Autonomous IT

 What if the biggest time-saving wins don't come from major projects—but from eliminating the small, repetitive tasks eating up your week?In this episode, Automox Solutions Consultant Jeremy Maldonado shares his New Year's resolution: reduce burnout by automating the manual work that drains IT teams. From device enrollment and patching policies to tracking down failures without babysitting your machines, Jeremy walks through practical ways to reclaim your time and mental energy.You'll learn:  - How to automate device setup the moment it comes online  - Best practice policy templates you can use out of the gate  - Scheduling patches around Patch Tuesday without touching your policies  - Using policy results reports and analytics to troubleshoot smarter  - Why "babysitting" patch day is a sign something needs to changeWhether you're new to Automox or looking to refine your workflow, this episode is a reminder: your time matters, and automation should give it back to you.

Happy New Year! For those of you on call or working through the holiday, we've got you covered.This 2.5-hour megacut compiles every Autonomous IT live show in 2025 – your companion for long shifts, quiet NOCs, and keeping one eye on the dashboard.Grab your coffee, and ring in the new year with conversations on patch management, endpoint security, automation strategies, and the real talk that only happens when IT pros get together live.Thanks for spending part of your year with us. Here's to 2026. We'll be back with new episodes next week. 

Happy Holidays! In this Best Moments of 2025 episode, we revisit standout discussions, sharp takes, and memorable moments from the year – covering ransomware, vulnerability management, automation, zero trust, and the evolving role of the CISO. Whether you’re leading security strategy or working hands-on in IT, these highlights capture the ideas that shaped the year in cybersecurity.

This Christmas, strap in for three hours of vulnerabilities, patches, and the occasional existential crisis about holiday skeleton crews. This megacut compiles every 2025 episode of Patch [FIX] Tuesday, featuring Automox security engineers Ryan Braunstein, Henry Smith, Seth Hoyt, Mat Lee, and Tom Bowyer breaking down the year’s most critical security updates.What’s inside:All 12 Patch [FIX] Tuesday episodes from January through December 2025macOS and Apple security updatesZero-days, CVEs, and actively exploited vulnerabilitiesCandid discussions on Hyper-V escapes, SSH hijacking chains, React RCE, and moreWhether you’re catching up on a year of patches or need something smarter than carols for a long holiday drive or late-night remediation – this compilation has you covered.

In this episode of Hands-On IT, Landon Miles explores the history of servers and enterprise IT infrastructure, from early mainframe computers to cloud computing, Linux servers, virtualization, containers, and AI-driven data centers.This episode connects decades of server evolution into a clear, accessible story, focusing on the people, technologies, and ideas that shaped modern computing. From IBM’s System/360 and minicomputers, to Unix and Linux, virtualization, cloud platforms like AWS and Azure, and container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes, this episode explains how servers became the foundation of today’s digital world.Topics covered include: • Server history and early computing systems • IBM mainframes and enterprise computing • Minicomputers and distributed computing • Unix, Linux, and open-source software • Virtualization and data center efficiency • Cloud computing and hyperscale infrastructure • Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native architecture • AI workloads, GPUs, and modern server hardwareLandon also highlights key figures in computing history, including Grace Hopper, Ken Olsen, Linus Torvalds, Dave Cutler, Diane Greene, and Jeff Bezos, and explains how their work still influences IT operations today.This episode is part of our December Best Of series, featuring some of our favorite moments and episodes from the past year.Originally aired March 20, 2025.