The Cloudcast
The Cloudcast (@cloudcastpod) is the industry's #1 Cloud Computing podcast, and the place where Cloud meets AI. Co-hosts Aaron Delp (@aarondelp) & Brian Gracely (@bgracely) speak with technology and business leaders that are shaping the future of business. Topics will include Cloud Computing | AI | AGI | ChatGPT | Open Source | AWS | Azure | GCP | Platform Engineering | DevOps | Big Data | ML | Security | Kubernetes | AppDev | SaaS | PaaS .
Episodes
942 episodes
AI Impacts Across Organizations & Startups
Jon Duren, Sr. Practice Manager, AI & Data @wwt_inc & Druce MacFarlane, Product @Infoblox talks about the intersection of AI, Startups, and Enterprise Trends.SHOW: 905SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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Five Things I Did This Week
Does your management chain know what you’re doing to bring value to your company, your group or just your role? How do you communicate value for accountability, visibility, and promotability?SHOW: 904SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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Cloud & AI News Trends for February 2025
Brian Gracely and Brandon Whichard discuss the top stories in Cloud and AI from February 2025 including NVIDIA’s earnings, Hashicorp, Intel’s CEO trio, Developer Co-Pilots, and RIP Skype.SHOW: 903SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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Bathing in the Confusion around GenAI
Right now the news around GenAI seems scattered, all of the place, and confusing. Let’s dig into what’s working, what’s not, and where some future trends are heading. SHOW: 902SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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Developer Assistance with Coding Co-Pilots
Andrew Filev (@andrewsthoughts, Founder @zencoderai) talks about the state and future of developer coding co-pilots.SHOW: 901SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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What is your industry's DeepSeek moment?
We reached show #900!! We explore what happens when your industry experiences it’s DeepSeek moment, and how prepared you are across technology, organizational and economic changes. SHOW: 900SHOW TRANSCRIP...
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VMware Migrations
Madhura Maskasky (@madhuramaskasky, Chief Product Officer at @Platform9Sys) talks about the current state of the VMware virtualization market, thoughts on migrations, and factors to consider to speed migrations.SHOW: 899...
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How will AI impact your IT budget?
As AI begins to make its way into the Enterprise, how will the experimentation, adoption and operations of AI impact 2025 and beyond IT budgets? SHOW: 898SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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The Path to Tech Executive Roles
Drew Saur (Founder, Drew Saur Coaching) talks about the state of the job market in 2025, how delivery and measurements have changed, how to stand out, and what to think about when interviewing for a new role, especially at the executive level
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Welcome to the Bi-Modal Cloud Era
After a decade of Bi-Modal IT discussion, we’ve now reached the era of Bi-Modal Cloud. Balancing traditional CPU-based cloud resources is now clashing with the demands of GPU-based AI cloud needs. Let’s explore!SHOW: 896...
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Cloud & AI News of the Month - January 2025
Brian Gracely, Aaron Delp, and Brandon Whichard discuss the top stories in Cloud and AI from January 2025 including the new DeepSeek model that is shaking up the industry.SHOW: 895SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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Shut up and write code!
It feels like we’ve gone the last 15+ years of tech without really having to directly involve politics in the discussion. But that seems to be coming to an end, in a big way. Let discuss if we can discuss tech without discussing politics. ...
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Modernizing Video Production with AI
Tim Huckaby (@TimHuckaby, CTO at Lucihub) talks about building modern AI applications to generate business video, the human vs AI interactions, and the importance of domain expertise. SHOW: 893SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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Big Announcements or BIG Announcements?
At a time when many AI and Cloud announcements are happening, how can we determine which ones are important, disruptive, or just me-too? SHOW: 892SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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SaaS Pricing & Startup Monetization
James D. Wilton (@jamesdwilton, Managing Director, @Monevat) talks about pricing strategies for SaaS products and organizations as well as his new book, Capturing Value: The Definitive Guide to Transforming ...
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What would an AI-First CIO do?
In the 2010s, many CIOs adopted a Cloud-First strategy for building their digital services and skills. So how would a CIO build an AI-First strategy in today’s world?SHOW: 890SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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The Ethics of Using AI Tools at Work
Brian and Michael Cote (@cote, Co-Host @SoftwareDefinedTalk) talk about the ethics of using AI at for internal and external facing work.SHOW: 889SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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Does your CEO know what your group does?
Does your boss’ boss know what your group does? How far up the org chart is it before your group is unknown? Let’s look at ways that your group can make sure it has visibility up the ranks of your management team. SHOW: 888
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Career Advice in 2025
As we start in 2025, we wanted to offer advice on job searching and evaluating roles. The market and the interviewing process have shifted; what do you need to know in 2025 if you seek a new opportunity?SHOW: 887SHOW T...
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The Cloudcast #886 - Reflections, Resolutions and Beginning 2025
As a new year is upon us, let's make a checklist of the most important areas to focus upon to make Q1 successful and set up the rest of 2025 for success. SHOW: 886SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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Auth in the Age of AI Agents
Jake Moshenko (@jacobmoshenko, CEO of @AuthZed) talks about the challenges of securing AI interactions, as well as authentication best-practices for AI Agents and RAG patterns. SHOW: 885SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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2024 Year-End Review and 2025 Predictions
It’s that time of the year again. Brian and Aaron wrap of the year in Cloud and AI, and make predictions for 2025.SHOW: 884SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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Evaluating Market Changing Trends
If AI is going to be the next big trend in tech and impact every aspect of society, how do you go about trying to evaluate where it is today and where it might be in a few years or a decade?SHOW: 883SHOW TRANS...
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