Synopsis

  We were "live to tape" (as Adam says) from HP's Master the Cloud event in Calgary.  As we wrap up the road tour in the frozen city of Calgary I had the pleasure of sitting down with a comedian and celebrity, a technical expert on virtualization from HP, and the manager of Intel's advanced server technologies team.  This was a wild, off-the-rails discussion and you can really tell we were just having a good time and excited to wrap up the tour.  Great topics of discussion...

Topics covered in this episode include...

• Hypervisors and their value to cloud computing, virtualization and hacking
• Why are hypervisors critical to cloud computing?
• Will Intel build a hypervisor into the silicone?
• How robust driver stacks keep hypervisors 'safe' on the software level...
• "Raising the bar" on security (analogies of a department store)
• Virtualization of compute resources & BYOD ...slightly off the rails
• Federation of identities, and applied to social media

Special Guests

• Jake Smith (Advanced Server Technologies Manager at Intel Corp.) - Jake was a keynote speaker at HP's "Master the Cloud" tour across Canada speaking about Intel's vision for a more connected, more virtualized, and more secure Cloud Computing environment; including Intel's partnerships with HP and some of the advancements they have embarked on together.  Jake can be found on LinkedIn here: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jakesmith42
• Adam Growe (Celebrity host of Cash Cab Canada) - Adam is the host of Canada's "Cash Cab" show on the Discovery Channel.  Additionally, Adam has his own quiz show ("The Adam Growe Quiz Show") and is a recognized celebrity, accomplished comedian and emcee, and has the uncanny gift to derail any boring IT conversation! Adam can be found on FaceBook here: http://fb.com/AdamGrowe and on his own site: http://adamgrowe.com - on behalf of HP I wish to thank Adam for his presence and making us all chuckle.
• Emrah Alpa (HP TippingPoint technical specialist) - Emrah in addition to being an accomplished DJ is the Northwest Canada regional HP TippingPoint technical expert.

Links

• HP TippingPoint Secure Virtualization Framework (SVF) - http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/solutions/security/svf/index.aspx
• Federation (federated identity) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federated_identity