On the Air is a weekly web series on Spiceworks that gets IT pros and tech vendors together to geek out over technology. This podcast series brings you a pre-show interview featuring one of the expert panelists from the show, as well as a “rewind” audio-only track of recent shows. Check each episode…
Justin talks with Rick Greincewic, Senior Security Advisor for HP, to discuss deep learning and how it's becoming the new forefront of threat protection for endpoints. https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=131819F7-1EE3-40E2-BEAA-6314950918B4&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod
https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=131819F7-1EE3-40E2-BEAA-6314950918B4&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod Justin sits down for a nice interview with Erich Kron of KnowBe4 to talk about how users are getting duped by phishing attacks that pull from today's headlines. We also talk about how deepfake technology may also play into the next big phishing attack.
https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=68939B73-D376-4EE5-BA32-0FC6541CB333&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod Justin sits down with Juanoflo (Juan Hernandez) to talk about how Meraki has helped him and his organization stay on top of networking issues and security threats, even when he can't be on site.
IT pros are inundated all the time with THE NEXT BIG THING IN TECH. While most of these NBTIT's will never live up to the insurmountable hype, how do you tell when it may actually be relevant to you? Justin sits down with Spiceworks's Lee Young to get his thoughts, as well as why all IT pros should pay attention even if it's not pertinent right now. https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=7D928168-4B08-4351-84CB-E4E86C0AD9F6&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod
In this special episode, Justin sits down with the Chief Privacy Office of Cisco, Michelle Dennedy. They discuss the business reasons why all companies need to pay attention to privacy and what Cisco is doing internally to help further this effort. https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=9ECDC573-FF74-40D6-8235-093BD54D07F8&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod
Justin is joined by IT pro Jimmy T to talk about his experience with network refreshes, and how much stays the same each time and what to expect to be different. https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=F8014289-08CD-43DC-B58B-57A730D31ECD&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod
Justin sits down with OTA favorite Jorge Maestre of HPE to talk about whether SSDs are the new bottleneck (really?) and who should actually be spending time thinking about things like memory-driven storage. https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=9E268B88-6048-4B2D-999A-4D13FA097117&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod
Justin sits down with Joaquin Ochoa, owner of JTech Enterprises, to talk about how he helps his SMB customers plan out their network budgets, and how to plan for change when you don't know exactly what type of change may be coming! https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=18982FE7-AA39-47BE-A0E5-3BFA81C3BB48&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod
Justin sits down with Mikael Rasmussen from NetMotion to talk about how far we've come in mobile security and what the biggest challenges we have yet to tackle, as well as why visibility and ease-of-use are the two most important elements in a mobility solution. https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=60298D85-5D13-42B3-8558-6FA906F76060&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod
Does VC stand for "video conferencing" or "very creepy"? Justin sits down with Eric Tooley from Logitech to find out why some users are still creeped out by video conferencing technology, and what IT pros can do to help make users more comfortable and increase adoption. https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=929EB731-08E4-4275-8DF0-1C565220247B&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod
Continuously adapting your security posture to keep up with today's and tomorrow's threats is critical to protect your organization. On this episode of On the Air with HP Inc, Justin sat down with Rick Griencewic, Senior Security Specialist from HP Inc. and Brian Fulmer, IT Manager at American Inc. to discuss what the biggest breaches, threats, and insights of 2018. They also dove into the balance of digital life and security and how HP devices help to achieve this with security rooted at the core. http://community.spiceworks.com/ontheair
Taking better control of your company's data while also allowing users to work from anywhere can poise quite the quandary. That's where Chromebooks step in, allowing for remote updates and patches, admin level security controls, and higher data security adoption rates of your "cloud workers". Justin sits down with Andrew Luong from Google Chrome Enterprise and IT pro Kirk Yamaoto to get their advice. community.spiceworks.com/ontheair
Justin sits down with IT pro Brian Fulmer and HP's Rick Griencewic to talk about how IT security has changed over the years, when security first popped up on their radar, and how much users have improved their security awareness... if at all! https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=E981BE96-381D-48A8-9429-7D49A8D20F47&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod
Justin sits down with Kirk Yamamoto, IT pro for a large city government, about their usage of Chromebooks, what it's like to deploy and manage them in a production environment, and what other IT pros should know going in. https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=1B2F203C-B0CA-4FAA-8580-4F3F9E0214BF&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod
Convincing an IT pro about storage with predictive analytics that can detect and even repair many of the most common storage problems isn’t the hardest sell. It’s convincing the boss and whoever signs the checks that this Star Trek-sounding technology isn’t cost prohibitive, isn’t risky, and that the time to deploy is actually now. Justin sits down with Josh Wollard from HPE and IT pro Bodey Marcoccia to get their advice. http://community.spiceworks.com/ontheair
Justin sits down with Josh Wollard from HPE about making the transition from IT pro to sales, and how IT pros can better sell big tech purchases to management. https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=50DCEB6B-CDF8-4C70-9454-4DE12D63FABA&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod
Justin and Chelsea are joined by Minal Santhosh , Senior Manager of SMB Solutions at HPE, as well as Daniel Burton, Chief Technologist at Protis IT, to talk about how you should prepare to migrate away from Window Server 2008 as it's EOL approaches. For more On the Air check out: community.spiceworks.com/ontheair
Justin and Chelsea are joined by Roger Grimes, Data-Driven Defense Evangelist for KnowBe4, as well as Dave Tutweiler, HelloDave in Spiceworks, to talk about how to prepare your users for the next round of cyberthreats in 2019. For more On the Air check out: community.spiceworks.com/ontheair
Justin sits down with Minal Santosh of Hewlett Packard Enterprise to talk about why Windows Server 2008 End of Service needs to be on everyone's radar, and where you may want to migrate to if you need to get off 2008. https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=92833648-892A-454C-B3A8-D7436CDE2B00&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod
In this episode of On the Air Justin was joined by Craig Bates from InCare Technologies and Erik Willey from ViewSonic to discuss how to utilize large interactive flat panels in your organization in a collaborative way. For more On the Air check out: community.spiceworks.com/ontheair
https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=B38AB072-C2B5-4B57-A61D-C89F501F1EBE&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod Justin sits down with Roger Grimes, Data Driven Defense Evangelist from KnowBe4, to talk about how Roger got started in cybersecurity, and some of the threats he's most concerned about for 2019.
You wanted it, you got it! The On the Air crew is now dropping the audio tracks from each live episode into your podcast feed for your listening pleasure. This first episode is from our November 14th show when Justin sat down with Jeff Galinovsky from Intel and Eric Koontz from Cisco to deep dive into Intel’s Optane solution offering and how it’s changing the storage industry for good. community.spiceworks.com/on-the-air
Justin sits down with Scott Fowler (aka SQLRage) to find out what life is like when a regular IT pro/developer becomes a manager and trades in one set of issues for another! Also we discuss what it's like to start instituting a culture of cybersecurity within an organization. https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=C968AEFA-C107-4433-A556-80B79244F0E2&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swota
Justin sits down with two of our favorite guests, MSP owner Justin Williams and HPE Nimble's Josh Wollard, to slay some buzzwords and find out whether or not they're actually relevant to IT pros, including Hyperconverged Infrastructure, Software-Defined Networking, and Composable Fabric. https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=2291685B-D1DE-4317-91A5-E5B660952E90&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod
The times they are a changin'. Justin sits down with Spiceworks's Jeff Grettler to talk about how workspaces have changed over the course of his IT career, and how IT organizations can and should be helping to drive these changes instead of sitting back and taking orders. https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=43CD1963-BB84-4187-B1AE-C78782500CF5&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod
Justin sits down with Simon Lok, CTO of RGNets to talk about cutting through the marketing buzzwords around SD-WAN and what's really cool about the technology that IT pros should get excited about. https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=6C52E5A7-12CA-40E7-A775-F38446B43BBD&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod
Justin sits down with IT Pro Marcus Puckett to talk about what hybrid cloud actually looks like in the real world and whether or not SMB can and should actually be looking into it. https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=1DF9493E-AC25-4827-A756-EDBCEEFA982B&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod
https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=156487E7-3337-4493-85B4-A08CBEDB4572&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod Justin hops on with Ryan Sheehy of HPE to talk about where Wi-Fi sits in the security stack and how it can be one of the most responsive tools in your arsenal for fighting back against the worst threats in IT.
https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=156487E7-3337-4493-85B4-A08CBEDB4572&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod 2018 is officially the Year of VDI! Of course, it has been the Year of VDI every year since 2008, but this year we are serious! Justin sits down with HPE's Jason Shiplett to talk about how modern developments in bandwidth, flash storage, and hyperconverged infrastructure are impacting VDI adoption. We also talk about the seemingly inexplicable connection between tech and golf.
https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=D81F8954-2AD0-45E0-A2FC-A93B99558CC9&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod Justin sits down with Justin Williams (Control Alt IT) to talk about trying to standardize wireless security across multiple industries and clients, and how well the Meraki dashboard helps him and his consultants do as much work as they can without travelling.
https://community.spiceworks.com/calendar/register?affiliate_data=swpod&event_id=1166 Justin sits down with Stacey Budd from Arcserve and Erich Krohn from KnowBe4 to talk about some of the biggest IT disasters they've seen in their careers, what makes an IT organization "super" in responding to these disasters, and... Erich's continuing quest to find an armadillo dressed as a sheriff?
https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=CC7ED08C-1DCC-4482-9082-D841DFE45BFF&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod Justin and Jeff Grettler sit down to talk about what it's like to try to secure end users when the lines between their home and work technology gets blurrier and blurrier.
https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowKey=52796&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=swpod Justin and Lee sit down with Brandon Bigford (bbigford) to talk about his experience migrating SMB clients to Azure and how to talk about IaaS if you've just made a recent infrastructure investment.
Justin is joined Daniel Burton, Austin-based MSP, and Josh Wollard, former-IT-pro-turned-Nimble-engineer, to talk about IT bro-mances, data analytics, and deduplication on hybrid arrays. https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowKey=52561&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=podpro
Justin sits down with Justin Williams of Control-Alt-IT to talk about transitioning life from a one-shop IT pro to a business-owning MSP, and how he protects multiple environments from ransomware instead of just his own. https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowKey=52186&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=podpro
Justin and Lee sit down with James Reynolds, IT pro in healthcare, about what VPN means in 2018 where everything is mobile and cloud-available. Plus, whether or not animal animations are a good feature to look for in a VPN provider. https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowKey=52176&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=podpro
https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowKey=51762&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=podpro Justin sits down with Jeff Grettler to talk about his biggest Wi-Fi headaches, how user expectations have been changing, and what makes his job easier when it comes to troubleshooting.
https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowKey=51496&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=offpod The devices are coming! The devices are coming! Justin sits down with Huy Tran (owner of Logik7 consulting) to talk about what we learned from the last mobile explosion regarding Wi-Fi and how we can apply it to the influx of internet-connected everything.
https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowKey=51529&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=podpro Justin sits down with Chris Hollas and Wes Mackay from HPE about their attempt on the next On the Air to backup a 1 TB virtual machine in less than 60 seconds. We discuss the magic and science behind hypeconverged infrastructure that makes this possible.
https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowKey=49971&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=podpro Many of the storage features you'll read about sound like they're straight out of a Star Trek movie. But if you're a small and growing business how many of these apply to you? Are you overpaying for a solution you don't need? Justin sits down with Joaquin Ochoa of J-Tech Enterprises this week to find out the real truth!
https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowKey=50367&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=podpro On paper, VoIP seems like a no-brainer. "Make calls from the internet! What could go wrong?" On this episode, Justin sits down with Jimmy T. from the Spiceworks Community to talk about what actually happens to IT in a VoIP deployment when the rubber meets the road, and people are actually relying on it to do business.
https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowKey=49756&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=podcast Justin and Jeff Grettler sit down and discuss the latest in ransomware news: Atlanta under siege, making Boeing WannaCry, and what's the deal with cryptojacking anyways?
https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowKey=49732&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=podcast We sit down with Stacey Budd of Arcserve to talk about new technologies that are making backup easier and safer for organizations, as well as what it's like to get your hands dirty with new backup technology as it comes off the presses.
https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowKey=49433&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=podcast We welcome Jorge Maestre from HPE back on the show to give us the brutally honest truth about the flash industry, including 3PAR vs. Nimble, and what really sets flash storage vendors apart from just IOPS and durability.
https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowKey=48226&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=podcast We sit down with Joaquin Ochoa, Spicehead from Miami, FL and noted HPE fanboy to talk about the importance of remote server management in both MSP and non-MSP organizations, and what he's most looking forward to with iLO 5.
https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowKey=47670&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=podcast On this episode we sit down with Spiceworks's very own Lee Young to talk about how SMBs should be balancing security and budget, where they should focus, and how important PC security can be in protecting your data.
https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowKey=46924&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=podcast Jorge Maestre from HPE joins us today to talk about getting paid to spout your opinions on storage technology, how he keeps up with the latest storage news, and what he eats and lifts on a typical day.
https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowKey=46850&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=podcast On this episode we are joined by Bob Moore from HPE to talk about defending against hackers and ransomware at the silicon level, and how he sees the news of Spectre and Meltdown impacting the IT industry moving forward.
https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowKey=45798&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=podcast We sit down with Scott Fowler (aka SQLRage) to find out what makes actually him rage about SQL, his take on sys admins vs. DBA (in a dodgeball match), and what features of SQL 2016 he thinks are the greatest.
As if VDI and other end user computing technologies are complex enough, when you add in the human element of users, IT pros sure can be in for a wild ride. On this episode we sit down with John Nicholson (StorageNinja) and Marcus Puckett (killmongaro) to hear their tales of deployments in the wild! https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowKey=45411&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=podcast
On this episode we sit down with Michael Tallman about his experience going from military IT to civilian IT, starting his own business, and how IT certifications have played a role along the way. https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowKey=45402&LangLocaleID=1033&AffiliateData=podcast