Gestalt IT Tech Field Day Roundtable

On today's show, each of our roundtable panelists chose what was the hot ticket item of 2017. Tune in to hear their arguments why 2017 was the year of SD-WAN, HCI, Net Neutrality, or Data Management! © Gestalt IT, LLC for Gestalt IT: 2017 was the Year of… – The On-Premise IT Roundtable

On this episode, host Stephen Foskett talks with Mark May, Howard Marks, and Keith Townsend about what makes a failed startup. Are some concepts simply too early, or are there ideas whose time simply never arrives? They look at specific examples like Auspex Systems and Coho Data. © Gestalt IT, LLC for Gestalt IT: Failed Startups – The On-Premise IT Roundtable

Scale-out storage is great, but does it apply to all enterprise storage needs? The roundtable discusses the premise that all storage should be scale-out. © Gestalt IT, LLC for Gestalt IT: All Storage Should Scale-Out – The On-Premise IT Roundtable

The roundtable discusses the premise that the CLI is dead, or at least terminally ill. They look at why this is the prevailing narrative in networking and the greater IT landscape. Is the death of the CLI a forgone conclusion, or merely a framing device for moving to better processes in IT? © Gestalt IT, LLC for Gestalt IT: The CLI is Dead – The On-Premise IT Roundtable

Security is a dumpster fire, or is it somehow worse? Our esteemed guests discuss whether it's actually many dumpster fires or some other form of refuse conflagration. It's an invaluable and inflammable discussion. © Gestalt IT, LLC for Gestalt IT: Security is a Dumpster Fire – The On-Premise IT Roundtable

In this episode, the roundtable discusses the idea of technical debt. They look into why technical debt occurs, why it isn't always a bad thing, and how to possibly optimize for when to incur it. © Gestalt IT, LLC for Gestalt IT: Technical Debt Really Isn’t All That Bad – The On-Premise IT Roundtable

On this episode, we’ll be talking about a hot topic in the networking space, automation. The panel discusses why organizations see automation as prohibitively complex, what exactly they mean by automation, and why it isn’t coming for their jobs. © Gestalt IT, LLC for Gestalt IT: What Is Automation? The On-Premise IT Roundtable

On this episode, we take a look at how managed services have changed from the 90s to today. Why was something so essential and pervasive in IT today so hard to do a few decades ago? The panel has a wealth of industry experience from back then, and they share their stories from being on the front lines. © Gestalt IT, LLC for Gestalt IT: Managed Services from the 90s to Now – The On-Premise IT Roundtable

Cloud lock-in, sounds bad right? Well on this episode, the roundtable takes a detailed look at the actual impact of lock-in with public and private cloud providers. They look at how this impacts business agility, innovation, and overall company strategy. © Gestalt IT, LLC for Gestalt IT: Cloud Lock-In: The On-Premise IT Roundtable

With all the hyperbolic claims of what the cloud can do for IT, what the cloud actually means gets lost in the process. The roundtable looks at what cloud actually means in the modern enterprise. This includes the changes in workflows that need to happen to successfully migrate to the cloud. They go on to frame the cloud's influences historically within other industries. © Gestalt IT, LLC for Gestalt IT: Cloud is More Than a Data Center: The On-Premise IT Roundtable

The Internet of Things is already proliferating a number of connected devices into our lives. But as these devices increasingly become abandoned, they turn into security liabilities. The panel discusses the causes, implications, and solutions for IoT Abandonware. © Gestalt IT, LLC for Gestalt IT: IoT Abandonware: The On-Premise IT Roundtable

The roundtable discusses how NVMe is impacting the storage industry. Is this just an iteration on what we've already seen with flash, or does it represent a sea change that will fundamentally change IT? © Gestalt IT, LLC for Gestalt IT: The Brave New World of NVMe: The On-Premise IT Roundtable

Is Kubernetes simply benefiting from the first mover advantage, or does it have the force to stay the dominant container orchestrator in the enterprise for years to come? The roundtable discusses. © Gestalt IT, LLC for Gestalt IT: Is Kubernetes a Flash in the Pan? The On-Premise IT Roundtable

IT professionals spend years learning how to manage the complex infrastructure that organizations depend on. But they often spend far less time thinking about how to manage their careers. The roundtable takes on this topic, looking into dealing with imposter syndrome, knowing your own worth, and how to navigate these potentially problematic waters. © Gestalt IT, LLC for Gestalt IT: Managing Your IT Career – The On-Premise IT Roundtable

Caching and tiering have been abused by marketing in enterprise IT, often used interchangeably, or simply when not applicable. Luckily, we've got a table, it's round, and surrounded by storage experts. They'll explain the technical differences between caching and tiering, how to identify which is being used, and what are the performance implications of each. © Gestalt IT, LLC for Gestalt IT: Caching vs Tiering – The On-Premise IT Roundtable

To be clear, the answer to "what is big data?" isn't the On-Premise IT Roundtable. Nevertheless, our panelists discuss what exactly they mean when they use the term, why it's the new hotness, and how they've seen it impact organizations. © Gestalt IT, LLC for Gestalt IT: What is Big Data? The On-Premise IT Roundtable

Intel isn't known as a networking company, but they think they have a play in the network functions virtualization market. The round table discusses what future Intel has in the space, and how they compete with more historic players in the market. © Gestalt IT, LLC for Gestalt IT: Intel and Network Functions Virtualization: The On-Premise IT Roundtable

In the light of the vSphere 6.5 release, moderator Stephen Foskett asks the roundtable about the impact of VMware integrated containers. This runs on Photon OS , a lightweight Linux distribution that runs a single container. What is the impact of this integration, in terms of security, training, and administration? And more importantly, does the industry need vSphere butting into the container space? © Gestalt IT, LLC for Gestalt IT: Virtualization and Containers: The On-Premise IT Roundtable 4

On tap for today's roundtable, the panel discusses the state of locations and beacons. Moderator Stephen Foskett asks the panel to consider how location services factor into the greater enterprise mobility landscape. This goes from using beacons to give turn-by-turn navigation indoors to using location to cue print jobs. Often the backend of these application has been available for a while, but now new use cases are emerging. © Gestalt IT, LLC for Gestalt IT: Locations and Beacons: The On-Premise IT Roundtable 3

Moderator Stephen Foskett poses a completely non-controversial question: is DevOps a load of crap? Does DevOps just turn into NoOps? What are these darn kids doing with our infrastructure? The roundtable debates all these questions and more. © Gestalt IT, LLC for Gestalt IT: Is DevOps a Disaster? The On-Premise IT Roundtable 2