Heavy Strategy
From technology to workplace culture, from geopolitical trends to economics, Heavy Strategy debates pivotal questions in enterprise IT. Hosts Johna Till Johnson & John Burke bring their technical expertise, analytical acumen, and contrasting viewpoints to discuss complex topics of interest to IT leaders. Frequently irreverent and always thought-provoking, these are the conversations you wish you could have at the leadership table. Tune in and join the think tank, where unanswered questions are better than unquestioned answers.
Latest episodes
May 24, 2021 • 0sec
HS007: Distributed Work and Return To Office Strategies
Returning to the office is a key issue as companies learn that being "in person" is the new remote working
Nov 30, 2020 • 21min
Heavy Strategy 006 – Renting your Hyperconverged Stack, Wrong or Right
Some call it subscription but we call it renting your hyper-converged solution. Whats the business and technology strategy of consumption based HCI ?
Nov 17, 2020 • 0sec
Heavy Strategy 005 – Infection Handling Open Source In Enterprise IT
The question: Is open source is viable for Enterprise IT ? The discussion resulted in describing the mechanics of onboarding new products as infection repsonse. Did the metaphor work ?
Nov 10, 2020 • 28min
Heavy Strategy 004 – Is Kubernetes A Thing
Kubernetes is operational not transformational.
Nov 3, 2020 • 37min
Heavy Strategy 003 – The Impact of DPUs, SmartNICs on IT Infrastructure Decision Making
Are DPU's something that you want ? What use cases can be addressed ? What makes them more than a SmartNIC ? How do you consume DPU's in your infrastructure ?
Oct 29, 2020 • 33min
Heavy Strategy 002 – Is Microsoft VMware’s Biggest Threat ?
A topic that’s been popular from my blog is Microsoft is VMware’s biggest threat. The core of the conversation around it seems be about the stack. Does it make sense to outsource private and public cloud engineering to a provider such as Microsoft. An adjacent conversation is does VMware matter when you zoom out of... Read more »
Oct 20, 2020 • 29min
HS001 – Detecting Hype in 5G Marketing
Greg brings the topic of Hype in 5G Marketing and attempts to explain why some hype is legit but humans should care less. Keith puts the brakes on and provides context, breakdown and reality.
