Packet Pushers - Datanauts

Today on the Datanauts: the job hunt. We break down the process to understand and optimize it with guest Doug Lane, who'll share his own experiences on a recent career transition. The post Datanauts 133: Perfecting The Job Hunt appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today on the Datanauts we explore why and how you should test your scripts. Our guest is Adam Bertram, an automation engineer working with PowerShell and other DevOps tools and author of The Pester Book. The post Datanauts 132: Unit Testing For Fun And Profit appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today the Datanauts talk about why mentorship can lead to IT mastery and how to get past objections from experts who don't want to share their knowledge. The post Datanauts 131: Masters And Mentorship appeared first on Packet Pushers.

The Datanauts and guest Eric Gullickson dive into the good, bad and ugly of the life of a VAR from people who have lived it. The post Datanauts 130: The Good, Bad And Ugly Of The VAR Life appeared first on Packet Pushers.

The Datanauts parse the meanings of automation, infrastructure as code, and DevOps; explore new AWS services; and talk security best practices on today's cloudy episode. Our guest in Ken Hui. The post Datanauts 129: Automation And Security In AWS appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Kelsey Hightower beams aboard the Datanauts starship to discuss the latest evolution of Kubernetes, serverless, and the wild new world of application design. The post Datanauts 128: Kubernetes, Serverless And No Code With Kelsey Hightower appeared first on Packet Pushers.

The Datanauts crack open our cabinet of curiosities to explore a variety of ideas found on the Internet including SREs, AWS vs. Amazon for a cloud career, the ups and downs of industry certifications & more. The post Datanauts 127: Found On The Internet Series 4 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Stephen Foskett beams aboard the Datanauts starship to talk about what's new in storage, including for containers and cloud, plus cogent career advice. The post Datanauts 126: Stephen Foskett On Storage, Containers & Cloud appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Is security gamification a useful tool for training security talent, or just a gimmick? The Datanauts dive in to explore this issue. Our guest is Evan Dornbush. The post Datanauts 125: Security Gamification & Training New Talent appeared first on Packet Pushers.

VMware Cloud on AWS lets you run a native VMware environment on bare metal AWS servers. The Datanauts delve into service details, use cases, and nerd knob options with episode sponsor VMware. The post Datanauts 124: VMware Cloud On AWS (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Can you run a secure infrastructure without firewalls? Today on Datanauts, we make the case for this idea with guests Nick Buraglio and Jon Zeolla. The post Datanauts 123: Security Without Firewalls appeared first on Packet Pushers.

The Datanauts delve into application security with sponsor VMware. We discuss VMware's AppDefense software, how it works, and why we need a new model for security. The post Datanauts 122: Protecting Applications With VMware AppDefense (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

The term 'Machine Learning' is being sprinkled over IT marketing materials like magic dust. The Datanauts get to what’s real in ML with guest Vivian Zhang. The post Datanauts 121: A Professor Takes Us To Machine Learning School appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today the Datanauts explore the worlds of consulting and VARs, and their customer focus areas, including data center transformation and certifications. Our guests are Jason Nash and Josh Coen. The post Datanauts 120: Data Center Transformation, Certifications & Consulting appeared first on Packet Pushers.

The Datanauts dive into the notion of the full stack engineer--an IT pro who can work across every layer of the infrastructure. Our guest is Tom Vachon. The post Datanauts 119: Is The Full Stack Engineer A Myth? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Whitebox networking hardware and open source software are challenging incumbent vendors and demonstrating new operational models for network engineers. The Datanauts and guest Peyton Maynard-Koran discuss the implications. The post Datanauts 118: The Whitebox & Enterprise Networks appeared first on Packet Pushers.

The Datanauts dive into SQL Server and database architectures, as well as how infrastructure ops and DBAs can work better together. Our guest is Mike Fal. The post Datanauts 117: Inside The World Of DBAs And SQL Server appeared first on Packet Pushers.

The Datanauts dive into VXLAN networking with guest Lukas Krattiger. We explore how it works, discuss use cases, and examine how hosts inside a VXLAN network communicate with end points on the outside. The post Datanauts 116: Understanding VXLAN Networking appeared first on Packet Pushers.

The Datanauts discuss securing print infrastructure with Michael Howard, Chief Security Advisor, and Jason O’Keeffe, Print Security Advisor, at HP. The post Datanauts 115: Secure Printing With HP (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today the Datanauts we talk unikernels and IncludeOS with guest Per Buer. We discuss how unikernels differ from a traditional OS, advantages and tradeoffs, and unikernel use cases. The post Datanauts 114: Unikernels And IncludeOS appeared first on Packet Pushers.