Justin Brodley, Jonathan Baker, Ryan Lucas and Matt Kohn | Cloud Computing & AI News

The Cloud Pod | Weekly AI & Cloud News on AWS, Azure & GCP

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The Cloud Pod delivers weekly cloud computing and AI news for engineers, architects, and technology leaders. Join Justin Brodley, Jonathan Baker, Ryan Lucas, and Matt Kohn as they break down the latest from AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud — covering new services, platform updates, FinOps strategies, and the AI innovations reshaping the industry. Stay ahead of the cloud landscape with one of the longest-running cloud computing podcasts available.

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Justin Brodley, Jonathan Baker, Ryan Lucas and Matt Kohn | Cloud Computing & AI News

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Episode 28: The Cloud Pod Metal Edition 23.06.2019 0:54

It is the week before AWS Re:Inforce and that means it is time for the draft! Cloud Endure migrate is now free of charge, Azure has a shared image gallery and Mongo comes to Google Cloud this week on the podcast. Sponsors: Foghorn Consulting – fogops.io/thecloudpod Turbonomic – turbonomic.com/cloudpod Topics: Cloud Endure Migration is now available at no charge Azure Shared Image Gallery now GA Mi...

Episode 27: Microsoft and Oracle interconnect with The Cloud Pod 20.06.2019 0:37

Google Publishes RCA on their outage, Microsoft and Oracle enter into a cloud alliance and AWS improves incident resolution with Systems Manager Opscenter. Sponsors: Foghorn Consulting – fogops.io/thecloudpod Turbonomic – turbonomic.com/cloudpod Follow Up: Google Cloud networking incident 19009 Final RCA Topics: Google releases new Translate API Capabilities to help localization experts and global...

Episode 26: The Cloud Pod Goes Event Driven 17.06.2019 0:50

Peter is back after a few weeks away from the show. Azure launches new Event Grid features, Palo Alto Networks picks up Twistlock and Puresec and Google has a really bad day. Plus the amazing lightning round with Peter. Sponsors: Foghorn Consulting – https://fogops.io/thecloudpod Topics: 25th Episode Blog Post Azure has simplified event-driven architectures with new updates to Event Grid Palo Alto...

Episode 25: Optimize your Journey with The Cloud Pod Center of Excellence 05.06.2019 0:57

This week we talk about Cloud Center of Excellence, New Encryption options, open source update on Firecracker and more. Elise Carmichael (twitter: @uncfleece) from @tricentis joins us to talk about some of their tools. Sponsors: Foghorn Consulting – https://fogops.io/thecloudpod Topics: New – Updated Pay-Per-Use Pricing Model for AWS Config Rules Google Says some G-Suite Passwords were stored in...

Episode 24: Happy 5th Birthday to Kubernetes from The Cloud Pod 31.05.2019 0:33

Kubecon is happening in Barcelona, Spain, VMWare purchases bitnami, Apptio buys Cloudability and a ton of Kubernetes announcements out of KubeCon this week on The Cloud Pod. Sponsors: Foghorn Consulting – https://fogops.io/thecloudpod Topics: A Cosmonaut’s guide to the latest Azure Cosmos DB Announcements VMWare snaps up Bitnami to broaden its multi-cloud strategy Apptio buys Cloudability as cloud...

Episode 23: Unlock the podcast with your Android device 24.05.2019 0:37

This week on The Cloud Pod, Amazon S3 deprecates path style routing, then changes their mind. Azure reliability suffers in the first part of the year, and Google summarizes their IO cloud announcements. Sponsors: Foghorn Consulting – https://fogops.io/thecloudpod Topics Amazon S3 will no longer support path-style API requests starting September 30th, 2020 https://github.com/SummitRoute/aws_breaki...

Episode 22: The Cloud Pod Increases listener limit to 1 million 16.05.2019 0:59

Azure suffers an outage, AWS Snowballs drive block storage at the edge, S3 Batch Operations and Fully Managed Blockchain all this week on the cloud pod! Plus Lightning Round and Cool Tools with Jonathan. Sponsors: Foghorn Consulting – https://fogops.io/thecloudpod Follow Up VMWare CEO implies Amazon Partnership is more important than Azure Topics Use AWS Transit Gateway & Direct Connect to Cen...

Episode 21: The Cloud Pod exceeds quarterly listener expectations 06.05.2019 0:59

A New Cost Management blog, APAC gets a new AWS region and Docker Hub gets hacked. Plus Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon all release earnings and we break out the highs and lows. With special guest, Ian Mckay @iann0036 talks about his new AWS tool www.former2.com Sponsors: Foghorn Consulting – https://fogops.io/thecloudpod Follow Up Apple actually reducing dependence on Amazon Cloud services Topics...

Episode 20: The Cloud Pod spends 30 dollars a month on AWS 02.05.2019 0:41

Google Kubernetes Engine Advanced, Jedi Contract Finalists, Cloud Migrations services and Apple’s 30 million a month spend on AWS this week on The Cloud Pod, plus the lightning round. Sponsors: Foghorn Consulting – https://fogop.io/thecloudpod Topics: Improve Enterprise IT Procurement with Private Catalog, now in Beta Introducing GKE Advanced – Enhanced reliability, simplicity and scale for enterp...

Episode 19: Announcing the new Cloud Pod Premium Tier 23.04.2019 0:42

We are back to our normal show after our GCP Next recap. This week the new AWS APAC region, Azure premium tiers and the AWS open letter on climate change. Plus the lightning round and cool tools. Sponsors Foghorn Consulting: fogops.io/thecloudpod Topics Alerts in Azure are now all the more consistent Self-Service exchange and refund for Azure Reservations Unlock Dedicated resources and enterprise...

Episode 18: It’s a Google Next, Next Level Recap 16.04.2019 0:01

Google Next has wrapped up in San Francisco and we break down the announcements, talk about Google’s enterprise play, and more. Special guest Ryan Lucas @ryron01 #googlenext19 #thecloudpod #gcp Sponsors Foghorn Consulting: fogops.io/thecloudpod Audible: audibletrial.com/thecloudpod Topics Google Next Draft Results General Thoughts/Impressions Pre-Next Announcements Introducing Compute and Memory...

Episode 17: The Cloud Pod now 100% open source 07.04.2019 0:40

Episode 17 Azure announces new data and discovery classification features, AWS APN changes go into effect, and Chef goes 100% Open Source. Jonathan, Justin and Peter draft their Google Next 2019 predictions and more on the cloud pod. #thecloudpod Sponsors Foghorn Consulting: fogops.io/thecloudpod Audible: audibletrial.com/thecloudpod Follow Up KubeCTL – Cuttle or Control or C-T-L Mitigating Risk...

Episode 16: This week in the cloud blob 29.03.2019 0:56

AWS Summit Season 2019 is officially underway. Justin, Peter and special guest Chris Short @chrisshort . Plus the famous lightning round. Sponsors Foghorn Consulting: fogops.io/thecloudpod Audible: audibletrial.com/thecloudpod Topics AWS Multi-Account Support for Direct Connect Gateway Introducing AWS Deep Learning Containers AMD Processors now available on AWS Ec2 Instances AWS S3 Glacier Deep Ar...

Episode 15: The Cloud Pod eats 31.4 trillion pieces of PI 25.03.2019 0:58

Google finds a use for unused Kubernetes capacity by calculating PI, The Hyperscalers double down on gaming platforms and Azure beats Amazon to DOD certification! Plus the lightning round and cool tools with Jonathan. Sponsors Foghorn Consulting: fogops.io/thecloudpod Audible: audibletrial.com/thecloudpod Follow Up Open Distro for ES Free Software is the only Winner Elastic NV vs AWS – Adam Jacobs...

Episode 14: Elizabeth Warren votes to break up the cloud pod 17.03.2019 0:01

This week Matt Adorjan (@mda590) joins us to talk about AWS’s open distro for ElasticSearch, Breaking up big tech, and F5 acquiring Nginx. Plus the lightning round and Cool Tools with Jonathan. Thanks to our sponsors! Foghorn Consulting: fogops.io/thecloudpod Audible: audibletrial.com/thecloudpod Show Topics How does your cloud storage grow? With a scalable plan and a price drop Azure Premium Bl...

Episode 13 – The Cloud Pod goes all in on AWS, Azure and GCP 09.03.2019 0:46

Lyft goes all in on AWS and commits big money to AWS in their IPO. Several new solutions for security from the cloud vendors at RSA this week, and Jeff Barr stops by Reddit to tell us all about cloud formation! Plus the lighting round and cool tools with Jonathan. Sponsors: Foghorn Consulting: fogops.io/thecloudpod Audible: audibletrial.com/thecloudpod Show Topics: Lyft goes all in on AWS Googl...

Episode 12: Spotinst has yet to announce partnership with the cloud pod 05.03.2019 0:35

Episode 12 This week we talk about Athena Workgroups, Spotinst AWS partnership, Spatial Anchors in Azure and Microsoft and Google handle several employee issues. Sponsors: Foghorn Consulting: fogops.io/thecloudpod Audible: audibletrial.com/thecloudpod Show Topics Athena now supports Workgroups to segment/isolated data Azure has GA’s several new features to create more reliable event driven appl...

Episode 11 – Screaming in the last week of the cloud pod 23.02.2019 1:02:06

Episode 11 This week we have special guest Corey Quinn (twitter: @quinnypig). We talk about Googles Culture, Managed Database Services, Amazon HQ2. Plus the world famous lightning round and Jonathan’s cool tools. Sponsors: Foghorn Consulting: fogops.io/thecloudpod Audible: audibletrial.com/thecloudpod Follow Up Azure security center helps protect you from RunC vulnerability – https://azure.micr...

Episode 10: The podcast no longer requires credit cards 22.02.2019 0:49

Episode 10 Peter returns from his vacation, Major Docker security vulnerability, Azure gets FHIR and the Warriors choose a public cloud partner. Plus the lightning round! Sponsors Foghorn Consulting: fogops.io/thecloudpod Audible: audibletrial.com/thecloudpod Topics CVE-2019-5736 Docker RunC vulnerability – Vulnerability – https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q1/119 AWS – https://aws.amazon.com/secu...

Episode 9: Redhat Drops support for the cloud pod 12.02.2019 48:49

Episode 9 Its earnings season and we take a look at both AWS and Googles earnings, plus recap the Azure earnings from last week. We also talk about AWS Corretto GA, Microsoft DNS outage causes data loss?, Mongo DB SSPL licensing and more. Special Guest Ryan Lucas Sponsors Foghorn Consulting: fogops.io/thecloudpod Audible: audibletrial.com/thecloudpod Topics Earnings AWS Earnings – https://www.c...

Episode 8 – Now with Insane Magic 01.02.2019 43:28

Episode 8 – Now With Insane Magic This week we talk about TLS support for NLB, AWS Worklink, Kubernetes Metering and retailers pushing back on AWS. Plus the lightning round and cool tools with Jonathan. #thecloudpod Thanks to our Sponsors: Foghorn Consulting: fogops.io/thecloudpod Audible: audibletrial.com/thecloudpod News Microsoft Earnings – http://fortune.com/2019/01/30/microsoft-stock-down-sl...

Episode 7 – The Cloud Pod now 99.9% available 29.01.2019 30:43

Episode 7 – The Cloud Pod now 99.9% available Jonathan, Justin, and Peter talk about the latest news in AWS, Google and Azure. This week we talk about the AWS Backup Services, Oracle Cloud launching in Toronto and AWS Re:Mars. Plus the lightning round and Jonathan’s cool tools. Sponsors Foghorn Consulting: fogops.io/thecloudpod Last Week in AWS: lastweekinaws.com Audible: audibletrial.com/theclo...

Episode 6 – The Cloud Pod Now Supports Resource Tagging 22.01.2019 44:09

Episode 6 – The Cloud Pod Now Supports Resource Tagging Jonathan, Justin, Peter talk about the latest news in AWS, Google and Azure. This week we talk about the TSO Logic Acquisition, Document DB, TriggerMesh Lambda, Azure win of the DOD contract, plus much more including the lightning round and cool tools by Jonathan. Sponsors Foghorn Consulting: fogops.io/thecloudpod Last Week in AWS: lastweeki...

Episode 5 – The Cloud Pod now 50% cheaper 15.01.2019 36:22

Show Notes 1/8/18 Amazon reportedly buys cloud endure for $250 million Fargate Lowers prices by 50% Cloudera/Hortonworks merger closes, takes aim at Amazon Is this the worst S3 compromise? Google Purchases DORA ( DevOps Research and Assessment) Github goes Free AWS CLI Query JMES Path reference Lightning Round Windows Server 2019 AMI’s now available on AWS Parallel Cluster now available in Sweden...

Episode 4 – The podcast is now available in multiple regions 08.01.2019 36:35

Show Notes Follow Up Jedi Contract Jedi Contract/AWS Bid Riddled with Conflicts of Interest Community Licensing Issue Adam Jacobs – Sustainable Free and Open Source Communities https://sfosc.org/ Stephen O’Grady – Cycle Circle of OSS Copy Left and Community licenses are not without merit but are dead end Show Topics Introducing AWS Client VPN to Securely access AWS and On-Premises Resources Blog...