This week we join Join Wendy Pfeiffer, Chief information officer for Nutanix, as she quizzes a distinguished .Next panel on the myths around cloud technology. Can employees operate as effectively from home as they did in the office? Is cyber security a bigger concern on the public cloud or on-prem? This is part of our look back series at .NEXT 2021.

Watch on-demand .NEXT sessions: https://reg.rainfocus.com/flow/nutanix/next21/reg/login

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Mythbusters: Cloud edition “Go to the cloud”

This week on the podcast, Dwayne chats with Marc Trouard-Riolle, about Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on Azure and how to get started. Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on Microsoft Azure enables your applications to be run where you want them, on-premises or in the public cloud, all operated as a single cloud.

Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on Azure nutanix.com/azure
Online Community next.nutanix.com
Nutanix Community Twitter https://twitter.com/NutanixNation
Ready to test drive? https://www.nutanix.com/one-platform?type=nc2z

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me on Twitter and if you haven't already done so, make sure you are subscribed to the show wherever you consume podcasts.

Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on Azure

Join this episode for more Stories from the EUC Road as Sean Donahue (Nutanix) and Al Solorzano (E360) tackle this all too familiar question. But does it have to an “OR” statement? Can you have an “AND” statement instead? Tune in to learn more about performance in EUC, happy employees and how you might sleep better at night in the age of Malware and Ransomware.

The age old EUC paradigm: Do you choose performance OR security

This week Sean Donahue is joined by two old friends and of the EUC Industry, Samit Halvadia CTO at Rimo3 and Al Solorzano VP Digital Workplace at e360. The folks recount all the buzz that was at the recent IGEL Disrupt event in Nashville. Hear their firsthand perspective on the announcements, news, and their personal highlights from the event. Some have said, this is the next best thing to being there.

IGEL Disrupt – Recap Show

Welcome back to the podcast, this week Dwayne chats with NTC Jeron Tielen about OVHCloud, and we dive deep into his blog post titled: Nutanix on OVHCloud. 

Show notes: https://is.gd/8k48U9

OVHcloud  - Cost effective Hybrid Cloud with Jeroen Tielen

This week Dwayne chats with Alkira's William Collins on Tackling Hybrid Multicloud Networking. 

Just a quick side note, .NEXT our global user conference is taking place in Barcelona, Spain on May 21-23. You made .NEXT in Chicago last year memorable, so let’s make .NEXT in Barcelona even better. Learn more at https://www.nutanix.com/next- and I hope to meet you in person.

Tackling Hybrid Multicloud Networking

Welcome back to the Nutanix Community Podcast

I'm Angelo Luciani and in today's episode, Dwayne chats with Jaymes Davis and Raymond Dusseault from Kasm. It is a wide-ranging discussion, but specifically, they discuss browser isolation and protecting your devices. Somehow, the term VCR even made it into this episode. If you don’t know what a VCR is, browse through the show notes. 

Securing and Optimization of Your Applications

Welcome back to the Nutanix Community Podcast. This week, Dwayne talks to Todd Christ from Intel. They discuss the need to modernize infrastructure to improve performance and security. They also discussed the partnership between Nutanix and Intel, focusing on how our collaboration enables customers to scale their AI workloads more efficiently.

Nutanix and Intel Modernize Infrastructure

We are continuing our series of stories and conversations from .NEXT. Today I chat with Nutanix Technology Champion Jagdev Singh Virdi, a Senior Systems and Infrastructure Engineer. We discuss his first time presenting at a session, his .NEXT experience, and some of his takeaways from the conference.  It’s an enlightening talk and always fun spending time with JV. 

Live from .NEXT with NTC Jagdev Singh Virdi

In the debut episode of Nutanix’s Cloud Interlock series, Michael Car, Nutanix Head of Hybrid Multicloud at Nutanix, discusses cloud adoption trends, cloud economics, hybrid cloud use cases, and concerns around ROI.   Michael interviews Anna Green, Chief Enterprise Services Officer at Toll Group, in a detailed discussion. She shares her valuable, real-world insights about the evolution of cloud strategies from cost-saving to value-driven transformations. Michael Car and Anna Green explore challenges they see for platform incompatibility & regulatory risks as well as highlight the potential role of AI in operational efficiency. The episode concludes with a preview of future topics, including bimodal operations and deeper dives into hybrid cloud scenarios.

Navigating Cloud Challenges: Insights from Toll Group’s Anna Green

Welcome to episode 4 of  Nutanix Cloud Interlock and our host, Michael Car, Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Lead, continues to speak to his guest to chat about everything hybrid Multi-cloud. In this episode, he is joined by his good friend in Nutanix, Chris Porter, Solutions Architect, to share Nutanix's role in providing secure, resilient, and cost-effective solutions for modern cloud environments, with a strong focus on customer empowerment and innovation.

Enterprise Cloud Index Review

Welcome to episode 5 of  Nutanix Cloud Interlock and our host, Michael Car, Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Lead, continues to speak to his guest to share their insights on cloud transformation, emphasizing the importance of planning, setting clear goals, focusing on business benefits, and leveraging partners for a smooth transition. This episode highlights the need for agility, iterative successes, and continuous improvement in the cloud journey.
Speakers: Tim Hope (CTO, Versant), Michael Car (Host and Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Lead)

Enterprise Cloud Transformation

Today, get ready for an exciting deep dive into the fast-paced world of AI as Dwayne sits down with Mike Barmonde, Nutanix's Product Marketing Manager for AI Network and Security. We’re covering it all—from the latest developments in Nutanix's  'GPT-in-a-Box' solution to essential insights for enterprises stepping into AI. Whether you're interested in data sensitivity, exploring advanced AI deployment strategies, or simply curious about how Nutanix is shaping a more accessible and secure future for AI, this episode has you covered. Plus, we’re sharing something brand-new: Nutanix Enterprise AI. 

Inside Nutanix Enterprise AI: New Tools for a New Era of AI Innovation

Today's episode features a replay of The AI-Ready Platform: How Nutanix Simplifies Enterprise AI event, hosted by theCUBE, where we break down the complexities of enterprise AI and explore its transformative potential. Hosted by Dave Vellante, You'll hear about Nutanix’s new Enterprise AI solution, designed to simplify deployments, enhance security, and offer unprecedented flexibility. This episode is packed with actionable strategies and forward-looking innovations. 

The AI-Ready Platform: Nutanix Simplifies Enterprise AI

In the debut episode of Nutanix CXO Pulse, Daryush Ashjari, APJ CTO and VP of Solution Engineering at Nutanix, answers some of the most pressing questions from CIOs and IT leaders about Enterprise AI.

From incorporating AI into existing IT infrastructures to balancing security and compliance, Daryush provides practical insights for navigating the complex AI landscape. He also highlights the real costs of AI failure and shares strategies to measure and maximize AI’s value.

Tune in for an insightful discussion as Daryush answers the top concerns every IT leader should consider when adopting AI in today’s fast-evolving enterprise business environments.


Answering Top Questions from CIOs about Enterprise AI

In Episode 2 of Nutanix CXO Pulse, Paul Harb, VP of Performance and Solutions Engineering at Nutanix, addresses some of the most critical challenges CIOs face when navigating the hybrid multicloud landscape.

Paul shares expert advice on selecting the right cloud provider, designing a future-proof cloud strategy and balancing cloud benefits with cost optimization. He also discusses best practices that can strengthen cloud security and how to avoid common pitfalls during cloud migration.

Tune in for a compelling discussion that will help CIOs and other IT leaders optimize their cloud environments and make well-informed decisions about their cloud strategy.


Answering Top Questions from CIOs about Hybrid Multicloud

In Episode 3 of Nutanix CXO Pulse, Jordan Reizes, APJ VP of Marketing at Nutanix, answers the most critical questions asked by CIOs and IT leaders about digital transformation.

How can CIOs build IT resilience? How can IT transformation be aligned with business goals? What’s key to maintaining IT agility in an era of disruption? Jordan tackles these questions and more, offering valuable insights into driving innovation and fostering a culture of change in today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Tune in for insights on how CIOs and IT leaders can successfully navigate and lead digital transformation initiatives throughout their organizations.


Answering Top Questions from CIOs about Digital Transformation

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Nutanix Community Podcast! Today we’re diving into one of the most buzzworthy topics in tech right now: Agentic AI.

This week Dwayne chats with Mike Barmonde, and together they unpack what agentic AI really means, how it differs from traditional LLMs, and why it matters for enterprises looking to take real action with AI. We’ll also explore how Nutanix is enabling this shift—bringing together Kubernetes, sovereign AI, and a powerful partnership with NVIDIA to make next-gen AI workflows secure, scalable, and production-ready.

Whether you’re an IT pro, a developer, or just trying to keep up with the evolving AI landscape, this episode has something for you. 

Beyond LLMs: Inside Nutanix Enterprise AI and the Agentic Shift

Today we’re diving deep into the world of Disaster Recovery – Nutanix-style. Joining us today is fellow TME and DR Enthusiast, Mike Umphreys. We talk about everything from protection domains vs. protection policies, to multi-site replication, to how snapshots are evolving—and even where AI acceleration is headed thanks to Intel’s AMX.

Whether you're DR-curious or just want to hear some hard-earned lessons about failover orchestration, backup strategy, and automation—from someone who’s been in the trenches—this one’s packed with insight.


Failover & Chill: The Modern Nutanix DR Playbook

In this episode, we sit down with storage veteran Mike McGee — a man who’s touched more data than most of us have clicked in a lifetime — to talk all things Nutanix Files. From the early days of 8MB hard drives to today's petabyte-scale deployments, Mike walks us through how Files has evolved into a hybrid-cloud-ready, VDI-friendly, ransomware-aware beast of a platform.

We unpack:

-The eternal IT debate: Storage vs. Networking vs. Compute
-How distributed shares are making life easier for VDI users
-Why ransomware protection isn’t an afterthought anymore
-And yes… even how Nutanix helps store millions of cat videos

Whether you're a sysadmin, cloud architect, or just someone who appreciates a well-balanced file system, this episode’s got something for you.

🧠 Learn something new. 🛠️ Take a test drive. 

From Megabytes to Petabytes: A Storage Veteran’s Guide to the Future

Welcome to the Nutanix Community Podcast! I'm your host, Angelo Luciani, and today, we're flipping the script. That’s right—I'm turning the mic around and interviewing the one and only Dwayne Lessner, our Technical Marketing Engineer and longtime podcast voice. We're diving deep into NC2—Nutanix Cloud Clusters—to explore how it’s evolving, why it matters, and what customers are doing with it right now. From sovereign cloud trends to networking myths and that magical ‘aha’ moment that wins over customers, this episode is packed with insights. 

Fastest Path to the Cloud: NC2 Secrets from the Other Side of the Mic

In this premiere episode of Nutanix CXO Pulse Season 2, we strip away the noise surrounding AI and focus on what really matters: Turning promise into performance. Backed by insights from the seventh annual Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index report, our experts reveal how enterprises can unlock value from AI without falling for the hype, including:

-The top promises of AI – productivity, automation, efficiency – and how they play out in real customer scenarios.
-What’s driving the disconnect between IT decision-makers and DevOps teams on AI maturity, and how to get everyone aligned.
-How to separate vendor hype from actual value, plus strategies for evaluating AI solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes.

Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index https://www.nutanix.com/enterprise-cloud-index
Nutanix Cloud Interlock: Ask Us Anything https://event.nutanix.com/cloudinterlock-liveqa/podcast


Enterprise AI: Beyond the Hype

This episode of Nutanix CXO Pulse Season 2 explores how IT leaders can prepare for the next phase of cloud-native innovation. Grounded in key insights from the seventh annual Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index report, Nutanix experts uncover what’s driving the rise of containerized applications and what it means for the future of IT, including:

-Why nearly 90% of organizations are now containerizing applications and how GenAI is driving the next wave of adoption.
-The strategic advantages of containerization, from scalability to portability, and the role Kubernetes plays in managing modern workloads and simplifying operations.
-Common gaps in perception between C-level leaders and IT teams around containerization maturity, and how to close the gap and achieve consensus.

Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index www.nutanix.com/enterprise-cloud-index
Nutanix Cloud Interlock: Ask Us Anything event.nutanix.com/cloudinterlock-liveqa/podcast


AI Meets Cloud Native: The New Industry Standard

This episode of Nutanix CXO Pulse Season 2 shines the spotlight on one of the most pressing concerns over AI: Security and data management. Nutanix uncover how IT leaders can stay ahead of potential risks and build a foundation for safe, scalable AI adoption, including:

-Why security, privacy and governance are essential for long-term GenAI success, and what’s missing from most strategies.
-The new data management challenges introduced by containerization, from compliance to disaster recovery in stateless environments.
-Practical steps the C-suite can take to build resilient, secure and auditable systems that support innovation without compromising trust.

Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index www.nutanix.com/enterprise-cloud-index
Nutanix Cloud Interlock: Ask Us Anything event.nutanix.com/cloudinterlock-liveqa/podcast


Security in AI and Data Management

In this bonus episode of Nutanix CXO Pulse, Nutanix executives go off-script to answer audience questions about Enterprise AI - no prep, no filters. Watch as they randomly draw questions submitted from Season 1 and share candid insights, from AI strategy best practices to what’s next for cloud-native environments.

Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index www.nutanix.com/enterprise-cloud-index
Nutanix Cloud Interlock: Ask Us Anything event.nutanix.com/cloudinterlock-liveqa/podcast

Unscripted: Nutanix Execs Answer Your Top AI Questions

Tech influencer Alexis Bertholf believes in making networking cool again, but can this be extended to the cloud? To kickstart the series, Alexis talks about her work to simplify networking, its impact on making the cloud more accessible, and how shifting infrastructure into the hybrid cloud is easier than you think.

Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index www.nutanix.com/enterprise-cloud-index
Nutanix Cloud Interlock: Ask Us Anything event.nutanix.com/cloudinterlock-liveqa/podcast

Making cloud cool again with Alexis Bertholf

Is there a smarter path to cloud transformation than refactoring or rehosting? We explore a third option that calls for leveraging existing market solutions with Ankita Gupta from Standard Chartered Bank. Discover why Ankita advises against reinventing the wheel and instead uses proven solutions to accelerate cloud adoption and reduce transformation risks.

Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index www.nutanix.com/enterprise-cloud-index
Nutanix Cloud Interlock: Ask Us Anything event.nutanix.com/cloudinterlock-liveqa/podcast

Simplifying the cloud mindset with Ankita Gupta

As cloud operations scale, how do you gain visibility across all clouds? We uncover the top cloud security trends and challenges in Asia Pacific with Sanjay Yadave. We’ll also explore the role of cloud disaster recovery in minimizing risks and ways to cut its associated costs and complexities.

Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index www.nutanix.com/enterprise-cloud-index
Nutanix Cloud Interlock: Ask Us Anything event.nutanix.com/cloudinterlock-liveqa/podcast

Securing the cloud as it scales with Sanjay Yadave

This week is another quick take, and I chat with Chad Dorr, senior system administrator at a healthcare provider and also a Nutanix Technology champion and Nutanix user group champion. We talk about VDI using Citrix, challenges or surprises that the current COVID19 situation has raised and how he is generally dealing with the new distributed workforce. 

As I mentioned last week on the podcast, I hope you and your family are safe. Lets do what we can to help those in our local communities.

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Nutanix online community - bit.ly/1zJ4aAK
Nutanix community blog - bit.ly/2ECb14M
XTribe - https://joinxtribe.influitive.com/
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VDI with Citrix and the Distributed Workforce

Welcome to episode 76 of the Nutanix community podcast with Dwayne Lesser and Angelo Luciani, here we go.

This week on the podcast I chat with Sachin Chheda about being ‘Cloud Smart’ what is means, the concept of applications attributes, the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index and lifecycle management. There is lot in this podcast, so with that let’s join the conversation.

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Resources
Nutanix online community - bit.ly/1zJ4aAK
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Nutanix Customer XTribe - https://bit.ly/3cMvK61
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