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Oct 8, 2024

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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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…

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Jul 16, 2024

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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…

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Jun 18, 2024

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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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….

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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…

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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….

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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…

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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…

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Feb 14, 2020

Toms Top Tips For Cybersecurity in 2020

In today’s world, cyber threats are constant and the criminals are getting smarter. At the same time, companies are being pressured in a variety of ways, to grow and create more, faster! Unfortunately, the faster they move, the more vulnerable…

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