Those weekends just keep on rolling around don’t they! It’s been a hectic old week at work, but I’ve still managed to catch up on some really good tech content that I thought I’d share.
If you are after some interesting reads and listens to satisfy your insatiable desire for all things tech this weekend, then give these a go..
Articles
CIO.COM – Is your data ready to help you make game changing decisions?
I presented at an event recently on this very topic and thought this was an interesting article discussing the same issues.
Many of us see the value of data and see how getting a better understanding of it can help us make better decisions in our business, but how many of us have thought about how to package up our data so we can actually take advantage of analytics tools so we can become a more data driven businesses? Some areas to consider in this article;
Tech Crunch – Five building block of a data-driven culture
While on the data theme, also found this from Tech Crunch further exploring the idea of making our businesses more data centric, while the CIO article looked at how to prepare our data to be more useful to us, Tech Crunch look at the wider picture of what a business needs to become more data centric.
They explore the importance of an authoritative data set, but also the importance of having the right skills in your business, it’s no good doing all of this work with your data, if no one has the slightest idea how to use it!
https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/23/five-building-blocks-of-a-data-driven-culture/
Windows IT Pro – Microsoft Inspire: Simplify, Simplify, Simplify
A big supporter of this message in all areas of IT, as we become ever more reliant on our technology and it becomes ever more complex, what is crucial is we take that complexity away from our end users, they need to be able to focus on making the most of their technology so they can meet their desired outcomes, not wasting time worrying about making stuff work.
This article from Windows IT Pro comes from the recent Microsoft Inspire conference, as they take a look at Microsoft’s plans for simplifying technology delivery be that cloud offerings, building hybrid solutions with Azure Stack, or using Microsoft cognitive services, the focus is on simplification.
Podcasts
After all that reading, you may want to kick back for some tech listening, so here’s a coupe of shows to enjoy!
Tech ONTAP – Death of the specialised admin
I know the NetApp podcast team keep getting a mention, but they are knocking out some great episodes at the minute and episodes that are for a much wider IT listenership than just NetApp customers.
This episode is one of those as Andy Bantha and Josh Atwell join the team to talk about next generation infrastructure, but not a debate about technology, one about skill sets, what types of skills do we need as IT Pro’s and what kind of skills do we need as a business as you look to build your next generation technology platforms.
Well worth a listen.
Virtually Speaking Podcast – vSAN Off-Road
Another old favourite this one. I enjoy the VMware podcast, as a great way to keep up with what VMware are doing.
This episode, although vSAN focussed, does however touch on an interesting idea, that of building customised infrastructures, not necessarily ones that sit in any good practice guide or a reference architecture, however ones that are supported, even if their use cases are quite unique.
The team bring up some interesting points and areas to consider, worth a listen if you are indeed taking your own IT a little “off-road”.
https://soundcloud.com/virtuallyspeakingpodcast/episode-50-vsan-off-road
In Tech We Trust – Luck and Innovation
Enjoying the new format of this show and an interesting topic this time out as Yadin discusses with a range of guests the part that luck plays in innovation, does it play a part and if so how big?
Interesting listen and some good sharing of experiences.
Give it a try, I’m pretty sure it will give you some things to think about!
https://intechwetrustpodcast.com/e/125-luck-and-innovation/
Tech Interviews – Living on the data edge
Talking of Yadin (smooth transition if ever there was one) he is my guest on my Tech Interviews show this week, as I discuss Yadin’s day job at Druva, as we tackle the tricky and often ignored problem of edge data.
We discuss the data that sits out on our mobile devices, laptops, tablets, phones, USB sticks and the unique set of problems that this presents to our enterprise in terms of data management.
Yadin shares some great ideas and insights on how we can begin to tackle the challenge.
Plus it’s the last show for a few weeks as Tech Interviews takes a summer holiday – so heah, why not give it a try.
Hopefully that gives you plenty to enjoy over the weekend.
Happy teching.. watch out for some more tech content to enjoy soon…
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