The Cloud Pod

120: The Cloud Pod crosses the data streams

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This week on The Cloud Pod, apparently there was a machine learning conference because there is A LOT of machine learning news. For the listeners (and hosts of The Cloud Pod) who don’t understand machine learning, buckle up because this will be a long episode for you.    

A big thanks to this week’s sponsors:

  • Foghorn Consulting, which provides full-stack cloud solutions with a focus on strategy, planning, and execution for enterprises seeking to take advantage of the transformative capabilities of AWS, Google Cloud and Azure.
    • This week’s highlights
    • Amazon is acting like it’s helping but really it’s lying with numbers.
    • Google is pretending the 1991 Ford Fiesta it’s selling is a 2021 Mustang. 
    • Azure got a little overexcited with the use of its naming bot.
      • General News: Fake It Until You Make It
      • Amazon data shows more diversity among senior leaders after the definition of “executive” loosened. Well, that’s one way to do it.   
      • Amazon’s Andy Jassy is warming up for the CEO role. We hope competitors don’t expect him to tread softly when he starts.  
      • Pluralsight will acquire A Cloud Guru to address growing cloud skills gap. This is earth-shattering.
        • Amazon Web Services: Busy As Usual
        • Amazon Redshift Machine Learning is now generally available. There’s a helpful table to explain the different machine learning products. 
        • Amazon ECS Anywhere is now generally available. A bit disappointed that they haven’t addressed the networking issue more.
        • Introducing Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics Studio for analyzing streaming data. They’re really into studios at the moment.
        • Amazon SQS now supports a high throughput mode for FIFO Queues. This is nice. 
        • Amazon Location Service is now generally available with new
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