DataCentric - Episodes Tagged with “Edge”

Cyber-Security at the Edge

NAND Research — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 15:00:00 -0400

Nowhere is cybersecurity more critical than at an enterprise's edge, yet that's also an area with multiple owners and different approaches to the problem. It's a complicated environment.

Gary Cohen, senior editor at CFE Media, joins hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell to give us his perspective. CFE Media focuses heavily on tracking the trends influencing the edge.

This is a wide-ranging conversation that touches on IT vs OT, cybersecurity, and even a little baseball & Morrissey. Tune in!

00:00 Kick Off
01:02 Gary's history with the Chicago Cubs
05:00 Who is CFE Media?
07:00 The complexities of Edge: IT and OT
12:39 Cyber-Security at the Edge
20:23 Supply Chain Concerns
24:07 How does CFE Media engage with edge-focused audiences?
27:40 Cyber-Security Commonalities between IT & OT
29:25 A Conversation about Morrissey
31:08 Wrapping up.
32:44 The end. Special Guest: Gary Cohen.

Data at the Edge with Western Digital

NAND Research — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 15:00:00 -0400

The AI-enabled edge has fast become a part of nearly every enterprise IT architecture, but the machines that we deploy at the edge don't always look like the equipment in the data center. Edge requires a different way of thinking about IT architecture.

Scott Hamilton, senior director of product marketing and management at Western Digital, joins hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell to talk about deploying data solutions at the edge. Western Digital recently announced new edge-targeted enhancements to its Ultrastar line: the Western Digital Ultrastar Edge Server and the Western Digital Ultrastar Edge-MR.

The group talks about what makes edge different before getting into the new platforms from Western Digital.

00:00 The podcast begins.
01:06 Introductions with Scott
02:05 Before talking about the edge, a diversion into composable infrastructure
03:25 How is edge infrastructure different from traditional IT infrastructure?
06:20 The impact of AI at the edge
07:25 Western Digital's new Ultrastar Edge
08:17 The Ruggedized/Militarized Edge
11:10 Getting small at the edge
12:38 Are there verticals or workloads that dominate the edge?
14:00 How does WD view the future of edge computing?
15:50 Maneagabilty at the edge
18:00 Western Digital's differentiation at the edge
21:54 Matt & Steve digest the conversation, give their thoughts on both edge & Western Digital
23:30 Matt sings us out
23:44 The podcast ends.

This podcast is not sponsored. Special Guest: Scott Hamilton.

Dell Technologies APEX & the as-a-service Market

NAND Research — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 18:15:00 -0400

Dell Technologies entered the as-a-service market with full-force earlier this year when it unveiled its APEX portfolio of offerings.

Adam Glick, senior director of product marketing for Dell Technologies APEX, joins hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell, senior technology analysts at Moor Insights & Strategy, to talk about the trends and drivers that makes as-a-service attractive to IT shops of every size.

Adam also helps us navigate Dell's APEX offerings, taking us through what's being offered, as well as some of the thinking behind the various services. For Dell, APEX is all out delivering the desired outcomes to IT practitioners, without having to worry so much about the technology.

Whether you're intestered in Dell APEX, or just want to get a better handle on what as-a-service means to IT, this episode has you covered.

Topics

00:00 Opening
02:30 What's motivating the increasing adoption of as-a-service?
04:09 Delivering a 'cloud-like' experience, where outcomes out-weigh technology.
07:10 What is Dell APEX?
07:55 Dell is Delivering Software and Services on a scale not seen from Dell before
15:38 APEX and Equinix
18:15 Is there strong vertical pull for APEX?
19:45 How does Edge fit into this model?
25:53 Partner-centric engagement
28:34 AI/ML and APEX
31:56 What's Dell's Long-Term Vision in this space?
37:37 What does As-a-Service really mean to IT?
40:00 Over-and-Out!
Special Guest: Adam Glick.

Catching up on the IoT Edge

NAND Research — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 11:00:00 -0500

You can't escape the Edge, but what does it really mean for IT? This is a world where there are limited standards and no "one true way" to deliver solutions, so IT practitioners look to middleware and common tooling to help mangage the complexity. What's working? What isn't? And is there a turf war brewing between IT and OT teams within the enterprise?

This episode finds hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell talking to Jim White, the CTO of IOTech Systems, about the trends and technologies that are influencing the evolution of the IoT-driven edge. The guys also talk about some of the pitfalls and challenges faced by IT teams as they take on this challenging new area.

Special Guest: Jim White.

Inside the Server Market with Dell Technologies' Jonathan Seckler

NAND Research — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 12:00:00 -0400

The server market is rapidly changing. It's less about the speeds and feeds of your hardware, and much more about the capabilities required to support critical workloads. From software-defined to edge, Dell Technologies director of server marketing join Matt Kimball & Steve McDowell in a wide-ranging discussion on the shifting landscape of servers.

The group seems to touch on every from the on-going "generational shift" of IT buyers, the cloudification of IT, edge computing, open standards, the impact of COVID-19 on IT, and much, much more.

Special Guest: Jonathan Seckler.

Cybersecurity in the age of the Intelligent Edge: A conversation with HPE and Aruba

NAND Research — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 10:00:00 -0400

The Intelligent Edge, encompassing "devices that aren't in the datacenter", is growing at a nearly exponential rate. This challenges how traditional IT thinks about managing intelligent infrastructure, especially at the intersection of IT and OT, forcing everyone to think just a little bit differently -- all of this as nearly every company is forging their own paths.

DataCentric hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell are joined by two experts in this field: Jon Green, VP and Chief Security Technologist and Aruba, a Hewlett Packard company, and Tim Ferrell, master cybersecurity architect at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, bring their unique perspectives about the challenges involved.

The gang ponders the how IT should think about evolving people, processes, and practices in the age of the Intelligent Edge.

This episode is sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Special Guests: Jon Green and Tim Ferrell.

Scale Computing CEO & Co-Founder Jeff Ready talks HCI

NAND Research — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 16:00:00 -0500

Scale Computing is a pioneer in HCI (inventing, in fact, the very term). The company has just come off a record year demonstrating 90% growth. They also recently showed off a full HCI cluster running on an Intel NUC. Scale's CEO and Co-Founder Jeff Ready joins us on this episode of DataCentric, where we talk about:

The origins of Scale Computing, and HCI
Where HCI fits into enteprise architecture
Why HCI is a great fit for the edge, both as it exists today (ROBO, etc), as well as what will be enabled by 5G.
What Scale Computing is doing differently in the world of HCI.

Special Guest: Jeff Ready.

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Top 2020 DataCenter Trends

NAND Research — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 20:00:00 -0500

It's 2020, and that means a whole new set of predictions for the year! Join Moor Insights & Strategy technology analysts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell as they discuss what they believe will be the most impactful trends impacting data centers and IT architecture over the coming twelve months.

02:21 Silicon Architecture is no longer a buying critera for servers -- it's all about matching capabilities to workloads (whether x86 or ARM)
09:50 The Public Cloud providers will begin a cycle of acquistions to move their offerings up-the-stack.
19:30 The big OEMs will stop talking about servers and storage and instead both double-down on consumption-based compute models, and deliver more workload-specific solution stacks.
28:20 It's not the year of edge (yet), but 5G is deploying and it will be the year that Edge impacts IT planning for the following years.
35:46 The End!

Live with Arm's Mohamed Awad, VP Infrastructure LOB

NAND Research — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:00:00 -0500

Arm's Mohamed Awad, as VP in Arm's Infrastructure group, is front-and-center in their architecture's invasion into enterprise compute. Let's look at where ARM stands in the enterprise today:

Nearly every tier-1 OEM has an Arm server offering
Every major public cloud vendor offers Arm instances
NVIDIA, Marvell, Fujitsu, & Ampere jointed announced an Arm-based Super Computer reference platform at SC19 this week

As we look forward towards a 5G-enabled edge, Arm is finding itself ideally situated to play aggressively in thatspace.

It's not about mobile processing anymore.

Mohamed joins hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell to talk about what it all means, and where it's all going.
Special Guest: Mohamed Awad.

HPE's Container Platform with HPE Cloud Strategist Robert Christiansen

NAND Research — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 12:00:00 -0500

As Hewlett Packard Enterprise launches its bare-metal container platform at KubeCon this week, Moor Insights & Strategy analysts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell have a conversation with HPE VP and Chief Cloud Strategist Robert Christiansen. The guys talk about how HPE views cloud workloads, and how the power of Kubernetes and containers might just be the right answer for both cloud and edge.

It's a great conversation with unexpected insight about the long-term impact of Kubernetes on IT architecture. HPE is helping to shape that future as it brings the power of MapR and BlueData into the fold. Listen in.

Thank you to Robert for taking the time to join us this week.

Special Guest: Robert Christiansen.

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HPE Unveils Container Platform

November 2019 Event News Roundup: Microsoft Ignite, VMWorld Europe, NVIDIA GTC DC & More!

NAND Research — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 22:00:00 -0500

It's been a busy few weeks as the fall conference season hits its stride. In this episode, Moor Insights & Strategy analysts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell talk about it all: Microsoft Ignite, VMworld Europe, NVIDIA GTC DC announcements.

There's also chip news as AMD delivers a stellar quarter, Intel has a benchmark oops (and then recovers), and lots of discussion of ARM and Edge. Join us for our unique perspective.

Times:
00:00 Microsoft Ignite: Azure News
13:24 AMD’s stellar quarter
19:00 Intel’s Benchmark Oops
24:35 VMWorld Europe
27:00 ARM at the Edge & in the Datacenter
32:00 NVIDIA GTC DC + NV at the Edge
46:43 That's all!

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ARM TechCon 2019 Wrap-Up with Patrick Kennedy from Serve The Home

NAND Research — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 22:00:00 -0400

As ARM TechCon 2019 wraps up in San Jose, hosts Steve McDowell and Matt Kimball from Moor Insights & Strategy are joined by Patrick Kennedy of Serve the Home in a wide-ranging discussion of the entire microprocessor market, and where ARM fits in.

Here's a general timeline for the discussion, though the topics overlap, so you owe it to yourself to listent to the entire thing.

00:00 Intros
02:20 Big Themes & Announcements from TechCon
03:50 Patrick's views of TechCon from a server, storage, and networking perspective
06:00 ARM at the Edge
10:30 ARM in the Server Market
14:05 ARM in the HPC and other Server-Adjacent Spaces
17:28 ARM in power and performance hungry applications
22:00 Does OpenPOWER and IBM's recent Open Sourcing moves matter?
24:10 Does heated AMD/Intel competition open the door for ARM to gain traction against those players?
27:17 What's Patrick Kennedy and Serve the Home looking forward to in 2020
32:20 Let's talk about Inspur & "Inspur-like" players
38:00 What's Serve the Home doing Differently in the review space?
41:00 Overarching takeaways

Special Guest: Patrick Kennedy.

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Serve the Home