Great Things with Great Tech Podcast

In this episode I talk with William Bell, EVP of Products at PhoenixNAP. PhoenixNAP was evolved from the need to consolidate network connectivity and offer colocation and cloud to Phoenix. From there it grew world wide by offering scalable, secure, and reliable, infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings. PhoenixNAP uses a custom portal and their own set of APIs to enable the rapid creation of cloud services. Strong in IaaS, Backup and Disaster Recovery as a Service, I talk with William about how developing security products and looking ahead to the next wave of infrastructure hosting for cloud native workloads based on Bare Metal Cloud offerings is allowing pNAP to innovate and lead in the service provider market.  PhoenixNAP was founded in 1996 and started trading as that entity in 2009. The company is headquartered in the Greater Phoenix Area, Arizona Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned VMware, Veeam, IaaS, BaaS, DRaaS, Kubernetes, Containers, DELL, Cisco, NetApp, Zerto, VMware Cloud Director Web: https://phoenixnap.com/ Bare Metal Cloud: https://phoenixnap.com/bare-metal-cloud Interested in being on #GTwGT? https://launch.gtwgt.com Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Sirish Raghuram, , CEO and Co-Founder at Platform9. Platform9 provides SaaS based Managed Kubernetes, Openstack and Serverless for public, private and edge platforms. They deliver cloud-native technologies with SaaS simplicity that are easy to install, operate and scale, while supporting broad cloud capabilities that run on any infrastructure. Sirish and I talk about his early days working as one of the early VMware Engineers and how the paradigm of what cloud was lit the fire to join up with his co-founders and start Platform9. We discuss VMware Cloud Director, the early days of OpenStack, Docker and Kubernetes and how the latter won the container manager race, has matured, but is not quiet there yet in terms of mass adoption. Platform9 was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA, USA. Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned Kubernetes, OpenStack, CloudStack, VMware, VMware Cloud Director, Docker, Containers, KVM, Mesosphere, Docker Swarm, Linux Web: https://platform9.com/ Platform9 Free Tier: https://platform9.com/signup-flow/?sandbox Interested in being on #GTwGT? https://launch.gtwgt.com Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Hamish Tedeschi, CEO and Founder at Mechanical Rock. Mechanical Rock's mission is to deliver better software, faster while helping clients transform the way they deliver. Their methodology is based on DevOps, modern code-driven infrastructure and test first development. DevOps is what they do. Hamish and I talk about what DevOps really is all about and how he saw a space in the market around modern application development focused on public cloud platforms and a do everything as code mantra! Their DevOps philosophy delivers better software, faster through Everything-as-Code under configuration management, including immutable infrastructure validated via Behaviour Driven Infrastructure (BDI), Test First Development, exemplified by Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour Driven Development (BDD), Continuous Build via deployment pipelines, including automated testing at the unit and scenario level, Continuous Operations including monitoring and alerting, auto remediation and optimisation and Transparency of information, and active collaboration across teams, throughout the process Mechanical Rock was founded in 2014 with the company headquartered in the Perth, Western Australia Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned AWS, GCP, Azure, Microsoft, CNCF, Snowflake, HashiCorp, Terraform Shout Outs and Notes Web: https://www.mechanicalrock.io GitHub: https://github.com/mechanicalrock DevOps Dream Game: http://devops.games Latency Conference: https://www.latencyconf.io YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJyuSH1MDXDWwSR-7s6UL3Q Interested in being on #GTwGT? https://launch.gtwgt.com Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Justin Thomas, Managing Director and Founder of DCTwo. DCTwo offer world class cloud and hosting services, delivered from their own custom designing and built datacentres. They have recently had a successful IPO on the Australian Stock Market and have started making waves in the Modular, eco-friendly renewable DC space. Through partners and resellers they offer a suite of managed and vertically integrated cloud services delivered from their datacentres. Justin is very down to earth and relatable, and we have a great conversation around the evolution of datacenters over the past twenty years and how being 100% hands-on has helped DCTwo grow to were they are today. We even get a look at their custom designed 63amp single phase PDU which will be commercially available shortly. DCTwo was founded in 2012. The company is headquartered in the Perth, Western Australia Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned VMware, Veeam, Datacentres, Digital Currency, IaaS, BaaS, DRaaS, VDI Web: https://dctwo.com.au/ Modular Datacentres: https://dctwo.com.au/modular-data-centres/ PDU: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnZ8WiTdbM4 Interested in being on #GTwGT? https://launch.gtwgt.com Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Tim Davis, Developer Advocate at env0. env0 does awesome stuff with awesome automation tools! They develop a SaaS based Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) management platform that helps businesses master cloud infrastructure with environment provisioning, cloud governance, and workflow tools. Tim and I discuss how the env0 platform is the first cloud management platform built to enable self-service with complete governance and cost control while offering separation and control of dev and ops. env0 was founded in 2018. The company is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned HashiCorp, Terraform, Terragrunt, VMware, AWS, Azure, Google Web: https://www.env0.com/why-env0 Interested in being on #GTwGT? https://launch.gtwgt.com Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Samira Tollo, Chief Technology Officer at Elbaite. Elbaite do crypto different! They are the worlds most advanced and comprehensive P2P digital assets marketplace, allowing buyers and sellers to trade without ever risking their cryptocurrency with a central exchange wallet. Samira and I talk about how inherent mistrust in current Crypto Exchange platforms drove Elbaite to come up with a more secure way to trade digital currency... starting with Elbaite hosting no digital wallets... this is a marketplace! Elbaite was founded in 2017 with launch in 2019. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria. Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned Bitcoin, Ethereum, Blockchain,  Buy Bitcoin Buy Ethereum Buy Litecoin Web: https://www.elbaite.io Sign Up Here with free money offer: http://elbaite.io/r/GTwGT Interested in being on #GTwGT? https://launch.gtwgt.com Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Clint Wyckoff, Principal Tech Marketing Engineer at Nebulon.  Nebulon is a recently out stealth startup redefining storage for Hybrid IT. The company is developing and providing a new and unique approach to storage. Clint and I talk about how their Cloud-Defined Storage looks to compete with SAN arrays and HCI and how a focus on APIs delivers a self-service, cloud managed, server-based approach to storage for critical applications. Nebulon was founded in 2018 with all four co-founders where early employees at 3PAR. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices in Fremont and on the Peninsula. Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned VMware, SuperMicro, HPE, AWS, 3PAR Web: https://nebulon.com/ Nebulon SPU Interested in being on #GTwGT? https://launch.gtwgt.com Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Dirk Arends, President at Virtual Systems.  Virtual Systems has evolved as a group of problem solvers, who believe in leaving the world better than we found it. While their first priority is creating a new standard for delivering great technology, they stand for more than that. Dirk and I talk about how Virtual Systems specialized in VDI and Application delivery in the early days and how having a Backup and Disaster Recovery plan has become something insurance companies are asking companies to prove and test for compliancy.  Virtual Systems was founded in 2010 out of FreedomNet Wireless in 2003 and is based the Michigan, USA. Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned VMware, Veeam, TrendMicro, Nimble, HPE, Zerto, Datto, NSX, DELL, Horizon View, 5G Web: https://vsystems.com/ Free Trials: https://vsystems.com/veeam-free-trial/ Interested in being on #GTwGT? https://launch.gtwgt.com Music: https://www.bensound.com hrq9GKyyIONSNUKAyosw

In this episode, I chat with special return guest Ben Young as we talk about the first 16 episodes of Great Things with Great Tech. We talk about our episode highlights as well and the topics, trends and narratives discussed through the season. A big thankyou to all my guests who featured in the first 16 episodes and looking forward to returning in 2021!  For now, have a listen to the wrap-up and make sure to catch-up with existing episodes. A reminder to subscribe to Great Things with Great Tech with Great Tech on your favorite PodCast platform and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/c/greatthingswithgreattech Interested in being on #GTwGT? https://launch.gtwgt.com Music: https://www.bensound.com Graphic: Spotify 2020 Wrapped

In this episode I talk with Jim Freeman, Head of Solutions at OnApp.  OnApp provides a complete Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) software platform for hosting companies, cloud providers, managed service providers and telecoms companies. Service Providers can create a wide range of cloud, dedicated hosting, CDN, DNS and storage services on top of commodity datacenter infrastructure; automate them completely through a central control panel. Jim and I discuss the early days backing Xen as a compute platform, the key partnership with VMware and OnApp's Federation service which is a true Cloud Computing Marketplace. OnApp was founded in 2010 and is based the United Kingdom. Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned DELL, VMware, KVM, Xen, Kubernetes, VMware Cloud Director, NSX-v, NSX-T Web: https://onapp.com OnApp Federation: https://onapp.com/onapp-federation Interested in being on #GTwGT? https://launch.gtwgt.com Music: https://www.bensound.com