Cloud Management Monthly

Dan Curr and Matt Bradford

The Cloud Management Monthly Podcast is hosted by Dan Curr and Matt Bradford. Both guys love Cloud Management and are not really sure why! Every month we'll take a look at Cloud Management from many different perspectives. We'll interview exciting guests and highlight members of the vCommunity for their contributions to Cloud Management. You can watch the video podcast at CloudManagementMonthly.com to see what Dan and Matt really look like! (spoiler: we look alike!)

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What is Cloud Management? With Guest Steve Athanas

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07/03/20 • 50 min

Join Dan and Matt with special guest, Steve Athanas, Associate CIO at UMASS Lowell and VMUG President. In this episode we'll explore the question what is cloud management? We'll also talk to Steve about his involvement in the VMware User Group and his blog the Transformational Technologist. Plus we'll tell you how you can be a guest on our show! No, really! Please??

Steve's Blog - https://www.transformationaltechnologist.com Steve's Twitter - https://twitter.com/steveathanas VMUG - https://www.vmug.com

The Future of vRealize Operations (vROps) with guest Sunny Dua

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09/09/20 • 72 min

In this episode Dan and Matt discuss with Sunny Dua, a Sr. Product Line Manager at VMware, the future of VMware's vRealize Operations and how vROps 8.2 is just the beginning. We also chat with Sunny about the impact of the California fires and what his plans are for attending an all virtual VMworld 2020.

Alan Renouf fire relief fund - https://gf.me/u/yucskh

Sunny's website - https://sunnydua.com

Sunny's Blog - http://vxpresss.blogspot.com

Sunny's Twitter - https://twitter.com/sunny_dua

How To Get Started with Cloud Management - With Guest Graham Barker

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08/01/20 • 44 min

In this episode of Cloud Management Monthly, Dan and Matt ask the question, How do companies get started with cloud management? Join us with our special guest Graham Barker to discuss considerations companies need to think about to determine what goes into selecting the right cloud management platform. We also talk to Graham about his Tesla and what to expect in this new era of virtual technology conferences.

Manage Your Infrastructure Like a Cloud Provider - with guest Brandon Gordon

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10/16/20 • 47 min

In this episode of Cloud Management Monthly, Dan and Matt talk with Brandon Gordon, Staff Technical Marketing Architect at VMware, about what it takes to manage your infrastructure like a cloud provider. Brandon also shows off his amazing ROI vROps dashboard that he created! Dan and Matt talk a bit about VMworld 2020 and review the Cloud Management announcements

Brandon's Twitter - https://twitter.com/ImNotoriousBDG

Learn more and download Brandon's dashboard here: https://blogs.vmware.com/management/2020/05/roi-dashboard-for-vrealize-operations-8-1.html

The Cloud Operating Model with guest Mandy Storbakken

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11/20/20 • 55 min

In this episode of Cloud Management Monthly, Dan and Matt speak with Mandy Storbakken about The Cloud Operating Model. Mandy is a Cloud Technologist in the Cloud Management Business Unit at VMware. Mandy is a VMworld speaker and a VMware blogger.

Find Mandy here: Twitter - https://twitter.com/mandystor Blogs - https://cloud.vmware.com/community/au... VMworld 2020 session - https://bit.ly/3kTc8Aw

Christmas Special 2020 - with guests Santa and Grump-o the Elf

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12/24/20 • 18 min

Hi Everyone, you're gonna want to watch this one on YouTube. Head on over to http://CloudManagementMonthly.com

In this episode of Cloud Management Monthly, Santa and his ‘lil buddy Grump-O the Elf from the North Pole, review their favorite clips from this year’s episodes and spread some extra holiday cheer! Dan and Matt interview Santa and Grump-O to find out how the vRealize Suite was able to solve The North Pole’s critical capacity issue and expand to the cloud, to practically save Christmas, and money!

Thanks everyone who watched and listened to our shows this year. We appreciate all the feedback and kind messages. Thank you to our guests, Steve, Graham, Sunny, Brandon, and Mandy. We can’t thank you enough for coming on the show and having fun with us. We can’t wait for 2021!

Have a safe and happy holiday!

Dan and Matt

IT Burnout and Mental Health - with guest Eric Lee

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01/18/21 • 44 min

In this episode of Cloud Management Monthly, Dan and Matt talk to Eric Lee about his journey dealing with IT burnout and Mental Health. Eric shares his personal story and how to live a better work life balance and to cope with workplace burnout. Dan and Matt also talk to Eric about the work he is doing with Mental Health Hackers and how we can all get involved.

Eric's Twitter - https://twitter.com/ericblee6

Mental Health Hackers - https://www.mentalhealthhackers.org

SaltStack for Consistent Cloud Management with Guest Vincent Riccio

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02/26/21 • 36 min

In this episode of Cloud Management Monthly, Dan and Matt talk with Vincent Riccio, a Senior Technical Marketing Manager at VMware in the Cloud Management Business Unit about leveraging the power of SaltStack to provide automated consistent configuration management and SecOps across private, public and hybrid clouds.

Check out Vincent's blog https://blogs.vmware.com/management/a...

Give Vincent a follow on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/vincent_riccio