"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