Autonomous IT, Live! – Spring Into Automation: Clean Up Tech Debt & Refresh Your IT Operations, E03
In this episode of Autonomous IT, Live!, Landon Miles hosts leads a three-part discussion focused on spring cleaning your IT systems, workflows, and personal well-being. You’ll hear candid, practical insights from IT professionals tackling burnout, technical debt, and infrastructure hygiene head-on.This live show originally aired April 16, 2025 💼 Segment 1: Work-life balance in ITEric Fonseca (Union School District) and Ashlyn Davis (Automox) talk about setting healthy boundaries, offloading low-value tasks through automation, and building sustainable practices that support both productivity and peace of mind. 🧱 Segment 2: Taming technical debtColby Hall and Henry Smith from Automox unpack what technical debt looks like in practice, where it hides, and how it can turn into operational and security risk. They share real-world strategies for identifying, triaging, and resolving issues for long-term efficiency. 🔧 Segment 3: SRE spring cleaning tasksJeremy Maldonado, Ted Harapat, and Spencer Pothier deliver a checklist of spring cleaning tasks for site reliability engineering teams — from reducing alert fatigue and removing unused infrastructure to tightening up service level objectives and minimizing toil. Ideal for teams managing cloud environments and uptime-critical systems.
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Teach IT – MFA Essentials: A Quick Guide for Everyone, E03
Think your password is enough? Think again. In this episode of Teach IT, we break down what multi-factor authentication (MFA) really is — and why it’s one of the smartest ways to secure your accounts. You’ll learn how MFA works, the difference between SMS codes, authenticator apps, biometrics, and physical security keys, and why phishing-resistant MFA matters more than ever. Whether you're an IT pro looking to share smart security tips with employees, friends, or family — or just trying to stay safe online yourself — this quick guide to MFA will help you make smarter security choices.
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Automate IT – Beyond the Spreadsheets: Asset Intelligence & Risk Scoring, E16
In this episode of Automate IT, Jeremy Maldonado dives into the world of data-driven endpoint management—breaking down what it means to go “beyond the spreadsheets.” He explores how visibility, intelligent reporting, asset intelligence, and risk scoring can transform how IT teams manage and secure their environments. Drawing from his own journey into the IT space, Jeremy unpacks practical strategies for improving compliance, prioritizing threats, and empowering IT teams to play offense — not just defense. Whether you're an IT pro or just endpoint-curious, this episode will give you fresh perspective on managing smarter, not harder.
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Hands-On IT – 9 Essential Spring Cleaning Tips for IT Pros, E17
Spring is in the air, and it’s time to give your IT environment the deep clean it deserves! In this episode of Hands-On IT, host Landon Miles shares nine essential spring cleaning tips to help IT pros declutter, optimize, and future-proof their systems. From cleaning workspaces and dusting off hardware to reviewing patch policies, auditing backups, and addressing tech debt, Landon walks you through practical steps that will boost efficiency, enhance security, and set you up for a smoother year ahead. Tune in and learn how a little proactive maintenance today can save you countless hours of reactive troubleshooting tomorrow!Clean Your Desk and WorkspaceDust Off Your Hardware and Check for WearUntangle and Manage CablesReview Patch PoliciesPurge Old Accounts and Review Software ContractsDeclutter Local Systems and StorageAudit and Test Your BackupsReview Digital and Hardware Tech DebtUpdate Your Documentation and Refresh Policies
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Automox Insiders – Tidy Endpoints, Tidy Mind: Spring Cleaning with Adam Whitman, E17
In this episode of Automox Insiders, host Maddie Regis chats with Adam Whitman, Manager of Solutions Engineering at Automox, about all things IT spring cleaning. From patch management and software audits to business continuity planning and endpoint hygiene, Adam shares practical, real-world tips for tidying up your tech stack and staying ahead of IT clutter. Along the way, he reflects on his career journey from marketing to IT leadership and reveals some personal spring cleaning confessions. Tune in for expert advice and a fresh perspective to help you refresh your IT environment this season.
Go from monotonous to autonomous IT operations with this series. Hosts from Automox, the IT automation platform for modern organizations, will cover the latest IT trends; Patch Tuesday remediations; ways to save time with Worklets (pre-built scripts); reduce risk; slash complexity; and automate OS, third-party, and configuration updates on all your Windows, macOS, and Linux endpoints. Automate confidence everywhere with Automox.
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