Cloud Unfiltered

Hear what CNCF CTO Chris Aniszczyk and IBM Distinguished Engineer Phil Estes have to say about containerd and Fluentd graduating from incubation, the mini VM movement, the FaaS on Kubernetes movement, and the contributions to CNCF coming from China. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

Vijoy is Cisco's Cloud CTO and prior to that he was the head of engineering for data centers and backbone networks at Google. He's got a lot of interesting things to say about the different phases of automation, the needs of different users (hyperscalers, SPs, and enterprises), the gap between off-prem and on-prem cloud solutions, and how the whole serverless story may or may not play out. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

The Serverless Framework open source project had 150K downloads in 2016, 3.9 million in 2018, and 3.7 million so far this year. Something must be going on. We talk about it with Nick Gottlieb on this week’s episode. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

Cisco introduced its container cluster management platform a year ago, and since then the product has evolved in a big way to meet the needs of a growing (and apparently vocal) customer base. Tune in to hear all about the new features, the release cadence, the typical use case, and more! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

It's fun to talk about digital transformation. Lots less fun to actually do it. But in this interview, Sebastien explains how he successfully implemented a sweeping data center overhaul initiative that started with a $0 budget (and was really more of a future vision) with a little help from Cisco. He tells us what inspired it, how he got executives on board, how he has enticed users to try the new environment, and finally, which technologies were key to the transformation. It's an excellent episode. Check it out! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

What do Cisco cloud initiatives look like from a partner's point of view? Find out this week when Jonathan King of World Wide Technology (one of our largest partners) chats with us about multicloud adoption, Kubernetes penetration, serverless technologies, the new Cisco certification program, and his own company's cloud services strategy. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

Why would you leave a perfectly good career as an English professor and start over again as a programmer? Bekah Hawrot Weigel explains on this week’s episode of Cloud Unfiltered. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

As a distinguished architect at Chef Software, Scott Ford is up to his neck in the business of IT automation--all day every day. So he's got a front row seat to what's actually happening out there, and a lot of insight as a result. Among other things, he says that digital transformation is real, that everything should be driven as code, that we should definitely read The Phoenix Project, and that the end of Windows 2008 support is a hot issue in his world right now. Hear what he has to say about all those things and more on this episode of Cloud Unfiltered. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

How do you make the right decisions about moving to the cloud when there are over half a million SKUs in AWS alone? In this week's episode, Jeff Aden of 2nd Watch explains how AWS has changed, how moving to the cloud is helping some companies save a LOT of money, and where the cost savings opportunities are for others that haven't made the move yet. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

Yes, companies are still doing it. They're moving to the cloud--or continuing to move to the cloud--and sometimes they need help. This week we talk with Javed Sikander about how companies in different market segments are approaching cloud differently, why they're choosing different cloud providers, which companies are asking for hybrid solutions, and how his conversations with cloud customers are different now than they were five years ago. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

More than 100 billion IoT devices will be shipped over the next 4-5 years, and those devices will generate an almost unimaginable volume of data. But we can't store it all in the cloud, and there aren't enough smart people to manage it all, so what happens with it? Simon Crosby says AI at the Edge is the answer, and he explains why in this week's episode of Cloud Unfiltered. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

What can AI contribute in the context of Operations? Who uses it? What do they use it for? How does it work? And does it actually mean you'll soon be replacing your Ops team with an application? We talk about this and more on Episode 75 of Cloud Unfiltered. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

Joe Duffy had been a software engineer for 20 years, but when he started working with container and serverless technologies he was stunned by the amount of time he had to spend learning obscure concepts and completing repetitive manual tasks. Convinced there had to be a better way, he started a multi-language, multi-cloud development platform called Pulumi. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

Pete Johnson has a side hustle. It's a serverless LAMP stack for Kubernetes that he calls FONK. In this episode we find out what FONK stands for, what it does, why Pete started it, and how it can make working with containers a whole lot more efficient all the way around. His main collaborator, Julio Gomez joins us as well to provide additional insight into how the project is moving forward and what problems it solves. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

Some places in the world simply aren't very well served by public cloud providers. Think most of Africa. Or South America. In those places, the distance between users and the nearest data center is great enough that latency becomes noticeable--and problematic. DeepCloud AI aims to address that problem by creating a network of unused compute and storage capacity that individual companies can make available to others in exchange for financial rewards. Can it work? And how will it work? We discuss that and more with DeepCloud CTO Geeta Chaun on this week's episode of Cloud Unfiltered! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

In late January, the Linux Foundation announced the formation of LF Edge--an umbrella organization to establish an open, interoperable framework for edge computing independent of hardware, silicon, cloud, or operating system. In this episode, Arpit Joshipura explains why LF Edge was needed, who it serves, which projects are anchoring it, and how edge computing impacts a wider variety of industries every day. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

Establishing an easy-to-use hybrid cloud that delivers a seamless user experience is virtually impossible if you go the DIY route. But the process gets a whole lot easier--and a whole lot faster--when you do it with the help of the recently announced Cisco Hybrid Solution for Kubernetes on AWS. In this episode we speak with Matt Ferguson of Cisco's Multicloud Integrations and Solutions Group about why Cisco collaborated with AWS on this project, which use cases the solution is best suited for, how it works on the back end, how it's supported, and where you can go today to try it out for free. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

When you change a product so much that you decide a name change is appropriate as well, you must have a heck of a story to tell. And that's exactly what Jeremy Oakey does in this episode of Cloud Unfiltered. Recorded on the exhibitor floor of Cisco Live Barcelona, this discussion explores the new CloudCenter Suite's features, consumption models, use cases, and more. If managing cloud workloads in a more efficient manner appeals to you in any way, be sure to check it out. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

How far into the cloud journey are most customers when they engage Cisco Services? What do they want help with? What percentage of their apps are ready to be moved to the cloud? And which apps are regularly problematic to move over? We'll answer these questions and many more on this week's episode of Cloud Unfiltered. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

What kind of gremlins lurk within the millions of lines of code that comprise your company's applications? Are they slowing transactions down? Causing your applications to use more capacity than they'd otherwise need? Stressing the system in ways that create a poor customer experience? Application Performance Management tools help you establish baselines for your environment, set thresholds for alerts, and give you the visibility you need to stay ahead of any problems those gremlins may create before they can do any damage. Today we speak with Kyle Tyacke, Ravi Lachhman, and Marco Coulter of the AppDynamics team. They explain why APM tools are important, how they're leveraged in the real world, and why AppD is uniquely equipped among those APM tools to help you identify problems within your applications and resolve them quickly. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

The grand finale of our KubeCon/CloudNativeCon series features Brandon Philips, CTO of CoreOS at RedHat. In this discussion he gives us the lowdown on newly-admitted CNCF incubator project etcd! Never heard of etcd? Take a few minutes to find out how this project has become an integral part of pretty much all Kubernetes clusters. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

New to Kubernetes? Then Noobernetes is for you. Neependra and Karthik are known for their wildly popular Kubernetes 101 classes on edX and Lynda.com. Today they talk through the ten most common questions they get from students who have taken those classes--as well as their best answers. If you're a Kubernetes noob (or know someone who is) this is the episode for you! This is the fourth episode in the KubeCon series. The links below will take you to some of the resources recommended during the show. http://bit.ly/k8s-courseshttps://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-kuberneteshttps://cloudyuga.guruhttps://pilot.cloudyuga.guru/explore This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

Migrating from legacy systems is time consuming, expensive, and risky--even if you're not a company that millions of people depend on for a ride. So what drove Lyft to make the move? How did they do it? And how did they manage to preserve service levels throughout the process? Lita explains it all in Part Three of our KubeCon/CloudNativeCon series. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

What do you do when your employer needs you to convert a huge catalog of music into new formats? You jump head-first into Kubernetes and build a scalable environment for executing batch and on-demand encoding workloads. At least that's what these guys did. Find out how they did it, what tools they employed, what they did right, and what they might have done differently. This is Day Two of the KubeCon series. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

This is the first episode in the series we're doing at KubeCon Seattle. In it, James explains how his company is jumping from one public cloud to another with the help of Kubernetes. He also covers why they're doing it and shares his top tips for anyone else contemplating such a move.Please forgive the dodgy audio. I'm working with some new audio equipment, and it may take a couple more shows to iron out the wrinkles. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

How is cloud at the edge going to make the world better? And does your business need to be worrying about it? On this week's episode we talk with Matt Caulfield about the reasons some companies will really want and need cloud at the edge, and why others will be just fine without it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

Ildiko is the ecosystem technical lead for OpenStack's Edge Computing Group. In this episode she explains how that group came to be, what it is trying to do, and why Edge was such a hot topic at the recent OpenStack Summit in Berlin. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

StarlingX was just launched at the OpenStack Summit in Berlin. Tune in to this episode to find out what problems it solves, what features it offers, and how it could be used in a couple of very detailed use cases. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

Don't miss this episode! In it, one of our most popular guests--Ed Warnicke of Cisco--returns with Frederick Kautz of Red Hat to explain what the Network Service Mesh project is all about! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

He's the VP and CTO of Cloud Computing at Cisco, he's the Vice Chairman of the Board for the OpenStack Foundation, and he's on the Board of Directors for both CNCF and the Cloud Foundry Foundation. Which is all to say that Lew Tucker is neck deep in cloud, and has seen it from a variety of different angles. In this episode he shares extraordinarily thoughtful insights and opinions on everything from OpenStack and Istio to the way we build applications and the importance of demo days. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

Do you have to choose between a serverless architecture and one featuring containers? If you want to do serverless, when is it appropriate? What is so great about Fargate? And how could "disposable applications" possibly be a good thing? Krishnan discusses these things and more on this week's episode of Cloud Unfiltered! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

Carlos Campos Torres is WorldWide Data Center Switching Technical Lead for Cisco. So why ask him about the cloud? Because cloud now impacts everything in the data center--and profoundly impacts the way our products are designed. In this episode Carlos talks about ACI Anywhere, about cloud adoption in Latin America, about the concept of Zero Trust, and much much more. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

The CloudDon is the analyst that enterprises around the world turn to when they're seeking expertise on AI/ML, IoT, and of course every variety of Cloud deployment. In this episode Sriram, Pete, and Ali discuss serverless vs. microservices, hybrid vs. multicloud, the importance of starting with the problem instead of the product, and much, much more. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

Should you be containerizing your monolithic applications? If so, which ones, and how? Where do you get started with an IT modernization initiative? Who should lead it? How important is cultural transformation? And which principles should guide you? Robert answers these questions for a living in his job as Cloud Advisor and Founding Partner of Kumulus Technologies, and he very generously shares his wisdom on these topics and more on this episode of Cloud Unfiltered.Note: At one point in the show Robert mentions a book about micro services, but can't recall the name of the author. He later provided that information: The book is "Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems" and it was written by Sam Newman. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

Get the low-down on KubeCon Copenhagen, the preview of KubeCon Shanghai, and insight into what CNCF is doing to help developers and member companies succeed. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

Involved in the open source community? Then there's a very strong chance Lisa-Marie Namphy is touching your life in one way or another. As Community Architect for the SF Bay Area Open Infrastructure User Group (formerly the Bay Area OpenStack User Group), she has actively driven the growth of the group for years, and has had her hand in the creation and management of at least a dozen other open source user groups. In this episode, hear how she has made her user groups so successful, learn what you should and shouldn't put in a presentation if you're ever invited to present at one, and find out how carefully curated user groups can be a perfect complement to large industry conferences. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

We heard SAP was working with Cisco to deliver one of their newest solutions (SAP Data Hub) on Cisco Container Platform. So we invited Dr. Lars Dannecker on to explain what the solution does and why the partnership made sense. He also shared a big data case study with us, gave us a great explanation of how Kubernetes works, and joined us in debating the difference between hybrid cloud and multicloud. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

Patrick was a "dyed-in-the-wool" deep packet inspection guy until the day he had an epiphany and realized that pretty soon existing security approaches were going to run into unsolvable problems. His response to that ultimately became Observable Networks, which Cisco acquired last year. In this episode Patrick explains what sustainable security technology looks like (hint: a lot like Stealthwatch Cloud), how it works, how it fits into the larger Cisco security portfolio, and how it protects "the time and attention of its users." This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

OpenStack Summit Vancouver is officially in the books, and one of the most exciting elements of the week was undoubtedly the release of Kata Containers, v1.0. In this episode, Anne Bertucio of the OpenStack Foundation, also Community Manager for Kata, explains where Kata came from, what Kata does, why the 1.0 release is such a big deal, and how it fits into the larger mission of the OpenStack Foundation. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

Ross has worked at Compaq, HP, and Sandia Labs. He knows a whole lot about cloud and has a great reputation for building loyal, effective technical teams. Tune in to catch his insights and best practices. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

Do you ever wish you could just bring someone in that would tell you how to do this whole cloud thing right? A person with the expertise to explain where you should focus your energy, which technologies you should adopt, and how to change your company culture? Someone who already knows where the potholes on this cloud journey lie and who is equipped to steer you around them?Of course you do. And today you are in luck, because I just interviewed Anoj Willy, the CEO of Xentaurs. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

This week, automation experts Alex Peay and Mike Place of SaltStack give us a quick history lesson on automation, explain the different automation approaches in play today, and list what to consider when automating any portion of your IT environment. They also touch on the next big automation opportunity, the latest release of Salt, and what’s coming at SaltCon. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

How do Cisco CloudCenter, Tetration, and AppDynamics work together? Luca Relandini and Stefano Gioia explain. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

Ann currently works for Google as a Technical Cloud Consultant, and that's great, because she was able to tell us quite a bit about what Google Professional Services is and does. But she also worked for Nike for 14 years as a UNIX admin and cloud architect, so she was able to share some great tips about what the retail giant did right when they started moving over to the cloud. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

Did you go to SCaLE this year? It was just last month, but if you missed it, be sure to hear what founder and organizer Ilan Rabinovitch has to say about the keynote speakers, the crowds, and the reason he and his friends started the conference in the first place sixteen years ago. He also speaks about data monitoring (he works for Datadog), and shares some of the results from Datadog's annual container adoption study. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

This interview was supposed to be about what Cisco DevNet is doing for application developers--and a good part of it is--but it also wandered into a really interesting chat about data security and how we should manage our personal information online in an age where the legal acquisition of that information can be as damaging or more damaging than a black hat attack. We also talk about Ashley's own developer-focused podcast (The DevTools Podcast with Ashley Roach), and the perils of parenting in the digital age. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

Four years ago, Cisco DevNet didn't exist. Today it's a vibrant, rapidly growing community, and DevNet Zones are quickly turning into the most popular areas at Cisco Live events. Tune in to hear Hank Preston talk about why that's happening and what the program has to offer. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

In this episode Mark Voelker, Chief OpenStack Architect at VMware, talks about the newest features in VMware Integrated OpenStack (natch), but he also had a lot of interesting things to say about the 5G buildout that telcos and service providers are currently undertaking, the importance of spreading risk as a factor for choosing multiple cloud providers, and the latest, most exciting initiatives in the OpenStack world. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

Sit down with us this week to hear the Executive Director of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation talk about how CNCF got started, which projects are its fastest growing (besides Kubernetes), what the Foundation has to offer as far as training and certification, what you'll find on their interactive landscape, and what their Serverless Working Group is up to. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com

He's the artist behind Captain Cloud, so of course we asked all about how that started. But Roger is also a Cisco Technical Solutions Architect in the UK, which means he's got tons of insight into how very real customers are using cloud solutions right now, and what they're currently struggling with. Tune in to hear what he has to say on this week's episode of Cloud Unfiltered! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com