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Episode 211 - NetApp Insight 2019 Preview
This week on the podcast, we give you the lowdown on NetApp Insight 2019 in Las Vegas. Join us as we discuss this year’s Insight themes, fun events you might be interested in, sessions, Insight Central and much more!
Episode 210 - Rubrik 101
This week on the podcast, we discuss the recently announced NetApp-Rubrik partnership and cover the basics of what Rubrik is and can do for NAS data protection with Rubrik PM Tony Zhou, Rubrik Technical Partner Manager Pierre-François Guglielmi and NetApp’s Yossi Weihs, Keith Norbie, and Dan Issacs!
Episode 209: Designing an End-to-End Genomics Solution Using NetApp
This week on the podcast, we talk genomics and how to design an end to end solution using NetApp products across the portfolio with Cloud Solution Architect Florian Fledhaus.
Episode 207 - VMworld 2019 Recap
This week on the podcast, we bring in Chris Gebhardt, Keith Norbie and Bryce Cracco to tell us all about what went down for NetApp at VMworld 2019 in San Francisco.
Episode 206: NetApp, Intel and AI with Remi el-Ouazzane
This week on the podcast, we talk with Intel’s Vice President, Artificial Intelligence Products Group, Remi el-Ouazzane and NetApp’s Hoseb Dermillian about AI trends and how NetApp and Intel products are enabling the AI data pipeline to become a reality.
Episode 205: VMworld 2019 Preview
This week on the podcast, we invite a slew of people to talk about what will be going on from a NetApp perspective at VMworld 2019 in San Francisco. Join us and the following guests: - Dan Isaacs, Sr. TME at NetApp for NVMe - Chris Gebhardt, Principal TME at NetApp for MAX Data - Karl Konnerth, TME for Virtualization in ONTAP - Steven Cortéz Virtualization Technical Marketing Engineer - Yadin Porter de Leon, Global Executive Content Strategist at VMware - Andy Banta, Storage Janitor at NetApp - Pete Flecha, TME at VMware and host of the Virtually Speaking podcast
Episode 204 - Chainkit with Val Bercovici
This week on the podcast, an old friend joins us to talk about his newest venture into blockchain and security. Join us as we discuss Chainkit and PencilDATA with founder Val Bercovici and how you can use it to protect your enterprise environments.
Episode 203: Intel and NetApp - Edge to Core to Cloud to VMworld 2019
This week on the podcast, we talk with Intel’s CTO Bill Giard about what Intel’s been up to with hybrid cloud and VMware, as well as what they might be up to at VMworld 2019! NetApp's MAX Data TME Chris Gebhardt also joins us.
Episode 202: TCP Performance Enhancements in ONTAP 9.6 - CUBIC TCP
This week on the podcast, we bring in networking guru Richard Scheffenegger to discuss how networking performance over long distance WANs is crazy fast thanks to the implementation of CUBIC TCP in ONTAP 9.6. Dan Isaacs also joins us for a discussion with Richard about RDMA.
Episode 201: NVIDIA, NetApp and AI
This week on the podcast, we welcome Tony Paikeday from NVIDIA and NetApp Technical Director Santosh Rao to talk about AI and if it’s here to stay or a passing fad...
Episode 200 - Cloud, Mentorship and Comics with Kaslin Fields
This week on the podcast, we celebrate our 200th episode by inviting some old friends back to talk about cloud, mentoring and comics!
Episode 198: NetApp A-Team ETL 2019
This week on the podcast, the NetApp A-Team joins us to discuss their experiences at the annual ETL meeting at NetApp HQ. Find out what stuff stood out the most to them, what trends they’re seeing and who their favorite speakers were!
Episode 197: NetApp Accelerates Genomics
This week on the podcast, we talk about genomics – from an overview to the disruptive impact genetic analytics is having on not only science and healthcare, but also on storage and data management and how NetApp is accelerating genomic workloads.
Episode 196: Intel, NetApp and High Performance Computing
This week on the podcast, Intel joins us to talk about high-performance computing, cloud analytics and artificial intelligence, as well as how Intel and NetApp’s Data Fabric can help address challenges around these areas.
Episode 195 – Data Above, Data Below with Matt Watts
This week on the podcast, we check in on “Watts” Matt (@mtjwatts) has been up to since we last checked in on him in Episode 135. This time around, we discuss Matt’s latest blog about data – what’s above it and what’s below it, and how we need to change how we have discussions about it.
Episode 194: Cloud Volumes ONTAP, FlexCache and ONTAP 9.6
This week on the podcast, we talk about how FlexCache and Cloud Volumes ONTAP play together in ONTAP 9.6, as well as what use cases you might leverage for the feature.
Episode 193: Quarterly Security Update - ONTAP 9.6
This week on the podcast, we deliver our quarterly security update – focusing on ONTAP 9.6 - with members of our security team.
Episode 192: REST APIs in ONTAP 9.6
This week on the podcast, we talk REST APIs in ONTAP 9.6 and how REST APIs will improve the overall ONTAP deployment experience.
Episode 191: Commvault Overview
This week on the podcast, we invite Commvault to talk about their latest offerings and how they tie in to the NetApp Data Fabric! Featured in this podcast: - Ashutosh Tamankar, Commvault - Emannuelle Renard, NetApp
Episode 190: ONTAP 9.6 Hardware Update
This week on the podcast, Hardware TME Chris Lueth joins us to discuss the latest hardware that’s coming out with the new ONTAP 9.6 release, including the A320, NVMe shelves and new switches!
Episode 189: ONTAP 9.6 Overview
This week on the podcast, we give you the lowdown on the latest ONTAP 9.6 release with ONTAP Systems Group Vice President Octavian Tanase, Senior Director of Product Management Jeff Baxter, and Technical Product Marketing Manager Skip Shapiro! Join us as we talk about how ONTAP 9.6 brings more simplicity, productivity, customer use cases, data protection and security to your datacenter.
BONUS CONTENT: ONTAP 9.6 Feature Overview
Don't have time to listen to the entire ONTAP 9.6 overview episode? Just need a quick rundown of the new features in ONTAP 9.6? Look no further! Spend ~5 minutes with us to learn about what's new in ONTAP 9.6.
Episode 188: FlexGroup Update
This week on the podcast, FlexGroup lead developer Richard Jernigan and Technical Director Dan Tennant join us to give an update on what’s new in FlexGroup volumes, as well as what has changed since we last covered it in depth in Episode 46 of the podcast.
Episode 186: ONTAP Storage Efficiency Overview
This week on the podcast, we talk ONTAP storage efficiencies with a team of ONTAP storage efficiency developers and the storage efficiency Product Manager, Karthik Viswanath!
Episode 184 – Don't Panic! It’s Only Cloud!
This week on the podcast, we try to convince you not to panic - it’s just cloud. Join NetApp Cloud Architect Phoebe Goh, NetApp Technical Marketing Engineer Jeannine Walter and VMware Director of Influence Marketing Amy Lewis as we discuss cloud, use cases, misconceptions, career advice and... Dutch food?
Episode 183: NetApp Kubernetes Service
This week on the podcast, we talk to NetApp’s Cloud Native Technical Director Matt Baldwin and TME Ariel Jatib about NetApp Kubernetes Service (NKS – formerly Stackpoint.io) and cover what it is, why you’d want to use it and where it fits. We also brought in Andrew Grimes to give his perspective as a new NKS user.
Episode 182: NetApp on NetApp - FlexGroups and Active IQ
This week on the podcast, we invite in the guys from Customer One, who operate the NetApp on NetApp program. NetApp on NetApp is a program where we leverage the latest NetApp technologies within our own organizations. Eduardo Rivera and Faisal Salaam as we discuss how NetApp is using FlexGroup volumes to power Active IQ.
Episode 181 - ONTAP Networking Deep Dive and Tips
This week on the podcast, we invite networking guru Richard Scheffenegger to nerd out on a variety of networking topics as a follow up to Episode 172: Scale Out Networking in ONTAP, as well as some tips for optimizing your current networking architecture, the danger of shallow buffer switches and what sort of new networking technologies are coming down the pipe.
Episode 180 - Cloud Volumes ONTAP Overview
This week on the podcast, we give the lowdown on Cloud Volumes ONTAP. What are they? Who’s using them? What are the use cases? Join us as we invite the NetApp Manager of Cloud Solutions Architecture, Jens Dickmeis and NetApp Cloud Solutions Architect Akash Gupta to talk all about ONTAP in the cloud.
Episode 179: StorageGRID Webscale 11.2
This week on the podcast, we chat about the latest release of NetApp’s object storage solution – StorageGRID Webscale 11.2! Join us as we ask StorageGRID software director Duncan Moore and Global Solutions Architect Luke Mun all about StorageGRID and object storage.
Episode 178: SAN Overview and SAN Health
This week on the podcast, we cover SAN – what it is and when to use it, as well as the new free tool, SAN Health from Brocade with SAN/Perf/NVMe TME Michael Peppers, SAN Technical Architect Steve Botkin and Naem Saafein from Broadcom!
Episode 177: Data Science
This week on the podcast, we nerd out on data science and what it means to NetApp and its customers with a couple of NetApp data scientists – Garth Zoller and Stephen Kimel. We also get input from the ONTAP AI product manager Sundar Ranganathan and performance analyst Sung-Han Lin about the work NetApp is doing to spark conversations with data scientists and how ONTAP AI fits in.
Episode 176: NetApp Cloud Insights
This week on the podcast, NetApp Product Manager James Holden joins us to talk about NetApp Cloud Insights, the new cloud-resident monitoring and analytics Software as a Service offering from NetApp.
Episode 175: Service Providers Using NetApp featuring Tierpoint
This week on the podcast, we talk to David Hines of Tierpoint about how a service provider uses NetApp and what value they get out of the rich ONTAP feature set. If you are a service provider and want to tell your story, email us at [email protected].
Episode 174: Veeam 9.5 Update 4
This week on the podcast, we chat with the Veeam team – Evangelists Michael Cade and Melissa Palmer, and NetApp architect Adam Bergh - about what’s new in Veeam 9.5 update 4.
Episode 173: NetApp Advanced Technology Group
This week on the podcast, we unveil one of NetApp’s best kept secrets with Andrew Klosterman. Join us as we discuss what the Advanced Technology Group (ATG) does, what they’ve done in the past and what they’re looking at in the future. Topics range from ONTAP to new media types like SMR to blockchain.
Episode 172: Scale Out Networking in ONTAP
This week on the podcast, we break down the latest networking enhancements in ONTAP, including virtual IP, BGP and TCP blackhole detection. We also talk about the vision of ONTAP networking and where we’re taking ONTAP as we modernize our networks!
Episode 171: Cloud Data Services with Nick Howell
This week on the podcast, we catch up with NetApp’s newest old employee (or is it oldest new employee?) to see what he’s been up to, how he ended up back at NetApp and what he’s working on today. Join us as we discuss a variety of Cloud Data Services including Azure NetApp Files & NetApp Kubernetes Service with the original NetApp podcaster and DataCenterDude himself – Nick Howell!
Episode 170: Active IQ
This week on the podcast, we talk NetApp Active IQ and how it can benefit storage administrators with guest co-host Dan Isaacs, Active IQ TME Brett Albertson and director of Solutions Engineering, Kim Weller!
Episode 169: Quarterly Security Update - Winter 2018
This week on the podcast, we continue our Quarterly Security Update series on the podcast with Security PM Andrae Middleton and Security TMEs Matt Trudewind and Dan Tulledge. Join us as we discuss all the latest in security across the NetApp Portfolio.
Episode 168: NetApp Insight 2018 - Barcelona Recap
We recap NetApp Insight 2018 in Barcelona with some special guests and wrap it all up with the NetApp A-Team!
BONUS CONTENT: NetApp Insight 2018 Barcelona - Roaming Insight Central
At NetApp Insight 2018 in Barcelona, I acted as a roving reporter and walked up to booths to see what conversations were being had at the event. I also created a new intro song, just for fun!
Episode 167: VMware Private Cloud on NetApp HCI
This week on the podcast, we find out what a great fit VMware Private Cloud is on NetApp HCI with the Storage Janitor, Andy Banta and HCI Solution Engineer Sean Howard, as well as what they’ll be up to at NetApp Insight in Barcelona.

Episode 166: SnapMirror Synchronous
This week on the podcast, we chat all about SnapMirror Synchronous, including technical details, what to expect for the initial use cases and where it fits into your business needs. Join us as we welcome Data Protection VP Harish Arora, Technical Director Balaji Ramani, Principal Enginner Akhil Kaushik and Product Manager Chris Winter to discuss!
BONUS CONTENT: ONTAP 9.5 Feature Overview
Don't have time to listen to the entire ONTAP 9.5 overview episode? Just need a quick rundown of the new features in ONTAP 9.5? Look no further! Spend 5 minutes with us to learn about what's new in ONTAP 9.5.
Episode 165: Accelerate your NAS Data with FlexCache
This week on the podcast, we talk about the new iteration of ONTAP’s NAS acceleration feature, FlexCache! Join us as we discuss with NetApp’s Technical Director Pranoop Erasani, FlexCache PM Shriya Paramkusam and FlexCache TME Chris Hurley.
Episode 164 - NetApp Data Availability Services
This week on the podcast, we welcome Yossi Weihs and Charlotte Brooks in to discuss the new cloud resident backup orchestrator, brand new in ONTAP 9.5 - NetApp Data Availability Services for the Hybrid Cloud!
Episode 163: ONTAP 9.5
This week on the podcast, we cover the latest ONTAP release and the vision for ONTAP in general with “the ONTAP guy,” Octavian Tanase. We also dive a bit deeper into the features with Jon Jacob and Skip Shapiro!
Episode 162: NetApp Insight 2018 - Las Vegas Recap
This week on the podcast, we recap NetApp Insight 2018 in Las Vegas, with a variety of special guests, including some familiar voices, as well as some new friends. The NetApp A-Team wraps it all up and gives their perspective on the event.
BONUS CONTENT: NetApp Insight 2018 Las Vegas - Roaming Insight Central
At NetApp Insight 2018 in Las Vegas, I decided to try something new. I acted as a roving reporter and walked up to booths to see what conversations were being had at the event. I also created a new intro song, just for fun! If you think the segment works, or would like to be a part of the podcast at Insight Barcelona, email us at [email protected]!