Cloudspotting

By Rackspace Technology

Dive deep into the world of technology with Cloudspotting, your gateway to insightful discussions hosted by Rackspace Technology. Join us as we explore the latest trends and innovations in Application... more

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The podcast currently has 31 episodes available.

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February 22, 201911: Some people just talk too much about SRE/CRE
In this episode Sai and Alex are joined by our Google Specialist Architects Welby McRoberts and Luke Carter who go through the ever so interesting concept of SRE/CRE. Learn how companies manage user expectations, predict the outages and secure service reputation.
Resources mentioned on the show can be found here:
Seeking SRE:http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920063964.do
Site Reliability Engineering: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920041528.do
The Site Reliability Work Book and Site Reliability Engineering: https://landing.google.com/sre/books/
SRE vs Devops: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/gcp/sre-vs-devops-competing-standards-or-close-friends
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42min
January 18, 2019 10: What Cloud?! - A portfolio architect's viewpoint.
Welcome to season 2 of CloudSpotting!
In the first episode of 2019, Sai and Alex speak to Mark Folsy Folson and Kevin Kennedy aka KK; Rackspace Portfolio Architects about choosing the right Cloud.
Tune in to learn more about different clouds, differences between PaaS and IaaS and find out what approach to take when deciding if and where to move your workloads.
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35min
December 12, 20189: Special Episode - AWS Re:Invent Recap
In this Special episode Alex and Sai host two AWS Specialist Architects at Rackspace Steve Drew and Malcolm North and Dan White, special guest from AWS Architect team. Tune in find out what happened at the biggest AWS event of the year, apart from new announcements, you will also find out what happened in Vegas and what was on the menu!
Show notes links:
Racker Blockchain Intro at AWSUG UK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f99TwDZUG0A
AWS re:Invent 2018 - Keynote with Werner Vogels -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=femopq3JWJg
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41min
October 10, 2018 8: CDN - back to tech
A total geek-out with Alex and Sai joined by Tomasz Ziolkowski (Rackspace Solution Architect) discuss application design, performance improvement and security. Our speakers focus on CDN but will give you an introduction to WAF and DDoS which will be further discussed in the part 2 of the episode with Tomasz.
In simpler words, how to make your end-user happier with your online services!
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33min
August 28, 2018 7: The business "why" behind the cloud
In this episode of CloudSpotting Sai and Alex are challenged to a discussion about business reasons behind adopting cloud technology, our special guest this time is our Mid Market Sales Leader, George Earp. Can asking why help you create a better solution?
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38min
July 23, 2018 6: Deeper into the mysterious world of DevOps
The 6th episode of CloudSpotting brings us a discussion around automation and its role in software development. Sai, Alex and their guest Iskandar (Specialist Architect at Rackspace) talk DevOps, development automation and how good coffee is key. Tune in!
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33min
June 22, 20185: Well-Architected Framework Reviews, hay fever struggles and code inception
In the 5th episode of CloudSpotting Alex and Sai go into well-architected framework reviews with AWS, special guests on the show are Tom Ellis and Danny Wilkinson.
Show notes:
Well-Architected Framework Reviews whitepaper: https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/architecture/AWS_Well-Architected_Framework.pdf
Well-architected Framework landing page: https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/well-architected/
Azure Cloud Solution Architecture Mind Map: http://bit.ly/2BppIFo
AWS Well-Architected Framework Mind Map: http://bit.ly/2A0r2B4
Google Architecture Tutorial: https://cloud.google.com/docs/tutorials#%22architecture%22
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30min
June 15, 20184: Application development, security injections and cluster questions...
In this episode Sai and Alex (Rackspace Solution Architects) discuss application development old and new trends.
Special guest Paul Fryer(Lead Solution Architect at Rackspace), shares insights and fun facts from the life of a developer.
Show notes:
Could Journey Webinar - available on demand https://go.rackspace.com/CloudJourneyWebinar
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40min
April 11, 2018 3: At rest encryption and exploding boxes
In this episode Sai and Alex (Rackspace Solution Architects) discuss if at rest encryption is good enough...
Special guest includes Simon Roberts(Lead Solution Architect at Rackspace), who explains methods of protecting your data.
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35min
March 01, 20182: Keeping it Reel – The Art of Phishing and Advanced Persistent Threats
In this episode Sai and Alex (Rackspace Solution Architects) discuss the art of phishing and advanced persistent threats.
Special guest includes Danny O'neill (Rackspace Head of Managed Security), who gives an insight into methods of data protection in light of GDPR.
References:
Phishing attacks - how to keep yourself and your information safe: https://blog.rackspace.com/phishing-attacks-how-to-keep-yourself-and-your-information-safe
On demand - GDPR webinar - Things to consider before May 2018: http://go.rackspace.com/GDPRwebinar
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30min

FAQs about Cloudspotting:

How many episodes does Cloudspotting have?

The podcast currently has 31 episodes available.