The Cloudcast

Between open source, open core, ad-supported and SaaS, software-focused business models are being questioned. Will new business models emerge in the next few years? SHOW: 762CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Reduce the complexities of protecting your workloads and applications in a multi-cloud environment. Panoptica provides comprehensive cloud workload protection integrated with API security to protect the entire application lifecycle.  Learn more about Panoptica at panoptica.appDatadog Synthetic Monitoring: Frontend and Backend Modern MonitoringEnsure frontend issues don’t impair user experience by detecting user-facing issues with API and browser tests with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.CloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendSHOW NOTES:The Software Paradox (Stephen O’Grady - Redmonk) GitHub CoPilot hits $100M ARRUnity CEO steps down after pricing changesFree or Free is Often Complicated (Eps.738)The Future of Software? (Eps.740)Cloud and Software Economics (Eps.744)Will LLMs replace OSS software licenses?  (Joseph Jacks)ARE THERE ANY VALID SOFTWARE BUSINESS MODELS LEFT?Software business models keep running into road blocksVC funding is slowing down, and interest rates are risingCan OSS as marketing survive? WILL THE NEXT GENERATION PAY FOR SOFTWARE, IN ANY WAY? SaaS seems to work, if you can survive the burn rate to capture customers.Is SaaS too expensive? Will variations emerge?Any changing models (free to fee, open core, etc.) disenfranchise the usersOSS is getting less fundingGaming is tied to engines and app storesWill AI open up new business models? New licensing models?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Anish Bishen, Jay Rawal, and Ieva Jonaityte discuss scaling infrastructure and data services at a startup with FinOps enabled. They explore challenges in managing data across multiple cloud platforms, balancing user experience and cost in a multi-cloud environment, and implementing cost optimization in a startup. Lessons learned include the importance of simplicity, seeking help, and partnering with experts to enhance communication and efficiency.

This podcast provides guidance and strategies for navigating annual reviews with your manager. Topics covered include managing the review process throughout the year, the good and bad of annual reviews, pay transparency, making yourself visible, and navigating senior feedback and mentorship.

In this podcast, Mike Long discusses the challenges of enabling Governance and Compliance in DevOps teams. They talk about the bottlenecks in deploying software quickly, the purpose of Governance and Compliance, the importance of tracking and documentation, and implementing automated governance in DevOps. They emphasize the need for process adherence, proof of following the process, and technology's role in enforcing controls and recording decisions.

Explore the challenges of transitioning from a technical to managerial role, regain passion for technology while excelling in people management, evaluate job opportunities based on lifestyle, salary, and growth potential, and navigate career crossroads with advice on making informed decisions.

Discussing the possibility of another major cloud provider emerging, the hosts explore the changing dynamics of the cloud market and the challenges faced by large entities. They also delve into the power of AI and GPUs, the potential of NVIDIA building their own cloud, and the difficulties of building and training models in the cloud. The episode concludes with the hosts expressing gratitude to the guest and listeners.

The podcast explores the historical context of internet infrastructure development and its potential as a marketplace. It discusses the concerns of VCs regarding the high costs of cloud providers and the threat to their business model. The chapter also highlights the initial wave of the internet boom, the challenges faced by businesses, and the emergence of new business models.

In this podcast, Alex Ratner discusses labeling and training LLMs, the challenges faced by LLM today, and the importance of data labeling for training. The podcast also explores the process of fine-tuning foundational AI models and the significance of purpose-built AI models in scaling AI.

As OSS projects continue to look for ways to balance community, sustainability and profitability, let’s explore some alternative considerations for companies and communities. SHOW: 754CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Datadog Synthetic Monitoring: Frontend and Backend Modern MonitoringEnsure frontend issues don’t impair user experience by detecting user-facing issues with API and browser tests with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt. AWS Insiders is an edgy, entertaining podcast about the services and future of cloud computing at AWS. Listen to AWS Insiders in your favorite podcast player. Cloudfix HomepageCloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendSHOW NOTES:Troubles with Open Source Gig Economy (Chris Aniszczyk, CNCF)Open Source Needs Maintainers, How Do They Get Paid? (TNS)A New Way to Think about Open Source Sustainability (InfoWorld)OPEN SOURCE HAS BECOME CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR BUSINESSESDocker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Kafka, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Java are all mission-critical to businesses. Cloud providers have disrupted the previous OSS models - operationalize vs. contributionsHow to pay contributors?How to avoid unpredictable changes to licensing?How to provide better transparency to customers and communities?DO OSS PROJECT NEED MORE STRUCTURE TO SUCCEED OR SUSTAIN?Establish “types” of projects: Business, Community, Any - Years to ActionEstablish some timelines around various types of projectsPatents have a timeline to explore - can there be OSS licenses that have timelinesGovernment tax credits for paying OSS contributorsShould governance foundations create forks at established times?Should groups like CNCF be more active in recruiting forks after a period of time?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Matt Spitz (@mattspitz, Head of Engineering at @TrustVanta) talks about the challenges of developer security and compliance. SHOW: 753CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Find "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBEReduce the complexities of protecting your workloads and applications in a multi-cloud environment. Panoptica provides comprehensive cloud workload protection integrated with API security to protect the entire application lifecycle.  Learn more about Panoptica at panoptica.appSHOW NOTES:Vanta (homepage)Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background. What made you join Vanta and did your experience at Dropbox factor into this decision?Topic 2 - Our topic today is developer security and compliance. Let’s start by helping our listeners understand the problem. We hear all the time about developers wanting to go fast. Things like security and compliance can be an afterthought. Do you agree and is this the root of the problem or is it something else?Topic 3 - Most organizations, especially smaller orgs or startups just getting going, they just want to get to MVP, what advice to you have for them in building security and compliance into their CI/CD pipelines so this becomes more programmatic?Topic 4 - Security is certainly one angle, but probably just as important, if not more so is compliance. To make it slightly more difficult, compliance can mean many different things based on geography (SOC in US for instance). How do organizations staff for this and keep up with regulation changes? Or, maybe on the flip side, is this a common area where they are understaffed and need outside assistance?Topic 5 - In security and compliance worlds there is often the concept of identification and discovery as one part, but remediation as the second part. Where and how does Vanta work with organizations to solve for both vectors?Topic 6 - Automation, especially into CI/CD pipelines seems like a no-brainer here, but I would also add is this an area where AI/ML will come into play in the future?Topic 7 - If folks want to dig in and learn more, how do you suggest they get started?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet