and announcement from VMware Explore, including vSAN Max, Private AI and Edge Cloud Orchestrator, plus discussion on the upcoming Broadcom acquisition.
2024-09-0532 minInfrastructure MattersMainframe Computing in Transition: Open Source Projects and Changing Hardware Landscape – Infrastructure Matters Episode 8The Futurum Group’s Infrastructure Matters hosts delve into the critical aspects of infrastructure in the age of AI, emphasizing data management, cybersecurity, and the importance of mainframe technology in the enterprise.
2024-09-0523 minInfrastructure MattersFlash Memory Summit, The CHIPS Act and More- Infrastructure Matters Episode 7The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates cover some of the announcements from Flash Memory Summit and discuss the current state of the CHIPS Act of 2022.
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IL CORN TVHow Locks and Dams Benefit Corn Trade Part 2Happy Labor Day!Welcome to this week's episode of IL Corn.In Part 1 of our interview with Jim Tarmann, Managing Director at IL Corn, we delved into how aging locks are impacting food costs across Illinois. In Part 2, the challenges intensify as funding for crucial infrastructure projects faces potential shortfalls.Jim Tarmann breaks down the funding dilemma and IL Corn's proactive stance in finding solutions.Timestamps:1:00 - Addressing River System Issues and Funding2:15 - Connecting Barge Tours to Funding Advocacy (25,000 people reached)3:30 - Importance of Locks a...2024-09-0209 minInfrastructure MattersCloud Provider Expansion and the Upcoming Growth Continues! - Infrastructure Matters Episode 6The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber explores the evolving cloud landscape, discussing recent growth trends, complexities of adoption, and the balance between simplicity and challenges.
2024-08-2121 minIL CORN TVHow Locks and Dams Benefit Corn TradeThis week, we sit down with Jim Tarmann, Managing Director at IL Corn.We'll talk about trade, locks, and dams, and how they affect our farmers.Introduction to Jim Tarmann, Managing Director at Illinois Corn. (00:41)Discussion on the significance of trade for Illinois farmers. (01:01)Importance of locks and dams. (01:20)Getting to know Jim Tarmann - background and career journey. (01:41)Jim's early life and education. (02:01)Highlights of Jim's 31-year tenure at IL Corn. (02:41)Jim's work on ethanol and its importance. (03:00)Challenges and issues with infrastructure and waterways. (03:20)Impact...2024-06-0308 min