44 - Virtual Stack - eBPF and its Use Cases
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eBPF is one of the most interesting emerging technologies in the area of observability, networking and security. On the 44th episode of the Virtual Stack Podcast, Moustafa Harbi (Sr. Technical Account Manager at Red Hat) and I have a chat about this technology and its use cases in today's enterprise IT industry. Show Notes: 00:00 - Intros 01:30 - What's eBPF in a nutshell? 06:40 - What can eBPF offer us? 12:30 - In what language or on what framework do we write eBPF code? 14:20 - What are the use cases of eBPF in an enterprise setting? 21:30 - Do eBPF programs create any load on system...
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43 - Virtual Stack - Network Automation
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On the 43rd episode of the Virtual Stack Podcast, I'm joined by (Senior Principal Technical Marketing Manager - Ansible Automation Platform, at Red Hat) and we discuss all things network automation. If you'd like to hear about main use cases, common obstacles and the solution you need (spoiler alert: Ansible :)), this episode is for you. Show notes: 01:00 - Intros 07:30 - Some of the biggest changes in networking in the last few years 18:30 - Main use cases for network automation 31:00 - Key benefits of Ansible 36:00 - Common obstacles on the journey to automation 41:30 - Closing...
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42 - Virtual Stack - Company as Code
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On the 42th episode of Virtual Stack Podcast, I'm joined by (co-founder & CTO at Salto) and we discuss about their solution of automating the configuration of SaaS applications, which they describe as company-as-code. Can we manage and operate our business applications the same way as our CI/CD pipelines and IT infrastructure? Answers are on this episode. Show notes: Intros: 00:00 What's Salto? 01:30 What can be automated by Salto on some typical applications? 06:00 How do you make sure Salto works with many SaaS applications and keep up with their changes? 14:00 What made you...
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41- Virtual Stack - MicroShift
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On the 41st episode, (Sr. Director Technology Strategy, Office of the CTO at Red Hat) joins me on the show we talk about MicroShift, an open source project of optimizing OpenShift for edge/small form factor use cases. We also talk about how Red Hat looks into emerging technology projects. Virtual Stack is available on all major apps: Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher and more. As usual, feel free to share your feedback via Twitter (@emregirici), or . Links: Nick's MicroShift Red Hat Emerging Technologies portal
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40 - Virtual Stack - 2022 Tech Trends
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Virtual Stack Podcast is back after a 10 months long hiatus! On the 40th episode of the show, I'm joined by a fellow Red Hatter and the co-host of the The Cloudcast, . With Brian, we look into several technology trends such as cloud computing, web3, security then we discuss what to expect in 2022 and beyond. Virtual Stack is available on all major apps: Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher and more. As usual, feel free to share your feedback via Twitter (@emregirici), LinkedIn or virtualstack.tech. Show notes: 1:30: Intros 6:00: Cloud computing 20:30: web3 and Metaverse...
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39 - Virtual Stack - Core Kubernetes
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Chris Love and Jay Vyas's book "Core Kubernetes" is about to hit the shelves around July this year via Manning Publications. Chris joined me on the 39th episode of the Virtual Stack Podcast and we discussed about all things Kubernetes: learning, common challenges of running in production and the exciting future of K8S.
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38 - Virtual Stack - Learn K8S in a Month of Lunches
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Learning Kubernetes can be a great boost for your career, and you might be wondering where to start and what resources to use. Elton Stoneman joined me on the 38th episode of Virtual Stack Podcast and talked about his new book "Learn Kubernetes in a Month of Lunches", his journey of learning K8S and his views about the future of K8S.
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37 - Virtual Stack - AI as a Service
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Virtual Stack Podcast is back after a long break! On the 37th episode of the show, I'm joined by the authors of the book "AI as a Service", Peter Elger (CEO, fourTheorem) and Eoin Shanaghy (CTO, fourTheorem).
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36 - Virtual Stack - Elastic Infrastructure for AI/ML workloads with vSphere Bitfusion
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vSphere Bitfusion delivers elastic infrastructure for AI/ML workloads by creating pools of hardware accelerator resources, such as GPUs. VMware has acquired Bitfusion in late-2019 and it has been recently announced that Bitfusion will be an integrated feature of vSphere 7.0.
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35 - Virtual Stack - Employee Experience, Pandemic and the "New Workplace"
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On the 35th episode of the Virtual Stack Podcast, I'm joined by David Burton (Director, Colleague Experience & Technology - EMEA at VMware) and we discuss about how VMware uses its own technologies to create the best employee experience. We also touch base on the new definition of workplace in enterprises after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- 04:45 - What did VMware announce in VMworld 2019 Europe?
- 07:50 - What is IPS/IDS and what is the difference between IDS/IPS and a Firewall and NGFW (Next-gen FW)
- 15:00 - Can you talk about the use cases for Distributed IDS?
- 21:00 - What additional benefits does VMware bring to the customer?
- 29:15 - Can you tell us a bit more about the Architecture?
- 35:30 - What are the NSX-T IPS/IDS signatures based on?
- 37:15 - What about the general availability?
- 38:30 - Closing notes
- VMworld 2019 Europe session: What's New with NSX-T Micro-Segmentation (SAI2565BE)(IPS/IDS is covered at the end)
- Official Product Page
- VMware Blog about the feature announcement