Episodes
Oct. 4, 2023
New Job Who This? – Keith is leaving his role at CTOA.
Keith is no longer the Principal of the CTO Advisor. What's next, and what does that mean for the podcast?
Sept. 27, 2023
Cisco to buy Splunk – 5 Things to Watch
Cisco announced its intended acquisition of Splunk for $28B. Security industry analyst Jo Peterson shares her thoughts on the impact of the acquisition and the five things to watch.
Sept. 13, 2023
Opportunites for VMware Partners post-Broadcom Aquisition
Josh Odgers, founder of End to End, joins Keith Townsend, host of the CTO Advisor Studio, to discuss potential opportunities for partners post-acquisition of VMware by Broadcom. Odgers formed End to End to help existing partners fill the demand for the VCDX-Level architectural design talent gap. The duo discuss the current state of cloud design [...]
Aug. 31, 2023
Broadcom and VMware – Divergent Views
Daniel Newman, Futurum Group's Principal Analyst and CEO, joins Keith Townsend on this week's podcast. Both analysts attended VMware's annual conference, VMware Explore. Newman's primary focus is on enterprise IT companies' financial and market health and, thus, their ability to deliver on promises to customers and shareholders. Townsend focuses on the viability of a company's [...]
Aug. 23, 2023
VMware Explore 2023 – Independent Analysis with Steve Mcdowell
NAND Research Principal Analyst and Founding Partner Steve Mcdowell joins host Keith Townsend to discuss the announcements from VMware Explore 2023.
Aug. 2, 2023
Build a Regional Cloud Provider
Rita Maria Fuziol,Director Data Center, Cloud, and Infrastructure at Millicom (Tigo), joined the program to discuss the opportunities and challenges of building a regional cloud provider in South America. The topics range from Opensource to building a cloud with limited resources compared to the major cloud providers.
July 26, 2023
Building and Managing Multicloud AI Infrastructure
We continue our conversation with Algolia's CTO, Sean Mullaney. In this editorial conversation, Keith and Sean discuss the difference between developing code and AI models. The duo also discuss the drivers for multicloud and overcoming the challenges associated with cost and engineering resources.
July 11, 2023
Algolia – Powering Discovery via AI
This podcast episode of the CTO Advisor podcast episode is sponsored by Algolia software. In this episode, Keith Townsend interviews Algolia's CTO, Sean Mullaney. The pair discuss a practical use for generative AI for e-commerce websites. The range of topics include AI Infrastructure, AI training, and AI Inferencing focused on the shopping experience. [...]