120: The Cloud Pod crosses the data streams
This week on The Cloud Pod, apparently there was a machine learning conference because there is A LOT of machine learning news. For the listeners (and hosts of The Cloud Pod) who don’t understand machine learning, buckle up because this will be a long ep
The Cloud Pod | Weekly AI & Cloud News on AWS, Azure & GCP · Justin Brodley, Jonathan Baker, Ryan Lucas and Matt Kohn | Cloud Computing & AI News
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Show Notes
This week on The Cloud Pod, apparently there was a machine learning conference because there is A LOT of machine learning news. For the listeners (and hosts of The Cloud Pod) who don’t understand machine learning, buckle up because this will be a long episode for you.
A big thanks to this week’s sponsors:
- Foghorn Consulting, which provides full-stack cloud solutions with a focus on strategy, planning, and execution for enterprises seeking to take advantage of the transformative capabilities of AWS, Google Cloud and Azure.
This week’s highlights
- Amazon is acting like it’s helping but really it’s lying with numbers.
- Google is pretending the 1991 Ford Fiesta it’s selling is a 2021 Mustang.
- Azure got a little overexcited with the use of its naming bot.
General News: Fake It Until You Make It
- Amazon data shows more diversity among senior leaders after the definition of “executive” loosened. Well, that’s one way to do it.
- Amazon’s Andy Jassy is warming up for the CEO role. We hope competitors don’t expect him to tread softly when he starts.
- Pluralsight will acquire A Cloud Guru to address growing cloud skills gap. This is earth-shattering.
Amazon Web Services: Busy As Usual
- Amazon Redshift Machine Learning is now generally available. There’s a helpful table to explain the different machine learning products.
- Amazon ECS Anywhere is now generally available. A bit disappointed that they haven’t addressed the networking issue more.
- Introducing Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics Studio for analyzing streaming data. They’re really into studios at the moment.
- Amazon SQS now supports a high throughput mode for FIFO Queues. This is nice.
- Amazon Location Service is now generally available with new routing and satellite imagery capabilities. Ju