

Unexplored Territory
Duncan Epping
The Unexplored Territory Podcast takes you deep into the world of datacenters and cloud (native) tech, with a special spotlight on VMware, Broadcom, and everything happening in the ecosystem. Hosted by Duncan Epping, blogger at Yellow-Bricks.com, and co-author of the vSphere Clustering and vSAN Deep Dive books! Each episode brings on top industry experts to unpack the latest trends, share real-world insights, and talk about what’s next in the world of enterprise IT.
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Dec 11, 2023 • 55min
#063 - A conversation about EUC and VMware Explore with Spencer Pitts
VMware EUC continues to innovate, with a lot of announcements being done at VMware Explore in Barcelona. In this episode, Johan had a conversation with Spencer Pitts, Chief Technologist Digital Workspace at VMware, to dive into the major announcements and explain what the new features entail and what the added value is. The following features have been covered:Next-gen macOS managementFreestyle Orchestrator supportUpdates dashboardHub HealthSecurity BaselinesDeclarative ManagementVulnera...

Nov 27, 2023 • 42min
#062 - Private AI with Chris Wolf
In this episode, Frank has a conversation with Chris Wolf about Private AU and how Private AI Foundation can help accelerate organizations to develop their Gen-AI-enabled application efficiently and securely. We discuss foundation models, infrastructure requirements, and future developments. Chris mentioned the following resources during this episode:VMware Private AI Foundation Reference ArchitectureRetrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) Starter kitCode Assistant Starter KitVMware AI Labs Gith...

Nov 13, 2023 • 42min
#061 - RVTools and Live Optics featuring Sam Kirchoff
Recently Dell announced they acquired RVTools. RVTools is one of the most used free tools in the VMware community, created and maintained by a single person, Rob de Veij. In this episode, we discuss with Sam Kirchoff what RVTools is, why Dell acquired it, and how it complements Live Optics, and of course the other way around how Live Optics complements RVTools. Follow us on X/Twitter for updates and news about upcoming episodes: https://x.com/UnexploredPod.Last but not least, make sure to hit...

Oct 30, 2023 • 35min
#060 - Cyber Secure Storage with Sazzala Reddy
In our second episode we had Sazzala on the show to talk about Ransomware Recovery as a Service, and today we invited him back on the show to talk about the Cyber Secure Storage announcement done at VMware Explore. Sazzala explains what Cyber Secure Storage is, discusses the use cases, and goes over some of the implementation details of this new offering which will soon be in private beta. Follow us on X/Twitter for updates and news about upcoming episodes: https://x.com/UnexploredPod.Last bu...

Oct 16, 2023 • 33min
#059 - Introducing VMware vSAN Max with Kalyan Krishnaswamy
At VMware Explore in Las Vegas VMware announced a new vSAN offering called VMware vSAN Max. To discuss this announcement we invited Kalyan Krishnaswamy to the show. Kalyan is the product manager for VMware vSAN Max and has been involved with vSAN for many years.Follow us on Twitter for updates and news about upcoming episodes: https://twitter.com/UnexploredPod.Last but not least, make sure to hit that subscribe button, rate wherever possible, and share the episode with your friends and collea...

Oct 1, 2023 • 29min
#058 - Introducing Pure Cloud Block Store for Azure VMware Solution with Cody Hosterman
Recently Pure Storage announced the availability of Cloud Block Store (CBS) for Microsoft Azure VMware Solution (AVS). Duncan invited Cody Hosterman of Pure Storage to talk us through the announcement!Make sure to follow Cody on Twitter: https://twitter.com/codyhosterman. Also, make sure to bookmark his website, https://www.codyhosterman.com/, as he has excellent content on all things vVols, SPBM, CBS, and much more!Follow us on Twitter for updates and news about upcoming episodes: https://tw...

Sep 18, 2023 • 35min
#057 - VMware Explore 2023 US EUC Announcements with Bharath Rangarajan
At this year's VMware Explore in Las Vegas, there were tons of announcements in the End-User Computing or Hybrid Workforce track. In this episode, we are joined by Bharath Rangarajan (VP Products for VMware EUC) to talk about the biggest announcements and what they bring to customers. Technologies we have talked about: DEEM, Freestyle Orchestrator, Workspace ONE, Horizon and Horizon Cloud, App Volumes, Apps on-demand, Amazon Workspaces, Appstream, and Project Oakville. Follow us on Twitter fo...

Sep 3, 2023 • 37min
#056 - What's new for vSphere+ with Dave Morera
At VMware Explore there were various announcements around vSphere+. Considering vSphere+ is still a relatively new offering we wanted to make sure that we would not only cover the basics but also got to hear all of the intricate details from an expert like Dave Morera!Make sure to follow Dave on Twitter (https://twitter.com/GreatWhiteTec) to keep up to date with his adventures, and check out the VMware website for more documents, whitepapers, and announcements around vSphere+ here: http...

Aug 29, 2023 • 47min
#055 - VMware Explore 2023 US Special featuring Raghu Raghuram, Chris Wolf, Amanda Blevins, and many others!
Guests Raghu Raghuram, Chris Wolf, and Amanda Blevins discuss topics such as Synology solutions, Boston Dynamics Spot, edge computing, and the partnership between VMware and NVIDIA. The podcast also highlights sessions on VMware Home Labs, technology innovation, leveraging LLMs, and data science in Anywhere Workspace.

Aug 15, 2023 • 50min
#054 - What's new in vSAN 8.0 U2 with Pete Koehler!
This is the fourth time we have Pete on the podcast, and of course, we are talking vSAN again. We invited Pete to discuss the vSAN 8.0 U2 announcement. What new features is VMware introducing in vSAN 8.0 U2, and how does it benefit our customers?Make sure to follow Pete on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vmpete) to keep up to date with his adventures, and check out the VMware website for more documents and whitepapers on vSAN 8.0 U2 / ESA / Max: Blog post: Introducing vSAN Max: https://core...