Petri Dish

Petri Dish

Russell Smith hosts Petri Dish, a podcast for Microsoft system engineers and administrators looking to keep up to date with the latest trends in IT.

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Petri Dish Episodes

Episode May 15, 2018

Petri Dish: Talking About the Evolution of the backup with Veeam.

On this episode of the Petri Dish, we talk to Anthony from Veeam about the evolution of the backup industry and what's on the horizon for your data.

Episode May 15, 2018

Petri Dish: Duncan Epping of VMWare Dives into Storage, Availability, and a little vSAN

On this episode of the Petri Dish, we are talking to Duncan Epping of VMWare about Storage, Availability, and a little vSAN

Episode May 15, 2018

Petri Dish: Tape is the past but also the future?

On this episode of the Petri Dish, we are talking to Quantum who makes the convincing pitch that tape is not dead and in fact, it may be the future.

Episode May 14, 2018

Petri Dish: Talking with Infinidat about work at the Petabyte Scale

On this episode of the Petri Dish, we are talking to Infinidat about how their unique solution works with the largest of enterprise customers and how it helps you store more but pay less without sacrificing performance.

Episode Nov 27, 2017

Petri Dish: Remote Connections and Sharing Passwords? There is a better way.

If you remote into another machine or share passwords with co-workers and are looking for a better way to combine these tasks, you need to take a look at the latest episode of the Petri Dish.

Episode Nov 6, 2017

Petri Dish: Sitting Down with Paul Mattes to Talk Cloud Trends

Everything and everyone is talking about 'the cloud' and what it means for tomorrow. Understanding how this technology fits into your portfolio is important but it's better to understand when the time is right to migrate.

Episode Oct 6, 2017

Petri Dish: Talking with Jeff DeVerter about PCI Compliance and a lot More

This week I had a chance to sit down with Jeff DeVerter to talk about PCI Compliance, managed hosting solutions and a lot more on the Petri Dish.

Episode Sep 28, 2017

Petri Dish: Talking Backup Security with Andy Syrewicze

At Ignite 2017, I had the chance to sit down with Andy Syrewicze and talk all things backup security and encryption.

Episode Sep 28, 2017

Petri Dish: Sitting down with Darren Mar-Elia of Semperis to talk AD-aware forest recovery

At Ignite, I had a chance to sit down Darren Mar-Elia of Semperis to talk AD-aware forest recovery and a lot more at Microsoft's Ignite 2017 conference. 

Episode Sep 28, 2017

Petri Dish: Chatting with Jeff Melnick About the Threats to Active Directory

At Ignite this week, I had a chance to sit down with Jeff Melnick to talk about the threats impacting Active Directory.

Episode Sep 28, 2017

Petri Dish: Chatting with Alan Byrne about Office 365 Migration

On this episode of the Petri Dish, I sit down with Alan Byrne to talk about moving from on-premises Office to the cloud with Office 365.

Episode Sep 28, 2017

Petri Dish: Talking With Mor Cohen of Turbonomic about Managing Cloud Scale and Spend

On this episode of The Petri Dish, I talk with Mor Cohen about how you can control and monitor your cloud usage across a variety of platforms as well as making sure you are only paying for services you actually need.

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