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The Cloud Pod is your one-stop-shop for all things Public, Hybrid, Multi-cloud, and private cloud. Cloud providers continue to accelerate with new features, capabilities, and changes to their APIs. Let Justin, Jonathan, Ryan and Peter help navigate you through this changing cloud landscape via our weekly podcast.

The Cloud Pod Justin Brodley, Jonathan Baker, Ryan Lucas and Peter Roosakos

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    • 4.9 • 34 Ratings

The Cloud Pod is your one-stop-shop for all things Public, Hybrid, Multi-cloud, and private cloud. Cloud providers continue to accelerate with new features, capabilities, and changes to their APIs. Let Justin, Jonathan, Ryan and Peter help navigate you through this changing cloud landscape via our weekly podcast.

    I have an InfluxDB of AI Related Stories

    I have an InfluxDB of AI Related Stories

    Welcome to episode 252 of The Cloud Pod podcast, where the forecast is always cloudy! This week Justin, Jonathan, Ryan, and Matthew are talking about InfluxDB, collabs between AWS and NVIDIA, some personnel changes over at Microsoft, Amazon Timestream, and so much more! Sit back and enjoy – and make sure to hang around for the aftershow, where Linux and DBOS are on the docket. You won’t want to miss it. 

    Titles we almost went with this week:

    Light a fire under your Big Queries with Spark procedures
    All your NVIDIA GPU belong to AWS
    Thanks, EU for Free Data Transfer for all*
    Microsoft, Inflection, Mufasta, Scar… this is not the Lion King Sequel I expected
    The Cloud Pod sees Inflections in the Timestream
    The Cloud Pod is a palindrome
    The Cloudpod loves SQL so much we made a OS out of it
    Lets run SQL on Kubernetes on Top of DBOS. What could go wrong?
    The Cloud Pod is 5 7 5 long

    A big thanks to this week’s sponsor:
    We’re sponsorless this week! Interested in sponsoring us and having access to a specialized and targeted market? We’d love to talk to you. Send us an email or hit us up on our Slack Channel. Please. We’re not above begging. Ok. Maybe Ryan is. But the rest of us? Absolutely not. 
    AI Is Going Great (Or, How ML Makes All Its Money)
    1:00 PSYCH! We’re giving this segment a break this week. YOU’RE WELCOME. 

    AWS
    01:08 Anthropic’s Claude 3 Haiku model is now available on Amazon Bedrock 


    Last week Claude 3 Sonnet was available on Bedrock, this week Claude 3 Haiku is available on Bedrock.  
    The Haiku model is the fastest and most compact mode of the Claude 3 family, designed for near-instant responsiveness and seamless generative AI experiences that mimic human interaction. 
    We assume, thanks to how much Amazon is stretching this out, that next week we’ll get Opus. 
    Want to check it out for yourself? Head over to the Bedrock console. 

    02:02 Jonathan – “I haven’t tried Haiku, but I’ve played with Sonnet a lot for pre over the past week. It’s very good. It’s much better conversationally. I mean, I’m not talking about technical things. It’s like I ask all kinds of random philosophical questions or whatever, just to kind of explore what it can do, what it knows…If I was going to spend money on OpenAI or Anthropic, it would be on Anthropic right now.”

    04:03 AWS Pi Day 2024: Use your data to power generative AI


    3.14 just passed us by last week, and Amazon was back with a live steam on Twitch where they explored AWS storage from data lakes to High Performance Storage, and how to transform your data strategy to become the starting point for Generative AI. 
    As always they announced several new storage features in honor of a href="https://pages.awscloud.com/NAMER-event-OE-2024-Pi-Day-2024-interest/?trk=97292586-c7f7-48fb-8976-d800f9503730&sc_icampaig

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    AI Is the Final Nail in the Coffin for Low Code

    AI Is the Final Nail in the Coffin for Low Code

    Welcome to episode 251 of The Cloud Pod podcast – where the forecast is always cloudy! This week we’re looking at the potential end of low impact code thanks to generative AI, how and why Kubernetes is still hanging on, and Cloudflare’s new defensive AI project. Plus we take on the death of Project Titan in our aftershow. 

    Titles we almost went with this week:

    The Cloud Pod is Magic
    Why is the Cloud Pod Not on the Board of the Director for OpenAI
    The Cloud Pod wants Gen AI Money
    The Cloud Pod Thinks Magic Networks Are Less Fun Than Magic Mushrooms
    The Cloud Pod is Mission Critical so Give Us Your Money and Sponsor Us

    A big thanks to this week’s sponsor:
    We’re sponsorless this week! Interested in sponsoring us and having access to a specialized and targeted market? We’d love to talk to you. Send us an email or hit us up on our Slack Channel. 
    Follow-Up
    00:50  Kubernetes Predictions Were Wrong — Redux


    Last week Ryan and Justin talked about why Kubernetes hasn’t disappeared into the background during our after show, and now with Matt and Jonathan here I wanted to see if they had any additional thoughts.  
    If you missed this two weeks ago, it’s probably because you don’t know that there are regular after shows after the final bumper of the show… typically about non-cloud things or things that generally interest our hosts. There is one today about the death of the Apple Car. 
    To summarize the conversation, ChatGPT has provided us with a sort of CliffsNotes version. 

    Ryan and Justin speculated on the reasons why Kubernetes (K8) persisted despite predictions of its decline:




    Global Pandemic Impact: They acknowledged the global pandemic that unfolded since 2020 and considered its potential influence on Kubernetes. The pandemic might have shifted priorities and accelerated digital transformation efforts, leading to increased reliance on Kubernetes for managing cloud-native applications and infrastructure. Organizations might have intensified their focus on scalable and resilient technologies like Kubernetes to adapt to remote work environments and changing market dynamics.
    Unforeseen Complexity: Despite expectations for a simpler alternative to emerge, Kubernetes has grown more complex over time. The ecosystem around Kubernetes has expanded significantly, with various platforms, services, and tools built on top of it. This complexity may have made it challenging for organizations to migrate away from Kubernetes, as they have heavily invested in its ecosystem and expertise.
    Critical Role in Scalability: Kubernetes remains a fundamental technology for platform engineering teams seeking to achieve scalability and standardization in their operations. Creating a standardized, opinionated path for Kubernetes within organizations enables them to streamline deployment processes, manage resources efficiently, and support the growing demands of modern applications. This critical role in scaling infrastructure and applications might have contributed to Kubernetes’ enduring relevance.
    Absence of Clear Alternatives: Despite predictions, no single service or platform has emerged as a clear, universally adopted alternative to Kubernetes. While other solutions exist, such as Tanzu, OpenShift, and others mentioned, none have achieved the same level of adoption or provided a compelling reason for orga

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    The Cloud Pod Goes Nuclear Powered

    The Cloud Pod Goes Nuclear Powered

    Welcome to episode 250 of the Cloud Pod  podcast – where the forecast is always cloudy! Well, we’re not launching rockets this week, but we ARE discussing the AI arms race, AWS going nuclear, and all the latest drama between Elon and OpenAI. You won’t want to miss a minute of it!

    Titles we almost went with this week:

    The Paradox of AI choice
    Amazon just comes across super desperate on RACING to AI foundation model    
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    Your new JR developer Test-LLM
    If you can’t beat OpenAI, sue them

    A big thanks to this week’s sponsor:
    We’re sponsorless this week! Interested in sponsoring us and having access to a specialized and targeted market? We’d love to talk to you. Send us an email or hit us up on our Slack Channel. 

    General News 
    01:12  IT Infrastructure, Operations Management & Cloud Strategies: Chicago (Rosemont/O’Hare), Illinois 


    Want to meet cloud superstar Matthew Kohn in person? He’s going to be giving a talk in Chicago, if you’re going to be in the neighborhood. *Maybe* he’ll have some stickers.
    11:30am – 12:30pm: Using Data and AI to Shine a Light on Your Dark IT Estate

    AI Is Going Great (Or, How ML Makes All Its Money)
    03:42 Anthropic claims its new models beat GPT-4


    AI Startup Anthropics, has announced their latest version of Claude. 
    The company claims that it rivals OpenAI’s GPT-4 in terms of performance.
    Claude 3, and its family of models, includes Claude 3 Haiku, Sonnet and Opus, with Opus being the most powerful.  
    All show “increased capabilities” in analysis and forecasting, Anthropic claims, as well enhanced performance on specific benchmarks versus models like GPT-4 (but not GPT-4 Turbo) and Googles Gemini 1.0 Ultra (but not Gemini 1.5 Pro)
    Claude 3 is Anthropics first multi-modal model.
    In a step better than rivals, Claude can analyze multiple images in a single request (up to 20). This allows it to do compare and contrast operations
    However, there are limits to its image capabilities. It’s not allowed to identify people.  
    They admit it is also prone to mistakes on low-quality images under 200 pixels, and struggles with tasks involving spatial reasoning and object counting.  

    05:42 Justin – “Overall, this looks like not a bad model. I do see a little bit of chatter today actually. Some people say it’s not quite as good in some areas, but it’s pretty good in others. And it is not connected to the internet, this model. So it is dated only through August of 2023. So anything that happened after that, like the Israeli Hamas conflicts, it doesn’t know anything about those. So just be aware.”

    06:08 Matthew – “You know, it’s actually interesting now. There’s so many models out there. You know, you have to start to look at what makes sense for your data and what you need, along with also price. You know, I look too closely at what the price is, but you might be able to get away

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    Google Gemini and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week

    Google Gemini and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week

    Welcome to episode 249 of the CloudPod Podcast – where the forecast is always cloudy! This week, Justin and Ryan put on their scuba suits and dive into the latest cloud news, from Google Gemini’s “woke” woes, to Azure VMware Solution innovations, and some humorous takes on Reddit and Google’s unexpected collaboration. Join the conversation on AI, storage solutions, and more this week in the Cloud!

    Titles we almost went with this week:
    Gemini Has Gone Woke? Uhhh…ok. 

    A big thanks to this week’s sponsor:
    We’re sponsorless this week! Interested in sponsoring us and having access to a specialized and targeted market? We’d love to talk to you. Send us an email or hit us up on our Slack Channel. 
    General News 
    01:48 DigitalOcean beats expectations under the helm of new CEO Paddy Srinivasan


    Quick earnings chat. Digital Ocean, under their new CEO Paddy Srinivasan reported earnings of 44 centers per share, well ahead of Wall Street’s target of 37 cents per share. 
    Revenue growth was a little sluggish at 11% more than a year earlier, but the companies 181 million in reported sales still beat analysts expectations. 
    Full year revenue was 693M for the year. 
    We’re really glad to see the business is still going, and instead of going back on-premise, we think it’s a viable option for many workloads so don’t sleep on them.

    02:46  Ryan – “I like that, you know, while they are very focused on, you know, traditional compute workloads, you can still see them. Dip in their toes into managed services and, and, um, their interaction with the community and documentation of how to do things. I think it’s really impactful.”

    03:34 VMware moves to quell concern over rapid series of recent license changes  


    As we have reported multiple times on the VMWARE shellacking they are doing to the customers, Vmware has released a blog post trying to convince you that they’re **not** screwing you. 
    Broadcom has realigned operations around VMWare Cloud Foundation private cloud portfolio and data center-focused VMWare Vsphere suite, and no longer sells discrete products such as vSphere hypervisor, vSAN virtual storage and NSX network storage virtualization software.  
    They also are eliminating perpetual licensing in favor of subscription-only pricing, with VCF users getting vSAN, NSX and the Aria Management and orchestration components bundled whether you want them or not. 
    Broadcom says this is about focusing on best-of-breed silos, and not disparate products without an integrated experience. 
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    A Public Service Announcement on Shared VPCs in AWS: Don’t!

    A Public Service Announcement on Shared VPCs in AWS: Don’t!

    Welcome to episode 248 of the CloudPod Podcast – where the forecast is always cloudy! It’s the return of our Cloud Journey Series! Plus, today we’re talking shared VPCs and why you should avoid them, Amazon’s new data centers ( we think they forgot about the sustainability pledge,) new threats to and from AI, and a quick preview of Next ‘24 programs – plus much more! 

    Titles we almost went with this week:

    The Cloud Pod Isn’t a Basic Bitch
    New AWS Data Solutions Framework – or – How You Accidentally Spent $100k’s
    A PSA on Shared VPCs in AWS
    Amazon Doesn’t Even Pay Attention to Climate When it’s on a Building
    Vector Search I Hardly Know Her 
    Google Migs are Less Fun than Russian Migs
    AI Can Now Attack Us; Who Didn’t See That Coming
    Who is Surprised That AWS is Using More Power Than the Rest of the State of Oregon
    Spend all the Dinero in Spain

    A big thanks to this week’s sponsor:
    We’re sponsorless this week! Interested in sponsoring us and having access to a specialized and targeted market? We’d love to talk to you. Send us an email or hit us up on our Slack Channel. 
    AI is Going Great (or how ML Makes all Its Money)
    01:24 Disrupting malicious uses of AI by state-affiliated threat actors


    In this week’s chapter of AI nightmares, ChatGPT tells us how they are blocking the usage of AI by state-affiliated threat actors. Awesome; things went from bad to worse in one week. Cool. Cool cool cool. 
    In partnership with Microsoft Threat Intelligence, they have disrupted five state-affiliated actors that sought to use their AI service in support of malicious cyber activities
    These actors generally sought to use OpenAI services for querying open-source information, translating, finding coding errors, and running basic coding tasks. 

    Charcoal Typhoon (China affiliated) researched various companies and cybersecurity tools, debugged code and generated scripts, and created content likely for use in phishing campaigns.
    Salmon Typhoon (China affiliated) translated technical papers, retrieved publicly available information on multiple intelligence agencies and regional threat actors, assisted with coding, and researched common ways processes could be hidden on a system.
    Crimson Sandstorm (Iran affiliated) used OpenAI services for scripting support related to app and web development, generating content likely for spear-phishing campaigns, and researching common ways malware could evade detection.
    Emerald Sleet (North Korea affiliated) identified experts and organizations focused on defense issues in the Asia-Pacific region, to understand publicly available vulnerabilities, and used OpenAI services for help with basic scripting tasks, and drafting content that could be used in phishing campaigns.
    Forest Blizzard (Russia-affiliated) primarily for performing research on open-source data into satellite communication protocols and radar imaging technology, as well as for support with scripting tasks. 


    OpenAI says the capabilities of the current models are limited, they believe it’s important to stay ahead of significant and evolving threats. 
    To continue making sure their platform is used for good they have a multi-pronged approach:

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    ChatGPT Remembers? Oh No!

    ChatGPT Remembers? Oh No!

    Welcome to episode 247 of the CloudPod Podcast – where the forecast is always cloudy! Pepperidge Farm remembers – and now so does ChatGPT! Today on the pod we’re talking about the new “memory” function in ChatGPT, secrets over at OCI, and Firehose dropping Kinesis like its HOT. Plus plenty of other Cloud and AI news to get you through the week. Let’s get started! 

    Titles we almost went with this week:

    I Don’t Think Anyone Wants to be “Good Enough” in AI 
    Oracle Can Rotate All My Secrets
    Amazon Data Firehose – Not Without Kinesis 

    A big thanks to this week’s sponsor:
    We’re sponsorless this week! Interested in sponsoring us and having access to a very specialized and targeted market? We’d love to talk to you. Send us an email or hit us up on our Slack Channel. 
    Follow Up
    00:57 C2C Event 

    Recently Justin was down at a 2gather event Google’s Cloud headquarters near Moffett Field in Sunnyvale. So to those new listeners who heard Justin there and just couldn’t get enough, welcome! We’re happy to have you. 

    Want to see what events are coming up, and hopefully near you? Check out the lineup here. 

    General News
    08:25  Why companies are leaving the cloud 


    A recent study by Citrix, is saying that 25% of organizations in the UK have already moved half or more of their cloud-based workloads back to on-premises infrastructures.  
    The survey questioned 350 IT leaders on their current approaches to cloud computing. 
    93% of them had been involved in a cloud repatriation project in the last three years. 
    Surveyed said their reasons for moving from the Security Issues, High Project Expectations and unmet expectations, with most saying the cost was the biggest motivator, which definitely makes sense to us. 
    In general this isn’t my experience when talking to listeners, or folks at the recent C2C event; there’s always a few companies that probably shouldn’t have moved to the cloud in the first place, but those numbers don’t pan out to us in who we’re talking to. 
    We’re interested in listener feedback here – have any of you been involved in a repatriation project? 

    09:55 Ryan – “I think it’s kind of the same thing that happened in reverse a few years ago, where it’s like all the companies are moving to the cloud. The same reports were, you know, 50 % of companies are moving other entire workloads into the cloud. And now it’s sort of the pendulum swinging the other way.”

    AI is Going Great (or how ML Makes all Its Money) –  ChatGPT gets Reveries
    12:37 Memory and new controls for ChatGPT


    ChatGPT is adding a new “memory” feature; “remembering” allows you to ask the bot to remember things you have chatted about with ChatGPT in the past. 

     So things like you love to travel, you have a daughter, etc.  

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Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
34 Ratings

34 Ratings

mvelasco07 ,

Highly recommend!

If you're interested in cloud computing and the latest developments in the industry, then The Cloud Pod is a must-listen podcast. Jonathan, Ryan, Peter, and Justin are all experts in their fields, and their discussions are informative, insightful, and engaging. I truly learn something every time I tune in - can’t recommend this show enough! 🙌

tgohl ,

Informative and entertaining

The Cloud Pod is my go-to podcast for staying up to date with Cloud news. The hosts are knowledgeable and the delivery is excellent. Thanks for the great content!

Robmartin3 ,

Five stars for the content

Anyone working in cloud projects or trying to keep up with the cloud space, particularly anyone using multiple clouds, should give The Cloud Pod a listen each week. They review all the news from the week from all three vendors and the industry. They give a diverse set of opinions and points of view on the announcements and put them in context. They have a lot of experience clearly and bring that to the discussion as well. Love this as my go to podcast on cloud

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