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The Cloudcast

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The Cloudcast (@cloudcastpod) is the industry's #1 Cloud Computing podcast, and the place where Cloud meets AI.  Co-hosts Aaron Delp (@aarondelp) & Brian Gracely (@bgracely) speak with technology and business leaders that are shaping the future of business. Topics will include Cloud Computing | AI | AGI | ChatGPT | Open Source | AWS | Azure | GCP | Platform Engineering | DevOps | Big Data | ML | Security | Kubernetes | AppDev | SaaS | PaaS . 

Episodes

A Climate Code of Conduct for Events

SHOW: 404 DESCRIPTION: Brian talks with Alexis Richardson (@monadic, CEO @weaveworks, Chair of TOC @CNCF) about the carbon footprint of technology conferences and a growing interest in making them more environmentally friendly. SHOW SPONSOR LINKS: Digital Ocean Homepage Get Started Now and Get a free $50 Credit on Digital Ocean Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and Analytics Try Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today . Listeners of this podcast will also receive a free Datado...

Jun 26, 201929 min

How Lyft Built a Service Mesh with Envoy

SHOW: 403 DESCRIPTION: Brian talks with Jose Nino (@junr03, Software Engineer @Lyft) about how they evolved from a monolithic application to 300+ microservices, including a service mesh using the Envoy proxy. SHOW SPONSOR LINKS: Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and Analytics Try Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today . Listeners of this podcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt Dash is a two-day conference presented by Datadog. Learn about building and scaling the nex...

Jun 19, 201931 min

Machine Learning with Kubeflow

SHOW: 402 DESCRIPTION: Brian talks with David Aronchick (@aronchick, Head of Open Source Machine Learning @Azure) about the history of the KubeFlow project, how it has evolved as a community, and how KubeFlow is making it easier to get started with Machine Learning on Kubernetes. SHOW SPONSOR LINKS: Digital Ocean Homepage Get Started Now and Get a free $50 Credit on Digital Ocean Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and Analytics Try Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today . List...

Jun 11, 201934 min

The Power of Community Engagement

SHOW: 401 DESCRIPTION: Aaron and Brian continue the "Four for Four Hundred" shows, with a focus on community engagement. Then Brian talks with Amy Lewis (@commsninja, Director Influence Marketing @VMware) about the importance of finding a community for technical learning, career advice, mentorship, and helping you find the joy in your current or future jobs. SHOW SPONSOR LINKS: Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and Analytics Try Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial toda...

Jun 05, 201932 min

Many Paths of an Engineering Journey

SHOW: 400 DESCRIPTION: Aaron and Brian continue the "Four for Four Hundred" shows, with a focus on engineering career opportunities. Then Brian talks with Nick Weaver (@lynxbat, Engineering Leader) about transitioning from customer to vendor, from junior to senior engineers, and the realities of Digital Transformation. SHOW SPONSOR LINKS: Digital Ocean Homepage Get Started Now and Get a free $50 Credit on Digital Ocean Get 20% off VelocityConf passes using discount code CLOUD SHOW INTE...

May 29, 201945 min

How Big is your Public Cloud bill?

SHOW: 399 DESCRIPTION: Aaron and Brian continue the "Four for Four Hundred" shows, with a focus on following the money in cloud computing. Then Brian talks with Corey Quinn (@QuinnyPig, Cloud Economist @ Duckbill Group) about the economic realities of being all-in on the public cloud. SHOW SPONSOR LINKS: Digital Ocean Homepage Get Started Now and Get a free $50 Credit on Digital Ocean Snowflake Homepage Get started with Snowflake at snowflake.com/cloudcast Get 20% off VelocityConf pass...

May 22, 201931 min

Focusing Apps only on Business Value

SHOW: 398 DESCRIPTION: Aaron and Brian kick off "Four for Four Hundred" by discussing the massive evolutions of the industry over the last 8 years. Then Brian talks with Joe Emison (@JoeEmison, Co-Founder/CTO at Branch Insurance) about the next generation of serverless technologies to help develop applications, focusing only on creating business value, communicating this new approach to engineers, and leveraging technology to take on big markets. SHOW SPONSOR LINKS: Snowflake Homepage ...

May 15, 201936 min

Simplifying Application Development and Integration

SHOW: 397 DESCRIPTION: Brian talks with Matthew Creager (@matt_creager, Co-Founder & VP Developer Relations @manifoldco) about the challenges of cloud silos, connecting apps to multiple cloud services, the importance of collaboration beyond just coding, and how Manifold makes it simpler to integrate apps to align to business needs. SHOW SPONSOR LINKS: Digital Ocean Homepage Get Started Now and Get a free $100 Credit on Digital Ocean Snowflake Homepage Get started with Snowflake at snowflake....

May 08, 201928 min

Advancements in Webscale Logging

SHOW: 396 DESCRIPTION: Aaron and Brian talk with Renaud Boutet (@boutetren, VP Product Management @datadoghq) about logging, monitoring, observability, and the challenges of balancing the collection of the right data with the costs of all the data. SHOW SPONSOR LINKS: Snowflake Homepage Get started with Snowflake at snowflake.com/cloudcast Digital Ocean Homepage Get Started Now and Get a free $100 Credit on Digital Ocean Get 20% off VelocityConf passes using discount code CLOUD CLOUD NEWS OF THE...

May 01, 201926 min

A VC's Perspective on AI and Security

SHOW: 395 DESCRIPTION: Brian talks with Dr. Steve Herrod (@herrod, Managing Director at General Catalyst @gcvp) about the transition from CTO to VC, the role of AI and Security in today’s startups, the impact the public cloud has on his evaluations, and tips for selecting the right companies and leaders. SHOW SPONSOR LINKS: MongoDB Atlas - Automated cloud MongoDB service Visit mongodb.com/cloudcast to learn more. MongoDB Atlas handles all the costly database operations and admin tasks that you’d...

Apr 25, 201930 min

Understanding Time-Series Database Patterns

SHOW: 394 DESCRIPTION: Brian talks with Evan Kaplan (@evankaplan, CEO of InfluxData) about why companies choose time-series databases, commons use-cases, how time-series patterns align to changing business goals, and how to translate business demands to developer capabilities. SHOW SPONSOR LINKS: Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and Analytics Try Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today . Listeners of this podcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt MongoDB Atlas - Automa...

Apr 17, 201935 min

Network Reliability Engineering

SHOW: 393 DESCRIPTION: Brian talks with Matt Oswalt (@mierdin, NRE @JuniperNetworks) and Derick Winkworth (@cloudtoad, Product Marketing Manager @JuniperNetworks) about how networking has adapted to DevOps and SRE, internally marketing the evolution to teams, and how NRE Labs are helping network engineers get up to speed. SHOW SPONSOR LINKS: MongoDB Atlas - Automated cloud MongoDB service Visit mongodb.com/cloudcast to learn more. MongoDB Atlas handles all the costly database operations and admi...

Apr 10, 201942 min

Navigating the Engineering Career Paths

SHOW: 392 DESCRIPTION: Brian talks with Uma Chingunde (@the_umac, Engineering Manager at @Stripe) about engineering career paths as an IC or Manager, how managers can be effective mentors, job rotations, and how diversity is an opportunity for every team. SHOW SPONSOR LINKS: Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and Analytics Try Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today . Listeners of this podcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt MongoDB Atlas - Automated cloud MongoDB serv...

Apr 03, 201935 min

Real-World SRE Perspectives

SHOW: 391 DESCRIPTION: Brian talks with Gustavo Franco (@stratus, Customer Reliability Engineer at Google) about real-world experience as SRE/SRE Manager and CRE Manager, a discussion about how to measure SRE success, as well as how to onboard the SRE/CRE concepts and processes to new teams. SHOW SPONSOR LINKS: MongoDB Atlas - Automated cloud MongoDB service Visit mongodb.com/cloudcast to learn more. MongoDB Atlas handles all the costly database operations and admin tasks that you’d rather not s...

Mar 28, 201935 min

Exploring the SaaS Business Model

SHOW: 390 DESCRIPTION: Brian talks with Aneel Lakhani (@aneel, Go To Market Consultant and Advisor) about the difference between traditional Enterprise software and B2B SaaS offerings, how the sales and marketing models work, and how development and operations is significantly changed with SaaS. SHOW SPONSOR LINKS: Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and Analytics Try Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today . Listeners of this podcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt CLO...

Mar 20, 201931 min

AIOps for Security and Breach Protection

SHOW: 389 DESCRIPTION: Brian talks with Adam Hunt (CTO and Chief Data Scientist at @RiskIQ) about the breadth of security breaches, how AI/ML can play a role if used properly, and immediate steps to improve protection for breaches. SHOW SPONSOR LINKS: Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and Analytics Try Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today . Listeners of this podcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK AWS Announced Open Distro for ElasticSearch h...

Mar 15, 201928 min

New Tools for Cloud Native Developers

Show: 388 Description: Brian talks with Eric Rudder (@ericrudder; Co-Founder and Executive Chairman @PulumiCorp) about the evolving tools and supply-chain for both developers and operations in a cloud-native world. Show Sponsor Links: Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and Analytics Try Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today . Listeners of this podcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt Cloud News of the Week Lyft announces IPO plans and explains AWS spending (including ...

Mar 06, 201925 min

Discussing Service Mesh Architectures

Show: 387 Description: Aaron and Brian talk with Armon Dadgar (@armon, Founder/CTO @HashiCorp) about the problems service mesh can solve, the underlying technologies, control plane vs. data plane considerations, and who is making decisions about service meshes within an IT organization. Show Sponsor Links: Liquid Technology - IT Value Recovery Try CloudLast Service, get a free t-shirt and chance at Amazon Gift Card Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and Analytics Try DataDog yourself by starti...

Feb 27, 201931 min

Evolution of Public Cloud Integrators

Show: 386 Description: Aaron and Brian talk with Jeff Aden (@aden_jeff, Founder/EVP at @2ndWatch) about the evolution of 2ndWatch as a Cloud Integrator as AWS has grown and shifted their focus from startups to Enterprise customers. Show Sponsor Links: Liquid Technology - IT Value Recovery Try CloudLast Service, get a free t-shirt and chance at Amazon Gift Card Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and Analytics Try Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today . Listeners of this podcas...

Feb 20, 201931 min

Mid Career Job Changes

Show: 385 Description: Aaron and Brian talk with Keith Townsend (@CTOAdvisor) about jobs around the IT industry, and the opportunities, challenges and trade-offs in making various types of mid-career job changes. Show Sponsor Links: Liquid Technology - IT Value Recovery Try CloudLast Service, get a free t-shirt and chance at Amazon Gift Card Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and Analytics Try Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today . Listeners of this podcast will also receive...

Feb 15, 201942 min

Multi-Cloud Security

Show: 384 Description: Aaron talks with Harry Sverdlove ( @TheSecureWord , Founder & CTO Edgewise Networks) about the evolution of security to embrace both a micro-services and multi-cloud world. Show Sponsor Links: Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and Analytics Try Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today . Listeners of this podcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt Liquid Technology - IT Value Recovery Try CloudLast Service, get a free t-shirt and chance at Amazon...

Feb 06, 201932 min

A Serverless Look Ahead for 2019

Show: 383 Description: Aaron and Brian talk with Paul D. Johnston (@PaulDJohnston, Co-Founder ServerlessDays (creator of “Jeff”), CXO Serverless Consultant) about the current state of Serverless, Serverless vs. FaaS, how to economically think about functions of code, and areas where Serverless needs to improve. Show Sponsor Links: Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and Analytics Try Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today . Listeners of this podcast will also receive a free Dat...

Jan 30, 201941 min

An AI and ML Look Ahead for 2019

Show: 382 Description: Brian talks with Sam Charrington (@samcharrington, Machine Learning & AI analyst, advisor & host of “This Week in Machine Learning & AI” podcast) about trends in the industry, the evolution of AI at the edge, new research areas in 2019, and a discussion about adding AI and ML to business applications. Show Sponsor Links: Liquid Technology - IT Value Recovery Try CloudLast Service, get a free t-shirt and chance at Amazon Gift Card Datadog Homepage - Modern Monit...

Jan 23, 201941 min

An ITOps & Infrastructure Look Ahead for 2019

Show: 381 Description: Brian talks with Ethan Banks (@ecbanks, co-founder of @PacketPushers) about the state of ITOps and Infrastructure heading into 2019. Show Sponsor Links: Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and Analytics Try Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today . Listeners of this podcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt Show Interview Links: Ethan’s Blog - https://ethancbanks.com/ Packet Pushers Homepage - https://packetpushers.net/ Datanauts Podcast - https://p...

Jan 16, 201937 min

A Cloud-Native Apps Look Ahead for 2019

Show: 380 Description: Brian talks with Jeff Meyerson (@the_prion, Host of @software_daily) about the state of Cloud-native application development heading into 2019. Show Sponsor Links: Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and Analytics Try Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today . Listeners of this podcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt Show Interview Links: Software Engineering Daily - https://softwareengineeringdaily.com Show Notes: Topic 1 - Happy New Year. Tell us...

Jan 09, 201931 min

A DevOps Look Ahead for 2019

Show: 379 Description: Brian talks with Josh Atwell (@Josh_Atwell, Sr. Technology Advocate @Splunk and co-host of @SpeakingInTech) about the state of DevOps and NewOps heading into 2019. Show Sponsor Links: Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and Analytics Try Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today . Listeners of this podcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt Show Interview Links: Josh’s Blog - https://josh-atwell.com NewOps Days - http://www.newopsdays.org/ DevOps Days ...

Jan 03, 201928 min

2018 Year in Review

Show: 378 Description: Aaron and Brian review the biggest news, trends and topics of 2018. Show Sponsor Links: Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and Analytics Try Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today . Listeners of this podcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt Cloudcast Housekeeping: Thank you to our sponsors, both A Cloud Guru and DataDog 64% of Krispy Kreme Funding - http://bit.ly/Cloudcast-Donuts2019 51 Shows, Avg Listens (show): 18-20k (+19%), Avg Rank iTunes Te...

Dec 31, 201851 min

CI/CD and Drone.io

Show: 377 Description: Aaron talks with Brad Rydzewski (@bradrydzewski, Co-Founder of Drone.io ) about the current state of CI/CD in our industry. Show Sponsor Links: Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and Analytics Try Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today . Listeners of this podcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt Show Interview Links: Drone.io Homepage Feedback? Email: show at thecloudcast dot net Twitter: @thecloudcastnet and @ServerlessCast...

Dec 21, 201825 min

Application Delivery and Snapt

Show: 376 Description: Aaron talks with Dave Blakey, CEO and Founder of @SnaptADC, about the international startup scene, the evolution of application delivery and the emerging trends around the intersection of networking and DevOps. Show Sponsor Links: Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and Analytics Try Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today . Listeners of this podcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt Show Interview Links: Snapt Homepage - https://www.snapt.net/ Feed...

Dec 13, 201829 min

Serverless Management and Knative

Show: 375 Description: Brian talks with Mark Hinkle (@mrhinkle) and Sebastien Goasguen (@sebgoa), Co-Founders of @TriggerMesh, about the evolution of serverless and functions-as-a-service in the Kubernetes ecosystem, the new Knative framework, and how companies are considering the use of functions for new applications. Show Sponsor Links: Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and Analytics Try Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today . Listeners of this podcast will also receive a ...

Dec 06, 201829 min