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Does Your Business Have a "Regressive Gene"?
Tom is a big fan of geneology, are you familiar with it? If not, it’s the study of ones family history, and ancestors. Chunga’s grandparents were big fans of geneology and created a hightly detailed blueprint of how Chunga became…
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STRIKE! Is A.I. Ruining Video Games?
In his other life, Chunga is a voice actor and is a member of several acting unions. Lately, that means he’s always on strike for one reason or another. Well, its happening again… This time, voice actors are striking against the video game…
SO MANY CYBER-ATTACKS!!
Tom has lost his wallet! This has never happened before! If you find it, will you please let him know? Although his fresh back from his vacation, Tom is feeling anything but relaxed and recharged. In truth, he feels like he came home…
Data Center Drama
For a long time, Tom has wanted to do an episode of The Hacks that’s centered around what he refers to as data center “bloopers”. Chunga isn’t entirely sure what he means by this. Tom has always been amazed by the cathedral like way in which data…
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Creating an Open Source Business Model
As most of you already know, Tom Hatch created a very popular and widely used open source platform called “Salt”. He didn’t create this platform with the goal of starting a company. Tom simply created an answer to a problem that he was having. Salt…
The Banana Problem. How ubiquitous tech can be a liability
Tom Hatch loves to create his own terms for different things. Chunga refers to these terms as “Hatchisms”! One of the more commonly used terms that Tom loves is “The Banana Problem”. What is the banana problem? Simply put, the banana problem is what…
Virtual Conferences vs. Live Events. Which Is Better?
Tom and Chunga are excited to welcome Janae Andrus to The Hacks! Janae is a Live Events and Field Marketing expert! As you already know, one of the biggest Covid-19 casualties in the business world has been the live event. Trade Shows, Conferences and…
Does CX Matter to Enterprise Cloud Technology?
The Cloud… It is quickly becoming the standard for modern business. In this episode of The Hacks, Chunga asks Tom the question: “How much does CX (customer experience) matter when it comes to enterprise cloud technology?” After all, it’s being used…
Facial Recognition Fears...Be Afraid!
Tom and Chunga are putting on their tin hats for this episode of The Hacks! They’re talking about facial recognition conspiracy theories and a recent event at the Rose Bowl where 30,000 people had their faces scanned and cataloged without their…
A Preview of SaltStack Enterprise 6.3!
Tom and Chunga welcome a special guest to this episode of The Hacks! SaltStack has just announced the release of Enterprise 6.3 and Mehul Revankar is here to talk about all of the updates and the many new features that are packed into the biggest and…