The Cloud Gurus

This week's episode of The Cloud Gurus takes you behind the scenes of FinOps X 2023. Join Will Norton and Kyle Campos, as they sit down with Deana Solis, an ambassador for the FinOps Foundation, to share their experiences and insights from the event. FinOps X, hosted by the FinOps Foundation, is a pivotal event for everyone involved in managing the value of the cloud. It provides an enriching platform for learning and professional advancement, regardless of an individual's level of maturity in the field. With keynote speeches from FinOps experts across a range of industries and real-world stories shared by peers, FinOps X 2023 delivered valuable insights for all levels of practitioners. This episode provides a CloudBolt perspective on the key themes, takeaways, and insights gathered from this enriching event held in San Diego, California. Learn more about CloudBolt solutions: www.cloudbolt.io Follow us on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYj4uC124kwFUZFiQ1BaWmg LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cloudbolt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CloudBoltSW Michael Wohl LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-wohl-mba-30532429/ Will Norton LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamrussellnorton/

“The location of service deployment doesn’t matter to us. We’re only interested in what’s most practical and efficient in terms of cost, security, and so on.” This stance, echoed by a Senior VP of Infrastructure at last week’s CloudBolt customer event, resonates with a significant number of IT leaders. For a variety of organizations, the deployment location of a new business service, either on-premise or in the cloud, is inconsequential. On this week's Cloud Gurus Will and Michael took the time to lay out a simple checklist for you to follow before any cloud or data center platform delivery. Checklist Blog: www.cloudbolt.io/blog/cloud-or-data-center-workload-placement-decision-checklist/ Learn more about CloudBolt: www.cloudbolt.io/ Follow us on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYj4uC124kwFUZFiQ1BaWmg LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cloudbolt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CloudBoltSW Michael Wohl LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-wohl-mba-30532429/ Will Norton LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamrussellnorton/

It's not just us talking about the importance of platform engineering in modern IT—just this past week Gartner released a guide for leveraging platform engineering principles to deliver infrastructure platforms. For this week's Cloud Gurus, we give our first impressions and reactions to the piece while adding our own insights.

This week, Cloud Guru Will Norton sits down with Jason Rinehart, a seasoned platform architect and cloud computing strategist, to delve into the intricacies of modern IT and cloud strategy in enterprises. Jason shares his deep insights gathered over years of experience in the industry, bringing clarity to the evolving landscape of cloud computing. The discussion begins as Jason presents his background in IT and cloud computing. They then discuss the pivotal role of a platform architect in today's IT industry, highlighting the crucial responsibility of aligning technical investments with strategic business objectives and integrating them seamlessly with existing IT infrastructure.

The Cloud Gurus are back! To kick off season 3 we're excited to introduce our new co-host, Will Norton. In addition to bringing his expertise to the pod, he also starts us on a deep dive into the emerging (returning?) prominence of data centers as a key component of enterprise IT. But this is just scratching the surface, tune in next week to learn more about having the right team in place to handle the rapidly expanding world of the modern data center.

Everyone is concerned about the environmental sustainability of modern IT, but how many of us truly know how to adapt to a more environmentally-conscious world, let alone fully understand the scope of the issue? For our first episode of Season 2, we are joined once again by CloudBolt co-founder and CTO, Bernard Sanders, to discuss cloud sustainability as well as the ways (both big and small) we can all contribute to making our cloud infrastructure more sustainable and environmentally friendly.

We've seen the use of cloud technologies explode in the past five years, but what happens when you need to adjust your cloud strategy? Whether you've over-invested in public cloud, relied too much on your private datacenter, or are looking to create more redundancies to prevent data loss, having a proper exit strategy from your current cloud environment is critical. We're joined by Sanity Solutions' Chris Gross to discuss the growing need for exit strategies, why a hybrid strategy is optimal, and how to start crafting the right exit for you and your business.

In part one of our deep-dive into CI/CD trends and best practices, we're joined by E Einowski to discuss the growing needs for Continuous Integration and Continuous Testing. Before you can deliver and deploy, it's crucial to automate as many integration and testing processes no matter the size of your dev team. Join us to learn the best ways to implement proper CD and CT.

The cloud is no longer new, and ingrained processes around managing it are the norm. But, is the old way still the best way? We’re joined by CloudBolt’s Grant Ho to discuss the ways cloud automation is introducing new processes and new possibilities for your cloud environment.

We’re joined this week by Kumolus Co-founder and CloudBolt CTO Michael Salleo to discuss what we’re dubbing “the governance problem”. We explore the growing oversight challenges that every organization deals with in regards to cloud usage, how those challenges change based on company size, industry, and the ways they aren’t so different across the board. What issues have arisen during the pandemic? Can you define a term as broad as “cloud governance”? Can governance be automated? We answer these questions and more.

What does Cloud Management mean in 2021? Does the term mean too many things to too many people?  Is there still a use for a Cloud Management Platform? On this week's Cloud Junkies we explore these questions and more with CloudBolt CTO, Rick Kilcoyne, and search for answers while attempting to lend some clarity to an industry that has seen rapid expansion in the past few years.

On the very first episode of The Cloud Junkies, I sit down with CloudBolt's founders, Auggy da Rocha and Bernard Sanders, for a discussion about the evolution of cloud technology, how it ties into both the founding and growth of CloudBolt, and explore what it takes to grow a cloud management company from the ground up.

In this week's episode of The Cloud Gurus, join Michael Wohl and William Norton as they unpack the headlines and implications of CloudBolt's latest Industry Insights, "The Real State of FinOps." They delve into the paradox of widespread FinOps adoption versus the challenge of realizing tangible value, as revealed in the study. Listen in as they discuss the key findings, share their insights on the current state of FinOps, and explore what these trends mean for organizations navigating the complexities of cloud cost management. Don't miss this conversation that promises to shed light on the future of FinOps. Tune in now! Grab your copy of the research: https://resources.cloudbolt.io/industry-reports/the-real-state-of-finops Learn more about CloudBolt solutions: www.cloudbolt.io Follow us on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYj4uC124kwFUZFiQ1BaWmg LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cloudbolt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CloudBoltSW Michael Wohl LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-wohl-mba-30532429/ Will Norton LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamrussellnorton/

Cloud technology has come a long way and continues to evolve. This week I'm joined by Aberdeen's Jim Rapoza to take a look at where the cloud is now, where it's come from, and make a few guesses at where it's going. Are you using the right technologies? Do you have the right mix of public and private clouds? Tune in to find out!