Where's The Any Key?
Where's The Any Key? is a podcast made to share conversations about IT and even some that are IT adjacent. It’s meant to create a community where host Ryan Bacon invites IT-minded individuals to contribute their ideas and processes in regard to technology management.
Episodes
31 episodes
Cool Tech and IT Tools With Reilly Scull
Reilly Scull, CTO of Macktez, talks about cool IT Tools admins can have in their toolbox. Reilly also gives advice about hiring IT people and learning how to use the support teams of different vendors.&nbs...
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1:19:36
Using Automation in IT with Jeff Bernt
How can IT admins thrive and keep continuing to improve the IT Department? We asked Jeff Bernt, security specialist in the Las Vegas area on how to use automation. Hear what he has to say in this new episode of Where's the Any Key?
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54:34
Continuing to Improve the IT department with Ricky Jordan
How can IT admins thrive and keep continuing to improve the IT Department? We asked Ricky Jordan, the Senior Computer Systems Admin at Primitive Skate about tools and tips. Hear what he has to say in this new episode of Where's the Any Key?...
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50:04
What to do after you build your IT Team with David Garrity
David Garrity is the Senior Technology Manager at SPS. David, along with host Ryan Bacon, discuss what steps to take after you have built your IT team. David has a few suggestions to do once your IT team is built. First is to get the layout of ...
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52:57
Building an IT Service From the Ground Up with Kyle McKenna
Kyle McKenna is the Manager of Enterprise Technology for Cars.com. Kyle, along with host Ryan Bacon, discuss what it's like to build an IT service from the ground up and what needs to be put in place to be success...
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57:22
Community Building in IT with Becky Scott
Becky Scott has joined JumpCloud as the Sr Technical Community Manager. She discusses building communities within the IT field and what she loves about it. Becky discusses how to try and get on people's radar and leveraging early adopters to ge...
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47:32
Talking MDM with Tom Bridge
Tom Bridge is back to talk about MDM and IT and also their wish list of management tools for IT in MDMListen to this episode of Where’s the Any Key? to hear Tom talking about Apple MDM management.You can also wat...
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49:10
Administration Privileges on Endpoint Permissions with Brian Coleman
From learning the basics of technology from his computer science doctorate mother at an early age to starting up his own IT consulting business, Brian Coleman is back and talks to Ryan about Administration Privileges on Endpoint Permissions.
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50:43
Working in IT as a Soldier in the Army and Using Skills Learned to Translate that Into the Private Sector with Donyea Foster
Donyea Foster is the IT specialist at JumpCloud. Donyea discusses his experience as an IT professional soldier in the Army and skills learned to help him be an IT professional. He explains dealing with other egos, PTSD, a soldier in the Army, a...
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45:41
Leveraging Technology and Process and How That Impacts User Experience with Dennis Irizarry
Dennis Irizarry is the IT specialist at BetterCloud. Dennis has been working in tech for 12 years. Ryan and Dennis discuss how to use technology to help better the customer experience through different tools, automation, and creating better wor...
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49:31
Discussing Legacy Policies and Practices for IT with Matt Cramer
Over the course of his career, Matt Cramer has worked a multitude of jobs. He got into tech and learned to do it all like an IT Generalist. He moved into DevOps and has been there since. Ryan and Matt discuss that to implement polic...
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Using Outside Past Experience to Become a Better IT Professional with Chavarous Kennebrew
Chavarous Kennebrew loves everything IT. He is a father, a husband, and at his core, he is a computer. Listen to this episode of Where’s the Any Key? to hear about how Chavarous used his past experiences outside of IT to be...
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54:50
Using IT Security Tools in a Remote Work World with Brian Coleman
From learning the basics of technology from his computer science doctorate mother at an early age to starting up his own IT consulting business, Brian Coleman has dedicated nearly his entire life to the IT field. As such, he has a very unique p...
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Episode 2
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52:47
Changing the Perspective on IT with Stephen Malone
Stephen Malone is the head of IT Operations at Built, a construction finance software firm based out of Tennessee. Over the course of his career, Malone noticed that IT professionals like himself receive a bad rap, associated with the problems ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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56:50
Creating a Business as an IT Professional with Yiddy Lemmer
Born to a family of entrepreneurs, Yiddy Lemmer wanted to make his mark on the business world and decided to do so as a managed service provider (MSP). In this episode of Where's the Any Key?, Yiddy shares the secrets he learned along the...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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47:11
Building Trust in Your Organization With Tom Bridge
As an IT administrator, you have an innate responsibility to support the end users in your environment while also ensuring everything is secure. A major part of both of these tasks is trust.Building trust is crucial to building a strong...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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52:07
Onboarding with Courtney Ebersole
When a new employee joins an organization, both IT and HR teams need to work together to ensure that they're able to be up and running on their first day. In this episode of Where's the Any Key?, host Ryan Bacon talks with Courtney Ebe...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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26:01
IT in Education During a Pandemic with Bradley Chambers
How can IT admins thrive (or at least survive!) during “the new normal” brought by the COVID-19 pandemic? We asked Bradley Chambers, an IT Director in EDU and a writer for 9to5Mac to share his strategies, tools, and tips. Hear what he has to sa...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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42:36
Starting Your IT Career with Noah Rosen
What do you need to consider when starting an IT career? Should you go to school, get certifications, just jump right in, or some combination of them all? We welcome Noah Rosen, IT support technician at JumpCloud, back on to Where's...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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31:44
IT Specialization vs. Entrepreneurial Thinking with Van Romine
As an IT professional, should you focus on a specific area of your craft or expand your business acumen? We tackle this age-old question in a “mock debate” between our host Ryan Bacon and the IT manager of Inland Valleys Association of Realtors...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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42:40
Education in IT with Nicole Petruccione
Change is always tough to manage, especially when it comes to changing the solutions you use in your tech stack. What can be even more challenging, however, is getting your end users up to speed on these new tools.In this episode of ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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32:32
Phishing with Jim Matthews
Unfortunately, the rapid shift to remote work following the COVID-19 outbreak also saw a massive rise in phishing attempts, putting many organizations at risk of a potential breach. That’s why now more than ever, IT administrators need to keep ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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37:12
Going Back to the Office: Part 2 with Cody Goodermote
With some workspaces opening up amidst the COVID pandemic, IT admins are curious about what that will mean for their jobs. If you’re wondering the same thing, listen to this episode of the Where’s the Any Key podcast, the second of two parts...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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40:10
Going Back to the Office: Part 1 with Cody Goodermote
With some workspaces opening up amidst the COVID pandemic, IT admins are curious about what that will mean for their jobs. If you’re wondering the same thing, listen to this episode of the Where’s the Any Key podcast, to hear the persp...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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30:17
Gaining Perspective on Support with Jodi Trautman-Phelps
Join Ryan and JumpCloud Customer Support Engineer, Jodi Trautman-Phelps, as they cover support and stereotypes in tech, as well as the ideal ratio of support technicians to end users.Helpful link found in today’s episode:<...
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Episode 5
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28:22