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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

2022 Look Ahead to web3

Chris Castiglione (@castig, Co-Founder One Month, Adjunct Professor @Columbia_Biz) talks about the fundamental concepts behind web3 (crypto, blockchain, decentralized applications and identity of resources), as well as smart contracts and how to get started with web3 apps. SHOW: 584 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Mergify - the ultimate automation tool that makes your engineering team save time. Start ...

Jan 19, 202247 min

If Remote Becomes the New Normal

Ever since the pandemic started, remote work is trending up. Whether or not this becomes the new normal or just a more common option, let’s look at some ways to succeed in distributed environments. SHOW: 583 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: CloudZero - Cloud Cost Intelligence for Engineering Teams Datadog Kubernetes Solution : Modern Monitoring and Analytics Get started monitoring your container environ...

Jan 16, 202227 min

2022 Look Ahead, Developer Careers

Shawn Wang (@swyx, Head of Developer Experience @Temporalio) talks about the breadth of developer skills needed, how developers learn new technologies, and insights into important future trends for a broad set of developers. SHOW: 582 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: JumpCloud (homepage) At the intersection of devices, identities, and access, JumpCloud’s cloud directory platform unifies the IT resources...

Jan 12, 202250 min

The People Episode

As we kick off 2022, it’s important to remember that behind all the interesting technology is people. And those people have been living under extraordinary circumstances going into their 3rd year. SHOW: 581 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: CloudZero - Cloud Cost Intelligence for Engineering Teams JumpCloud (homepage) At the intersection of devices, identities, and access, JumpCloud’s cloud directory pla...

Jan 09, 202222 min

2022 Look Ahead, VC Funding

Aneel Lakhani (@aneel, Venture Partner @crane_vc) talks about the modern state of Tech VC investing, the changing pace of investment horizons, portfolio thesis, and helping founders. SHOW: 580 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: CloudZero - Cloud Cost Intelligence for Engineering Teams JumpCloud (homepage) At the intersection of devices, identities, and access, JumpCloud’s cloud directory platform unifies ...

Jan 05, 202239 min

2021 Year-End Reading Lists

As we wrap up 2021 and have some down time, here’s a list of things we’re reading to try and make sense of the big changes happening in cloud computing and around the web. SHOW: 578 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Datadog Application Monitoring : Modern Application Performance Monitoring Get started monitoring service dependencies to eliminate latency and errors and enhance your users experience with a...

Dec 26, 202118 min

2021 in Review, 2022 Predictions

Aaron (@aarondelp) and Brian (@bgracely) discuss the biggest trends from 2021, and make bold cloud computing predictions in 2022. SHOW: 577 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: CBT Nuggets: Expert IT Training for individuals and teams Sign up for a CBT Nuggets Free Learner account Megaport - Network as a Service Platform Try Megaport - Cloud Connectivity Simplified SHOW NOTES: PODCAST BUSINESS: Crossed out ...

Dec 22, 20211 hr

Dealing with Technology Failure

Computers break. Software has bugs. Cloud services fail. And yet we don’t deal with failures very well. Why don’t we have better Plan B’s, for both personal and business uses of cloud? SHOW: 576 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: JumpCloud (homepage) At the intersection of devices, identities, and access, JumpCloud’s cloud directory platform unifies the IT resources in any company’s infrastructure – anywh...

Dec 19, 202115 min

Tools for the Business Engineer

Gil Hoffer (@gilhoffer, Co-Founder / CTO @salto_io) talks about the challenges of managing and integrating SaaS applications, the blurring line between business and technical engineer, and software supply-chain for SaaS integrations. SHOW: 575 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Megaport - Network as a Service Platform Try Megaport - Cloud Connectivity Simplified CBT Nuggets: Expert IT Training for individ...

Dec 15, 202136 min

Thoughts on Cloud Outages

AWS had an outage in a region and many people responded. What did we learn about outages, responses, and dealing with cloud services going forward? SHOW: 574 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Datadog Security Solution : Modern Monitoring and Security Start investigating security threats before it affects your customers with a free 14 day Datadog trial . Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free...

Dec 12, 202122 min

Reviewing AWS re:Invent 2021

We review the new strategic directions of AWS under CEO Adam Selipsky, as well as major announcements from AWS re:Invent 2021. SHOW: 573 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: JumpCloud (homepage) At the intersection of devices, identities, and access, JumpCloud’s cloud directory platform unifies the IT resources in any company’s infrastructure – anywhere work happens. Fully evaluate JumpCloud for free today ...

Dec 08, 202135 min

Lessons learned from Dell-VMware

In 2015, Dell acquired EMC and VMware for a record-setting $67B. In 2021, Dell spun out VMware as an independent company. What lessons were learned? SHOW: 572 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Megaport - Network as a Service Platform Try Megaport - Cloud Connectivity Simplified CBT Nuggets: Expert IT Training for individuals and teams Sign up for a CBT Nuggets Free Learner account SHOW NOTES: Dell offers...

Dec 05, 202122 min

See How Your Code Works

Shanea Leven (@ShaneaLeven, Founder/CEO @CodeSeeio) talks about enabling development teams to better understand the complexities and interdependencies of their code throughout the lifecycle. SHOW: 571 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Megaport - Network as a Service Platform Try Megaport - Cloud Connectivity Simplified CBT Nuggets: Expert IT Training for individuals and teams Sign up for a CBT Nuggets Fr...

Dec 01, 202137 min

Old Man Yells at the Metaverse

You’ve been hearing about Web3 and metaverse and crypto, and everything is changing. But is that a good thing or a bad thing? Let’s yell at the metaverse and see what echoes back. SHOW: 570 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Juniper Networks – Experience-First Networking Learn more about Juniper’s cloud-native solutions Datadog Monitoring : Modern Monitoring and Analytics Start monitoring your infrastruct...

Nov 28, 202137 min

The Evolution of Serverless Databases

Jim Walker (@jaymce, Principal Product Evangelist at @CockroachDB) talks about how serverless has moved from compute to backing data services, and focuses on improving application developer productivity. SHOW: 569 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Megaport - Network as a Service Platform Try Megaport - Cloud Connectivity Simplified CBT Nuggets: Expert IT Training for individuals and teams Sign up for a C...

Nov 24, 202133 min

Being a Technical Product Marketer

Many people ask us about technical product marketing - the skills needed, the challenges, the career rewards - and how to work in those jobs. This week we explore what’s needed to be a successful technical product marketer. SHOW: 568 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Datadog Monitoring : Modern Monitoring and Analytics Start monitoring your infrastructure, applications, logs and security in one place wit...

Nov 21, 202128 min

Reviewing Microsoft Insight & GitHub Universe

In October and November, Microsoft hosted the GitHub Universe and Ignite 2021 conferences, focused on Developers and Cloud Computing. We review the important announcements and analyze the future directions for Azure, GitHub, etc SHOW: 567 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: CBT Nuggets: Expert IT Training for individuals and teams Sign up for a CBT Nuggets Free Learner account Megaport - Network as a Servi...

Nov 17, 202128 min

Lessons from Hashicorp S1

Hashicorp has been on The Cloudcast more than any other company. As they prepare for their upcoming IPO, we look back at what makes them successful vs. other OSS-centric companies. SHOW: 566 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Juniper Networks – Experience-First Networking Learn more about Juniper’s cloud-native solutions BMC Wants to Know if your business is on it's A-Game BMC Autonomous Digital Ente...

Nov 14, 202128 min

SD-WAN, SASE and the new Virtual Edge

Mike Rockwell (Global Head of Solutions @Megaport) talks about the evolution of Cloud connectivity, SD-WAN, SASE, and how Megaport is helping companies adapt to more needs for virtual edge networking. SHOW: 565 SHOW SPONSORS: BMC Wants to Know if your business is on it's A-Game BMC Autonomous Digital Enterprise CBT Nuggets: Expert IT Training for individuals and teams Sign up for a CBT Nuggets Free Learner account Datadog Synthetic Monitoring : Frontend and Backend Modern Monitoring Start d...

Nov 10, 202139 min

How to Become a Product Manager

Many people ask us about technical product management - the skills needed, the challenges, the career rewards - and how to work in those jobs. This week we explore what’s needed to be a successful product manager. SHOW: 564 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Juniper Networks – Experience-First Networking Learn more about Juniper’s cloud-native solutions Megaport (homepage) - Get to the Cloud from Anywhere...

Nov 07, 202130 min

Networking the Hybrid Cloud

Nick Davey (Sr. Product Manager, Cloud & SDN @JuniperNetworks) talks about the evolution of SDN networking for Kubernetes, cross-cluster and cross-cloud networking, and Tungsten Fabric. SHOW: 563 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Megaport - Network as a Service Platform Try Megaport - Cloud Connectivity Simplified CBT Nuggets: Expert IT Training for individuals and teams Sign up for a CBT Nuggets Fre...

Nov 03, 202140 min

Developer Platforms aren't Repeatable

While developers are the new kingmakers, it’s rare that any two companies will use the same systems, the same platforms, or the same models to enable developers to be successful. Let’s explore why. SHOW: 562 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: The Developer Experience Gap (Remonk, 2020) KubeConNA 2021 Key Takeaways DevX Day KubeConNA 2021 Seed, Grow, Scale Developer Relations (PostHog) CNCF Landscape (interac...

Oct 31, 202118 min

Real-life Digital Transformation in Banking

Ken Meyer (EVP & CIO Consumer Technology at Truist Bank) talks about the 2yr transformation of Truist Bank (SunTrust and BB&T), managing multiple tech stacks, enabling a multi-cloud strategy, and internal communications and learnings. SHOW: 561 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: CloudZero - Cloud Cost Intelligence for Engineering Teams Datadog Application Monitoring : Modern Application Performanc...

Oct 27, 202140 min

Embrace Your Inner Maker

Many tech workers are struggling with the repetitive effects of the COVID pandemic (work from home, constant video calls, longer hours, etc.). But there’s never been a better time to explore new ways to be a “maker”. SHOW: 560 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: CBT Nuggets: Expert IT Training for individuals and teams Sign up for a CBT Nuggets Free Learner account phoenixNAP website phoenixNAP Bare Metal ...

Oct 24, 202120 min

WebAssembly and wasmCloud

Kevin Hoffman ( @KevinHoffman , CTO at @Cosmonic_com , wasmCloud creator) talks about WebAssembly and wasmCloud, and how this new development paradigm can simplify application development. SHOW: 559 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Datadog Security Solution : Modern Monitoring and Security Start investigating security threats before it affects your customers with a free 14 day Datadog trial . Listeners ...

Oct 20, 202132 min

Technical Debt isn't Free

While many computing systems mirror systems in nature, one aspect that doesn’t is technical debt. The majority of spending is maintaining the existing systems, and yet very little attention is paid to how to reduce the on-going costs. SHOW: 558 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: phoenixNAP website phoenixNAP Bare Metal Cloud Platform CBT Nuggets: Expert IT Training for individuals and teams Sign up for a ...

Oct 17, 202118 min

A New Distributed Cloud Architecture

Jonathan Seelig (@ j_seelig , Co-Founder/CEO of Ridge) talks about building the distributed cloud, remotely managing cloud resources, and the evolution of the edge. SHOW: 557 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Datadog Monitoring : Modern Monitoring and Analytics Start monitoring your infrastructure, applications, logs and security in one place with a free 14 day Datadog trial . Listeners of The Cloudcast ...

Oct 13, 202133 min

Innovator's Dilemma Part 2

Part 2 (of 2) looking at a recent example of how The Innovator’s Dilemma is playing out between the biggest clouds and the challenging upstarts. SHOW: 556 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: CBT Nuggets: Expert IT Training for individuals and teams Sign up for a CBT Nuggets Free Learner account phoenixNAP website phoenixNAP Bare Metal Cloud Platform SHOW NOTES: Innovator’s Dilemma - Part 1 How IBM Lost the...

Oct 10, 202134 min

Evolutions in Security Monitoring

Huxlee Barbee (@huxley_barbee, Head Security Prod Mktg @DataDogHQ) talks about the challenging odds of preventing security attacks, managing configuration mistakes, scaling security through monitoring, and security feedback loops in production. SHOW: 555 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: CloudZero - Cloud Cost Intelligence for Engineering Teams Datadog Monitoring : Modern Monitoring and Analytics Start m...

Oct 06, 202136 min

Innovator's Dilemma Part 1

Part 1 (of 2) looking at a recent example of how The Innovator’s Dilemma is playing out between the biggest clouds and the challenging upstarts. SHOW: 554 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: phoenixNAP website phoenixNAP Bare Metal Cloud Platform CBT Nuggets: Expert IT Training for individuals and teams Sign up for a CBT Nuggets Free Learner account SHOW NOTES: The Innovator’s Dilemma (Clayton Christensen)...

Oct 03, 202123 min