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.  The post HS027 Broadcom and VMware – What’s Gonna Happen? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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. The post <a href="https://packetpushers.net/podcast/hs027-broadcom-and-vmware-whats-gonna-happen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HS027 Broadcom and VMware – What’s Gonna Happen?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://packetpushers.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Packet Pushers</a>.

HS027 Broadcom and VMware – What’s Gonna Happen?

What are the right questions for developing and maintaining a technology strategy for your company ? The post HS 026 So You Want to Develop A Technology Strategy ? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

What are the right questions for developing and maintaining a technology strategy for your company ? The post <a href="https://packetpushers.net/podcast/hs-026-so-you-want-to-develop-a-technology-strategy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HS 026 So You Want to Develop A Technology Strategy ?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://packetpushers.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Packet Pushers</a>.

HS 026 So You Want to Develop A Technology Strategy ?

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 ?  The post HS025 Did You Know Your IT is a Crime Scene ? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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 ? The post <a href="https://packetpushers.net/podcast/hs025-did-you-know-your-it-is-a-crime-scene/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HS025 Did You Know Your IT is a Crime Scene ?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://packetpushers.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Packet Pushers</a>.

HS025 Did You Know Your IT is a Crime Scene ?

Shadow IT does not always lead to bad outcom The post HS 024 – Is Shadow IT a Good Thing appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Shadow IT does not always lead to bad outcom The post <a href="https://packetpushers.net/podcast/hs-024-is-shadow-it-a-good-thing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HS 024 – Is Shadow IT a Good Thing</a> appeared first on <a href="https://packetpushers.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Packet Pushers</a>.

HS 024 – Is Shadow IT a Good Thing

What about changing the work we do ? Perhaps with orchestration / automation and even AI ? So many questions, not many answers. The post HS 023 Horrors and Hurdles of Hybrid Work appeared first on Packet Pushers.

What about changing the work we do ? Perhaps with orchestration / automation and even AI ? So many questions, not many answers. The post <a href="https://packetpushers.net/podcast/hs-023-horrors-and-hurdles-of-hybrid-work/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HS 023 Horrors and Hurdles of Hybrid Work</a> appeared first on <a href="https://packetpushers.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Packet Pushers</a>.

HS 023 Horrors and Hurdles of Hybrid Work

Contracts are caveat emptor but the client often knows little about the what they are buying and why. The post HS022 Top Mistakes Customers Make Dealing With Vendors appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Contracts are caveat emptor but the client often knows little about the what they are buying and why. The post <a href="https://packetpushers.net/podcast/hs022-top-mistakes-customers-make-dealing-with-vendors/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HS022 Top Mistakes Customers Make Dealing With Vendors</a> appeared first on <a href="https://packetpushers.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Packet Pushers</a>.

HS022 Top Mistakes Customers Make Dealing With Vendors

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. The post HS020 Are Operational and Technical Debt Complementary appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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. The post <a href="https://packetpushers.net/podcast/hs020-are-operational-and-technical-debt-complementary/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HS020 Are Operational and Technical Debt Complementary</a> appeared first on <a href="https://packetpushers.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Packet Pushers</a>.

HS020 Are Operational and Technical Debt Complementary

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 […] The post HS021 The Great Realisation Not Great Resignation appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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 […] The post <a href="https://packetpushers.net/podcast/hs021-the-great-realisation-not-great-resignation/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HS021 The Great Realisation Not Great Resignation</a> appeared first on <a href="https://packetpushers.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Packet Pushers</a>.

HS021 The Great Realisation Not Great Resignation

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 […] The post HS019 Questions on Corporate Technology Strategy appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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 […] The post <a href="https://packetpushers.net/podcast/hs019-questions-on-corporate-technology-strategy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HS019 Questions on Corporate Technology Strategy</a> appeared first on <a href="https://packetpushers.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Packet Pushers</a>.

HS019 Questions on Corporate Technology Strategy

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. The post HS018 API Management is a Configuration Problem appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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. The post <a href="https://packetpushers.net/podcast/hs018-api-management-is-a-configuration-problem/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HS018 API Management is a Configuration Problem</a> appeared first on <a href="https://packetpushers.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Packet Pushers</a>.

HS018 API Management is a Configuration Problem

Deep analysis on IT Infrastructure - one topic, one show. Strong opinions, loosely held.

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 ? The post HS017 The Role of Standards in a Conflicted World appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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 ? The post <a href="https://packetpushers.net/podcast/hs017-the-role-of-standards-in-a-conflicted-world/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HS017 The Role of Standards in a Conflicted World</a> appeared first on <a href="https://packetpushers.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Packet Pushers</a>.

HS017 The Role of Standards in a Conflicted World

Discussing what might drives team structure in Enterprise IT.  The post HS016 Team Structure for Technology Teams appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Discussing what might drives team structure in Enterprise IT. The post <a href="https://packetpushers.net/podcast/hs016-team-structure-for-technology-teams/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HS016 Team Structure for Technology Teams</a> appeared first on <a href="https://packetpushers.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Packet Pushers</a>.

HS016 Team Structure for Technology Teams

With so much money allocated to marketing teams, why do customers find it disagreeable and unpleasant to be a victim of their activities ?  The post HS015: Targeting in IT Marketing – Who and When appeared first on Packet Pushers.

With so much money allocated to marketing teams, why do customers find it disagreeable and unpleasant to be a victim of their activities ?  The post <a href="https://packetpushers.net/podcast/hs015-targeting-in-it-marketing-who-and-when/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HS015: Targeting in IT Marketing – Who and When</a> appeared first on <a href="https://packetpushers.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Packet Pushers</a>.

HS015: Targeting in IT Marketing – Who and When

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 […] The post HS014 Software Defined Infrastructure – New Build or Not ? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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 […] The post <a href="https://packetpushers.net/podcast/hs014-software-defined-infrastructure-new-build-or-not/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HS014 Software Defined Infrastructure – New Build or Not ?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://packetpushers.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Packet Pushers</a>.

HS014 Software Defined Infrastructure – New Build or Not ?

SaaS is popular as a 'not my problem' solution and easy-on-pocket entrè. So lets examine adversarial question "What does the customer lose?". Johna and Greg discuss many issues on both in the search for critical analysis on SaaS and the longer term impacts.  The post HS013 SaaS Solutions – What Does the Customer Lose ? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

SaaS is popular as a 'not my problem' solution and easy-on-pocket entrè. So lets examine adversarial question "What does the customer lose?". Johna and Greg discuss many issues on both in the search for critical analysis on SaaS and the longer term impacts. The post <a href="https://packetpushers.net/podcast/hs013-saas-solutions-what-does-the-customer-lose/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HS013 SaaS Solutions – What Does the Customer Lose ?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://packetpushers.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Packet Pushers</a>.

HS013 SaaS Solutions – What Does the Customer Lose ?

A rarely covered topic in technology is professional development. Other careers have extensive programs to ensure practitioners develop and maintain a wide range of skills but this principle is rare in IT.   The post Heavy Strategy 012: Professional Development in Infrastructure Technology appeared first on Packet Pushers.

A rarely covered topic in technology is professional development. Other careers have extensive programs to ensure practitioners develop and maintain a wide range of skills but this principle is rare in IT.   The post <a href="https://packetpushers.net/podcast/heavy-strategy-012-professional-development-in-infrastructure-technology/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Heavy Strategy 012: Professional Development in Infrastructure Technology</a> appeared first on <a href="https://packetpushers.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Packet Pushers</a>.

Heavy Strategy 012: Professional Development in Infrastructure Technology

We discuss what we know so far about supply chain disruption, what impacts to your projects. We also consider resellers/distributors survival and what plans can companies make.  The post HS011 Can We Survive IT Supply Chain Disruption appeared first on Packet Pushers.

We discuss what we know so far about supply chain disruption, what impacts to your projects. We also consider resellers/distributors survival and what plans can companies make. The post <a href="https://packetpushers.net/podcast/hs011-can-we-survive-it-supply-chain-disruption/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HS011 Can We Survive IT Supply Chain Disruption</a> appeared first on <a href="https://packetpushers.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Packet Pushers</a>.

HS011 Can We Survive IT Supply Chain Disruption

When it comes to allocating budget for cybersecurity there are many approaches to breaking it down into line items. We discuss various ideas and possibilities that might offer some insight for your own situation. The post HS010 Budgeting for Cybersecurity appeared first on Packet Pushers.

When it comes to allocating budget for cybersecurity there are many approaches to breaking it down into line items. We discuss various ideas and possibilities that might offer some insight for your own situation. The post <a href="https://packetpushers.net/podcast/hs010-budgeting-for-cybersecurity/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HS010 Budgeting for Cybersecurity</a> appeared first on <a href="https://packetpushers.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Packet Pushers</a>.

HS010 Budgeting for Cybersecurity

How do you measure IT Security ? Specifically, how do you decide to allocate budget and justify the underlying reasoning. Most companies allocate a percentage of IT Budget, but Johna argues differently. The post HS 009 The Metrics of IT Security appeared first on Packet Pushers.

How do you measure IT Security ? Specifically, how do you decide to allocate budget and justify the underlying reasoning. Most companies allocate a percentage of IT Budget, but Johna argues differently. The post <a href="https://packetpushers.net/podcast/hs-009-the-metrics-of-it-security/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HS 009 The Metrics of IT Security</a> appeared first on <a href="https://packetpushers.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Packet Pushers</a>.

HS 009 The Metrics of IT Security

What five issues would be top of mind for IT architects ? Security, Backup.Recovery, Cloud, Skills Development and Distributed/Hybrid Work. Listen in on why and how these issues are our choices. If you have feedback or want us to followup then head over to our Follow Up page and send us your anonymous (or not) feedback. The post Heavy Strategy 008:  Five Core Issues for IT Architects in 2021 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

What five issues would be top of mind for IT architects ? Security, Backup.Recovery, Cloud, Skills Development and Distributed/Hybrid Work. Listen in on why and how these issues are our choices. If you have feedback or want us to followup then head over to our Follow Up page and send us your anonymous (or not) feedback. The post <a href="https://packetpushers.net/podcast/heavy-strategy-008-five-core-issues-for-it-architects-in-2021/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Heavy Strategy 008: Five Core Issues for IT Architects in 2021</a> appeared first on <a href="https://packetpushers.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Packet Pushers</a>.

Heavy Strategy 008:  Five Core Issues for IT Architects in 2021

Heavy Strategy

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