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Day Two Cloud 061: Using Public Cloud For Disaster Recovery

The Day Two Cloud podcast explores different approaches to using the public cloud for disaster recovery. We examine costs and benefits, discuss recovery times, dive into planning, and more. The show draws on co-host Ned Bellavance's experience working on DR projects for a variety of customers during his VAR days.

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Day Two Cloud 058: Using Curiosity And Mistakes To Advance Your Career

Today's Day Two Cloud gets into career advancement with guest Sam Erskine. Curiosity is key, and the mistakes you make can actually lead to new knowledge and opportunities. Sam is head of cloud engagement for a large consulting firm and has worked in a variety of IT roles. He's distilled his career experiences into a helpful five-step process, which we explore.

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Day Two Cloud 055: Securing Cloud Infrastructure And Applications

Security is difficult and tricky, but we've got an amazing guest on today's Day Two Cloud podcast to help you improve your security posture and manage your cloud risk. Our guest is Tanya Janca, Founder, Security Trainer, and Coach at She Hacks Purple. We discuss key security areas including the network, identity, and applications; taking advantage of cloud visibility; securing SaaS apps; and more.

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Day Two Cloud 054: Real Life VMware Cloud On AWS

We discuss the reality of running VMware Cloud (VMC) on AWS with Adam Fisher, Cloud & DevOps Engineer at RoundTower. Adam's been deploying VMC on AWS in the real world for customers since the product's early days, and has plenty of insights. VMC on AWS presents a VMware software defined data center (SDDC) hosted on bare metal in AWS data centers. If you're trying to vacate your own data centers or colos, but aren't going to refactor your applications to do it, VMC on AWS presents a compelling technical solution.

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Day Two Cloud 052: Moving Back Home From The Cloud

Today's Day Two Cloud episode is a frank conversation about cloud migration, multicloud, cloud repatriation, and more. If you're here for rainbows and unicorns, prepare for disappointment. We talk about what's real, how expensive it can be to move to cloud, why people bring workloads back on premises, and more. Our guest is Bobby Allen, CTO at CloudGenera.

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Day Two Cloud 051: Building And Running A Cloud User Group

On Day Two Cloud we talk about how to start and participate in a cloud user group. We explore logistics, money, sponsors, a venue--in other words, the nuts and bolts of running and engaging with a cloud community. Our guest is Chris Williams, an AWS Community Hero and participant in a variety of user groups.

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Day Two Cloud 049: The Gritty Details Of Designing And Running A Private Cloud

On today's Day Two Cloud we tackle the practical aspects of private cloud, including designing the infrastructure and creating policies before you start racking gear, and why thinking about services is critical. Our guest is Brett Johnson, a Senior Consultant at VMware.

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Day Two Cloud 048: Migrating Your Data Center To The Cloud

If you're thinking about migrating applications from your data center to the cloud, prepare to do a lot of planning. Today's Day Two Cloud podcast delves into the gritty details with guest Sarah Lean, a Cloud Advocate at Microsoft. We discuss migration business drivers, what apps are better off staying on prem, tips to minimize migration pain, and more.

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Day Two Cloud 045: Tackling Multi-Cloud Challenges With An Actual Multi-Cloud Consumer

We get the architectural nitty-gritty on a multi-cloud migration to Azure and Oracle Cloud on today's Day Two Cloud podcast. Guest Snehal Patel, Network and Cloud Architect for a large corporation, walks us through design and migration details as his company moves applications into two different public clouds.

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Tech Bytes: Using HashiCorp’s Terraform Cloud For Collaboration And Governance (Sponsored)

Terraform Cloud, from HashiCorp, is a SaaS-based service that provides governance, auditing, and collaboration for your infrastructure-as-code initiatives. Our guest to walk us through Terraform Cloud is Rosemary Wang, Developer Advocate at HashiCorp.

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Day Two Cloud 041: Practical Automation In The Cloud And On Premises

On today's Day Two Cloud, we discuss practical automation, including tools and tips to make automation work. In particular, we focus on deploying consistent builds for VMs across public cloud providers and on premises. We also examine key issues such as the need to close the loop on automation processes, and how to ensure that one person doesn't become irreplaceable. Our guest is Larry Smith, Senior DevOps Engineer.

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Day Two Cloud 040: Building And Operating A Private Cloud

Today's Day Two Cloud delves into how and why to build a private cloud that functions as well as a public cloud. We examine the design and operational challenges of assembling and running cloud infrastructure on premises. Our guest is Bryan Sullins, Senior Systems Engineer for a large retailer.

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Day Two Cloud 038: Making The Case For Third-Party Cloud Storage

Today's Day Two Cloud podcast focuses on third-party cloud storage. While cloud providers have native storage offerings, there may be times when you want an alternative. Guest Stephen Foskett discusses why third-party storage in the cloud is viable, describes common enterprise use cases, and examines key issues including performance, data management, and operations.

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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.

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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.

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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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