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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

Unstable Pillars for the Next Generation?

The future of search advertising, the future of chips, the future of open source, AI monetization and government regulation of tech are all uncertain. What does that mean for the future? SHOW: 854 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #854 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSOR: Access Gartner cloud research come to life with the “ The Future of Cloud in 2028: ...

Sep 08, 202420 min

Understanding the Gartner perspective on Cloud (and more)

Paul Delory (@pacdelory, Research VP @Gartner_Inc for Technical Professionals) shares insights about cloud computing, cloud costs, VMware, Platform engineering and IaC. SHOW: 853 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: On The CUBE discussing VMware in April: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wIClYI6bDQ Software Development Times discussion Platform Engineering: https://sdtimes.com/softwaredev/analys...

Sep 04, 202448 min

Slow Data, Fast Data and Adapting AI models for your business

With so much rapid change happening around AI models, is there a framework for when to build models, train models, fine-tune models, use RAG or something else? Let’s explore… SHOW: 852 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #852 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSOR: Access Gartner cloud research come to life with the “ The Future of Cloud in 2028: From Technol...

Sep 01, 202421 min

How DevOps is helping to rethink the need for VPNs with Modern Security

Emrul Islam (Head of Platform Innovation @TwingateHQ) talks about the evolution of remote access, application security, and enabling DevOps teams to drive security transformation. SHOW: 851 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #851 Transcript CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: How Twingate Works Twingate vs. VPNs Architecting Network Connectivity for a Zero Trust Future Solving the usability proble...

Aug 28, 202434 min

From Kingmakers to co-pilots, what's the future for developers?

Is the market shifting from evaluating software as an economic driver to re-evaluating the cost of software in the context of how AI can improve, augment or replace developers? SHOW: 850 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #850 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: AWS CEO says developers might stop coding soon (Business Insider) Amazon CEO highlights the i...

Aug 25, 202432 min

The Scale of Cloud Networking

Vinay Tripathi (Senior Member of IEEE, Production Network Engineer @Google) talks about the evolution of backbone networks for the Cloud and Internet, future technologies and career opportunities. SHOW: 849 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #849 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Before we jump into cloud ...

Aug 21, 202435 min

Reflections on the Cloud Evolution - with a special guest

The summer lull has us reflecting on how the evolution of cloud computing has shaped the existing era that’s trying to figure out AI. With a special guest introduction. SHOW: 848 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #848 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST LEADING OFF THE SHOW - AFTER 13 YEARS WHAT PARTS OF THE CLOUD EVOLUTION HAVE L...

Aug 18, 202422 min

Data Center Buildouts for AI

Scott Jarnagin (Founder/CEO of Caddis Cloud Solutions ( Caddis Cloud Solutions )) talks about the challenges of building modern data centers to handle the growing demands of AI. SHOW: 847 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #847 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: Caddis Cloud Solutions (homepage) Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Before we jum...

Aug 14, 202430 min

5 Storylines that will shape Cloud and AI in 2H 2024

They may not be major stories, but these 5 headlines will play an important role in how AI and the Cloud evolve in the 2H of 2024. SHOW: 846 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #846 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: VCs are looking to get out (Business Insider) Microsoft earnings (31%), Google earnings (29%), Amazon earnings (19%) - QtoQ earnings for th...

Aug 11, 202421 min

Cloud News of the Month - July 2024

Brian Gracely (@bgracely), Aaron Delp (@aarondelp) and Brandon Whichard (@bwhicard) discuss the top stories in Cloud and AI from July 2024. SHOW: 845 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #845 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: LINKS TO ALL ARTICLES FOR JULY 2024 CLOUD NEWS SEGMENTS COVERED IN THE SHOW: Good Old Fashioned Cloud News The AI ...

Aug 07, 202442 min

Technology and Politics Collide

For many years, Silicon Valley was considered to be somewhat apolitical. But the last decade has changed the relationship with governments. What’s causing the changes? SHOW: 844 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #844 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSOR: Upgrade to the next generation of the cloud. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure SHOW NOTES: It’s Silicon Va...

Aug 04, 202418 min

The Evolution of Data Platforms

Jeff Denworth, (@JeffDenworth, Co-Founder of @VAST_Data) talks about building data platforms for new AI application demands. SHOW: 843 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #843 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSOR: Upgrade to the next generation of the cloud. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure SHOW NOTES : VAST Data (homepage) Understanding AI IO pe...

Jul 31, 202438 min

Forgetting the Fundamentals of High Availability

If this past week’s Crowdstrike outage taught us anything, it’s that we seem to have forgotten the basics of how to run highly available environments. But what other critical skills are deteriorating? SHOW: 842 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #842 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSOR: The Crowdstrike outage and market-driven brittleness Network Engine...

Jul 28, 202423 min

Enabling Voice AI in Applications

Scott Stephenson (@deepgramscott, CEO of @deepgram) talks about building Voice AI into your applications. SHOW: 841 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #841 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SPONSOR NOTES: Upgrade to the next generation of the cloud. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure SHOW NOTES: Deepgram (homepage) Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Before we j...

Jul 24, 202436 min

Overcoming the Hurdles of Deploying Platforms

Modern applications require modern platforms and team collaboration to deliver velocity, stability and security. So how do we overcome the hurdles to making platform adoption work? SHOW: 840 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #840 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSOR: Panoptica, Cisco’s Cloud Application Security solution SHOW NOTES: WHY DO PLATFORMS MAKE ...

Jul 21, 202428 min

The Mid Year (2024) Mailbag

2024 has been evolving very quickly for Cloud and AI. So as we get to the mid-year point, we stop and answer many of your mailbag questions. SHOW: 839 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #839 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: Amazon acqui-hiring - Adept.io Inflection Amazon building ChatGPT Competitor https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon...

Jul 17, 202442 min

Is there a Market for Private Cloud AI?

Since the GenAI era took off, most of the discussion has been about AI in the public cloud. But is there a market for AI in the Private Cloud as well? SHOW: 838 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #838 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSOR: Panoptica, Cisco’s Cloud Application Security solution SHOW NOTES: DATA GRAVITY AND BUSINESS CONCERNS ABOUT GEN AI Mo...

Jul 14, 202425 min

Scaling Apple Apps with MacStadium

Chris Chapman (CTO at @MacStadium) talks about Mac-centric backend development, DevOps tools chains, and the best ways to take advantage of MacStadium. SHOW: 837 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #837 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSOR: Panoptica, Cisco’s Cloud Application Security solution SHOW NOTES: MacStadium (homepage) Mac Vir...

Jul 10, 202428 min

The Challenges of Maintaining Freedoms

In technology, we’re afforded many freedoms that enable us to work, live and play in new ways. But it’s important to reflect on technology freedoms and how they might change in the future. SHOW: 836 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #836 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSOR: Panoptica, Cisco’s Cloud Application Security solution SHOW NOTES: TECHNOLOGY P...

Jul 07, 202419 min

Cloud News of the Month - June 2024

Brian Gracely (@bgracely) and Brandon Whichard (@bwhicard) discuss stories in Cloud and AI from June 2024, and then get into spirited discussions about RTO and Tech Exec poaching. SHOW: 835 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #835 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: LINKS TO ALL ARTICLES FOR JUNE 2024 CLOUD NEWS SEGMENTS COVERED IN THE SHO...

Jul 03, 202451 min

Identifying Successful Open Source Projects

As open source companies and projects enter a transition phase of funding, licensing, community participation, let’s look at the characteristics of successful open source projects. SHOW: 834 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #834 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSOR: Panoptica, Cisco’s Cloud Application Security solution SHOW NOTES: 10 Years of Kubernet...

Jun 30, 202433 min

WASM, Developer Experiences and Kubernetes

Matt Butcher (@technosophos, CEO at @FermyonTech) talks about the evolution of WASM, the relationship with Kubernetes, and managing Developer Experiences with platforms. SHOW: 833 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #832 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: Fermyon (homepage) Fermyon Open Source Building Apps with WebAssembly (Cloudcast Eps...

Jun 26, 202445 min

DevSecFinPlatMLOps

As we look at the continued expansion of the CNCF Landscape and the end of Cloud 1.0 era, are there any trends or patterns that identify which technology or categories will succeed vs fail? SHOW: 832 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #832 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSOR: Panoptica, Cisco’s Cloud Application Security solution SHOW NOTES: What’s Stra...

Jun 23, 202427 min

Zapier + AI integration

Reid Robinson (@Reidoutloud_, Lead AI Product Manager @Zapier) talks about automation, application integrations and how to integrate AI in projects with Zapier SHOW: 831 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #831 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: Zapier AI homepage Zapier integration with OpenAI Zapier Central - AI Workspace to Teach AI Bo...

Jun 19, 202428 min

How Today's AI is like the Early 2020s

Let’s explore how today’s early AI era is like the unicorn-filled, heavily VC-funded early 2020s. (Part 3 of 3) SHOW: 830 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #830 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSOR: Panoptica, Cisco’s Cloud Application Security solution SHOW NOTES: Part 1: How Today's AI is like the Early 2000s (Cloudcast Eps:826) Part 2: How Today...

Jun 16, 202420 min

Modern Approaches to Continuous Integration

Solomon Hykes (@solomonstre, Co-Founder @Dagger_io) talks about the evolution of the container industry, fixing broken CI/CD systems, and modern DevOps. SHOW: 829 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #829 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SPONSOR: Neo4j explores knowledge graphs and vector search (graphstuff.fm podcast) See what graphs can do for you...

Jun 12, 202436 min

How Today's AI is like the Early 2010s

The introduction of cloud computing brought about a significant change on how we use technology with our businesses. Let’s look at the historical parallels to today’s AI for the Enterprise. (Part 2 of 3) SHOW: 828 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #828 SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSOR: Panoptica, Cisco’s Cloud Application Security solution SHOW NOTES: Part 1: ...

Jun 09, 202425 min

Cloud News of the Month - May 2024

Brian Gracely (@bgracely) and Brandon Whichard (@bwhichard, from @SoftwareDefTalk) talk about all the major news stories in Cloud and AI from May 2024 SHOW: 827 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #827 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: The Cloudcast YouTube Channel CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSOR: Neo4j explores knowledge graphs and vector search (graphstuff.fm podcast) See what graphs can do for you at ...

Jun 05, 202456 min

How Today's AI is like the Early 2000s

Let’s put today’s AI era into some historic context by looking at the similarities and parallels to the explosion of the 1st wave of the consumer Internet. (Part 1 of 3) SHOW: 826 SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSOR: Panoptica, Cisco’s Cloud Application Security solution SHOW NOTES: Building the Information Super Highway (pre-2000) Executives discuss the Infor...

Jun 02, 202426 min

Understanding and Advising CIOs

Tim Crawford (@tcrawford, CIO Advisor at @AVOAcom ) talks about the challenges of the modern CIO, managing stability vs. innovation, and understanding the business value of tech . SHOW: 825 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #825 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: The Cloudcast YouTube Channel CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSOR: Neo4j explores knowledge graphs and vector search (graphstuff.fm podcast) See w...

May 29, 202438 min