The Cloudcast

Competition in technology has many levels - from individuals to groups to companies to technologies. We dig into how competition impacts in multiple different ways, throughout our careers.SHOW: 632CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Datadog 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.Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial of Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Lightstep Incident Response T-shirt after firing an alert or incident.Pay for the services you use, not the number of people on your team with Lightstep Incident Response. Try free for 30 days. Fire an alert or incident today and receive a free Lightstep Incident Response t-shirt.SHOW NOTES:TECHNOLOGY COMPETITION IS NOT LIKE SPORTS COMPETITIONThere is not "end of season" in technologyTechnology carries the past forward (technical debt)Technology doesn't have trades or relegationThe lifecycle of tech is different that sports fandomCOMPETITION IN TECHNOLOGY TAKES ON SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELSPeople stay at companies far less than beforePeople compete in technology at personal levels, at team/group levels, at company levels and at technology levels. FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Bryan Woodworth (Solutions Strategist @Aviatrix) talks about the evolution of Cloud migrations, security best practices, and how to organize for migration success. SHOW: 631CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial of Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Lightstep Incident Response T-shirt after firing an alert or incident.Pay for the services you use, not the number of people on your team with Lightstep Incident Response. Try free for 30 days. Fire an alert or incident today and receive a free Lightstep Incident Response t-shirt.CloudZero - Cloud Cost Intelligence for Engineering TeamsDatadog 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:Aviatrix (homepage)Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Let’s talk about your background, because you've been in the big clouds and now you’re helping people navigate the journey to the cloud. Topic 2 - It’s 2022, walk me through a typical cloud migration for a company? What are their considerations, concerns, common mistakes, etc.?Topic 3 - Who within the company is typically driving the cloud migration? What are their goals or success metrics? And how often do they misunderstand what the cloud provider does and what the company has to do – especially around security? Topic 4 - All the clouds are a little bit different, but companies would really like them to look and act the same. How do companies deal with those challenges, from a networking and security standpoint?Topic 5 - Where and how does Aviatrix come into the picture when companies are doing Cloud migrations? Topic 6 - For a company that might be new to Cloud migrations, what are some lessons-learned from the past that they can use to avoid common mistakes? FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Aaron, Brian and Brandon Whichard (@bwhichard, Co-Host of @SoftwareDefTalk) talk about all the big stories, trends and transactions in the cloud in the first half of 2022. SHOW: 630CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:New Relic (homepage)Services down? New Relic offers full stack visibility with 16 different monitoring products in a single platform.CloudZero - Cloud Cost Intelligence for Engineering TeamsSHOW NOTES:Software Defined Talk - go subscribe to Brandon’s podcast!Topic 1 - VMware WTF!?Would VMware be a different company if it was never acquired by EMC/Dell?Nearly every successful Enterprise Software company becomes legacy at some point, was this always VMware’s destiny?If VMware was an independent company, would the rise of Containers (Docker) have been any different?Should some other company buy VMware and if so, who?Topic 2 - I really liked the recent analysis on Clouded Judgement Substack about subscription vs. consumption in an economic downturn. (link) If SaaS is the future, does the consumption model really matter as long as value is there?Topic 3 - Is there any aspect of the crypto industry that hasn’t been proven to be a sham this year? Decentralized (no). DAOs for governance (no). Controlled by the community (no). Secure (no). Not linked to fiat currencies (no). Good technology (no). A16z propaganda (no).Topic 4 - Are passwords finally dying? Companies like strongDM/Teleport are pushing certificate based authentication and FIDO is gaining adoption in Windows and macOS. Will there be a time when we don’t need passwords?Topic 5 - We always talk about skills and keeping up with the industry waves on the show. SaaS is less about building skills and more about operating. How does you get/keep up to speed about SaaS and what’s the future? Is the Cloud Architect going the way of the Infrastructure Admin?Topic 6 - Did the big 3 cloud providers all fire their marketing teams? I feel like there hasn’t been one big announcement from any of them this year. FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Dave Vellante (@dvellante, CEO/Co-Host of @theCube) talks about the VMware acquisition by Broadcom and the potential future of the combined organization. SHOW: 629CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Datadog 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.strongDM - Secure infrastructure access for the modern stack. Manage access to any server, database, or Kubernetes instance in minutes. Fully auditable, replayable, secure, and drag-and-drop easy. Try it free for 14 days - www.strongdm.com/signupRevelo: Sidestep the competitive US talent market by hiring remote engineers in Latin America. Source, hire, and pay Latin American engineers in US time zones with one service. Revelo manages all the paperwork including benefits, payroll, and compliance. Hire a full-time engineer with a 14-day trial. Revelo.com/cloudcastSHOW NOTES:SiliconAngle - The Voice of Enterprise Tech (homepage)theCube - Event CoverageBroadcom will tame the VMware beast (Dave Vellante)Broadcom to acquire VMware for $61BBroadcom to transit VMware to subscription model (The Register)Brian Madden’s perspective on VMware (former VMware employee)Topic 1 - Welcome back to the show. Lets jump right into it - did you expect VMware to get sold this quickly after finally being “free” of a parent company?Topic 2 - “Accretive acquisition bringing $8.5B of EBITDA by Year 3” - this seems to be the statement (headline) that really has people talking. What does it mean, and what does it say about the future plans that Broadcom might have for VMware?Topic 3 - Let’s walk through their slide “Multiple Levers to Increase VMware’s ProfitabilityTopic 4 - We all know that vSphere/ESX is the cash cow and isn’t going anywhere. Beyond that, how do you potentially see other parts of the portfolio moving forward - VMware on AWS, NSX (networking), VSAN (storage), Tanzu (AppDev)?Topic 5 - Could you see companies like Cisco or HP or NetApp or Dell buying any of those businesses (especially NSX or VSAN) so that they have permanent attachment to vSphere?  Topic 6 - Do you have any experience hearing from customers of CA or Symmantec to give current VMware customers a sense of what their new world might look like?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Kent Bennett (Venture Capitalist @bessemervp) talks about the 2022 State of Cloud report, the evolution of the SaaS business model, new monetization models, and the Great Resignation.SHOW: 628CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:CloudZero - Cloud Cost Intelligence for Engineering TeamsNew Relic (homepage)Services down? New Relic offers full stack visibility with 16 different monitoring products in a single platform.SHOW NOTES:2022 State of the Cloud (Bessemer Venture Partners)Kent Bennett (Bio - BVP)Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Let’s talk a little bit about your background, and where you focus your attention these days at Bessemer.Topic 2 - The media headlines for Cloud aren’t great these days. What are the headlines from your State of Cloud 2022? Topic 3 - Help us understand how much money has come into the VC systems over the last couple years and where it’s being targeted. Topic 4 - Let’s talk about the $1 to $18 model in SaaS. How does that happen, and what separates the good companies ($18) from the good/mediocre companies ($7).Topic 5 - You talk about “First Act” and indirect models, focused on all their companies that deliver pieces of a monetization model. How long do we expect that approach to last, because we see a wave of consolidation? Topic 6 - A lot has been discussed about the “Great Resignation”. This has impacted both tech workers and non-tech. How do you see technology companies having an impact or influence on the global workforce?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

It’s been 13 years since the last economic downturn impacted the tech industry. Many people don’t remember those days, or we’re part of it. Here’s what to expect. SHOW: 627CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:strongDM - Secure infrastructure access for the modern stack. Manage access to any server, database, or Kubernetes instance in minutes. Fully auditable, replayable, secure, and drag-and-drop easy. Try it free for 14 days - www.strongdm.com/signupRevelo: Sidestep the competitive US talent market by hiring remote engineers in Latin America. Source, hire, and pay Latin American engineers in US time zones with one service. Revelo manages all the paperwork including benefits, payroll, and compliance. Hire a full-time engineer with a 14-day trial. Revelo.com/cloudcastDatadog 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. SHOW NOTES: FOR THE YOUNGER PEOPLE, THAT WEREN’T AROUND FOR 2008We’re had 10+ years of public cloud adoptionWe’ve had 5+ years of microservices adoption (containers, Kubernetes, etc.)We’ve seen Digital Transformation dominate the headlinesHOW WILL THE CONVERSATION AROUND TECH CHANGE?We're seeing stories about moving back to Private CloudWe're seeing stories that microservices are badWe're seeing stories that Automation and Security spending will increaseWe'll hear less and less about Digital TransformationWe'll hear about hiring slow downs, and some rationalization of salariesFEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Alessya Visnjic (CEO, WhyLabs) talks about MLOps, the concept of ML Observability and why AI models can fail. Alyessa talks about the differences between data health and model health and why post production analysis of ML is so important.SHOW: 626CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:New Relic (homepage)Services down? New Relic offers full stack visibility with 16 different monitoring products in a single platform.CloudZero - Cloud Cost Intelligence for Engineering TeamsSHOW NOTES:WhyLabs (homepage)TechCrunch Articlehttps://mlops.communityTopic 1 - Welcome Alessya! You are what is known in the AI/ML spaces as a veteran. For those who aren’t familiar with your previous work, how about a quick introduction and background.Topic 2 - Give everyone a background in MLOps as it is still an emerging market.  We are seeing an emerging trend of trust in data to train models. How did we get to this problem? Is this a transparency and observability problem once in production?Topic 3 -  How is model health different from data health? Post deployment of models can actually be a factor, things like data drift over time…Topic 4 - What does a typical tool chain look like? Under the covers is this a logging platform to provide visibility into the model behavior to ensure accuracy over time? I would think every model is different, how do you “standardize/rationalize” the data to detect anomalies and incorrect results?Topic 5 - Every new category of tools has leading use cases. Where are you seeing the most traction today and how can you best help practitioners? Topic 6 - How can folks get started if they are interested?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Priyanka Vergadia (@pvergadia, Staff Developer Advocate @GoogleCloud) talks about how to use creative visualization to convey complex cloud topics.SHOW: 625CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Revelo: Sidestep the competitive US talent market by hiring remote engineers in Latin America. Source, hire, and pay Latin American engineers in US time zones with one service. Revelo manages all the paperwork including benefits, payroll, and compliance. Hire a full-time engineer with a 14-day trial. Revelo.com/cloudcastDatadog 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-shirt.strongDM - Secure infrastructure access for the modern stack. Manage access to any server, database, or Kubernetes instance in minutes. Fully auditable, replayable, secure, and drag-and-drop easy. Try it free for 14 days - www.strongdm.com/signup SHOW NOTES:The Cloud Girl (homepage)Visualizing Google Cloud (book) - #1 Best SellerPriyanka Vergadia (LinkedIn)Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. You’re one of our favorite follows on Twitter. Tell us a little bit about your background, and what you focus on these days at Google?Topic 2 - As someone who likes to whiteboard things, I’m drawn (no pun intended) to your style of communicating complex ideas. Where did this skill and style come from?Topic 3 - How was your style looked at by Google, and what types of feedback do you get from the broader community? Topic 4 - In the book, you cover A LOT of topics. How deep do you need to get into a topic before you start drawing it? How do you go about learning all the different technologies?  Topic 5 - What tools do you use to create all the drawings, and more so, you turn a lot of these into videos. Are these tools that other people could easily use?Topic 6 - Any tips you’ve learned about how to communicate complex ideas, either to technical or business people? FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Miles Ward (@milesward, CTO @SADA) talks about managing the transition to public cloud, customer vs. provider responsibilities, and how to best leverage cloud provider innovations. SHOW: 624CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:CloudZero - Cloud Cost Intelligence for Engineering TeamsNew Relic (homepage)Services down? New Relic offers full stack visibility with 16 different monitoring products in a single platform.SHOW NOTES:SADA (homepage)Miles Ward (SADA CTO, bio)Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Dude, you’ve done some things. Tell us a little bit about your background at a few of these clouds that people have heard of. Topic 2 - Let’s talk about SADA. We’re really curious about the perspective of Google Cloud vs. AWS. Topic 3 - Based on the revenue numbers, companies are using public cloud services a lot these days. The clouds seem great, because they take a lot of people’s plates. Do you think they realize who is actually responsible for their cloud deployments? Topic 4 - Having build a number of best practices | well-architected designs, how do the cloud providers think about responsibility (let’s take security as an example) and how do they expect customers to take responsibility?   Topic 5 - What are the most common mistakes companies make in this shared responsibility model? What are the biggest gray areas? Topic 6 - Let’s come back to Google Cloud. What are some of the cool things you’re able to uniquely do in Google Cloud that really add business value for your clients?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

During uncertain times, many people seek the help of a mentor. On today’s show, we look at how to find a mentor, and how to consider being a mentor. SHOW: 623CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Datadog 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.strongDM - Secure infrastructure access for the modern stack. Manage access to any server, database, or Kubernetes instance in minutes. Fully auditable, replayable, secure, and drag-and-drop easy. Try it free for 14 days - www.strongdm.com/signupRevelo: Sidestep the competitive US talent market by hiring remote engineers in Latin America. Source, hire, and pay Latin American engineers in US time zones with one service. Revelo manages all the paperwork including benefits, payroll, and compliance. Hire a full-time engineer with a 14-day trial. Revelo.com/cloudcast SHOW NOTES: HOW DOES THE MENTOR-MENTEE PROCESS WORK?How to determine if you’re trying to find a job, or trying to find a mentor. And what does a good mentor-mentee relationship look like? HOW TO FIND A MENTOR, HOW TO BE A MENTORKnow if you’re job hunting or trying to find a mentorBe visible in the community. Define a scope of what you’re asking of the mentorCome with ideas and potential solutionsUnderstand the time commitment needed for successFEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet