Podcasts about network administration

In this thrilling episode, Stephen Anderson, VP of Provider Contracting & Network Administration at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, discusses the significance of GLP-1 medications and the importance of making them affordable and accessible for those in need. He also explores the future growth prospects for Blue Cross, highlighting factors driving up costs in the healthcare system and the strategies being implemented to manage these challenges.

In this thrilling episode, Stephen Anderson, VP of Provider Contracting & Network Administration at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, discusses the significance of GLP-1 medications and the importance of making them affordable and accessible for those in need. He also explores the future growth prospects for Blue Cross, highlighting factors driving up costs in the healthcare system and the strategies being implemented to manage these challenges.

In this thrilling episode, Stephen Anderson, VP of Provider Contracting & Network Administration at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, discusses the significance of GLP-1 medications and the importance of making them affordable and accessible for those in need. He also explores the future growth prospects for Blue Cross, highlighting factors driving up costs in the healthcare system and the strategies being implemented to manage these challenges.

In this thrilling episode, Stephen Anderson, VP of Provider Contracting & Network Administration at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, discusses the significance of GLP-1 medications and the importance of making them affordable and accessible for those in need. He also explores the future growth prospects for Blue Cross, highlighting factors driving up costs in the healthcare system and the strategies being implemented to manage these challenges.

Today's Tech Bytes podcast gets into network automation with sponsor BackBox. BackBox's approach to automation is to focus on network engineers and integrate automation with how they already do their jobs. BackBox works with more than 180 network and security vendors.

Today's Tech Bytes podcast gets into network automation with sponsor BackBox. BackBox's approach to automation is to focus on network engineers and integrate automation with how they already do their jobs. BackBox works with more than 180 network and security vendors. The post Tech Bytes: Automating Network Administration At Scale With BackBox (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Tech Bytes podcast gets into network automation with sponsor BackBox. BackBox's approach to automation is to focus on network engineers and integrate automation with how they already do their jobs. BackBox works with more than 180 network and security vendors.

Today's Tech Bytes podcast gets into network automation with sponsor BackBox. BackBox's approach to automation is to focus on network engineers and integrate automation with how they already do their jobs. BackBox works with more than 180 network and security vendors. The post Tech Bytes: Automating Network Administration At Scale With BackBox (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Tech Bytes podcast gets into network automation with sponsor BackBox. BackBox's approach to automation is to focus on network engineers and integrate automation with how they already do their jobs. BackBox works with more than 180 network and security vendors. The post Tech Bytes: Automating Network Administration At Scale With BackBox (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Tech Bytes podcast gets into network automation with sponsor BackBox. BackBox's approach to automation is to focus on network engineers and integrate automation with how they already do their jobs. BackBox works with more than 180 network and security vendors.

Show Website: https://mspbusinessschool.com/ Guest Name: Scott Haselkorn https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-haselkorn-1a449282/ Company: Haselkorn, Inc. https://haselkorninc.com/ Hosts Brian Doyle: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandoylemetathinq/ Robb Rogers: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robb-rogers-07415251/ Tim McNeil: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timmcneil3/ Sponsors vCIOToolbox: https://vciotoolbox.com OSR Manage: https://osrmanage.com Scott Haselkorn joins us today on MSP Business School. Scott is the president of Haselkorn Inc. 1:25 Scott starts off his backstory by revealing that he had a learning disability when he was younger and shared about the first book he read that he thinks made a significant impact on him starting early in MSP. He also talks about how he started wanting to own a computer store as his first dream. 4:00 Scott describes how, at the age of 12, he ventured to buy computer processors by calling Intel in California and acquiring a credit card, tax ID, and applications aided by his parents. He also states that he started out fixing his parent's computers, friends' parents' computers, and even teachers' computers throughout high school. 6:58 He shares that he got his first job in a local place as a tech support and eventually moved to the commercial support department, transferred to Network Administration, and was laid off twice from the same company. 9:30 Scott speaks about he did a training class in dental offices on how to use dental software and got his first paying client through his dad. He then that time started to think about MSP and sort out what his goals were. 11:43 He shares his first encounter with IT Nation and how surprised he was to see many people who like computers the same as he does and make businesses out of them. He also shared the time he started his journey with ConnectWise and how it changed his life. 15:00 Scott then talks about his objectives and says he focuses on security-focused practice to make sure his clients can prevent or don't experience rainy days. He also points out that we should always keep evolving as threats keep changing every day. 17:44 Brian dives right into the conversation, agreeing with what Scott said and noting that one cool thing about the industry is it is ever-changing. He shares his thoughts that these days it is more on “keeping up with the bad guys” and focused on the security-first model. 20:50 Tim and Brian express their astonishment at how Scott was predestined to be working in MSP since he read that book in 4thgrade. Tim adds that it was the game-changer for Scott. 24:13 Scott closes the podcast by saying that all the MSPs all over the globe are peers and teammates. He hopes that as teammates, we can make the world a safer place for the good guys.

Stephen Anderson, Vice President of Provider Contracting and Network Administration at BlueCross BlueShield of Michigan, joined the podcast to talk about collaboration, population health and where telehealth is headed.

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STONECREST WEEKLY'S CITY COUNCIL ELECTION SERIES.Tune in to hear each candidate answer 10 questions in relationship their view on the City of Stonecrest. Each candidate will answer the same 10 questions, giving you a clear perspective of each candidate without any outside influence.Today's episode features for Candidate Ryan Gallagher for District 5.Greetings my name is Ryan Gallagher I am an entrepreneur and a recent two time college graduate with aspirations of becoming a lawyer in the near future.  I have been a resident of Dekalb county, specifically lithonia for over 22 years and I absolutely love my community and I want to see it prosper. I attended Arabia Mountain High school where I was blessed to receive the opportunity of not only obtaining my High School diploma but also an Associates degree in Network Administration. Obtaining a specialized skill and degree at an early age helped me learn the importance of education. I continued my studies at the world renowned historically black college Texas Southern University where I majored in Political Science with a dual minor in Spanish and computer science. There I would learn about the building blocks of government and what it means to come together as a society to promote the greater good. Politics has always been a passion of mine as well as helping the community to be the best they can be. Words can not express how happy I am to potentially be in a situation where I can impact and help others that I would not have been able to reach before. If I were so fortunate to be elected as a Stonecrest City councilmen I swear to uphold the laws of our city charter and constitution. I want to promote new business moving inside the city to generate more revenue and stimulate growth inside our economy. I will support our local schools and hope to generate new youth programs to enrich our residences' lives.  I will work to ensure that our local government has positive effects on our quality of life and is transparent with the citizens of stonecrest. With your help I hope to make Stonecrest the greatest city in America! Sincerely, Ryan GallagherCONTACT:https://instagram.com/gallagher4stonecrest?utm_medium=copy_linkSubscribe to the Stonecrest Weekly Newsletter so you don't miss a thing!https://instagram.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=32dcbcb351d2cf1f1e904fd20&id=ec295d5610Support the show

Steve Anderson, Vice President of Provider Contracting and Network Administration at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, joined the podcast to discuss trends in value-based care, consumerism and how technology is changing the game. This episode is sponsored by Ontrak.

Today on our show i.e., “Wisdom from Experts” we have one of the Mentors, inspiration, and also source of happiness Col. Aditya Singhal. You can connect with him on: linktr.ee/ColAdityaSinghal Website:- coladityasinghal.com LinkedIn:- www.linkedin.com/in/col-aditya-singhal-a75aa71a/ YouTube:- www.youtube.com/channel/UC-5SA1J5ArgF8uO9dOLiY-Q Aditya Singhal's Vision - To explore new frontiers of professional excellence with continuous learning & development. For that, he is sharing his knowledge and life experiences gained in the Armed Forces on a continual basis. His mission is - To Coach, Mentor, and Guide the youth to - - "Face and Ace” the SSB Interview for joining the Armed Forces. - Select and excel in the profession/career of their choice. - Convert their passion into profession. He is a Veteran from Armored Corps, with 33 years of experience in a variety of Operational, Training & Development, Equipment Management, Administrative, and HR Management roles in the Armed Forces, National Cadet Corps, and Training Establishments. Other than that, he is ICCC Certified Career Coach, Certified Career Mentor, NLP Practitioner, and Graphology & Signature Analyst Professional Qualifications- MBA (HR) from PUMBA, University of Pune, PG Diploma in Disaster Management, PG Diploma in Network Administration & Cyber Security.

Guest Mr. Timothy Manito of YoungCTO Rafi Quisumbing Experienced Cloud Support Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Cisco Networking, Switches, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Network Administration, and Network Design. Strong information technology professional with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) focused in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Polytechnic University of the Philippines. LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tmanito/

In today's Modern Digital Enterprise, the digital transformation podcast from Anexinet, Steve discusses Infrastructure Automation  with George Carter, Director of Automation Services, and IT Automation Developer, Thomas Breslin.  This episode also answers the following questions:What differentiates RPA from Infrastructure Automation?For clients who don’t fully understand what automation can do for them, what kinds of things is it possible to automate today? What areas can be automated that companies may not have considered?In what ways can an organization’s infrastructure be automated? What can automating infrastructure do for an organization? What are the advantage of automating infrastructure? Why is it important for organizations to have a 3rd party help them manage their infrastructure? What are the advantages of having a 3rd party? When does automating away the busy work free your IT Teams to work on? What role does automation play in security? How is Anexinet able to augment, rather than replace, the client’s IT team? How is augmenting more effective and beneficial than replacing?So, with all these benefits, what is it that’s still holding companies back from automating?Art of the possible: what are we currently doing versus what are we capable of doing for companies?Where do you think Infrastructure Automation is headed? Where is this technology going? Links in the episode: The Practice of System and Network Administration

Many enterprises run IT systems that are necessarily complex. So complex, sometimes, that the number and variety of services, applications and connections comes as a shock, even to the IT Department.Finding the cause of an outage or slow-down, therefore, can be frustrating and time-consuming. Additionally, it can lead to all sorts of internal "politicking" (to put it nicely).But even once there's a coherent "map", correlating what the business wants with what the IT stack can provide is another headache, and one that's not easily achieved. Unless, of course, you happen to use AppDynamics.In this talk with Jim Cavanaugh from the company, we look at how organizations are joining up business aims and objectives with the technical nitty-gritty of networks, clouds, connections and all the whirring boxes in data centers. This podcast is produced in conjunction with AppDynamics, a Cisco company.

  Tom Limoncelli is a time management author and trainer from New Jersey who also happens to be an internationally recognized bisexual activist. In this featured interview, he merges his knowledge in these fields with life, work, and LGBTQ equality movement experiences to share advice on time management for activists. Listen in for tips you can start using right away like "Invest 5," "The Small Batch Principle," and "Time Boxing" to get more done and to achieve better focus so there is less to do. Tom's books include Vol 1: The Practice of System and Network Administration, Vol 2: The Practice of Cloud System Administration, and Time Management for System Administrators. He is also the humorist behind the wonderful Leftscape "sponsors" featured in recent episodes.   Co-hosts Wendy Sheridan, Robin Renée, and Mary McGinley are happy to be back to The Leftscape after summer break. They begin the show with 3 Random Facts, this time involving employers and your COVID-19 status, a cool study on the acoustics of ancient Stonehenge, and the color of cats (A Geekscape segment on cats facts appears to be forthcoming.). They discuss a few lighter items from the firehose that is the news: the ill-fated boat parade, Novak Djokovic's ill-fated U.S. Open moment, and Bi Visibility Month. There is one essential news item/reminder: the upcoming U.S. presidential election on November 3rd and the importance of making sure you're registered and have a solid plan to vote. In the Why Is This Awesome? segment, Wendy talks about the historical drama, Mrs. America, its telling of the 1970s feminist movement for adoption of the ERA, and its conservative opposition. Spoilers abound.   Things to do: Learn more about Tom Limoncelli at Tom on Time. CONTACT TOM NOW if you can help him make connections to reach his goal of teaching time management to 100 tech workers at political campaigns working to defeat Donald Trump. Visit Can I Vote to register to vote, check your registration status, find your polling place, become a poll worker, and more. Watch Mrs. America on Hulu. Read about a study on the acoustics at ancient Stonehenge. Become a patron of The Leftscape!      Sound engineering by Wendy Sheridan Show notes by Robin Renée Fake sponsor messages by Thomas Limoncelli Web hosting by InMotion Remote recording by SquadCast

Morgan shares how she got started as a network administrator, tools to help you learn and her experience at Grace Hopper conference. ⁣ ⁣ You can find her on LinkedIn, www.runtcpip.com or twitter. ⁣ ⁣ Learn more about bridges in tech by visiting www.bridgesintech.com

In our first episode of 2020, you will hear from our guest, Skyler Nix, who shares his message on personal branding and what he learned during his recent STEM job search.  He will also share key points on talent acquisition and the importance of knowing what you want out of a job search.  We discuss tips to make solid connections on LinkedIn and other social media platforms that help #jobseekers create their personal brand in this new generation of searching for the perfect position and leveraging connections. Show Notes Skyler Nix was raised in Albuquerque, NM and graduated from Sandia High School.  He served in the U.S. Army as an Electronic Warfare Specialist (33 Whiskey) from 2002 – 2007 at stations in South Korea and Ft. Meade, MD.  After military service, Skyler has worked for multiple defense contracting firms in various disciplines including satellite communications, technical training, RF testing, SW engineering/sustainment, Agile product development, UNIX/Linux system administration, and space systems engineering.  He currently works for a top five defense firm in Albuquerque.  Skyler holds a BASc in Network Administration from the University of Arizona; Is the Young Professionals Affinity Group Chairperson in the IEEE(“Eye-Triple-E”) Albuquerque section; the IEEE Region 6 Government Affairs representative; and the IEEE Rising Stars conference chair for 2021. Linkedin Twitter IEEE IEEE Albuquerque Section 2020 IEEE Rising Stars Conference   Book Recommendations: Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if your life depended upon it, by Chris Voss Crushing It! How Great Entrepreneurs Build Their Business and Influence - and How You Can, Too, by Gary Vaynerchuk Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, by Simon Sinek   Contact: Skyler Nix (Linkedin)  

In our first episode of 2020, you will hear from our guest, Skyler Nix, who shares his message on personal branding and what he learned during his recent STEM job search.  He will also share key points on talent acquisition and the importance of knowing what you want out of a job search.  We discuss tips to make solid connections on LinkedIn and other social media platforms that help #jobseekers create their personal brand in this new generation of searching for the perfect position and leveraging connections. Show Notes Skyler Nix was raised in Albuquerque, NM and graduated from Sandia High School.  He served in the U.S. Army as an Electronic Warfare Specialist (33 Whiskey) from 2002 – 2007 at stations in South Korea and Ft. Meade, MD.  After military service, Skyler has worked for multiple defense contracting firms in various disciplines including satellite communications, technical training, RF testing, SW engineering/sustainment, Agile product development, UNIX/Linux system administration, and space systems engineering.  He currently works for a top five defense firm in Albuquerque.  Skyler holds a BASc in Network Administration from the University of Arizona; Is the Young Professionals Affinity Group Chairperson in the IEEE(“Eye-Triple-E”) Albuquerque section; the IEEE Region 6 Government Affairs representative; and the IEEE Rising Stars conference chair for 2021. Linkedin Twitter IEEE IEEE Albuquerque Section 2020 IEEE Rising Stars Conference   Book Recommendations: Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if your life depended upon it, by Chris Voss Crushing It! How Great Entrepreneurs Build Their Business and Influence - and How You Can, Too, by Gary Vaynerchuk Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, by Simon Sinek   Contact: Skyler Nix (Linkedin)  

Episode Summary In this episode of the Adventures in DevOps podcast, the panelists talk about getting started with DevOps and learning its principles and technologies. Lee and Scott mention that they share a similar journey, initially starting as system administrators and working their way into DevOps. Nell says that she was a Ruby and .NET developer before learning cloud technologies such as Heroku, Chef, and Docker. To someone with a programming background wanting to get into DevOps, Lee highly recommends three books - The Practice of System and Network Administration, The Practice of Cloud System Administration: DevOps and SRE Practices for Web Services - Volume 2, and Time Management for System Administrators. He mentions that they are technology-agnostic and help in understanding what is really going on in the system. Scott stresses on the importance of understanding basic networking, linux systems and commands, bash scripting and knowing the core fundamentals and interactions of the underlying systems. He suggests going for online resources, tutorials and boot camps which are plenty nowadays and easily accessible as well. Nell advises listeners to pick a cloud provider such as Digital Ocean and learn the basics by working with it, which can later be applied to any other cloud provider. She also recommends learning programming languages to get a good software development foundation. The panelists talk about working on specific projects and getting hands dirty rather than traditional learning, to enhance their DevOps skills. Nell explains how they implement the 'learning by doing' concept at work. She mentions that understanding how virtual machines and physical servers work is crucial before moving on to learning about containers. Lee suggests Vagrant - a tool for building and managing virtual machine environments, as a good resource for the same. They caution that while it is important to learn things during our time off, self-care and setting healthy boundaries is paramount. It is ok to take longer to learn something given that DevOps as a whole can be extremely complex, and working in a non-pressure environment can be very beneficial. They recommend Ops School for beginners which is a comprehensive program aimed at people who want to get into operations engineering. They then share their insights on monitoring and how to get started with it. Lee recommends the book Practical Monitoring, and Sensu - a monitoring event pipeline, as good starting points. DevOps can be considered as a technical as well as a cultural movement. To that effect, they discuss where should people start learning the associated cultural elements. Nell recommends reading the books - Effective DevOps, and The Phoenix Project and Crucial Conversations. Lee advocates going old school with the writings of Richard Stallman, and books of the 80s and 90s such as The Art of C Programming. They mention that conversational skills and dealing with people are critical skills in today's work environments. Scott recommends Google's Site Reliability Engineering books which have a lot of great stuff to build a solid foundation and are also free to read online. Finally, they talk about how to keep learning and expanding knowledge. Some effective suggestions discussed include extensive practicing, working professionally, solving business problems, building expertise in programming, and attending DevOps Days events and Linux Users groups. They end the episode with picks. Panel Nell Shamrell-Harrington Lee Whalen Scott Nixon Sponsors iPhreaks - Devchat.tv The Dev Rev - Devchat.tv React Round Up - Devchat.tv CacheFly Links A Cloud Guru Digital Ocean Linux Academy The League of Professional System Administrators Vagrant Ops School Curriculum Practical Monitoring Sensu Effective DevOps: Building a Culture of Collaboration, Affinity, and Tooling at Scale The Phoenix Project The Art of C Programming Crucial Conversations Site Reliability Engineering - Google DevOps Days Picks Nell Shamrell-Harrington: Fresh Tarragon Lee Whalen: The Practice of System and Network Administration The Practice of Cloud System Administration: DevOps and SRE Practices for Web Services, Volume 2 Time Management for System Administrators Scott Nixon: How to Stay Motivated: Developing the Qualities of Success

Episode Summary In this episode of the Adventures in DevOps podcast, the panelists talk about getting started with DevOps and learning its principles and technologies. Lee and Scott mention that they share a similar journey, initially starting as system administrators and working their way into DevOps. Nell says that she was a Ruby and .NET developer before learning cloud technologies such as Heroku, Chef, and Docker. To someone with a programming background wanting to get into DevOps, Lee highly recommends three books - The Practice of System and Network Administration, The Practice of Cloud System Administration: DevOps and SRE Practices for Web Services - Volume 2, and Time Management for System Administrators. He mentions that they are technology-agnostic and help in understanding what is really going on in the system. Scott stresses on the importance of understanding basic networking, linux systems and commands, bash scripting and knowing the core fundamentals and interactions of the underlying systems. He suggests going for online resources, tutorials and boot camps which are plenty nowadays and easily accessible as well. Nell advises listeners to pick a cloud provider such as Digital Ocean and learn the basics by working with it, which can later be applied to any other cloud provider. She also recommends learning programming languages to get a good software development foundation. The panelists talk about working on specific projects and getting hands dirty rather than traditional learning, to enhance their DevOps skills. Nell explains how they implement the 'learning by doing' concept at work. She mentions that understanding how virtual machines and physical servers work is crucial before moving on to learning about containers. Lee suggests Vagrant - a tool for building and managing virtual machine environments, as a good resource for the same. They caution that while it is important to learn things during our time off, self-care and setting healthy boundaries is paramount. It is ok to take longer to learn something given that DevOps as a whole can be extremely complex, and working in a non-pressure environment can be very beneficial. They recommend Ops School for beginners which is a comprehensive program aimed at people who want to get into operations engineering. They then share their insights on monitoring and how to get started with it. Lee recommends the book Practical Monitoring, and Sensu - a monitoring event pipeline, as good starting points. DevOps can be considered as a technical as well as a cultural movement. To that effect, they discuss where should people start learning the associated cultural elements. Nell recommends reading the books - Effective DevOps, and The Phoenix Project and Crucial Conversations. Lee advocates going old school with the writings of Richard Stallman, and books of the 80s and 90s such as The Art of C Programming. They mention that conversational skills and dealing with people are critical skills in today's work environments. Scott recommends Google's Site Reliability Engineering books which have a lot of great stuff to build a solid foundation and are also free to read online. Finally, they talk about how to keep learning and expanding knowledge. Some effective suggestions discussed include extensive practicing, working professionally, solving business problems, building expertise in programming, and attending DevOps Days events and Linux Users groups. They end the episode with picks. Panel Nell Shamrell-Harrington Lee Whalen Scott Nixon Sponsors iPhreaks - Devchat.tv The Dev Rev - Devchat.tv React Round Up - Devchat.tv CacheFly Links A Cloud Guru Digital Ocean Linux Academy The League of Professional System Administrators Vagrant Ops School Curriculum Practical Monitoring Sensu Effective DevOps: Building a Culture of Collaboration, Affinity, and Tooling at Scale The Phoenix Project The Art of C Programming Crucial Conversations Site Reliability Engineering - Google DevOps Days Picks Nell Shamrell-Harrington: Fresh Tarragon Lee Whalen: The Practice of System and Network Administration The Practice of Cloud System Administration: DevOps and SRE Practices for Web Services, Volume 2 Time Management for System Administrators Scott Nixon: How to Stay Motivated: Developing the Qualities of Success

What does it mean to be a System or Network Administrator? Richard talks to Tom Limoncelli about his experiences and book around the subject. Tom talks about how networking and sysadmin roles have evolved recently, where all the roles are being impacted by automation and DevOps practices - nobody is immune, nor should they want to be! The conversation dives into providing value to the organization, both in the form of keeping the employees productive, as well as safe and secure. It's not just about plugging cables and spinning screwdrivers, today, more than ever, the role of the sysadmin is understanding the needs of the organization and helping to achieve those needs!

(http://www.advanceyourart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-21-at-11.33.06-AM.png) What happens when you realize your day job as a White Hat Information Systems security specialist working for the government isn’t as interesting as you thought it would be? If you’re like my friend Nicole Gallub you moonlight as a DJ and get paid to travel around the world. After you find out your manager is taking a huge chunk of your booking fee you fix that by creating a start-up digital booking agencies that is focused on helping artists book gigs, fill out the paperwork, and get paid. MEET NICOLE: Nicole Gallub is a former Information Systems specialist and current DC-renowned DJ, she used her technology background and experience in music to create PELONKEY: a solution to business problems for herself and her colleagues in the entertainment and events industries. In a nutshell, Pelonkey is an entertainment marketplace where people planning events can shop easily and transparently for entertainment options, and performers can manage, protect, promote, and organize their business. Both can find, book, and contract one another online quickly and securely. After graduating from the University of Richmond with honors in the field of Information Systems, Nicole worked several jobs in this field for a decade, including Helpdesk with MeadWestvaco, Network Administration with SITE-Blauvelt Engineers, and then Network Security for various entities within the Federal Government. During this time, she spent my evenings pursuing my passion for music, moonlighting as a DJ, and performing for various local venues and parties within Washington, DC. Fortunately for her, the DJ career became successful enough to leave her career in IT and pursue the dream of working full-time as a DJ/Producer, and DJ Neekola was born. DJ Neekola is not only one of Washington, DC’s favorite DJ’s, but has also been requested frequently overseas in Switzerland, Greece, France, Italy, and Spain. In collaboration with J Punch she owned a record label in 2011 called NomNom Records, bringing on producers such as Dr. Kucho to produce original tracks and remixes, in addition to other talented local producers in the metro Washington, DC area. Neekola also produced an album in collaboration with Rex Riot called “Playtime,” which sold out in the first month of production. Although DJ Neekola’s success paved a path for international fame, Nicole directed her energy to solve key industry problems through technology and created Pelonkey. BOOKS: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (http://amzn.to/2cnbp7p) -Eckhart Tolle The Power of Intention (http://amzn.to/2cWG5Nk) -Dr. Wayne Dyer EXTRAS: 1776 incubator (http://www.1776.vc/) (http://www.1776.vc/) https://trello.com/ (https://trello.com/) CONTACT: @DJNeekola (https://twitter.com/DJNeekola) @Pelonkey (https://twitter.com/Pelonkey) www.Pelonkey.com (https://www.pelonkey.com/) BONUS: This podcast is brought to you by Audible. I have used Audible for years, and I love audiobooks. Click on the link to get a 30-day free trial, complete with a credit for a free audiobook download Audible.com (http://www.audibletrial.com/Yuri) QUESTION(S) OF THE DAY: What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments.

Anne Alston is the founder and CEO of Alstntec Consulting, LLC, a new emerging woman-owned organization that “Connects Clients, Industries, and Technologies.”  With over 25 years of combined Information technology and administration experience, Anne’s extensive background comes with the knowledge and precision of providing valuable IT consultation Services and professional development services.Anne Alston began her consulting business as the owner of A & M Creations in 1997.  Working as a desktop publisher and business strategist.  The company’s motto was “Serving the Needs of Small Businesses.”  She would later add general technical support, PC repair, and IT business consultation to her list of services.  In 2005, the company changed its name to Alstntec to reflect the type of services she provided and to expand upon her consulting expertise.In addition to running her new business, Anne serves as an IT Manager for one of the leading philanthropic network organizations in the world located in Arlington, Virginia.  In this role, she is responsible for overseeing the administration of internal systems and technology strategies for the organization.  Prior to that, she served as a Systems Administrator Technical Lead for an airline-affiliate organization located in Arlington, Virginia for five years where she oversaw IT projects, improved end-user services, managed technical staff and trained staff.  Her earlier careers included System and Network Administration, Helpdesk Management and IT Consultation for managers while working for various industries such as Legal, transportation, government, non-profit/associations, and private organizations. 

Anne Alston is the founder and CEO of Alstntec Consulting, LLC, a new emerging woman-owned organization that “Connects Clients, Industries, and Technologies.”  With over 25 years of combined Information technology and administration experience, Anne’s extensive background comes with the knowledge and precision of providing valuable IT consultation Services and professional development services.Anne Alston began her consulting business as the owner of A & M Creations in 1997.  Working as a desktop publisher and business strategist.  The company’s motto was “Serving the Needs of Small Businesses.”  She would later add general technical support, PC repair, and IT business consultation to her list of services.  In 2005, the company changed its name to Alstntec to reflect the type of services she provided and to expand upon her consulting expertise.In addition to running her new business, Anne serves as an IT Manager for one of the leading philanthropic network organizations in the world located in Arlington, Virginia.  In this role, she is responsible for overseeing the administration of internal systems and technology strategies for the organization.  Prior to that, she served as a Systems Administrator Technical Lead for an airline-affiliate organization located in Arlington, Virginia for five years where she oversaw IT projects, improved end-user services, managed technical staff and trained staff.  Her earlier careers included System and Network Administration, Helpdesk Management and IT Consultation for managers while working for various industries such as Legal, transportation, government, non-profit/associations, and private organizations. 

KDee (born Sheraz Mohammed, July 5th, 1991) is a Trinidadian Reggae/Dancehall Soca deejay. He was born at San Fernando General Hospital, and is one of three children. Initially from La Romain, he was raised in the San Fernando district. Sheraz attended TML Primary School where he left to the United States before writing common entrance to further his education at the age of ten. Indomitable to further his studies in America, he attended James M. Kieran Junior High School for Pre Engineering. Furthermore he completed his Diploma at Samuel Gompers Vocational and Technical High School. After taking a year beak from studies, KDee decided to enroll in ASA The College for Excellence where he received his Associates in Occupational Studies Degree for Network Administration and Security. Sheraz alias KDee was a naturalist of music at a tender age, he was exposed to a wide variety of genres from family members being that his father and sister were both singers in the Republic of Trinidad

Patrick and Scott talk with Rick Bledsoe and David Kalinoski, two former Windows 2000 Network Administration students, about their trials and tribulations with Information Technology. Feedback @TalkonTechMCTC or email talkontech@gmail.com

This week, we have Nigel Williams here to bring us all sorts of info about Multipath TCP, what it is, how it works and the ongoing effort to bring it into FreeBSD. All that and of course the latest BSD news coming your way, right now! This episode was brought to you by Headlines Backing out changes doesn.t always pinpoint the problem (https://blog.crashed.org/dont-backout/) Peter Wemm brings us a fascinating look at debugging an issue which occurred on the FreeBSD build cluster recently. Bottom line? Backing out something isn.t necessarily the fix, rather it should be apart of the diagnostic process In this particular case, a change to some mmap() functionality ended up exposing a bug in the kernel.s page fault handler which existed since (wait for it.) 1997! As Peter mentions at the bottom of the Article, this bug had been showing up for years, but was sporadic and often written off as a networking hiccup. *** BSD Router Project benchmarks new routing changes to FreeBSD (https://github.com/ocochard/netbenchs/blob/master/Xeon_E5-2650-8Cores-Chelsio_T540-CR/nXxq10g/results/fbsd11-melifaro.r287531/README.md) A project branch of FreeBSD -CURRENT has been created with a number of optimizations to the routing code Alexander V. Chernikov (melifaro@).s routing branch (https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/projects/routing/?view=log) The net result is an almost doubling of peak performance in packets per second Performance scales well with the number of NIC queues (2 queues is 88% faster than 1 queue, 3 is 270% faster). Unlike the previous code, when the number of queues hits 4, performance is down by only 10%, instead of being cut nearly in half Other Benchmark Results, and the tools to do your own tests (https://github.com/ocochard/netbenchs) *** When is SSL not SSL? (http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/the-peculiar-libretunnel-situation) Our buddy Ted has a good write-up on a weird situation related to licensing of stunnel and LibreSSL The problem exists due to stunnel being released with a different license, that is technically incompatible with the GPL, as well as linking against non-OpenSSL versions. The author has also decided to create specific named exceptions when the *SSL lib is part of the base operating system, but does not personally consider LibreSSL as a valid linking target on its own Ted points out that the LibreSSL team considers LibreSSL == OpenSSL, so this may be a moot concern *** Update on systembsd (http://darknedgy.net/files/systembsd.pdf) We.ve mentioned the GSoC project to create a SystemD shim in OpenBSD before. Now we have the slides from Ian Sutton talking about this project. As a refresher, this project is to take DBUS and create daemons emulating various systemd components, such as hostnamed, localed, timedated, and friends. Written from scratch in C, it was mainly created in the hopes of becoming a port, allowing Gnome and related tools to function on OpenBSD. This is a good read, especially for current or aspiring porters who want to bring over newer versions of applications which now depend upon SystemD. *** Interview - Nigel Williams - njwilliams@swin.edu.au (njwilliams@swin.edu.au) Multipath TCP News Roundup OpenBSD UEFI boot loader (http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=144115942223734&w=2) We.ve mentioned the ongoing work to bring UEFI booting to OpenBSD and it looks like this has now landed in the tree The .fdisk. utility has also been updated with a new -b flag, when used with .-i. will create the special EFI system partition on amd64/i386 . (http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=144139348416071&w=2) Some twitter benchmarks (https://twitter.com/mherrb/status/641004331035193344) *** FreeBSD Journal, July/August issue (https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/journal/vol2_no4/) The latest issue of the FreeBSD Journal has arrived As always, the Journal opens with a letter from the FreeBSD Foundation Feature Articles: Groupon's Deal on FreeBSD -- How to drive adoption of FreeBSD at your organization, and lessons learned in retraining Linux sysadmins FreeBSD: The Isilon Experience -- Mistakes not to make when basing a product on FreeBSD. TL;DR: track head Reflections on FreeBSD.org: Packages -- A status update on where we are with binary packages, what issues have been overcome, and which still remain Inside the Foundation -- An overview of some of the things you might not be aware that the FreeBSD Foundation is doing to support the project and attract the next generation of committers Includes a book review of .The Practise of System and Network Administration. As usual, various other reports are included: The Ports Report, SVN Update, A conference report, a report from the Essen hackathon, and the Event Calendar *** Building ARMv6 packages on FreeBSD, the easy way (http://blogs.freebsdish.org/brd/2015/08/25/building-arm-packages-with-poudriere-the-simple-way/) Previously we have discussed how to build ARMv6 packages on FreeBSD We also interviewed Sean Bruno about his work in this area Thankfully, over time this process has been simplified, and no longer requires a lot of manual configuration, or fussing with the .image activator. Now, you can just build packages for your Raspberry Pi or similar device, just as simply as you would build for x86, it just takes longer to build. *** New PC-BSD Release Schedule (http://blog.pcbsd.org/2015/09/new-release-schedule-for-pc-bsd/) The PC-BSD Team has announce an updated release schedule for beyond 10.2 This schedule follows more closely the FreeBSD schedules, with major releases only occurring when FreeBSD does the next point update, or major version bump. PC-BSD.s source tree has been split into master(current) and stable as well PRODUCTION / EDGE packages will be built from stable, with PRODUCTION updated monthly now. The -CURRENT monthly images will contain the master source builds. *** Feedback/Questions Joris writes in (http://slexy.org/view/s21cguSv7E) Anonymous (http://slexy.org/view/s217A5NNGg) Darin (http://slexy.org/view/s20HyiqJV0) ***

Patrick talks with Ryan Satterfield and Scott Nicholas. Ryan and Patrick talk about taking Scott's Windows NT4 and 2000 classes and the pranks and gaffes that took place. Ryan and Scott talk about customer service. @TalkonTechMCTC or talkontech@gmail.com

Patrick interviews John Ramey, a Network Administration student who has gone on to own his own cloud solutions business. John talks about his experience in the industry and how he got to where he is today. Feedback @TalkonTechMCTC or talkontech@gmail.com

Josh and Patrick talk about the XP ATM's, major Dell layoffs, and HP charging for server updates. Ed Price and Crystal Eagle talk about their experience as Network Administration students at MCTC. Feedback @TalkonTechMCTC or talkontech@gmail.com

There is a certain irony in the fact that it has taken us long to get this episode up. Sadly, the Ops part of both mine and Steve’s life got a bit more hectic than expected. So here it is, with special guest, Tom Limoncelli, the author of Time Management for Systems Administrators and a co-author of The Practice of System and Network Administration. It was great having Tom on the show and I hope we can have more episodes like this in the future. — cwebber

Josh and Patrick talk about the new Google policy changes. They also talk about the Network Administration option and the Animation and Game Developer option which are offered at Mountwest. Twitter feedback @TalkonTechMCTC