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Kubernetes Unpacked 006: The Impact Of Kubernetes On DevOps Teams

Kubernetes is hard. Regardless of what tech marketing says, DevOps teams are still trying to implement and figure out this whole Kubernetes thing. With multi-cloud, hybrid cloud, and on-prem Kubernetes implementations, how can teams start their journey and have an impact? Michael Levan catches up with Jeff Smith, Ops Director and author, to talk about his journey into Kubernetes for his team and what other teams should think about when implementing Kubernetes.

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HS029 Do You Want A Strategic Vendor ?

The pro and con's of having preferred supplier for IT technology ? You can save time and effort, simplify purchasing and move quicker but are you getting the best solution and support. We discuss different perspectives on going down the path and point out the subscription pricing moves towards vendor lockin.

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Kubernetes Unpacked 005: Serverless Kubernetes In Azure

Since the inception of Kubernetes, the goal has been to make our lives as engineers easier. But with great power comes great responsibility---which in this case is the need to manage a bunch of control planes and worker nodes! Host Michael Levan catches up with Jason Haley, Microsoft MVP and independent consultant to talk about serverless Kubernetes with Azure Container Apps.

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HS028 – Do’s and Don’ts of Selecting Technology Provider

We discuss different aspects of selecting technology to buy. Topics include business case, planning, selection, evaluation and review - as you might expect - but we find that there isn't one right answer.

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Kubernetes Unpacked 004: Pros And Cons Of Using Terraform With Kubernetes

On today's Kubernetes Unpacked podcast we explore tradeoffs that come with using Terraform to manage Kubernetes. My guest is Luke Orellana, an SRE who uses Kubernetes. He's also a HashiCorp Ambassador. We also discuss differences between managing VMs and Kubernetes, Kubernetes benefits including self-healing, and downsides such as dealing with the complexity that comes from containers and microservices.

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HS027 Broadcom and VMware – What’s Gonna Happen?

Cold takes on the Broadcom/VMware acquisition. We consider Broadcom's stated goal to increase VMW profit margin from 35% to 65% and what this will mean to customer experience.

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Kubernetes Unpacked 003: Beginner Lab Environments For Learning Kubernetes

Today's Kubernetes Unpacked podcast explores entry-level lab environments for IT professionals interested in learning Kubernetes, including suggestions for simple container-based apps you can run to get familiar with Kubernetes essentials.

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HS 026 So You Want to Develop A Technology Strategy ?

What are the right questions for developing and maintaining a technology strategy for your company ?

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HS025 Did You Know Your IT is a Crime Scene ?

Does planning for cybersecurity failure include the concept of 'crime scene' ? Can you provide evidence to an external investigation sufficient to get justice or simply prove to insurance investigator that you met the policy requirements ? Should you be lobbying governments ? How does this drive your cyber spending - defense, microsegmentation, detection or evidence collection ?

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HS 024 – Is Shadow IT a Good Thing

Shadow IT does not always lead to bad outcom

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HS 023 Horrors and Hurdles of Hybrid Work

What about changing the work we do ? Perhaps with orchestration / automation and even AI ? So many questions, not many answers.

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HS022 Top Mistakes Customers Make Dealing With Vendors

Contracts are caveat emptor but the client often knows little about the what they are buying and why.

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HS020 Are Operational and Technical Debt Complementary

We start debating the nature of technical debt. What is it, how is it created before moving into solutions. Then we take an unexpected turn into operational debt, why its more important and how software defined has delivered solutions here. Also, we dunk on digital transformation.

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HS021 The Great Realisation Not Great Resignation

Headlines about ‘great resignation’ tend to ignore that people are moving jobs not quitting work. We believe many people are making  choices about what work they want in their lives. We discuss four reasons:  1) toxic workplaces 2) lifestyle and remote work 3) downstepping and 4) early retirement. We note that recruiters are toxic arms... Read more »

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HS019 Questions on Corporate Technology Strategy

What makes a technology strategy ? Where do you start ? Are you business or solution centric ? Being a leader means risk and funding, being a follower is simpler and faster. What questions should you be asking when establishing an IT strategy ? Heavy Strategy is where the questions are more important than the... Read more »

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HS018 API Management is a Configuration Problem

Johna believes that API management is part of IT operations. Greg doesn't understand the question and so we set off in search of answers.

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HS017 The Role of Standards in a Conflicted World

The internet has become part of society now and this means that governments will want to put controls on it. Are our standards bodies fit for purpose ?

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HS016 Team Structure for Technology Teams

Discussing what might drives team structure in Enterprise IT.

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HS015: Targeting in IT Marketing – Who and When

With so much money allocated to marketing teams, why do customers find it disagreeable and unpleasant to be a victim of their activities ? 

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HS014 Software Defined Infrastructure – New Build or Not ?

Do you need new hardware to cloud enable your infrastructure ? Should you strategise products on new hardware/greenfield basis or enable your existing brownfield infrastructure ? In this episode we discuss value of enabling existing infrastructure Beware of the vendor goldfield that Greenfield represents Whether supply chain impacts your decisions ? The value of federated... Read more »