The Cloud Pod

Episode 99: 2020 overstays its welcome

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On The Cloud Pod this week, the team looks back on the incredibly weird year that was 2020 and how all we want is to give each other a hug (but we don’t because social distancing is important).

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.
  •   Open Raven, the cloud-native data protection platform that automates policy monitoring and enforcement. Auto-discover, classify, monitor and protect your sensitive data.
    • This week’s highlights
    • Amazon hurts Google’s feelings with its harshly worded message.
    • Google is tapping into its inner dictator by vying for world domination.
    • Azure wants you to know it made something cheaper.
      • Recapping the Shit Year That Was 2020
      The Predictions That Were Made for 2020
      • Justin: Amazon and Microsoft will work hard to compete with GKE.
      • Peter: Kubernetes workloads will double in the next year.
      • Jonathan: Amazon will open data centers across growing African economies, RISC-V based RISC instances will release (and Slack will be acquired this year for sure).
      • No One: A global pandemic and Ryan would join the podcast (coincidence?). 
        • Favorite Announcements of 2020

        Ryan:

        • AWS Serverless host and run applications, bringing it closer to what developers need. Tooling, savings plan
        • Covid-19 response, from each vendor, from public data lakes, responding to capacity needs, database of research and overall support of WFH
        • A big shift for Container Ecosystems, Split from enterprise/developer, Docker.com on downward trend, download limits

          •   Peter:

          • Google’s creation of the Open Usage Commons for trademarks
          • Amazon Braket
          • WFH trend — which may be permanent

            •  Jonathan:

            • Solarwinds Hack, and the risk of a supply chain hack occurs
            • Confidential Computing and the enclave needs
              • ...more
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