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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

Cloud Marketplaces

John Jahnke (CEO of @Tackleio) talks about the rise of Cloud Marketplaces, the evolution of B2B purchasing for cloud products, and the relationship between software vendors and cloud providers. SHOW: 614 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Spot by NetApp More Cloud, Less Cost (Spot by NetApp) CloudZero - Cloud Cost Intelligence for Engineering Teams New Relic (homepage) Services down? New Relic offers full...

May 04, 202236 min

SLOs for Everyone

No Brian (Gracely) for a Sunday Perspective this week. We have Brian Singer (@brian_singer, CPO @nobl9inc) talking about Service Level Objectives (SLO), what they are, why they matter, and how to use SLOs to focus on innovation vs. technical debt. SHOW: 613 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: SLOConf - Free virtual event May 9th-12th - Register Today! Revelo : Sidestep the competitive US talent market by h...

May 01, 202227 min

CI/CD Monitoring and Flaky Testing

Borja Burgos (@borja_burgos, Director of Product @datadoghq) talks about monitoring and measuring CI/CD environments, “shift left” for security and test coverage, and understanding test coverage patterns. SHOW: 612 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: LoadForge - Modern, developer-first load testing and stress tests for websites, APIs and servers. LoadForge uses your cloud to rapidly scale large numbers of ...

Apr 27, 202236 min

Explaining Twitter to a 5yr old

Could you explain Twitter to a 5yr old? Some things are just difficult to explain, and this week we look at the challenges of trying to explain complex technical concepts to everyday people. SHOW: 611 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 strongDM - Secure infrastructure access for the modern stack. Manage access to any server, database, or Kubernetes...

Apr 24, 202228 min

DataCenter-as-a-Service

Ian McClarty (President @PhoenixNAP) talks about the evolution of the CoLocation and DataCenter-as-a-Service market, cloud repatriation, how software has changed the economics and working closely with hyperscalers. SHOW: 610 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Teleport is the easiest, most secure way to access all your infrastructure Get started with Teleport Spot by NetApp More Cloud, Less Cost (Spot by N...

Apr 20, 202232 min

Transitioning from Engineering to Product

Transitioning from a technical role to a “less” technical role can be scary. Let’s look at how you might evaluate a change, and some tips to succeed in the transition. SHOW: 609 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: strongDM - Secure infrastructure access for the modern stack. Manage access to any server, database, or Kubernetes instance in minutes. Fully auditable, replayable, secure, and drag-and-drop easy...

Apr 17, 202231 min

Database Caching as a Service

Ben Hagan ( @ben_hagan , Founder/CEO @polyScaleAI ) talks about the challenges of database performance, distributed data and applications, and how caching-as-a-service can improve performance. SHOW: 608 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Spot by NetApp More Cloud, Less Cost (Spot by NetApp) LoadForge - Modern, developer-first load testing and stress tests for websites, APIs and servers. LoadForge uses you...

Apr 13, 202232 min

The Unexpected Pace of Technology Adoption

Every week we talk about new technologies and new trends. But studies show us that new technology adoption tends to be very slow, especially at high levels. What’s behind the inability of new tech to displace legacy tech? SHOW: 607 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 ...

Apr 10, 202225 min

Multi-Cloud Networking

William Collins (@@WCollins502, Principal Cloud Architect @AlkiraNet) talks about how to seamlessly build multi-cloud networks for any applications. SHOW: 606 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: LoadForge - Modern, developer-first load testing and stress tests for websites, APIs and servers. LoadForge uses your cloud to rapidly scale large numbers of simulated users to load test your website, store, API, o...

Apr 06, 202239 min

How DevOps is like Microsoft Excel

DevOps mashes together two things, Dev and Ops. But in reality, it includes much more than that. But who owns DevOps? Does anyone use all of DevOps? And is DevOps a people, process or technology? SHOW: 605 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 strongDM - Secure infrastructure access for the modern stack. Manage access to any server, database, or Kuber...

Apr 03, 202220 min

Automating Decisions, Processes and ML without Code

Loren Goodman (CTO @InRule) talks about the intersection of AI/ML, DevOps, and Low Code/NoCode and making complex decisions using automation. SHOW: 604 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: strongDM - Secure infrastructure access for the modern stack. Manage access to any server, database, or Kubernetes instance in minutes. Fully auditable, replayable, secure, and drag-and-drop easy. Try it free for 14 days ...

Mar 30, 202228 min

Did DevOps Ruin Everything?

Making changes to applications has always been difficult. DevOps and Microservices introduced new techniques to simplify that, but also introduced new challenges that can be difficult to manage. Should things be easier for Devs or Ops? SHOW: 603 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: BMC Wants to Know if your business is on it's A-Game BMC Autonomous Digital Enterprise Polyscale.ai - PolyScale solves glo...

Mar 27, 202226 min

Developing Multi-Cloud Skills

Forrest Brazeal ( @forrestbrazeal , Head of Content @GoogleCloud ) talks about the realities of multi-cloud (intended and accidental), how to adapt skills to new cloud environments, and best vs. worst practices. SHOW: 602 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 ...

Mar 23, 202237 min

Doing What Didn't Seem Possible

There are transitional moments, often many, in your career when you just don’t think you can make the change. This week we look at the thought process of how to address those “don’t think I can” moments. SHOW: 601 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Polyscale.ai - PolyScale solves global database latency and performance with intelligent serverless caching and compute at the edge. Check out PolyScale’s glob...

Mar 20, 202222 min

Automating Crypto for Everyone

Jesse Proudman (Makara, Co-Founder & CEO) talks about how he moved from infrastructure into the world of crypto. He gives advice on learning and his plans to make investing in this space more approachable for everyone. SHOW: 600 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 strongDM - Secure infrastructure access for the modern stack. Manage access to any...

Mar 16, 202239 min

Technology and Teams Going in Different Directions

We’re at an interesting crossroads. Technology is becoming more distributed, and yet the teams managing it are having to become more integrated. For successful companies, this is creating a different way to think about “platform” services. SHOW: 599 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: BMC Wants to Know if your business is on it's A-Game BMC Autonomous Digital Enterprise Polyscale.ai - PolyScale solves...

Mar 13, 202221 min

Managing the Business Impact of Data Quality

Elliot Shmukler (@eshmu, Co-Founder/CEO @anomalo_hq) and Jeremy Stanley (@jeremystan, Co-Founder/CTO) talk about how data integrity and changes can impact both technology and business decisions. SHOW: 598 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Polyscale.ai - PolyScale solves global database latency and performance with intelligent serverless caching and compute at the edge. Check out PolyScale’s global edge d...

Mar 09, 202234 min

A Perspective on Fast Change and Slow Change

Sometimes change happens fast, and sometimes change happens over a long period of time. Today’s show tries to put a few things in perspective around tech and non-tech change. SHOW: 597 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: strongDM - Secure infrastructure access for the modern stack. Manage access to any server, database, or Kubernetes instance in minutes. Fully auditable, replayable, secure, and drag-and-dr...

Mar 06, 202217 min

Security Access as Code

Tim Prendergast ( @auxome , CEO strongDM ) talks about security access as code, the latest security trends including Zero Trust and taking a modern approach to security. SHOW: 596 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 Performance Monitoring Get started monitoring service dependencies to eliminate lat...

Mar 02, 202230 min

The Kubernetes Developer Experience?

Kubernetes won the container wars and continues to grow in use across many industries. But how did something that was about Cloud-native Applications gain traction without a developer experience? SHOW: 595 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Teleport is the easiest, most secure way to access all your infrastructure Get started with Teleport CloudZero - Cloud Cost Intelligence for Engineering Teams Datadog ...

Feb 27, 202227 min

Data Observability

Kevin Hu (@kevinzenghu, Co-Founder | CEO at @Metaplane) talks about the concepts behind Data Observability and the unique challenges for Data Engineers. SHOW: 594 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: BMC Wants to Know if your business is on it's A-Game BMC Autonomous Digital Enterprise Usage.ai (homepage) Start saving up to 57% of your AWS EC2 spend in under 5 minutes with Usage AI . No code change, no...

Feb 23, 202238 min

DevOps, what's in a name?

DevOps is defined as, “Everything you do to overcome the friction created by silos … All the rest is plain engineering” Why is it so difficult to implement, but so easy to make up so many job titles surrounding it? SHOW: 593 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 monitoring your infrastructure,...

Feb 20, 202228 min

Cloud Cost Intelligence

Erik Peterson (@silvexis, Founder/CTO/CISO @CloudZeroInc) talks about how Cloud Cost Mgmt has matured, the importance of business context for cloud costs, and best practices for managing SaaS costs. SHOW: 592 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Usage.ai (homepage) Start saving up to 57% of your AWS EC2 spend in under 5 minutes with Usage AI . No code change, no downtime, no engineering work required. New R...

Feb 16, 202236 min

Lessons Learned from Shadow IT

Shadow IT and start-ups were the original users of public cloud, over a decade ago. But as public cloud has become a multi-billion dollar business, let’s explore how the role of Shadow IT has evolved. SHOW: 591 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Datadog Kubernetes Solution: Maximum Visibility into Container Environments Start monitoring the health and performance of your container environment with a free ...

Feb 13, 202231 min

Understanding & Managing Committed Cloud Spend

Tim Banks (@elchefe, Principal Cloud Economist @duckbillgroup) talks about how public cloud providers are offering committed spend programs, and ways to best use their programs to manage cloud spending. SHOW: 590 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: New Relic (homepage) Services down? New Relic offers full stack visibility with 16 different monitoring products in a single platform. Usage.ai (homepage) Start...

Feb 09, 202235 min

The Parallel Lives of Kubernetes and Serverless

Our industry is fascinated with the origin stories of founders and the end of technology trends. In between, we seem fine with learning curves and technical debt. SHOW: 589 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Teleport is the easiest, most secure way to access all your infrastructure Get started with Teleport CloudZero - Cloud Cost Intelligence for Engineering Teams Datadog Monitoring : Modern Monitoring an...

Feb 06, 202224 min

Building Cloud Services from Software

Preeti Somal (@psomal, EVP Engineering @Hashicorp) talks about the evolution of Hashicorp Cloud Platform, creating cloud services from software projects, and the evolution of cloud SREs and SLAs. SHOW: 588 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Usage.ai (homepage) Start saving up to 57% of your AWS EC2 spend in under 5 minutes with Usage AI . No code change, no downtime, no engineering work required. New Reli...

Feb 02, 202234 min

After the Great Resignation

As the “Great Resignation” rolls along, many people are facing the prospect of a new role or a new company. What are some tips to be successful in the near-term in this new role? SHOW: 587 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Podcorn - The leading podcast influence marketplace Huge thanks to Podcorn for sponsoring this episode. Explore sponsorship opportunities and start monetizing your podcast by signing u...

Jan 30, 202223 min

2022 Look Ahead to SuperClouds

Dave Vellante (@dvellante, Cofounder & Co-CEO SiliconANGLE Media, co-host of @theCUBE ) talks about the emerging trends of powerful application services built for multiple public clouds. SHOW: 586 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 . Listener...

Jan 26, 202242 min

Cloudcast Demos

We’re looking for some listener feedback on a new idea to help make it easier to learn about new technologies, and bring more new ideas into The Cloudcast community. SHOW: 585 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 Mergify - the ultimate automation tool that makes your engineering team save time. Start saving time with the most powerful merge queue for...

Jan 23, 202218 min