Day Two Cloud
213 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★ - 11 ratingsJoin hosts Ned Bellavance and Kyler Middleton as they dive deep into the challenges of cloud operations from the perspective of seasoned practitioners. You'll hear from expert guests—technical leaders, trainers, and consultants with years of hands-on experience—discussing the nuances of modern cloud environments. From AWS to Azure, networking to security, automation to DevOps, each weekly episode equips you with the insights to confidently address tech and business challenges such as resilience, cost management, and performance. Whether you want to hone your skills today or prepare for what’s coming next, Day Two Cloud cuts through the vendor fog to guide you through a shifting IT landscape.
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D2C241: Choose Your Own Adventure: Manager, Director, or IC
April 24, 2024 14:03 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBWhat makes for a good manager, director, and independent contributor (IC), and how do you figure out which is the best fit for you? Hazel Weakly has had a whirlwind tour of all three and is ready to share her insight into each. We talk about the skill set needed for each, and figuring out... Read more »
D2C240: The Duality of Enterprise AI
April 17, 2024 18:33 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBAI has been around forever; AI is emergent. AI is just data analytics; AI hallucinates. AI doesn’t have many business use cases; AI is already being used by your employees. Today, Greg and Johna from the Heavy Strategy podcast join Day Two Cloud to give their takes on enterprise AI. Johna brings with her the... Read more »
D2C239: “(Almost) Every Infrastructure Decision I Endorse or Regret”
April 10, 2024 17:41 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBYou can’t just drop a knife on fish and expect there to be sushi. Jack Lindamood joins us today to share his metaphors and thoughts on picking the right IT tools and processes as outlined in his popular article, “(Almost) Every Infrastructure Decision I Endorse or Regret after 4 Years Running Infrastructure at a Startup.”... Read more »
D2C238: Tech Hiring is Borked
March 27, 2024 16:25 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBLife isn’t easy for someone looking for a job in tech. There are lots of content mills pushing the idea that if you just pass this one six-month course, you’ll have a six-figure career in no time. There are lots of hiring companies who make job applicants jump through a ton of hoops, but often... Read more »
D2C237: Managing Medical IoT Devices on AWS
March 20, 2024 17:49 - 49 minutes - 34 MBIn this podcast episode, Randy Horton from Orthogonal and Ian Sutcliffe from AWS discuss the complexities of supporting regulated medical devices in the cloud. They explore the challenges of adhering to regulations, the importance of security, and the need for robust frameworks. The conversation highlights the non-prescriptive nature of regulations, encouraging best practices rather than... Read more »
D2C236: Introducing New Co-Host Kyler Middleton
March 06, 2024 15:04 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBToday we welcome a new co-host, Kyler Middleton, to the Day Two Cloud podcast. Kyler grew up in rural Western Nebraska, fixing neighboring farmers’ computers in exchange for brownies and Rice Krispies. Now she’s the newest co-host for Day Two Cloud… perhaps a lateral move, given the lack of baked goods. Kyler will draw on... Read more »
D2C235: Building Modern Apps In GovCloud
February 28, 2024 15:23 - 5 MBChances are, you’ve probably only heard of GovCloud because at the bottom of new feature releases from the Big 3 there’s usually an asterisk that says “not yet available in GovCloud.” So what is GovCloud? And why does it not get the newest shiny thing as fast as the rest of us? Chris Wahl has... Read more »
D2C234: What to Do About VMware
February 21, 2024 19:52 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBBroadcom’s acquisition of VMware has generated a lot of anxiety among VMware customers. In this episode, we closely analyze the situation. First, we look at Broadcom’s past acquisitions in the infrastructure sector. Then we examine the product alignment and possible new product offerings and whether the acquisition will hamper innovation and development. We also cover... Read more »
D2C233: Pinning Down Private Clouds
February 14, 2024 19:16 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBWhat are we talking about when we are all talking about private clouds? On-prem? Hybrid? Virtualization? Where does hardware fit into it all– and would younger engineers even know what to do with a physical piece of hardware? Driven by Broadcom’s acquisition of VMare and the anticipated rising costs of VMare licenses, enterprises are exploring... Read more »
D2C232: Chaos Engineering: Breaking Things on Purpose
February 07, 2024 20:52 - 36 minutes - 25.8 MBChaos engineering is all about resilience and reliability… it just takes the harder path to get there. By injecting random and unpredictable behavior to the point of failure, chaos engineers observe systems’ weak points, apply preventative maintenance, and develop a failover plan. Matt Schillerstrom from Harness introduces Ned and Ethan to this wild corner of... Read more »
D2C231: Cloud Repatriation: Can Workloads Ever Come Home Again?
January 31, 2024 20:03 - 48 minutes - 66.9 MBCloud repatriation: Is it a good idea? Guest Marino Wijay, an OSI and networking open source advocate, joins hosts Ethan Banks and Ned Bellavance to discuss the recent interest in cloud repatriation. They cover the intricacies of moving workloads from the cloud back to on-premises or edge environments, and question if it is possible to... Read more »
D2C230: Adding Python To Your Operations Toolkit
January 24, 2024 20:36 - 53 minutes - 37.4 MBToday we’re talking about Python. If you’re new to Python and want to add it to your toolkit, this is the show for you. This episode offers a broad perspective on all the approaches and plug-ins that Python includes. Our guest Michael Kennedy is a Python enthusiast and Python instructor. We discuss: Why you should... Read more »
D2C229: Standing Out From The Crowd With Tim Banks
January 17, 2024 22:27 - 48 minutes - 33.7 MBWe talk with Tim Banks about a wide range of topics including career development, how to stand out as an interview candidate, building a resume, finding your blind spots, diversity in tech (or lack thereof), and more. Let’s get into all the things with Tim! Episode Guest: Tim Banks | Lead Developer Advocate at Dell... Read more »
D2C228: Building Local Tech Communities
January 10, 2024 20:48 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBWhile it’s easy to find technical content and make professional connections online, in-person interactions are still valuable for learning, forging business and personal connections, and career development. On today’s Day Two Cloud we discuss how and why to build local tech communities. Guest Laura Santamaria is a developer, developer advocate, and longtime community builder. We... Read more »
D2C227: Platforms Reduce Cognitive Overhead
December 27, 2023 13:00 - 41 minutes - 29 MBToday’s show explores platform engineering. Guest Chad McElligott has thought a lot about the practice of platform engineering, and a blog post and talk he gave about the subject inspired us to reach out and have a conversation. Chad describes platform engineering as “the application of a Product Mindset to supporting your engineering organization’s software... Read more »
D2C226: Creating An Effective Cloud Migration Strategy
December 20, 2023 14:47 - 44 minutes - 61.8 MBOn today’s Day Two Cloud podcast we talk about a cloud project where things didn’t go as planned. There were people problems, technical problems, and regulatory problems. Our guest Jonah Andersson shares lessons learned and how they can inform your own cloud strategies. We also talk about how to identify your project goals to determine... Read more »
D2C225: Security KubeConversations Part 2 – Cloud-Native Security Challenges
December 15, 2023 20:02 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBThis is part two of a special edition of Day Two Cloud we’re calling Security KubeConversations. I spent two days in the Windy City, attending KubeCon Cloud Native Con Chicago 2023. I had the opportunity to speak to a wide array of vendors and open source maintainers about what’s happening on the security front in... Read more »
D2C224: Security KubeConversations Part 1 – Protecting Your Kubernetes Infrastructure
December 13, 2023 16:19 - 51 minutes - 36 MBOur KubeConversations series continues with a two-part episode on securing Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure. I attended KubeCon 2023 in Chicago and had the opportunity to speak with vendors and open-source maintainers about the work they’re doing to help protect your Kubernetes environments. In this episode we’ll talk about a Kubernetes Bill of Materials, protecting K8s... Read more »
D2C223: Accelerating VM Performance With Azure Boost
December 06, 2023 19:24 - 46 minutes - 32.4 MBWelcome to Day Two Cloud! In this episode with Microsoft, it’s November 2023, and I’m in Seattle for the Microsoft Ignite conference. If you think you heard this intro before and you’re wondering if you’re hearing the same episode again, you’re not. This is the second episode from Microsoft Ignite 2023. Today, I’m talking with... Read more »
D2C222: What’s New In Azure Networking (Sponsored)
November 29, 2023 15:41 - 40 minutes - 28.4 MBFrom using hollow core fiber to building networks designed to support AI workloads and modern applications, there’s a lot happening in Azure networking. In this sponsored Day Two Cloud episode, recorded live at Microsoft Ignite this November, we have a wide-ranging discussion about new and forthcoming features and capabilities. My guest is Narayan Annamalai, who... Read more »
D2C221: KubeConversations Part 2 – Building Cloud Platforms
November 22, 2023 15:04 - 57 minutes - 40.2 MBWelcome to part 2 of my KubeConversations. I spent two days in the Windy City attending KubeCon Cloud Native Con Chicago. I had the opportunity to speak to a wide array of vendors and open source maintainers about what’s going on in the cloud native ecosystem. From those conversations, I picked up on some major... Read more »
D2C220: KubeConversations Part 1 – Platform Engineering
November 15, 2023 16:57 - 46 minutes - 31.6 MBWelcome to a special edition of Day Two Cloud. Host Ned Bellavance traveled to KubeCon Chicago 2023 and spoke to vendors and open source maintainers about what’s going on in the cloud-native ecosystem. This episode features conversations on platform engineering. Part 2 will focus on security. Episode Guests: Cole Morrison, Developer Advocate at HashiCorp LinkedIn... Read more »
D2C219: Building A Multi-Cloud Network With A Cloud-Native Approach (Sponsored)
November 08, 2023 15:32 - 50 minutes - 70.6 MBWhat if you could have a multi-cloud network that was cloud-native, but you didn’t have to know the nitty-gritty details for each of the clouds? That is, you work with a cloud network interface, and that platform handles the networking–in a cloud-native way–for you. You wouldn’t need to know the nuances of AWS, Azure, and... Read more »
D2C218: What’s Inside The AI Magic Box?
November 01, 2023 14:50 - 49 minutes - 34.4 MBAI and machine learning are being more widely used in IT and elsewhere. Today's episode opens the AI magic box to better understand what's inside, including software and hardware. We discuss essentials such as training models and parameters, software components, GPUs, networking, and storage. We also discuss using cloud-based AI platforms vs. building your own in-house, and what to consider when assembling your own AI infrastructure.
D2C217: Building Successful Security Operations – Blue Teaming And Beyond
October 25, 2023 16:19 - 48 minutes - 33.7 MBOn today's Day Two Cloud we talk about how to build a successful security practice within your organization. Our guest is Swathi Joshi, VP, SaaS Cloud Security at Oracle. She breaks down security teams into three core groups: proactive security, defensive security, and assurance (risk reduction, enabling secure access, meeting compliance requirements). She also shares her insights around SoCs, security automation, threat and vulnerability management, and successful blue team practices.
D2C216: Implementing Private AI Architecture With VMware (Sponsored)
October 18, 2023 18:10 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBThe goal of private AI is to bring AI models and compute to where your data is stored to ensure privacy and control. On today's Day Two Cloud, sponsored by VMware, we dig more deeply into private AI, major use cases, and the kinds of data that get fed into a private AI system. We also discuss the infrastructure required to build out a private AI platform, how to connect to your data stores, and VMware's role in virtualizing GPUs to maximize efficiency.
Day Two Cloud 215: Highlights From The Edge
October 11, 2023 15:03 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBToday's Day Two Cloud covers highlights from a recent Edge Field Day event. Ned Bellavance was a delegate at the event and will share perceptions and insights based on presentations from the event. Topics include a working definition of edge, the constraints of hosting infrastructure in edge locations (power, space, network connectivity and others), and operational models for running software and services in these environments.
Day Two Cloud 214: Preparing People, Teams, And Infrastructure For Automation
October 04, 2023 15:15 - 45 minutes - 63 MBWelcome to Day Two Cloud. If you want your journey to infrastructure automation to be successful, you have to prepare for that journey. On today's show we talk about how to lay the groundwork for infrastructure automation or Infrastructure as Code (IaC). And this isn't just about tools and training (though we do also discuss these). There are organizational, team, and personal elements required to help people to incorporate automation into their daily work.
Day Two Cloud 213: Get Application Visibility And Governance For Your K8s Clusters With Lens AppIQ (Sponsored)
September 28, 2023 15:08 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBWelcome to Day Two Cloud! Today we talk with sponsor Mirantis about Lens AppIQ. If you've started using Kuberentes and you've got multiple clusters supporting many applications, Lens AppIQ help you get visibility into what's going on. Lens AppIQ is a SaaS service that provides app-centric visibility, policy management, and governance. It's targeted at developers and DevOps teams.
Day Two Cloud 212: Cloud Essentials – Object, File, And Block Storage
September 27, 2023 17:12 - 40 minutes - 28.3 MBDay Two Cloud continues the Cloud Essentials series with cloud storage. We focus specifically on AWS's offering, which include object, file, and block storage options. We also discuss special file systems, file caching, instance stores, and more. We cover use cases for the major storage options and their costs. We also touch briefly on storage services including data migration, hybrid cloud storage, and disaster recovery and backup.
Day Two Cloud 211: Cloud Security Acronym Soup With Jo Peterson
September 20, 2023 16:00 - 41 minutes - 28.9 MBToday on Day Two Cloud we go deep on new areas of cloud security that you may not be familiar with. There are forces out there that are driving the rise of new security tools and processes, and we bring back guest Jo Peterson to help us make sense of it all.
Day Two Cloud 210: Can Network Automation Catch Up To The Cloud?
September 13, 2023 17:05 - 5 MBOn today's Day Two Cloud we discuss the state of network automation and whether and how it can catch up to automation in the public cloud. We look at network automation challenges, define boundaries with other elements of the infrastructure stack, the impact of cloud networking, whether AI and ML can help, and more. Our guests are Chris Grundemann and Scott Robohn, co-founders of the Network Automation Forum (NAF).
Day Two Cloud 209: Cloud Essentials – Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs)
September 06, 2023 18:27 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBToday's Day Two Cloud kicks off an occasional series on cloud essentials. For the first episode we discuss the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). A VPC is an fundamental construct of a public cloud. It's essentially your slice of the shared cloud infrastructure, and you can launch and run other elements within a VPC to support your workload. Ned Bellavance walks through key VPC components including regions and AZs, networking and IP addressing, paid add-ons, data egress and associated charges, moni...
Day Two Cloud 208: HashiCorp Licensing Changes And The Day Two Cloud-Chaos Lever Crossover
August 30, 2023 15:27 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBToday on Day Two Cloud we dive into the implications of licensing changes that HashiCorp has made to its popular Terraform software. In short, the company has switched from an open source to a business source license. HashiCorp says it felt compelled to make the change to ensure that some other business entity doesn't take the open-source software and turn it into a competing product (looking at you, AWS). Will the licensing change have a significant impact? For 99% of users probably not, but...
Day Two Cloud 207: Making Sense Of SSE, SASE, And SD-WAN
August 16, 2023 14:39 - 51 minutes - 71.4 MBOn today's Day Two Cloud we examine the similarities and differences among SSE and SASE, which provide cloud-delivered security; and SD-WAN, which can provide connections to these services. We also discuss the drivers for cloud-delivered security, the role of networking, where and how zero trust can come into play, some of the big players in these spaces, and more.
Day Two Cloud 206: Making The Most Of Red Teaming With Gemma Moore
August 09, 2023 14:57 - 50 minutes - 35.1 MBRed teams attack a customer's security systems. The idea of a red team, whether consultants or in-house, is to approach the target like an attacker would. A red team includes technical and human-based exploit and attempts to test defenses, probe for weaknesses, and identify vulnerable systems and processes. On today's episode we look at how to get the most out of a red team engagement--it's much more than just an attack and a report.
Day Two Cloud 205: States Of Quantum Computing With Abby Mitchell
August 02, 2023 16:04 - 42 minutes - 29.7 MBToday's Day Two Cloud peers inside the box of quantum computing. We explore how it works, what qbits are and why they matter, the current state of quantum computing hardware, what problems could be solved with quantum computing, and how you can get involved with it via the Qiskit open-source project. Our guest is Abby Mitchell, Quantum Developer Advocate at IBM.
Day Two Cloud 204: Deploying Cloud-Delivered Security With Cisco Secure Access (Sponsored)
July 26, 2023 17:52 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MBOn today's Day Two Cloud we get inside Cisco Secure Access, a new set of cloud-delivered security services from Cisco. We discuss the security capabilities on offer, the service's architecture and components, how Cisco addresses concerns around user experience and performance, and more. This is a sponsored episode.
Day Two Cloud 203: Becoming An SRE – It’s More Than Just Software Skills
July 19, 2023 15:52 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBIf you want to be a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) you need strong software skills. You also have to be versed in observability, incident response, capacity planning, change management, performance, even security. But wait, there's more! Our guest on today's Day Two Cloud argues you need strong communication skills, emotional intelligence, personal resilience, and the ability to work with a team. Our guest is Amin Astaneh.
Day Two Cloud 202: How Azure Embraces Terraform For Infrastructure As Code
July 12, 2023 15:14 - 45 minutes - 62.8 MBOn today's Day Two Cloud, we talk with Microsoft about how it's embracing Terraform to make it Azure-friendly, including the Terraform Export Tool, the AzAPI Provider, and a Terraform on Azure community. This is not a sponsored episode.
Day Two Cloud 201: Building A Product That Uses LLMs
July 05, 2023 20:35 - 56 minutes - 52.5 MBToday we talk about Large Language Models (LLMs) and writing products and applications that use LLMs. Our guest is Phillip Carter, Principal PM at Honeycomb.io. Honeycomb makes an observability tool for site reliability engineers, and Carter worked on a project called Query Assistant that helps Honeycomb users get answers to questions about how to use the product and get insights from it. We discuss taking natural language input and turning it into outputs to help SREs do their jobs.
Day Two Cloud 200: Coaching For Accidental (And On-Purpose) Managers
June 28, 2023 18:03 - 49 minutes - 68.9 MBGoing from a tech role to manager is more than just a new gig---it's a full-blown career change. On today's Day Two Cloud we talk with management coach Steve Dwire about a manager's primary responsibilities, what new managers usually get wrong, management education vs. experience, and how to get better at the job. This episode goes places we didn't expect, so come along for the ride.
Day Two Cloud 199: Platform Engineering With Suzanne Daniels
June 14, 2023 20:01 - 50 minutes - 50 MBWelcome to this episode of Day Two Cloud! Today, we'll be diving into the world of platform engineering and internal developer portals. Our special guest, Suzanne Daniels, Developer Relations Lead at Port, will be sharing her insights on how platform engineering can take your DevOps journey to the next level. With platform engineering, you can treat technology as a product and developers as customers, resulting in a more efficient and effective workflow.
Day Two Cloud 198: Modern Cloud Design Themes From CFD 17
June 07, 2023 15:41 - 36 minutes - 50.9 MBToday's Day Two Cloud explores some design themes that emerged from the Cloud Field Day event. These themes include platform engineering, data protection and recovery, and how to deal with the fact that old technology never dies. Guest Michael Levan joins Ned Bellavance and Ethan Banks to discuss these themes and their implications for cloud application builders and operators.
Day Two Cloud 197: Understanding Decentralized Identity With Dr. Joanne Friedman
May 31, 2023 14:37 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBOn today's Day Two Cloud we dive into Decentralized Identity, or DID. This W3C standard is a unique identifier, authenticated by cryptographic proofs, that individuals and organizations can generate themselves using systems they trust. A DID can be a person, an object, an organization, a data model, or other subject. We explore DIDs, how they work, and what they can be used for with Dr. Joanne Friedman.
Day Two Cloud 196: Peering Behind The Curtain Of Podsqueeze’s AI Podcasting Service
May 24, 2023 14:34 - 47 minutes - 65.1 MBToday's show gets behind the curtain of a cloud service called Podsqueeze. Podsqueeze is an application that ingests audio and video files and then produces text-based output including a show description, an episode transcript, suggested headlines, segment timestamps, suggested social media posts, and more. The Packet Pushers are experimenting with Podsqueeze as part of our own production. Being curious nerds, we thought this was a good opportunity to see how the service really works. Our gue...
Day Two Cloud 195: Planning For Post-Quantum Cryptography
May 17, 2023 17:52 - 40 minutes - 56 MBToday's Day Two Cloud explores post-quantum cryptography and how to make your cryptographic secrets safe from quantum computers. We're looking at a time horizon of at least five or ten years, so this isn't an immediate threat, but it doesn't hurt to start thinking about it now. We dive into how quantum computing and quantum encryption work, their impact on cryptographic secrets, what it means for technologies such as IPSec VPNs, and more. Melchior Aelmans is our guest.
Day Two Cloud 194: Unpacking Flexera’s State Of The Cloud Report With Keith Townsend
May 10, 2023 14:24 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBWhen you're deep in the trenches of operating your cloud, sometimes it's helpful to step back and get a broader view of what's happening in the industry. On today's Day Two Cloud we explore the results of an annual State of the Cloud survey to get a snapshot of trends impacting the cloud industry, including multicloud adoption, services used, cloud usage and spending, and the challenges of finding and training talent. Our guest to help us unpack the report is Keith Townsend.
Day Two Cloud 193: Should You Get A Cloud Networking Cert?
May 04, 2023 13:30 - 57 minutes - 54.1 MBOn today's Day Two Cloud we explore cloud networking certifications. Who do these certs make sense for? Which clouds should you focus on? What do certifications typically cover? Where do third-party devices such as firewalls and load balancers fit into the certification picture? If you're an old-school CLI jockey coming into cloud networking, how should you approach concepts such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC)?
Day Two Cloud 192: OpenTelemetry – Getting From Visibility To Observability With Ben Hall
April 26, 2023 15:32 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBOpenTelemetry is an open-source project that brings together tools, SDKs, and APIs for collecting telemetry--that is, logs, metrics, and traces---in a standardized way. The goal of the project is to help developers and operators instrument highly distributed applications and services to understand dependencies, monitor performance, and quickly troubleshoot problems. On today's Day Two Cloud podcast we explore OpenTelemetry and how it works. We also discuss the difference between visibility an...