Podcasts about Multicloud

Neste episódio do Kubicast, recebemos Giulia Bordignon, mais conhecida como SpaceCoding, para uma conversa inspiradora e cheia de provocações sobre a jornada de mulheres na tecnologia. Giulia é desenvolvedora backend, criadora de conteúdo, mestre em Engenharia de Computação e uma das vozes mais ativas sobre representação feminina em TI. O papo vai muito além do clichê e mergulha em temas estruturais como formação acadêmica, barreiras de entrada e as sutilezas do preconceito.Da graduação no interior ao mestrado em IAGiulia compartilha sua trajetória desde os primeiros contatos com a tecnologia, ainda no interior, até a decisão de seguir uma carreira acadêmica. A escolha pela graduação foi movida por uma busca por estabilidade financeira e por influências culturais sobre profissões "respeitadas". Ao longo da conversa, ela revela como disciplinas como contabilidade e administração pareceram limitadas até ela encontrar na tecnologia uma forma de unir criatividade, desafio intelectual e impacto real.Barreiras, bloqueios e viradas de chaveO episódio também expõe o quão traumático pode ser o primeiro contato com conteúdos técnicos para pessoas sem referências. Giulia relata como seu primeiro curso técnico em informática, focado em redes, a afastou da área por um tempo. Mais tarde, a vivência na graduação e o contato com IA mudaram completamente sua percepção sobre tecnologia.Mestrado: formação ou ego?Um dos momentos mais provocativos é quando Giulia, com bom humor, diz que vai fazer o doutorado apenas para ser chamada de "doutora". A frase ironiza a diferença entre motivações pessoais e valor de mercado, mostrando como muitas vezes os títulos acadêmicos não são reconhecidos na mesma medida fora do ambiente universitário.Tecnologia, corpo e bem-estarOutro ponto alto do episódio é a discussão sobre vida ativa e ergonomia. Giulia comenta como a prática de esportes sempre esteve presente na sua vida, inclusive durante a pandemia, quando encontrou na musculação uma nova forma de manter o corpo ativo. Essa relação com a saúde física se estende também ao cuidado com o ambiente de trabalho remoto, como o uso de mesas ajustáveis, cadeiras adequadas e pausas para alongamento.Conteúdo como ferramenta de representaçãoPor fim, o podcast entra em temas como a exposição nas redes, o impacto de haters e a responsabilidade (e o peso) de ser uma voz ativa por mais diversidade em tech. Giulia fala com franqueza sobre os ataques que já sofreu e sobre como isso só reforça a necessidade de continuar ocupando espaços.Para quem busca reflexões reais sobre tecnologia, formação e diversidade, este episódio é uma aula.O Kubicast é uma produção da Getup, empresa especialista em Kubernetes e projetos open source para Kubernetes. Os episódios do podcast estão nas principais plataformas de áudio digital e no YouTube.com/@getupcloud.

Hoje a conversa foi com o Guilherme Oki, um verdadeiro veterano do SRE e Cloud, que já navegou por ambientes de infraestrutura em fintechs, jogos e agora está numa startup stealth (sim, aquele mistério que te deixa curioso até o final). Falamos de Kubernetes em large scale, desafios de rede, geodistribuição e aquele eterno dilema do multi-cloud: usar ou fugir?Exploramos desde o que realmente significa trabalhar em "grande escala" (não, seu EKS com 10 nodes não conta), até questões mais cabeludas como Federation, eBPF, Cilium, e como lidar com as dores reais da escalabilidade em ambientes críticos.Tudo isso com uma pegada técnica, sem perder o bom humor. Cola com a gente nesse episódio que está simplesmente imperdível para quem vive ou quer viver no mundo de Kubernetes e infraestrutura moderna.Capítulos principais do episódio:00:00 - Abertura03:00 - O que é grande escala07:30 - Geodistribuição11:00 - Multi-cloud vale a pena?14:40 - Desafios de rede19:30 - Federation de clusters24:10 - Cilium e eBPF30:00 - Infra para jogos34:20 - Padronização em escala38:10 - Limites do Kubernetes42:00 - Controle com Cilium46:30 - Bugs e UDP50:40 - Gerenciado vs autonomiaLinks Importantes:- Guilherme Oki - https://www.linkedin.com/in/guilherme-oki-1a649b115/- João Brito - https://www.linkedin.com/in/juniorjbnParticipe de nosso programa de acesso antecipado e tenha um ambiente mais seguro em instantes!https://getup.io/zerocveO Kubicast é uma produção da Getup, empresa especialista em Kubernetes e projetos open source para Kubernetes. Os episódios do podcast estão nas principais plataformas de áudio digital e no YouTube.com/@getupcloud.

Aviatrix is a cloud network security company that helps you secure connectivity to and among public and private clouds. On today’s Packet Protector, sponsored by Aviatrix, we get details on how Aviatrix works, and dive into a new feature called the Secure Network Supervisor Agent. This tool uses AI to help you monitor and troubleshoot... Read more »

Aviatrix is a cloud network security company that helps you secure connectivity to and among public and private clouds. On today’s Packet Protector, sponsored by Aviatrix, we get details on how Aviatrix works, and dive into a new feature called the Secure Network Supervisor Agent. This tool uses AI to help you monitor and troubleshoot... Read more »

Commvault is a global leader in cyber resilience, helping over 100,000 organizations secure, defend, and recover their data across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. With a unified, AI-powered platform, Commvault delivers industry-leading solutions for data protection, threat detection, and rapid recovery designed to reduce complexity, ensure compliance, and keep businesses running in the face of ever-evolving cyber threats. Trusted across sectors from healthcare to finance to government, Commvault enables organizations to not only protect their data, but to thrive through disruption with unmatched speed, intelligence, and efficiency. On The Right Business, Hongbin Jeong speaks to Pranay Ahlawat, Chief Technology & AI Officer, Commvault, to find out more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What does it really take to secure applications across a hybrid, multi-cloud environment? In this episode of Audience 1st, I sit down with Adolfo Lopez, Sales Engineer at AlgoSec, who brings a practitioner's lens to the cloud security conversation. From his experience as a network engineer to helping organizations operationalize cloud security today, Adolfo walks us through what most teams overlook—and how to get it right. We cover: Why visibility into application flows is foundational for multi-cloud security What enterprises miss when they treat the cloud like a lift-and-shift extension of on-prem Why security must be application-centric—not infrastructure-led The critical role of policy discovery, orchestration, and automation How AlgoSec ACE helps teams answer the question: “What will break if I make this change?” If your team is working across AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-prem—and struggling to manage risk, connectivity, and policy alignment, this episode breaks it down practically and tactically. To get a demo of AlgoSec, visit: https://www.algosec.com/lp/request-a-demo

✨ Heads up! This episode features a demonstration of the SnapLogic UI and its AI Agent Creator towards the end. For the full visual experience, check out the video version on the Spotify app! ✨(Episode Summary)Tired of tangled data spread across multiple clouds, on-premise systems, and the edge? In this episode, MongoDB's Shane McAllister sits down with Peter Ngai, Principal Architect at SnapLogic, to explore the future of data integration and management in today's complex tech landscape.Dive into the challenges and solutions surrounding modern data architecture, including:Navigating the complexities of multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments.The secrets to building flexible, resilient data ecosystems that avoid vendor lock-in.Strategies for seamless data integration and connecting disparate applications using low-code/no-code platforms like SnapLogic.Meeting critical data compliance, security, and sovereignty demands (think GDPR, HIPAA, etc.).How AI is revolutionizing data automation and providing faster access to insights (featuring SnapLogic's Agent Creator).The powerful synergy between SnapLogic and MongoDB, leveraging MongoDB both internally and for customer integrations.Real-world applications, from IoT data processing to simplifying enterprise workflows.Whether you're an IT leader, data engineer, business analyst, or simply curious about cloud strategy, iPaaS solutions, AI in business, or simplifying your data stack, Peter offers invaluable insights into making data connectivity a driver, not a barrier, for innovation.-Keywords: Data Integration, Multi-Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, Edge Computing, SnapLogic, MongoDB, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Data Automation, iPaaS, Low-Code, No-Code, Data Architecture, Data Management, Cloud Data, Enterprise Data, API Integration, Data Compliance, Data Sovereignty, Data Security, Business Automation, ETL, ELT, Tech Stack Simplification, Peter Ngai, Shane McAllister.

Today's modern network has placed identity management in the forefront to manage a plethora of landscapes – on and off prem, public and private, hybrid, and the new kid on the block, alt-clouds.  This week on Feds At The Edge, we explore how the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is leading the charge in modern identity management, once a backwater concept, to center stage, with its ambitious program, Thunderdome.   Chris Pymm, Portfolio Manager, Zero Trust & Division Chief for ID7 at DISA, shares how Thunderdome spans 50 sites and 12,000 users, automating identity controls to outpace threats like lateral movement. We also hear from Quest Software Public Sector cybersecurity expert Chris Roberts, who breaks identity management down to its core: know the user, know the device, know the behavior.   Tune in on your favorite podcasting platform today to hear how DISA is redefining identity for today's distributed networks—and what your agency can take from their playbook.          

In a new season of the Oracle University Podcast, Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham dive into the world of Oracle GoldenGate 23ai, a cutting-edge software solution for data management. They are joined by Nick Wagner, a seasoned expert in database replication, who provides a comprehensive overview of this powerful tool.   Nick highlights GoldenGate's ability to ensure continuous operations by efficiently moving data between databases and platforms with minimal overhead. He emphasizes its role in enabling real-time analytics, enhancing data security, and reducing costs by offloading data to low-cost hardware. The discussion also covers GoldenGate's role in facilitating data sharing, improving operational efficiency, and reducing downtime during outages.   Oracle GoldenGate 23ai: Fundamentals: https://mylearn.oracle.com/ou/course/oracle-goldengate-23ai-fundamentals/145884/237273 Oracle University Learning Community: https://education.oracle.com/ou-community LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/oracle-university/ X: https://x.com/Oracle_Edu   Special thanks to Arijit Ghosh, David Wright, Kris-Ann Nansen, Radhika Banka, and the OU Studio Team for helping us create this episode. ---------------------------------------------------------------   Episode Transcript: 00:00 Welcome to the Oracle University Podcast, the first stop on your cloud journey. During this series of informative podcasts, we'll bring you foundational training on the most popular Oracle technologies. Let's get started! 00:25 Nikita: Welcome to the Oracle University Podcast! I'm Nikita Abraham, Team Lead: Editorial Services with Oracle University, and with me is Lois Houston: Director of Innovation Programs. Lois: Hi everyone! Welcome to a new season of the podcast. This time, we're focusing on the fundamentals of Oracle GoldenGate. Oracle GoldenGate helps organizations manage and synchronize their data across diverse systems and databases in real time.  And with the new Oracle GoldenGate 23ai release, we'll uncover the latest innovations and features that empower businesses to make the most of their data. Nikita: Taking us through this is Nick Wagner, Senior Director of Product Management for Oracle GoldenGate. He's been doing database replication for about 25 years and has been focused on GoldenGate on and off for about 20 of those years.  01:18 Lois: In today's episode, we'll ask Nick to give us a general overview of the product, along with some use cases and benefits. Hi Nick! To start with, why do customers need GoldenGate? Nick: Well, it delivers continuous operations, being able to continuously move data from one database to another database or data platform in efficiently and a high-speed manner, and it does this with very low overhead. Almost all the GoldenGate environments use transaction logs to pull the data out of the system, so we're not creating any additional triggers or very little overhead on that source system. GoldenGate can also enable real-time analytics, being able to pull data from all these different databases and move them into your analytics system in real time can improve the value that those analytics systems provide. Being able to do real-time statistics and analysis of that data within those high-performance custom environments is really important. 02:13 Nikita: Does it offer any benefits in terms of cost?  Nick: GoldenGate can also lower IT costs. A lot of times people run these massive OLTP databases, and they are running reporting in those same systems. With GoldenGate, you can offload some of the data or all the data to a low-cost commodity hardware where you can then run the reports on that other system. So, this way, you can get back that performance on the OLTP system, while at the same time optimizing your reporting environment for those long running reports. You can improve efficiencies and reduce risks. Being able to reduce the amount of downtime during planned and unplanned outages can really make a big benefit to the overall operational efficiencies of your company.  02:54 Nikita: What about when it comes to data sharing and data security? Nick: You can also reduce barriers to data sharing. Being able to pull subsets of data, or just specific pieces of data out of a production database and move it to the team or to the group that needs that information in real time is very important. And it also protects the security of your data by only moving in the information that they need and not the entire database. It also provides extensibility and flexibility, being able to support multiple different replication topologies and architectures. 03:24 Lois: Can you tell us about some of the use cases of GoldenGate? Where does GoldenGate truly shine?  Nick: Some of the more traditional use cases of GoldenGate include use within the multicloud fabric. Within a multicloud fabric, this essentially means that GoldenGate can replicate data between on-premise environments, within cloud environments, or hybrid, cloud to on-premise, on-premise to cloud, or even within multiple clouds. So, you can move data from AWS to Azure to OCI. You can also move between the systems themselves, so you don't have to use the same database in all the different clouds. For example, if you wanted to move data from AWS Postgres into Oracle running in OCI, you can do that using Oracle GoldenGate. We also support maximum availability architectures. And so, there's a lot of different use cases here, but primarily geared around reducing your recovery point objective and recovery time objective. 04:20 Lois: Ah, reducing RPO and RTO. That must have a significant advantage for the customer, right? Nick: So, reducing your RPO and RTO allows you to take advantage of some of the benefits of GoldenGate, being able to do active-active replication, being able to set up GoldenGate for high availability, real-time failover, and it can augment your active Data Guard and Data Guard configuration. So, a lot of times GoldenGate is used within Oracle's maximum availability architecture platinum tier level of replication, which means that at that point you've got lots of different capabilities within the Oracle Database itself. But to help eke out that last little bit of high availability, you want to set up an active-active environment with GoldenGate to really get true zero RPO and RTO. GoldenGate can also be used for data offloading and data hubs. Being able to pull data from one or more source systems and move it into a data hub, or into a data warehouse for your operational reporting. This could also be your analytics environment too. 05:22 Nikita: Does GoldenGate support online migrations? Nick: In fact, a lot of companies actually get started in GoldenGate by doing a migration from one platform to another. Now, these don't even have to be something as complex as going from one database like a DB2 on-premise into an Oracle on OCI, it could even be simple migrations. A lot of times doing something like a major application or a major database version upgrade is going to take downtime on that production system. You can use GoldenGate to eliminate that downtime. So this could be going from Oracle 19c to Oracle 23ai, or going from application version 1.0 to application version 2.0, because GoldenGate can do the transformation between the different application schemas. You can use GoldenGate to migrate your database from on premise into the cloud with no downtime as well. We also support real-time analytic feeds, being able to go from multiple databases, not only those on premise, but being able to pull information from different SaaS applications inside of OCI and move it to your different analytic systems. And then, of course, we also have the ability to stream events and analytics within GoldenGate itself.  06:34 Lois: Let's move on to the various topologies supported by GoldenGate. I know GoldenGate supports many different platforms and can be used with just about any database. Nick: This first layer of topologies is what we usually consider relational database topologies. And so this would be moving data from Oracle to Oracle, Postgres to Oracle, Sybase to SQL Server, a lot of different types of databases. So the first architecture would be unidirectional. This is replicating from one source to one target. You can do this for reporting. If I wanted to offload some reports into another server, I can go ahead and do that using GoldenGate. I can replicate the entire database or just a subset of tables. I can also set up GoldenGate for bidirectional, and this is what I want to set up GoldenGate for something like high availability. So in the event that one of the servers crashes, I can almost immediately reconnect my users to the other system. And that almost immediately depends on the amount of latency that GoldenGate has at that time. So a typical latency is anywhere from 3 to 6 seconds. So after that primary system fails, I can reconnect my users to the other system in 3 to 6 seconds. And I can do that because as GoldenGate's applying data into that target database, that target system is already open for read and write activity. GoldenGate is just another user connecting in issuing DML operations, and so it makes that failover time very low. 07:59 Nikita: Ok…If you can get it down to 3 to 6 seconds, can you bring it down to zero? Like zero failover time?   Nick: That's the next topology, which is active-active. And in this scenario, all servers are read/write all at the same time and all available for user activity. And you can do multiple topologies with this as well. You can do a mesh architecture, which is where every server talks to every other server. This works really well for 2, 3, 4, maybe even 5 environments, but when you get beyond that, having every server communicate with every other server can get a little complex. And so at that point we start looking at doing what we call a hub and spoke architecture, where we have lots of different spokes. At the end of each spoke is a read/write database, and then those communicate with a hub. So any change that happens on one spoke gets sent into the hub, and then from the hub it gets sent out to all the other spokes. And through that architecture, it allows you to really scale up your environments. We have customers that are doing up to 150 spokes within that hub architecture. Within active-active replication as well, we can do conflict detection and resolution, which means that if two users modify the same row on two different systems, GoldenGate can actually determine that there was an issue with that and determine what user wins or which row change wins, which is extremely important when doing active-active replication. And this means that if one of those systems fails, there is no downtime when you switch your users to another active system because it's already available for activity and ready to go. 09:35 Lois: Wow, that's fantastic. Ok, tell us more about the topologies. Nick: GoldenGate can do other things like broadcast, sending data from one system to multiple systems, or many to one as far as consolidation. We can also do cascading replication, so when data moves from one environment that GoldenGate is replicating into another environment that GoldenGate is replicating. By default, we ignore all of our own transactions. But there's actually a toggle switch that you can flip that says, hey, GoldenGate, even though you wrote that data into that database, still push it on to the next system. And then of course, we can also do distribution of data, and this is more like moving data from a relational database into something like a Kafka topic or a JMS queue or into some messaging service. 10:24 Raise your game with the Oracle Cloud Applications skills challenge. Get free training on Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications, Oracle Modern Best Practice, and Oracle Cloud Success Navigator. Pass the free Oracle Fusion Cloud Foundations Associate exam to earn a Foundations Associate certification. Plus, there's a chance to win awards and prizes throughout the challenge! What are you waiting for? Join the challenge today by visiting visit oracle.com/education. 10:58 Nikita: Welcome back! Nick, does GoldenGate also have nonrelational capabilities?  Nick: We have a number of nonrelational replication events in topologies as well. This includes things like data lake ingestion and streaming ingestion, being able to move data and data objects from these different relational database platforms into data lakes and into these streaming systems where you can run analytics on them and run reports. We can also do cloud ingestion, being able to move data from these databases into different cloud environments. And this is not only just moving it into relational databases with those clouds, but also their data lakes and data fabrics. 11:38 Lois: You mentioned a messaging service earlier. Can you tell us more about that? Nick: Messaging replication is also possible. So we can actually capture from things like messaging systems like Kafka Connect and JMS, replicate that into a relational data, or simply stream it into another environment. We also support NoSQL replication, being able to capture from MongoDB and replicate it onto another MongoDB for high availability or disaster recovery, or simply into any other system. 12:06 Nikita: I see. And is there any integration with a customer's SaaS applications? Nick: GoldenGate also supports a number of different OCI SaaS applications. And so a lot of these different applications like Oracle Financials Fusion, Oracle Transportation Management, they all have GoldenGate built under the covers and can be enabled with a flag that you can actually have that data sent out to your other GoldenGate environment. So you can actually subscribe to changes that are happening in these other systems with very little overhead. And then of course, we have event processing and analytics, and this is the final topology or flexibility within GoldenGate itself. And this is being able to push data through data pipelines, doing data transformations. GoldenGate is not an ETL tool, but it can do row-level transformation and row-level filtering.  12:55 Lois: Are there integrations offered by Oracle GoldenGate in automation and artificial intelligence? Nick: We can do time series analysis and geofencing using the GoldenGate Stream Analytics product. It allows you to actually do real time analysis and time series analysis on data as it flows through the GoldenGate trails. And then that same product, the GoldenGate Stream Analytics, can then take the data and move it to predictive analytics, where you can run MML on it, or ONNX or other Spark-type technologies and do real-time analysis and AI on that information as it's flowing through.  13:29 Nikita: So, GoldenGate is extremely flexible. And given Oracle's focus on integrating AI into its product portfolio, what about GoldenGate? Does it offer any AI-related features, especially since the product name has “23ai” in it? Nick: With the advent of Oracle GoldenGate 23ai, it's one of the two products at this point that has the AI moniker at Oracle. Oracle Database 23ai also has it, and that means that we actually do stuff with AI. So the Oracle GoldenGate product can actually capture vectors from databases like MySQL HeatWave, Postgres using pgvector, which includes things like AlloyDB, Amazon RDS Postgres, Aurora Postgres. We can also replicate data into Elasticsearch and OpenSearch, or if the data is using vectors within OCI or the Oracle Database itself. So GoldenGate can be used for a number of things here. The first one is being able to migrate vectors into the Oracle Database. So if you're using something like Postgres, MySQL, and you want to migrate the vector information into the Oracle Database, you can. Now one thing to keep in mind here is a vector is oftentimes like a GPS coordinate. So if I need to know the GPS coordinates of Austin, Texas, I can put in a latitude and longitude and it will give me the GPS coordinates of a building within that city. But if I also need to know the altitude of that same building, well, that's going to be a different algorithm. And GoldenGate and replicating vectors is the same way. When you create a vector, it's essentially just creating a bunch of numbers under the screen, kind of like those same GPS coordinates. The dimension and the algorithm that you use to generate that vector can be different across different databases, but the actual meaning of that data will change. And so GoldenGate can replicate the vector data as long as the algorithm and the dimensions are the same. If the algorithm and the dimensions are not the same between the source and the target, then you'll actually want GoldenGate to replicate the base data that created that vector. And then once GoldenGate replicates the base data, it'll actually call the vector embedding technology to re-embed that data and produce that numerical formatting for you.  15:42 Lois: So, there are some nuances there… Nick: GoldenGate can also replicate and consolidate vector changes or even do the embedding API calls itself. This is really nice because it means that we can take changes from multiple systems and consolidate them into a single one. We can also do the reverse of that too. A lot of customers are still trying to find out which algorithms work best for them. How many dimensions? What's the optimal use? Well, you can now run those in different servers without impacting your actual AI system. Once you've identified which algorithm and dimension is going to be best for your data, you can then have GoldenGate replicate that into your production system and we'll start using that instead. So it's a nice way to switch algorithms without taking extensive downtime. 16:29 Nikita: What about in multicloud environments?  Nick: GoldenGate can also do multicloud and N-way active-active Oracle replication between vectors. So if there's vectors in Oracle databases, in multiple clouds, or multiple on-premise databases, GoldenGate can synchronize them all up. And of course we can also stream changes from vector information, including text as well into different search engines. And that's where the integration with Elasticsearch and OpenSearch comes in. And then we can use things like NVIDIA and Cohere to actually do the AI on that data.  17:01 Lois: Using GoldenGate with AI in the database unlocks so many possibilities. Thanks for that detailed introduction to Oracle GoldenGate 23ai and its capabilities, Nick.  Nikita: We've run out of time for today, but Nick will be back next week to talk about how GoldenGate has evolved over time and its latest features. And if you liked what you heard today, head over to mylearn.oracle.com and take a look at the Oracle GoldenGate 23ai Fundamentals course to learn more. Until next time, this is Nikita Abraham… Lois: And Lois Houston, signing off! 17:33 That's all for this episode of the Oracle University Podcast. If you enjoyed listening, please click Subscribe to get all the latest episodes. 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Guest post by Brian O' Toole, Consumption and Software Sales Leader at Dell Technologies AI is rapidly reshaping the business landscape, making digital transformation not just a priority but a necessity for Irish organisations. Yet as companies look to harness its potential, they often find themselves navigating increasingly complex IT environments - a challenge that can feel overwhelming for businesses of all sizes. Whether it's navigating cloud migration or staying secure and scaling AI projects or even just managing day-to-day IT workloads with limited resources, there's one thing we keep hearing from businesses and organisations alike is that 'we need to simplify'. At Dell Technologies, we've seen these challenges firsthand - and that's why we're helping organisations embrace technology as-a-Service. Adopting this approach can help simplify operations, modernise IT infrastructure, and give businesses the agility they need to innovate at speed in the AI era. A Fresh Approach to IT Management Today, IT teams face a perfect storm of priorities from business leaders responding to external challenges. These priorities pressure IT leaders to do more with less as they get operations teams to innovate while addressing expanding regulatory frameworks around data. All these pressures and potentially competing priorities increase the risk of IT decision sprawl that could solve problems in one area while adding complexity in others. To help IT and business leaders navigate this environment and shift IT costs from capital expenditure (CapEx) to operational expenditure (OpEx), Dell APEX Cloud Platforms provide integrated infrastructure management that reduces multicloud complexity while strengthening security and governance. APEX is a portfolio of fully integrated, turnkey systems that integrate Dell infrastructure, software and cloud operating stacks to deliver consistent multicloud operations. By extending cloud operating models to on-premises and edge environments, Dell APEX Cloud Platforms bridge the cloud divide by delivering consistent cloud operations everywhere. With Dell APEX Cloud Platforms, you can: Minimize multicloud costs and complexity in the cloud ecosystem of your choice. Increase application value by accelerating productivity with familiar experiences that enable you to develop anywhere and deploy everywhere. Improve security and governance by enforcing consistent cloud ecosystem management from cloud to edge and enhancing control with layered security. The shift to an As-a-Service approach gives businesses control without the chaos. Whether a scaling startup or an established large business planning to advance their Multicloud solutions or leverage AI-driven applications, they can get access to latest technology such as storage, servers, devices and cloud services - on demand with only the cost for what they use. Enabling organisations to innovate in an AI and Multicloud era For organisations, the shift to an as-a-service model is not just about simplifying IT systems, it's about ensuring they can unlock innovation and growth. Businesses can pay for what they use which aligns technology investment to actual value and usage. This approach is especially critical for costly infrastructure such as GPUs, servers, and storage which all require substantial investment. By spreading costs over time, organisations in Ireland can forge a cost-effective pathway to leveraging cutting-edge AI capabilities without being locked into long-term technology commitments. In Ireland, we're seeing a growing appetite for more agile, scalable IT models, especially among businesses embracing AI, hybrid work, and Multicloud strategies. As the debate between public and private clouds are fading, Multicloud ecosystems are the future, and Dell APEX is leading the charge. With partnerships spanning hyper scalers like Microsoft, Red Hat, VMware, and Google Cloud, Dell APEX delivers simplified IT management across environments. Dell APEX innovatio...

Podcast Part 2 >> When you're ready to make the move to a unified hybrid multicloud environment, it might seem daunting at first. You are most likely currently managing multiple operational silos across public, private, and possibly hybrid clouds and have been for years, and adapting to the minor and major inconveniences those disparate environments are causing you today.Blog post: https://www.nutanix.com/blog/moving-from-multiple-clouds-to-multicloudHost: Phil Sellers, Practice Director for Modern Datacenter @ XenTegraCo-host: Jirah Cox, Principal Solutions Architect @ NutanixCo-host: Chris Calhoun, Solutions Architect @ XenTegra

A evolução da computação em nuvem, que permite às empresas alugar infraestrutura de TI em vez de comprar é o foco desse podcast Febraban News, conduzido pela jornalista Mona Dorf, diretora-adjunta de Mídias Sociais da Febraban. Os convidados relatam experiências práticas com a tecnologia, que deixou de ser vista com desconfiança para se tornar uma solução estratégica de negócios, ultrapassando a área de Tecnologia. Todos eles participaram do Febraban Tech 2024.São eles: Cíntia Scovine Barcelos, diretora-executiva de Tecnologia do Bradesco; Suzan Barreto, sócia da PwC, head de Práticas de Data, Analytics e AI; Diuliana França, diretora de Serviços Cloud da Embratel; Fábio Napoli, diretor de Tecnologia do Itaú Unibanco; e Cesar Lima, gerente executivo de Tecnologia da Caixa.O quinteto fala da inovação e de seus impactos, como a demanda por mão de obra especializada para orquestrar todas as possibilidades das multiclouds, frente aos desafios de um atendimento cada vez mais hipersonalizado.Você também pode acompanhar a Febraban através dos nossos outros canais sociais:Instagram: (@febraban_oficial)Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/febraban/Threads: (@febraban_oficial) Twitter: (@FEBRABAN)

Multi-cloud security isn't just a technology challenge—it's an organizational mindset problem. Security teams are juggling AWS, Azure, and GCP, each with different security models, policies, and rules. The result? Silos, misconfigurations, and security gaps big enough to drive an exploit through. In this episode, I sat down with Gal Yosef from AlgoSec to break down: Why multi-cloud security is so complex (and what security teams are getting wrong) How to bridge the gap between network security and cloud security teams How large enterprises manage cloud security policy enforcement across business units The shift from one-size-fits-all security policies to flexible, risk-based guardrails Why automation and visibility are critical for securing multi-cloud environments If you want to secure application connectivity across your hybrid environment, visit algosec.com.

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The terms “multiple clouds” and “multicloud” are often used interchangeably, but they represent distinctly different approaches to cloud strategy.Blog post: https://www.nutanix.com/blog/multiple-clouds-or-multicloud-understanding-the-key-differencesHost: Phil Sellers, Practice Director for Modern DatacenterCo-host: Andy Greene, Solutions ArchitectCo-host: Chris Calhoun, Solutions Architect

The final episode of the multicloud series focuses on Oracle Database@Azure, a powerful cloud database solution. Hosts Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham, along with Senior Manager of CSS OU Cloud Delivery Samvit Mishra, discuss how this service allows customers to run Oracle databases within the Microsoft Azure data center, simplifying deployment and management. The discussion also highlights the benefits of native integration with Azure services, eliminating the need for complex networking setups.   Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Multicloud Architect Professional: https://mylearn.oracle.com/ou/course/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-multicloud-architect-professional-2025-/144474 Oracle University Learning Community: https://education.oracle.com/ou-community LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/oracle-university/ X: https://x.com/Oracle_Edu   Special thanks to Arijit Ghosh, David Wright, Kris-Ann Nansen, and the OU Studio Team for helping us create this episode.   ---------------------------------------------------------------   Episode Transcript: 00:00 Welcome to the Oracle University Podcast, the first stop on your cloud journey. During this series of informative podcasts, we'll bring you foundational training on the most popular Oracle technologies. Let's get started! 00:25 Lois: Hello and welcome to the Oracle University Podcast! I'm Lois Houston, Director of Innovation Programs with Oracle University, and with me is Nikita Abraham, Team Lead: Editorial Services. Nikita: Hi everyone! For the last two weeks, we've been talking about different aspects of multicloud. In the final episode of this three-part series, Samvit Mishra, Senior Manager of CSS OU Cloud Delivery, joins us once again to tell us about the Oracle Database@Azure service. Hi Samvit! Thanks for being here today. Samvit: Hi Niki! Hi Lois! Happy to be back. 01:01 Lois: In our last episode, we spoke about the strategic partnership between Oracle and Microsoft, and specifically discussed the Oracle Interconnect for Azure.  Nikita: Yeah, and Oracle Database@Azure is yet another addition to this partnership. What can you tell us about this service, Samvit? Samvit: The Oracle Database@Azure service, which was made generally available in 2023, runs right inside the Microsoft Azure data center and uses Azure networking. The entire Oracle Cloud Database Service infrastructure resides in the Azure data center, while it is managed by an expert Oracle Cloud Infrastructure operations team.  It provides customers simple and secure access to Oracle Cloud database services within their chosen Azure deployment region, without getting into the complexity of managing networking between the cloud vendors. It is natively integrated with various Microsoft Azure services. This provides a seamless user experience when configuring and using the different Azure services with OCI Oracle database, since much of the complexity associated with the configuration is greatly simplified.  There is no need to set up a private interconnect between Microsoft Azure and OCI because the service itself resides within the Azure data center and uses the Azure network. This is very beneficial in terms of strategic deployment because customers can experience microseconds network latency between the endpoints, while receiving a high-performance database environment.  02:42 Nikita: How do I get started with the Oracle Database@Azure service? Samvit: You begin by purchasing the subscription from Oracle and setting up your billing account. Then you provision the database, resources, and service.  With that you are ready to configure your application to connect to the database and work on the remaining deployment. As you continue using the service, you can monitor the different resource metrics using the Azure monitoring services and analyze those logs using Azure Log Analytics.  03:15 Lois: So, the adoption is pretty easy, then. What about the responsibilities? Who is responsible for what? Samvit: The Oracle Cloud operations team is entirely responsible for managing the Exadata Database Infrastructure and the VM cluster resources that are provisioned in the Microsoft Azure data center.  Oracle is responsible for maintaining the service software and infrastructure by applying updates as they are released. Any issues arising from the OCI Database Service and the resources will be addressed by Oracle Support. You have to raise a support ticket for them to investigate and provide a resolution.  And as Azure customers, you have to do rightsizing, based on your workload needs, and provision the Exadata Database Infrastructure and VM cluster in the OCI pod within the Azure data center. You have to provision the database in Exadata Database Service, apply the database and system updates, and take advantage of the cloud automation to maintain and manage the database.  You have to load data, establish the connectivity, and support development on your database. As a customer, you monitor the database and infrastructure metrics and events, and also analyze those logs using the Microsoft Azure-provided native services.  04:42 Nikita: Samvit, what sort of challenges were being faced by customers that necessitated the creation of the Oracle Database@Azure service?  Samvit: A common deployment scenario in customer environments was that a lot of critical applications, which could be packaged applications, in-house applications, or customized third-party applications, used Oracle Database as their primary database solution.  These Oracle databases were deployed in Exadata Infrastructure on-premises or even in Enterprise Server hardware. Some customers evaluated and migrated many of their packaged and other applications to Microsoft Azure compute. Since Oracle Exadata was not supported in Azure, they had to configure a hybrid deployment in order to use Oracle databases that reside in the Exadata infrastructure on-premises.  They needed to configure a dedicated and secure network between the Azure data center and their on-premises data center. This added complexity, incurred high costs, had a latency effect, and was even unreliable. There were also cases where customers migrated Oracle databases on Enterprise Server on-premises to Oracle databases hosted on Azure compute.  This did not boost efficiency to a large scale. And those were the only options available when provisioning Oracle Database in Azure because Exadata was not available earlier in Azure. 06:18 Lois: And how has that been resolved now? Samvit: With the Oracle Database@Azure service, customer requirements have been aptly met by allowing them to host their Oracle databases on Exadata infrastructure, right next to their application in the Azure data center.  Customers, while migrating their applications to Azure compute, can also migrate their Oracle databases on-premises on Exadata infrastructure directly to Exadata Database Service in Azure. And Oracle databases that are on Enterprise Server on-premises can be consolidated directly into Exadata Database Service in Azure, providing them the benefits of scalability, security, performance, and availability, all that are inherent property of OCI Oracle Exadata Database Service.  Customers can see growth in the operational efficiency, saving on the overall cost.  07:17 Nikita: Can you take us through the process of deployment?  Samvit: It's quite simple, actually. First, you deploy the Exadata Database Service that is plugged into Azure VNET. Next, you provision the required number of databases, which might be migrated as is or with a consolidated exercise.  You can use any of the Oracle database tools or utilities to do the migration or even use the Oracle Zero Downtime Migration method to automate the entire Oracle database migration. Finally, migrate your enterprise application into the Azure environment.  Establish the required network configuration to allow communication between the migrated applications and Oracle databases.  And then you are all set to publish your application that is running entirely in Azure. You can leverage other Azure services, like monitoring, log analytics, Power BI, or DevOps tools, to enhance existing or even build and deploy newer enterprise applications that are powered by OCI Oracle Database Service in the back end.  08:25 Lois: What about multi-cloud deployment scenarios where applications reside in Azure, but the Oracle databases are deployed on third-party cloud providers, either as a native solution or in computes? Samvit: These Oracle databases can be migrated to Exadata Database Service in the Oracle Database@Azure service.  There is no need for the complex cross-cloud connectivity setup between the vendors. And at the same time, you experience the lowest latency between the application and the database deployment. 09:05 Want to learn how to design stunning, responsive enterprise applications directly from your browser with minimal coding? The new Oracle APEX Developer Professional learning path and certification enables you to leverage AI-assisted development, including generative AI and Database 23ai, to build secure, scalable web and mobile applications with advanced AI-powered features. From now through May 15, 2025, we're waiving the certification exam fee (valued at $245). So, what are you waiting for? Visit mylearn.oracle.com to get started today. 09:45 Nikita: Welcome back! Samvit, what's the onboarding process like? Samvit: You have to complete the onboarding process to use the service in Microsoft Azure. But before you do that, you first have to complete the subscription process. You must have an active Microsoft Azure account subscription that will be used for subscribing and onboarding the Oracle Database@Azure service.  To subscribe to Oracle Database@Azure, you need to purchase an Oracle Database@Azure private offer from Azure Marketplace. As a customer, you will first reach out to Oracle Sales and negotiate a price for the service. Oracle will provide you with the billing account ID and contact details of the person within the organization who will be handling the service.  After this, Oracle will create a private offer in Azure Marketplace.  10:40 Lois: Sorry to interrupt you, but what's a private offer? Samvit: That's alright, Lois. Private offers are basically solutions or services created for customers by a Microsoft partner, which, in this case, is Oracle. Purchase of those private offers happens from the private offer management page of Azure Marketplace.  But there is a prerequisite. The Azure account must be enabled to make private offer purchases on the subscription from Azure Marketplace. You can refer to the Azure documentation to enable the account, if it is not enabled. You review the offer terms and accept the purchase offer, which will take you to the Create Oracle Subscription page.  You validate the subscription and other particulars and proceed with the process. After the service is deployed, the purchase status of the private offer changes to subscribed.  There are a few points to note here. Billing and payment are done via Azure, and you can use Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment.  You can also use your on-premises licenses with the Bring Your Own License option and the Unlimited License Agreements to pay towards your service consumption. And you also receive Oracle Support rewards for every dollar spent on the service.  12:02 Nikita: OK, now that I'm subscribed, what's next? Samvit: After you complete the subscription step, Oracle Database@Azure will appear as an Azure resource, just like any other Azure service, and you can move on to onboarding. Onboarding begins with the linking of your OCI account, which will be used for provisioning and managing database resources.  The account is also used for provisioning infrastructure and software maintenance updates for the database service. You can either provide an existing OCI account or create a new one. Then you set up Identity Federation between the Azure account and the OCI tenancy.  This can authenticate login to the OCI portal using Azure credentials, which you require while performing certain operations in OCI. For example, provisioning databases, getting infrastructure and software maintenance updates, and so on. This is an optional step, but it is recommended that you complete the Federation.  The last step is to authorize users by assigning groups and roles in order to have the needed privileges to perform different operations. For example, some groups of users can manage Exadata Database Service resources in Azure, while some can manage the databases in OCI.  You can refer to OCI documentation to get detailed descriptions of roles and group names. 13:31 Lois: Right. That will ensure you assign the correct permissions to the appropriate users. Samvit: Exactly. Assigning the correct roles and permissions to individuals inside the organization is a necessary step for transacting in the marketplace and guaranteeing a smooth purchasing experience. Azure Marketplace uses Azure Role-Based Access Control to enable you to acquire solutions certified to run on Azure. Those are then going to determine the purchasing privileges within the organization.  14:03 Nikita: There's so much more we can discuss about Oracle Database@Azure, but we have to stop somewhere! Thank you so much, Samvit, for joining us over these last three episodes. Lois: Yeah, it's been great to have you, Samvit. Samvit: Thank you for having me. Nikita: Remember, we also have the Oracle Database@Google Cloud service. So, if you want to learn about that, or even if you want to dive deeper into the topics we covered today, go to mylearn.oracle.com and search for the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Multicloud Architect Professional course.  Lois: There are a lot of demonstrations that you'll surely find useful. Well, that's all we have for today. Until next time, this is Lois Houston… Nikita: And Nikita Abraham, signing off! 14:43 That's all for this episode of the Oracle University Podcast. If you enjoyed listening, please click Subscribe to get all the latest episodes. We'd also love it if you would take a moment to rate and review us on your podcast app. See you again on the next episode of the Oracle University Podcast.

Join Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham as they interview Samvit Mishra, Senior Manager of CSS OU Cloud Delivery, on Oracle Interconnect for Azure. Learn how this interconnect revolutionizes the customer experience by providing a direct, private link between Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Microsoft Azure. From use cases to bandwidth considerations, get an in-depth look into how Oracle and Azure come together to create a unified cloud experience.   Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Multicloud Architect Professional: https://mylearn.oracle.com/ou/course/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-multicloud-architect-professional-2025-/144474 Oracle University Learning Community: https://education.oracle.com/ou-community LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/oracle-university/ X: https://x.com/Oracle_Edu   Special thanks to Arijit Ghosh, David Wright, Kris-Ann Nansen, and the OU Studio Team for helping us create this episode.   ---------------------------------------------------------------   Episode transcript: 00:00 Welcome to the Oracle University Podcast, the first stop on your cloud journey. During this series of informative podcasts, we'll bring you foundational training on the most popular Oracle technologies. Let's get started! 00:25 Nikita: Welcome to the Oracle University Podcast! I'm Nikita Abraham, Team Lead: Editorial Services with Oracle University, and with me is Lois Houston, Director of Innovation Programs. Lois: Hey there! Last week, we spoke about multicloud, discussing what it is, and the new partnerships we have with Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Amazon Web Services. If you haven't gotten to the episode yet, we suggest you go back and listen to it before you dive into this one.  00:56 Nikita: Joining us again is Samvit Mishra, Senior Manager of CSS OU Cloud Delivery, and we're going to ask him about Oracle Interconnect for Azure. We'll look at the scenarios around Oracle Interconnect for Azure and talk about some considerations too. Hi  Samvit! Thanks for being with us today. Samvit: Hi Niki! Hi Lois!  Lois: Samvit, you introduced Oracle Interconnect for Azure last week, but tell us, how does it improve the customer experience? What benefits does it offer? 01:25 Samvit: Oracle Interconnect for Azure can be established with a one-time setup, eliminating the need for an intermediary network provider. This cross-cloud direct connection also helps you migrate to the cloud or build cloud-native applications by using the best of OCI and Microsoft Azure.  Now, because it is a private connection between Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Microsoft Azure, you get consistent network performance… around 2 millisecond latency. The interconnect also enables joint customers to take advantage of a unified Identity and Access Management platform. So, you can set up single sign-on between Microsoft Azure and OCI for your Oracle applications, like PeopleSoft and e-Business Suite.  02:16 Nikita: That makes the integration pretty seamless, right? Samvit: Exactly, Niki. Having a federated single sign-on means you authenticate only once to access multiple applications, without signing in separately to access each application. And you also get a secure inter-cloud connection that bypasses the public internet.  02:38 Nikita: How extensive is the global reach of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Azure in terms of the number of cloud regions available? Samvit: OCI has the fastest growing network of global data centers, with 50 cloud regions available. And there are 12 Azure interconnect regions. For example, Ashburn in the US is an OCI-Azure interconnect region.  03:01 Lois: Samvit, what is the architecture of Oracle Interconnect for Azure like? How is data transferred securely between a Virtual Cloud Network in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and a Virtual Network in Microsoft Azure? Samvit: A Virtual Network in a Microsoft Azure region is connected to a Virtual Cloud Network in an OCI region using a private interconnection composed of Azure ExpressRoute and OCI FastConnect. Now, on the OCI side, the FastConnect virtual circuit terminates at a dynamic routing gateway, which is attached to the Virtual Cloud Network. On the Microsoft Azure side, the ExpressRoute connection ends at a virtual network gateway, which is attached to a virtual network. So, traffic from Azure to OCI is routed through the virtual network gateway in Microsoft Azure to the dynamic routing gateway in OCI.  What's important to note is that in both directions, the traffic never leaves the private network.  04:05 Nikita: Wow, ok. Samvit, what are some common use cases of Oracle Interconnect for Azure? Can you give us an example of a supported deployment option? Samvit: We can have a .NET application running in Azure that can access an Oracle database in OCI. Similarly, you can also have custom cloud-native applications running on Azure using Oracle Autonomous Database on the OCI side.  04:29 Lois: And are there any prerequisites when you configure Oracle Interconnect for Azure? Samvit: Yes, there are. Remember, on the Azure side, you must have a virtual network with subnets and a virtual network gateway and on the OCI side, you must have a VCN with subnets and an attached dynamic routing gateway.  04:50 Lois: Let's talk about the networking components that are involved in each site of the connection. Can you run us through the comparison? Samvit: Now, if we talk about the virtual network component, on the OCI side, there is a Virtual Cloud Network and on the Azure side, there is a Virtual Network. From a virtual circuit standpoint, in OCI, there is the FastConnect virtual circuit… on the Azure side, there is the ExpressRoute circuit. When it comes to the gateway, on the OCI side, there is the dynamic routing gateway and on the Azure side, there is the virtual network gateway.  Similarly, for routing, there are route tables in OCI and Microsoft Azure. From a security standpoint, in OCI, you can configure security lists as well as network security groups and on the Azure side, you have network security groups.  05:44 Nikita: What are the benefits of this partnership?  Samvit: This partnership allows you to innovate using the best combination of Oracle's and Microsoft's cloud services based on their features, performance, and pricing. So, in a way, you can combine the capabilities of both cloud vendors.  06:01 Nikita: So, a one-stop shop. Samvit: Exactly, Niki. This partnership also gives you a highly optimized, secure, and unified cross-cloud experience so you can use the best of services from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Microsoft Azure. And the best part is you continue to leverage any existing investment in Oracle and Microsoft technologies.  06:24 Lois: I wanted to ask you about the typical scenarios where Oracle Interconnect for Azure is supported. Samvit: There are many scenarios where this Interconnect is supported. Let me run you through a couple of them. You could connect an OCI Virtual Cloud Network to an Azure Virtual Network. That's a scenario that is supported.  You could connect peered OCI VCNs in the same region to Azure. You could connect peered OCI VCNs in different regions to Azure. You could also connect services in Oracle Services Network to Azure. 06:59 Lois: And are there any scenarios where this interconnect is not supported? Samvit: When the scenario involves connecting an on-premises environment to Azure via OCI VCN and vice versa, that is not supported.  07:16 Unlock the power of AI Vector Search with our new course and certification. Get more accurate search results, handle complex datasets easily, and supercharge your data-driven decisions. From now through May 15, 2025, we are waiving the certification exam fee (valued at $245). Visit mylearn.oracle.com to enroll. 07:42 Nikita: Welcome back! I want to explore these scenarios in a little more detail, Samvit.  Samvit: OK. Imagine you have OCI on one side and Azure on the other. In this scenario, we have a dynamic routing gateway in OCI and a virtual network gateway in Azure. This is a basic configuration. With Oracle FastConnect and Azure ExpressRoute, customers can create a private interconnection between their OCI and Azure environments. Now in another scenario, we have VCNs in OCI, and they're peered together using a dynamic routing gateway. With this local peering, the peered VCN can talk to Azure through Oracle Interconnect for Azure.  Here's another scenario. We have VCNs in different OCI regions: one VCN in OCI Region 1 and another in OCI Region 2, with Azure sitting alongside. They have established a remote peering connection, and each VCN has its own dynamic routing gateway. Here's the kicker—the peered VCN in this architecture can also converse with Azure using the interconnect.  Now think about this scenario. We have the dynamic routing gateway, but we have also added a service gateway to the VCN in OCI. This service gateway allows your VCN to privately access specific Oracle services without exposing data to the public internet. No internet gateway or NAT gateway is required to reach those specific services. Now, traffic from the VCN to the Oracle Services Network travels over the Oracle network fabric and never traverses the internet. Using Oracle Interconnect for Azure, resources in Azure can also privately access resources in Oracle Services Network.  09:38 Nikita: What are the bandwidth and cost considerations? Samvit: Pricing is based solely on the port capabilities of OCI FastConnect and your ExpressRoute. One thing you need to understand is that the cost of FastConnect is the same across all OCI regions. And there are no separate ingress or egress data charges. The cost of Azure ExpressRoute varies across regions and Oracle recommends that you use the local setting, which has no separate ingress or egress charges. Azure ExpressRoute supports up to 10 GB as bandwidth. FastConnect is available in 1, 2, 5, or 10 Gbps. So, the recommendation here is to choose one of these matching bandwidth options under ExpressRoute.  10:27 Lois: Thank you, Samvit, for taking the time to talk to us about Oracle Interconnect for Azure. Samvit: Thank you for having me. Nikita: Remember, Oracle also offers an interconnect solution with Google Cloud, which is very similar to the one with Azure. It too provides a direct, high-performance, and secure network connection with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. So, if you want to learn more about it, head over to mylearn.oracle.com and search for the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Multicloud Architect Professional course.  Lois: In our next episode, we'll take a close look at Oracle Database@Azure service. Until then, this is Lois Houston… Nikita: And Nikita Abraham, signing off! 11:07 That's all for this episode of the Oracle University Podcast. If you enjoyed listening, please click Subscribe to get all the latest episodes. We'd also love it if you would take a moment to rate and review us on your podcast app. See you again on the next episode of the Oracle University Podcast.    

This week, hosts Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham are shining a light on multicloud, a game-changing strategy involving the use of multiple cloud service providers. Joined by Senior Manager of CSS OU Cloud Delivery Samvit Mishra, they discuss why multicloud is becoming essential for businesses, offering freedom from vendor lock-in and the ability to cherry-pick the best services. They also talk about Oracle's pioneering role in multicloud and its partnerships with Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Amazon Web Services.   Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Multicloud Architect Professional: https://mylearn.oracle.com/ou/course/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-multicloud-architect-professional-2025-/144474 Oracle University Learning Community: https://education.oracle.com/ou-community LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/oracle-university/ X: https://x.com/Oracle_Edu   Special thanks to Arijit Ghosh, David Wright, Kris-Ann Nansen, and the OU Studio Team for helping us create this episode.   -----------------------------------------------------------------   Episode Transcript: 00:00 Welcome to the Oracle University Podcast, the first stop on your cloud journey. During this series of informative podcasts, we'll bring you foundational training on the most popular Oracle technologies. Let's get started! 00:25 Lois: Hello and welcome to the Oracle University Podcast! I'm Lois Houston, Director of Innovation Programs with Oracle University, and with me today is Nikita Abraham, Team Lead: Editorial Services. Nikita: Hi everyone! Today, we're moving on to multicloud. In our next three episodes, we'll be discussing what multicloud is and why there's so much of a buzz around it. With us is Samvit Mishra, Senior Manager of CSS OU Cloud Delivery. Hi Samvit! Thanks for joining us today. 00:55 Samvit: Hi Niki! Hi Lois! Happy to be here. Lois: So Samvit, we know that Oracle has been an early adopter of multicloud and a pioneer in multicloud services. But for anyone who isn't familiar with what multicloud is, can you explain what it means? Samvit: Absolutely, Lois. Multicloud is a very simple, basic concept. It is the coordinated use of cloud services from more than one cloud service provider.  01:21 Nikita: But why would someone want to use more than one cloud service provider? Samvit: There are many reasons why a customer might want to leverage two or more cloud service providers. First, it addresses the very real concern of mitigating or avoiding vendor lock-in. By using multiple providers, companies can avoid being tied down to one vendor and maintain their flexibility. 01:45 Lois: That's like not putting all your eggs in one basket, so to speak. Samvit: Exactly. Another reason is that customers want the best of breed. What that means is basically leveraging or utilizing the best product from one cloud service provider and pairing it against the best product from another cloud service provider. Getting a solution out of the combined products…out of the coordinated use of those services.  02:14 Nikita: So, it sounds like multicloud is becoming the new normal. And as we were saying before, Oracle was a pioneer in this space. But why did we embrace multicloud so wholeheartedly? Samvit: We recognized that our customers were already moving in this direction. Independent studies from Flexera found that 89% of the subjects of the study used multicloud. And we conducted our own study and came to similar numbers. Over 90% of our customers use two or more cloud service providers.  HashiCorp, the big infrastructure as code company, came to similar numbers as well, 94%. They basically asked companies if multicloud helped them advance their business goals. And 94% said yes. And all this is very recent data.  03:04 Lois: Can you give us the backstory of Oracle's entry into the multicloud space? Samvit: Sure. So back in 2019, Oracle and Microsoft Azure joined forces and announced the interconnect service between Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Microsoft Azure. The interconnect was between Oracle's FastConnect and Microsoft Azure's ExpressRoute. This was a big step, as it allowed for a direct connection between the two providers without needing a third-party. And now we have several of our data centers interconnected already. So, out of the 48 regions, 12 of them are already interconnected. And more are coming. And you can very easily configure the interconnect.  This interconnectivity guarantees low latency, high throughput, and predictable performance. And also, on the OCI side, there are no egress or ingress charges for your data.  There's also a product called Oracle Database@Azure, where Oracle and Microsoft deliver Oracle Database services in Microsoft Azure data centers.  04:12  Lois: That's exciting! And what are the benefits of this product? Samvit: The main advantage is the co-location. Being co-located with the Microsoft Azure data center offers you native integration between Azure and OCI resources. No manual configuration of a private interconnect between the two providers is needed. You're going to get microsecond latency between your applications and the Oracle Database.  The OCI-native Exadata Database Service is available on Oracle Database@Azure. This enables you to get the highest level of Oracle Database performance, scalability, security, and availability. And your tech support can be provided either from Microsoft or from Oracle.  05:03 Unlock the power of AI Vector Search with our new course and certification. Get more accurate search results, handle complex datasets easily, and supercharge your data-driven decisions. From now through May 15, 2025, we are waiving the certification exam fee (valued at $245). Visit mylearn.oracle.com to enroll. 05:30 Nikita: Welcome back. Samvit, there have been some new multicloud milestones from OCI, right? Can you tell us about them?  Samvit: That's right, Niki. I am thrilled to share the latest news on Oracle's multicloud partnerships. We now have agreements with Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Amazon Web Services.  So, as we were discussing earlier, with Azure, we have the Oracle Interconnect for Azure and Oracle Database@Azure. Now, with Google Cloud, we have the Oracle Interconnect for Google Cloud. And it is very similar to the Oracle Interconnect for Azure. With Google Cloud, we have physically interconnected data centers and they provide a sub-2 millisecond latency private interconnection. So, you can come in and provision virtual circuits going from Oracle FastConnect to Google Cloud Interconnect.  And the best thing is that there are no egress or ingress charges for your data. The way it is structured is you have your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure on one side, with your virtual cloud network, your subnets, and your resources. And on the other side, you have your Google Cloud router with your virtual private cloud subnet and your resources interconnecting.  You initiate the connectivity on the Google Cloud side, retrieve the service key and provide that service key to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and complete the interconnection on the OCI side. So, for example, our US East Ashburn interconnect will match with us-east4 on the Google Cloud side.  07:08 Lois: Now, wasn't the other major announcement Oracle Database@Google Cloud? Tell us more about that, please. Samvit: With Oracle Database@Google Cloud, you can run your applications on Google Cloud and the database as well inside the Google Cloud platform. That's the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure database co-located in Google Cloud platform data centers. It allows you to run native integration between GCP and OCI resources with no manual configuration of private interconnect between these two cloud service providers.  That means no FastConnect, no Interconnect because, again, the database is located in the Google Cloud data center. And you're going to get microsecond latency and the OCI native Exadata Database Service. So, you're going to gain the highest level of Oracle Database performance, scalability, security, and availability.  08:04 Lois: And how is the tech support managed? Samvit: The technical support is a collaboration between Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. That means you can either have the technical support provided to completion by Google Cloud or by Oracle. One of us will provide you with an end-to-end solution.  08:22 Nikita: During CloudWorld last year, we also announced Oracle Database@AWS, right?  Samvit: Yes, Niki. That's where Oracle and Amazon Web Services deliver the Oracle Database service on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in your AWS data center. This will provide you with native integration between AWS and OCI resources, with no manual configuration of private interconnect between AWS and OCI. And you're getting microsecond latency with the OCI-native Exadata Database Service.  And again, as with Oracle Database@Google Cloud and Oracle Database@Azure, you're gaining the highest level of Oracle Database performance, scalability, security, and availability. And the technical support is provided by either AWS or Oracle all the way to completion. Now, Oracle Database@AWS is currently available in limited preview, with broader availability in the coming months as it expands to new regions to meet the needs of our customers.  09:28 Lois: That's great. Now, how does Oracle fare when it comes to pricing, especially compared to our major cloud competitors?  Samvit: Our pricing is pretty consistent. You'll see that in all cases across the world, we have the less expensive solution for you and the highest performance as well.  09:45 Nikita: Let's move on to some use cases, Samvit. How might a company use the multicloud setup? Samvit: Let's start with the split-stack architecture between Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Microsoft Azure.  Like I was saying earlier, this partnership dates back to 2019. And basically, we eliminated the FastConnect partner from the middle. And this will provide you with high throughput, low latency, and very predictable performance, all of this on highly available links. These links are redundant, ensuring business continuity between OCI and Azure.  And you can have your database on the OCI side and your application on Microsoft Azure side or the other way around. You can have SQL Server on Azure and the application running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. And this is very easy to configure.  10:34 Lois: It really sounds like Oracle is at the forefront of the multicloud revolution. Thanks so much, Samvit, for shedding light on this exciting topic.  Samvit: It was my pleasure.  Nikita: That's a wrap for today. To learn more about what we discussed, head over to mylearn.oracle.com and search for the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Multicloud Architect Professional course. In our next episode, we'll take a close look at Oracle Interconnect for Azure. Until then, this is Nikita Abraham… Lois: And Lois Houston, signing off! 11:05 That's all for this episode of the Oracle University Podcast. If you enjoyed listening, please click Subscribe to get all the latest episodes. We'd also love it if you would take a moment to rate and review us on your podcast app. See you again on the next episode of the Oracle University Podcast.

February 26, 2025: Amar Maletira, CEO of Rackspace, explores the evolving role of multi-cloud environments—why are CIOs now rethinking their cloud strategies after years of rapid migration? As AI continues to weave itself into every facet of IT, how can healthcare organizations effectively harness its power while navigating workforce gaps and security risks? And in a world of increasing cyber threats, what are the real challenges of securing critical healthcare workloads across hybrid infrastructures? This conversation unpacks the complexity of modern IT strategy, from cloud optimization to AI-driven automation.Key Points:02:27 The Evolution of Cloud Computing07:08 AI in Cloud Management12:03 Rackspace Security SolutionsSubscribe: This Week HealthTwitter: This Week HealthLinkedIn: This Week HealthDonate: Alex's Lemonade Stand: Foundation for Childhood Cancer

We spoke to Will Bengtson (VP of Security Operations at HashiCorp) bout the realities of cloud incident response and detection. From root credentials to event-based threats, this conversation dives deep into: Why cloud security is NOT like on-prem – and how that affects incident response How attackers exploit APIs in seconds (yes, seconds—not hours!) The secret to building a cloud detection program that actually works The biggest detection blind spots in AWS, Azure, and multi-cloud environments What most SOC teams get WRONG about cloud security Guest Socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Will's Linkedin Podcast Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@CloudSecPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to watch videos of this LIVE STREAMED episode and past episodes - Check out our other Cloud Security Social Channels: - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cloud Security Podcast- Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cloud Security Newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cloud Security BootCamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you are interested in AI Cybersecurity, you can check out our sister podcast -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ AI Cybersecurity Podcast Questions asked: (00:00) Introduction (00:38) A bit about Will Bengtson (05:41) Is there more awareness of Incident Response in Cloud (07:05) Native Solutions for Incident Response in Cloud (08:40) Incident Response and Threat Detection in the Cloud (11:53) Getting started with Incident Response in Cloud (20:45) Maturity in Incident Response in Cloud (24:38) When to start doing Threat Hunting? (27:44) Threat hunting and detection in MultiCloud (31:09) Will talk about his BlackHat training with Rich Mogull (39:19) Secret Detection for Detection Capability (43:13) Building a career in Cloud Detection and Response (51:27) The Fun Section

In today's AI-driven world, enterprises are drowning in digital complexity - juggling thousands of applications that create a tangled web holding back innovation and competitiveness.

The cloud gets more crowded every day. From major hyperscalers to mid-sized hosting providers, from the edge all the way back to on-prem, there are challenges and opportunities everywhere. Navigating that world and being able to make the most of it, requires that organizations get savvy with their tools. Cloud-native is the vision, but getting there takes time and effort. Find out how the most forward-looking companies are addressing this business need as Host @eric_kavanagh interviews Anirban Sengupta, CTO of Aviatrix.   

On this Screaming in the Cloud Replay, we're revisiting our conversation with Tobi Knaup, the current VP & General Manager of Cloud Native at Nutanix. At the time this first aired, Tobi was the co-founder and CTO of D2iQ before the company was acquired by Nutanix. In this blast from the past, Corey and Tobi discuss why Mesosphere rebranded as D2iQ and why the Kubernetes community deserves the credit for the widespread adoption of the container orchestration platform. Many people assume Kubernetes is all they need, but that's a mistake, and Tobi explains what other tools they end up having to use. We'll also hear why Tobi thinks that multi-cloud is the future (it is the title of the episode after all).Show Highlights(0:00) Intro(0:28) The Duckbill Group sponsor read(1:01) Memosphere rebranding to D2iQ(4:34) The strength of the Kubernetes community(7:43) Is open-source a bad business model?(10:19) Why you need more than just Kubernetes(13:13) The Duckbill Group sponsor read(13:55) Is multi-cloud the best practice?(17:31) Creating a consistent experience between two providers(19:05) Tobi's background story(24:24) Memories of the days of physical data centers(28:00) How long will Kubernetes be relevant(30:18) Where you can find more from TobiAbout Tobi KnaupTobi Knaup is the VP & General Manager of Cloud Native at Nunatix. Previously, he was the Co-Founder and CTO of D2iQ Kubernetes Platform before Nutanix acquired the company. Knaup is an experienced software engineer focusing on large scale systems and machine learning. Tobi's research work is on Internet-scale sentiment analysis using online knowledge, linguistic analysis, and machine learning. Outside of his tech work, he enjoys making cocktails and has collected his favorite recipes on his cocktail website.LinksTobi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/superguenterLinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiasknaup/Personal site: https://tobi.knaup.me/Original Episodehttps://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/multi-cloud-is-the-future-with-tobi-knaup/SponsorThe Duckbill Group: duckbillgroup.com 

Main Themes: The rise of multicloud 2.0: Organizations are moving beyond a single primary cloud and embracing a true multicloud strategy to leverage best-of-breed services from different providers. Kubernetes networking and security challenges: Multicloud Kubernetes deployments face issues with IP address exhaustion, overlapping IPs, egress security, and high-bandwidth secure inter-cluster connectivity. Aviatrix solutions for multicloud Kubernetes: Aviatrix offers a controller-based, intent-based networking and security platform that addresses these challenges with dynamic segmentation, secure egress, and hybrid connectivity. Key Ideas and Facts: Multicloud 2.0: Shifting landscape: The cloud landscape has evolved significantly in the 18 years since AWS launched. Organizations now have access to hyperscalers, regional clouds, and specialized clouds. True multicloud strategy: Organizations are adopting a true multicloud strategy to leverage the unique strengths of different cloud providers and enable developers to build better applications and services. Cloud 2.0: Many organizations are calling this shift "Cloud 2.0," driven by the need for distributed data, models, and applications, especially with the rise of GenAI and AI/ML applications. Kubernetes Networking and Security Challenges: IP address exhaustion: Kubernetes is "IP hungry," leading to IP address exhaustion and challenges with overlapping IPs, especially in large deployments with thousands of VPCs. Egress security: Millions of VPCs have weak or non-existent egress security, posing a significant risk to sensitive data. Inter-cluster connectivity: Establishing high-bandwidth, secure connectivity between Kubernetes clusters across different clouds and on-premises environments is complex and challenging. Aviatrix Solutions: Controller-based, intent-based networking: Aviatrix provides a centralized multicloud controller and uses intent-based policies to dynamically segment and secure traffic across Kubernetes clusters, regardless of the underlying IP addresses. Secure egress: Aviatrix replaces traditional NAT gateways with secure Aviatrix gateways, offering embedded NAT, visibility, and granular egress security policies based on Kubernetes resources. Dynamic scaling: Aviatrix automatically discovers and incorporates new Kubernetes resources into security policies as clusters scale up or down, eliminating manual configuration and ensuring consistent security. Hybrid connectivity: Aviatrix facilitates secure connectivity between cloud Kubernetes clusters and on-premises environments, including edge locations, enabling hybrid deployments for AI/ML and other workloads. Customer Success: Large-scale deployments: Aviatrix has customers with thousands of island VPCs and overlapping IP spaces, successfully using its platform to manage their multicloud Kubernetes environments. Operational efficiency: Aviatrix simplifies operations with its controller-based approach, dynamic policy updates, and world-class SRE team handling upgrades and troubleshooting. Key Quotes: Anirban Sengupta (Aviatrix): "Today every organization should embrace multicloud. That's the best way to get ahead with their competitors and help their developers." Anirban Sengupta (Aviatrix): "Networking and security should be top of mind... without connectivity and without security, you really can't have a multicloud strategy." Anirban Sengupta (Aviatrix): "Kubernetes is very IP hungry. There is exhaustion, IP address exhaustion is the key." Call to Action: Organizations looking to embrace a true multicloud strategy and overcome the networking and security challenges of Kubernetes should consider Aviatrix's controller-based platform. Contact Aviatrix for a demo and learn how their solutions can help you achieve secure and efficient multicloud Kubernetes deployments.

Main Themes: The rise of multicloud 2.0: Organizations are moving beyond a single primary cloud and embracing a true multicloud strategy to leverage best-of-breed services from different providers. Kubernetes networking and security challenges: Multicloud Kubernetes deployments face issues with IP address exhaustion, overlapping IPs, egress security, and high-bandwidth secure inter-cluster connectivity. Aviatrix solutions for multicloud Kubernetes: Aviatrix offers a controller-based, intent-based networking and security platform that addresses these challenges with dynamic segmentation, secure egress, and hybrid connectivity. Key Ideas and Facts: Multicloud 2.0: Shifting landscape: The cloud landscape has evolved significantly in the 18 years since AWS launched. Organizations now have access to hyperscalers, regional clouds, and specialized clouds. True multicloud strategy: Organizations are adopting a true multicloud strategy to leverage the unique strengths of different cloud providers and enable developers to build better applications and services. Cloud 2.0: Many organizations are calling this shift "Cloud 2.0," driven by the need for distributed data, models, and applications, especially with the rise of GenAI and AI/ML applications. Kubernetes Networking and Security Challenges: IP address exhaustion: Kubernetes is "IP hungry," leading to IP address exhaustion and challenges with overlapping IPs, especially in large deployments with thousands of VPCs. Egress security: Millions of VPCs have weak or non-existent egress security, posing a significant risk to sensitive data. Inter-cluster connectivity: Establishing high-bandwidth, secure connectivity between Kubernetes clusters across different clouds and on-premises environments is complex and challenging. Aviatrix Solutions: Controller-based, intent-based networking: Aviatrix provides a centralized multicloud controller and uses intent-based policies to dynamically segment and secure traffic across Kubernetes clusters, regardless of the underlying IP addresses. Secure egress: Aviatrix replaces traditional NAT gateways with secure Aviatrix gateways, offering embedded NAT, visibility, and granular egress security policies based on Kubernetes resources. Dynamic scaling: Aviatrix automatically discovers and incorporates new Kubernetes resources into security policies as clusters scale up or down, eliminating manual configuration and ensuring consistent security. Hybrid connectivity: Aviatrix facilitates secure connectivity between cloud Kubernetes clusters and on-premises environments, including edge locations, enabling hybrid deployments for AI/ML and other workloads. Customer Success: Large-scale deployments: Aviatrix has customers with thousands of island VPCs and overlapping IP spaces, successfully using its platform to manage their multicloud Kubernetes environments. Operational efficiency: Aviatrix simplifies operations with its controller-based approach, dynamic policy updates, and world-class SRE team handling upgrades and troubleshooting. Key Quotes: Anirban Sengupta (Aviatrix): "Today every organization should embrace multicloud. That's the best way to get ahead with their competitors and help their developers." Anirban Sengupta (Aviatrix): "Networking and security should be top of mind... without connectivity and without security, you really can't have a multicloud strategy." Anirban Sengupta (Aviatrix): "Kubernetes is very IP hungry. There is exhaustion, IP address exhaustion is the key." Call to Action: Organizations looking to embrace a true multicloud strategy and overcome the networking and security challenges of Kubernetes should consider Aviatrix's controller-based platform. Contact Aviatrix for a demo and learn how their solutions can help you achieve secure and efficient multicloud Kubernetes deployments.

Rosalind Whitley (Dir. Product @Kentikinc) and Ethan Smith (Staff SRE @ An Enterprise Security Company) talk about network observability, the evolution of SRE for networking, flow analysis, and the complexity and tradeoffs or network design and operations at scale.SHOW: 872 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #872 TranscriptSHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSOR:While data may be shaping our world, Data Citizens Dialogues is shaping the conversationFollow Data Citizens Dialogues on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcastsSHOW NOTES:Kentik - The Network Observability Platform (homepage)Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us about your background and the areas you focus on today.Topic 2 - I want to begin with the complexity of networking, and not just in the sense of routing, etc. Can you walk us through some of the things you have to consider, and potentially tradeoff, as you're thinking about network design and operations (e.g. performance, security, costs, logging, troubleshooting, etc.)Topic 3 - Usually there are many teams involved in making a large organization work. How do you collaborate across teams, and what types of technical hurdles get in the way of delivering the service? (maybe discuss logging challenges)Topic 3a - How has the role of SRE and Network Engineer evolved as we're now dealing with this new complexity? You have all the normal performance, high availability, observability stuff, but also things like egress costs, etc. Topic 4 - We talked earlier about the challenge of cost management when running a large SaaS service. What are some of the ways that you explore or model costing behaviors and look to improve them?Topic 5 - As you're working in a single cloud (e.g. AWS), there's often a belief that working only in that ecosystem is the best approach, as everything is integrated or billing is simpler. How did you go about exploring alternatives that worked in your cloud, but gave you more flexibility for your services?Topic 6 - How do you tend to think about lines of demarcation between your team, the SaaS tooling provider and the cloud provider? FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @cloudcastpodInstagram: @cloudcastpodTikTok: @cloudcastpod

In this episode, Ashish spoke with Kushagra Sharma, Staff Cloud Security Engineer, to delve into the complexities of managing Identity Access Management (IAM) at scale. Drawing on his experiences from Booking.com and other high-scale environments, Kushagra shares insights into scaling IAM across thousands of AWS accounts, creating secure and developer-friendly permission boundaries, and navigating the blurred lines of the shared responsibility model. They discuss why traditional IAM models often fail at scale and the necessity of implementing dynamic permission boundaries, baseline strategies, and Terraform-based solutions to keep up with ever-evolving cloud services. Kushagra also explains how to approach IAM in multi-cloud setups, the challenges of securing managed services, and the importance of finding a balance between security enforcement and developer autonomy. Guest Socials:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kushagra's Linkedin Podcast Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@CloudSecPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to watch videos of this LIVE STREAMED episode and past episodes - Check out our other Cloud Security Social Channels: - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cloud Security Podcast- Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cloud Security Newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cloud Security BootCamp Questions asked: (00:00) Introduction (02:31) A bit about Kushagra (03:29) How large can the scale of AWS accounts be? (03:49) IAM Challenges at scale (06:50) What is a permission boundary? (07:53) Permission Boundary at Scale (13:07) Creating dynamic permission boundaries (18:34) Cultural challenges of building dev friendly security (23:05) How has the shared responsibility model changed? (25:22) Different levels of customer shared responsibility (29:28) Shared Responsibility for MultiCloud (34:05) Making service enablement work at scale (43:07) The Fun Section

Join us in the latest episode of "Altitude," where host Jason Gervickas sits down with Sarmed Faraj, Security Consultant Manager at Accenture and Aviatrix Certified Engineer (ACE), to delve into the dynamic realm of network security and the significant impact of AI on cloud security. With a robust background in both civil engineering and computer science, Sarmed has transitioned seamlessly into IT, establishing himself as a leader in security and consulting.Together, Jason and Sarmed tackle the complex challenges enterprises face today in multicloud and hybrid environments, including the limitations of traditional firewalls, lack of visibility and control, challenges with hybrid connectivity, and the growing demand for real-time data processing. Additionally, Sarmed discusses the instrumental role of Aviatrix in streamlining network management, bolstering security, and driving cost efficiency.Sarmed also discusses the role of AI in networking and security, addressing common skepticism and drawing parallels between its evolutionary path and that of the internet. Emphasizing the critical need for AI investments, Sarmed states that companies hesitant to adopt these technologies will struggle to remain competitive in the coming years.This episode is essential for professionals looking to understand the current and future landscapes of network security and how AI continues to shape this industry.Learn More: Discover how Aviatrix Secure High-Performance Datacenter Edge can help you securely connect your data centers to the cloud with optimal performance and simplicity here. Get Multicloud Certified: Advance in your career and get multicloud certified through the Aviatrix Certified Engineer (ACE) Program here. Connect with Sarmed: Learn more about Sarmed's background and connect with him on LinkedIn here. Timestamped Overview:00:00 Intro01:36 Majored in computer science after preferring coding.05:14 Accenture's impressive leadership and consulting support.06:48 On-site training and supportive, engaging leadership.10:42 Replacing NAT gateways for cost savings.14:34 Issue with AVN threads causing connectivity problems.17:58 Firewalls struggle with cloud security dynamics.19:07 Troubleshooting firewall issues with AI assistance.25:31 Secure egress traffic and reduce NAT costs.27:11 Accenture uses AI for security threat detection.31:58 AI needs regulation to prevent misuse and hacking.

We are firmly entrenched in a hybrid cloud world, from on-prem data centers to multiple cloud platforms to branch and remote offices, not to mention wandering end users connecting via VPN. While the network is the common substrate among all these locations, every cloud provider has its own network implementation. Managing, monitoring and securing all... Read more »

We are firmly entrenched in a hybrid cloud world, from on-prem data centers to multiple cloud platforms to branch and remote offices, not to mention wandering end users connecting via VPN. While the network is the common substrate among all these locations, every cloud provider has its own network implementation. Managing, monitoring and securing all... Read more »

We are firmly entrenched in a hybrid cloud world, from on-prem data centers to multiple cloud platforms to branch and remote offices, not to mention wandering end users connecting via VPN. While the network is the common substrate among all these locations, every cloud provider has its own network implementation. Managing, monitoring and securing all... Read more »

Alkira provides a Multi-Cloud Networking Service (MCNS) that lets you connect public cloud and on-prem locations using a cloud-delivered, as-a-service approach. But Alkira offers more than just multi-cloud connectivity. On today’s sponsored episode of Heavy Networking, we dig into Alkira’s full set of offerings, which include networking, visibility, governance, and security controls such as firewalls... Read more »

Alkira provides a Multi-Cloud Networking Service (MCNS) that lets you connect public cloud and on-prem locations using a cloud-delivered, as-a-service approach. But Alkira offers more than just multi-cloud connectivity. On today’s sponsored episode of Heavy Networking, we dig into Alkira’s full set of offerings, which include networking, visibility, governance, and security controls such as firewalls... Read more »

Alkira provides a Multi-Cloud Networking Service (MCNS) that lets you connect public cloud and on-prem locations using a cloud-delivered, as-a-service approach. But Alkira offers more than just multi-cloud connectivity. On today’s sponsored episode of Heavy Networking, we dig into Alkira’s full set of offerings, which include networking, visibility, governance, and security controls such as firewalls... Read more »

Startup Alkira has built a Network as a Service (NaaS) offering that extends from on prem to public cloud and multi-cloud. Today’s sponsored episode of Heavy Strategy digs in to Alkira’s capabilities in multi-cloud networking, security, automation, and cost transparency. Guest Manan Shah, SVP of Product at Alkira,  explains how Alkira simplifies network management, enhances... Read more »

Startup Alkira has built a Network as a Service (NaaS) offering that extends from on prem to public cloud and multi-cloud. Today’s sponsored episode of Heavy Strategy digs in to Alkira’s capabilities in multi-cloud networking, security, automation, and cost transparency. Guest Manan Shah, SVP of Product at Alkira,  explains how Alkira simplifies network management, enhances... Read more »

In this 7 Minutes on ITSPmagazine Short Brand Story recorded during Black Hat SecTor 2024, host Sean Martin sits down with Michael Mychalczuk, Director of Product Management for ArcSight at OpenText, to dissect the complexities of multi-cloud environments. Hosted during Black Hat SecTor 2024 in Toronto, they share invaluable insights into why businesses are increasingly finding themselves managing multiple cloud services.Mychalczuk explains that while many organizations initially hoped to stick with a single cloud provider, factors such as mergers, acquisitions, and specific technological pushes from giants like Microsoft and Google have made multi-cloud unavoidable. This proliferation presents unique challenges, particularly in maintaining security across varied platforms. He highlights the critical need for collaboration between security operations and IT operations teams. “No one person can know all of this,” Mychalczuk notes, emphasizing the importance of teamwork and specialization. He advises focusing on essential areas like identity management and automation to minimize human error and ensure consistent and secure deployments.Sean Martin and Michael Mychalczuk also discuss the importance of leveraging technologies such as Kubernetes and container security to manage and secure multi-cloud environments effectively. Mychalczuk stresses the value of robust monitoring tools like ArcSight to detect and respond to threats across these diverse systems, ultimately enabling businesses to succeed securely in today's fast-paced world. In closing, the emphasis on understanding one's maturity as a security operations team and aligning efforts accordingly stands out as a key takeaway.Note: This story contains promotional content. Learn more.Guest: Michael Mychalczuk, Director of Product Management at OpenText [@opentext]On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmychalczuk/ResourcesLearn more and catch more stories from OpenText: https://www.itspmagazine.com/directory/opentextLearn more about 7 Minutes on ITSPmagazine Short Brand Story Podcasts: https://www.itspmagazine.com/purchase-programsNewsletter Archive: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/tune-into-the-latest-podcasts-7109347022809309184/Business Newsletter Signup: https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-business-updates-sign-upAre you interested in telling your story?https://www.itspmagazine.com/telling-your-story

In this engaging episode of Altitude, Jason Gervickas sits down with Alex Sahadak, a seasoned infrastructure architect at Covetrus and an Air Force veteran, to dive into the evolving world of cloud networking and infrastructure.Alex shares his journey from his early days in the Air Force, where he honed his skills as a network engineer, to his current role at Covetrus. With rich experiences from the Maine Medical Center and Systems Engineering, Alex brings invaluable insights into the challenges and opportunities in cloud infrastructure.The episode touches on a variety of topics, including the challenges with visibility, resiliency, and connectivity in multicloud environments, the impact of VMware's acquisition, and how companies are navigating these transitions. Alex emphasizes the importance of embracing cloud-first strategies and the critical need for robust security measures, particularly in IoT environments.Connect with Alex Sahadak on LinkedInJoin the next Aviatrix 101 webinar to learn how Aviatrix creates the visibility, security, and control your business needs to adapt with ease and move ahead at speed.Timestamped Overview00:00 Jason introduces guest Alex Sahadak.04:11 Unifying past systems into one solution.06:26 Companies moving away from VMware's new subscription model.10:23 Multicloud connectivity and security are major challenges.14:27 Air National Guard: training, staff augmentation, deployments.18:10 Flexibility in cloud can increase enterprise costs.21:47 Technology creates jobs; embracing change is essential.23:10 AI creates opportunities, evolves job landscape.

Oracle's Expanding Multi-Cloud StrategyThe Big Themes:Oracle's unique cloud architecture: Oracle's differentiated cloud architecture offers customers flexibility across different environments, whether public, private, or government. This hybrid architecture ensures that customers can deploy the same services whether they need an on-premises solution, a fully isolated cloud region, or a multi-cloud setup. Oracle's approach also addresses the specific needs of regulated industries, like finance or healthcare.Global expansion and investments: Oracle is heavily investing in expanding its cloud infrastructure across the globe, including in emerging markets like Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and Latin America. These investments aim to meet growing local demands for cloud services while enhancing Oracle's global footprint. By establishing more localized data centers, Oracle can reduce latency for customers, ensure data sovereignty, and cater to regional regulatory requirements.Multi-cloud partnerships: Oracle's partnerships with major cloud providers like Microsoft, Google Cloud, and AWS represent a shift in the cloud industry, as it was previously unheard of for these companies to collaborate. Oracle recognized early on that customers were using multi-cloud strategies, so it adapted by integrating with these other platforms. Its willingness to collaborate with competitors reflects its commitment to answering customers' needs.The Big Quote: “It is very clear that customers drive our strategy . . . Oracle is kicking this multi-cloud era forward, an open era, if you will."

In this episode of Altitude, host Jason Gervickas sits down with Chris McHenry, SVP of Product Management at Aviatrix. With a career spanning over 20 years in networking, including 14 years at Cisco, Chris brings a wealth of expertise to the discussion. Now driving innovation at Aviatrix, he is deeply committed to the transformative power of cloud networking and network security.Jason and Chris dive into the rapid adoption of multicloud and hybrid cloud environments. They explore how AI/ML is a catalyst for increased cloud adoption, while also highlighting the growing complexity and security challenges that arise. Chris offers insights on how organizations can shift their perspective on deperimeterization, viewing it not as an insurmountable obstacle but as a challenge that can be resolved with an architecture that is designed for the cloud.Additionally, Chris discusses the major change to internet access in Azure around September 2025, suggesting that this calls for organizations to re-evaluate their cloud perimeter security or egress firewalling strategies. Aviatrix, with its advanced network security solutions, can play a pivotal role in helping businesses achieve the necessary level of control and protection.Check out this blog announcing Aviatrix's Cloud Perimeter Security solution that helps you safeguard data and ensure regulatory compliance, all while avoiding outrageous costs. Read this white paper to dive deeper into how you can regain control of your cloud perimeter.Connect with Chris on LinkedInTimestamped Overview00:00 Passionate product builder, now leads whole product.06:15 AI disrupts networks and application development complexity.09:51 Augmenting processes with AI for easier user experience.11:36 Transformative cloud strategy; new Equinix features announced.15:32 Cloud solutions help regain control of perimeters.19:39 Enhanced Distributed Cloud Firewall for stronger cloud security.21:50 Transitioning to zero trust complicates but enhances security.25:44 Hybrid cloud will dominate future cloud strategies.29:54 Network and endpoint security stop active breaches.30:48 Innovating network security with transformative changes upcoming.

The Big Themes:Oracle's multi-cloud strategy: Karan emphasized how Oracle has been working for nearly a decade to offer customers flexibility in using Oracle's technology across different cloud providers. It has partnerships with Microsoft, Google, and now AWS, allowing customers to use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) with the same performance and reliability as they would on Oracle's platform.Technology and business challenges: Karan acknowledged the technical complexity of integrating OCI into other cloud providers' systems, but stressed that the bigger challenge was building the relationships necessary to make these partnerships work. The goal has been to break down competitive barriers and prioritize customer needs, which he sees as a transformative approach in the tech industry.Scaling infrastructure: Oracle is simultaneously building large-scale data centers for the growing AI and cloud needs, while also working on smaller, more modular systems that can be deployed quickly. This allows them to scale up or down based on customer demand, addressing a broad spectrum of use cases.The Big Quote: "Our goal is to allow customers to get access to Oracle technology in an untethered way with the same level of security, regulatory compliance, and performance... Everything, everywhere. All services are secure, all services are performant. You pick."

In this episode of the Cloud Security Podcast, we bring together an incredible panel of experts to explore the evolving landscape of cloud security in 2024. Hosted by Ashish Rajan, the discussion dives deep into the challenges and realities of today's multi-cloud environments. With perspectives ranging from seasoned veterans to emerging voices this episode offers a broad spectrum of insights from cloud security practitioners who are living and breathing cloud security everyday. We are very grateful to our panelist who took part in 1st of its kind edition for the State of Cloud Security - Meg Ashby, Damien Burks, Chris Farris, Rich Mogull, Patrick Sanders, Ammar Alim and Abdie Mohamed. The conversation covers essential topics such as the pitfalls of multi-cloud adoption, the persistent security issues that remain even as cloud technologies advance, and the importance of specializing in one cloud platform while maintaining surface-level knowledge of others. The panelists also share their thoughts on the future of cloud security, including the increasing relevance of Kubernetes and edge security. Podcast Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@CloudSecPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to watch videos of this LIVE STREAMED episode and past episodes - Check out our other Cloud Security Social Channels: - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cloud Security Podcast- Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cloud Security Newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cloud Security BootCamp Questions asked: (00:00) Introduction (02:22) How much has Cloud Security Changed? (07:05) Is the expectation to be MultiCloud? (19:07) What's top of mind in Cloud Security in 2024? (27:17) The current Cloud Service Provider Landscape (39:26) Where to start in Cloud Security ? (52:10) The Fun Section Resources discussed during the episode: fwd:cloudsec conference Cloud Security Bootcamp DevSecBlueprint YouTube Channel - Damien Burks Rich Mogull's Cloud Security Lab of the Week