

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.
Episodes
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Apr 2, 2023 • 42min
#043 - VMware Disaster Recovery offerings with Cato Grace
In episode 043, we talk to Cato Grace about the various VMware Disaster Recovery offerings, and zoom in on Site Recovery Manager!

Mar 20, 2023 • 56min
#042- Innovation and Research at VMware with Chris Wolf
In episode 042, we talk to Chris Wolf, Chief Research and Innovation Officer of VMware, about innovation at VMware and exciting new research projects. Make sure to follow Chris on Twitter.

Mar 14, 2023 • 39min
#041 - What's new in vSAN 8.0 U1 with Pete Koehler!
This is the third time we have Pete on the podcast, and of course we are talking vSAN again. We invited Pete to discuss the vSAN 8.0 U1 announcement. What are the new features that VMware is introducing in vSAN 8.0 U1, and how does it benefit our customers?

Mar 14, 2023 • 47min
#040 - What's new in vSphere 8.0 U1 with Féidhlim O'Leary
We invited Féidhlim O'Leary to discuss the vSphere 8.0 Update 1 announcement. What new features is VMware introducing in vSphere 8.0 U1, and how does it benefit our customers?

Mar 6, 2023 • 42min
#039 - VMware Cloud Migrations using vMotion and HCX with Niels Hagoort!
In this episode, we have a conversation with Niels Hagoort, Technical Marketing Architect at VMware. Niels guides us through the concept of Cloud Migration and dives into the solutions that VMware offers to make the migration as smooth as possible. Niels is also quite commonly known as a demo rockstar, so we also asked him about the secret sauce behind his demos.

Feb 19, 2023 • 38min
#038 - Veeam Backup and Replication v12, featuring Anthony Spiteri
In episode 038, we talk to Anthony Spiteri, Regional CTO APJ at Veeam. Anthony talks about the journey of becoming a CTO and guides us through the massive list of enhancements of the new v12 release of Veaam Backup and Replication software.

Feb 6, 2023 • 26min
#037 - Introducing Cloud Flex Storage, featuring Kris Groh!
In episode 037 we talk to Kristopher Groh, Direct Product Management at VMware responsible for various storage projects. Kris introduces us to Cloud Flex Storage and discusses the implementation in-depth. Kris also explains the different use cases for Cloud Flex Storage versus vSAN within VMware Cloud on AWS.

Jan 23, 2023 • 32min
#036 - What's new for Core Storage in vSphere 8, featuring Jason Massae!
In episode 036 we welcome back Jason Massae, Tech Marketing Architect at VMware, responsible for core storage (vVols, VMFS, NFS etc). We talk about the various enhancements and features introduced in vSphere 8 for NVMe over Fabrics, vVols NFS, and much more!

Jan 9, 2023 • 30min
#035 - Published Apps on-demand, featuring Jeff Ulatoski!
In episode 035 we talk to Jeff Ulatoski about Published Apps on-demand, which is a solution created with App Volumes 4, the integration with Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM), and the innovations happening in the infrastructure stack from VMware.Jeff spoke about the basics of VMware App Volumes, the added value of DEM, and the differences between App Volumes 2.X and App Volumes 4. He also covered what the impact is to architecture, sizing and scaling an application pool...

Dec 21, 2022 • 1h 9min
#034 - William Lam's top 10 home lab gifts for under the Christmas tree!
In episode 034, we have William Lam as a second-time guest discussing everything home labs! William has been writing about home labs for over a decade, probably. We could not imagine a better person to discuss this topic with. Considering at the time of publication, it is almost Christmas. We decided to ask William what his top 10 home lab gifts would be.