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Martina Iglesias Fernández (@martina_if, CTO)  & David Tuite (@dtuite, CEO of @Roadiehq) talk about the rise of Internal Developer Portals, the problems they solve, the creation of Backstage and IDP’s as a SaaS service.SHOW: 702CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Solve your IAM mess with Strata's Identity Orchestration platformHave an identity challenge you thought was too big, too complicated, or too expensive to fix? Let us solve it for you! Visit strata.io/cloudcast to share your toughest IAM challenge and receive a set of AirPods ProMake Cloud Native Ubiquitous with Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)Join the foundation of doers, CNCF is the open source, vendor-neutral hub of cloud native computing, hosting projects like Kubernetes and Prometheus to make cloud native universal and sustainableGitOpsCon + CDCon Registration Code: PODCAST10 for 10% offDatadog Kubernetes Solution: Maximum Visibility into Container EnvironmentsStart monitoring the health and performance of your container environment with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.SHOW NOTES:CNCF Backstage ProjectRoadie.io - Backstage as a SaaSCNCF On-Demand Webinar: Driving Adoption of your Backstage IDPTopic 1 - David & Martina, Welcome to the show. Please give everyone a brief introduction and how you got started with Backstage and internal development portals.Topic 2 - Backstage was spun out of Spotify and is now a CNCF project. What problems were developers seeing and what is the origin story of Backstage?Topic 3 - What were the immediate and long term advantages of consolidating the development experience on the Backstage platform?  Topic 4 -  There is always a healthy tension with development platforms. How do you balance between setting standards to consolidate and providing freedom of choice?Topic 5 - One of the common takeaways we have seen recently is that the IDP is the output product of Platform Engineering. Do you agree with this statement and what has your experience shown? Is this more about a set of common standards and automation or about a “product” such as an IDP.Topic 6 - Why does an IDP succeed or fail?Topic 7- Backstage doesn’t have a reputation of being the easiest to configure or operate. Is this where Backstage as a service comes in? What are the advantages and disadvantages to Backstage as a Service?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

This past week, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was closed by banking regulators. Let’s understand the basics of how this happened and why it matters to the tech industry. SHOW: 701CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:CloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendSolve your IAM mess with Strata's Identity Orchestration platformHave an identity challenge you thought was too big, too complicated, or too expensive to fix? Let us solve it for you! Visit strata.io/cloudcast to share your toughest IAM challenge and receive a set of AirPods ProMake Cloud Native Ubiquitous with Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)Join the foundation of doers, CNCF is the open source, vendor-neutral hub of cloud native computing, hosting projects like Kubernetes and Prometheus to make cloud native universal and sustainableGitOpsCon + CDCon Registration Code: PODCAST10 for 10% offSHOW NOTES:FDIC Creates a Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara to Protect Insured Depositors of Silicon Valley Bank, Santa Clara, California (March 10)FDIC Update on SVB Bank and Access to Deposits (March 12)Joint Statement by Department of Treasury, Federal Reserve and FDIC (March 12)HOW CAN A BANK WITH SO MUCH MONEY SHUT DOWN?Banks never hold all the money that they have on the books as depositsBanks manage a portfolio of investmentsBanks try and manage the portfolio within certain ratiosBanks have regulationsLEVERAGE, INTEREST RATES, RISK, TIMELINES, COMMUNICATIONS and PANICSBasics Part I - Systems built on Trust, Regulations to Enforce ActionsBasics Part II - What is SVB?, Deposits vs. Investments, Leverage, Interest RatesHigher interest rates increases the risk of existing investmentsValuations vs. Valuations on PaperInsurance, Diversified PortfolioCloud Analogies - Single vs. Multi-Cloud, Shared Resources Risks, Profitability of a Service, Best Practices vs. Practicality, Rising Costs (or Shortages) FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

James Governor (@monkchips, Co-Founder @Redmonk) talks about Developer experience in 2023. Topics include trends, platforms, languages and culture.SHOW: 700CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Make Cloud Native Ubiquitous with Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)Join the foundation of doers, CNCF is the open source, vendor-neutral hub of cloud native computing, hosting projects like Kubernetes and Prometheus to make cloud native universal and sustainableGitOpsCon + CDCon Registration Code: PODCAST10 for 10% offDatadog Security Solution: Modern Monitoring and SecurityStart investigating security threats before it affects your customers with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.Solve your IAM mess with Strata's Identity Orchestration platformHave an identity challenge you thought was too big, too complicated, or too expensive to fix? Let us solve it for you! Visit strata.io/cloudcast to share your toughest IAM challenge and receive a set of AirPods ProSHOW NOTES:Redmonk - The developer focused analyst firm (homepage)Redmonk Programming Language RankingsMonktoberfest - Developer Conference (Portland, ME)Topic 1 - Welcome back to the show. You are a rockstar in the developer world, and maybe unknown in the infrastructure world. Tell us a little bit about your background.Topic 2 - [Developers as a Whole]  In 2023, do you think about developers any differently than you did in 2018 or 2021? Do you think about developers in terms of things they get done, or the types of work they do (front-end, back-end, mobile, data-science, etc.), or something else?Topic 3 - [Trends] What are the big developer-centric trends that you are tracking or really have your interest? AI? Hosting services? Database services? WASM?  Topic 4 - [Platforms]  Will we ever find that PaaS pot-of-golf at the end of the rainbow, or is the dream of platforms just a unicorn? Or do we have to realize that successful platforms are all micro-platforms? Topic 5 - [Languages] Redmonk famously tracks development languages every six months. It feels like there are only two trends - what stays the same, and the language that is the new hotness. Do languages really matter?  Topic 6 - [Culture] Lots of people talk about changing a company’s culture to better serve the needs of developers. Do you have any examples of where that has worked, or best practices? FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

It’s now been 3 years since the world was disrupted by COVID-19. How has the tech industry been impacted, changed, and altered? SHOW: 699CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Make Cloud Native Ubiquitous with Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)Join the foundation of doers, CNCF is the open source, vendor-neutral hub of cloud native computing, hosting projects like Kubernetes and Prometheus to make cloud native universal and sustainableGitOpsCon + CDCon Registration Code: PODCAST10 for 10% offCloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendSHOW NOTES:Eps.499 - Did COVID change tech?Eps.552 - Developing New Habits in COVIDRemote Work Should be (Mostly) Asynchronous (HBR)GOOD PREDICTIONS, BAD PREDICTIONS, AND MISSED OPPORTUNITIESHow long the pandemic would lastHow much this would accelerate cloud adoptionHow efficient remote work would make companiesThe future of in-person events vs. virtual eventsGOOD HABITS, BAD HABITS, AND LESSONS LEARNEDToo many companies assumed that late 2020 through early 2022 would be the new normal The cloud providers all grew very fast, but none of them launched industry-changing new services, and have since laid off peopleSaaS services did not figure out how to be more profitable, and have laid off peopleRemove work hasn’t become more efficient, and it’s not creating new management / teamwork / collaboration challengesWe’ve created very unusual and awkward human interactions, and tried to normalize themA new round of layoffs and economic uncertainty will end up creating another new set of behaviors - still TBD.FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Zachary Smith (@zsmithnyc, Head of Edge Infrastructure @Equinix) talks about Edge Computing, the evolution of CoLocation, Cloud Interconnects and Emerging Trends.SHOW: 698CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Solve your IAM mess with Strata's Identity Orchestration platformHave an identity challenge you thought was too big, too complicated, or too expensive to fix? Let us solve it for you! Visit strata.io/cloudcast to share your toughest IAM challenge and receive a set of AirPods ProDatadog Monitoring: Modern Monitoring and AnalyticsStart monitoring your infrastructure, applications, logs and security in one place with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirtCloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendSHOW NOTES:Equinix (homepage)Deploy in Minutes, not MonthsFuture First SustainabilityTopic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit of your background, and where you focus your efforts at Equinix?Topic 2 - Equinix is in a very interesting position in the market, because you have visibility to so many different trends - cloud interconnects, edge computing, application migrations, etc. As we move into 2023, what are some of the trends that you’re keeping an eye on?Topic 3 - You focus on Edge computing. It seems like a very fragmented market (many definitions, many use-cases, many business models). How do you think about the breadth of Edge? Topic 4 - What are some of the trends you’re seeing from the big cloud providers, and how does it impact different size businesses? Topic 5 - You also have a focus on bare metal computing. Is that still primarily a performance-centric play in the market, or are there new trends happening that expand what bare metal can be a part of?Topic 6 - Going forward, what role do you see the global Co-Location providers planning in Cloud, or Edge, or other major trends over the next 5+ years? FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

The economics of the Internet are changing as the foundational ad-driven model is being disrupted. How will this impact the cost of things we’ve long enjoyed for free on the Internet?SHOW: 697CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Did you know that 87% of container images in production include a high or critical vulnerability? No wonder prioritization is difficult. Download the Sysdig 2023 Cloud-Native Security and Usage report to dig into the state of cloud and container usage.CloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendSection is the fastest, easiest and most cost-effective way to run applications across multiple clouds.Cloudcast listeners can experience the benefits of unparalleled performance and uptime, plus the ability to scale as needed. There’s no risk to try it out – run one project for free with no credit card required!SHOW NOTES:ChatGPT-style search will cost 10x more for Google, MicrosoftStratechery on Apple ATTApple App Tracking TransparencyApple ATT change in IOS will have $10B impact on Facebook (Spotify)Is streaming really cheaper than the cable bundle?Google eliminates free Gmail accountsTwitter will start charging for SMS 2FABMW charging monthly for heated seatsTHE EVOLUTION OF HOW THE INTERNET WAS PAID FOROriginal Internet - Funded by the US Gov’t (ARPANET)Walled Gardens - AOL, CompuserveThe Rise of Web Browsers, Search Engines and the Open InternetThe Rise of Consumer Broadband and Over-the-Top ServicesAdvertising as the dominant business model, and building moatsTHE DISRUPTION OF THE AD-CENTRIC INTERNET AND ITS IMPACTSGoogle moats for ads/search - Maps, Gmail, Android, Weather, Flights, Stocks, etc.Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple have build huge ad businessesApple is disrupting mobile advertising with ATTMicrosoft is disrupting search with ChatGPT (and OpenAI)FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Michael Isbitski (@michaelisbitski, Director Cybersecurity Strategy @sysdig) talks about about Sysdig's 2023 Cloud Native Security and Usage Report. The latest trends, interesting findings and the latest on Cloud Native SecuritySHOW: 696CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:How to Fix the Internet (A new podcast from the EFF)Datadog Application Monitoring: Modern Application Performance MonitoringGet started monitoring service dependencies to eliminate latency and errors and enhance your users app experience with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.Solve your IAM mess with Strata's Identity Orchestration platformHave an identity challenge you thought was too big, too complicated, or too expensive to fix? Let us solve it for you! Visit strata.io/cloudcast to share your toughest IAM challenge and receive a set of AirPods ProSHOW NOTES:Sysdig (homepage)Sysdig 2023 Cloud-Native Security and Usage Report Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit of your background, and where you focus your efforts at Sysdig?Topic 2 - Let’s talk about the 2023 report. This is something that Sysdig has run for many years. What are some of the major Container Security and Usage trends you’re seeing this year (2022 to 2023)? Report is unique as it looks at real-world data or more than a billion containers 6th report, each year we build on the data collected previously Beyond the speed of containers and usage data, we also looked at things people care about right now Where are there cost savings How are we doing with implementing zero trustWhere can we save time and reduce riskTopic 3 - It seems like preparedness for attacks, via vulnerabilities, is on the rise? Why do you think we’re seeing things getting worse, rather than better?   Topic 4 - Talk to us about some of the best practices for managing all the vulnerabilities, and how to think about prioritization - such as Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).Topic 5 - It appears that Zero Trust is a big buzzword, but maybe companies have zero trust in zero trust. Did this surprise you? What do you think is causing this?Topic 6 - What are some of the operational best practices that you’re seeing companies doing to help mitigate these ever growing security threats? FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Public cloud usage. Cloud-native application development. Developer relations. In a down economy, everything gets questioned. Expect a lot of naysayers and doubters. SHOW: 695CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:CloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendSection is the fastest, easiest and most cost-effective way to run applications across multiple clouds.Cloudcast listeners can experience the benefits of unparalleled performance and uptime, plus the ability to scale as needed. There’s no risk to try it out – run one project for free with no credit card required!Did you know that 87% of container images in production include a high or critical vulnerability? No wonder prioritization is difficult. Download the Sysdig 2023 Cloud-Native Security and Usage report to dig into the state of cloud and container usage.SHOW NOTES:Kubernetes is great, but it’s been a 7 year distraction (and this thread)Cloud players sound a cautious tone in 2023Is DevRel as an idea being abandoned?THE CURVE IS BENDING DOWN, SO QUESTION EVERYTHINGThe public cloud is no longer economically viableDistributed systems are not practicalKubernetes is now too difficult to useDeveloper relations (DevRel) is no longer needed by vendorsTHE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EARLY ADOPTERS AND MAINSTREAMEarly adopters typically have a specific problem they are trying to solveNear-term and long-term goals don’t always alignThe ROI of technology doesn’t always happen immediatelyResume-driven-development is a real thing in good timesEconomic downturns shine a light on practicality and profitabilityGreed is a factor in good times and bad timesFEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Kyle Weller (@KyleJWeller, Head of Product @onehousehq) talks about the latest trends in  OSS Data Lakes, Data Warehouses, and the evolution to “Data Lakehouses” with Apache HudiSHOW: 694CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "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. Solve your IAM mess with Strata's Identity Orchestration platformHave an identity challenge you thought was too big, too complicated, or too expensive to fix? Let us solve it for you! Visit strata.io/cloudcast to share your toughest IAM challenge and receive a set of AirPods ProHow to Fix the Internet (A new podcast from the EFF)SHOW NOTES:Onehouse (homepage)Onehouse raises $25M Series A fundingApache Hudi (homepage)Delta Lake (homepage)Apache Iceberg (homepage)​​Apache Hudi vs Delta Lake vs Apache Iceberg - Lakehouse Feature ComparisonTopic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit of your background, and where you focus your efforts at Onehouse?Topic 2 - Your focus is on an emerging open source project, Apache Hudi. Before we dive into the project and technologies, we’re always interested in the background of what drove the creation of new projects. What problems existed before Hudi? Topic 3 - Let’s dive into Hudi. Data lakes, Delta Lakes, Lake houses, Icebergs. What is going on with all these water metaphors?  Topic 4 - Hudi is focused on streaming data lakes. What are some of the things (types of applications) that need a streaming data lake? Where do transactions come into play? Where do data warehouse capabilities come into play?Topic 5 - Stitching together open source projects and platforms can be complicated. How does the Onehouse platform simplify all of this for either data scientists or platform teams?Topic 6 - What are some examples of how companies are using Onehouse and Hudi today? FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Now that AWS, Azure, GCP earnings are slowing down across the board, let’s look at what this could mean in the near-term and long-term. SHOW: 693CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Section is the fastest, easiest and most cost-effective way to run applications across multiple clouds.Cloudcast listeners can experience the benefits of unparalleled performance and uptime, plus the ability to scale as needed. There’s no risk to try it out – run one project for free with no credit card required!Did you know that 87% of container images in production include a high or critical vulnerability? No wonder prioritization is difficult. Download the Sysdig 2023 Cloud-Native Security and Usage report to dig into the state of cloud and container usage.CloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendSHOW NOTES:AWS earnings - $21.4B, up 20% (down from 27% QoQ)Microsoft Azure earnings - $21.5B, up 31% (down from 35% QoQ)Google Cloud earnings - $7.32B, up 32% (down from 38% QoQ)Google claims that Azure is losing moneyCloud leaders AWS, Azure, Google show the market is cooling down2022 CAPEX spend by the cloud providersCloud players being cautious in 2023THE GROWTH OF CLOUD PROVIDERS IS BEGINNING TO SLOW DOWNThe cloud providers are still growing at a high rateBut the rate of grow, and CAPEX investment is slowing downIs this the new normal?WHAT’S CAUSING THE SLOW DOWN?Increased interest rates, so slower overall spending across techCloud cost optimization tools and company-wide programsEnterprise companies managing to post-COVID “new normals”SaaS companies cutting back, especially VC-funded companiesLots of tech layoffs Concern about Google (and Azure?) being profitable?Will the new AI wars disrupt the focus of the cloud companies?Will we see services cut back by the cloud providers?Companies now have an opportunity to renegotiate costs?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet