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May 2026

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Get With IT is a podcast by the ITOps Times editorial team. We interview experts on the biggest and newest topics in IT and technology.

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May 28, 2026Episode 10911 min

109: The Sustainability Gap in Open Source Package Registries (With Christopher Robinson)

Dave Rubinstein and Christopher Robinson discussed the sustainability gap in open source package registries, which poses a threat to software supply chains. Robinson highlighted the exponential rise in compute costs and security demands, exacerbated by AI and malware proliferation. The Open Source Security Foundation formed a working group to address these issues, focusing on security technologies and community challenges. Robinson emphasized the need for responsible download practices and financial support for critical registries.

May 7, 2026Episode 10818 min

108: AI and the Backsliding of Security in IT (With Elad Koren)

In this episode, Dave talks with Elad Koren, VP of Product Management at Palo Alto Networks, about how organizations rushing to implement AI without thinking about the security implications that can arise from that.Among the topic they discuss are:--The risk of proliferating unvetted agents-- How vulnerabilities are being weaponized-- What organizations can do to improve their security postures.

February 12, 202614 min

107: AI in Security Operations (With Jimmy Mesta)

In this episode, editor-in-chief David Rubinstein discusses AI in the Security Operations Center with Jimmy Mesta, co-founder and CTO at RAD Security. Among the topics addressed are:How AI amplifies existing SOC strengths rather than inventing new capabilities from scratch?Why foundational elements, like signal hygiene, clear workflows, and documented context, must be in place before a SOC can benefit from AI.Lessons from past SIEM and SOAR deployments that security teams should apply to avoid repeating the same mistakes with AI in the SOC.The steps SOC leaders should take now (e.g., cleaning alerts, mapping workflows, documenting incidents) to ensure AI becomes leverage instead of liability.

January 15, 202614 min

106: The challenges organizations face in managing AI spend (with FinOps Foundation's J.R. Storment)

In this episode, Dave interviews J.R. Storment, executive director of the FinOps Foundation about some of the challenges related to managing AI spend.They discuss:The mismatch between increased spending on AI and a lack of clarity on that spendSimilarities and differences with managing cloud spendHow AI can actually be used for tracking AI spending

November 25, 202520 min

105: OpenTelemetry in 2025: How the project has grown and evolved (with Austin Parker)

In this episode, Dave interviews Austin Parker, director of open source at Honeycomb and a member of OpenTelemetry's governance committee.They discuss: The increase in OpenTelemetry maintainers this yearHow prevalent OpenTelemetry has become across the cloud native ecosystemAI's impact on the need for observability

November 20, 202516 min

104: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2025 recap (with Jason English from Intellyx)

In this episode, Dave interviews Jason English, director and principal analyst at Intellyx, who attended KubeCon last week. He shares what he learned from the event, the latest trends in cloud-native computing, and where he sees the industry heading.

November 13, 202515 min

103: The ITAM confidence gap (with WanAware's Jeff Collins)

In this episode, Dave interviews Jeff Collins, CEO of WanAware, about the company's recent ITAM survey.They discuss: The growing confidence gap between IT and other areas of the business on ITAM data accuracyHow "ghost assets" are becoming more of a concernThe most surprising finding of the report

October 23, 202511 min

102: The complexities of privilege management in the cloud (with Sonrai Security's Brendan Hannigan)

In this episode, Dave interviews Brendan Hannigan, CEO and co-founder of Sonrai Security, about privilege management in the cloud.They discuss:The current state of privileged access management (PAM)WALLy, Sonrai Security's PAM AI agent Why traditional privilege management is insufficient in dynamic cloud environments

October 2, 202517 min

101: Virtual machines and containers: Better together (Sponsored by Penguin Solutions)

This episode was sponsored by Penguin Solutions.In this episode, Jenna interviews Rudy de Anda, head of strategic alliances at Penguin Solutions, about the benefits of using VMs and containers together.They discuss: Why VMs and containers go well togetherChallenges of making this convergence happenUse cases where VMs and containers are better off separateThis conversation is based on a recent webinar, which can be found here: https://assets.itopstimes.com/penguin-solutions-webinar-september-2025

September 25, 202512 min

100: The state of enterprise Kubernetes in 2025 (with Komodor's Itiel Shwartz)

In this episode, Jenna interviews Itiel Shwartz, CTO and co-founder of Komodor, about the company's recent Enterprise Kubernetes Report.They discuss:Why a majority of Kubernetes outages are a result of recent system changesWhy it's taking so long to respond to incidentsHow to reduce the percentage of over- and under-provisioned workloadsRead the full report here: https://komodor.com/resources/komodor-2025-enterprise-kubernetes-report/