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DISRUPT is back. Bigger, better and braver than ever before. And this year, they are saying YES. YES to the single most important EUC event of the year - bringing together the leading disruptors of the EUC universe. The event is in Nashville, TN, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center Nashville. In this exclusive VMblog video interview, we speak with Matt Scudder, VP, Enterprise Sales at Nerdio, about their innovative solution for Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktops. Matt shares insights on how Nerdio is helping businesses save money and simplify their desktop computing experience while partnering with IGEL to solve challenges in the end-user computing (EUC) market. With Nerdio, organizations can easily migrate to Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktops and take advantage of its powerful features without the complexity of managing their own infrastructure. The platform provides users with secure, cloud-based desktop computing solutions, allowing them to access their applications and data from anywhere, at any time. During the interview, Matt discusses the key benefits of the Nerdio solution, including its ease of use, cost savings, and flexibility. He also shares insights on Nerdio's partnership with IGEL, a world leader in software-defined endpoint management, and how they are working together to provide seamless and secure EUC experiences for businesses of all sizes. As the demand for remote work and hybrid models continues to grow, the importance of efficient and reliable EUC solutions cannot be overstated. With Nerdio and IGEL, businesses can enjoy increased productivity, security, and flexibility, all while saving money and simplifying their IT operations. Don't miss this exclusive interview with Matt Scudder and learn more about how Nerdio is revolutionizing the EUC market with its innovative solution for Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktops. Stay ahead of the competition and discover the latest trends and technologies in this exciting space.

DISRUPT is back. Bigger, better and braver than ever before. And this year, they are saying YES. YES to the single most important EUC event of the year - bringing together the leading disruptors of the EUC universe. The event is in Nashville, TN, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center Nashville. In this exclusive video interview with VMblog, Adam Cooperman, Chief Revenue Officer at Flexxible, provides an insightful overview of Flexxible and their innovative solution for optimizing end-user computing experiences. He explains how they partner with IGEL to offer a powerful and comprehensive solution for desktop virtualization. You'll also get a live demo of the product in action, showcasing its key features and benefits. Don't miss this informative session on how Flexxible is transforming the way we work and collaborate in today's digital age.

DISRUPT is back. Bigger, better and braver than ever before. And this year, they are saying YES. YES to the single most important EUC event of the year - bringing together the leading disruptors of the EUC universe. The event is in Nashville, TN, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center Nashville. Watch this exclusive VMblog interview with Terry Vaughn, Director of DaaS Business Development at VMware, as we explore Vaughn's vision of Desktops as a Service (DaaS) and VMware's latest announcement on Apps on Demand. Recorded live at the DISRUPT23 event, this insightful conversation dives into the details of VMware's latest product offering and how it's poised to revolutionize the industry. From discussing a vision of DaaS to the breaking down of Apps on Demand, and explaining how VMware partners with IGEL, Terry Vaughn provides invaluable insights that are sure to inform and educate viewers. Don't miss out on this must-watch interview!

DISRUPT is back. Bigger, better and braver than ever before. And this year, they are saying YES. YES to the single most important EUC event of the year - bringing together the leading disruptors of the EUC universe. The event is in Nashville, TN, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center Nashville. Watch as VMblog speaks with industry expert Douglas Brown, VP of Community at ControlUp. Listen in as Brown talks about the new ControlUp Community that he has created which is on an explosive growth track after already signing up more than 1,000 members in less than 4 months. In this interview, Douglas shares insights into the community's features, benefits, and goals, and how it can help IT professionals in their daily work. Whether you're an experienced IT professional or just starting, the ControlUp Community is a valuable resource that can help you stay updated and improve your skills. Watch this video to learn more about the ControlUp Community and how to join.

DISRUPT is back. Bigger, better and braver than ever before. And this year, they are saying YES. YES to the single most important EUC event of the year - bringing together the leading disruptors of the EUC universe. The event is in Nashville, TN, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center Nashville. Watch our exclusive interview with Brad Peterson, VP of Marketing at Workspot, as he shares his insights on the future of remote work and cloud desktops at DISRUPT23. Learn how Workspot is revolutionizing the way businesses approach virtualization and enabling organizations to work from anywhere, on any device. Don't miss this thought-provoking conversation with one of the industry's top experts in desktop virtualization and cloud computing.

DISRUPT is back. Bigger, better and braver than ever before. And this year, they are saying YES. YES to the single most important EUC event of the year - bringing together the leading disruptors of the EUC universe. The event is in Nashville, TN, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center Nashville. Join us for an insightful conversation with Christiaan Brinkhoff, Principal PM and Community Lead at Microsoft, as he talks about the latest innovations in virtualization and cloud computing, including Windows 365 and AVD. In this exclusive interview at DISRUPT23, we discuss how Windows 365 is poised to transform the way businesses approach desktop computing and empower their remote workforce. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from one of Microsoft's leading experts in cloud-based solutions and virtualization technology.

In this episode of the VMblog Expert Video Interview Series, we are joined by Liran Haimovitch, CTO & Co-Founder of Rookout, a cloud-native debugging and live data collection platform, which allows software engineers to instantly access the code-level data they need in order to troubleshoot and understand complex, modern applications. Watch this video interview as we dive into traditional Observability data, thinking about metrics, logs and traces; but how Rookout says there should be a 4th pillar of Observability - Snapshots. Rookout launched Smart Snapshots as part of the shift-left observability movement. During this video interview, Liran explains what they mean by Snapshots, and talks about why they are needed. For example, Snapshots provide a detailed, context-rich picture for developers when something unexpected happens and deep code-level data is required in order to return the application to a healthy state. Capturing Snapshots after major incidents or highly unexpected events saves developers countless hours of debugging. And Smart Snapshots provide a streamlined way to capture code-level insights for business-critical applications without any manual effort from the developer. These are invaluable when running tests and teams need a quick way to understand why a specific test failed. If Snapshots capture all of the data needed when something unexpected happens, do logs become unnecessary? Or will Snapshots and logs coexist as equal partners in Observability? Liran explains. Rookout is also participating in KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2023. Ahead of that show, Liran explores how Rookout can help Kubernetes users. Learn more about Rookout: https://www.rookout.com Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00 - Intro with Liran Haimovitch, CTO & Co-Founder of Rookout 0:31 - Overview of Rookout 01:42 - Introducing a 4th Pillar of Observability - Snapshots 05:40 - Traditional Observability tools don't always meet the needs of developers. 11:56 - Are Logs replaced by Snapshots? Or will they be equal partners in Observability? 15:38 - KubeCon and how Rookout is helping Kubernetes users 19:15 - Wrap up

Want to learn about the upcoming #DISRUPT23 event taking place at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, April 3-5, 2023? Don't miss this VMblog video interview with IGEL's VP of North America Marketing, Carl Gersh, to find out more about the event and why you should attend. DISRUPT is the leading #EUC event of the year, and it is bringing together the top minds, disruptors, and communities of the EUC universe in one place, Nashville. Say YES to visionary thinking, knowledge sharing, new ideas, big savings, smarter security, and so much more. Keep watching, as Gersh gives a complete rundown of 6 key challenges that organizations are facing in the end user computing industry. And listen how IGEL is solving many of those very challenges with its IGEL OS. Need more reasons to attend? DISRUPT is about the entire EUC industry. And it has many of the leading hardware and software technology vendors in attendance. This show has a fantastic line up of the who's who in the industry, and they will be sharing their expertise as speakers and presenters at the show. Get registered! There's still time. Head over to https://www.disrupteuc.com/ and use coupon code 'POWER' to receive a discount. Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:06​ - Introducing Carl Gersh, VP of North America Marketing at IGEL 0:34 - What is DISRUPT 2023 all about? 2:19 - Transitioning from a multi-city tour in 2022 to a larger two city event in Munich and Nashville 4:50 - What happened in Munich? What's planned for Nashville? 9:07 - What are the hot topics in EUC right now? 13:59 - What is IGEL doing to help with those challenges? 18:16 - DISRUPT's line up of industry expert speakers 20:33 - One big name mentioned, Mark Templeton 21:58 - How to get registered for the event. 23:38 - Wrap up

In this episode of the VMblog Expert Video Interview Series, we are joined by Karen Gondoly, the CEO of #Leostream. Watch this video interview as we learn more about Leostream. The Leostream Platform embodies over 20 years of Leostream research and development in supporting customers with hosted desktop environments including #VDI, hybrid #cloud, and high-performance display protocols. Their platform provides a robust desktop connection management and remote access feature set. Karen Gondoly gives an overview of the company and talks about winning an emmy with their remote access platform as part of its media and entertainment work. From there, Gondoly discusses the challenges that companies struggle with as they enable a remote workforce, and then, how the public cloud can help with those challenges (cost and performance). As companies consider moving to a public cloud, there are a few key things that they should keep in mind. We discuss those items, and then jump into a conversation about what role giants like VMware will have in that future with remote access and the cloud, and keeping the end user experience seamless. As we look towards the future, we find out what Leostream has planned for their roadmap. Learn more about Leostream at their website: https://leostream.com Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00 - Intro 0:16 - Karen Gondoly, CEO of Leostream 0:31 - Overview of Leostream 1:37 - Challenges with remote workforces 2:29 - How the public cloud is helping with those challenges 5:10 - Key things to keep in mind with moving to the public cloud 6:59 - Role of giants like VMware in the future and keeping end user's happy 9:35 - Roadmap for Leostream - What's next? 13:01 - Wrap Up

In this episode of the VMblog Expert Video Interview Series, we are joined by Yan Ness, the CEO of VergeIO. Watch this video interview as we learn more about VergeIO. The company's VergeOS software goes beyond HCI and converges the entire data center (virtualization, networking, and storage) into a cohesive data center operating system. The result is an ultraconverged infrastructure (UCI), that unifies the underlying hardware into a highly scalable global resource pool. Yan Ness gives an overview of the company, and then, immediately dives in to explain what Ultraconverged Infrastructure is all about and why organizations need it. Ness also explains the differences between Ultraconverged Infrastructure and Hyperconverged Infrastructure, as well as its benefits. Watch and find out how it can scale up or down, and understand how customers have used it to help with ransomware and other use cases. Learn more about VergeIO at their website: https://www.verge.io Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00 - Intro 0:16 - Yan Ness, CEO of VergeIO 0:30 - Overview on VergeIO 1:52 - Explaining Ultraconverged Infrastructure 5:42 - Differences between UCI and HCI 8:04 - Benefits to Ultraconverged 10:49 - Scaling up and scaling down 13:24 - Ransomware and data de-duplication 15:51 - Discussing three ideal use cases 18:16 - Wrap Up

In this episode of the VMblog Expert Video Interview Series, we are joined by Boyan Ivanov, the CEO of StorPool. Watch this video interview as we learn more about StorPool, a primary #storage platform designed for large-scale #cloud infrastructure. They provide an easy way to convert sets of standard servers into primary storage systems. Boyan Ivanov explores the biggest challenges companies are going to face in 2023 with building their public and/or private cloud. He also explores why more and more companies are now looking to build their own private cloud. Keep watching, as he explains the challenges companies face with determining the best technologies to use in their cloud. Is cost driving the decision making process? Or is it about getting the right solution? And why is it so critical to get the storage right from the beginning. Ivanov answers those questions as well. What's next for StorPool in 2023? Watch and find out. Learn more about StorPool at their website: https://storpool.com/ Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00 - Intro 0:16 - Boyan Ivanov, the CEO of StorPool 0:30 - Overview on StorPool 1:42 - 2023 Challenges with Building Private and Public Clouds 2:41 - Companies Building Their Own Private Clouds 4:05 - Challenges of Determining the Best Technologies to Use 5:43 - How Much Does Cost Drive Solution? 7:33 - How Critical is it to Get the Storage Right? 9:25 - What's Next for StorPool in 2023? 10:14 - Wrap Up

In this episode of the VMblog Expert Video Interview Series, we are joined by Simon Taylor, the founder and CEO of HYCU, a pioneering enterprise BaaS company specializing in #hybridcloud and #multicloud #data #backup and recovery as a service. Watch this video interview and get a quick overview of what made 2022 such a strong year for HYCU. Taylor also provides some background on starting HYCU, and the need to do backup and recovery differently. As we enter 2023, HYCU has been focusing on trying to crack the code on SaaS data protection. Our discussion digs into this a bit more, and Taylor talks about their success in this mission. HYCU also announced a new offering into the SaaS data protection realm, called R-Cloud. Watch and hear more about R-Cloud, how it works, and what makes it appealing. Learn more about HYCU: https://www.hycu.com Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00 - Intro 0:16 - Introducing Simon Taylor of HYCU 0:35 - HYCU's success in 2022 1:55 - Doing backup and recovery differently 04:13 - Cracking the code on SaaS Data Protection 08:11 - Launching a HYCU R-Cloud - Development platform for data protection 10:43 - Where to learn more about R-Cloud 11:39 - Getting SaaS vendors on-board with R-Cloud - Universe of 17,000 SaaS vendors 13:51 - Wrap up

In this episode of the VMblog Expert Video Interview Series, we are joined by Darren Siegel, product specialist and Lead IT Engineer at Specops Software. Watch this video interview as we learn more about Specops, a leading provider of password management and authentication solutions. Specops protects business data by blocking weak passwords and securing user authentication. One of the areas we dive into is the topic of password reuse amongst end-users. Siegel explains the security risk, and what organizations can do to help break the cycle. He also describes the tools to create a strong password policy in your Active Directory and how to block over 3 billion compromised passwords. How would organizations do this? Siegel explores and demonstrates a tool called Specops Password Policy with Breached Password Protection. You can even get a free trial of Specops Password Policy! http://bit.ly/3XXpYpm Learn more at the Specops Software website: https://specopssoft.com/product/specops-password-policy/ And watch our previous video to learn more about honeypots and Specops Password Auditor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3ag6b5h4e4 Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00 - Intro 0:16 - Darren Siegel, product specialist and Lead IT Engineer at Specops Software 0:32 - Background on Specops 1:08 - Discussion on Password Reuse 2:20 - Password Reuse and Security Vulnernabilities 3:23 - Suggestions to Break the Cycle of Password Reuse 5:53 - Exploring Specops Password Policy Tool 7:12 - Demo of Password Policy Tool 10:29 - Wrap Up

As part of our annual #predictions series for 2023, VMblog (https://vmblog.com) asked a number of different industry experts to share their thoughts about the new year. In episode 6, we hear from these experts: Dan Krantz, CIO at Keysight, exploring the maturing of AI and monetizing data insights; Anil Inamdar, VP of Data at Instaclustr, looks at open source databases, managing cloud sprawl, and training and retaining open source talent becomes critical; Robert Rivas, Vice President of Data Center and Cloud Services/Security Officer at FirstLight Fiber, says the security sector will continue to undergo changes, the use of SaaS will increase and allow smaller companies to find a la carte tools, and finally companies will increase geographic diversity; Antonio Sanchez, Cybersecurity Product Marketing Principal at Fortra, dives into the search of efficiencies within security operations, continued skills shortage, and the increased use of automation and managed services; Carl Temme, Senior Vice President of Product at Federated Wireless, looks at the adoption of blueprints using 5G for IoT use cases, 5G makes mobile network technology available to private enterprises, and new ways to make private wireless systems more powerful; Almog Apirion, CEO and Co-Founder at Cyolo, says security budgets won't increase despite the rising threats, cyber hygiene will become a priority, and remote connectivity will receive more attention with remote and hybrid work. Watch as these experts talk about their predictions and share their thoughts around the future of technology within the IT industry. Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00 - Intro 0:10 - Dan Krantz, CIO at Keysight 1:12 - Anil Inamdar, VP of Data at Instaclustr 3:21 - Robert Rivas, VP of Data Center and Cloud Services/Security Officer at FirstLight Fiber 4:27 - Antonio Sanchez, Cybersecurity Product Marketing Principal at Fortra 5:27 - Carl Temme, Senior Vice President of Product at Federated Wireless 8:24 - Almog Apirion, CEO and Co-Founder at Cyolo And don't forget, you can read hundreds of prediction articles for 2023 from various industry experts across the board, here: https://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Prediction+2023/default.aspx

As part of our annual #predictions series for 2023, VMblog (https://vmblog.com) asked a number of different industry experts to share their thoughts about the new year. In episode 5, we hear from these experts: Tom Flink, CEO at Sunlight.io, exploring cloud migrations, edge computing and artificial intelligence growing in importance; Yasmin Rajabi, VP of Product at StormForge, talking about revisiting cloud budgets and getting more out of what you have, keeping uptime and availability high, and using machine learning and automation tools to reduce costs; Brad Peterson, VP of Marketing at Workspot, covering hybrid work experiences, cloud services dominating IT budgets, the future of the PC is in the cloud, and ransomware costs and downtime; Mark Cassetta, Chief Product Officer at Axiomatics, looks at cybersecurity, zero trust strategies to become more proactive; Donald Fischer, Co-Founder and CEO at Tidelift, offering three predictions around open source software supply chain security, regulations and SBOMs; Tim Doiron, VP of Solutions Marketing at Infinera, explores governments opening up their wallets for semi-conductor manufacturing, optical semiconductors, and high performance plugables. Watch as these experts talk about their predictions and share their thoughts around the future of technology within the IT industry. Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00 - Intro 0:10 - Tom Flink, CEO at Sunlight.io 1:32 - Yasmin Rajabi, VP of Product at StormForge 3:29 - Brad Peterson, VP of Marketing at Workspot 6:36 - Mark Cassetta, Chief Product Officer at Axiomatics 7:50 - Donald Fischer, Co-Founder and CEO at Tidelift 9:02 - Tim Doiron, VP of Solutions Marketing at Infinera And don't forget, you can read hundreds of prediction articles for 2023 from various industry experts across the board, here: https://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Prediction+2023/default.aspx

As part of our annual #predictions series for 2023, VMblog (https://vmblog.com) asked a number of different industry experts to share their thoughts about the new year. In episode 4, we hear from these experts: Ramprakash "Ram" Ramamoorthy, Director - AI Research at Zoho Corporation, diving into artificial intelligence in 2023, and an increase of awareness around privacy, how helpful and how mainstream will it become; Bruce Kornfeld, Chief Marketing and Product Officer at StorMagic, explores the cloud and edge computing use cases in 2023; Khalid Raza, CEO and Founder at Graphiant, says enterprises will pivot towards networking-as-a-service; Chad Skipper, Global Security Technologist at VMware, explores the evolution of initial access tactics as cyber criminals attempt to gain a foothold inside organizations, and remote desktop protocols will fuel island hopping attacks; Ian van Reenen, CTO at 1E, takes a look at two major areas in 2023, IT sustainability and the end user experience; and Sounil Yu, CISO and Head of Research at JupiterOne, looks at cybersecurity and an attack surface reduction, and how to optimize and gain efficiency with the backdrop of a recession. Watch as these experts talk about their predictions and share their thoughts around the future of technology within the IT industry. Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00 - Intro 0:10 - Ramprakash "Ram" Ramamoorthy, Director - AI Research at Zoho Corporation 1:52 - Bruce Kornfeld, Chief Marketing and Product Officer at StorMagic 3:02 - Khalid Raza, CEO and Founder at Graphiant 4:19 - Chad Skipper, Global Security Technologist at VMware 6:33 - Ian van Reenen, CTO at 1E 8:14 - Sounil Yu, CISO and Head of Research at JupiterOne And don't forget, you can read hundreds of prediction articles for 2023 from various industry experts across the board, here: https://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Prediction+2023/default.aspx

As part of our annual #predictions series for 2023, VMblog (https://vmblog.com) asked a number of different industry experts to share their thoughts about the new year. In episode 3, we hear from these experts: Betsy Doughty, VP of Corporate Marketing at Spectra Logic, diving into cloud storage and data management tools; Joe Slowik, Senior Manager of Threat Intelligence and Detections Engineering at Gigamon, exploring ransomware, threat actors targeting nation states, and networking security; Rachel Beddor, Solutions Architect at CelerData, looking at analytics platforms and real-time data; David Friend, Co-Founder and CEO at Wasabi, explores cloud predictions, data sovereignty laws, 3-2-1 backup strategies, and hyperscaler cloud bills; Charlie Neagoy, SVP of Customer Success at Librestream, discussing a global people knowledge problem, shortage of skilled workers, digitization, and AI making inroads; Jason Keogh, Field CTO at 1E, exploring the digital employee experience, and improving that experience without compromising security. Watch as these experts talk about their predictions and share their thoughts around the future of technology within the IT industry. Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00 - Intro 0:10 - Betsy Doughty, VP of Corporate Marketing at Spectra Logic 1:14 - Joe Slowik, Senior Manager of Threat Intelligence and Detections Engineering at Gigamon 3:10 - Rachel Beddor, Solutions Architect at CelerData 4:03 - David Friend, Co-Founder and CEO at Wasabi 7:03 - Charlie Neagoy, SVP of Customer Success at Librestream 10:38 - Jason Keogh, Field CTO at 1E And don't forget, you can read hundreds of prediction articles for 2023 from various industry experts across the board, here: https://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Prediction+2023/default.aspx

As part of our annual #predictions series for 2023, VMblog (https://vmblog.com) asked a number of different industry experts to share their thoughts about the new year. In episode 2, we hear from these experts: Krishna Subramanian, Co-Founder and COO at Komprise, exploring role changes within data management, data security and data governance; Karen Worstell, Senior Cybersecurity Strategist at VMware, diving into topics top of mind for security pros such as cyber risk management and governance, and wellness programs to prevent burnout; Candida Valois, Field CTO at Scality, explores the security considerations that will dominate the data storage industry, and improving data analytics and mining, and lowering power consumption; Scott Bledsoe, CEO at Theon Technology, looks into cybersecurity changes for both public and private sectors, and bad actors stealing data; Tom Huntington, Executive Vice President of Technical Solutions at Fortra, talks about exploits, keeping servers up to date, and education on security vulnerabilities; Erkang Zheng, Founder and CEO at JupiterOne, discusses the changes in cybersecurity roles with an increase in community efforts, and rethinking how we do and manage security. Watch as these experts talk about their predictions and share their thoughts around the future of technology within the IT industry. Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00 - Intro 0:10 - Krishna Subramanian, Co-Founder and COO at Komprise 1:21 - Karen Worstell, Senior Cybersecurity Strategist at VMware 3:39 - Candida Valois, Field CTO at Scality 6:37 - Scott Bledsoe, CEO at Theon Technology 7:37 - Tom Huntington, Executive Vice President of Technical Solutions at Fortra 8:47 - Erkang Zheng, Founder and CEO at JupiterOne And don't forget, you can read hundreds of prediction articles for 2023 from various industry experts across the board, here: https://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Prediction+2023/default.aspx

As part of our annual #predictions series for 2023, VMblog (https://vmblog.com) asked a number of different industry experts to share their thoughts about the new year. In episode 1, we hear from these experts: Rick McElroy, Principal Cybersecurity Strategist at VMware, covering cybersecurity and the evolving threat landscape; Brian Martynowicz, Senior Director of Customer Engineering at Login VSI, explores a cohesive digital workspace strategy and the cost of the cloud; Steven Mih, Co-founder and CEO at Ahana, discusses cloud providers going on the offensive on the open source development side; Mark Banfield, CEO at 1E, explores the digital employee experience (DEX) technology; Tyler Shields, Head of Corporate Development and Strategic Alliances at JupiterOne, looks at the next big thing in cybersecurity, context and data; and Dan Krantz, CIO at Keysight, expects a significant advancement of digital twins being superimposed on physical systems. Watch as these experts talk about their predictions and share their thoughts around the future of technology within the IT industry. Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00 - Intro 0:10 - Rick McElroy, Principal Cybersecurity Strategist at VMware 3:25 - Brian Martynowicz, Senior Director of Customer Engineering at Login VSI 5:43 - Steven Mih, Co-founder and CEO at Ahana 6:22 - Mark Banfield, CEO at 1E 8:26 - Tyler Shields, Head of Corporate Development and Strategic Alliances at JupiterOne 10:37 - Dan Krantz, CIO at Keysight And don't forget, you can read hundreds of prediction articles for 2023 from various industry experts across the board, here: https://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Prediction+2023/default.aspx

In this episode of the VMblog Expert Video Interview Series, we are joined by Darren Siegel, product specialist and Lead IT Engineer at Specops Software. Watch this video interview as we learn more about Specops, a leading provider of password management and authentication solutions. Specops protects business data by blocking weak passwords and securing user authentication. One of the areas we dive into is the topic of honeypots. Siegel explains their primary purpose, what it is, and how Specops utilizes them. He also describes what the latest data collection from honeypots has shown. Is there a way for organizations to quickly and easily see if their users are using compromised passwords? Yes. Siegel explores and demonstrates a tool that does just that - it's called Specops Password Auditor, and it is a free tool. And stick around to learn how organizations can and should be securing their remote access from cyber attacks. Get expert advice from Siegel. Learn more at the Specops Software website: https://specopssoft.com/ Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00 - Intro with Darren Siegel, product specialist and Lead IT Engineer at Specops Software 0:23 - Background on Specops 1:31 - How and why does Specops use honeypots? 2:39 - Latest data collection from honeypots 4:04 - Specops tool - check for compromised passwords 5:34 - How to secure remote access from cyber attacks 7:36 - Wrap up

Are you interested in learning more about topics like Cloud, Edge and Microservices? Here's your chance to do just that. The VMblog Mega Series is the perfect series for you! As part of the Mega Series, you'll hear from a number of industry experts and leaders across multiple topics like these to help you make important decisions within your own organization. In this episode, VMblog is joined by industry expert, Jonas Bonér, CEO and Founder of Lightbend. Lightbend is leading the enterprise transformation toward real-time, cloud-native applications and setting the standard for cloud native architectures. Lightbend provides scalable, high-performance microservices frameworks and streaming engines for building data-centric systems that are optimized to run on cloud-native infrastructure. Watch and learn as Bonér provides a quick overview of Lightbend and explains more about one of their solutions, Kalix. Find out what it is and does, and problems it solves. There are so many developer platforms in the market. So why should an organization use Kalix? What are the use cases for it? Listen as Bonér explores what makes Kalix unique, and how it provides long term sustainability of initiatives given economic instability and the skills gap issues. And also learn more about database-less and what that means. Learn more about Lightbend at their Website: https://www.lightbend.com And learn more about Kalix: https://www.kalix.io/ Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ 2022 Mega Series: https://events.vmblog.com/mega-series-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:17​ - Welcome Jonas Bonér, CEO and Founder of Lightbend 0:32 - Overview of Lightbend 2:51 - What is Kalix? What does it do? 7:11 - Why choose Kalix? What problems are being solved by Kalix? 9:43​ - What are the use cases of Kalix? 12:17 - What is meant by database-less? 15:45 - What makes Kalix unique in the industry? 19:38 - How does Kalix provide long term sustainability? 25:30 - Wrap Up

In this episode of the VMblog Expert Video Interview Series, we are joined by Mat Ellis, the CEO of FasterBetter, and a well-known startup investor and advisor. Watch this video interview as we first dig into the past as Ellis describes the founding of Cloudability back in 2011, an early pioneering company in cloud cost management, where he helped to create the term "FinOps." And we find out why Ellis has decided to join the board of directors at Finout. During the interview, we discuss how things have evolved since the founding of Cloudability over a decade ago, and how much cloud cost management has changed. We also discuss what FinOps looks like today, and how it is done properly. And we discuss why Ellis has joined the board of Finout now, and what he's looking forward to seeing. Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00 - Intro with Mat Ellis, CEO of FasterBetter 0:25 - Background. Cloudability. FinOps. 05:00 - Joining board of directors at Finout 07:20 - Evolution since Cloudability, need for cloud cost management. 14:20 - Discussion around FinOps. 19:20 - Why join the board at Finout? 21:45 - Wrap up

As part of our #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon 2022 coverage, VMblog visited with Tom Leyden, VP of Marketing at Kasten by Veeam. Kasten by Veeam is a leader in Kubernetes backup and disaster recovery. Its solution helps enterprises overcome Day 2 data management challenges to confidently run applications on Kubernetes. Kasten K10, its data management platform purpose-built for Kubernetes, provides enterprise operations teams an easy-to-use, scalable, and secure system for backup/restore, disaster recovery, and application mobility with unparalleled operational simplicity. In this video, Tom Leyden provides a quick overview of the company, and then goes into more detail on how they fit within the ecosystem being discussed at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2022. Learn more about the types of problems that they solve for users, and any specific use cases. Listen in as Leyden provides a run down of the company's technology offerings, what it does, and what makes it unique and differentiated. Leyden also talks about a new announcement being made at KubeCon, get a sneak peek. Find out what big themes and trends Kasten expects for 2023, and hear what they plan on presenting on the keynote stage themselves. Stick around until the end and watch a demo to learn more about KubeCampus, a great place with free Kubernetes courses with hands-on labs, video tutorials and badges. Learn more about Kasten by visiting: https://www.kasten.io Check out KubeCampus: https://kubecampus.io/ Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ VMware Explore Coverage: https://events.vmblog.com/vmware-explore-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:29​ - Introducing Tom Leyden, VP of Marketing at Kasten by Veeam 0:49 - Background overview of Kasten 2:07 - How does Kasten fit within the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon ecosystem? 3:25 - What specific problems does Kasten solve? 4:42 - What makes them unique. 6:26 - New announcements being made (Kasten K10 5.5) 7:25 - Discussion of big themes and trends in 2023 8:58 - What's the Kasten keynote about during KubeCon? 10:33 - Demo of KubeCampus 15:04 - Wrap up

As part of our #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon 2022 coverage, VMblog visited with Stephen Chin, VP of Developer Relations at JFrog. The JFrog Platform enables software creators to power their entire software supply chain throughout the full binary lifecycle, so they can build, secure, distribute, and connect any source with any production environment. JFrog’s hybrid, universal, multi-cloud DevOps platform is available as both self-managed and SaaS services across major cloud service providers. In this video, Stephen Chin provides a quick overview of the company, and then goes into more detail on how they fit within the ecosystem being discussed at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2022. Learn more about the types of problems that they solve for users, and any specific use cases. Listen in as Chin provides a run down of the company's technology offerings, what it does, and what makes it unique and differentiated. Chin also talks about new announcements being made at KubeCon. And then, find out what big themes and trends JFrog expects for 2023. Learn more about JFrog by visiting: https://jfrog.com Open Source decentralized package network: https://pyrsia.io/ Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ VMware Explore Coverage: https://events.vmblog.com/vmware-explore-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:29 - Introducing Stephen Chin, VP of Developer Relations at JFrog 0:58 - Background overview of JFrog 1:45 - How does JFrog fit within the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon ecosystem? 3:13 - What specific problems does JFrog solve? 4:58 - The rundown of JFrog's technology offerings. 6:34 - What makes JFrog unique in the market? 8:12 - New announcements being made 12:19 - Discussion of big themes and trends in 2023 14:31 - Wrap up

As part of our #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon 2022 coverage, VMblog visited with Chris Chapman, CTO of MacStadium. MacStadium is a private cloud and software-as-a-service leader delivering scalable and secure enterprise cloud solutions exclusively for macOS. The company’s suite of advanced software-enabled infrastructure, combined with its innovative technology, delivers the security, performance, reliability and flexibility its customers require for successful app development on Apple devices. Powered by MacStadium, Orka (Orchestration with Kubernetes on Apple) is the only virtualization layer available for Mac build infrastructure based on Docker and Kubernetes technology. In this video, Chris Chapman provides a quick overview of the company, and then goes into more detail on how they fit within the ecosystem being discussed at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2022. Learn more about the types of problems that they solve for users, and any specific use cases. Listen in as Chapman provides a run down of the company's technology offerings, what it does, and what makes it unique and differentiated. Chapman also talks about new announcements being made at KubeCon. And then, find out what big themes and trends MacStadium expects for 2023. Stick around until the end and watch a demo to learn more. Learn more about MacStadium by visiting: https://www.macstadium.com Go straight to Orka: https://www.macstadium.com/orka Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ VMware Explore Coverage: https://events.vmblog.com/vmware-explore-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:29 - Introducing Chris Chapman, CTO of MacStadium 0:45 - Background overview of MacStadium 1:36 - How does MacStadium fit within the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon ecosystem? 2:17 - What specific problems does MacStadium solve? 3:41 - Getting a deeper dive into MacStadium's technology. 5:01 - What makes the solution unique. 5:51 - New announcements being made 7:01 - Discussion of big themes and trends in 2023 8:04 - Demo of MacStadium 12:26 - Wrap up