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"Game On! Everything is going to change in the next three years!" - Deep Dhillon - Xyonix Co-Found and CEO   In this episode I talk with Deep Dhillon, CEO and co-founder at Xyonix. Xyonix is an #AI and machine learning company that specializes in providing solutions for data-driven industries such as healthcare, life sciences, and financial services. They leverage cutting-edge #machinelearning and AI techniques to extract insights from data and apply those insights to improve their clients' products and services. Deep and I talk about his career as a data scientist before that was a thing leading up to the founding of Xyonix. We also get down to the 101 fundamentals of Deep Learning, models, LLMs and AI/ML in general... the good, the bad and the amazing potential it has to improve humanity.   The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington   ☑️  Support the Channel by buying a coffee? - https://ko-fi.com/gtwgt   ☑️  Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned: ChatGPT, Large Language Models, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data   ☑️  Raw Talking Points:  Explainable AI?  What is AI?  What does a data scientist do  What is the difference between good AI and bad AI  How does ML fit in?  What is a model?  ChatGPT GPT-4 released  What sets ChatGPT apart LLMs  Being able to manipulate  ChatGPT  AI Injection Pod  Improving Mental Health Using AI and ChatGPT  Accelerating Development with ChatGPT  AI-Generated Code Plagiarism 2.0 ChatGPT AI and Generative Content Concerns  How do you differentiate in this AI market  What does it mean to unlock the true value of data Applications of tapping into data at scale  The short term, medium term and long term future of AI ☑️  Web: https://www.xyonix.com/ ☑️  Crunch Base Profile: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/xyonix ☑️ Interested in being on #GTwGT? Contact via Twitter @GTwGTPodcast or go to https://www.gtwgt.com   ☑️ Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GTwGTPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 Web - https://gtwgt.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/GTwGTPodcast Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5Y1Fgl4DgGpFd5Z4dHulVX Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/great-things-with-great-tech-podcast/id1519439787, ☑️  Music: https://www.bensound.co

Effectual focus on one thing.. .and one thing only! That is AWS Managed Services. In this episode I talk with Richard Dolan, CMO and co-founder, and John White, Chief Innovation Officer, at Effectual. Effectual provides support to commercial enterprise and public sector customers in their IT modernization journey. The company has a unique philosophy of combining operations, development and automation to deliver positive outcomes and unlock the power of cloud to maximize technology investments. Richard and John discuss how Effectual modernized itself through past experiences and focuses solely on Amazon Web Services. A deeply experienced and passionate team of problem solvers apply proven methodologies to business challenges across Amazon Web Services and VMware Cloud on AWS. Effectual was founded in 2019 and is head quartered out of New York.. ☑️  Support the Channel by buying a coffee? - https://ko-fi.com/gtwgt ☑️  Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned: AWS, VMware, VMware Cloud on AWS ☑️  Raw Talking Points: End-to-End Modernization Services Business Outcomes Digital Innovation IT Cost Optimization Cloud Migration Services Modern Cloud Management What is a Chief Innovation Officer Cloud Service Provider, What is Born in the Cloud? Cloud Native On-Prem to Cloud State of VMware? Migrations and Natives Services new breed of service provider with experience multi-cloud vs AWS Only ☑️  Web: https://www.effectual.com/ ☑️  Crunch Base Profile: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/effectual-inc ☑️ Interested in being on #GTwGT? Contact via Twitter @GTwGTPodcast or go to https://www.gtwgt.com   ☑️ Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GTwGTPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 Web - https://gtwgt.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/GTwGTPodcast Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5Y1Fgl4DgGpFd5Z4dHulVX Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/great-things-with-great-tech-podcast/id1519439787, ☑️  Music: https://www.bensound.co

CAST AI brings resource and cost optimization and security to Kubernetes using an AI In this episode I talk with Leon Kuperman. CTO and Co-Founder at CAST AI. CAST AI specializes in cloud optimization through an intelligent platform that reduces costs, optimizes devops, and automates disaster recovery. The platform uses an intelligent optimization engine to deliver cost efficient, high performing, and resilient infrastructure for every Kubernetes workload. Leon and I talk about how he started the company from the challenges faced in previous companies, dealing with cloud cost complexity and how overprovisioning and sandbagging of compute resources leads to inefficient operations, increased costs and how optimizing autonomously benefits the planet on a whole! CAST AI was founded in 2019 and is based in Miami. ☑️  Support the Channel by buying a coffee? - https://ko-fi.com/gtwgt ☑️  Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned: ChatGPT, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, AI, Machine Learning, Kubernetes, Docker, Virtualization ☑️  Raw Talking Points: History and founding Pain points leading to founding Why Cloud Optimization Overprovision and Sandbagging Kubernetes and Containers Heterogeneous approach to multi-cloud The problem with over provisioning State of waste Spot instances and Automation Kubernetes Loadbalancer autonomous Kubernetes Free trial and report Data collection for ML platforms General ChatGPT vs BARD vs Bing/Edge Search/Chat cybersecurity background bringing learnings to Kubernetes Green energy considerations ☑️  Web: https://cast.ai ☑️  Downloads and Resources: https://cast.ai/the-state-of-kubernetes-overprovisioning ☑️  Crunch Base Profile: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cast-ai ☑️ Interested in being on #GTwGT? Contact via Twitter @GTwGTPodcast or go to https://www.gtwgt.com ☑️ Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GTwGTPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 Web - https://gtwgt.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/GTwGTPodcast Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5Y1Fgl4DgGpFd5Z4dHulVX Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/great-things-with-great-tech-podcast/id1519439787 ☑️  Music: https://www.bensound.co

Leostream plays in the VDI space without being a VDI Company. They are all about unlocking the complexity of hybrid managed work. In this episode I talk with Karen Gondoly. CEO at Leostream. Leostream is a driver in the evolving hybrid cloud space and a leader in the management of end-user resources hosted in the data center and cloud. The are the 'Ultimate Connection Broker' and evolved from the early days of Virtualization doing P2V and VMM management to now being 'The One Broker to Rule them All'! Karen and I talk about how their flagship Leostream platform provides a comprehensive and scalable solution for organizations to deliver and manage desktops, remote sessions, and applications hosted in a public cloud or a private data center. Leostream was founded in 2002 and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts. ☑️  Support the Channel by buying a coffee? - https://ko-fi.com/gtwgt ☑️  Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned: VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, AWS, Azure, Google, Openstack, RDP, VDI, HTML5. ☑️  Raw Talking Points: History and founding Karen Background History of VDI and why it's got a bad reputation Play in the Space but not VDI General state of VDI How you can compete with VMware/Citrix VMM to Broker Early Years in Virtualization Move to Public Clouds Openstack/VMware/Public Clouds Scaling and Automation/IaC Provisioning of workloads Verticles PoC for Enterprise for scale Partners and Resellers Platform 4 components Connection Broker Agent Connect Gateway Deployment Options? Marketplace Emmy Hybrid Cloud Approach ☑️  Web: https://leostream.com ☑️  Downloads and Resources: https://leostream.com/resources-2/downloads ☑️  Crunch Base Profile: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/leostream ☑️ Interested in being on #GTwGT? Contact via Twitter @GTwGTPodcast or go to https://www.gtwgt.com ☑️ Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GTwGTPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 Web - https://gtwgt.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/GTwGTPodcast Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5Y1Fgl4DgGpFd5Z4dHulVX Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/great-things-with-great-tech-podcast/id1519439787 ☑️  Music: https://www.bensound.co

In this episode I talk with Ryan Luibrand, Senior Product Manager at Bitwarden. Bitwarden is an open-source password management solution for individuals, teams, and business organizations. It enables users to store, share, and sync sensitive data. In this episode Ryan and I talk about how Bitwarden provides an open-source password management solution for individuals, teams, and enterprises. Bitwarden emphasizes the importance of code transparency and regular security assessments, and offers a free version to ensure that password security is accessible to everyone. The company's founder, Kyle Spearrin, started the company with the goal of making password management easier and more secure for both developers and everyday users. The company's growth strategy is to continue to provide professional support for their open-source platform and to prioritize customer satisfaction and community engagement. Bitwarden was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California. ☑️  Buy me a coffee? - https://ko-fi.com/gtwgt ☑️  Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned: OSS, Windows, Linux, Docker, Password Management, Azure ☑️  Raw Talking Points: What constitutes a password manager Personal plus Business MSP About Open Source Software Code Repos Self Host with Docker Linux/Mac/Windows pros/cons About Bitwarden Vault Security About the Bitwarden Security Audit What is Bitwarden Send? Zero Knowedgle Architecture Data Compliance SaaS Azure? Web and Mobile Cybersecurity Transparency Individual and Business impact Self Hosting, tinkering element tech ☑️  Web: https://bitwarden.com/ ☑️  Self Hosted Info: https://bitwarden.com/blog/new-deployment-option-for-self-hosting-bitwarden ☑️  Zero Knowledge White Paper: https://bitwarden.com/resources/zero-knowledge-encryption-white-paper ☑️  Crunch Base Profile: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/bitwarden ☑️ Interested in being on #GTwGT? Contact via Twitter @GTwGTPodcast or go to https://www.gtwgt.com ☑️ Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GTwGTPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 ☑️  Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Shauna O'Flaherty, Co-Founder and COO at Sushi Cloud. Sushi Cloud is a bare metal cloud computing company that aims to make the cloud more accessible, affordable, and understandable for everyone, with no hidden fees or agendas. The company was founded by Shauna O'Flaherty, who has a background in consulting and AI-driven fintech, and Aron Saether Jackson, a 20-year veteran in the hardware industry. Sushi Cloud aims to provide an alternative to the large hyperscale cloud providers, such as AWS, by offering bare metal infrastructure and a focus on customer service. The company aims to serve startups and small to medium-sized businesses and the education market focusing on AI/ML workloads. Shauna and I have a great conversation about how Sushi Cloud want to break the trend of the public cloud hyperscalers exploiting the market while offering no price competition.  Sushi Cloud was founded in 2022 and is head quartered in Mountain View, California. ☑️  Support the Channel by buying a coffee? - https://ko-fi.com/gtwgt ☑️  Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned: AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Microsoft, AMD, AI, ML, Service Provider ☑️  Raw Talking Points: Company background on founders Gaming and Venture Backgrounds Aaron parralell the gaming industry Problem statement Anti AWS and cloud alternatives Price Shock Egress charges bare metal Use cases for servers AI/ML AMD EPYC Antitrust and monopoly WASABI link Who is using us Vertices MIT Advisor Tech for good WSJ link School Labs Start-ups ☑️  Web: https://www.sushi.cloud/ ☑️  $200 Free Sushi Promo: https://www.sushi.cloud/register ☑️  WSJ Article: https://www.sushi.cloud/ ☑️ Interested in being on #GTwGT? Contact via Twitter @GTwGTPodcast or go to https://www.gtwgt.com ☑️ Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GTwGTPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 ☑️  Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Brian Smith, Co-Found and CTO at SpyderBat. Spyderbat delivers cloud native runtime security to customers with unprecedented precision in intrusion prevention and mitigation. They secure Linux VMs and Kubernetes clusters at runtime and block attacks against cloud native workloads. They are making threat prevention and security operation automation available with their SaaS platform and UI through the use of Nano Agents leveraging eBPF for early, accurate, and thorough recognition of attacks. Brian and I talk about how SpyderBat is flipping the tables in the cyber security war by proactively reporting on suspicious activity... effectively spying on the bad guys and catching them unawares.  SpyderBat was founded in 2019 and is head quartered out of Austin Texas. ☑️  But me a coffee? - https://ko-fi.com/gtwgt ☑️  Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned: Public Cloud, Microsoft, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Containers, Networking, Security, Linux, Kernel, eBPF ☑️  Raw Talking Points: Shift Left vs shift right security Scanning code and artefacts going into build Todays Threat Environment Runtime Security Bridging DevOps and SecOps eBPF and Nano Agents sandbox SaaS vs on Prem Real time mapping Zero Day, Supply Chain, Compromised Build, Misconfiguration Threats Human Factor? Spyderbat Labs - research arm What's the problem across containers and cloud workloads Automating security Intrusion Detection Sec and Op issues (SecOps Automation) Community account? Kubernetes and Container platforms and the need for security Solutions for AWS, Multi-cloud, Kubernetes Anything Linux - rPi Containerised Security and Guardrails during dev process Proactive vs reactive On the node... keep innovating ☑️  Web: https://www.spyderbat.com/ ☑️  Platform: https://www.spyderbat.com/the-spyderbat-platform/ ☑️  eBPF: https://ebpf.io/what-is-ebpf ☑️ Crunchbase: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/spyderbat ☑️ Interested in being on #GTwGT? Contact via Twitter @GTwGTPodcast or go to https://www.gtwgt.com ☑️ Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GTwGTPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 ☑️  Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Dustin Milberg, Field CTO at InterVision. InterVision is strategic service provider focused on helping commercial and public sector organizations transform their technology strategy, improve risk management and gain a competitive edge. InterVision look to solve crucial IT challenges by delivering the right technology, deployed on the right premises and managed through the right service model. The specialize in datacenter and professional services around Resiliency, Cloud, Communications, Infrastructure and more. Dustin and I talk about the evolution of what it is to be a modern day Service Provider in a world where hybrid cloud rules and security and data protection is paramount to their clients. InterVision was founded in 1993 and is head quartered out of Santa Clara, California, United States. ☑️  But me a coffee? - https://ko-fi.com/gtwgt ☑️  Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned: VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix, Veeam, Microsoft, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Containers, Storage, Networking, DRaaS, BaaS, Security ☑️  Raw Talking Points: History and founding First 10 years + CAD begins Early days of hosting Transitioning through hosting to infrastructure to virtualisation to cloud Acquisitions - Bluelock Public Cloud Services AWS and Azure  Security and Ransomeware Managed vs Unmanaged Ransomware, backup and DR Optimizing workloads question Power of the Data Platforms ☑️  Web: https://intervision.com/ ☑️ Interested in being on #GTwGT? Contact via Twitter @GTwGTPodcast or go to https://www.gtwgt.com ☑️ Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GTwGTPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 ☑️  Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Yan Ness, Chief Executive Officer at Verge.io. Verge.io is a single piece of hyper-converged virtualization software that makes it easy to use existing resources to create secure multi-tenant private clouds. Verge.io provides a simpler way to virtualize data centers and end IT infrastructure complexity. The company’s Verge OS software is the first and only fully integrated virtual cloud software stack to build, deploy and manage virtual data centers. Verge-OS delivers significant capital savings, increased operational efficiencies, reduced risk, and rapid scalability. Yan and I talk about the shift from traditional de-coupled platforms like VMware and how even the Public Cloud is overly complex. Through simplicity of the stack, Verge.io is able to allow service providers and organizations function without the hassles associated with standard hardware platforms. Verge.io was borne from YottaByte, founded in 2010 as a replacement for on-premises infrastructure. Eventually, YottaByte rebranded to Verge.io and is head quartered out of Greater Detroit Area, Great Lakes. ☑️  But me a coffee? - https://ko-fi.com/gtwgt ☑️  Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned: VMware, KVM, Hyper-V, Nutanix, Veeam, Microsoft, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Containers, Storage, Networking ☑️  Raw Talking Points: Lead with the product Early years starting up... ISP/Dial Up to colo cloud - comparison Retirement Encapsulation of the datacenter above storage Art of simplcity Yottabyte Technology Virtualizing the Datacenter holistically Cost pressures of AWS/Azure Public cloud Verge.io Stack? Install? VMware replacement and Migrations Scale The Verge.io Recipe Engine Management and Dashboard and API MSP and SP space vs on-prem Modern Platforms Kubevirt Kubernetes Profile and impact of Verge.io ☑️  Web: https://verge.io ☑️  Sign up  for a 14 day Test Drive: https://www.verge.io/test-drive ☑️ Interested in being on #GTwGT? Contact via Twitter @GTwGTPodcast or go to https://www.gtwgt.com ☑️ Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GTwGTPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 ☑️  Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Webb Brown, CEO and Co-Founder at Kubecost. Kubecost develops a cost monitoring platform to help companies manage their Kubernetes resources and costs. They provide direct integrations with Kubernetes cloud billing APIs leading to cost optimizations for key Kubernetes metrics. Webb and I talk about how Kubernetes relative complexity and scale driven by those that develop applications means that cost can blow outs will happen if you fly blind. Kubecost looks to embrace open-source via the CNCF providing the OpenCost.io project which forms the base for Kubecost. We also have a great discussion on the state of Kubernetes and how he sees adoption trending. Kubecost was founded in 2019 and is Head Quartered out of San Francisco, California. ☑️  Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned: Kubernetes, Containers, CNCF, AWS, S3, DevOps, PlatformOps ☑️  Raw Talking Points: Mass adoption of Kubernetes? Relative immaturity and complexity of Kubernetes at scale Why is cost and overspend an issue The patterns for overspending     Orphaned resources      Abandoned workloads     Rogue Deployments     Incorrect Usage Types      Over provisioning What is Kubecost solving What is opencost.io vs kubecost? opencost.io CNCF Project Definition of Team? Cost Allocation, Unified Cost Monitoring, Optimization Insights, Alerts and Governance Insights in Kubernetes spend and chargeback for teams Actionable Recommendations Cost Efficiency and Health scores and the gamification Time vs resources vs Cost Defining costs not in the Public Cloud Pricing based on nodes with Always Free plan AWS Marketplace Partnership AWS first party support optimized ☑️  Web: https://www.kubecost.com/ ☑️  OpenCost: https://www.opencost.io/ ☑️  Interested in being on #GTwGT? Contact via Twitter @GTwGTPodcast or go to https://www.gtwgt.com ☑️  Music: https://www.bensound.com ☑️  But me a coffee? - https://ko-fi.com/gtwgt

In this episode I talk with Dan Pearson, Chief Technology Officer and founder at CT4. CT4 has a vision to create and distribute world-class software products that control and protect data while also translating data into meaningful insights, clear actions and measurable outcomes for their clients. Dan and I talk about how CT4, like many, started out in traditional managed hosting of Virtual Machines, client desktops and alike. However, like most innovative companies today, CT4 have evolved into a data centric company with three products in market led by. Cirrus offers back up your Microsoft data protecting SharePoint, Outlook, OneDrive and Teams from accidental deletion or ransomware. Dan and I also talk about their IoT offering Canopy and how data has become central to all offerings that CT4 do. CT4 was founded in 2009 and is Head Quartered out of Brisbane, Australia. ☑️  Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned: Veeam, Microsoft, VMware, Microsoft 365 ☑️  Raw Talking Points: Overly complex and overly expensive to use Trigger for moving away from traditional cloud Basing company success on a product vs overall brand Being at the cutting edge Being out of the box Evolution from Cloud Private to Data Protection Where is backup going Data management in general IBM , IoT and Canopy Partnering with Veeam Selling direct to online to marketplace Channel Growth distribution model Microsoft 365 Veeam Backup ☑️  Web: https://www.ct4.com/ ☑️  Cirrus Backup: https://cirrusbackup.com/ ☑️  Canopy Tools: https://www.canopytools.com/ ☑️  Interested in being on #GTwGT? Contact via Twitter @GTwGTPodcast or go to https://www.gtwgt.com ☑️  Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with David Friend, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder at Wasabi. Wasabi provides simple, predictable and affordable hot cloud storage for businesses all over the world. It enables organizations to store and access an unlimited amount of data at a fraction of the price of the competition with no complex tiers or unpredictable egress fees. David and I talk about his vision of making cloud storage affordable and accessible for all without compromising on performance, reliability and support. Wasabi has secured nearly $275 million in funding to date to not only grow their global storage footprint, but also to embark on a campaign to educate the world that there is value beyond the public clouds. This is a great conversation about the state of data today, and how the mindset needs to shift to get more out of stored data as the cost of storage becomes almost irrelevant.  Wasabi was founded in 2015 and is Head Quartered out of Boston. ☑️  Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned: Object Storage, Veeam, Rubrik, Commvault, DELL, AWS, Azure, Google, S3, Amazon S3 ☑️  Raw Talking Points: Cloud Scale and growth Elasticity Needs of the given moment instead of expectation of growth Value and Risk in cloud - supply chain systems analogy - what was needed DATA DATA DATE Data growth rates everything generating data Making Data Storage a Commodity 80% cost reduction No EGRES/API Fast S3 API compatible Durability 11 9s Immutable Buckets Cloud Storage as a Utility Simple Pricing State of data today and where is it going? Ease of consumption vs method of consumption Simple interface/control panel/APIs Trusted by 43,000+ Companies Worldwide! Partnerships how is it navigated in a competitive sense? ☑️  Web: https://wasabi.com/ ☑️  Interested in being on #GTwGT? Contact via Twitter @GTwGTPodcast or go to https://www.gtwgt.com ☑️  Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Gregor Frimodt-Møller Chief Executive Officer and co-founder at any.cloud. Since 1998, any.cloud has been helping its customers originally starting servicing Apple customers. Over time they became the chosen provider of cloud services within Denmark while pivoting the business a couple of times... firstly to IaaS and Vitualization, and more recently to becoming specialists in data and security protection. Gregor and I talk about how keeping things simple (as an ethos) and choosing key partners has resulted in a focused business that has delivered innovative services built on IBM and Veeam technologies achieving world wide reach via strong automation and self service capabilities... all of which allow the delivery of their core Revirt and Retrust services at scale. any.cloud was founded in 1998 and is Head Quartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. ☑️  Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned: Apple, MacOS, Windows, Linux, IaaS, DRaaS, SaaS, IBM, VMware, Veeam, Object Storage ☑️  Raw Talking Points: Focused partnership Veeam and IBM Traditional Hosting IaaS and PaaS Pivoting away from core services Cloud Connect and how a technology that help helps Object Storage Platform Utilizing IBM cloud and how that works Data protection Trends Managed Services vs SaaS Distribution strategy End user/tenant control? Automation and UI Portals ☑️  Web: https://www.anycloud.dk/ ☑️  Interested in being on #GTwGT? Contact via Twitter @GTwGTPodcast or go to https://gtwgt.com ☑️  Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Garima Kapoor Chief Operating Officer and co-founder at MinIO. MiniO has built a high performance distributed s3-compatible object storage solution that is software defined, hardware agnostic designed for large scale data infrastructure. Garima and I talk about how MinIO was built from scratch with the private cloud as it's target but has also become a defaco standard for home labs through a strong focus on community. MinIO also offers high-performance, Kubernetes-native object storage. Optimized for cloud-native workloads, and looks to deliver Enterprise and service provider usecases around ML/AI, analytics, backup and archival workloads. MinIO was founded in 2014 and is Head Quartered out of the San Francisco Bay Area. ☑️  Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned: Block Storage, Storage, NVMe, Object Storage, Kubernetes, VMware, S3, AWS, Azure, GCP, Software Defined Storage ☑️  Raw Talking Points: Community s3 API Millions of docker pulls PUT, GET, DELETE Opensource or Purchase Subscription Single Binary 34MB? Written in Go Lang CPU offloading Web Browser/Interface  Significance of GUI ACCESSABILTY Cluster with multiple nodes Scaling and Performance Resilience at scale  Consistency Unstructured Data Data growth and the move to Object Storage Kubernetes + CSIs ☑️  Web: https://min.io ☑️  Interested in being on #GTwGT? Contact via Twitter @GTwGTPodcast or go to https://www.gtwgt.com ☑️  Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode i'm talking to Jacques Swanepoel (CTO and Co-Founder) at Seal Storage. Seal Storage are cloud storage and blockchain experts with over years of experience in enterprise data storage from the likes of Seagate, Oracle, Cisco, and more. By seamlessly stewarding their clients into decentralized cloud storage, there’re making Web3 an accessible reality for enterprises, research institutes, NFT and Web3 firms alike. Jacques and I talk about how, as part of the Filecoin ecosystem, they preserve and verify data to capture historical records, store NFTs, and combat misinformation. The case studies we talk about are real world, tangible use cases for Web3 and blockchain and the their mission is to bring enterprises to Web3 to yield its innovative benefits. Seal is Web3 Cloud Storage! Seal Storage was founded in 2021. ☑️  Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned: Blockchain, Web3, Web2.0, Storage, Filecoin, Green Tech ☑️  Web: OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://www.sealstorage.io Use Cases: https://www.sealstorage.io/home/#casestudies Press: https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/uc-berkeley-engages-seal-storage-web3-technology-to-advance-innovative-neutrino-physics-research-883282087.html Crunchbase: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/seal-storage ☑️  Interested in being on #GTwGT? Contact via Twitter @GTwGTPodcast or go to https://www.gtwgt.com ☑️  Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Boyan Krosnov Chief Product Officer and co-founder at StorPool. StorPool a market leading Software defined storage vendor, offering reliable and speedy storage platforms with a focus on low latency throughput... covering Public and private clouds platforms, servicing managed cloud and Service providers as well as enterprises, and SaaS vendors. Boyan an myself talk about how StorPool leverages an agnostic approach to hardware to allow StorPool to run across multiple hardware platforms and configurations while still maintaining reliable and speedy storage and how they have ridden the alternative new age IT stacks to success.  StorPool was founded in 2011 and is Head Quartered out of the Sofia, Bulgaria. ☑️  Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned: Block Storage, Storage, NVMe, Object Storage, Kubernetes, VMware, KVM, Hyper-V, OpenStack, Cloudstack, Software Defined Storage ☑️  Raw Talking Points: MSP Angle Cloud Platforms SDS 2.0 Hows it designed and architected Filesystem? Object Storage Based? Pooling of capacity and performance Standard storage, storage and compute PERFORMANCE methodology IOPS/Latency/Storage Consumption Decreasing latency Proper Benchmarking Resiliency Failure domains/resolution Differential? Storage Protocols Distributed Storage? Running on any hardware Future of storage with public cloud and more managed data platforms Continuous Improvement process New-Age IT Stacks ☑️  Web: https://storpool.com/ ☑️  Interested in being on #GTwGT? Contact via Twitter @GTwGTPodcast or go to https://www.gtwgt.com ☑️  Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode i'm talking to Kayvan Sadeghi (CEO and Co-Founder) and Ehsan Shariati (CTO and Co-Founder) from Functionland. Functionland is a Web3 startup that has attracted investments of USD 1.1M+ via a heavily oversubscribed early funding round, They are about to launch its first product which is a plug-and-play blockchain device that promises to free users from a range of online subscription services, including photo storage, file sync, secure password backups and more. Both Kayvan and Eshan talk about how this offering creates virtually limitless storage opportunities thanks to its “blockchain-attached storage” solution but unlike most Blockchain projects, there is an open-source physical platform element for storage, computing, and interconnecting with other devices. Functionland was founded in 2020 and is headquartered out of Toronto, Canada. ☑️  Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned: #Blockchain,  Web3, Web2.0, Storage, Raspberry Pie, Opensource ☑️  Raw Talking Points: Islands of storage pay with cash Blockchain Attached Storage Web3 alternative to cloud subscriptions Backend and FileCoin/storage ... Web2/Web3 components replacing HTTP with P2P The BOX! Designer made, modular and upgradable (TOWERS) Module, PNP, dApp OpenSource dApp development Built on rPi FULA Network protocol token? - Mining token to pay for services open source monetizeation The BOX is mining FULA? Sustainable? Shared Storage and Computer Onboard developers and opensource apps monetize web3 technologies  Filecoin hackathon Competitive landscape? Crowdfunding on Indegogo Communities and growth hacking Security? Data etc Seed Funding 1.1 Million ☑️  Web: OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://fx.land/ WHITPAPER: https://fx.land/FulaWP.pdf IndeiGoGo: https://igg.me/at/functionland/x/28885449# DISCORD: https://discord.gg/k9UybUBdBB ☑️  Interested in being on #GTwGT? Contact via Twitter @GTwGTPodcast or go to https://www.gtwgt.com ☑️  Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Will Baccich, Co-founder and CEO at Global Data Vault. Global Data Vault is a leader in cloud-based Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS), Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS), and the backup for Microsoft 365 space. GDV strives to add the most value to their customers based on their guiding principals of Data Quality, Proactive Monitoring, Transparency and straight forward pricing. Will and and I talk about how how GDV was founded in the early era of file based offsite backup and how their innovative approach to abstracting more out of their core platforms for the customers led them to focus on a single backup vendor to offer industry leading backup and disaster recovery services. Global Data Vault was founded in 2002 and is head quartered out of the Dallas, Texas.  ☑️  Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned: Veeam, Platespin, Falconstor, Novastor, VMware, Service Provider ☑️  Raw Talking Points: Perth connection What's in the name Hosted desktops Buying GDV in 2006  Slightly different view to other providers much more managed service company responsibility to the protection of the environment Cost effective high service 2 Datacenter Locations Point of differentiation DRaaS / BaaS / Microsoft 365 Backup Current State of DRaaS/BaaS/SaaS Backup 2004 file backup business - Novastore 2007 backup no enough DR solutions Falconstore, Platespin and Storagecraft Working towards workable DR solution 2014 Veeam - Best technology and partnership VeeamON 2015 - 5 launch partners 2016 sold GDV and kept the Veeam Business Late 2021 Acquisition Ransomeware - Insider Protection Full DR from CC 10PB of storage held ☑️ Web: https://www.globaldatavault.com/ ☑️ Contact via Twitter @GTwGTPodcast or go to https://www.gtwgt.com ☑️ Music: https://www.bensound.com Could always do with a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/anthonyspiteri

In this episode I talk with Yawn Rong, Co-Founder of STEP'N. STEP'N is Web3 company that has built a Strava type lifestyle app with Game-Fi elements that is aiming to be the leading Web3 Health + Fitness application. Users are equipped with NFT Sneakers to walk, jog or run outdoors to earn tokens, which can then be used to level up sneaker attributes, mint new Sneakers or be converted to FIAT. Yawn and I talk about how the is play2earn industry that commands a 21 billion dollar market-cap and is ready for prime time through wider adoption by non-crypo natives. Hear how AI and Machine Learning data science have gone into creating an already successful eco-system as well as the STEP'N team having the ability to learn from past projects, pivot ideas and react to issues in rapid time... this is move2earn! STEP'N is a move-to-earn health and fitness application. Users equipped with sneaker NFTs can move outdoors to earn tokens and NFT rewards. STEPN has a built-in wallet, swap, marketplace, and rental system that allow non-crypto users to onboard STEPN STEP'N was founded in 2021 and is headquartered out of Australia. ☑️  Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned: Blockchain, Solana, Binanace, Web3, Web2.0, NFTs, IOS, Android, AI & ML ☑️  Raw Talking Points: Mechanics of the move2earn AI/ML, Movement, GPS Data Web3 landscape and breaking new ground Basing and learning off AXE and GameFi Space Community support, growth hacking and social impact  Social tools, prizes giveaways, Quiz, AMA and Twitter Space DAUs statistics Luck elements Governance vs Utility Token (GMT vs GST) Binanace IEO Solana first... BNB coming Attributes and levels Gems and Energy Levels Strategy and playing the game The tech behind the app The IOS and Android App  All in one wallet/app/marketplace/move2earn Roadmap, Rentals, Marathons/Games Cheating and Bots and Crypto fatigue ☑️  Web:  OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://stepn.com/ WHITEPAPER: https://whitepaper.stepn.com/ LITEPAPER: https://stepn.com/litePaper HOW TO PLAY: https://stepn.com/howToPlay MEDIUM: https://stepnofficial.medium.com/ LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/stepnofficial TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Stepnofficial DISCORD: https://discord.gg/stepn REDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/StepN/ ☑️  Interested in being on #GTwGT? Contact via Twitter @GTwGTPodcast or go to https://www.gtwgt.com ☑️  Music: https://www.bensound.com

In this episode I talk with Miska Kaipiainen, VP Engineering, Strategy & Open Source Software at Mirantis. Mirantis helps organizations ship code faster on public and private clouds. They provide a public cloud experience on any infrastructure from the data center to the edge. Miska focuses in on Lens which empowers a new breed of Kubernetes developers by removing infrastructure and operations complexity and providing one cohesive cloud experience for complete app and DevOps portability. We also cover the current state of Kubernetes adoption and how focusing on developers with Lens as a Kubernetes IDE has seen tremendous growth for the product, which is Open Source. Mirantis was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Campbell, California. ☑️  Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned: Kubernetes, Mesosphere, Docker Enterprise, Docker Swarm, OpenStack, Open Source ☑️  Raw Talking Points: Container Orchestration Kontena days Origin of Lens Mirantis Len acquisition Strong community support Operations vs Development Why is a Kubernetes IDE important Where is Kubernetes uptake today Enterprise Adoption OpenSource - Organic growth Community stop marketing Service and Support K0s DevOps Care Team Spaces Managed Dev Cluster Multi-Cluster manangement Multi-platform ☑️  Web: https://www.mirantis.com/ https://k8slens.dev/ ☑️  Interested in being on #GTwGT? Contact via Twitter @GTwGTPodcast or go to https://www.gtwgt.com☑️  Music: https://www.bensound.com