So many people. So much sound. So much to do in such a short time. Do you find yourself extremely stressed at conferences? Do you wonder if it's normal or if there's anything you can do about it? In this episode Dr. Jennifer Akullian, founder and psychologist at the Growth Coaching Institute describes what kind of mental health services specifically will be available at KubeCon San Diego. She'll also explain why the organizers decided to provide these services, what is happening at other confere...
Nov 20, 2019•23 min
We all know the cattle vs. pets analogy as it applies to servers, but have you ever considered that you may be doing the same thing with your Kubernetes clusters? In this episode Bill explains why it happens, why you want to correct the situation, and how to approach it. To read the article we reference in this episode, visit: https://thenewstack.io/how-to-treat-your-kubernetes-clusters-like-cattle-not-pets/ To read an even newer post from Bill on the same topic, see: https://devops.com/from-pet...
Nov 01, 2019•31 min
What do you really need to worry about when moving to the cloud and what's just not worth your time? In this episode, cloud security specialist Ian Tibble explains why many of the perceived challenges in the cloud are not actually unique to cloud at all. He also outlines some of the very real security issues you should be thinking about, explains the importance of the "attack mindset," and debates whether serverless is a more or less secure way to develop software. This is a public episode. If y...
Oct 16, 2019•38 min
If IoT is your sweet spot, you’re already aware of RTOS and the Zephyr Project. If you’re not, now’s the time to find out why they’re important, what they enable, and what's in the Zephyr Project update announced today by the Linux Foundation. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com
Oct 08, 2019•31 min
How do you feel about the "No-code" concept? In this episode we talk to AppSheet co-founder and CEO Praveen Seshadri about what it is, how it works, who it's good for and who it's not so good for. Plus we explore the primary problem it solves and explore what it means for developers going forward. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com...
Aug 09, 2019•37 min
In this episode we're diverging from our regular cloud-centric conversations for a moment to get into the network. William B. Norton is the co-founder of NOIA (Network Optimized Internet Architecture) and he has some really interesting things to say about what they're doing to make the network smarter and ultimately faster. Again, it's not as cloudy as most of our content, but if you're a fan of technology advances in general, you'll enjoy this one tremendously. To learn more about NOIA, go to h...
Jul 31, 2019•38 min
Hear what CNCF CTO Chris Aniszczyk and IBM Distinguished Engineer Phil Estes have to say about containerd and Fluentd graduating from incubation, the mini VM movement, the FaaS on Kubernetes movement, and the contributions to CNCF coming from China. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com...
Jul 13, 2019•38 min
Vijoy is Cisco's Cloud CTO and prior to that he was the head of engineering for data centers and backbone networks at Google. He's got a lot of interesting things to say about the different phases of automation, the needs of different users (hyperscalers, SPs, and enterprises), the gap between off-prem and on-prem cloud solutions, and how the whole serverless story may or may not play out. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus e...
Jul 05, 2019•43 min
The Serverless Framework open source project had 150K downloads in 2016, 3.9 million in 2018, and 3.7 million so far this year. Something must be going on. We talk about it with Nick Gottlieb on this week’s episode. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com
Jun 28, 2019•34 min
Cisco introduced its container cluster management platform a year ago, and since then the product has evolved in a big way to meet the needs of a growing (and apparently vocal) customer base. Tune in to hear all about the new features, the release cadence, the typical use case, and more! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com...
Jun 21, 2019•28 min
It's fun to talk about digital transformation. Lots less fun to actually do it. But in this interview, Sebastien explains how he successfully implemented a sweeping data center overhaul initiative that started with a $0 budget (and was really more of a future vision) with a little help from Cisco. He tells us what inspired it, how he got executives on board, how he has enticed users to try the new environment, and finally, which technologies were key to the transformation. It's an excellent epis...
Jun 14, 2019•37 min
What do Cisco cloud initiatives look like from a partner's point of view? Find out this week when Jonathan King of World Wide Technology (one of our largest partners) chats with us about multicloud adoption, Kubernetes penetration, serverless technologies, the new Cisco certification program, and his own company's cloud services strategy. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com...
Jun 13, 2019•42 min
Why would you leave a perfectly good career as an English professor and start over again as a programmer? Bekah Hawrot Weigel explains on this week’s episode of Cloud Unfiltered. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com
Jun 05, 2019•30 min
As a distinguished architect at Chef Software, Scott Ford is up to his neck in the business of IT automation--all day every day. So he's got a front row seat to what's actually happening out there, and a lot of insight as a result. Among other things, he says that digital transformation is real, that everything should be driven as code, that we should definitely read The Phoenix Project, and that the end of Windows 2008 support is a hot issue in his world right now. Hear what he has to say about...
May 28, 2019•34 min
How do you make the right decisions about moving to the cloud when there are over half a million SKUs in AWS alone? In this week's episode, Jeff Aden of 2nd Watch explains how AWS has changed, how moving to the cloud is helping some companies save a LOT of money, and where the cost savings opportunities are for others that haven't made the move yet. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.c...
May 17, 2019•26 min
Yes, companies are still doing it. They're moving to the cloud--or continuing to move to the cloud--and sometimes they need help. This week we talk with Javed Sikander about how companies in different market segments are approaching cloud differently, why they're choosing different cloud providers, which companies are asking for hybrid solutions, and how his conversations with cloud customers are different now than they were five years ago. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss ...
May 10, 2019•36 min
More than 100 billion IoT devices will be shipped over the next 4-5 years, and those devices will generate an almost unimaginable volume of data. But we can't store it all in the cloud, and there aren't enough smart people to manage it all, so what happens with it? Simon Crosby says AI at the Edge is the answer, and he explains why in this week's episode of Cloud Unfiltered. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ...
Apr 30, 2019•37 min
What can AI contribute in the context of Operations? Who uses it? What do they use it for? How does it work? And does it actually mean you'll soon be replacing your Ops team with an application? We talk about this and more on Episode 75 of Cloud Unfiltered. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com...
Apr 23, 2019•38 min
Joe Duffy had been a software engineer for 20 years, but when he started working with container and serverless technologies he was stunned by the amount of time he had to spend learning obscure concepts and completing repetitive manual tasks. Convinced there had to be a better way, he started a multi-language, multi-cloud development platform called Pulumi. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.su...
Mar 26, 2019•30 min
Pete Johnson has a side hustle. It's a serverless LAMP stack for Kubernetes that he calls FONK. In this episode we find out what FONK stands for, what it does, why Pete started it, and how it can make working with containers a whole lot more efficient all the way around. His main collaborator, Julio Gomez joins us as well to provide additional insight into how the project is moving forward and what problems it solves. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscri...
Mar 16, 2019•39 min
Some places in the world simply aren't very well served by public cloud providers. Think most of Africa. Or South America. In those places, the distance between users and the nearest data center is great enough that latency becomes noticeable--and problematic. DeepCloud AI aims to address that problem by creating a network of unused compute and storage capacity that individual companies can make available to others in exchange for financial rewards. Can it work? And how will it work? We discuss ...
Feb 21, 2019•25 min
In late January, the Linux Foundation announced the formation of LF Edge--an umbrella organization to establish an open, interoperable framework for edge computing independent of hardware, silicon, cloud, or operating system. In this episode, Arpit Joshipura explains why LF Edge was needed, who it serves, which projects are anchoring it, and how edge computing impacts a wider variety of industries every day. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or ge...
Feb 14, 2019•32 min
Establishing an easy-to-use hybrid cloud that delivers a seamless user experience is virtually impossible if you go the DIY route. But the process gets a whole lot easier--and a whole lot faster--when you do it with the help of the recently announced Cisco Hybrid Solution for Kubernetes on AWS. In this episode we speak with Matt Ferguson of Cisco's Multicloud Integrations and Solutions Group about why Cisco collaborated with AWS on this project, which use cases the solution is best suited for, h...
Feb 07, 2019•43 min
When you change a product so much that you decide a name change is appropriate as well, you must have a heck of a story to tell. And that's exactly what Jeremy Oakey does in this episode of Cloud Unfiltered. Recorded on the exhibitor floor of Cisco Live Barcelona, this discussion explores the new CloudCenter Suite's features, consumption models, use cases, and more. If managing cloud workloads in a more efficient manner appeals to you in any way, be sure to check it out. This is a public episode...
Jan 29, 2019•34 min
How far into the cloud journey are most customers when they engage Cisco Services? What do they want help with? What percentage of their apps are ready to be moved to the cloud? And which apps are regularly problematic to move over? We'll answer these questions and many more on this week's episode of Cloud Unfiltered. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com...
Jan 19, 2019•37 min
What kind of gremlins lurk within the millions of lines of code that comprise your company's applications? Are they slowing transactions down? Causing your applications to use more capacity than they'd otherwise need? Stressing the system in ways that create a poor customer experience? Application Performance Management tools help you establish baselines for your environment, set thresholds for alerts, and give you the visibility you need to stay ahead of any problems those gremlins may create b...
Dec 21, 2018•36 min
The grand finale of our KubeCon/CloudNativeCon series features Brandon Philips, CTO of CoreOS at RedHat. In this discussion he gives us the lowdown on newly-admitted CNCF incubator project etcd! Never heard of etcd? Take a few minutes to find out how this project has become an integral part of pretty much all Kubernetes clusters. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com...
Dec 14, 2018•33 min
New to Kubernetes? Then Noobernetes is for you. Neependra and Karthik are known for their wildly popular Kubernetes 101 classes on edX and Lynda.com . Today they talk through the ten most common questions they get from students who have taken those classes--as well as their best answers. If you're a Kubernetes noob (or know someone who is) this is the episode for you! This is the fourth episode in the KubeCon series. The links below will take you to some of the resources recommended during the s...
Dec 13, 2018•39 min
Migrating from legacy systems is time consuming, expensive, and risky--even if you're not a company that millions of people depend on for a ride. So what drove Lyft to make the move? How did they do it? And how did they manage to preserve service levels throughout the process? Lita explains it all in Part Three of our KubeCon/CloudNativeCon series. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.co...
Dec 13, 2018•34 min
What do you do when your employer needs you to convert a huge catalog of music into new formats? You jump head-first into Kubernetes and build a scalable environment for executing batch and on-demand encoding workloads. At least that's what these guys did. Find out how they did it, what tools they employed, what they did right, and what they might have done differently. This is Day Two of the KubeCon series. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or ge...
Dec 13, 2018•34 min
