53: 2019: We hardly knew thee
Your co-hosts recap 2019 and make predictions for the year ahead on the first episode of 2020. We’re skipping the Lightning Round this week to focus on a collaborative Q&A segment pulled from our Slack channel. A big thanks to this week’s sponsors:
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
Your co-hosts recap 2019 and make predictions for the year ahead on the first episode of 2020. We’re skipping the Lightning Round this week to focus on a collaborative Q&A segment pulled from our Slack channel.
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.
- Blue Medora, which offers pioneering IT monitoring integration as a service to address today’s IT challenges by easily connecting system health and performance data — no matter its source — with the world’s leading monitoring and analytics platforms.
This week’s highlights
- Our top 3 favorite headlines of the year.
- Google released a white paper to help you comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA.)
- We read your questions from our TCP Slack channel for our first Q&A!
2019 Cloud Computing Predictions and Headlines Recap
Last year (episode 4), we shared our predictions for what might happen in 2019.
Peter took the lead, predicting container-based models would continue to see more adoption over serverless. Justin — who predicted mergers in cloud providers would create a new top contender, and Jonathan, who predicted an acquisition of Slack — haven’t been vindicated. (Yet!)
Our 3 favorite headlines of the year.
Justin:
- Google Anthos is probably the best thought-out strategy for being multi-cloud with Kubernetes (if currently pricey.)
- Azure Tardigrade uses machine learning to address hardware failures before they impact uptime.
- Cloudwatch Container Insights shows off the power of Cloudwatch.
Peter:
- Transit Gateway became a viable method of creating a global network.
- DocumentDB (with MongoDB Compatibility) sets the direction for new business models for SaaS companies.
- EKS SLA reaches a 3 nines standard of reliability.
Jonathan: