cloud2030

This episode was a fun and interesting ride from boring standards to locking APIs via NFTs! We started talking about “civilization technology” where standards and regulations are applied to infrastructure. We are expecting this to happen in cloud (eventually) because it allows us to create ecosystems around the infrastructure. The historical patterns that we see in railroads, buildings and electricity will emerge in IT too. Or maybe they won’t! We haven't yet seen standards emerging in cloud or open source. And we had some really significant conversations around the interactions between these systems that would drive or resist standardization. Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/-hhn6VEjtIQDl3UAHaCPUxCUaXo Photo: https://www.pexels.com/photo/slatted-wood-pathway-between-trees-1423827/

We reflected on 2021 and our four key panelists talked through what's coming for 2022. Instead of making broad predictions, we focused on the needs of the market. We felt there were many immediate needs around cloud outages and security challenges. Of course, we also discuss how the edge is coming up along with more physical integrations like for automotive, healthcare, and energy creation and storage. All are very big topics that are local presence related computing. Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/7IEszyeZEDGENz3JSzw_-4hmyVc Photo: https://www.pexels.com/photo/barefoot-boy-in-astrologer-costume-looking-through-spyglass-7139730/

How do we make data centers green because, fundamentally, they are going to use electricity. But the sources of that electricity, how we respond to shortages of electricity and cost signals about that electricity are all critical to consider. These are the questions that lead us to how a green data center or green infrastructure gets created. Our discussion also includes how infrastructure at the edge can play a role. Overall, there are A LOT of the factors that go into building and creating green infrastructure, including the motivations and signals that will hopefully change the market. Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/9eirv3Rs292n7M1m8d1VaRPPRgA Image: https://www.pexels.com/photo/clear-light-bulb-planter-on-gray-rock-1108572/

How do we evolve technology in the future? We centered the answer on networking, but in a very general way. The ability for a vendor to distribute technology and then connect things together and then build networks of that technology is a core component of how networking is evolving. Ultimately, this is about building technology systems. Sadly, that led us into a very dark place where we really thought through who's going to own all of that infrastructure and their motivations. How can we make sure that the people's needs and the systems and the vendors' needs are well aligned? Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/H8ik1HcmSExVBRklYbSCsV4yu2k Image: https://www.pexels.com/photo/shallow-focus-photography-of-keychains-1194036/

Our scheduled topic was supply chains generally, but the Log4Shell vulnerability dominated the discussion. We dove into the challenge of patching and fixing a library that is literally in nearly every device or service for years and years. That led us to supply chains in the context of software, and specifically Java Log4j. This is a critical topic and our conversation about it was very thoughtful. We really covered the angles of what it takes to produce and maintain a supply chain for software. Then we discussed alternatives and things to consider when you building anything: software products or physical products in which embedded systems and components impact your designs. Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/CJ8pYF1La6tetFasqZhEojo_zoY Image: https://www.pexels.com/photo/carton-container-with-eggs-in-rows-6294430/

We discussed the Amazon outage of December 7. Instead of simply blaming Amazon, we went looking for how the outage impacted people globally. We considered how hyper scalars are being treated and how these outages can be avoided or understood. We focused on who is impacted and what companies who are building on top of Cloud providers can do going forward. We really took a classic Cloud 2030 approach for a very important and timely topic. Enjoy our discussion about the business impacts, understanding of the market and forward looking approach. Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/cY4fk8mWIovIfkwfT4LDw2uy4QY Image: https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-person-holding-a-pan-with-cooked-eggs-7719168/

What is platform engineering? And why is it necessary and how to make it work compared to DevOps. In this conversation, we really hit on the challenges of creating automation teams for building automation in scalable ways. Frustratingly, we never really came up with a particularly good answer to “what is a platform team” and why you should care. Strangely, your organization is probably building one. Transcript https://otter.ai/u/zJeQbqXIyD8kZUxfKQdvQAfQGog Image: https://www.pexels.com/photo/building-construction-industry-technology-9617733/

We discuss standards, de facto standards, and cloud standards. It comes down to how we are creating repeatable results for the cloud marketplace. Ideally, we're creating marketplaces where standards can be shared. We’d consider Amazon as the primary example, but we also talk about hardware and Kubernetes which have their own marketplaces. Ultimately, we asked if we are creating standardized cloud infrastructure? The short answer is no. Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/kGT8pGfbslZRgFktM0pE3AifwWI Image: https://www.pexels.com/photo/measuring-guitar-pick-3988555/

Serverless at the edge, part one. This is a dynamic and engaged conversation with key questions like: What is serverless? Do we need serverless? How is edge serverless different than cloud serverless? We see edge environments as collecting data from sensors that needs to be heterogeneous, multi vendor, dynamic and centralized. But where centralized? I think that the serverless aspect of this really drives home the idea that we need to be able to make small, quick, easy updates into an edge environment into a sensor environment. But how we accomplish that is still to be defined. Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/XOOi-HhvbqC6NG16-7ns6j_hPLE Image: https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-in-white-long-sleeve-shirt-holding-a-serving-tray-3772524/

Today we talked about supply chains, but mainly security and the security aspects of supply chains because we have a very serious challenges here. We have made software and on boarding software for developers so easy, but haven't put the same efforts in how to manage production systems! The team really talked about what it takes to build production systems that respect security, supply chains, dependency graphs, and inclusion in a way that cross teams. It's an incredibly important topic, and it is the foundation of any successful supply chain hardening effort. Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/6zfld2gBpZMSGT8Vk_1Ka3pWtN0 Image: https://www.pexels.com/photo/light-city-road-traffic-10390684/