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Joining us this week is Yves Boudreau from Ericsson for his 2nd Podcast appearance (1st Podcast). Highlights • Edge as an accelerant not having to wait until Edge is built completely • Opportunity Cost using Edge as is; no time to wait • Be Specific when Requesting Services • Internet and Networks are Not Unlimited Pipes • Interesting Use Cases for Edge – Augmented Reality, Drone, Cars, Batteries o Jason Hoffman Podcast for Batteries • Cost savings of where the data processing is done • Open Source software communities at the Edge

Joining us this week is Haseeb Budhani, Co-Founder and CEO, Rafay Systems. Highlights • Building an application deployment platform as close to the Edge as possible • Supporting containers, microservices (move latency sensitive parts of app to Edge) and availability of infrastructure • Definition of Edge to Rafay Systems • Issues of massive amount of data at the Edge to be handled – Use Cases • Will Edge suffer from device specific infrastructure needs? • Application bottlenecks and impact of cloud locations and end user • Placement control of services is still an open issue based on user requirements • IT infrastructure and ownership and performance issues (IT vs Operation Teams) • Cloud and Edge are not competitive; they work together to offer applications best fit

Stephen Spector and Rob Hirschfeld offer commentary on the recent news about a Donkey in Egypt painted to be a Zebra at the local zoo. From this we have created the Donkey - Zebra concept of IT solutions, marketing and sales. Also add in a short discussion on a recent post that Google Cloud has an advantage in the marketplace because of open source; quick hint ~ we don't buy it.

Joining us this week is Richard Primeaux, Head of Product and Strategy, Hangar Technology. Highlights • Cars are the wrong choice for autonomous vehicles – test out on autonomous drones for infrastructure projects (e.g. new buildings, cell towers, …) • Mission plans delivered to drone for execution as a robot • What is a robot? Difficult – Dangerous – High Degree of Repeatability – Dull Tasks • Robot is controlled from program that is run independent of a controller • 4-D visual insights delivered to customers • Robotics as a System ~ requires a great deal of components for success; not just electronics • What an Edge infrastructure will look like to support these robots • GPS accuracy is not enough for flying robotics • Supporting external influences that happen in real time • Building multi-vendor edges coordinating data • Discussion on how car automation can learn from drone automation

Joining us this week is Mike D. Kail, previously the CTO of Cybric and Yahoo’s CIO and SVP of Infrastructure. Highlights • RANT Cast on Cybersecurity Regulations from Governments o Security is Important but NOT a Priority • Culture around Security is Lacking • Time for Security Tech to Include UI Testing and Consider User Experience • Confusing on Not-Working Security Settings and Profit Motives o Security thru Transparency • Accountability of Provider in Turning off Security based on Requests • Definition on Distributed Ledgers / Blockchain & Scalability Challenges • Promise of Blockchain and Good Application for It / Digital Identity • Zero Trust Security Overview • Equifax Example and Regulations

Joining us this week is James Ferguson, Director of Cloud Consulting, JBC Labs. Highlights • Overview of JBC Labs’ Jump Box Central Kubernetes Solution • State of Kubernetes Today • Concept of Kubernetes as an Application Platform • Functions as a Service • Service Mesh and Kubernetes

In this recap, Rob Hirschfeld and Stephen Spector look back over the past year and 50 L8istSh9y podcasts. The discussion highlights the main themes of Edge Computing, DevOps and SRE, Open Source, and our new start into Blockchain. Follow our new Podcast blog athttps://medium.com/@l8istsh9y.

Joining us this week is Scott Lowe, Staff Field Engineer at Heptio recorded at Interop ITX 2018. Scott is well known for his impact on virtualization and VMware, follow him at his weblog and podcast called The Full Stack Journey. Highlights • Coming new to container space and view of infrastructure within the stack • Why he chose Heptio and its transition up the stack away from virtualization • Heptio strategy? Open source based • Commercial strategy to support open source in Kubernetes • Monetization of open source projects challenges • Building applications to run on “standard” Kubernetes

Rob Hirschfeld and Stephen Spector review the newly released State of the Edge Report https://www.stateoftheedge.com). The report does require your email address to obtain and we basically go through the major content in the report and offer our thoughts.

Joining us this week is the team from Blockchain Technology Partners: Duncan-Johnston-Watt, Kevin O’Donnell, and Mike Zaccardo live from GlueCon 2018 in Colorado. Blockchain Technology Partners is an Edinburgh-based technology startup: • Mission – to radically simplify the enterprise adoption of blockchain technologies • Goal - to reduce the cost and complexity of doing business through decentralization while ensuring trust, transparency and accountability in a distributed world • Focus – providing a production-ready blockchain platform and partnering with businesses to deliver blockchain-based solutions Highlights • Who is Blockchain Technology Partners and Company Objectives • What is Blockchain: Distributed Transaction Log and Consensus • Decentralization of Ledgers and Centralization Weakness (Bitcoin e.g) • Use Cases for Blockchain • Publication Components of Blockchain; its Middle-Ware • Trusted Authorities and Broker Replacement (Shipping e.g.) • Edge Computing and Blockchain Examples • Data Responsibility and Local Blockchains • Blockchain Technology Partners Open Source Model and Technology