THE ARCHITECHT SHOW

In this episode of the ARCHITECHT Show, hosts Derrick Harris (ARCHITECHT) and Barb Darrow (Fortune) speak with Google VP of Infrastructure Eric Brewer about all things, well, infrastructure. Brewer shares his thoughts Kubernetes, Spanner, TensorFlow and other Google projects, as well as on open source and the cloud market, in general. He also discusses the future of machine learning processors and the architectural effects of edge computing. In the news segment, Derrick is joined by Tom Krazit (GeekWire) to talk about news from a busy week with Microsoft Build, Dell EMC World, OpenStack Summit and Nvidia GTC.

In this episode of the ARCHITECHT Show, Derrick Harris speaks with Honeycomb Co-founder and CEO Charity Majors across a broad spectrum of issues, ranging from what Honeycomb does (it helps users debug complex systems very fast) to why open source business models still aren't well understood. In between, she discusses her time at Parse, Facebook and Linden Labs; the problems and limits of containers; and why most people should stop hating on MongoDB. In the news segment, Derrick and co-host Barb Darrow (Fortune) discuss Docker's new CEO and Red Hat's cloud-and-container play, and touch on last week's strong cloud earnings reports.

In this episode of the ARCHITECHT Show, co-hosts Derrick Harris (ARCHITECHT) and Barb Darrow (Fortune) speak with Anthony Goldbloom, co-founder and CEO of machine learning competition platform Kaggle. Goldbloom discusses Google's recent acquisition of Kaggle and how that affects the company, as well as a wide variety of machine learning topics. Among them: the rise of deep learning and AI, the best machine learning techniques for certain jobs, and the evolution of data science since Kaggle began. In the news segment, Derrick and Barb discuss AWS's 5,600 open positions, Google boss Diane Greene's claim that her company can overtake AWS in 5 years, and the state of OpenStack and the private cloud.

Backblaze CEO Gleb Budman discusses the economics of cloud storage and their recent 60% reduction in download pricing. They explore the challenges and considerations in cloud storage, the evolution of Backblaze and the launch of their cloud storage API service, Backblaze B2. The chapter also delves into the size and scale of the company's data storage and compares it to industry leaders like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft.

In this episode of the ARCHITECHT Show, Calvin French-Owen, co-founder and CTO of data-integration startup Segment, explains how his company saved $1 million a year by troubleshooting its AWS environment and learning to do more with fewer servers. He also discusses how Segment is able to capture data from SaaS products, and shares his thoughts on why cloud computing is so valuable for startups and why he doesn't foresee data centers in Segment's future.

In this episode of the ARCHITECHT Show, Derrick Harris speaks with Apache Kafka creator and Confluent co-founder Jay Kreps about a wide range of topics including, obviously, Kafka and Confluent. Kreps also tackles digital transformation and real-time data in enterprises; Microsoft's LinkedIn acquisition; the importance of network infrastructure in microservices and data-centric environments; the limitations of big data frameworks; and more. In the news segment, Harris and co-host Barb Darrow (Fortune) cover VMware selling its cloud business, Cloudera going public, and the promise and potential perils of AI in medicine. Also, the Boston Red Sox being on pace to go 162-0.  

In this episode of the ArchiTECHt Show, Derrick Harris speaks with Mark Hammond, founder and CEO of artificial intelligence startup Bonsai, about how his company is helping enterprises take advantage of AI today. Hammond shares the tricks to Bonsai's methods (compilers and abstractions, broadly speaking); talks about the strengths and weaknesses of other approaches to AI software (including APIs and TensorFlow); and predicts the path of AI integration into everyday software. In the news section, Harris and co-host Barb Darrow (Fortune) discuss a number of topics, including the LinkedIn-Microsoft merger; Amazon's new Connect call center service; Elon Musk's new AI startup; and the Las Vegas Raiders.

In this episode of the ArchiTECHt show, Derrick Harris speaks with Brendan Burns, one of the creators of the hugely popular Kubernetes technology, and current director of engineering for Microsoft's Azure Container Service. Burns details Microsoft's current container offerings and vision; why container technologies will remake both infrastructure and application development; and the process of turning Kubernetes from a mere idea into one of the world's most popular open source communities. In the news segment, Harris and co-host Barb Darrow (Fortune) discuss AI head Andrew Ng's departure from Baidu, and what it's like for Docker to live in the shadow of Kubernetes. They also recap IBM's big cloud conference and try to wade through the marketing to determine what's for real with Big Blue.

In this episode of the ArchiTECHt Show, Derrick Harris speaks with DataDog co-founder and CEO Olivier Pomel about the trends his company is seeing from monitoring hundreds of thousands of customer servers. Among them are the rapid rise of Docker for production workloads, the shift toward multi-cloud environments, and the stronger-than-expected state of private clouds— ranging from Kubernetes to OpenStack. In the news segment, Derrick and co-host Barb Darrow (Fortune) finish their discussion of Google's big cloud conference, consider Cloudera's rumored 2017 IPO, and dive into Intel's big spending on Mobileye and Altera in its quest to win new workloads.