Tag: the hacks

Apr 7, 2020

3-Lies SecOps Teams Tell Themselves

For the second time, Alex Peay, Senior VP of Product and Marketing at SaltStack joins Tom & Chunga. The Hacks have asked Alex to return to talk about a blog he wrote called “3-Lies SecOps Teams Tell Themselves”. Alex wrote this blog after…

Mar 31, 2020

How Can IT Automation Help During The Covid-19 Crisis?

Tom and Chunga are pleased to welcome Alex Peay as their very first guest on The Hacks! Alex is the Senior VP of Product and Marketing at Salt Stack and he’s here to talk about how IT Automation can help businesses of every size function more safely…

Mar 24, 2020

Cybersecurity in the Corona Virus Pandemic

Chunga and Tom are breaking the rules! They have chosen to sneak into the office and record a new episode of The Hacks. They’ll continue to deliver a new episode every, single, Tuesday for as long as they possibly can! This week, The Hacks are talking…

Mar 17, 2020

Why is IOT Such A Mess?

Tom is always excited when he gets to talk about things in the tech industry that are messy. When Chunga brought this topic to The Hacks, he lit up like a Christmas tree. The IOT (internet of things) market is huge and shows no sign of slowing down….

Mar 10, 2020

SaltStack Enterprise and Salt Open

Out of all the episodes Chunga and Tom have recorded, this is the one Chunga is afraid to record. It’s the one he and Tom can’t afford to screw up! The entire podcast is about SaltStack Enterprise and Salt Open. Tom can’t really figure out why he’s so…

Mar 2, 2020

Security and IT Operations - Can't We All Just Get Along?

Throughout history, there have always been certain groups that - for whatever reason - can’t or won’t get along. There are several that come to mind. The Red Sox and the Yankees, Republicans and Democrats, cats and dogs… The list goes on and on….

Feb 25, 2020

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Is It Really a Revolution?

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. In 2020, these two terms just may be the most trendy terms in tech but are they really as revolutionary as people say they’re going to be? Historically speaking, the AI and ML hype machine revs up…

Feb 17, 2020

What Is SecOps and Why Should You Care?

SecOps. It’s something that Thomas Hatch is very passionate about. What exactly does that term mean? SecOps is the practice of automating IT and security operations in order to get the two departments to work more efficiently with one another. There’s…

Feb 14, 2020

Plugin Oriented Programing! POP, Umbra, Idem, and Heist OH MY!

In 2011, Thomas Hatch created an open-source program called Salt. In the years since Salt has become a program that’s used by millions of people. It’s gotten big… Very, very big. As software grows, it becomes more brittle and less flexible….