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Day Two Cloud 037: NetApp – The Cloud Data Services Company (Sponsored)

In today's sponsored Day Two Cloud podcast, we talk with NetApp, the storage company that's embracing the cloud. While most people associate NetApp with storage arrays, the company has brought cloud automation principles to its portfolio to make daily operations easier, and has a panoply of products and services to manage your data on premises and in the cloud. Our guest is Nick Howell, Global Field CTO for Cloud Data Services.

Day Two Cloud 036: The Container Contrarian

Are containers a fad? Or maybe just the wrong answer to a problem you're trying to solve. On today's Day Two Cloud podcast, container contrarian Dave Tucker discusses the problems containers solve, the new ones they create, and why you might want to think twice before you immediately adopt containers as your next application platform.

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Day Two Cloud 036: The Container Contrarian

Are containers a fad? Or maybe just the wrong answer to a problem you're trying to solve. On today's Day Two Cloud podcast, container contrarian Dave Tucker discusses the problems containers solve, the new ones they create, and why you might want to think twice before you immediately adopt containers as your next application platform.

Day Two Cloud 035: Understanding Kubernetes Operators For Complex Applications

Kubernetes is being used in more and more complex application architectures. It today's episode, we talk about Kubernetes Operators, a way to automate and ensure that complex applications stay up and running. Our guest is Rob Szumski, Senior Manager, Product Management, Red Hat OpenShift.

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Day Two Cloud 034: Everything As Code – Including Documentation

One key idea for automation and cloud is "everything as code." That includes networking, infrastructure, and documentation. Yes, documentation. On today's Day Two Cloud episode we dive into how to get beyond using Microsoft Office as your infrastructure management strategy. Our guest is William Collins, a cloud architect at a large healthcare company.

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Day Two Cloud 033: Cloud Governance – Bringing Order To Your Cloud Chaos

Your cloud is starting to look like the wild West. Accounts and subscriptions are created willy-nilly. Your devs have stitched together a networking nightmare. Nothing is named or tagged consistently. Today's Day Two Cloud episode explores how to bring some governance order to your chaos. Our guest is Steve Buchanan, Cloud Architect at Avanade. We discuss how to apply practical governance to the nebulous and ever-changing world of cloud.

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Day Two Cloud 033: Cloud Governance – Bringing Order To Your Cloud Chaos

Your cloud is starting to look like the wild West. Accounts and subscriptions are created willy-nilly. Your devs have stitched together a networking nightmare. Nothing is named or tagged consistently. Today's Day Two Cloud episode explores how to bring some governance order to your chaos. Our guest is Steve Buchanan, Cloud Architect at Avanade. We discuss how to apply practical governance to the nebulous and ever-changing world of cloud.

Day Two Cloud 032: The Foggy Path To Cloud Certification

Certifications are a tried and true way to boost skills and knowledge, burnish your resume, and create new opportunities. But when it comes to cloud, which certifications should you pursue? Can cloud cert programs keep up with technology churn and rapid rollout of new services? How should you study? What if you fail? We tackle all these questions and more with guest Mike Pfeiffer.

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Day Two Cloud 032: The Foggy Path To Cloud Certification

Certifications are a tried and true way to boost skills and knowledge, burnish your resume, and create new opportunities. But when it comes to cloud, which certifications should you pursue? Can cloud cert programs keep up with technology churn and rapid rollout of new services? How should you study? What if you fail? We tackle all these questions and more with guest Mike Pfeiffer.

Day Two Cloud 030: The Gnarly Challenges Of Edge Computing

On today's Day Two Cloud podcast, Rob Hirschfeld joins us to examine the challenges of working in edge environments. Many of those challenges include the infrastructure itself: how to provision, configure, and operate equipment in remote locations, how to ensure logical and physical security, and how to manage it all remotely.

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Day Two Cloud 029: Kubernetes Needs To Disappear

This is a special holiday episode of Day Two Cloud with guest Kelsey Hightower, a Kubernetes evangelist and contributor. We discuss the current state of Kubernetes and the future for this orchestration platform, including how it will address networking, should you get certified, and will Kubernetes eventually fade into the background as hidden infrastructure you don't have to think about so much.

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Day Two Cloud 029: Kubernetes Needs To Disappear

This is a special holiday episode of Day Two Cloud with guest Kelsey Hightower, a Kubernetes evangelist and contributor. We discuss the current state of Kubernetes and the future for this orchestration platform, including how it will address networking, should you get certified, and will Kubernetes eventually fade into the background as hidden infrastructure you don't have to think about so much.

Day Two Cloud 027: Do Enterprises Need Kubernetes?

As an IT practitioner, do you actually need to know more about Kubernetes? Does Kubernetes and its ecosystem materially matter to your organization? Is K8s just stepping stone to more advanced technologies? We tackle these questions on today's episode of Day Two Cloud with guests Keith Townsend and Justin Warren.

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Day Two Cloud 026: Build Cloud-Native Networks With Aviatrix (Sponsored)

Today on Day Two Cloud, we talk about multi-cloud networking with sponsor Aviatrix. Aviatrix has built a networking solution that’s multi-cloud capable and leverages cloud-native constructs wherever possible. And they do it in a way designed to make the life of IT engineers better. Our guests are Rod Stuhlmuller, VP Marketing; and Nauman Mustafa, VP Solutions Engineering.

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Day Two Cloud 026: Build Cloud-Native Networks With Aviatrix (Sponsored)

Today on Day Two Cloud, we talk about multi-cloud networking with sponsor Aviatrix. Aviatrix has built a networking solution that’s multi-cloud capable and leverages cloud-native constructs wherever possible. And they do it in a way designed to make the life of IT engineers better. Our guests are Rod Stuhlmuller, VP Marketing; and Nauman Mustafa, VP Solutions Engineering.