Category: Skytap Podcast

Containers

What’s Running inside Your Containers? How about Now?

  • Posted on: June 7, 2017
  • Author: Skytap
“You may get a new physical server once a month, you may get a new VM once every ten, fifteen, or 20 minutes. You may get a new container once every ten seconds.” -Kenaz Kwa, Puppet It didn’t take long during our conversation with Puppet’s Kenaz Kwa and Tyler Pace to understand the challenge of
Application Modernization Containers

Application Modernization in Full Swing at ADP [podcast]

  • Posted on: May 17, 2017
  • Author: Skytap
DockerCon17 featured a number of container adoption success stories, and we got the opportunity to sit down with one of Docker’s biggest customers, ADP, to learn more about how containers fit into their application modernization journey. ADP Chief Strategic Architect, Jim Ford, presented a session titled, “One year and 1000+ Containers Later at ADP” where

Struggling to Keep Virtual Training Engaging? Don’t Leave Out the Narrative [Podcast]

  • Posted on: December 8, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
In this episode of The Skytap Podcast, we learn from Keith Quinn about the power of relatable, realistic, real-world narratives when used in virtual training courses. Keith is the learning & development manager (digital learning) at the Scottish Social Services Council and he recently presented his session, “Using Immersive Simulations to Develop Real-world Skills,” at

What’s Your Cloud Strategy? A “Diversified Portfolio” of Options [Podcast]

  • Posted on: November 30, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
It’s the latest episode of The Skytap Podcast! This week we’re joined by JP Morgenthal, CTO for Americas’ Digital Applications at CSC. Skytap’s Dan Jones and JP discuss solving the challenges of multi-cloud adoption, so listen now, download for later, or read the full transcript below! Noel: I was on the Tech Evangelist Blog about a

Breaking Down Puppet’s 2016 State of DevOps Report [Podcast]

  • Posted on: September 27, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
On this week’s episode, we’re joined by Puppet CIO & VP of operations, Nigel Kersten to discuss Puppet’s 2016 State of DevOps Report. Special guests Anders Wallgreen, CTO at Elecric Cloud, and Dan Jones, Skytap Director of Product Management join this discussion by offering some of their favorite findings from this awesome annual report. We’ve

QA-driven DevOps: An Interview with Tanya Kravtsov

  • Posted on: June 27, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
Who most often leads DevOps initiatives and transformations? Does the order normally come from executive leadership? Developers? IT Operations? While the answer varies from company to company, one department you don’t often hear about leading the charge is QA. QA director at Audible, Tanya Kravtsov, joins us this week on The Skytap Podcast. We discuss her role

Planning for Long-term Test Automation Success [Podcast]

  • Posted on: June 3, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
From automating infrastructure and environment provisioning to code/release deployment—and everything in-between—automation is on everyone’s minds these days. While some are just getting their automation initiatives off the ground, others are well on their way and are now looking for what’s next as they attempt to scale their efforts throughout the enterprise. This week on The

Your Room is Ready: Hospitality Modernization at Hotels.com [Podcast]

  • Posted on: May 24, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
  The rise of the popularity and functionality of mobile apps and wearables has created tremendous growth, but for one industry in particular, there have been an equal amount of disruption and challenges along the way. The hospitality industry provides memorable and rewarding experiences for customers through the use of mobile apps and wearables, but a

Why Training Organizations Must Combat Continental Drift [Podcast]

  • Posted on: May 18, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
While combatting continental drift in the true geographic sense would be foolish, working to turn the tides that have pushed departmental continents away from each other is mandatory for meeting today’s business demands. And no department has perhaps drifted further away from the rest of Pangea as training/learning and development. Our special guest on this week’s

Every Action Counts: Skytap’s Sponsorship of Peace One Day

  • Posted on: April 21, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
Since being founded by Jeremy Gilley in 1999, Peace One Day has achieved incredible success, including having the member states of the United Nations “unanimously adopt the first ever annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence on 21 September – Peace Day.” By observing peace and contributing to its growth on this day each year, millions

Baking Quality into Virtual Training [Podcast]

  • Posted on: April 11, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
We talk all the time about the real cost of poor quality software making it to production, but what about the equally negative impact that poor quality can have in the delivery of virtual training? EnCompass senior instructional technology specialist, Nina Talley, sat down with us to share some actions that can—and should—be taken before your

Do Your eLearning Metrics Prove Business Impact? Why Not? [Podcast]

  • Posted on: April 1, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
For this week’s episode of The Skytap Virtual Training Podcast, we sat down with Clark Quinn at the 2016 Learning Solutions Conference and Expo after attending his session, “Measurement Matters: The How and Why of eLearning Metrics.” Learn why Clark believes “L&D has the opportunity to be the most valuable part of your business” and

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