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Day Two Cloud

219 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★ - 11 ratings

Join 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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Day Two Cloud 119: Unifying Multi-Cloud Security With Valtix (Sponsored)

October 13, 2021 16:00 - 48 minutes - 45.7 MB

Ethan Banks & Ned Bellavance have a tech discussion with CEO Doug Murray and CTO Vishal Jain about multi-cloud security startup Valtix. Along the way, we find out that Valtix is a cloud-delivered security control-plane paired with a data-plane of enforcement points (sort of firewalls, but not exactly) delivered between any two points in the cloud you need them. Engineers should walk away from this chat with a solid idea of Valtix architecture and how it fits into their cloud design. The pos...

Day Two Cloud 118: Growing Your Open-Source Community

October 06, 2021 15:14 - 51 minutes - 48.4 MB

How does a company building a product from an open-source project get off the ground? How does it communicate its value, attract contributors, and develop a user base? And how does it spread the word without turning off engineers with typical tech marketing? Guest Emily Omier is a positioning consultant who helps companies and projects get it right. The post Day Two Cloud 118: Growing Your Open-Source Community appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 117: How Akamai Helped Transform IBM Cloud Console’s Architecture (Sponsored)

September 29, 2021 19:32 - 43 minutes - 41.2 MB

Today on the Day Two Cloud podcast we have a sponsored show with Akamai and a customer, IBM Cloud. When IBM rebuilt its Cloud Console from a monolithic application to microservices, the company turned to Akamai to help improve application performance while also supporting routing, failover, and availability across six global data centers. We get details from Pavel Despot, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Akamai; and Tony Erwin, Senior Technical Staff Member/Architect at IBM. The post Day Tw...

Day Two Cloud 116: Emotional Intelligence, Hard Conversations, And Other Essential Management Skills

September 22, 2021 15:14 - 53 minutes - 75.4 MB

Guest Shelley Benhoff stops by the Day Two Cloud podcast to discuss essential skills for moving into tech management, and how to decide if management is the right career path for you. Shelley has twenty years' experience in IT as a developer and manager, runs a tech training company, and is a Pluralsight instructor. The post Day Two Cloud 116: Emotional Intelligence, Hard Conversations, And Other Essential Management Skills appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 115: Software-Defined Interconnects With Console Connect (Sponsored)

September 15, 2021 13:31 - 46 minutes - 65.4 MB

Today's Day Two Cloud sponsored episode dives into software-defined interconnects. The big idea is that you go up to a Web browser, click a few times, and now you've got a circuit stood up between your data center and AWS, or between you and a business partner, and so on. We'll get into the details about how it's done with Console Connect, a PCCW Global company. The post Day Two Cloud 115: Software-Defined Interconnects With Console Connect (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 114: Successfully Transitioning From A Tech Role To Management

September 08, 2021 15:18 - 59 minutes - 55.4 MB

Today's Day Two Cloud podcast topic is about moving from a tech role into management. Is it a good idea? Why might you want to make the change? How can you do it successfully? We speak with two guests who've made the leap. The post Day Two Cloud 114: Successfully Transitioning From A Tech Role To Management appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 113: Multi-Cloud Network Visibility And Automation With Aviatrix (Sponsored)

September 01, 2021 15:54 - 45 minutes - 44.2 MB

Today's Day Two Cloud episode dives into multi-cloud networking with sponsor Aviatrix. Aviatrix offers a cloud network platform with a common data plane and operational model that works across public clouds and supports visibility and automation. We dig into the product with Aviatrix guests and a customer. The post Day Two Cloud 113: Multi-Cloud Network Visibility And Automation With Aviatrix (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 112: Complex Multi-Cloud Networking

August 26, 2021 15:02 - 51 minutes - 71.1 MB

Today's Day Two Cloud podcast discusses the challenges of stitching together a fabric across more than one public cloud. How do you architect a fabric given the constraints of each cloud? We also drill into the idea of API gateways. Our guest is Chris Oliver, a network architect at NI. The post Day Two Cloud 112: Complex Multi-Cloud Networking appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 111: Infrastructure As Software With Kris Nóva

August 18, 2021 12:03 - 53 minutes - 74.3 MB

Kris Nóva, Senior Principal Software Engineer at Twilio, claims that managing infrastructure using tools like Terraform isn't that far away from just writing your own code to do the job yourself. Kris joins co-hosts Ned Bellavance and Ethan Banks to challenge the notion that ops folks can't become developers. Kris says they can. The post Day Two Cloud 111: Infrastructure As Software With Kris Nóva appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 110: Automation’s Unintended Consequences – The Bunny.net Outage Saga

August 11, 2021 15:01 - 1 hour - 57 MB

Today's Day Two Cloud podcast walks through a massive outage that hit CDN provider Bunny.net. An automated update triggered cascading failures that essentially took the company offline for two frantic hours. The company shared a detailed postmortem of what happened, and we're joined by company founder Dejan Pelze to walk us through the issues and share lessons learned about infrastructure, automation, and dependencies. The post Day Two Cloud 110: Automation’s Unintended Consequences – The B...

Day Two Cloud 109: PacketFabric Wants To Make Networking As Easy As Cloud (Sponsored)

August 04, 2021 14:56 - 45 minutes - 62.9 MB

Today's sponsored Day Two Cloud episode talks WAN networking with PacketFabric. PacketFabric lets you provision point-to-point and hybrid cloud connectivity as a service. Built on a private fiber network, the company's goal is to let you set up networking as if it was software. Our guest is Anna Claiborne, Co-Founder, CTO and CPO. The post Day Two Cloud 109: PacketFabric Wants To Make Networking As Easy As Cloud (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 108: Putting The Dev In DevOps

July 28, 2021 15:31 - 52 minutes - 72.9 MB

Today's Day Two Cloud podcast dives into Cloud Development Kits (CDKs). How do CDKs differ from tools such as Terraform? What are the selling points for CDKs for infrastructure and development professionals? Our guest is Michael Levan, Researcher and Consultant at GigaOM. The post Day Two Cloud 108: Putting The Dev In DevOps appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 107: Making The Management Mistake

July 21, 2021 15:56 - 41 minutes - 39.3 MB

Today on the Day Two Cloud podcast, Ethan and Ned discuss two new AWS courses from Ned, and then tell stories about the time they took management jobs they shouldn't have. They share lessons learned about transitioning from technical to managerial roles and why it was the wrong move for them. The post Day Two Cloud 107: Making The Management Mistake appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 106: Towards A More Open Cloud

July 14, 2021 14:49 - 48 minutes - 45 MB

On today's Day Two Cloud we discuss the notion of open cloud. The premise is about reducing or minimizing costs of migrating from a public cloud. In theory, open cloud lets organizations keep their options open to make changes and reduces lock-in. But is open cloud even feasible? Our guest is Chris Psaltis, co-founder and CEO of Mist.io, a startup building an open-source, multi-cloud management platform. The post Day Two Cloud 106: Towards A More Open Cloud appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 105: How The Fly.io Cloud Brings Apps Closer To Users

July 07, 2021 15:25 - 51 minutes - 72.4 MB

Fly.io is a public cloud that can run your applications all over the world. The goal of Fly.io is to allow developers to self-service complicated infrastructure without an ops team, while making multi-region a default setting to get apps as close to the user as possible. Our guest is founder Kurt Mackey. This is not a sponsored show. The post Day Two Cloud 105: How The Fly.io Cloud Brings Apps Closer To Users appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 104: Cloud Is No Escape From Your Data Center Dumpster Fire

June 30, 2021 14:46 - 42 minutes - 40.8 MB

IT and business leaders need to be more nuanced in their approach to the cloud. On today's Day Two Cloud podcast, guest Melissa Palmer discusses why cloud hype is a problem for organizations, the need to understand why you'd use cloud, what problems you're trying to solve, and why poor operational processes on prem won't magically vanish by moving to the cloud. The post Day Two Cloud 104: Cloud Is No Escape From Your Data Center Dumpster Fire appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 103: Scality ARTESCA Is More Than An Object Store (Sponsored)

June 23, 2021 14:55 - 48 minutes - 45.6 MB

On today's Day Two Cloud podcast we talk storage with sponsor Scality about its ARTESCA platform, cloud-native object storage for modern workloads. It integrates with Kubernetes, serves as storage for your public cloud, and more. We dive into the product architecture, use cases, and hardware options via Scality's partnership with HPE. The post Day Two Cloud 103: Scality ARTESCA Is More Than An Object Store (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 102: Edge Cloud Isn’t Magic

June 16, 2021 15:49 - 52 minutes - 73.9 MB

Today we're talking Edge Cloud. Guest Alex Marcham has written a book on the subject and we'll get his take on edge infrastructure, what edge cloud is all about, real-world use cases, and how it differs from typical colo facilities or centralized public cloud data centers. We also look at requirements for edge deployments including networking and 5G, and the workloads driving edge infrastructure. The post Day Two Cloud 102: Edge Cloud Isn’t Magic appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 101: Closing The Network/Cloud Gap Before You Fall In (Sponsored)

June 09, 2021 15:38 - 50 minutes - 46.8 MB

On today's episode, sponsored by BlueCat Networks, we examine the technology and human challenges that arise when you integrate on-prem and the public cloud. You can't continue to do things in the cloud with traditional toolsets and processes. You need to update the tech and the people, including how they collaborate. We also discuss a new report that examines the need for, and challenges of, integrating networking and cloud teams. Our guest is Andrew Wertkin, Chief Strategy Officer at BlueC...

Day Two Cloud 100: Get To Know Crossplane: An Infrastructure Control Plane For K8s

June 02, 2021 16:57 - 54 minutes - 51.7 MB

Crossplane is an open-source project that plugs into Kubernetes to serve as a control plane that can run across multiple private and public clouds. It allows infrastructure teams to compose infrastructure with all the required policies, permissions, and guardrails, while also providing APIs for developer self-service. Today's Day Two Cloud podcast dives into Crossplane and how it works with maintainer Daniel Mangum. The post Day Two Cloud 100: Get To Know Crossplane: An Infrastructure Contr...

Day Two Cloud 099: Can Cloud Computing Get Simpler?

May 26, 2021 14:53 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MB

We're a good ten years into public cloud as an industry, and cloud operations don't seem to be getting any simpler. Why is that? Is it a problem? If so, can clouds become simpler? Guest Brian Gracely stops by the Day Two Cloud podcast to wrestle with these questions. The post Day Two Cloud 099: Can Cloud Computing Get Simpler? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 098: Cloud Centers Of Excellence – Should You Have One?

May 19, 2021 17:14 - 48 minutes - 67.4 MB

A fractured cloud strategy causes headaches such as duplicated services, unnecessary costs, poor security controls, and other problems. A cloud center of excellence can reduce the pain by developing and championing best practices, socializing adoption, and addressing inevitable exceptions. Fred Chagnon visits the Day Two Cloud podcast to advocate for building a cloud center of excellence in your org. The post Day Two Cloud 098: Cloud Centers Of Excellence – Should You Have One? appeared fir...

Day Two Cloud 097: Azure Cloud Networking Essentials

May 12, 2021 14:59 - 51 minutes - 73.8 MB

Today's Day Two Cloud podcast explores essential networking capabilities in Azure, including Virtual WAN, VPN gateways, availability zones, SSL termination options, connecting premises and branch offices to the cloud, and more. Our guest is Pierre Roman, Sr Cloud Ops Advocate at Microsoft. This is not a sponsored episode. The post Day Two Cloud 097: Azure Cloud Networking Essentials appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 096: Public Cloud Isn’t Wrong. You Are.

May 05, 2021 18:00 - 55 minutes - 53.7 MB

Today's Day Two Cloud is a wide-ranging discussion about the value of public cloud, a response to the growing backlash toward cloud cost and complexity, and techniques to better meld automation with application and infrastructure delivery. Our guest is Chris Wahl, Senior Principal at Slalom. The post Day Two Cloud 096: Public Cloud Isn’t Wrong. You Are. appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 095: Grappling With The Open Source Business Model

April 28, 2021 15:19 - 49 minutes - 46.3 MB

Today on Day Two Cloud we get into a whole lot of things. For example, what is IT's value in the age of cloud? How can IT figure out what's actually providing value to the business vs. undifferentiated heavy lifting? How companies built on open-source software make their money? Our guest is Stu Miniman, Director of Market Insights at Red Hat. The post Day Two Cloud 095: Grappling With The Open Source Business Model appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 094: Essential Concepts Of Zero Trust

April 21, 2021 14:35 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MB

Today's Day Two Cloud episode aims to pick apart the marketing fluff around Zero Trust (there's a lot of it) to uncover a workable definition, discuss the rationale for this approach, and develop a framework for how to think about zero trust. The post Day Two Cloud 094: Essential Concepts Of Zero Trust appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 093: Application Modernization With VMware (Sponsored)

April 14, 2021 15:46 - 52 minutes - 49 MB

Today’s Day Two Cloud tackles application modernization with sponsor VMware. As new application platforms such as containers and the public cloud take hold, organizations need to examine their application portfolio to figure out how  applications are meeting business requirements—and how they aren’t. The point of app modernization is to determine whether a new approach and […] The post Day Two Cloud 093: Application Modernization With VMware (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 092: What AWS Lambda Is Good For

April 07, 2021 14:23 - 1 hour - 57.7 MB

Today's Day Two Cloud podcast is a thorough introduction to AWS Lambda, which is AWS's serverless compute service. We discuss how Lamdba works, what it can do, use cases, and more. Our guide for today's conversation is Julian Wood, Senior Developer Advocate for the Serverless Product Group at AWS. This is not a sponsored show. The post Day Two Cloud 092: What AWS Lambda Is Good For appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 091: BGP School For Cloud People

March 31, 2021 14:54 - 47 minutes - 67.5 MB

On today's Day Two Cloud, Ethan Banks and Ned Bellavance dive into essentials about BGP including why it's so widely used, concepts such as the Autonomous System (AS), the AS number, loop prevention, BGP communities, IBGP, EBGP, and more. The post Day Two Cloud 091: BGP School For Cloud People appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 090: Hashicorp Vault For Beginners

March 24, 2021 16:05 - 46 minutes - 44.7 MB

HashiCorp Vault is a management tool that stores and controls access to sensitive data (passwords, certificates, API keys, and so on). Today's Day Two Cloud is a deep dive on Vault and its use cases. This is an unsponsored show that came together unexpectedly due to a scheduling issue. The post Day Two Cloud 090: Hashicorp Vault For Beginners appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 089: Connect All The Cloud Things – AWS Networking In 2021

March 17, 2021 14:58 - 46 minutes - 44.6 MB

Network engineer and AWS product manager Nick Matthews visits the Day Two Cloud podcast to talk about the newest cloud networking capabilities in AWS. We also discuss common design mistakes, what's happening with IPv6, SD-WAN and cloud, and more. The post Day Two Cloud 089: Connect All The Cloud Things – AWS Networking In 2021 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 088: The Tech Recruiter – Friend Or Foe?

March 10, 2021 19:29 - 51 minutes - 71.4 MB

Our guest is Taylor Desseyn, Sr. Recruiter Advocate at Vaco. Taylor knows tech recruiting forwards and backwards. He gives us an insider's view of how recruiters look at you and how you should look at them to maximize the benefit of the relationship. Because it IS a relationship. And like any relationship, you need to work at it. The post Day Two Cloud 088: The Tech Recruiter – Friend Or Foe? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 087: Inside The World Of A Technical Marketer

March 03, 2021 16:18 - 45 minutes - 105 MB

Engineers are skeptical of vendor marketing, which is typically heavy on buzzwords and light on actual information. But technical marketing tries to change that dynamic by creating collateral to help engineers and practitioners understand a product. We get into this world with guest Martez Reed, Director of Technical Marketing at Morpheus Data. The post Day Two Cloud 087: Inside The World Of A Technical Marketer appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 086: AWS Succession – Does It Matter Who’s The Next CEO?

February 24, 2021 16:16 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MB

AWS needs a new CEO now that Andy Jassy has been tapped to run the Amazon mothership. Does the cloud giant need a high-powered, Type-A successor to drive AWS's growth, or is it now so dominant that a ham sandwich could run the company? That's the topic for discussion on today's Day Two Cloud podcast. The post Day Two Cloud 086: AWS Succession – Does It Matter Who’s The Next CEO? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 085: Hosting Your Infrastructure Code In The Cloud

February 17, 2021 17:16 - 48 minutes - 69.3 MB

Let’s say I host my Infrastructure as Code provisioning stuff locally. It works. It’s nearby. I feel in control. Are there good reasons I should move that stuff to the cloud? Here to help us sort the pros and cons of that question is Calvin Hendryx-Parker. Calvin is the co-founder and CTO of Six Feet Up, a Python web application development company. The post Day Two Cloud 085: Hosting Your Infrastructure Code In The Cloud appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 084: So You Want To Be A Consultant

February 10, 2021 15:39 - 1 hour - 56.7 MB

Today's Day Two Cloud gets into consulting. How do you start? What does the job entail? Is it a good job to have? How do you build a client base? There are so many questions! We're joined by Michael Jenkins, Sr. Systems Reliability Engineer at Managed Kaos; and Anthony Nocentino, Enterprise Architect at Centino Systems and Pluralsight author, to get some answers. The post Day Two Cloud 084: So You Want To Be A Consultant appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 083: Should Cloud Be A Public Utility?

February 03, 2021 15:33 - 47 minutes - 45.4 MB

Computing power is a vital part of modern life. Should access to that power be more equitably distributed? Is there a role for a public-utility-style cloud that could make computing more cost-effective and accessible to a broader number of constituencies? These are the starting questions for today's episode of Day Two Cloud. Our guest is Dwayne Monroe, a cloud architect, consultant, and author. The post Day Two Cloud 083: Should Cloud Be A Public Utility? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 082: You Don’t Need A Service Mesh

January 27, 2021 17:56 - 50 minutes - 48.1 MB

Today's Day Two Cloud podcast speaks with the creator of the Envoy proxy, Matt Klein, about the challenges of networking, load balancing, and service discovery in microservices architectures. The upshot? Depending on what you're trying to do and why, you may not need a service mesh. You may not need microservices. Sometimes a VM is just right. The post Day Two Cloud 082: You Don’t Need A Service Mesh appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 081: Abstractions Should Save Typing, Not Thinking

January 20, 2021 19:39 - 48 minutes - 45 MB

Today's Day Two Cloud episode is part one of a two-part show on abstractions. Hosts Ned Bellavance and Ethan Banks riff on the idea that "Abstractions are there to save you typing, not to save you thinking." The upshot? Abstractions don't eliminate issues, they just move them someplace else. And that has repercussions for design, development, infrastructure, and operations. The post Day Two Cloud 081: Abstractions Should Save Typing, Not Thinking appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 080: Multi-Cloud Isn’t A Myth – We Have Proof

January 13, 2021 19:21 - 48 minutes - 67.7 MB

Is multi-cloud real? Some say no, but others know the reality of multi-cloud because they are living it every day. One such human is William Collins, and he joins us to talk through some actual multi-cloud use cases. The post Day Two Cloud 080: Multi-Cloud Isn’t A Myth – We Have Proof appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 079: Kubernetes Is Inevitable But Not Always Necessary

December 16, 2020 16:45 - 1 hour - 63.9 MB

There's a lot of hype and fanfare around Kubernetes, but on today's Day Two Cloud episode we'll cut through the hype with a guest who has enterprise experience with Kubernetes and containers--including the pain and problems. Those pains revolve around complexity, the ignorance of the Kubernetes platform, and the disconnect between the designers of Kubernetes and the people trying to use it now. Our guest is Eric Wright, Technology Evangelist at Turbonomic and host of the DiscoPosse podcast. ...

Day Two Cloud 078: Cloud Economics Are Ridiculous

December 09, 2020 16:33 - 57 minutes - 80.4 MB

Corey Quinn stops by the Day Two Cloud podcast to explore the complicated world of understanding and managing cloud costs, CapEx vs OpEx, cloud lock-in, and other tricky issues. Corey is Chief Cloud Economist at Duckbill Group. He also publishes the Last Week In AWS newsletter. The post Day Two Cloud 078: Cloud Economics Are Ridiculous appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 077: Why Kubernetes Is Wrong For You

December 02, 2020 15:40 - 48 minutes - 36.8 MB

Kubernetes seems like a shining paragon of Ops efficiency, but the reality of running it is quite different. Is your organization up to the task? Is Kubernetes the thing you actually want or need? In this Day Two Cloud episode we talk to Cory O’Daniel and Rishi Malik from Container Heroes, and they have some thoughts on why Kubernetes is wrong for you. The post Day Two Cloud 077: Why Kubernetes Is Wrong For You appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 076: A Curated KubeCon And CloudNativeCon Roundup

November 25, 2020 17:42 - 53 minutes - 49.7 MB

On today's Day Two Cloud we review announcements and make our observations of the KubeCon and CloudNativeCon North America 2020 virtual event. That includes a new Kubernetes certification, the results of a Cloud Native survey, the quality of technical sessions, and new product releases. The post Day Two Cloud 076: A Curated KubeCon And CloudNativeCon Roundup appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 075: Operationalizing Your Hybrid Cloud With VMware vRealize (Sponsored)

November 18, 2020 15:51 - 48 minutes - 33.9 MB

Consistency is key for your cloud operations team and your end users (be they employees, customers, or developers). On today's Day Two Cloud episode with sponsor VMware, we discuss how to implement consistent operations for your hybrid cloud. Our guests from VMware are Brandon Gordon, Staff Technical Marketing Architect; and Matt Bradford, Sr. Technical Marketing Manager. The post Day Two Cloud 075: Operationalizing Your Hybrid Cloud With VMware vRealize (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet...

Day Two Cloud 074: Why Is There Still Shadow IT?

November 11, 2020 11:00 - 49 minutes - 46.4 MB

Why are we talking about shadow IT in 2020? Didn't we DevOps shadow IT out of the picture? Turns out we didn't. All the initiatives and process changes that were supposed to eliminate the need for shadow IT didn't quite work out the way we expected. Guest Christopher Kusek stops by to talk about why shadow IT still exists, and how to deal with it. The post Day Two Cloud 074: Why Is There Still Shadow IT? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 073: AnsibleFest & HashiConf 2020 Announcements, Analysis & Awesomeness

November 04, 2020 22:35 - 45 minutes - 43.9 MB

Ned Bellavance and Ethan Banks analyze the big announcements from two conferences the clouderati should care about: AnsibleFest and HashiConf Digital. Both of these were virtual events because there's still an pandemic on, folks. Speaking of which, how do Ned and Ethan feel about virtual events? Not great, really. Slidewhipping the attendees in multi-day webinars seems to be how vendors are running their virtual conferences, and it ain't workin'... The post Day Two Cloud 073: AnsibleFest & ...

Day Two Cloud 072: VMworld 2020 Analysis And Roundup – Project Monterey And More

October 28, 2020 15:22 - 47 minutes - 34.9 MB

Today's Day Two Cloud covers the most interesting announcements and presentations from VMworld 2020, including Project Monterey and partnerships with nVidia and Pensando, an an announcement from analysis tool vendor Runecast, and highlights from Pure Storage. The post Day Two Cloud 072: VMworld 2020 Analysis And Roundup – Project Monterey And More appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Day Two Cloud 071: It’s Not Too Late To Make DevOps Work

October 21, 2020 16:47 - 58 minutes - 41.2 MB

Technology is accelerating like crazy, with new tools, services, open-source projects, and processes. If you're trying to make DevOps work in your organization, you might feel like you're perpetually behind. This Day Two Cloud episode is here to say: You're going to be OK. You can still engage with DevOps to move your career and your organization forward. Our guest to tell you how is April Edwards, a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft. The post Day Two Cloud 071: It’s Not Too Late To Mak...

Day Two Cloud 070: The State Of Multi-Cloud Networking

October 14, 2020 17:06 - 49 minutes - 116 MB

Today's show is a vigorous discussion of multi-cloud networking. Our guest, networking expert Ivan Pepelnjak, brings a heavy dose of skepticism, nuance, and informed perspective to the tricky issue of connecting workloads across different public clouds. The post Day Two Cloud 070: The State Of Multi-Cloud Networking appeared first on Packet Pushers.