The Cloudcast

Aaron and Brian talk with Bernard Golden (@bernardgolden, CEO of Navica) about the future of the cloud computing marketplace, the expected rates of growths and areas that could impact forecasts positively or negatively.Show Links:Get a free eBook from O'Reilly media or use promo code PC20CLOUD for a discount - 40% off Print Books and 50% off eBooks and videos[DISCOUNT] Start Serverless Skills Bundle (4 courses) - (only $49 instead of $79)[FREE] Alexa Development for Absolute BeginnersBernard Golden’s website[Blog] Cloud Computing hits a tipping point[Forbes] Roundup of Cloud Computing Forecasts, 2017[WSJ] WalMart to Vendors - Get off AWS’ Cloud[Seeking Alpha] Oracle Earnings Recap: Cloud Tipping Point Has Arrived - To A DegreeShow NotesTopic 1 - Welcome back to the show. You’ve been recognized as a Cloud Computing thought-leader for many years. What are you up to these days?Topic 2 - You’ve been advocating for public Cloud Computing for a while now. What’s changed that you’re now calling this a Tipping Point?Topic 3 - We’ve seen AWS growth-rates slow for the last 7 quarters. But we’re also seeing slower growth in some older on-premises vendors (e.g. IBM, HPE). Do you think these two trends are linked together, or the law of big numbers, or something else?Topic 4 - We saw Walmart announced this week that they are going to start influencing (or mandating) that their suppliers not use the AWS cloud. In the past, we saw them mandate that suppliers must have facilities located in Bentonville, AR (Walmart HQ) to reduce the costs of meetings. We’ve heard other vendors avoid AWS due to competition. Do you think we start to see non-technical trends start to make an impact on cloud decisions?Topic 5 - In your recent blog, you seem to imply that only the AAG (AWS, Azure, Google) cloud platforms will dominate going forward. What do you think about platforms like Salesforce? Or open source projects (e.g. Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry, Hadoop)? Or companies building services on top of AAG that could just become features embedded in AAG?Feedback?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Brian talks with Thomas Munn (@symgryph, Principal IoT Security Researcher at Cree Lighting) about the challenges of moving from manufacturing to software, planning for IoT-scale deployments, securing millions of devices, and how Ansible and Azure Cloud help solve scaling challenges.Show Links:Get a free eBook from O'Reilly media or use promo code PC20CLOUD for a discount - 40% off Print Books and 50% off eBooks and videos[DISCOUNT] Start Serverless Skills Bundle (4 courses) - (only $49 instead of $79)[FREE] Alexa Development for Absolute BeginnersCree Lighting websiteOpen SCAP FrameworkAnsible TowerCentOS Hardening ToolPrometheus MonitoringAIDE - Advanced Intrusion DetectionShow NotesTopic 1 - Welcome to the show. Let’s talk a little bit about your background in technology, as well as this project you’re currently working on.Topic 2 - Cree is a worldwide manufacturer and marketer of lighting-class LEDs, lighting products and products for power and radio frequency applications. Today we’re talking about software development. Why is Cree making this evolution?Topic 3 - Let’s talk about how you think about scaling a project like this, to 100s of millions of devices. Does the public cloud come into play?Topic 4 - Let’s talk about the security challenges involved with managing the infrastructure, the data and all the security connections.Topic 5 - What are some of the key lessons you’ve learned over the last year on this project?Feedback?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet or @serverlesscast YouTube: Cloudcast Channel

Brian talks with Rob Hirschfeld (@zehicle, Founder/CEO of @RackN) about the concepts of SRE (Site Reliability Engineering), the challenges of maintaining infrastructure software, emerging tools and the next-generation of operations. Show Links:Get a free eBook from O'Reilly media or use promo code PC20CLOUD for a discount - 40% off Print Books and 50% off eBooks and videos[DISCOUNT] Start Serverless Skills Bundle (4 courses) - (only $49 instead of $79)[FREE] Alexa Development for Absolute BeginnersSign up for a Datadog account and get a FREE t-shirtRackN websiteRackN and SREGoogle SRE BookShow Notes:Topic 1 - Welcome back to the show. Let’s start by talking about the concept of SRE (Site Reliability Engineering). Give us the basics and maybe explain how it differs from what people define in DevOps.Topic 2 - Application development has been moving faster for quite a while (agile development, etc.). But now infrastructure/operations teams have to deal with faster software - especially around updates (e.g. Kubernetes releases every 3 months). How are companies managing this?Topic 3 - Given that this pace of operations change may not slow down, how do you think about the challenge in terms of process/operations versus technology/tools?Topic 4 - What are some of the steps that companies take to better prepare for this type of operational model? Tools, process, skills, etc.Topic 5 - Do you see SRE as being a progression for existing infrastructure/operations people, or is this more focused on sysadmins or developers that want to get away from building applications?Feedback?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Aaron and Brian talk about the evolution of Cloud Computing over that past 6+ years - The pace of change, the impact of open source and foundations, the critical elements of public cloud, and what has been a surprise. Show Links:Get a free eBook from O'Reilly media or use promo code PC20CLOUD for a discount - 40% off Print Books and 50% off eBooks and videos[DISCOUNT] Start Serverless Skills Bundle (4 courses) - (only $49 instead of $79)[FREE] Alexa Development for Absolute BeginnersShow Notes:Topic 1 - We’re done nearly 7 days of shows (~160hrs), had 30 companies acquired, and over 3M+ listens. Thank you to everyone that listens and tells a friend. Rate the show on iTunes!Topic 2 - Looking back at the last 6+ years, what has surprised you the most or been the most expected? Pace of change? Rise of public cloud?2011 - AWS at ~$250M/qtr; 2017 - AWS at $3.66B/qtrThe Clouderati crowdOpenStack / FoundationsLack of Mega Mergers (“EMC Federation” model?)No one really talks IaaS, Paas, SaaS anymoreAll the $1 Billion investments in cloud…AWS grew to support Amazon, Google Cloud is spin off and not core to growthKubernetes as the “final architecture” / or is it serverless... Topic 3 - Follow the money - How has VC funding been tracking? What about exits?VC investments in infrastructure have become rare, markets have moved onLots of money went into big data; now going into AI. Is it paying off?Topic 4 - We’ve both now worked in open source. What impact have you seen this have on the tech industry? Interesting chart from Joseph Jacks about OSS-centric startups Big customers get invested and are vocal about it Small customers just want stuff to work and don’t want to hire experts Is public cloud the monetization model for OSS?Topic 5 - The divide between those on the cloud bandwagon (e.g. meetups, AWS/Serverless/CNCF events) and those not (e.g. Interop) seems to be growing. The revenues don’t exactly track this, but how do you see the next 3-5 years of the industry playing out for people in the industry?Infrastructure vendors will be squeezed and consolidatedPublic Cloud will give way to the next “Big 3-4”. It was IBM, Cisco, HP, Dell, etc. Now it is AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and SaaS based offeringsTopic 6- Where are we thinking about going with the show? AI, Business-Centric SaaS Apps, Multi-Cloud realities (or horrors)Topic 7- Let’s end on something boring. There has been some talk about the need to make some element of technology boring (e.g. infrastructure). Do you think that’s possible in the competitive technology markets? We’ve seen on smartphones, virtualization, etc.Simon Wardley - Everything goes to Commodity over timeFeedback?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastn

Brian talks with Kolton Andrus (@KoltonAndrus, CEO of @GremlinInc) about his background at Amazon and Netflix, the discipline of Chaos Engineering, the challenges of breaking things in production, and Gremlin Inc’s approach to building better applications and systems. Show Links:Get a free eBook from O'Reilly media or use promo code PC20CLOUD for a discount - 40% off Print Books and 50% off eBooks and videos[DISCOUNT] Start Serverless Skills Bundle (4 courses) - (only $49 instead of $79)[FREE] Alexa Development for Absolute BeginnersGremlin Inc websiteGremlin Inc blogPrinciples of Chaos EngineeringChaos Engineering Community (Google Group)Show Notes:Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Let’s talk a little bit about your background and why you like to break stuff.Topic 2 - A lot of people have heard about this concept (tool) called “Chaos Monkey”, but you were part of teams that made this a discipline, called “Chaos Engineering”. Help us understand what that means and what it attempts to do.Topic 3 - As people build distributed, cloud applications, they are often using a platform (e.g. Kubernetes) and application frameworks (e.g Spring Boot). Does there need to be alignment between the elements of Chaos Engineering (tools, etc.) and those platforms/frameworks?Topic 4 - Topic 4 - We understand that technology now drives a 24x7x365 world, but the idea of intentional chaos in production seems crazy. How does a company get buy-in to start doing this stuff?Topic 5 - What are some commons mistakes, design faults that companies make that Chaos Engineering often finds….and can help resolve?Topic 6 - How does Gremlin fit into the world of Chaos Engineering?Feedback?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet or @serverlesscast YouTube: Cloudcast Channel

Brian talks with William Morgan (@wm, Founder/CEO of @buoyantio) about his background at Twitter, an introduction to Linkerd and the concept of Service Mesh, how Linkerd compares to other application logic, and the role of foundations (e.g. CNCF) vs. communities.Show Links:Get a free eBook from O'Reilly media or use promo code PC20CLOUD for a discount - 40% off Print Books and 50% off eBooks and videos[DISCOUNT] Start Serverless Skills Bundle (4 courses) - (only $49 instead of $79)[FREE] Alexa Development for Absolute BeginnersLinkerd websiteBuoyant webpageBuoyant blogLinkerd on GithubAnnouncing Linked 1.0A Service Mesh ManifestoCNCF Webinar - Introduction to LinkerdShow Notes:Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Let’s talk a little bit about your background and why you decided to bring Linkerd and ultimately Buoyant to market. Topic 2 - Give us the basics of what Linkerd does and what it is useful for cloud-native applications?Topic 3 - You talk about this concept called a “Service Mesh”. What is that and what does it provide for applications?Topic 4 - There are existing alternatives to Linkerd in both the platform world (e.g. native Kubernetes services) and the application framework world (e.g. Spring Boot/Cloud). How do you help people sort out when one makes sense vs. another?Topic 5 - Linkerd is now an official project within the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). CNCF now has many projects. Is Buoyant aligning their technology roadmaps to other CNCF projects, or do they tend to operate independently and be driven by customer/community demand?Feedback?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet or @serverlesscast YouTube: Cloudcast Channel

Aaron talks with Matt Weagle (@mweagle, Startup Entrepreneur and creator of the Go Sparta framework for AWS Lambda) about the origins of serverless, the state of the community, why so many developers attend and what he's solving with the Go Sparta framework for AWS Lambda.Show Links:Get a free eBook from O'Reilly media or use promo code PC20CLOUD for a discount - 40% off Print Books and 50% off eBooks and videos[DISCOUNT] Start Serverless Skills Bundle (4 courses) - (only $49 instead of $79)[FREE] Alexa Development for Absolute BeginnersSparta, a Go Framework for AWS LambdaGo Sparta HomepageJoin the "serverless-forum" on SlackSeattle Serverless MeetupShow Notes:Topic 1 - As a "serverless veteran", what are your thoughts on the state of serverless?Topic 2 - Why do you think the serverless events tends to draw so many developers and practitioners vs. the normal crowd of vendors?Topic 3 - How can people better engage with the community beyond this event? Are there Slack channels?Topic 4 - Let's talk about the Go Sparta project, the Go framework for AWS Lambda.Topic 5 - What are the use-cases that you see where serverless makes sense?Topic 6 - What are the challenges that people are still struggling with?Feedback?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet or @serverlesscast YouTube: Cloudcast Channel

Aaron and Brian talk with Paul Johnston (@PaulDJohnston, Serverless Consultant, CTO @Movivo) about running a company entirely on serverless, the on-going benefits of not maintaining servers, new application patterns with events, and what he wants to see from serverless in the future.Show Links:Get a free eBook from O'Reilly media or use promo code PC20CLOUD for a discount - 40% off Print Books and 50% off eBooks and videos[DISCOUNT] Start Serverless Skills Bundle (4 courses) - (only $49 instead of $79)[FREE] Alexa Development for Absolute BeginnersMovivo websitePaul's Serverless BlogServerlessConf videosShow Notes:Topic 1 - You just gave a talk at ServerlessConf about how CTO's can consider using serverless for their products or services.Topic 2 - Tell us about the origin of the term "Jeff" as it relates to serverless.Topic 3 - Let's talk about the benefits that you're seeing in running Movivo completely on a serverless environment.Topic 4 - How has your thinking changed about 3-tier applications and architectures vs. event-driven architectures?Topic 5 - What is a "bulky function"? How to evolve from procedural thinking to event or asynchronous thinking?Topic 6 - How do you think about optimizing the many functions that make up an application?Feedback?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet or @serverlesscast YouTube: Cloudcast Channel

Aaron talks with Dave Cahill (@dcahill8, VP Sale and Marketing, Bonsai) about Enterprise/Industrial AI and emerging use cases. Topics include understanding various forms of AI, developer integration, and where and how AI will fit.Show Links:Get a free eBook from O'Reilly media or use promo code PC20CLOUD for a discount - 40% off Print Books and 50% off eBooks and videos[DISCOUNT] Start Serverless Skills Bundle (4 courses) - (only $49 instead of $79)[FREE] Alexa Development for Absolute BeginnersBonsai websiteBonsai - how it worksNewStack article on BonsaiForbes article on Challenges of AIBonsai and TensorFlowShow Notes:Topic 1 - Tell everyone a little bit about Bonsai? What problem are you trying to solve?Topic 2 - Everyone thinks robots when they think AI but this isn’t the case most of the time, correct? It’s more about sensors and data and the ability to make more accurate decisions faster?Topic 3 - In a recent blog post, you mentioned that their is a Use Case Spectrum for AI that ranges from Augmentation to Autonomy. Help everyone wrap their head around that.Topic 4 - Mark Hammond (Founder and CEO) talks about the democratization of AI, what does he mean by this?Topic 5 - Mark has mentioned, AI will become a low level toolkit the way databases have. It took me awhile to wrap my head around what he meant by that. But, as I understand it, no one “builds” a database into their app anymore, is he saying that in order to reach mass adoption, most developers won’t build in AI in the future?Topic 6 - You have three main phases to Bonsai BRAINs: Build, Teach, Use. Explain to folks out there what what that means. There is an example of teaching an AI to play the old Breakout style game on the front page of the website.Feedback?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet or @serverlesscast YouTube: Cloudcast Channel

Aaron talks with Jason McGee (@jrmcgee, VP & CTO IBM Cloud) about IBM OpenWhisk and Bluemix. Topics include event driven vs. FaaS, on-prem solutions, open source, use cases and early adoption. Recorded at ServerlessConf in Austin. (Sorry for the background noise, we had to record outside)Show Links:Get a free eBook from O'Reilly media or use promo code PC20CLOUD for a discount - 40% off Print Books and 50% off eBooks and videosVideos from past ServerlessConf events[DISCOUNT] Start Serverless Skills Bundle (4 courses) - (only $49 instead of $79)[FREE] Alexa Development for Absolute BeginnersShow Notes:IBM OpenWhiskFeedback?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet or @serverlesscast YouTube: Cloudcast Channel