This is the third episode in our series around ServiceNOW where we focus on educating you on the platform's capabilities and provide case studies of how real world customers are using the feature.

Andy Gallimore, ServiceNOW Expert and RoundTower Practice Manager; breaks down the platforms capabilities in the IT Business Management space:
	- Project Portfolio Management
	- Demand Management
	- Resource Management
	- Agile Development
	- Application Portfolio Management

S2 Episode 3: Quick Hits - Quick Overview of ServiceNow IT Business Management

This episode is the second in a series about ServiceNOW in which we'll educate you on the platform's capabilities and provide a case study of how real world customers are using the feature.

Andy Gallimore, ServiceNOW Expert and RoundTower Practice Manager; breaks down the platforms capabilities in the IT Operations Management (or ITOM) space:
	- Discovery
	- Event Management
	- Operational Intelligence
	- Service Mapping
	- Cloud Management

S2 Episode 2: Quick Hits - Quick Overview of ServiceNow ITOM

Welcome to Season 2 of Cut the Noise - Quick Hits, a series designed for our listeners to get a quick look at technologies and trends that impact their business.

This episode is the first in a series about ServiceNOW in which we'll educate you on the platform's capabilities and provide a case study of how real world customers are using the feature.

S2 Episode 1: Quick Hits - Quick Overview of ServiceNow ITSM

Cut the NOISE!: Weekly Edition pilot is over! So sad. We've been hard at work on new programming and content for "Cut the Noise" in 2018  and based on its success, decided to move Weekly edition to its own channel. You can find the new podcast called  "Weekly Tech RoundUP" on iTunes, SoundCloud, Sticher and Google Play.

Weekly Tech RoundUP

Welcome to "Cut the Noise - This Week" for December 18, 2017.
I'm Kurtis Lindemann, the CIO and CTO at RoundTower Technologies.

This week we are going to cover:

The FCC Repealed Net Neutrality Rules
Bitcoin Whales - The 1000 People who own 40 percent of the market
Password stealing apps found on the Google Play Store

Episode 14: Weekly Edition - Dec 18th 2017

Welcome to "Cut the Noise - This Week" for December 11, 2017.
I'm Kurtis Lindemann, the CIO and CTO at RoundTower Technologies.

This week we are going to cover:

Quantum Computers are being deemed as Security Risks by Experts
Ransomware Incidents are up by nearly 2000% in 2 years and  being used by the new "Cyber Mafia" as a Hit Business.
Most Retailers haven't tested their Breach Response Plans even as the number incidents continues to rise.
Bitcoin Mining is guzzling energy as its carbon footprint continues to grow
A look back at the history of Text Messaging, which turned 25 years old last week.

And we'll cover a follow-up to a recent story about the Uber Hacking incident and how they justified covering their tracks with the man found to be responsible.

Episode 13: Weekly Edition - Dec 11th 2017

Welcome to "Cut the Noise - This Week" for December 4, 2017.
I'm Kurtis Lindemann, the CIO and CTO at RoundTower Technologies.

This week we are going to cover:

 New Leaks exposed the NSA's Red Disk and Ragtime Programs including evidence of spying on US Citizens
 A new Microsoft Office bug being used to create back doors on PC's
 Apple's security hole in High Sierra opens up "super user" access
 Amazon Announced the Launch of Bare Metal Computing Instances at it's conference last week
 A Controversial Study claims smart phone addiction alters the brains of teens. 
 Lockheed working on laser cannons for its fighter jets.

Episode 12: Weekly Edition - Dec 4th 2017

Welcome to "Cut the Noise - This Week" for November 27, 2017.
I'm Kurtis Lindemann, the CIO and CTO at RoundTower Technologies.

This week we are going to cover:
 
- The FCC Releases Final Draft of Net Neutrality Decision
- AWS announces "secret" cloud region for intelligence community
- Microsoft releases "VMware on Azure"
- Intel Announces Security Flaw in Core Processors
- Uber has data breach exposing 57 million users

Episode 12: Weekly Edition - Nov 27th 2017

Welcome to "Cut the Noise - This Week" for November 20, 2017.
I'm Kurtis Lindemann, the CIO and CTO at RoundTower Technologies.

Today we're going to cover:
- Boston Dynamics CEO states that "Robotics will be bigger than the Internet" in its impact on your life
- How to opt out of Equifax revealing your salary history
- Amazon sells AWS cloud assets in China amid tightening regulation
- China's supercomputers race past US to world dominance
- DHS Says it remotely hacked a Boeing 757 sitting on a runway

Episode 11: Weekly Edition - Nov 20th 2017

Welcome to "Cut the Noise - This Week" for November 13, 2017.
I'm Kurtis Lindemann, the CIO and CTO at RoundTower Technologies.

Today we're going to cover:
- How CIOs are admitting that their digital transformation strategies aren't going as planned
- How hackers are making the NSA's job of finding and keeping secrets more difficult by stealing their tools
- Hackers have found a way to exploit the new Iphone's facial recognition software
- Equifax's CEO doesn't know if their data is encrypted
- How to improve your wi-fi signal using tin-foil.

Episode 10: Weekly Edition - Nov 13th 2017

Hello, I'm Kurtis Lindemann, the CIO and CTO of RoundTower Technologies.
 
We are launching a new podcast called Weekly Edition. The goal of this podcast is to provide a weekly digest of items that are at the top of mind of IT Professionals.  Each week, we will cover  5 to 6 topics that you can easily consume on your ride to work. We'll also post links to all of the supporting articles to you can dig in and read more on the topics that you find most interesting.  I hope you'll join us each week!

CTN: Weekly Edition

If you haven’t realized it by now, you can’t escape the cloud! As the rate of cloud adoption continues to rise, the question most organizations are asking themselves now is “What is the best cloud solution for me?” Build vs. Buy, Public vs. Private vs. Hybrid! So many options, so many providers, how do they compare and what do folks really need to consider? 
Hear what a panel of leading, and competitive, cloud providers have to say on the subject and gain insight into which solution will help to deliver the results you need.

Episode 9: Quick Hits - You Can’t Escape the Cloud!

Today we're going to be talking about the "CLOUD"! You're probably tired of people using this term, throwing it around in different ways. We're going to define what we mean by the cloud today. Guest subject matter experts, Dustin Grimmeissen, Enterprise Architect and Mike Caral, Field CTO, provide their definition of the cloud and what it should mean to you. 
 
In This Episode, We Will Be Talking About:
-What it means to you, and how we're seeing people using the Cloud. 
-What you need to think about before deploying? 
-What does it mean to your IT Admin? 
-What are some low hanging fruit applications that you can put in the cloud?
 
The Quick Hits series is designed to take quick, concise, jabs at current topics in technology and simplify what impact they have on today's businesses.
Follow our host and RoundTower CIO, Kurtis Lindemann, on Twitter (@KurtisLindemann) or follow the podcast @CutTheNoisePod to stay connected and informed.
 
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Episode 8: Quick Hits - The Cloud

Listen in, as we discuss the rise of integrated systems platforms or hyper-converged solutions and where they fit inside the modern data center. Guest subject matter experts, Dustin Grimmeissen, Enterprise Architect and Mike Caral, Field CTO provide their views on where and how these emerging technologies are changing organizations and the IT teams that support them.
 
In This Episode, We Will Be Talking About:
-The difference between converged, hyper-converged, integrated systems, software-defined infrastructure.
-Where hyper-converged fits inside the data center.
-Best use cases for hyper-converged.
-What happens to independent scalability without silos.
-When to go “converged” or refresh like with traditional infrastructure.
-How to successfully transform an organization to become receptive to using converged platforms.
 
The Quick Hits series is designed to take quick, concise, jabs at current topics in technology and simplify what impact they have on today's businesses.
Follow our host and RoundTower CIO, Kurtis Lindemann, on Twitter (@KurtisLindemann) or follow the podcast @CutTheNoisePod to stay connected and informed.
 
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Episode 7: Quick Hits - The Integrated Data Center

The purpose of our podcast is to educate the public with quick and concise content on relevant topics for the IT community. We’re conscientiously trying to be vendor agnostic and general about the topics at hand for the segments recorded by the RoundTower team. We have gotten some great feedback on the first episode about Flash storage and we have decided to include some outside perspective about the topic. We are going to be bringing in four manufacturers to give their unique perspective.
 
We would love to hear your thoughts on the topic! Hit us up on Twitter @CutTheNoisePod and chime in on the conversation by using the hashtags #2Flash #Not2Flash. Then head over to cutthenoise.info to give us your feedback on the format or future topics.
 
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Episode 6.1: Quick Hits - Flash in the Data Center – Outside Perspective

The purpose of our podcast is to educate the public with quick and concise content on relevant topics for the IT community. We’re conscientiously trying to be vendor agnostic and general about the topics at hand for the segments recorded by the RoundTower team. We have gotten some great feedback on the first episode about Flash storage and we have decided to include some outside perspective about the topic. We are going to be bringing in four manufacturers to give their unique perspective.
 
Today we are talking to Brian Hudson, Principal Systems Engineer, from Dell EMC to get his unique perspective on:
-          Where does Flash fit in the Datacenter
-          Where it works best / Where it perhaps doesn’t fit
-          What it means to the average IT Administrator
 
We would love to hear your thoughts on the topic! Hit us up on Twitter @CutTheNoisePod and chime in on the conversation by using the hashtags #2Flash #Not2Flash. Then head over to cutthenoise.info to give us your feedback on the format or future topics.
 
LISTEN ON ITUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER, AND SOUNDCLOUD
All participants of this podcast represent themselves and are speaking their opinions based on their own personal industry experiences.  The views express do not necessarily represent those of the company that they work for.

Episode 6.2: Quick Hits - Flash in the Data Center – Dell EMC

The purpose of our podcast is to educate the public with quick and concise content on relevant topics for the IT community. We’re conscientiously trying to be vendor agnostic and general about the topics at hand for the segments recorded by the RoundTower team. We have gotten some great feedback on the first episode about Flash storage and we have decided to include some outside perspective about the topic. We are going to be bringing in four manufacturers to give their unique perspective.
 
Today we are talking to Bryan Stover, Solution Architect, from Infinidat to get his unique perspective on:
-          Where does Flash fit in the Datacenter
-          Where it works best / Where it perhaps doesn’t fit
-          What it means to the average IT Administrator
 
We would love to hear your thoughts on the topic! Hit us up on Twitter @CutTheNoisePod and chime in on the conversation by using the hashtags #2Flash #Not2Flash. Then head over to cutthenoise.info to give us your feedback on the format or future topics.
 
LISTEN ON ITUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER, AND SOUNDCLOUD
All participants of this podcast represent themselves and are speaking their opinions based on their own personal industry experiences.  The views express do not necessarily represent those of the company that they work for.

Episode 6.3: Quick Hits - Flash in the Data Center- Infinidat

The purpose of our podcast is to educate the public with quick and concise content on relevant topics for the IT community. We’re conscientiously trying to be vendor agnostic and general about the topics at hand for the segments recorded by the RoundTower team. We have gotten some great feedback on the first episode about Flash storage and we have decided to include some outside perspective about the topic. We are going to be bringing in four manufacturers, Dell EMC, Infinidat, Nimble Storage, and Pure Storage to give their unique perspective.

Today we are talking to Mark Smith, Sr. Systems Engineer, from Nimble Storage to get his unique perspective on:
-          Where does Flash fit in the Datacenter
-          Where it works best / Where it perhaps doesn’t fit
-          What it means to the average IT Administrator

We would love to hear your thoughts on the topic! Hit us up on Twitter @CutTheNoisePod and chime in on the conversation by using the hashtags #2Flash #Not2Flash. Then head over to cutthenoise.info to give us your feedback on the format or future topics.
 
LISTEN ON ITUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER, AND SOUNDCLOUD
All participants of this podcast represent themselves and are speaking their opinions based on their own personal industry experiences.  The views express do not necessarily represent those of the company that they work for.

Episode 6.4: Quick Hits - Flash in the Data Center- Nimble Storage

The purpose of our podcast is to educate the public with quick and concise content on relevant topics for the IT community. We’re conscientiously trying to be vendor agnostic and general about the topics at hand for the segments recorded by the RoundTower team. We have gotten some great feedback on the first episode about Flash storage and we have decided to include some outside perspective about the topic. We are going to be bringing in four manufacturers, Dell EMC, Infinidat, Nimble Storage, and Pure Storage to give their unique perspective.
 
Today we are talking to Kyle Keller, Disruptor, from Pure Storage to get his unique perspective on:
-          Where does Flash fit in the Datacenter
-          Where it works best / Where it perhaps doesn’t fit
-          What it means to the average IT Administrator
 
We would love to hear your thoughts on the topic! Hit us up on Twitter @CutTheNoisePod and chime in on the conversation by using the hashtags #2Flash #Not2Flash. Then head over to cutthenoise.info to give us your feedback on the format or future topics.
 
LISTEN ON ITUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER, AND SOUNDCLOUD
All participants of this podcast represent themselves and are speaking their opinions based on their own personal industry experiences.  The views express do not necessarily represent those of the company that they work for.

Episode 6.5: Quick Hits - Flash in the Data Center- Pure Storage

Welcome to the first episode of Cut the NOISE: Quick Hits Podcast.
Our new podcast series is designed to take quick, concise, jabs at current topics in technology and simplify what impact they have on today's businesses. We start the series by talking with Dustin Grimmeissen, Enterprise Architect, and Mike Caral, Field CTO, about Flash storage, and its applications to the data center space.   
 
LISTEN ON ITUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER, AND SOUNDCLOUD
 
In This Episode We Will Be Talking About:
- Is it time for flash first, everywhere?
- Cost per IOPS vs. Terabyte.
- Performance vs. Data Reduction
- Ideal use cases for flash.
- Should IT Managers look towards Flash storage for their next refresh?
- What is a healthy mix of Flash storage and spinning disk?
- Apple-to-Oranges: Can flash density compete with spinning disk capacities?
-  Compression vs. deduplication ratio vs. footprint reduction
 
Follow our host and RoundTower CIO, Kurtis Lindemann, on Twitter (@KurtisLindemann) or follow the podcast @CutTheNoisePod to stay connected and informed.
 
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