Best Virtualisation Podcasts (2025)

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Crafting the Ultimate Backup Plan 41:01

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In this episode we dive into the critical world of backup strategies. Join us as we explore the essentials of why every business needs a robust backup plan and how to create one that stands the test of time. We'll break down the core standards and elements of an effective backup strategy, including immutable backups and encryption, and the 3-2-1 Ba…

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VMware Changes: What They Mean for Your Business 23:03

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Ready to stay ahead of the curve? Tune in to this episode as we unpack the latest shifts in VMware following its exciting acquisition by Broadcom. We'll dive into crucial updates, like the EUC spin-off and revamped academic pricing, and what they mean for you. But that's not all – we'll break down the changes to your existing licenses and will disc…

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Navigating the Modern Management Maze: A Deep Dive into Intune and Autopilot 51:16

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Tune in to our latest Define Tomorrow episode as we embark on a journey through the ever-evolving landscape of modern IT management. In this tech-packed conversation, we demystify the intricacies of modern management and unveil the power duo – Microsoft Intune and Windows Autopilot. During this episode, hosts Barry, Oli and Andy demystify modern ma…

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Innovations in Azure Hybrid Cloud: A Recap of Dell Technologies World 2023 39:01

2+ y ago39:01

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Get ready to dive into the dynamic world of Microsoft hybrid cloud as hosts Barry, Ben and Jon lead the conversation on the latest episode of the Define Tomorrow podcast. Joined by special guest Kenny Lowe, Director of MultiCloud Evangelism at Dell, this episode is packed with invaluable insights and expert perspectives. Together, the panel explore…

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Optimising Your Hybrid Cloud Environment: Insights from Our Cloud Experts 49:58

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In this episode of the Define Tomorrow podcast, our experts dive into the exciting world of the hybrid cloud and explore what it means for your organisation. Learn as they share practical advice on how to plan, deploy, and manage a hybrid cloud environment. Plus, discover how to get started on your hybrid cloud journey and optimise performance and …

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Is it time to rethink your DR strategy? 44:18

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A Disaster Recovery Plan. No one wants to use it, but when you need it, you'll be glad you've got one. That's why creating a Disaster Recovery plan should be top of your company's priorities. Then your data and business are fully protected if you ever have an unexpected disaster. With an important job like this, it would be a big help to get some f…

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What's going to be top in tech in 2023? 59:02

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In this episode of our podcast, our technologists have come together to help you get fully prepared for 2023. Tech specialists Barry, Anthony, Kam and Oli share their expert pearls of wisdom for the top trends IT teams should think about when creating their IT strategies over the next 12 months. The team also discuss what they're excited about seei…

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So what's new in vSphere 8 and vSAN 8? Our experts give you the lowdown 59:50

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vSphere 8 and vSAN 8 are now generally available. So in this podcast we explore the new features that these latest versions have introduced. ComputerWorld's Barry, Kam and Jon discuss the features that caught their eye and their recommendations for upgrading. The team also discuss the biggest announcements from last month's VMware Explore, the glob…

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Our Thoughts on the Biggest Tech Announcements From Microsoft Ignite 2022 56:07

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Microsoft Ignite 2022 was filled with sessions, announcements, news, and more to help everyone 'do more, with less'. In this episode of the Define Tomorrow Podcast, Barry, Ben and Kam round up the biggest tech announcements from Microsoft Ignite and share their thoughts and opinions. They chat about how these announcements can improve flexibility, …

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031 - Top 5 Data Protection Tips 51:07

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In this podcast, Barry Coombs and Ben Evans discuss their top five tips to ensure your data protection strategy is robust and secure. Throughout the session they refer to the importance of testing, considering your data protection practices, planning for recovery and much more.

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030 - Data Protection Expert Panel Discussion 44:41

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Our host, Barry Coombs is joined by data protection experts, Michael Cade, Sam Woodcock and Ben Evans. In this episode, the panel discuss the key considerations businesses should be making in 2021 to ensure their business and data is secure and reliable. The panel also answer live questions from the audience.…

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Speaking in Tech #360 - Turning it Around 36:09

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On this week's episode, Melissa (@solutiongeek) and Peter (@petersmallbone) mull over cat-like lawyers on Zoom; possible trouble at Nominet; acquisitions and innovations at Hyundai; Sunway's exascale supercomputer; Veeam's great set of figures; VMware's new security guide for vSphere; President Biden's bid to end a chip shortage; and more! 00:00 Do…

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Speaking in Tech #359 - Old Wounds 48:19

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In this episode, Peter and Melissa go back in time and cover the tech news from the week before the US Presidential Inauguration.

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029 - Workspace Panel Discussion 46:48

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Host Barry Coombs will be joined by leading experts in workspace, Spencer Pitts, Tom Hickling, Peter von Oven and Simon Townsend as they discuss the latest trends in workspace technologies, where the industry is heading and what this means for your organisation in 2021 and beyond.

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Speaking in Tech #358 - Storing Up 42:36

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In this week's episode, Melissa (@solutiongeek) and Peter (@petersmallbone) are joined by Ken Grohe, President and Chief Revenue Officer of Weka (weka.io). The trio talk about James Corden's star turn at a Salesforce bash; AWS's entry into the rent-a-Mac market; Google Street View opening up to self-submitted photos; payments app PhonePe snagging a…

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Speaking in Tech #357 - Vintage >> Innovation 39:58

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This week, Peter and Melissa are joined by special guest, Ron Rock (@rrockrr) with @Microshareio . Together, they discuss Dell's multi-million dollar laptop error, Virtual Veteranarians, the LAPD's facial recognition blunder and more. 00:00 - Welcome Ron! 03:30 - Dell's millionaire mint 05:15 - VMWare gets original 09:15 - Virtual Vets 12:30 - LAPD…

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Speaking in Tech #356 - Free no more 44:57

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On this week's Speaking in Tech, Melissa (@solutiongeek) and Peter (@PeterSmallbone) talk about some proposed redundances at IBM; HP Inc sunsetting 'free ink for life'; new limits on storage in Google Photos; robots changing hard drives in Alibaba's data centres; China's president reportedly blocking a tech IPO; WeChat's owner Tencent reporting a b…

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Speaking in Tech #355 - Understatement 29:13

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This week, Peter and Melissa join forces to talk about British Airway's fine restructuring, QQAAZZ arrests, Tesla's autopilot bug, Datto's IPO, Oracle's play to keep your database forever and more. 00:00 – The Tooth is Out There 04:00 – BA carrying a lighter load in fines 09:00 – Money Laundering as a Service goes down 12:00 – "Making it look like …

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Speaking in Tech #354 - Unfiltered 49:32

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On this week's Speaking in Tech, Melissa (@solutiongeek) and Peter (@petersmallbone) talk about the US Senate subpoena of Twitter's, Facebook's and Google's CEOs; Facebook banning ads that delegitimise election outcomes; Snapchat's role in voter participation; Google's mental health concerns with photo filters on Pixel phones; GCHQ discovering a 'n…

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Speaking in Tech #353 - Big Moves 54:42

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This week, Peter and Melissa are joined by Dr. Matthias Farwick, CEO and Co-founder of Txture and Thomas Trojer, CTO and Co-founder of Txture. Together, they talk about Tik Tok's fate, Snowflake's IPO, Uber backs out of China a bit, Alicloud's next move, Txture (https://txture.io/en) and more! 00:00 – Life in the Clouds 04:20 – Trump reviews TikTok…

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Speaking in Tech #352 - What do I call you? or Everything Sucks 38:24

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In this week's episode, Melissa (@solutiongeek) and Peter (@petersmallbone) talk about Apple, privacy and bag searches; Facebook's new approach to political ads as well as their AR glasses and impressive results for Watch; Microsoft tackling deepfakes; Samsung's new $2,000 folding phone; Qualcomm's new power-efficient processor; Intel's rebrand; an…

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Speaking in Tech #351 - Horrific Terrific 38:05

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This week, Peter and Melissa join forces to discuss the latest on the Tik Tok acquisition, Twitter's new approach to copy/paste, Amazon's new offerings and more! 00:00 – Yep, Everything still sucks 02:00 – Tiking time bomb 17:00 – Twitter shuts down the twits 21:00 – Netapp pulls the rip cord on legacy 23:00 – Expanding web based security signal, F…

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Speaking in Tech #350 - Tik'd Off 34:05

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This week, Melissa (@solutiongeek) and Peter (@petersmallbone) talk about Microsoft's potential acquisition of TikTok; Donald Trump's efforts to ban it in the US; TikTok opening a data centre in Ireland; the end of Google Play Music (Pete: sob!); a great set of results for Western Digital; Uber's acquisition of UK-based firm Autocab; GDPR transgres…

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VMware Hybrid Cloud by Sean Hicks 1:01:07

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Sean Hicks (@SeanHicks77) presents "VMware Anywhere - VMware on X"What kind of cool stuff can you do when you combine VMware and your favorite public cloud?Resources:https://vmc.vmware.com/https://www.wwt.com/atcBy vBrownBag

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Speaking in Tech #349 - Lobbyrated 51:39

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This week, Peter and Melissa join forces to cover the new Twitter scam, TikTok's lobbying effort, the CIA's new bag, ARM's overreach and more. 00:00 – Travel 05:00 – The latest hoax on Twitter 11:30 – TikTok gets into politics 21:00 – CIA gets more hax 29:00 – Apple fights with the Irish 33:30 - ARM's customers jacked 37:00 – Dude claims some thing…

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Speaking in Tech #348 - Bailing Out 33:26

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This week, Peter and Melissa join forces to talk about Dell's potential VMware spinoff, Facebook's plans to ditch Oculus Go, Segway ending production, Amazon's new dev offering and more. 00:00 – Happy Treason Day 03:00 – Dell taking VMware for a spin 10:00 – Facebook yeets "affordable" VR 14:20 – Segway going away 18:15 – Using bots to fight the en…

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028 - The growing importance of unified communications 22:59

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In this episode, host Barry Coombs is joined by Strategic Alliances Lead at Poly, Murtuza Viramgamwala. Barry and Murtuza discuss how the need for video communications has grown exponentially recently and how these technologies will further shape the way people work in the future. Together Barry and Murtuza also discuss how other tools are crucial …

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Frances Wong VCP-NV NSX-T 2.4 2V0-41.19 study guide 47:53

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Frances Wong @frances_wong on twitter shows the study guide she did for the VCP -NV based on NSX-T 2.4. She goes deep into her preparation, resources, material and even taking the test remotely. If you used her guide, let her know!Resources:https://virtually2cents.com/nsx-t-2-4-study-guide-support/https://www.vmware.com/education-services/certifica…

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vSphere 7 Security News You Can Use presented by Bob Plankers 1:01:12

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Bob Plankers (https://twitter.com/plankers) continues our vSphere7 series with a look at new security features and guidance in vSphere 7.Resources:https://twitter.com/vSphereSecurityhttps://www.vmware.com/security/advisories.htmlhttps://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Validated-Design/services/introduction-to-security-and-compliance/https://github.com/vm…

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vSphere 7 with Kubernetes for the vSphere Admin presented by Mike Foley 55:02

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Mike Foley (https://twitter.com/mikefoley) continues our vSphere 7 series with a look at vCenter 7 with Kubernetes. Mike walks through some of the architecture and workflows of administering Kubernetes on vSphere 7.Resources:Mike Foley’s Blogs: https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/author/mike_foleyMicheal West's Blogs: https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/…

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What's new with vCenter Server 7 presented by Nigel Hickey 41:39

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sNigel Hickey (https://twitter.com/vCenterNerd) kicks off our vSphere 7 series with a look at vCenter 7 server. Nigel will highlight both improvements to existing features as well as some new goodies! Resources: vSphere 7 blog - http://vmw.re/vsphere7 vSphere Upgrade Center - https://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/upgrade-center.html…

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Speaking in Tech #347 - Now You See Me 35:41

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This week, Melissa (@solutiongeek) and Peter (@petersmallbone) talk about YouTube's $100m to support Black contributors and users; Google's countersuit against Sonos; Facebook's misstep on Workplace; Twitter's takedown of accounts supporting the Chinese government; Microsoft, IBM and Amazon on facial recognition technology; Kahoot's success; an inv…

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VMware NSX over ACI fabric presented by Paul Mancuso 1:15:42

5+ y ago1:15:42

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Paul Mancuso (https://twitter.com/pmancuso) dives into the how and why of design decisions when deploying VMware NSX over Cisco ACI and other data center fabrics.By vBrownBag

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027 - How has digital transformation changed in 2020? 29:22

5+ y ago29:22

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In this episode of the Define Tomorrow Podcast, host Barry Coombs is joined by Digital Workspace Chief technologist for EMEA at VMware, Spencer Pitts. Barry and Spencer discuss how digital transformation has changed recently due to Covid-19 and how organisations have had to adapt their technology to ensure they are still able to work effectively wh…

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Speaking in Tech #346 - Looking for Sunshine 34:07

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This week Peter and Melissa get together to discuss Amazon hiring, Google's pending search changes, a few lawsuits, Apple's latest acquisition and more. 00:00 – Restrictions and Resumptions 04:00 – Amazon FT hiring boom 06:30 – Google quietly judges your search for UX 12:00 – Google faces a suit from Arizona 15:00 – Apple messes with the wrong acco…