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Michael Gerstenhaber (@mikezvi, Sr.Director Prod Mgmt @Datadog) talks about the public cloud container usage, the evolution of Kubernetes adoption, application usage patterns and what's next.SHOW: 531CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Datadog Kubernetes Solution : Modern Monitoring and AnalyticsGet started monitoring your container environment with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.Spot by NetAppMore Cloud, Less Cost (Spot by NetApp)Okta - Safe Identity for customers and workforceTry Okta for FREE (Trial in 10 minutes)SHOW NOTES:Datadog's Container Report: 11 Facts About Real-World Container UseTopic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background and your transition from engineer to product manager.Topic 2 - Let’s talk out container usage in the public cloud. Beyond the rapid pace of growth/usage, what trends are you following the most closely?Topic 3 - What are some of the unique things that you have to do to monitor container usage, or provide unique data insights to containerized applications?Topic 4 - We were surprised that only 50% of container usage is associated with Kubernetes. It’s been the de facto standard for the past several years. What else is orchestrating containers, or is it lots of one-off containers? Topic 5 - Large clusters are dominated by large nodes. That seems somewhat counter-intuitive. What do you think drives this pattern? Topic 6 - Lots of users are running older versions of Kubernetes. The CNCF has moved back to 3 releases a year. Do you expect that we’ll see longer life cycles supported in the future?Topic 7 - Since the report was released, are you beginning to see any new trends that people should be keeping an eye on? FEEDBACK?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Since Satya Nadella became CEO in 2014, the transformation of Microsoft has been incredible. Let’s explore how he evolved the company from many previously missed opportunities.  SHOW: 530CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:CloudZero - Cloud Cost Intelligence for Engineering TeamsOkta - Safe Identity for customers and workforceTry Okta for FREE (Trial in 10 minutes)CBT Nuggets: Expert IT Training for individuals and teamsSign up for a CBT Nuggets Free Learner account SHOW NOTES:Microsoft AcquisitionsHistory of Microsoft XboxHistory of Microsoft Azure10 Charts that will change your perspective on MicrosoftAREAS OF STRUGGLE FOR MICROSOFT pre-2014Social NetworkingSearchMobileStreaming VideoMac vs. WindowsAREAS OF TRANSFORMATION UNDER SATYA NADELLA (since 2014)Windows to OS AgnosticSoftware company to Cloud computing companyEmbrace Open Source SoftwareGamingRefocus on modern developers (VSCode, GitHub, OSS, etc.)Microsoft Xbox and Surface (hardware)Cybersecurity for the InternetNot competing with customers and ecosystemCollaboration systemsFEEDBACK?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Neil Thompson (@teachthegeek, Teach the Geek) talks about educating geeks and engineers in all fields of STEM about how to become a better communicator, storyteller and influencer.SHOW: 529CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Spot by NetAppMore Cloud, Less Cost (Spot by NetApp)Datadog Security Monitoring Homepage: Modern Monitoring and AnalyticsGet started monitoring your serverless environment with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.Okta - Safe Identity for customers and workforceTry Okta for FREE (Trial in 10 minutes)SHOW NOTES:Teach the Geek (homepage)Teach the Geek (YouTube)Teach the Geek (podcast)Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Today we’re going to teach our audience some valuable skills. Tell us a little bit about your background. Topic 2 - Let’s begin by talking about the intersection of geeks and how they communicate. In what ways do they feel comfortable communicating vs. uncomfortable communicating?Topic 3 - We find that oftentimes geeks will focus more on their technical skills early in their career, and only later in their career do they recognize the importance of a broad set of communication skills. Do you find this to be a common pattern?Topic 4 - What are some tips, tricks and ways to get better at communication? Which modes of communication (written, oral, story-telling, influence) are the most important?Topic 5 - What are some ways that geeks can get the practice or experience needed to improve their communications? FEEDBACK?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Let’s explore if our audience can tell the difference. SHOW: 528SHOW SPONSORS:Okta - Safe Identity for customers and workforceTry Okta for FREE (Trial in 10 minutes)CloudZero - Cloud Cost Intelligence for Engineering TeamsCBT Nuggets: Expert IT Training for individuals and teamsSign up for a CBT Nuggets Free Learner account SHOW NOTES:GitHub CoPilot - Your AI Pair-ProgrammerAWS Launches Infinidash (and it's entirely fictional)Infinidash stuff on GitHub, where technical stuff lives. Clarke’s Three LawsCollege athletes can now make money on Name, Image and Likeness (NIL)SOMETIMES SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW COMES ALONG...It might be 5yrs, 10yrs or 100yrs, but eventually (sometimes) things change and they might be awesome! CAN WE EVER FIGURE OUT IF THE NEW STUFF IS REALLY NEW AND AWESOME?GitHub CoPilot suggests lines of code or entire functions, within the context of your GitHub Codespace. It’s built on OpenAI Codex.Real issues: Does it align licenses? Are the code suggestions secure? Do the suggestions write tests or docs? Maybe issues: Do we need good coders anymore? Maybe opportunities: Can you bootstrap an entire company on top of this? Enabling more people to code more easily is a good thing, right? AWS Infinidash is designed to address the one major issue that AWS hasn’t addressed yet - using their network is really expensive and it never gets cheaper. [NOTE: Pure Speculation, might not be 100% (or 1%) correct] Hybrid Cloud is a real thing, and IT networking is free, because you never see a bill for it.AWS now loves Hybrid Cloud, and they also love the environment (it’s in the new Amazon Leadership Principles), so AWS Snowmobile isn’t a realistic options because it’s not 100% electric and self-driving, and because Amazon can now package your USB drives in the same packages they use with Amazon Prime, so they’ll be back daily to pick up data - Infinidash Prime.Within AWS, all networking across AZs and Regions is now free, because people can’t follow the AWS best practices, and AWS doesn’t like people complaining when there is an outage that would be avoided by using Multi-AZ or Multi-Region. But how will AWS make money? Well, they invented Lambda with microsecond billing, so they really don’t even want you to use EC2 anymore. This has all been a long-game to get more people using Amazon Prime. FEEDBACK?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter:&

Sanjiva Weerawarana (@sanjiva, CEO of @wso2) talks about the intersection of low-code and business applications, the Ballerina language, and the WSO2 iPaaS platform Choreo. SHOW: 527SHOW SPONSORS:CloudZero - Cloud Cost Intelligence for Engineering TeamsOkta - Safe Identity for customers and workforceTry Okta for FREE (Trial in 10 minutes)CBT Nuggets: Expert IT Training for individuals and teamsSign up for a CBT Nuggets Free Learner account SHOW NOTES:WSO2 (homepage)WSO2 iPaaS (Choreo)Ballerina Programming LanguageChoreo: A simultaneous low-code and code platform for productive developmentTry Choreo now - it's free!Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background as an inventor, prior to founding WSO2.Topic 2 - We are at a stage where every business opportunity requires new applications, and every application requires integration with multiple systems. Let’s begin by talking about your philosophy behind the Choreo iPaaS platform. Topic 3 - How do you view the intersection between low-code visual coding and the needs to get under the hood of the code for professional developers? Topic 4 - What are some of the common application-types or usage-patterns you’re seeing with early users of Choreo? What are some of the patterns that have surprised you? Topic 5 - Organizationally, do you see the iPaaS platform as being operated by an integrated team, or did you design it to be flexible about which teams/groups are engaged with or around the platform?Topic 6 - There is quite a bit of intelligence and self-service built into the platform. Where do AI-driven guidance and self-service marketplaces fit into the way developers do their day-to-day jobs? FEEDBACK?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

We get a lot of questions from our audience each week, so we thought that it would be useful to answer some listener questions that aren’t easily answered during one of the podcasts. SHOW: 526SHOW SPONSORS:CBT Nuggets: Expert IT Training for individuals and teamsSign up for a CBT Nuggets Free Learner account WSO2 Choreo: A simultaneous low-code and code platform for productive developmentTry WSO2 Choreo now - it's free!Okta - Safe Identity for customers and workforceTry Okta for FREE (Trial in 10 minutes)SHOW NOTES:2010’s Decade in Review and Reader Mailbag Questions (2019)CLOUDCAST LISTENER QUESTIONSThank you for all the questions. Send them to show@thecloudcast.netCLOUD GROWTH, PEOPLE MOVEMENT, OPEN SOURCE TRENDSQuestion 1 - Do you expect to see any significant changes to the top public clouds over the next few years?  - Sam A.New AWS leadership; AWS profit center needed to keep driving the stock priceMicrosoft capturing more of developers “native tools”; more willing to acquireGCP coming up on the 2023 “1st or 2nd place” goal“Edge” computing is just starting to take shape.Will be interesting to watch how aggressive they get with acquisitions given the antitrust concerns from the US CongressQuestion 2 - How is the open source world keeping up with the public cloud? - Melissa L.Cloudera was recently acquired by private equityIBM acquired Red Hat, and IBM is doubling down on Red Hat technologiesMongoDB continues to grow their Atlas businessConfluent is scheduled to IPO soonSnowflake is trying to focus more on open APIs and ecosystemsSeveral companies (Solo, Hashicorp, Buoyant) recently launched cloud versions of their softwareThe public cloud providers continue to ride both sides of the fence regarding open sourceQuestion 3 - Any opinions on the better way to reduce technical debt - lift and shift apps to the cloud, or modernize existing apps? - Sanjay R.Question 4 - Is the recent consolidation in the IT training market a good thing or a bad thing? - Thomas A.Question 5 - Are you seeing any post-COVID trends accelerating or gaining more traction?  - Michelle T.Question 6 - Does it seem like less people are making big money after working for a tech startup than in the past? - Nadir M.FEEDBACK?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Brandon Whichard (@@bwhichard) joins us to talk about the @awscloud leadership transition, the future of @VMware, developer preferences, the return of live events, and OSS licensing strategies. SHOW: 525SHOW SPONSOR LINKS:Okta - Safe Identity for customers and workforceTry Okta for FREE (Trial in 10 minutes)CloudZero - Cloud Cost Intelligence for Engineering TeamsCLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW NOTES:Software Defined TalkA Hybrid Cloud Look-Ahead for 2021 (Eps.482)Topic 1 - Welcome back to the show. How are things going over at Software Defined Talk? Topic 2 - Following a legendary leader has historically been very difficult. Do you foresee any issues with the transition from Besos to Jassy, and Jassy to Selipsky at Amazon/AWS? Topic 3 - Has any tech company been more influential, and yet not completely controlled their own destiny than VMware?  Topic 3a - How do we bring gambling to the tech industry? The stock market moves too slow and too many interesting companies are private. For example, can we bet on the next ransomware target, or the next acquisition, or the next company to claim to be Observability?Topic 4 - Is there a market segment more fragmented than “tools for developers”? There’s the “everyone is recreating Heroku” crowd; the “Serverless or die!” crowd, the “VSCode + GitHub” crowd, the Jamstack crowd, the iOS vs. Android crowd, Data Scientists crowd, etc...Topic 5 - Between Clubhouse collapsing and all virtual events being snoozefests, has the last year essentially killed our desire in tech to get together in anything resembling “in person”? Topic 5a - What are the lasting and fading changes from the pandemic?Topic 6 - Does it make complete tech-karma sense that the only two uses of Blockchain have turned out to be cryptocurrencies and NFTs? Topic 7 - We’ve seen a number of “OSS companies” try and change their licensing model to deal with competitive challenges from the public cloud. What do you predict will be their next move? Did that previous move do anything? Topic 8 - How disappointed are you that (seemingly) no big tech company took advantage of their growing stock price to take over their market via acquisitions?FEEDBACK?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Improving the adoption of new technologies requires effective communication and strategic marketing. The podcast highlights the crucial roles of intermediaries like developer advocates and technical marketers in facilitating these processes. Strategies for enhancing adoption focus on clear problem identification and achieving a solid product-market fit. Additionally, the importance of hybrid positions that link tech teams with business operations is emphasized, showcasing their impact on communication, innovation, and successful onboarding.

Alex Ratner (@ajratner, Co-Founder/CEO @SnorkelAI) talks about Snorkel’s evolution from Stanford AI Labs, the challenges of labeling data for AI modeling, and simplifying how AI applications can be built. SHOW: 523SHOW SPONSOR LINKS:Okta - Safe Identity for customers and workforceTry Okta for FREE (Trial in 10 minutes)CBT Nuggets: Expert IT Training for individuals and teamsSign up for a CBT Nuggets Free Learner account Datadog Security Monitoring Homepage: Modern Monitoring and AnalyticsGet started monitoring your serverless environment with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW NOTES:Snorkel AI (homepage)Stanford Spin-Out Snorkel AI Solves a Major Data ProblemTopic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us about your background, the origins of the company, and a little bit about the founding team. Topic 2 - Let’s start by framing the day in the life of a data scientist. There’s raw data, there’s a data sorting/organizing process, there’s model building, there’s results and analysis, and the cycle continues, etc. What parts are solved problems, what parts are commoditized, and where is there still room for improvement?Topic 3 - Now that we understand today’s AI/ML/DataScience landscape, let’s talk about how Snorkel Flow and automated data labeling is able to evolve those environmentsTopic 4 - Application Studio seems like the intersection of Low-Code and Industry-specific templates and the Python toolkit that data scientists understand. Walk us through the mindset of today’s data scientists in how they think about the “developer” part of their jobs.Topic 5 - What are some of the frequent use-cases or business problem areas that you’ve seen drive early adoption of the Snorkel platform? Topic 6 - Where do you see Snorkel fitting into the broader ecosystem of AI capabilities that companies may already have in place? FEEDBACK?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

For more than 10 years we’re interviewed the people that changed the tech world. What are some tips and tricks to identify which trends emerge, survive and fail? SHOW: 522SHOW SPONSORS:CloudZero - Cloud Cost Intelligence for Engineering TeamsCBT Nuggets: Expert IT Training for individuals and teamsSign up for a CBT Nuggets Free Learner account Okta - Safe Identity for customers and workforceTry Okta for FREE (Trial in 10 minutes)SHOW NOTES:2020 Year in Review2019 Year in Review2018 Year in Review2017 Year in Review2016 Year in ReviewIDENTIFYING TRENDS TO HIGHLIGHT ON THE PODCAST522 shows, 57 companies acquired, $4.9B in VC funding, $58B in Acquisitions/IPOsTrack Record of Founding Team, Macro Trends, Societal TrendsVC TRENDS vs. TECHNOLOGY TRENDS vs. CUSTOMER BUYING TRENDSThere is a very long lifecycle between university research vs. early VC investments vs. early technology trends vs. customer buying trends. Often 10-20 years.Gracely’s Theorem: “There are very few truly new ideas, rather there are mostly advancements because of improved CPUs and Networking speeds.”The Platform vs. Feature test: A baseline platform or higher-level platform? The Bed, Bath & Beyond test: Is it more than 50% cheaper than previous generations?The Friction test: Does it remove significant barriers to previous generations?The Don’t Fight a Land War in Asia test: Is it trying to be too many things to too many people?The Follow-the-Money test: How do companies around this technology make money? Does the ecosystem make money? Are there adjacent paths to monetization?The Culture Change test: People don’t like change, especially for change’s sake. Changing culture is one of the hardest things to do at most companies. The Re-Education test: How much of a learning curve is required to make this technology successful? FEEDBACK?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet