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Alex Ratner (@ajratner, CEO @SnorkelAI) talks about labeling and training of LLMs. We go over Foundational Models and how to take an “off the shelf” model and fine-tune it for private use.SHOW: 755CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Reduce the complexities of protecting your workloads and applications in a multi-cloud environment. Panoptica provides comprehensive cloud workload protection integrated with API security to protect the entire application lifecycle.  Learn more about Panoptica at panoptica.appFind "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBESHOW NOTES:SnorkelAI (homepage)SnorkelAI on The Cloudcast #523Topic 1 - Welcome back to the show. We last spoke two years ago. A lot has changed so we thought it would be a great time to talk about updates. For those that aren't familiar, give everyone a quick background.Topic 2 - Let's start with when we last spoke. We talked a lot about data scientists and how data labeling works for training LLM's. For those that aren't familiar, can you give everyone a quick intro to data labeling and why it is important for training?Topic 3 - When we last spoke, LLM weren't as mainstream as they are today. How has this impacted how you think about AI/ML in general? What are the big challenges for LLM today that you see?Topic 4 - Many organizations are trying “off the shelf” models but this may or may not be a good idea. On one side they don't have to build a model but on the other they still have to fine tune it to their specific needs and use case. What are your recommendations for organizations to get started and be as effective as possible?Topic 5 - In addition to organization specific models, are teams building purpose built models for specific functions (i.e. are they running multiple models each with a different task?) How does labeling and training come into play here?Topic 6 - Another challenge I'm seeing is security and data privacy concerns. What do folks getting started need to be aware of to make sure company data is safe?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

As OSS projects continue to look for ways to balance community, sustainability and profitability, let's explore some alternative considerations for companies and communities. SHOW: 754CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Datadog Synthetic Monitoring: Frontend and Backend Modern MonitoringEnsure frontend issues don't impair user experience by detecting user-facing issues with API and browser tests with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt. AWS Insiders is an edgy, entertaining podcast about the services and future of cloud computing at AWS. Listen to AWS Insiders in your favorite podcast player. Cloudfix HomepageCloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendSHOW NOTES:Troubles with Open Source Gig Economy (Chris Aniszczyk, CNCF)Open Source Needs Maintainers, How Do They Get Paid? (TNS)A New Way to Think about Open Source Sustainability (InfoWorld)OPEN SOURCE HAS BECOME CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR BUSINESSESDocker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Kafka, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Java are all mission-critical to businesses. Cloud providers have disrupted the previous OSS models - operationalize vs. contributionsHow to pay contributors?How to avoid unpredictable changes to licensing?How to provide better transparency to customers and communities?DO OSS PROJECT NEED MORE STRUCTURE TO SUCCEED OR SUSTAIN?Establish “types” of projects: Business, Community, Any - Years to ActionEstablish some timelines around various types of projectsPatents have a timeline to explore - can there be OSS licenses that have timelinesGovernment tax credits for paying OSS contributorsShould governance foundations create forks at established times?Should groups like CNCF be more active in recruiting forks after a period of time?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Matt Spitz (@mattspitz, Head of Engineering at @TrustVanta) talks about the challenges of developer security and compliance. SHOW: 753CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Find "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBEReduce the complexities of protecting your workloads and applications in a multi-cloud environment. Panoptica provides comprehensive cloud workload protection integrated with API security to protect the entire application lifecycle.  Learn more about Panoptica at panoptica.appSHOW NOTES:Vanta (homepage)Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background. What made you join Vanta and did your experience at Dropbox factor into this decision?Topic 2 - Our topic today is developer security and compliance. Let's start by helping our listeners understand the problem. We hear all the time about developers wanting to go fast. Things like security and compliance can be an afterthought. Do you agree and is this the root of the problem or is it something else?Topic 3 - Most organizations, especially smaller orgs or startups just getting going, they just want to get to MVP, what advice to you have for them in building security and compliance into their CI/CD pipelines so this becomes more programmatic?Topic 4 - Security is certainly one angle, but probably just as important, if not more so is compliance. To make it slightly more difficult, compliance can mean many different things based on geography (SOC in US for instance). How do organizations staff for this and keep up with regulation changes? Or, maybe on the flip side, is this a common area where they are understaffed and need outside assistance?Topic 5 - In security and compliance worlds there is often the concept of identification and discovery as one part, but remediation as the second part. Where and how does Vanta work with organizations to solve for both vectors?Topic 6 - Automation, especially into CI/CD pipelines seems like a no-brainer here, but I would also add is this an area where AI/ML will come into play in the future?Topic 7 - If folks want to dig in and learn more, how do you suggest they get started?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

As digital transformations are happening to major industries, we've moved into an era where legal issues could become more prevalent than the technologies. SHOW: 752CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:AWS Insiders is an edgy, entertaining podcast about the services and future of cloud computing at AWS. Listen to AWS Insiders in your favorite podcast player. Cloudfix HomepageCloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendDatadog Kubernetes Solution: Maximum Visibility into Container EnvironmentsStart monitoring the health and performance of your container environment with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.SHOW NOTES:Fair Use doctrine The legal issues presented by generative AI (MIT)Generative AI in Healthcare and Liability RisksGenerative AI and Intellectual Property (Benedict Evans)BREAK THE LAW NOW, AND ASK FOR FORGIVENESS LATER?From ride-sharing to crypto to generative AI, the gray areas of the law or property ownership are at the center of the major digital transformationsThe open source community is debating what is proper licensing, and should licensing ever change?Are we at the beginning of LegalOps or LiabilityOps?IS THE LIABILITY IN BUSINESS MODEL, IP, PRIVACY, FRAUD OR CORRUPTIONWhat are companies liable for? Fair-use of data? AI Models? AI recommendations? AI actions? What laws do cloud providers need to be concerned about? What do customers need to be concerned about?What do systems-integrators need to be concerned about?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Joe Duffy (@funcOfJoe, Co-Founder/CEO @PulumiCorp) talks about the evolution of infrastructure as code, the challenges of multi-cloud, and applying Generative AI to Ops.SHOW: 751CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Reduce the complexities of protecting your workloads and applications in a multi-cloud environment. Panoptica provides comprehensive cloud workload protection integrated with API security to protect the entire application lifecycle.  Learn more about Panoptica at panoptica.appFind "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBESHOW NOTES:Pulumi (homepage)Pulumi Insights (LLM - Generative AI)New Features (NewStack article)The Cloudcast #388, The Cloudcast #657Sept 14th WebinarSept 19th WebinarTopic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background. What made you found Pulumi and you have an extensive developer background at Microsoft as well.Topic 2 - Pulumi's been in the market for 6+ years and we first spoke 4 years ago. Has the IaC space “settled down”? Do you consider it still emerging, evolving, or mature at this point?Topic 3 - We're seeing a lot of organizations manage resources and infrastructure across multiple clouds. What are the big challenges of multiple vs. single clouds?Topic 4 - Another big trend is of course Generative AI. You recently announced Pulumi Insights. Can you tell everyone about how this came to be and the problem you are trying to solve?Topic 5 - Let's talk about culture quickly. How do organizations, especially large organizations with many groups and tools, standardize tools and processes? What are the big hurdles that need to be overcome?Topic 6 - OSS has been in the news lately, especially around the Terraform project. What are your thoughts on OSS and its place in IaC both today and going forward?Topic 7 - We see you have a big webinar coming up. It looks to be a great place to dig in and get started. Tell everyone about it for those out there that want to know more.FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

As we celebrate Labor Day (at least in the US), a few labor-centric topics are starting to dominate the headlines - Return to Office (RTO) and AI Augmentation. Let's discuss how they might play out. SHOW: 750CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:CloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendDatadog Monitoring: Modern Monitoring and AnalyticsStart monitoring your infrastructure, applications, logs and security in one place with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.AWS Insiders is an edgy, entertaining podcast about the services and future of cloud computing at AWS. Listen to AWS Insiders in your favorite podcast player. Cloudfix HomepageSHOW NOTES:Amazon tells employees to come back to the officeZoom is making staff return to the officeSalesforce offers employees $10/day to return to the officeGO TO THE OFFICE, WORK FROM HOME, OR SOME SORT OF HYBRID?Why is the RTO being pushed? (Innovation, Collaboration, Teambuilding, Cost of Buildings, etc.)Does either side (Labor vs. Mgmt) have leverage?How will people talk about AI-driven productivity?AI IS PROMISING TO DRIVE PRODUCTIVITY, BUT AT WHOSE COST? Should you go into the office?What are the benefits of being in the office? (proximity to power, more collaboration, visibility)Should you lean into AI augmenting or replacing a job function? Will AI go after basic jobs, middle jobs or unique jobs? FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Luis Ceze (@luisceze, Founder/CEO @OctoML) talks about barriers to entry for AI & ML, the economics of funding, training, fine tuning, inferencing and optimizations.SHOW: 749CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:CloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendReduce the complexities of protecting your workloads and applications in a multi-cloud environment. Panoptica provides comprehensive cloud workload protection integrated with API security to protect the entire application lifecycle.  Learn more about Panoptica at panoptica.appSHOW NOTES:OctoML (homepage)OctoML makes it easier to put AI/ML models into productionOctoML launches OctoAITopic 1 - Welcome to the show. You have an interesting background with roots in both VC markets and academia. Tell us a little bit about your background.Topic 2 - Generative AI is now all the rage. But as more people dig into AI/ML in general, they find out quickly there are a few barriers to entry. Let's address some of them as you have an extensive history here. The first barrier I believe most people hit is complexity. The tools to ingest data into models and deployment of models has improved but what about the challenges implementing that into production applications? How do folks overcome this first hurdle?Topic 3 - The next hurdle I think most organizations hit is where to place the models. Where to train them, where to fine tune them and where to run them could be the same or different places. Can you talk a bit about placement of models? Also, as a follow up, how does GPU shortages play into this and can models be fine tuned to work around this?Topic 4 - Do you see the AI/ML dependence on GPU's continuing into the future? Will there be an abstraction layer or another technology coming that will allow the industry to move away from GPU's from more mainstream applications?Topic 5 - The next barrier but very related to the previous one is cost. There are some very real world tradeoffs between cost and performance when it comes to AI/ML. What cost factors need to be considered besides hardware costs? Data ingestion and data gravity comes to mind as a hidden cost that can add up quickly if not properly considered. Another one is latency. Maybe you arrive at an answer but at a slower rate that is more economical. How do organizations optimize for cost?Topic 6 - Do most organizations tend to use an “off the shelf model” today? Maybe an open source model that they train with their private data? I would expect this to be the fastest way to production, why build your own model when the difference is in your data? How does data privacy factor into this scenario?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Let's talk through some of the challenges that Enterprises will have with AI - from data location to GPU location, to model biases, to data privacy to training vs. execution.SHOW: 748CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Datadog Security Solution: Modern Monitoring and SecurityStart investigating security threats before it affects your customers with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.Find "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBEAWS Insiders is an edgy, entertaining podcast about the services and future of cloud computing at AWS. Listen to AWS Insiders in your favorite podcast player. Cloudfix HomepageSHOW NOTES:An Interview with Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman on the AI Hype Cycle (Stratechery)ARE THERE EXPECTATIONS OF “OLD AI” vs. “NEW AI”?Are business leaders thinking about unique AI applications and use-cases, or just “ChatGPT-everything”?Formal data scientists vs. citizen data scientists?Will this just be an application, or have an impact on every aspect of a business and the IT industry?WILL ENTERPRISE AI BE DIFFERENT THAN CONSUMER AI? The industry is actively working on a broad set of models that can be used for different use-cases. It's commonly accepted that AI models need to be trained near the sources of data. Many businesses are concerned about including their company data into these public modelsMany businesses will want to deploy tuned models and applications in data center, public cloud and edge environments. New AI applications will be required to meet security, regulatory and compliance standards, like other business applications. FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Yaniv Ben Hemo (@yanivbh1, Founder/CEO at @memphis_Dev) talks about Memphis Cloud, an alternative architecture to delivering streaming data for applications.  SHOW: 747CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Reduce the complexities of protecting your workloads and applications in a multi-cloud environment. Panoptica provides comprehensive cloud workload protection integrated with API security to protect the entire application lifecycle.  Learn more about Panoptica at panoptica.appCloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendAWS Insiders is an edgy, entertaining podcast about the services and future of cloud computing at AWS. Listen to AWS Insiders in your favorite podcast player. Cloudfix HomepageSHOW NOTES:Memphis.dev (homepage)Getting Started with Memphis (docs page)Apache Kafka vs. MemphisMemphis on GitHubTopic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background, and what brought you to create Memphis.DevTopic 2 - Let's start at the beginning. Most folks will want to know why a streaming alternative. Isn't Kafka good enough? What challenges did you personally encounter?Topic 3 - In reviewing the architecture, it mentions differences between a broker and a streaming stack. Can you elaborate on what that means? What components are typically needed for a proper data streaming solution?Topic 4 - One of the common issues with Kafka I hear about is operations complexity over time. It isn't uncommon that the more a system scales, the more complex it is to operate and also maybe the harder it is to get insights and mine for key data for instance. Have you seen this in your experience?Topic 5 - Let's talk use cases. How do you envision organizations using Memphis Cloud? What problems are you trying to solve in the market? Is Memphis Cloud a SaaS offering? How would it be implemented in an organization?Topic 6 - The data management side of all of this to always be problematic. Where and how is the data managed? What does the lifecycle of the data look like and what design considerations went into this aspect?Topic 7 - When building large distributed streaming systems, I'm sure there are trade offs and optimizations of features to consider. What are you optimizing for and what are the design tradeoffs developers need to consider?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

As the competitive cloud landscape is shifting, let's take a look at some possibilities of what AWS might look like after they cross the chasm. SHOW: 746CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Find "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBEAWS Insiders is an edgy, entertaining podcast about the services and future of cloud computing at AWS. Listen to AWS Insiders in your favorite podcast player. Cloudfix HomepageDatadog Application Monitoring: Modern Application Performance MonitoringGet started monitoring service dependencies to eliminate latency and errors and enhance your users app experience with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.SHOW NOTES:3 Steps into a 10k race (Episode 428 on Software Defined Talk)There's no AI without the cloud (AWS CEO Adam Selipsky - Decoder podcastWhat comes after Zoom? (Benedict Evans)Looking at Cloud hyperscaler CAPEX spending in Q2 2023 (Charles Fitzgerald)Amazon has over half of all ARM servers (The Register)IF ONLY 10-15% OF APPS ARE IN THE CLOUD, HAVE WE CROSSED THE CHASM?AWS is $85B/yr business, after 17 yearsAWS claims that 10-15% of IT is in the cloudAWS has attracted startups, and mostly competes against legacy IT companiesAWS MOATS AND WHAT MIGHT COME NEXT?Amazon/AWS has always made large CAPEX investmentsAWS claims to have the largest farm of GPUs, and ARM serversOpen source projects are moving to licensing that reduces competition from AWSAWS growth rate has been slowing since Q4 2021Innovation? Application Portfolio? Pricing vs. Profitability?AWS has done limited acquisitions and partners are kept at arms-length (vs. OpenAI / MSFT)AWS seems to be behind in the AI race, although still very early in the market maturityAWS doesn't have a large set of “owned/branded” applicationsWhat does a future AWS look like that is mostly infrastructure? FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Gaetan Castelein (@gaetcast, VP Marketing at @tectonai) talks about the complexities of building AI models, features and deploying AI into production for real-time applications. SHOW: 745CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:AWS Insiders is an edgy, entertaining podcast about the services and future of cloud computing at AWS. Listen to AWS Insiders in your favorite podcast player. Cloudfix HomepageFind "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBEReduce the complexities of protecting your workloads and applications in a multi-cloud environment. Panoptica provides comprehensive cloud workload protection integrated with API security to protect the entire application lifecycle.  Learn more about Panoptica at panoptica.appSHOW NOTES:Tecton (homepage)State of Applied Machine Learning 2023 ReportHello Fresh adopts Tecton - Good article on features and feature storesWhat is real-time machine learning?Feature Platform vs. Feature StoreTopic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your backgroundTopic 2 - Let's start with some terminology. A lot of our listeners might be relatively new to Machine Learning. I'm still coming up to speed and I actually spent more time than usual just wrapping my head around the concepts and terms and piecing them all together. What is a feature? Why is it important? How many features does ChatGPT 3 have or ChatGPT4?Topic 3 - How is a feature different from a model? Both are needed, why?Topic 4 - I've always wondered exactly what a data scientist does. Is this where the term Feature Engineering comes into play? Who turns the data into features and picks the appropriate model? Topic 5 - Early Machine Learning was analytical ML (offline/batch), correct? How is that different from operational ML (online/batch) and real-time ML?Topic 6 - Now that we have all that out of the way. What is a Feature Platform? How does it integrate into an organization's existing Devops workflows and/or CI/CD pipelines? (Features as Code) How is it different from a Feature Store?Topic 7 - How do you know if the features + model yield a good result? How is prediction accuracy typically measured?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

If every company has become a software company, is it still easy to be a profitable software company? Lots of things are changing around the economics of software.SHOW: 744CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Datadog Application Monitoring: Modern Application Performance MonitoringGet started monitoring service dependencies to eliminate latency and errors and enhance your users app experience with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.CloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendSHOW NOTES:Hashicorp adopts Business Source LicenseNew Relic to be acquiredDatadog Consumption TrendsCloud Giants Q2 TrendsHugging Face adds new licensingThe open source licensing war is overBEING A SOFTWARE COMPANY - JUST BUILD A MOATAre we sure every company wants to become a software company?Lots of software licensing changes in the newsMaking money as a software business, at scale, is difficultPEOPLE DON'T LIKE MOATS AROUND THEIR SOFTWAREOpen source is good for collaborationOpen source could be good for marketingSoftware margins attract VCsOpen source mostly hates software marginsWhat happens to all the software companies funded by VCs over the last 3 yrs?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Filip Verloy (@filipv, Field CTO at @NonameSecurity) talks about the latest trends in API security, how you could be a victim of a Moveit attack, and moreSHOW: 743CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Reduce the complexities of protecting your workloads and applications in a multi-cloud environment. Panoptica provides comprehensive cloud workload protection integrated with API security to protect the entire application lifecycle.  Learn more about Panoptica at panoptica.appFind "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBESHOW NOTES:Noname Security (homepage)Moveit attack blogNoname academy - Learn about API securityTopic 1 - Welcome to the show. We've worked together in the past at previous companies, it's great to catch up again. For those out there that don't know you, tell us a little bit about your background, and how you got involved in API security.Topic 2 - We keep hearing about APIs and API security but in a roundabout way. We hear on tech news that data has been leaked, customer accounts and info got out. There have been many high profile, well known instances. What often isn't reported is the way in which the breaches happen. More times than not it is API's and improper security, correct?Topic 3 - What are the most common problems you see in organizations? What problems do folks bring you in to solve? Why isn't a WAF (web application firewall) enough?Topic 4 - Security, no matter the type, can be a tough sell sometimes. It's hard to do an ROI on something that hasn't happened for instance. What are your thoughts on this?Topic 5 - As a followup, who is the audience that has the budget? CISO's don't typically come from a developer background, true?Topic 6 - What are the typical steps on a journey towards securing APIs. Where do most folks start (assuming nothing, maybe a WAF at best) and how far does it go. Identification, automated remediation, etc.Topic 7 - It seems every industry is being impacted in some way by AI/ML. How do you see this playing a role in the future of API security?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Does it ever feel like all the technologies are just things layered on top of each other? Does it ever feel like platforms are a combination of Pizza Hut and Taco Bell? SHOW: 742CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:GCore - Global Hosting, CDN, Edge and Cloud ServicesUse promocode “CLOUDCAST” to receive a €100 credit on Gcore servicesCloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendDatadog Application Monitoring: Modern Application Performance MonitoringGet started monitoring service dependencies to eliminate latency and errors and enhance your users app experience with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.SHOW NOTES:The Combination Pizza Hut and Taco BellTaco Town2023 ACC PreviewWHEN EVERYTHING IS A PLATFORM, FOR PLATFORM ENGINEERING TEAMSIs everything really now on the shoulders of the Platform Engineering team?Are all platform engineering teams all combined together?BE CAREFUL ABOUT CREATING THINGS WITH NO MEANING“It still stands as the best summary of the state of living we call Now imaginable. No business or brand means anything, no meaning cannot be bundled for the purpose of the sales team, nothing is too special that it can't be balled up into a late night chaos meal thrown straight into the mouth of drunken capitalism.” - Holly Anderson and Spencer Hall, Channel 6FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Dave Vellante (@dvellante, Cofounder & Co-CEO SiliconANGLE Media, co-host of @theCUBE) gives an update on the status of SuperClouds and talks about the recent SuperCloud 3 event. SHOW: 741CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:GCore - Global Hosting, CDN, Edge and Cloud ServicesUse promocode “CLOUDCAST” to receive a €100 credit on Gcore servicesFind "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBEReduce the complexities of protecting your workloads and applications in a multi-cloud environment. Panoptica provides comprehensive cloud workload protection integrated with API security to protect the entire application lifecycle.  Learn more about Panoptica at panoptica.appSHOW NOTES:2022 Look Ahead to SuperClouds (Cloudcast Eps.586)SuperCloud 3 (event)SuperCloud 2 (event)The Rise of SuperCloud (2021)theCUBE (homepage)Topic 1 - Welcome back to the show. You cover everything, but where are your main focuses these days?Topic 2 - For anyone that's new to Cloudcast, or new to this concept of SuperCloud (which has evolved over time), give us the high-level overview of the concept.Topic 3 - Let's dive right into SuperCloud, since you just finished the SuperCloud 3 event. What were the big trends within the event?Topic 4 - The new focus on AI seems to have shown a new light on the location of data, and how well isolated data (and models) are from other companies. How do you see the concept of SuperCloud playing with new AI demands around data locality? Topic 5 - It seems like nobody is going to be able to afford the CAPEX required to do AI (GPUs) at scale except the big three hyperclouds. They are all going through various levels of economic challenges. Do you expect to see infrastructure becoming an AI bottleneck soon? Topic 6 - Are you seeing any companies or technologies breaking away from the pack with regard to the SuperCloud capabilities? Topic 7 - Where are you focusing on the next SuperCloud event and research? FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

What does the future of the software business look like? How much of an impact will SaaS and AI have on the profitability of software? SHOW: 740CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Panoptica - Accelerate Your Cloud SecuritySign-up for a Free Trial of PanopticaSHOW NOTES:Are Software Companies Bad Business? - Clouded Judgment Aggregation Theory - StratecherySOME VCs ARE QUESTIONING IF SOFTWARE IS A GOOD BUSINESSVCs are concerned about the rate of return (and cash-flow) or software.Is the future of open source software always SaaS offerings? Have we seen enough success with that model to say it's a viable future business model?WHAT ARE THE EVOLVING DYNAMICS OF THE SOFTWARE BUSINESS?Is SaaS too fragmented, or will aggregated platforms emerge?How much will AI add to the costs (or COGS) of software? If software (especially SaaS) is bought by end-users or teams, will they appreciate AI automation vs. concern about jobs?How does the pricing of SaaS evolve? Is it still per-seat, if AI can reduce the number of seats?Are there channels for PLG software? If every company is a software company, is software becoming a commodity?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Dr. Ronen Dar (Co-Founder/ CTO of @runailabs) talks about the challenges of running compute infrastructure for AI, the GPU ecosystem, sizing LLMs and more. SHOW: 739CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:GCore - Global Hosting, CDN, Edge and Cloud ServicesUse promocode “CLOUDCAST” to receive a €100 credit on Gcore servicesEquinix Global Data Centers and Networking Learn more and signup at https://deploy.equinix.com/. Use the coupon code CLOUDCAST to get $500 in credits to get started.Datadog Kubernetes Solution: Maximum Visibility into Container EnvironmentsStart monitoring the health and performance of your container environment with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.SHOW NOTES:Run:ai - Build Your Next Large Model (homepage)Ronen Dar, Run:AI's CTO, on managing computation resources in ML pipelinesTopic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background, and what you focus on at Run:ai.Topic 2 - Let's begin by talking about the challenges of running AI applications. What unique characteristics and requirements do AI applications have?Topic 3 - Most AI applications run on GPUs. How do things change when using GPUs vs. CPUs to power AI applications? What is needed to get the most out of GPUs?Topic 4 - As environments grow larger, what is needed to scale-up environments, both in terms of scheduling applications and managing the underlying GPU infrastructure?Topic 5 - GPUs are not only expensive resources, but also in high-demand. How are companies doing capacity planning with GPUs? What struggles are you seeing companies have as they manage planning for AI projects?Topic 6 - Are the new Large Language Models (LLMs) much different in size than AI models of the past? Topic 7 - How well is the industry prepared to deal with the new interest in AI from across the industry? FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Some recent events in the tech industry have questioned the spirit of open source, the value of contributions, and the standards that various entities should be held to. This is not a new concept, and it's often complicated.SHOW: 738CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:GCore - Global Hosting, CDN, Edge and Cloud ServicesUse promocode “CLOUDCAST” to receive a €100 credit on Gcore servicesEquinix Global Data Centers and Networking Learn more and signup at https://deploy.equinix.com/. Use the coupon code CLOUDCAST to get $500 in credits to get started.Find "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBESHOW NOTES:Meta's LLAMA-2 is not Open Source (OSI opinion)LLAMA-2 doesn't fit the definition of open source (Twitter)Are Software Companies Bad Businesses? (Clouded Judgment)John Rockefeller Jr. and Grand Teton National ParkGrand Tetons National Park (Wyoming, USA)History of Standard Oil, Trusts and MonopoliesTHE TECH WORLD HAS A STRANGE RELATIONSHIP WITH FREEThis past week I didn't think about tech very oftenBut coincidentally the world I was in had a historic overlap with some discussions in the tech world.FREE IS GOOD RIGHT? WHAT ABOUT WHEN IT'S DEEMED TO BE NOT GOOD?When do we determine that free is a good thing or a bad thing?When do we determine that work or contributions are valuable? Or invaluable?Are there always good actors and bad actors when something of value is involved?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Addison Huddy (@addisonhuddy, Sr Dir of PM @Confluentinc) talks about the evolution of cloud-based Kafka platforms, and how this might reshape how all OSS software moves into the cloud.SHOW: 737CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Equinix Global Data Centers and Networking Learn more and signup at https://deploy.equinix.com/. Use the coupon code CLOUDCAST to get $500 in credits to get started.Datadog Security Solution: Modern Monitoring and SecurityStart investigating security threats before it affects your customers with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.GCore - Global Hosting, CDN, Edge and Cloud ServicesUse promocode “CLOUDCAST” to receive a €100 credit on Gcore servicesSHOW NOTES:Cloud-native Service for Apache Kafka (Confluent) Apache Kafka - Open Source Event Streaming PlatformKora: The Cloud-Native Engine for Apache KafkaKora Engine - 10x Better than Apache KafkaTopic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background, and what you focus on at Confluent.Topic 2 - Let's start with Confluent Cloud. What happens when you take an open source project and make it a cloud service?Topic 3 - After many years of learning, Confluent decided to build Kora. Walk us through that design process and the goals of this new 10x Kafka-compatible service. Topic 4 - As I'm looking through the capabilities of Kora (see below), can you give us a sense of how these compare to the previous Confluent Cloud?Topic 5 - Kora remains compatible with existing Kafka. How did you go about essentially maintaining the API/protocol while essentially re-writing the entire backend of the system?Topic 6 - Obviously you can't speak for other open source projects, but given what Confluent has learned with Kora, do expect to see other companies potentially trying to build cloud-specific versions? (e.g. Kubernetes)Topic 7 - What sort of feedback do you get from users of the Kora system vs. the previous Confluent Cloud?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Higher interest rates, fragmented platforms, WFH uncertainty, VC funding declines, generational blending and technology shifts are going to force a new level of quality to be demanded by businesses. SHOW: 736CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Find "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBEGCore - Global Hosting, CDN, Edge and Cloud ServicesUse promocode “CLOUDCAST” to receive a €100 credit on Gcore servicesEquinix Global Data Centers and Networking Learn more and signup at https://deploy.equinix.com/. Use the coupon code CLOUDCAST to get $500 in credits to get started.SHOW NOTES:A few charts about Q2 VC funding (Josh Wolfe)“THAT'S A ZERO INTEREST RATE PROBLEM, BRO!”The power dynamics have changed and continue to change (money, location, communications, etc.)Dumb money is getting harder to find, hence ideas need to be better and execution needs to be betterEXPECTATIONS OF HIGHER QUALITY ARE GOING TO RISE SIGNIFICANTLYThe unicorn boom of 2020-2022 will face a reckoning by the end of 2023 or mid-2024VC funding is getting harder to obtain Higher interest rates are going to create higher (internal) hurdle rates within companiesSocial media channels are fragmentingWorking collaboratively is getting more difficult because of both WFH fragmentation and generational fragmentationCollaboration will be needed to teach what is expected and acceptableAI is going to create a new level of “commodity” of tasks and product capabilitiesCustomers are going to have new pricing power as they watch vendor sales slow downFEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Jonathan Morin (Product Lead @datadoghq) & Jason Manson-Hing (Product Manager) talk about emerging trends in Database monitoring and observability. SHOW: 735CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Datadog Monitoring: Modern Monitoring and AnalyticsStart monitoring your infrastructure, applications, logs and security in one place with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.GCore - Global Hosting, CDN, Edge and Cloud ServicesUse promocode “CLOUDCAST” to receive a €100 credit on Gcore servicesEquinix Global Data Centers and Networking Learn more and signup at https://deploy.equinix.com/. Use the coupon code CLOUDCAST to get $500 in credits to get started.SHOW NOTES:Troubleshoot blocking queries with Datadog DBMDatadog DBMAlwaysOn availability groups with Datadog DBMAlso, recently, Datadog announced a feature availability for DBM, the ability to create monitors and alerts on data surfaced from Datadog DBM. Here's a doc written by the engineers of Datadog on the feature announcement. Try Datadog Database Monitoring with a free trial to begin tracking and analyzing query metrics from your database fleet.  Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background, and what you focus on at Snowflake.Topic 2 - Let's talk about database monitoring. There are so many types of databases these days (SQL, Graph, Time-Series, Document, etc.), are the concepts for database monitoring the same across any database, or does the system need specific domain expertise? Topic 3 - Given the importance of database performance for the overall application experience, do you find that DBAs (or application developers) are thinking about their monitoring strategy earlier in the DB design process? Topic 4 - What are some of the most common database challenges to monitor and troubleshoot (e.g. root problems, performance)? What are some of the most difficult to troubleshoot (e.g. AlwaysOn Availability groups)? Topic 5 - How much time and effort is typically spent monitoring/troubleshooting DB problems in real-time vs. looking at historical trends and trying to either troubleshoot issues or predict how things might behave in the future? Topic 6 - What are some of the things that can be done to find the right balance between resources being dedicated to application-database processing vs. database-monitoring processing? FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Just as ChatGPT gave AI a simple user interface, Meta's new Thread application is going to make it easy to explain app modernization to your management team. SHOW: 734CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:GCore - Global Hosting, CDN, Edge and Cloud ServicesUse promocode “CLOUDCAST” to receive a €100 credit on Gcore servicesEquinix Global Data Centers and Networking Learn more and signup at https://deploy.equinix.com/. Use the coupon code CLOUDCAST to get $500 in credits to get started.Find "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBESHOW NOTES:Meta launches Twitter-clone called “Threads”IT'S GETTING OBVIOUS THAT TWITTER IS STRUGGLING AND YOU'D LIKE SOMETHING BETTERIt's an important tool, but it's not keeping up with the needs of the modern worldThe alternatives all seems to have more questions than answersBut the pain is enough to consider modernization optionsBUT WHAT ALL IS INVOLVED IN MOVING TO A MODERNIZED VERSION OF THE APP?Let's evaluate what's there today. Do we see the good or what's missing?What can it replace today? What can't it replace? What's the roadmap? Will the roadmap ever replace all that's missing? What's important to us? Can we quantify it instead of just making it emotional?How long do we need to live with the alternative, potentially in parallel?What's the learning curve? Can you re-training the user-base?How do you migrate data? How much data will you lose? How do you know if this will be successful when you start the modernization?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Brian and Brandon Whichard (@bwhichard, Co-Host @SoftwareDefTalk) talk about the major trends in the 1st half of 2023, plus some predictions for the rest of 2023.SHOW: 733CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Datadog Synthetic Monitoring: Frontend and Backend Modern MonitoringEnsure frontend issues don't impair user experience by detecting user-facing issues with API and browser tests with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt. GCore - Global Hosting, CDN, Edge and Cloud ServicesUse promocode “CLOUDCAST” to receive a €100 credit on Gcore servicesCloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendSHOW NOTES:Topic 1 - What are your Top 3 biggest stories/trends so far in 2023?Topic 2 - What is your take on each of the Big 3 cloud providers in 2023?Topic 3 - How long do you think this Platform Engineering era will last? Is it the new DevOps, or something else?Topic 4 - Will this Cloud Cost Management trend just become a normal part of deploying to the public cloud, or become too burdensome and companies will keep apps in their Private Cloud?Topic 5 - How do you see the current AI hype playing out in the Enterprise? Is it more impactful for developers, or operations, or back-office groups? Anything that you are really interested in yet?Topic 6 - What has been your biggest surprise of the year, so far in 2023Topic 7 - Any early predictions about the 2nd half of 2023? FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Kelsey Hightower (@kelseyhightower) announced his retirement from Google this week. What comes next is unknown, but let's take a few moments to appreciate the lessons he passed along to everyone.SHOW: 732CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:GCore - Global Hosting, CDN, Edge and Cloud ServicesUse promocode “CLOUDCAST” to receive a €100 credit on Gcore servicesCloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendFind "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBESHOW NOTES:Kubernetes the Hard Way KubeCon 2023 AMA - From Community to CustomersTHE WORLD IS FULL OF SMART PEOPLE - BUT NOT ALL SMART IDEAS GET COMMUNICATEDLots of people in the DevRel world want(ed) to be like Kelsey HightowerHe was a little bit like Keiser Sozer; he left a small footprint behind.HOW DID KELSEY HIGHTOWER MAKE AN IMPACT ON YOUR TECH CAREER?He spoke from a position of authority, that he created and demonstratedHe believed that community was bigger (and more important) than companyHe seemed to believe in the rule of “2 vs 1” - listen more than talkHe didn't take himself too seriouslyHe connected with crowds of people, and individual peopleHe highlighted the good more often than he criticized the badHe was always demonstrating the art of the possibleFEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Jeff Hollan (@jeffhollan, Director of Product @SnowflakeDB) talks about bringing apps to data, how orgs manage AI/ML, and the “enterprise” needs of Generative AI. SHOW: 731CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Datadog Kubernetes Solution: Maximum Visibility into Container EnvironmentsStart monitoring the health and performance of your container environment with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.Equinix Global Data Centers and Networking Learn more and signup at https://deploy.equinix.com/. Use the coupon code CLOUDCAST to get $500 in credits to get started.SHOW NOTES:Snowflake (homepage)Snowflake Summit 2023Snowflake SnowparkNVIDIA NeMo Framework (build customized generative AI models)Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background, and what you focus on at Snowflake.Topic 2 - For those not familiar, give us a high-level overview of the breadth of services that the Snowflake Data Cloud provides?Topic 3 - Challenges and patterns for orgs making data science / ML “real” in their companyTopic 4 - Evolution of data cloud platforms and emerging pattern of “bringing apps to the data” - the why and the howTopic 5 - Generative AI / LLMs for enterprise - peeling back the hype, enterprise considerations, tech opportunities.FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

For most people, you're not always associated with a winning team.  But for those moments when you are, it's so important to embrace it, enjoy it, and share it, because it often doesn't last long. SHOW: 730CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:CloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendFind "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBESHOW NOTES:“The Man in the Arena” - Theordore Roosevelt, 1910 (speech)Perspective on Competition in Tech - Cloudcast #632 SOME PASSIONS GET INSIDE YOU AT A YOUNG AGEWhen I was a young kid, I loved the College World Series. SOMETIMES YOU WIN, SOMETIMES YOU LOSE, SOMETIMES YOU EXPERIENCE SOMETHING NEWMy team has historically been slightly better than average, but it was my team. This year, they were incredible. Record-setting. The best in the country.And the players all seemed to be good people. And the coaches are good people. And the coach made sure to bring all of us along on the ride. Most people are associated with teams that are generally above average.We need to savor the great moments, no matter how long they last, because sometimes they end quickly. Bring others along for the ride when things are good. FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Adam Jacob (@adamhjk, Founder/CEO of @thesysteminit)  talks about the potential for DevOps 2.0. What's new, what needs to be started from scratch, and the formation of new ecosystems.SHOW: 729CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Equinix Global Data Centers and Networking Learn more and signup at https://deploy.equinix.com/. Use the coupon code CLOUDCAST to get $500 in credits to get started.Datadog Security Solution: Modern Monitoring and SecurityStart investigating security threats before it affects your customers with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.SHOW NOTES:System Initiative (homepage)System Initiative (demo)Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Give everyone a quick background.Topic 2 - Before we dive into the announcements from today, let's go back in time a little bit. What worked well at Chef, what worked well with DevOps 1.0, and what was broken?Topic 3 - Let's talk about your philosophy with DevOps 2.0. What's new, what needs to be started from scratch, and how do you see the ecosystem potentially forming around this new model?Topic 4 - Walk us through the new system. Obviously demos and visuals will be available, but paint us a picture or a day (or week/month) with this new model?Topic 5 - You've been working on this for a few years, and we suspect you're getting feedback from people you trust and potential users. What sort of feedback are you hearing? What didn't you expect to hear?Topic 6 - What's the best way for people to get started?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Developers don't want to be told “NO” by the Security team. They also don't want to be responsible for security. Is Shift Left the right or wrong answer?SHOW: 728CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Find "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBECloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendSHOW NOTES:Speed vs Security - Protecting CloudNative EnvironmentsCloud-native Security and Compliance (VMware Tanzu Talk)THANK YOU TO ALL THE DADS OUT THERE ON FATHER'S DAYHappy Father's Day!WHAT'S THE RIGHT ANSWER TO DEVELOPERS AND SECURITY?Every IT survey places Security in the Top 3 priorities, year after yearWho is actually able to measure the value of good vs bad security?The independent IT group called Security is frequently dislikedDevSecOps, Shift-Left and Secure Supply Chain has been invented to fix thisDevelopers generally don't want to think about security, because it impacts their productivity and measured KPIsIs this a platform problem, or CI/CD problem, or compliance/standards problem?Will the challenge of security force more groups/companies to move away from microservices in the future? FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Randall Degges (@rdegges, Head DevRel & Community @snyksec) talks about best practices of how to integrate security into application development environments.  SHOW: 727CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Datadog Monitoring: Modern Monitoring and AnalyticsStart monitoring your infrastructure, applications, logs and security in one place with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.Equinix Global Data Centers and Networking Learn more and signup at https://deploy.equinix.com/. Use the coupon code CLOUDCAST to get $500 in credits to get started. SHOW NOTES:Snyk homepageSnyk Open SourceTopic 1 - Welcome to the show. Give everyone a quick background.Topic 2 - The intersection of development and security has become a hot topic in recent years. How did the issues start and what are the most common vulnerabilities or issues you run into?Topic 3 - Security can really exist anywhere and we constantly hear about shifting left. When we are talking about developers and security, where in the process and pipelines should people, process and tools get involved?Topic 4 - I know API security has become quite well known and is a common area, what are other areas developers need to consider? With the rise of AI, how does this impact?Topic 5 - There is a big difference between discovery and remediation. How should developers address this?Topic 6 - What is the difference between Snyk Open Source and the company?Topic 7 - How do you convince both security and development teams to adopt a common platform? Is this a challenge and how do you overcome issues? FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

'Software companies taste like chicken,' says private-equity mogul. 'They're selling different products, but 80% of what they do is pretty much the same'SHOW: 726CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Equinix Global Data Centers and Networking Learn more and signup at https://deploy.equinix.com/. Use the coupon code CLOUDCAST to get $500 in credits to get started. Find "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBESHOW NOTES:VCs comment on how 80% of software is all the same (WSJ)218 Booths at Kubecon AnalyzedTHE MARKET USUALLY ONLY SUPPORTS THREE OPTIONSWalking around KubeCon,nearly every segment had 6-10 companies offering solutionsMarkets can't sustain more 3 in any category (Market Leader, Market Follower, Cheaper Option)The Market can't understand the differentiation of the 6-10 company market; 80% of the functionality is the same.We're coming out of Unicornpalozza (2019-2022)OPEN SOURCE AND SAAS HAVE HOLLOWED OUT THE MIDDLE OF SOFTWAREOpen source typically highlights the creator, largest contributor to a projectBeyond that, open source is “integration” companies, or “lifecycle” companiesLarge companies (or platforms) can buy up the “feature” companies to fill in their gapsCompanies in the middle have to build sales and marketing around mostly undifferentiated messaging or products.SaaS allows companies to leverage product-led-growth, and micro-target to specific use-cases. The successful middle (mid-sized, decent growth) will get picked off by PEThe unsuccessful middle (great tech, bad execution) may get picked off by large vendorsThe unsuccessful middle (average tech, bad execution) will go underFEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Jon Toor (CMO @CloudianStorage) talks about the history and evolution of object storage, the rise of enterprise class object storage, and the changing economics of cloud storage.SHOW: 725CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:CloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendDatadog Application Monitoring: Modern Application Performance MonitoringGet started monitoring service dependencies to eliminate latency and errors and enhance your users app experience with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.SHOW NOTES:Cloudian websiteTopic 1 - Welcome to the show Jon. Tell us a little bit about your background. Your career and Cloudian parallel in many ways.Topic 2 - Cloudian has been around since before object storage was cool. We first heard about Cloudian back in the OpenStack and early AWS S3 days. Object storage has come a long way. Can you help everyone frame where we were and where we are today?Topic 3 - We've seen the rise of Enterprise class, S3 compatible object storage for use cases like hybrid cloud, data sovereignty, and more recently analytics such as data lakehouses. Where are you seeing implementations these days as we've moved beyond basic, simple storage behind cloud backends.  Topic 4 - With the recent changes to the world economy, how much does economics come into conversations around the design of solutions. There's often a healthy tension between what is technically possible and what is economically feasible. How does that design conversation play out lately?Topic 5 - We used to talk about “Data Gravity” all the time. The concept for those unfamiliar is that data has a certain weight and attracts more data to existing sources and becomes hard to move over time. We haven't talked about it as much in recent years and we are seeing the rise of hybrid and multicloud solutions but folks often don't think about access to the data. Where are folks building large data sets? What are they using them for? Are they ever moving them?Topic 6 - Last question, Cloudian is well known for their partnerships, alliances and solutions. You partner with hardware companies, software companies, backup companies, public clouds, etc. It's quite a mix. Has this been a factor in Cloudian's longevity and tell everyone a little bit about how this came to be and how important you see this for the future. FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

They get requested all the time; a technology ROI model. But how do you build one, what does it tell you, and how are they relevant for technology purchases? SHOW: 724CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Find "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBE​​CloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendSHOW NOTES:How to Calculate ROI to Justify a Project (HBR)Guide to Calculating ROIInvesting in New Business Tech: How to Calculate ROI WHY ARE MANAGERS ALWAYS ASKING FOR THE ROI?Businesses, and IT groups, always have more projects than they have budgetHow do they prioritize which projects to work on? Which ones to ignore?People higher up don't understand tech, but they understand finance.WHY ISN'T ROI EASIER TO CALCULATE? AND DOES ANYONE CARE LATER ON?ROI could be about making money, saving money, or reducing risk.ROI Basics: Revenues, Costs, TimeTech ROI is mostly a scoping activity - what are we including in the calculation?Tech ROI could be short-term or long-term.Finance Stuff: CAPEX, OPEX, Depreciation, Time-Value-of-Money, IRR, Hurdle RateGood ROI vs. Bad ROI?  Basics: Build a “Before and After” ModelStuff included in ROI calculations: Expected Revenues, Expected Costs (all of them: technology, people, changes, etc.), Cost Savings/Eliminations, Productivity Improvements, Experience Improvements (Assumptions, Storytelling) What if the decision-makers aren't around when the ROI timeline ends?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Bridget Kromhout (@bridgetkromhout, Principal PM @Azure) & Ralph Squillace (@ralph_squillace, Principal PM @Azure) talk about DevOps, Public Cloud involvement with OSS communities, CNCF, WASM and OSS Communities. SHOW: 724CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Datadog Synthetic Monitoring: Frontend and Backend Modern MonitoringEnsure frontend issues don't impair user experience by detecting user-facing issues with API and browser tests with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt. CloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendSHOW NOTES:Open Source on AzureArrested DevOps PodcastDevOps DaysWeb Assembly, Docker, Containerd, and Kubernetes (YouTube)Microsoft Open SourceRevive WG-LTS · Issue #7259 · kubernetes/community · GitHubKubernetes 1.23: Dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 Networking Reaches GA  Develop serverless WebAssembly apps with Spin | Fermyon • Experience the next wave of cloud computing. GitHub - jpetazzo/container.training: Slides and code samples for training, tutorials, and workshops about Docker, containers, and Kubernetes.xkcd: Dependency Topic 1 - Bridget, welcome back! It's been over 7 years since you were last on the show! Ralph, welcome to the show! Topic 2 - Bridget, let's talk about your journey. You were involved with Arrested DevOps Podcast & DevOps Days.  Your career has changed a bit from the Developer Advocate path into the PM side. Tell us a little bit about that.Topic 3 -  For those that aren't familiar, tell everyone about OSS @ Azure. How does Azure work with the Linux Foundation and the CNCF?Topic 4 - Ralph, let's talk about Web Assembly a bit. How did you get involved? How does Web Assembly fit into the bigger Azure architecture? How does it compare to Azure Functions?Topic 5 - We last talked about WASM probably in the summer last year. Momentum appears to have picked up dramatically judging by interest at recent KubeCon events. From your perspective, how has the space evolved and changed in the last 12 months?Topic 6 - How is Web Assembly different from the past promises of PaaS? What are some of the unique capabilities and use-cases that have evolved?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

As AI begins to go mainstream in IT, we're now at the stage where projects will either be AI-enabled or not, creating the new Bi-Modal IT for the 2020s.  SHOW: 722CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Find "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBESHOW NOTES:Why Digital Business needs BiModal IT (Gartner 2015)Slack getting an AI ChatbotNVIDIA shares spike on demand for AI chipsAI announcements from Microsoft Build 2023Windows and the AI Platform ShiftGoogle I/O and the coming AI BattlesRed Hat extends OpenShift for the Generative AI eraStackOverflow usage is down since ChatGPT launchEVERY VENDOR NOW HAS A PATH TO AI-INTEGRATED CAPABILITIESWhen cloud emerged in 2010s, IT projects became Bi-Modal (technology & people)Projects become classified as fast vs slow, old vs newGroups  become classified as fast vs slow, old vs newWILL AI-ENABLED CAPABILITIES CHANGE HOW AI PROJECTS ARE MEASURED?Expect AI to be asked about for every IT project, by leadershipExpect to see AI being pushed into every IT projectEvery vendor is going to highlight the AI integrations in their productsStart learning how the economics change if IT is potentially part of a projectExpect people-reduction to be a real consideration with AI projectsFEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Luca Galante (@luca_cloud, Product @humanitec_com & PlatformCon Organizer) talks about the latest trends in Platform Engineering, what to expect at PlatformCon 2023, and how to get engaged and join the community.SHOW: 721CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:CloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendDatadog Kubernetes Solution: Maximum Visibility into Container EnvironmentsStart monitoring the health and performance of your container environment with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.SHOW NOTES:PlatformCon homepagePlatformEngineering homepageTopic 1 - Welcome to the show. Luca, how did you get involved with Platform Engineering and how did PlatformCon come into being? Topic 2 - Platform Engineering is having its moment. There is a lot being written about Platform Engineering and a lot of customers, companies and vendors are all jumping on board. As someone who was there at the beginning, why do you think this happened? What was the need filled and the main problem solved?Topic 3 - We often hear about IDP's (Internal Developer Platforms) associated with Platform Engineering, often as the “product” or outcome. What are your thoughts on this?Topic 4 - Every “hype cycle” eventually hits the dreaded trough of disillusionment. Momentum moves from excitement (Backstage as an example) into the “getting things done” stage and often complexity gets in the way. Do you see that happening here and how should the community address this?Topic 5 - Let's talk about PlatformCon. What is it and what should folks expect? Was 2022 the first year? How did it go? Any lessons learned you are bringing to 2023? Topic 6 - You're also heavily involved with the Platform Engineering Slack Community. I think you recently passed over 12k members if I remember correctly. How did that get started and what do you think contributed to such growth in such a short amount of time?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Are some of the flaws of the Cloud-native ecosystem and architectures starting to get exposed? Or is this just the natural evolution of new technologies?SHOW: 720CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Find "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBECloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendSHOW NOTES:Good article from Adrian Cockroft on the Prime Video take on Serverless vs. MonolithsAWS grows 16% as margins narrowHere Comes the Anti-Cloud Crowd (The Cloudcast Feb 2023)THE CLOUD-NATIVE MOVEMENT WAS BUILD ON A FEW PRINCIPLESPublic Cloud would be the dominant place to run appsPublic Cloud would be cheaper to build/operate than DIY or on-premisesJust use open source softwareBuild new applications with microservicesMulti-cloud is not a real thing anyone will doIT'S VERY RARE THAT ANY NEW TECHNOLOGY REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TECHNOLOGYCNCF / KubeConEU just had 10,000 people in attendanceWe're seeing backlash against some of the modern technologies as “one-size fits-all”.We're seeing cloud-cost-optimization becoming a focus areaWe saw layoffs, and we continue to see companies not invest in internal skillsOne story doesn't make a trends (but it is easy to repeat)From lulls and economic downturns have historically come great technology advancesCompanies value experience and expertiseFEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Sam Clark (Technical Account Manager, @doitint) and Miguel Mendao (CTO @Recognyte) talk about managing the cloud costs of AI services, FinOps implementations, and spinning out new business services. SHOW: 719CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Find "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBEDatadog Security Solution: Modern Monitoring and SecurityStart investigating security threats before it affects your customers with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.SHOW NOTES:DoIT (homepage)DoIT Flexsave (dynamic cost management)Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your backgrounds, Topic 2 - We've spoken several times on the show about tools to control cloud cost management, but we don't spend much time talking about the process of how companies decide it's time to make it a focus area. Let's talk about what thresholds tend to trigger customers to make cost management a focus area. Topic 3 -  Is cost management something that companies can think about ahead of time, or do they usually need to get past the excitement of being able to do things dynamically in the cloud first? Topic 4 - Do you find that there are unique things in different clouds that customers should focus on around cost management? For example, you spend a lot of time with Google Cloud. Topic 5 - Can you tell us some more about DoIT Flexsave, and maybe how it differs from some of the other types of cloud cost management tools out there? Are there typical savings that companies might expect to see? Topic 6 - What are some of the best practices that DoIT uses with customers that are at different stages of cloud cost management, and want to get their bill under control?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Can we take the lessons we learned from our mothers (on Mothers Day), and apply some of those lessons and apply them to the known challenges of generative AI?   SHOW: 718CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Find "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBESHOW NOTES:Rise of AI also Raises Demand for Creative SkillsAn Early Look at the Impact on the Labor Market for LLMsCreativity is in more demand than ever DON'T FORGET TO CALL YOUR MOTHER, OR SUPPORT YOUR MOTHERHow did your mother support or encourage you?What lessons from your mother do you carry forward to this day?How often do you keep in touch with your mother?EMBRACE CREATIVITY, AND DON'T BE AFRAID TO PARTNER WITH AN EXPERIENCEDKnowing if output from tools like ChatGPT are correct will often require domain expertise (at broad levels and nuanced levels). How to get that experience? How will you do onboarding to new roles, with new hires without domain experience? Thoughtful adults realize that they often don't understand new trends, and will ask younger people to explain it. They embrace the unknown if it can be explained.FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Jason Edelman (@jedelman8, Founder/CTO @networktocode) talks about the challenges of managing complex networks in a world of DevOps and automation.SHOW: 717CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Datadog Monitoring: Modern Monitoring and AnalyticsStart monitoring your infrastructure, applications, logs and security in one place with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.CloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendSHOW NOTES:Network to Code (homepage)Nautobot (homepage)The Cloudcast Eps.114 - Evolving to SDN DevOpsThe Cloudcast Eps.150 - Evolving from Plumbers to CodersTopic 1 - Welcome back to the show Jason. Tell us a little bit about your journey with Network to Code, and your focus these days.Topic 2 - Let's talk about network automation and how it's evolved over the years. Give a sense of the scope of complexity that companies are facing these days. Topic 3 - How has the concept of a CMDB for the network, or Network Source of Truth emerged to provide a more centralized view of all aspects of the network? Topic 4 - How does the Nautobot framework work? What type of team or skill sets typically build and maintain it? Topic 5 - What are some of the typical problems that Nautobot is able to solve for companies? Topic 6 - How does Network to Code engage with companies to get their Nautobot environments running? FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

AI is at the center of many tech conversations these days. How will it potentially impact the Cloud-native ecosystem now, and into the future?  SHOW: 716CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Upland Software: Modern, secure fax solutions for businesses of all sizes.Digital transformation that safeguards sensitive information. Upland Software's got the goods.Find "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBESHOW NOTES:Discussing AI in the Cloud-native Ecosystem (theCUBE at KubeConEU 2023)What's New - OPAL Co-Pilot Powered by GPT (from Observ)Honeycomb Query Assistant (Honeycomb)Using ChatGPT to document your software project (Aista)Tech Assistant for Writing Code (StarCoder)HOW WILL AI PLAY A ROLE IN CLOUD-NATIVE IT AND DEVELOPMENT?Who will build models?Where will the data/model be located?Does the vendor vs. open source dynamic change when data models are involved? What risks need to be mitigated?THERE'S SOMETHING FOR (MOSTLY EVERYBODY). EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT ON THE SHOW.Writing documentationConfiguration generationConfiguration Best-Practices - Interactions with Docs | Consulting SystemsInteractive Support - Bots, ChatOps, etcAIOps - Self-correcting, self-adjusting systemsChaos EngineeringLog Interpretation and RemediationWriting Code | Pair Programming  FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Leonard Pahlke (@LeonardPahlke, CNCF Ambassador & K8s 1.26 Release Team Lead) talks about the behind the scenes activities of releasing a major open source project.  SHOW: 715CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:CloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendDatadog Application Monitoring: Modern Application Performance MonitoringGet started monitoring service dependencies to eliminate latency and errors and enhance your users app experience with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirtSHOW NOTES:Start Contributing to Open Source Projects (blog)Finding Your Way Into Cloud Native (blog)Topic 1 - Welcome to the show Leonard, this is another in a series on getting involved with the community. How did you get started with the CNCF and Kubernetes?Topic 2 - What made you get started with the Open Source Software & the CNCF? If you had to recommend a path for someone to get started, would you advise them to follow the same path or a different path?Topic 3 - It appears you started through the shadow program in Kubernetes 1.23 and worked your way up to Release Team Lead for 1.26. Tell everyone a little bit about the program and your experience. Are you going to do it again?Topic 4 - I would imagine getting a new version of a  large project like Kubernetes out the door is a lot of work and coordination of a lot of people. How did you handle that?Topic 5 - Not all CNCF projects are as big as Kubernetes. How are the release cycles on smaller projects handled? Less Governance, Less Community Involvement, etc.Topic 6 - You are the Co-Chair CNCF TAG Environmental Sustainability, tell everyone a little about that and your goals and motivations there.FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Steve Buchanan (@buchatech, Principal PM @Azure,  Author @Pluralsight) talks about his journey in Kubernetes community, building a personal brand through education and sharing, content creation and maintaining a healthy work life balanceSHOW: 714CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Datadog Synthetic Monitoring: Frontend and Backend Modern MonitoringEnsure frontend issues don't impair user experience by detecting user-facing issues with API and browser tests with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt. CloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendSHOW NOTES:Buchatech.com (Steve's site)Steve on PluralsightTopic 1 - Today we are going to be talking about careers and Kubernetes. Steve, welcome to the show! You have a super fascinating career journey, can you give everyone a quick introduction?Topic 2 - I heard you over on the Kubernetes Unpacked podcast. First off, it's hard to keep up with everything you are doing in the community these days. What is your current focus and passion? Have you reached 20 courses on Pluralsight yet?!Topic 3 - How do you balance the day job (Program Manager for AKS) and the nights and weekends (PluralSight courses, blogging, podcasts, etc.)? Besides learning and sharing, what benefits are you seeing with this approach?Topic 4 - I believe your journey parallels our journey here. We started the podcast to learn and give back to the community. Prior to the podcast, blogging was the big thing (we are completely aging ourselves I know) but I think it is safe to say blogging isn't a primary source today. How would you recommend folks new to the industry get started sharing their journey? Where is the most “bang for your buck” these days?   Topic 5 - Let's talk about Kubernetes and specifically AKS, what are customers finding new and interesting? What are the leading solutions and integrations you see combined with AKS? How do you create a “stack” in AKS (GitHub Actions, Azure Container Registry, etc.)FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnetWhat Unites UsWelcome to “What Unites Us,” a podcast about building businesses meant to last. We're...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

KubeConEU 2023 in Amsterdam had over 10,000 attendees. What were the highlights and new trends happening in the CNCF ecosystem? SHOW: 713CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Find "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBEUpland Software: Modern, secure fax solutions for businesses of all sizes.Digital transformation that safeguards sensitive information. Upland Software's got the goods.SHOW NOTES:Conference sessions, and keynotes are available on-demand to in-person and virtual registrants in the event platform until 5 May 2023. They will also be available publicly on the CNCF YouTube channel by 8 May. CNCF-hosted co-located events will be available on the CNCF YouTube channel within 72 hours post-event.CNCF Announcements (from vendors)CNCF Press conference recordingWhat's Next in Cloud Native roundtable Platform Engineering roundtableCNCF Envoy Documentary10,000 ATTENDEES, 58% OF THEM ARE NEW TO CNCFThank you to the CNCF for the Media pass to the event.10,000 people in attendance. Lots of energy. Showers in Europe - why?  THERE'S SOMETHING FOR (MOSTLY EVERYBODY). EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT ON THE SHOW.Kubernetes is mainstream for this audience. Now they are dealing with next-gen challenges beyond Kubernetes.Lots of Observability usage (and vendors)Lots of cloud cost-management (vendors), and talk that cloud providers would start pushing that message in 2023.Service mesh drew a lot of interest. Between Ambient Mesh, Ciliium Mesh and LinkerdLarge European customers seem to be slightly behind the rest of the world in terms of adoption, but they were eager to engage at this point in time. Data sovereignty (local countries) is a big concern in Europe, so it was interesting to hear how companies are dealing with those regulations.This is a strange show to get a sense from developers. WASM seems to be going through its Java phases. FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Shawn Freligh (SVP/GM, Content Lifecycle Automation @UplandSoftware) talks about cloud delivery, AI and Security in managing document workflows and fax integrations.  SHOW: 712CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:CloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendDatadog Kubernetes Solution: Maximum Visibility into Container EnvironmentsStart monitoring the health and performance of your container environment with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirtSHOW NOTES:Upland Software - Enterprise Software for Getting Things DoneInterfax - Cloud based FaxUpland Filebound named 2022 Gold Medalist in ECM Data Quadrant Topic 1 - Welcome to the show Shawn. Tell us a little bit about your backgroundTopic 2 - How does technology like fax maintain a foothold in the market? How has fax technology evolved, in other words “survived?Topic 3 - AI is a big topic in today's market. Can fax benefit from current trends in AI?Topic 4 - Security is of course top of mind for everyone – how do you view the security around fax?Topic 5 - What markets are still reliant on fax technology and why?Topic 6 - How do fax and digital transformation come together?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

How much of an impact has Digital Transformation really had on major markets? How often do unicorns disrupt incumbents? Let's dig into the data over the last 30 years. SHOW: 711CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Upland Software: Modern, secure fax solutions for businesses of all sizes.Digital transformation that safeguards sensitive information. Upland Software's got the goods.Find "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBESHOW NOTES:How Incumbents Thrive and Survive (HBR) - Jullian BirkinshawCHANGE COMES SLOW AT FIRST, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN (or does it?)Since 1995, 40% have stayed, 50% have merged/sold, 7-8% dropped out, and 50% of existing move up into F500.The Blockbuster, Nokia and Kodak stories are outliers. THE USER EXPERIENCE HAS CHANGED, BUT THE COMPANIES BEHIND IT HAVEN'T AS MUCHDisruption is about more than just newer/better technologyExisting brand relationships, trust, physical locations, supply-chains, partner-networks all play a key role for incumbentsEveryone is investing in digital transformation, for various reasons - user experience, data analysis, cost cutting, etc.Four paths as an incumbent - [1] Fight back, [2] Double down, [3] Retrench, [4] Move awayFEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Rob Szumski (@robszumski, Founder/CEO @Edgebitio) talks about the evolution of software supply chains, SBOMs, and managing software dependencies in the age of cloud-native apps.SHOW: 710CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Datadog Security Solution: Modern Monitoring and SecurityStart investigating security threats before it affects your customers with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.CloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendSHOW NOTES:Edgebit (homepage)Edgebit (YC Launch)Introducing the Real-time SBOMUnderstanding VDR and VEXOpen VEX supercharges SBOM (Cloud Native Podcast)SPDX (Software Package Data Exchange)SBOM Sharing Lifecycle ReportTopic 1 - Welcome to the show Rob. Tell us a little bit about your background and what led you to start Edgebit.Topic 2 - SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) has become a big topic, especially around the cloud-native community. Software and security have been around a long time, why the uptick in discussions around SBOM now? Topic 3 - Let's walk through the day-in-the-life of a typical team these days. Where are there holes in their current toolset and how are things potentially improving? Topic 4 - Tell us about Edgebit. Where does Edgebit play a role in the Software Supply Chain? Topic 5 - Edgebit take a broad view of a company's software landscape, but a narrow view of action. Less of a boil the ocean approach. How do you find this approach is appreciated by developers vs. security teams? Topic 6 - What are some of the ways you expect to see the SBOM and Software Supply Chain over the next year? FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

AI is either having its 15 minutes of fame, or completely reshaping every aspect of technology (and maybe every aspect of life), right now. How is everyone comprehending this shift? SHOW: 709CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Find "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBEUpland Software: Modern, secure fax solutions for businesses of all sizes.Digital transformation that safeguards sensitive information. Upland Software's got the goods.SHOW NOTES:AI's iPhone Moment20 AI Tools to Future-Proof YourselfML Developer ExperienceAI and Enterprise DataGrowth of AI Through a Cloud Lens8 AI Apps built using ChatGPT (and writing no code)Takeaways from The Future of AI in Cerebral ValleyVoice-generation using AI2023 State of AI in ChartsPause Giant AI Experiments: An Open LetterNEW TECHNOLOGY TRENDS USUALLY COME OUT OF DOWNTURNSSaaS came out of the Internet bubble burstCloud came out of the Housing bubble burstAI isn't new, but usable AI is coming out of COVIDHOW TO MAKE SENSE OF NEW +  CHAOS + UNCERTAINTYThere's lots of ways to dive in - learn the basics, build some intro applications, etc.Follow the money, and find the fraudsFigure out the ecosystem and how to be involvedFigure out what might be sustainable vs. just being a wrapperDon't get overwhelmed by everything at once. Pick something that interests you, or applies to your job (or a side hustle)FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Jamin Ball (@jaminball, Partner @ Altimeter Capital, author Clouded Judgement) talks about SaaS business models, common SaaS terminology in judging financials, models for multiples, the impact of interest rates, vision vs. productSHOW: 708CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:CloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendDatadog Monitoring: Modern Monitoring and AnalyticsStart monitoring your infrastructure, applications, logs and security in one place with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.SHOW NOTES:Clouded Judgment SubstackBrandon's SDT PodcastTopic 1 - Welcome to our guest co-host, Brandon Whichard. Jamin, can you give everyone a quick introduction?Topic 2 - We've been huge fans of the Clouded Judgment Substack since inception in 2020. We regularly reference it during our weekly cloud news and recommend it as required reading for anyone interested in the business side of SaaS. What motivated you to start the substack?Topic 3 - Can you start with SaaS financial terminology. We hear terms like ARR, customer churn, NTM, EV, LTM, etc. For those new to this, what terms matter the most and why? What picture are you trying to construct about the business from these financial values?Topic 4 -  One of the sections of your newsletter is “multiples”, can you explain what multiples are and why you use Revenue Multiple as a valuation framework? What are the strengths and weaknesses of this framework? What other frameworks could be used?Topic 5 - Everyone is talking about the rise of interest rates, how do interest rates affect multiples and valuation? Why should we care about this? Why should employees at SaaS companies know about this? SaaS business models were on an up and to the right trend for a number of years but we've recently seen some ups and downs. What are your thoughts on the current and future state of SaaS as an industry sector?Topic 6 - The newsletter is very focused on financial metrics, how do you as an investor balance these metrics vs. product vision? How much revenue does a company need for this to become value? What metrics should an early startup focus on?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Free is great, until it isn't. Now that the unicorn buffet of VC funding has less cheap money, expect to see more announcements about free stuff no longer being free.  SHOW: 707CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Upland Software: Modern, secure fax solutions for businesses of all sizes.Digital transformation that safeguards sensitive information. Upland Software's got the goods.Datadog Monitoring: Modern Monitoring and AnalyticsStart monitoring your infrastructure, applications, logs and security in one place with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.Find "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBESHOW NOTES:A Decade of DockerDocker No Longer Sunsetting the Free Team PlanMinio pulls Weka's OSS license (and Weka responds)FREE AS IN BEER, FREE AS IN PUPPIES, FREE AS IN LUNCHVendored open source software is free, until it isn'tBE CAREFUL WHEN YOUR DEPENDENCIES ARE BASED ON SOMEONE ELSE'S COSTSIt's hard to ask for money when something has been free forever. Vendors will screw this up now and into the futureVCs love free marketing, but don't love on-going costs without returnsSet your expectations right about “free” software. It might change without notice.FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Gordon Radlein (@maascamp, Engineering Director at @Datadoghq) talks about the evolution of Open Telemetry (OTel), Logging, Metrics and Observability.  SHOW: 706CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Solve your IAM mess with Strata's Identity Orchestration platformHave an identity challenge you thought was too big, too complicated, or too expensive to fix? Let us solve it for you! Visit strata.io/cloudcast to share your toughest IAM challenge and receive a set of AirPods ProMake Cloud Native Ubiquitous with Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)Join the foundation of doers, CNCF is the open source, vendor-neutral hub of cloud native computing, hosting projects like Kubernetes and Prometheus to make cloud native universal and sustainableKubeConEU Virtual Event Registration Code: Please use the code KCEUVCCP, while supplies last.CloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendSHOW NOTES:OpenTelemetry (OSS project)OpenTracing + OpenCensus = Open Telemetry (OTel)What is Open Telemetry?Open Telemetry Slack Channel Components of Open TelemetryOpenTelemetry in DatadogTrace Collection through Open TelemetryTopic 1 - Welcome to the show Gordon. Tell us a bit about your background, and what you're focused on these days at Datadog?Topic 2 - Let's start with some basics - help us connect the dots between Telemetry and Logs and Metrics and Observability. And how does the Open Telemetry (OTel) project fit into the bigger picture?Topic 3 - Telemetry has always been a tradeoff between how much data to collect and how much data can be processed. How do you see companies using Telemetry today? Does it usually depend on the company size, or the complexity of the application? Topic 4 - How does Datadog offer Open Telemetry to customers today? Has that evolved over time, as the standard has evolved? Topic 5 - What are some of the new trends happening around Open Telemetry Topic 6 - You've been around quite a bit of very large-scale infrastructure in your career. What are some of the tips that you'd give anybody trying to build out or scale their observability environments? FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

The managers vs. workers leverage pendulum is swinging back again. Will management continue investing in IT Skills, or hollow out the IT future? SHOW: 705CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Make Cloud Native Ubiquitous with Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)Join the foundation of doers, CNCF is the open source, vendor-neutral hub of cloud native computing, hosting projects like Kubernetes and Prometheus to make cloud native universal and sustainableKubeConEU Virtual Event Registration Code: Please use the code KCEUVCCP, while supplies last.CloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendDatadog Kubernetes Solution: Maximum Visibility into Container EnvironmentsStart monitoring the health and performance of your container environment with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.SHOW NOTES:Gartner's Maverick Research group - Stop investing in IT SkillsStackOverflow's survey of Emerging TechnologiesAmazon's head of HR rejects employee petition to work from home“Does IT Matter?” (book, 2004, Nicholas Carr)Hollowing Out (definition)WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE GREAT RESIGNATION AND QUIET QUITTING?Economic changes put the leverage back into management's handsEverything gets re-evaluated when budgets get tightenedManagers look to offload accountability to external sourcesHOW TO COMMUNICATE VALUE vs PRODUCTIVITY vs COST SAVINGSMany companies look at AI as a 1:1 replacement for tasks and people vs. looking at it to augment people. Companies outsourced IT in the late 1990s and early 2000s, hollowing out IT. Will that become a new trend in the 2020s again? Today's engineers see things like low-code as not being viable, but see AI as being a way to augment their work (not replace it). Do companies know how to determine what isn't differentiated vs. requiring creativity or can create differentiation? Workers have had quite a bit of freedom of movement for the last 10+ years. Will that continue into the next decade? How much does the remote-work trend impact this?Gartner expects 75% of needed IT roles will go unfulfilled by 2030 (up from 25% in 2023)Big companies (e.g. Amazon)  are pushing back on remote-work demands from workers.FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet