Brandon Whichard

Brandon Whichard, a cloud and AI expert and regular contributor to Software Defined Talk, joins the discussion on March's hottest tech trends. They dive into the latest mergers and acquisitions, revealing their potential market impacts. The team shares humorous personal anecdotes, including spring break mishaps. Insights into AI advancements highlight challenges in sustainability and job title inflation in tech. Finally, they explore Intel and NVIDIA's diverging paths in the industry, setting the stage for future innovations.

Brandon Whichard, a cloud and AI expert, joins Brian Gracely to unpack the latest trends from May 2025. They delve into major events like Google I/O and Microsoft Build, and discuss AWS's maturation in the cloud landscape. The duo humorously contrasts weather quirks between Texas and North Carolina while analyzing Uber's new service in tech. They strike a balance between the optimism and skepticism surrounding AI, speculating on its transformative potential and the realities of investment hype in Silicon Valley.

Brandon Whichard, co-host of the Software Defined Talk podcast, dives into the latest cloud and AI trends. They discuss highlights from the 'East Meets West' event, emphasizing transformative AI predictions. The conversation intersects sports-like competition in AI research with recruitment challenges in elite team formation. They also explore the rapid rise of AI adoption, contrasting it with past tech revolutions, and analyze the fierce competition among cloud giants like AWS and Microsoft, stressing the need for innovation in a swiftly evolving landscape.

Brian Gracely, a cloud and AI commentator; Aaron Delp, a cloud industry analyst; and Brandon Whichard, a tech news expert, dive into July 2024's cloud and AI happenings. They discuss the chaotic impact of CrowdStrike's outage and legal troubles with Delta Airlines, as well as challenges in chip manufacturing with Intel. The trio also explores the optimism in emerging tech job opportunities, AI's genuine impact versus hype, and strategies for navigating current political and professional uncertainties.

Brandon Whichard, a guest co-host and cloud & AI expert, joins the conversation as they dissect the latest developments in cloud technology. They delve into the groundbreaking DeepSeek model and its potential disruptions across industries. The discussion also covers the contrasting AI strategies of the U.S. and China, alongside corporate spending trends and Broadcom’s new long-term contracts. With humor, they reflect on the mediocrity of some tech success stories, and touch on TikTok's cultural influence within the cloud landscape.