Fred, Vlad and their special guests like to discuss all things IT, how we see certain solutions being deployed, how different consumers act and attitudes around changes to IT and where the industry is now, and where its headed. Their takes can be controversial to some and normal to others, the point is to create discussion and another point of view. Want to join us for an episode? Hit us up!
Episode 10 - Nerds Take on Humanity Women in IT part 2
This is part 2 of our Women in IT series where we have 2 of the sharpest young minds in the Australian IT industry, they also happen to be active community leaders for Women in IT.
In this episode we continue talking about Hannah and Maggie's advocacies. Hear out thought-provoking stories and experiences in situations that proved to be quite confronting for our guests. We covered the good, we talk about the bad and the ugly, and learn how as a society we can help make it better for our future generations.
As always, enjoy the episode and tell us what you think!
30 Jun 2026
Episode 9: Nerds Take On Humanity - Women in IT pt.1
In this episode we have 2 of the sharpest young minds in the Australian IT industry, they also happen to be active community leaders for Women in IT.
Know more about Hannah and Maggie, as we talk through some thought-provoking conversations. Get an understanding of what women usually face in the workforce, gain insights into some of their experiences navigating the world of Tech, as well as learn how to be a supporter for their movement.
This is part 1, more fun to come in part 2. Stay tuned!
8 Jun 2026
Out-of-Band #1 - Kubernetes and current projects
Vlad and Fred dive in to their worlds and what they've been learning, toying and tinkering with lately. Vlad goes through a brief introduction of his IoT Strawberry farming, Robotics and home website - how AI helped and hindered him along the way. Fred tells us about the work he's done with a home DNS server thats helped him break apart his network without making it harder to access his home automation services.
14 Apr 2026
Episode 8 - Part 2 with Grant Shelley of Hamina Wireless
This is part 2 of our series on wireless with APJC SE Director Grant Shelley from Hamina Wireless. This is not a sponsored episode, just three engineers discussing the complexities of modern day wireless networking and in Part 2 we talk about how Hamina is leveraging AI to deliver some amazing technology that boosts how businesses can design, deliver and track the performance of their wifi.
2 Apr 2026
Episode 7 - Grant Shelley from Hamina Wireless
Today we're joined by SE Director Grant Shelley from Hamina Wireless - this is not a sponsored episode, its just part 1 of three engineers kicking back discussing where we've come from, where we're going and the complexities coming our way in delivering good wireless networking.
2 Mar 2026
Episode 6 - Nerds take on humanity
Fred and Vlad are back in business after some time off over Christmas and New Years.
Hear from us about where we are at, how we plan to make a few guest-less episodes where we give our take on humanity.
We speak briefly too about the workplace as an introduction to the series too. Enjoy and leave us a comment about what you'd like our take on!
27 Nov 2025
Episode 5 - We are live in Cisco Live APJC 2025
Hosts Vlad and Fred recount their experiences at Cisco Live APJC 2025 in Melbourne, discussing the keynote session and sharing insights from the World of Solutions.
21 Apr 2025
Episode 4 - Dreamweaver to DR, Umu's Journey to Cybersecurity
Fred and Vlad sit down with Umu and discuss her career journey, from Dreamweaver to DR, we talk about how she transitioned to Cybersecurity and Sales and what kept her going along the way, what helped her transition roles too.
14 Apr 2025
Episode 3 - Breaking down SASE SSE Acronyms
SASE, SSE, SDWAN, VPN, CASB, ZTNA, DLP, etc etc. The list of acronyms goes on and on. Fred and Vlad spend time with Umu breaking down where it came from, what it all means and most importantly, why you should care about a proper User Protection strategy.
31 Mar 2025
Episode 2 - Tales from a Grumpy SE
30 years of being in tech, from Novell to Win3.1, NT to IOS, patch panels, PLCs, the early days of IoT and Token Ring. Scott Williamson has seen it all. He spends time walking us through his career journey, the skills that built along the way that kept him going as technologies came and went and he transitioned through roles. Interested in learning how he eventually ended up in Sales from operational roles? It's all about knowing how to sell the upgrades to your internal stakeholders - more insight in the show!
24 Mar 2025
Episode 1 - Digital Experience Monitoring
Join Fred and Vlad as they catch up with Scott Williamson from ThousandEyes to discuss what is 'Digital Experience Monitoring' and ultimately, why you as an IT professional or business leader should care. In this day and age, so much is reliant on SaaS and the cloud, hybrid work enables people to access applications from anywhere but whether that connectivity is reliable or not and affects peoples productivity - this is where Digital Experience Monitoring comes in.
19 Feb 2025
Episode 0.5 - Cloud Management
Fred and Vlad give us their hot takes on Cloud Management and why its necessary; we go back in time discussing the pain of managing networks via CLI, how the CCNA/P used to look and how its changed dramatically; we also discuss the business reasons why for at least us, Cloud Management makes predominant sense for many general use cases.
17 Feb 2025
Episode 0 - The Origin Story
This is our origin story, we introduce ourselves and why we're starting this podcast, what we're hoping to achieve and how we plan to connect with you.
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