Industry Thought Leaders

The Path to Kubernetes Nirvana

She loves sysadmins, she's not a big fan of threaded tweets, and she's hustling to learn Python by the end of the month. Those are just a few of the things Rikki Endsley, Community Manager and Editor for Opensource.com shares with us in her interview with Cloud Unfiltered this week. She also explains what opensource.com is all about, how to get involved as a contributor, why she created the Open Source Yearbook, and how she stays relevant in the ever-changing tech industry.

Ep01: Getting Published on OpenSource.com with Rikki Endsley

Tim Crawford has 20+ years of experience in IT and he's one of the industry's most respected thought leaders when it comes to Cloud Computing and IT Optimization. 

Tune in to this episode of Cloud Unfiltered to hear Tim talk about the difference between Traditional and Transformational CIOs; the things that do and don't concern him about internet privacy; what he thinks about the current cloud ecosystem; and why the "gooey center" is really what differentiates your company from the rest.

Ep02: How Great CIOs Stand Out - Tim Crawford, AVOA

Heidi Joy Tretheway is the Senior Marketing Manager at the OpenStack Foundation. That means she’s in charge of the annual OpenStack User Survey, and she’s got the scoop on the latest trends when it comes to OpenStack adoption. She knows which countries and industries are adopting the platform fastest, what type of workloads are being run on it most often, and what percentage of their cloud apps are running on OpenStack versus other cloud platforms. Plus she’s got fantastic recommendations about where to get souvenirs when traveling abroad, and a few thoughts on what you might read while you’re getting there. We love Heidi, and we think you will too!

Ep05: Results of the 2017 OpenStack User Survey, with Heidi Joy Tretheway

Reuven is recognized as an early innovator and thought leader in cloud computing & infrastructure as the founder one of the earliest cloud companies. An active mentor, advisor, angel and instigator, he is intimately involved in the startup scene around the globe.

Ep06: The Upside and Downside of AI, with Reuven Cohen

Jeff Dickey is the Chief Innovation officer at Redapt, and he's got some serious opinions about OpenStack, open source, vendor lock-in, and containers. Want the low-down on the cloud space from someone who is close to the action and doesn't pull a punch? This is the episode for you.

Ep07: What's next with Containers? Jeff Dickey, Redapt

Should you be containerizing your monolithic applications? If so, which ones, and how? Where do you get started with an IT modernization initiative? Who should lead it? How important is cultural transformation? And which principles should guide you? Robert answers these questions for a living in his job as Cloud Advisor and Founding Partner of Kumulus Technologies, and he very generously shares his wisdom on these topics and more on this episode of Cloud Unfiltered.

Note: At one point in the show Robert mentions a book about micro services, but can't recall the name of the author. He later provided that information: The book is "Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems" and it was written by Sam Newman.

Ep53: Tackling IT Modernization, with Robert Starmer

Migrating from legacy systems is time consuming, expensive, and risky--even if you're not a company that millions of people depend on for a ride. So what drove Lyft to make the move? How did they do it? And how did they manage to preserve service levels throughout the process? Lita explains it all in Part Three of our KubeCon/CloudNativeCon series.

The KubeCon Series

Ep64: Evolving Legacy Systems to Kubernetes, with Lita Cho

Establishing an easy-to-use hybrid cloud that delivers a seamless user experience is virtually impossible if you go the DIY route. But the process gets a whole lot easier--and a whole lot faster--when you do it with the help of the recently announced Cisco Hybrid Solution for Kubernetes on AWS. In this episode we speak with Matt Ferguson of Cisco's Multicloud Integrations and Solutions Group about why Cisco collaborated with AWS on this project, which use cases the solution is best suited for, how it works on the back end, how it's supported, and where you can go today to try it out for free.

Ep70: Exploring the Cisco Hybrid Solution for Kubernetes on AWS, with Matt Ferguson

We all know the cattle vs. pets analogy as it applies to servers, but have you ever considered that you may be doing the same thing with your Kubernetes clusters? 

In this episode Bill explains why it happens, why you want to correct the situation, and how to approach it. 

To read the article we reference in this episode, visit: https://thenewstack.io/how-to-treat-your-kubernetes-clusters-like-cattle-not-pets/

To read an even newer post from Bill on the same topic, see: https://devops.com/from-pets-to-x-as-code-enabling-control-and-predictability-for-itops-at-scale/ 

To learn more about Loodse and Kubermatic, visit: https://www.loodse.com 

And to learn more about Cisco Container Platform, visit: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/cloud-systems-management/container-platform/index.html

Ep91: Is your Kubernetes cluster a pet? with Bill Mulligan

Are microservices all upside? Is Kubernetes too complicated? Does Knative go far enough? Who is Knative right for? Are we headed to a "serverless first" world?

This episode is truly the manifestation of our ideal "chatting with a friend over beers after a busy day at a conference" vision. Hope you enjoy the wide-ranging talk about many of the big issues that are hot in the cloud world today.

Ep99: Hot topics in the cloud world, with Dominik Tornow

In June the Cloud Native Computing Foundation announced that Dan Kohn would be stepping away from his role as the leader of the organization and Priyanka Sharma--a longtime contributor, speaker, and leader in the CNCF community--would be taking his place. So who is Priyanka? What are her plans for the Foundation? And what can we expect from the upcoming (virtual) KubeCon/CloudNativeCon? Tune in to this week's episode to find out.

Ep103: Getting to know the new GM of CNCF, with Priyanka Sharma

Cloud Unfiltered is a series of interviews with the people that are working to move cloud technology and implementation forward. This includes everyone from software engineers and open source project leads to IT executives and cloud users. In these interviews we talk about different cloud architectures, management models, and deployment strategies. We discuss platform compatibility, the culture changes required for cloud success, and the complimentary technologies that are making cloud more powerful with each passing day.