Modern applications are widely deployed in the cloud, but they're coming at the edge as well. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast features Alastair Cooke and Paul Nashawaty from The Futurum Group, Erik Nordmark from ZEDEDA, and host Stephen Foskett discussing the intersection of application modernization and edge computing. As enterprises look to deploy more applications at the edge they are leveraging technologies like Kubernetes and containers to enable portability, scalability, resilience, and high availability. In many cases customers are moving existing web applications to the edge to improve performance and security, but not all webscale technologies are appropriate on the limited hardware, environmentals, and connectivity found at the edge. The question is whether to improve the edge compute platform or build resiliency into the application itself. But there are limits to this approach, since edge locations don't have the elasticity of the cloud and many of the features of Kubernetes were not designed for limited resources. It comes down to developer expectations, since they are now accustomed to the experience of modern webscale platforms and expect this environment everywhere. In the future, we expect WASM, LLMs, and more to be used regardless of location. Host: Stephen Foskett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sfoskett/ Panalists: Alastair Cooke, CTO Advisor at The Futurum Group: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastaircooke/ Paul Nashawaty, Practice Lead, Application Development Modernization at The Futurum Group: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulnashawaty/ Erik Nordmark, CTO and Co-founder, ZEDEDA: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-nordmark-77124310/ Tech Field Day: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfieldday Podcast: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com/podcast X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfielddaypod Tags: #TFDPodcast, #EdgeComputing, #Kubernetes, @ZEDEDAEdge, @TechFieldDay, @TechFieldDayPodcast, @TheFuturumGroup, @DemitasseNZ, @SFoskett, @PNashawaty,

Security audits are painful and often required for compliance but they aren’t adversarial unless you have a bad auditor or bad policy compliance. In this episode, Tom Hollingsworth sits down with Teren Bryson, Skye Fugate, and Ben Story to discuss the nuances of audits. The panel discusses the discovery of technical debt, external versus internal auditing, the need for flexibility in procedures. and how good auditors can make for a more positive outcomes.

Host: Tom Hollingsworth, Event Lead for Tech Field Day: https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/

Panel: Ben Story: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benstory/ Skye Fugate: https://www.linkedin.com/in/skye-f/ Teren Bryson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teren/

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Recent advances in AI for IT have shown the huge potential for changing the way that we do work. However, AI can’t replace everyone in the workforce. In this episode, Tom Hollingsworth is joined by Rita Younger, Josh Warcop, and Rob Coote as they look at how the hype surrounding AI must inevitably be reconciled with the reality of real people doing work. They discuss the way that AI is judged for its mistakes versus a human as well as how marketing is pushing software as the solution to all our staffing ills.

Host: Tom Hollingsworth, Event Lead for Tech Field Day: https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/

Panelists: Josh Warcop: https://www.linkedin.com/in/warcop/ Rita Younger: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritayounger/ Rob Coote: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robcoote/

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