Roaring Elephant

A weekly community podcast about Big Technology with a focus on Open Source, Advanced Analytics and other modern magic. Visit us: http://www.roaringelephant.org/

Episode 480 – A Roaring Elephant Farewell

All good things need to come to and end, and so does this podcast. After 10 years of faithfully providing our weekly download, we have decided this is a perfect point to call this experiment of our complete. We want to thank you, our audience from the bottom of our hearts for your support. There is no way we would have kept this going for so long if we did not have you! Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

11-18
01:18:31

Episode 479 – Ten Year retrospective: Open Source and the Linux Foundation

As we are getting closer to our 10 Year anniversary milestone, we will be looking back at our 10 year history on various topics, Right up to our actual birthday episode on November 18th. In this final retrospective, We're joined by our regular guest, John Mertic, to discuss everything around Open Source and The Linux Foundation. Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

11-11
01:09:30

Episode 478 – Ten Year retrospective: To AI or not to AI?

As we are getting closer to our 10 Year anniversary milestone, we will be looking back at our 10 year history on various topics, right up to our actual birthday episode on November 18th. In this fourth installment, we're taking a look at AI, again in all its shapes and sizes, uses and abuses. Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

11-04
41:00

Episode 477 – Ten Year retrospective: Is the Future Cloudy?

As we are getting closer to our 10 Year anniversary milestone, we will be looking back at our 10 year history on various topics, Right up to our actual birthday episode on November 18th. In this third retrospective, we're taking a look at Cloud, in all its shapes and sizes, uses and abuses. Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

10-28
53:11

Episode 476 – Ten Year retrospective: The Demise of the Hero Culture

As we are getting closer to our 10 Year anniversary milestone, we will be looking back at our 10 year history on various topics, Right up to our actual birthday episode on November 18th. In this second retrospective, we're taking a look at how the way Big Tech companies communicate has changed over the years... Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

10-21
39:01

Episode 475 – Ten Year retrospective: Big Data

As we are getting closer to our 10 Year anniversary milestone, we will be looking back at our 10 year history on various topics, Right up to our actual birthday episode on November 18th. In this first retrospective, we're looking back at how Big Data, the reason this podcast exists in the first place, has evolved. Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

10-14
57:43

Episode 474 – Is security training for employees actually effective?

Moving right ahead, taking inspiration form the recent DBIR report from Verizon. So for the next couple of weeks, Security is what it is all about! Closing off the security topics this week with a look at security training for employees. Contrary to our own experiences, these are actually helping things? Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

10-07
28:16

Episode 473 – How Your Security Fails…

Moving right ahead, taking inspiration form the recent DBIR report from Verizon. So for the next couple of weeks, Security is what it is all about! In this episode, we're looking at some ways to keep your security stance up to scratch! Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

09-30
26:13

Episode 472 – Ignore CVEs At Your Own Risk?

Moving right ahead, taking inspiration form the recent DBIR report from Verizon. So for the next couple of weeks, Security is what it is all about! People are apparently ignoring CVEs? Really? Or is something else going on here... Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

09-23
23:41

Episode 471 – The GitHub Security Risk

Moving right ahead, taking inspiration form the recent DBIR report from Verizon. So for the next couple of weeks, Security is what it is all about! This time, everybodies favorite tool is going on the executioners block... Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

09-16
21:29

Episode 470 – The Rise of Ransomware

Moving right ahead, taking inspiration form the recent DBIR report from Verizon. So for the next couple of weeks, Security is what it is all about! And front and center is the rise of Ransomware. Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

09-09
26:07

Episode 469 – Wrapping up the 2025 State of Open Source Report

It's survey time again! Over the next few episodes, we'll be taking our inspiration from the latest "State of Open Source" report by Perforce OpenLogic. Well, that enough on this subject. Tying off some loose ends and moving on now! Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

09-02
24:51

Episode 468 – Still using CentOS, are you? We need to talk…

It's survey time again! Over the next few episodes, we'll be taking our inspiration from the latest "State of Open Source" report by Perforce OpenLogic. This time a (not so) slight detour into the dangerous situation created by Red Hat and their change in how CentOS was managed... Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

08-26
27:47

Episode 467 – Open Source Challenges in 2025

It's survey time again! Over the next few episodes, we'll be taking our inspiration from the latest "State of Open Source" report by Perforce OpenLogic. In this episode, we'll be looking at what is holding back Open Source. Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

08-19
21:18

Episode 466 – The 2025 state of Open Source

It's survey time again! Over the next few episodes, we'll be taking our inspiration from the latest "State of Open Source" report by Perforce OpenLogic. Let's start with some general observations today. Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

08-12
21:34

Episode 465 – A.I. Adoption is Slower than Expected… Really?

It would seem that the A.I. hype just isn't able to match reality? Who would have thought that would happen? Right? But seriously, if you feel that your AI projects aren't going as smoothly as you had hoped, you're not the only one and there are very good reasons for it! Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

08-05
20:14

Episode 464 – My Cloud? Your Cloud? Sov Cloud!

All good things come to those who wait, and here is (yet another re-occurrence) of Gov-Cloud. Or now it's called Sov Cloud. Same thing, same problems, or is it actually going to make the world a better place this time around? Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

07-29
31:10

Episode 463 – DNS4EU: Non-commercial DNS services offered by the EU, makes sense?

Who said politics never did anything good for us? Here is a (not so?) brand-new DNS service that you can use to avoid giving ever more data to commercial entities, but to the E.U. instead! Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

07-22
21:46

Episode 462 – More Quantum Hype for “True” Random Numbers?

Did Quantum Computing actually produce something useful this time? Well yes, but.... well, they keep using that word and we're not really sure they know what it means? Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

07-15
20:08

Episode 461 – Open Source Funding and the Discord Black Hole.

An update on a cool new way that open source can get funded, and a not so cool trend where Discord is making things worse... Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

07-08
26:19

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