15 years ago, when we started The Cloudcast the definition of cloud was pretty clear cut. But now in 2026, the rules are all different and a new era of Cloud is upon us. Let’s explore what the next generation might provide.
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SHOW NOTES
WHAT IS AND ISN’T CLOUD IN 2026?
- Cloud isn’t a single company
- Cloud isn’t just public cloud
- A CIA cloud isn’t a Gov cloud isn’t your Enterprise Cloud
- Multi-cloud is a real thing that needs technology
- Google, the people that invented “cloud” are a real company in cloud
- Defining cloud by purity, or IaaS/PaaS/SaaS terms doesn’t really matter
- Does data locality matter more in an AI-Cloud era?
- Do we begin to see price wars over the core Cloud 1.0 primitives?
- Are we in the 9th inning of Cloud, and the 1st inning of what’s next?
- AI has replaced SaaS in immediacy, so does that have impact on Cloud services?
- Does the lack of application portfolio finally come back to bite AWS?
- Can niche cloud services emerge (e.g. is Vercel another Digital Ocean, or something unique?)
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