The healthcare industry has long been known for its cautious approach to technology, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced a dramatic shift. In this episode, Scott Charles from T-Systems (scott.charles@tsystems.com), and Brian O’Mahony from NetApp (omahony@netapp.com), break down how the healthcare sector has evolved in response to the pandemic and the role technology plays in this transformation.

Episode 399: The T-Systems Health Hybrid Cloud

The NetApp A-Team drops by to chat about the NetApp launch announcements for February 2025. Listen as we cover updates to the ASA platform, new hardware models, BlueXP improvements and more!

Episode 400 - NetApp Launch Announcements February 2025

This week, NetApp FlexCache TME drops in to discuss the latest information around the sparse caching feature for NFS and SMB workloads - FlexCache.

Episode 401 - NetApp ONTAP: FlexCache (Spring 2025)

Did you know there's a way to stripe large files across multiple nodes in a NetApp ONTAP cluster now? NetApp TME John Lantz drops by to drop some knowledge on Advanced Capacity Balancing!

Episode 402 - NetApp FlexGroup: Advanced Capacity Balancing

Managing large amounts of data can be challenging, especially when you also have to manage the storage system where the data lives. So to make life easier for storage administrators, NetApp offers a data ops toolkit that can offload some of the work associated with storage management. On this Tech ONTAP Podcast episode, we welcome the creator of the toolkit, Michael Oglesby, to talk about the latest updates and where best to use it.

Episode 404 - DataOps Toolkit

We’re diving deep into AI at scale with NetApp experts Bobby Oomen and David Arnette. From NVIDIA SuperPod (think AI factories powering massive LLM training) to FlexPod solutions that bring inference into everyday enterprise workloads, we unpack what’s happening at the cutting edge of AI infrastructure.

You’ll hear how NetApp and NVIDIA are collaborating to solve one of AI’s biggest challenges—data management—with tools like SnapMirror, FlexCache, and FlexClone. We also explore why inference is becoming just as important (if not more) than training, and what that shift means for enterprises looking to integrate AI into their operations.

Whether you’re curious about NVIDIA Cloud Partner (NCP) offerings, KV cache innovations, or how Cisco and NetApp are pushing FlexPod into the AI era, this episode is packed with insights you won’t want to miss.

Tune in to learn how enterprises can scale AI securely, efficiently, and flexibly—with NetApp at the core.

Episode 405 - NVIDIA SuperPod Updates - Fall 2025

🚀 This week on the Tech ONTAP Podcast: NetApp Docs goes AI!

We sit down with Aksel Davis, Grant Glass, Jen Kaufman, and Adam Newton to explore how NetApp is transforming documentation—from static PDFs to a living, searchable, AI-powered ecosystem.

💡 Topics we cover:
	•	The shift from closed XML systems to GitHub + open standards
	•	How generative AI powers Doc the Owl, our chatbot trained on 120K+ NetApp documents
	•	Making documentation more accurate, agile, and accessible in 9 languages
	•	Future possibilities: AI-driven authoring tools, in-product assistance, and cross-dataset intelligence

Whether you’re a NetApp customer, partner, or just curious about how AI reshapes technical documentation, this episode is packed with insights.

Ep 406 - AI Powered NetApp Docs

🚀 This week on the Tech ONTAP Podcast: We’re talking all things StorageGRID 12.0 — and this release is a game changer for AI and data-driven workloads.

We are joined by Vishnu Vardhan and Morgan Mears to unpack how StorageGRID is evolving into an AI-ready object storage powerhouse.

Here’s what’s new in StorageGRID 12.0 👇 

💾 Bucket Branches – Think Git for data. Instantly create space-efficient dataset copies for AI/ML training, testing, and version control. 

⚡ Caching Load Balancers – Bring data closer to compute with up to 1.2PB of local cache for high-performance AI pipelines. 

📈 Scalability & Smarter Metadata – Handle hundreds of billions of objects with ease. 

☁️ Flexible Deployment – Run StorageGRID your way: appliance, container, or virtualized.

Whether you’re building data lakes, training large language models, or managing global datasets, StorageGRID 12.0 helps you scale with performance, simplicity, and efficiency.

Ep 407 - NetApp StorageGRID 12.0

This week on the Tech ONTAP Podcast, we sit down with global AI and digital transformation strategist Kamales Lardi to explore one of the most important conversations in modern IT: how to adopt AI responsibly, ethically, and effectively in the enterprise — with data at the core.

While AI capabilities continue to expand, most organizations still struggle with real-world implementation, scaling beyond pilots, and building trust within the business. Kamales shares why AI strategy must start with people, data governance, and business outcomes — not just tools and hype.

Ep 408 - AI in Business with Kamales Lardi

Hybrid cloud is a reality, but is anyone really making any money providing cloud solutions and services? How can partners bridge the compensation gap moving from a new license to an annuity model? Join cloud veterans from Commvault, Microsoft and Arrow as they discuss how the market is changing and opportunities for both seasoned cloud partners and those considering entering this space.

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John Austin Global Practice Leader - Hybrid Cloud, Arrow
John Austin has over 30 years of experience in the IT industry. His channel experience ranges from building a channel program from the ground up for several start-up companies, to managing a channel program for IBM Global Services, to all aspects of building and managing a cloud services organization with Arrow Electronics. Austin is focused on channel sales and building strategic relationships with channel partners transitioning to a cloud services business. Austin helped develop Arrow’s Cloud Enablement program, which helps traditional channel partners make the pivot to a subscription-based cloud business. His experience also spans the delivery of end-of-cloud services and managing relationships with cloud delivery partners in the cloud services space. This includes suppliers delivering IaaS, SaaS, backup and disaster recovery and managed services. Austin lives in Castle Rock, Colorado, with his wife, Raissa. His daughter is a sophomore at the University of Georgia studying nursing and is a member of the nationally ranked swim and dive team.

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Vibhu Ranjan Director of Partner Strategy and Planning , Microsoft
Vibhu Ranjan is a director of partner strategy and planning in the Worldwide One Commercial Partner team at Microsoft. He is responsible for the overall partner strategy, sales plays and value propositions for partners in the Applications and Infrastructure Solution Area to drive partner-led Azure business growth. He brings a wealth of industry, business and technology experience across Microsoft and Microsoft partners like Citrix, Deloitte Consulting and F5 Networks. During his nine years at Microsoft, Ranjan has held a variety of corporate and field/partner-facing marketing and sales roles.

Randy De Meno Chief Technologist – Microsoft Products and Microsoft Relationship, Commvault
A more than 24-year Commvault veteran, De Meno led Commvault’s entry to heterogeneous data management and pioneered Commvault’s Windows Centric software solution, while spearheading the strategic partnership with Microsoft. De Meno holds dozens patents for Commvault technology, including E-Discovery and Granular Application Integration. In 2013, CRN tabbed De Meno as a Top 100 Executive and Top 25 Innovator in the computer industry, and in 2016, Wagner College named him their “Alumni Fellow” recipient for distinguished careers. De Meno is married with three children and leads the Commvault Hockey Helping Kids program, which has helped raise over $1.5 million dollars for various children’s charities, while enabling children to have unique experiences in NHL settings with ex-NHL players and USA Women Olympic Team members. He is a staunch advocate for families working with Autism.

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