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 Innovation...
Aug 07, 2024•42 min
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 Valley vs. S...
Aug 04, 2024•18 min
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 performance ...
Jul 31, 2024•38 min
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 Engineering is a...
Jul 28, 2024•23 min
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 jump into D...
Jul 24, 2024•36 min
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 SENSE FOR ...
Jul 21, 2024•28 min
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-andy-jass...
Jul 17, 2024•42 min
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 Most large c...
Jul 14, 2024•25 min
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 Virtualizatio...
Jul 10, 2024•28 min
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 PROVIDES US...
Jul 07, 2024•19 min
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 SHOW: Good Ol...
Jul 03, 2024•51 min
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 Kubernetes 30 Year...
Jun 30, 2024•33 min
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. 633) Kub...
Jun 26, 2024•45 min
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 Stranger than ...
Jun 23, 2024•27 min
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 Bots to work...
Jun 19, 2024•28 min
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’s AI is like t...
Jun 16, 2024•20 min
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 at Neo4j....
Jun 12, 2024•36 min
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: How Today'...
Jun 09, 2024•25 min
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 Neo4j.com/...
Jun 05, 2024•56 min
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 Information Sup...
Jun 02, 2024•26 min
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 what graphs...
May 29, 2024•38 min
When you see the headline “<ex-employee> says <company> AI strategy is in chaos”, what does it really mean? Is any company’s AI strategy NOT in chaos at this point? SHOW: 824 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: Ex-Google says Google's AI strategy is in chaos (Decoder) The Transformer Paper from Google (foundation of GenAI) NVIDIA coverage on Stratechery (Ben ...
May 26, 2024•35 min
Jonas Rosland (@jonasrosland, Head of Open Source Community @CIQ) talks about using AI tools to accelerate building and communications in Open Source Software (OSS) communities. We also discuss the differences between Community Roles and Dev Rel. SHOW: 823 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #823 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) S...
May 22, 2024•35 min
After just three years, AWS is making another change at the top of the leadership org-chart. What lessons can we learn from leadership transitions and what might come next? SHOW: 822 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #822 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: Andy Jassy makes AWS leadership announcement “There’s no AI without the cloud”, says AWS CEO (Decoder podcast) Six thi...
May 19, 2024•33 min
Mark Collier (@sparkycollier, COO @openInfradev) talks about the advantages of open source AI and the intersection of OSS and AI transparency, safety, and potential regulations. SHOW: 821 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #821 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SPONSOR: See what graphs can do for you at Neo4j.com/developer SHOW NOTES: Mark’s Talk at ATO EU AI Act Passes How Tech Giants Cut Corners Harvest Data The EU...
May 15, 2024•31 min
Happy Mothers Day! And let’s explore some new happenings at the intersection of open source and AI. SHOW: 820 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #820 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: InstructLab Project (github homepage) LAB: Large-Scale Alignment for ChatBots (research paper) Granite LLMs (IBM research - Hugging Face) 7b-base model 7b-lab model InstructLab: What is contr...
May 11, 2024•26 min
Malte Ubl (@cramforce, CTO @Vercel) talks about Front-End web development and clouds, how AI impacts front-end infrastructure, and impacts to the business. SHOW: 819 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: Vercel (homepage) Elevate your frontend with AI V0.dev Topic 1 - Our topic for today is front-end development and front-end clouds, and we’ll also explore AI-generated front ends. Our guest is Malte Ubl, ...
May 08, 2024•27 min
What are the key characteristics and red flags with today’s leaders in the tech industry? How to identify the leadership skills, the team building skills, and the execution skills. SHOW: 818 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #818 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: WHERE ARE THE LEADERS IN THEIR CAREERS? Are they a 1st time manager? Have they managed distributed teams? Mana...
May 05, 2024•24 min
Aaron (@aarondelp) and Brian (@bgracely) talk about all the major news stories in Cloud and AI from April 2024 SHOW: 817 TRANSCRIPT: Cloudcast #817 - CNOTM - April 2024 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 APRIL 2024 CLOUD NEWS Segments Covered in the Show: Good Old Fashioned Cloud News The AI Innovation Continues - Speed Round Trend 1 - 2024 is going to be a year of big announc...
May 01, 2024•43 min
Every few years we have to be reminded that open source isn’t a business model. Let’s talk about the business dynamics that everyone seems to keep forgetting. SHOW: 816 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #816 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: Adam Jacobs discusses open source and business (The Changelog) “figure out how to play nice with competition” (Twitter) The will nev...
Apr 28, 2024•32 min