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Om podden
Join hosts Ned Bellavance and Kyler Middleton as they dive deep into the challenges of DevOps from the perspective of seasoned practitioners. You’ll hear from expert guests—technical leaders, trainers, and consultants with years of hands-on experience—discussing the nuances of DevOps. From AWS to Azure, networking to security, automation to modern cloud environments, each weekly episode equips you with the insights to confidently address tech and business challenges such as resilience, cost management, and performance. Whether you want to hone your skills today or prepare for what’s coming next, Day Two DevOps cuts through the vendor fog to guide you through a shifting IT landscape.
The podcast Day Two DevOps is created by Packet Pushers. The podcast and the artwork on this page are embedded on this page using the public podcast feed (RSS).
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D2DO261: Year in Review: Peak Serverless, K8s Complexity, DevOps Sprawl (and What’s Next)
18 december 2024 |
42 min
Join us today for a look back at this year’s developments in cloud security and DevOps. We ask if serverless computing has peaked, why Kubernetes continues to be so hard, whether cloud repatriation is a real trend, and whether the DevOps role has become too darn big. We also explore the future of cloud computing,... Read more »
D2DO260: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: Humor and Threat Detection
11 december 2024 |
35 min
Humor is the best medicine, so they say. In critical IT security jobs, a little humor could help you prevent burnout and maintain your mental equilibrium. Lydia Graslie, a Cloud Threat Detection Engineer at Edward Jones, shares her insights on the complexities of cloud security and the challenges posed by modern cloud platforms, as well... Read more »
D2DO259: See Deep Inside Public Cloud for Greater Visibility and Troubleshooting with ThousandEyes Cloud Insights (Sponsored)
4 december 2024 |
33 min
Public cloud networks can be a bit of a black box when it comes to monitoring and troubleshooting. Today on Day Two DevOps we talk with sponsor Cisco ThousandEyes about its Cloud Insights tool, which aims to open that box so you can see exactly what’s going on in your cloud networks, identify problems, help... Read more »
D2DO258: How System Initiative Rethinks Infrastructure as Code
27 november 2024 |
45 min
System Initiative is a new product that aims to improve on Infrastructure as Code (IaC). On today’s episode we talk with System Initiative creator Adam Jacob to find out why he wanted to improve on IaC, how System Initiative works, how it compares to other platforms in the market, how it handles key features such... Read more »
D2DO257: Love is in the Firmware
13 november 2024 |
42 min
With the current cultural emphasis on AI and how that is changing our world, we often forget the human element of individuals and teams when building an effective software development team. On today’s Day Two DevOps, we explore the psychology behind software teams, psychological safety for those teams and how the advent of AI plays... Read more »
D2DO256: Alkira’s Universal Transit: Simplifying Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Networks (Sponsored)
6 november 2024 |
39 min
We are firmly entrenched in a hybrid cloud world, from on-prem data centers to multiple cloud platforms to branch and remote offices, not to mention wandering end users connecting via VPN. While the network is the common substrate among all these locations, every cloud provider has its own network implementation. Managing, monitoring and securing all... Read more »
D2DO255: Is AI the Magic Solution for Refactoring Legacy Code?
30 oktober 2024 |
38 min
AI is being integrated and adopted across much of the IT world, but can it work magic in transforming old legacy code into shiny modern code? When it comes to this magic trick, it’s important to look behind the curtain. On today’s Day Two DevOps podcast we discuss the reality of AI in refactoring code... Read more »
D2DO254: Intelligent Data Infrastructure: How NetApp Builds for Performance, Security, and Visibility across Clouds (Sponsored)
23 oktober 2024 |
35 min
Enterprise data is everywhere: on prem, at the edge, and across the public cloud. Storing and managing that data involves more than just SSDs and spinning disks; it’s about building and operating a data infrastructure. On today’s Day Two DevOps podcast, host Ned Bellavance explores the idea of data infrastructure with Jeff Baxter, VP of... Read more »
D2DO253: Breaking Into Tech: Job Hunting Realities for Recent Graduates
16 oktober 2024 |
46 min
Job hunting is never easy and on today’s Day Two Cloud, Katrina Janeczko shares her journey from college to her current role at Comcast. Katrina discusses the challenges of job hunting, the relevance of her education, and the impact of AI tools on her learning process. She also talks about the importance of networking, mentorship,... Read more »
D2DO252: (Re)Building Cloudflare’s Millions-of-Logs-Per-Second Logging Pipeline
2 oktober 2024 |
38 min
Cloudflare’s transition from SysLog-NG to OpenTelemetry is the topic of discussion on this episode of Day Two DevOps. Guests Colin Douch and Jayson Cena from Cloudflare explain the reasons behind the migration, including the need for better scalability, memory safety, and maintainability. They delve into challenges such as ensuring uninterrupted customer traffic and optimizing performance.... Read more »
D2DO251: AI For the Rest of Us – New Conference Alert!
18 september 2024 |
34 min
AI is everywhere. So are questions about AI’s value, how it really works, and how it will affect technology. Hannah Foxwell aims to demystify AI via a new conference, AI for the Rest of Us, taking place October 24-25, 2024 in London. Hannah hopes to create a collaborative learning environment. In today’s Day Two DevOps... Read more »
D2DO250: The Realities of Responsible Disclosure in the Cloud
4 september 2024 |
32 min
Cloud security and responsible disclosure are the focus of today’s conversation with guest Kat Traxler. Kat shares her insights on identifying vulnerabilities in cloud services, particularly Google Cloud, and the importance of curiosity in her research. The episode explores the role of bug bounty programs and the shift towards issuing CVEs for cloud vulnerabilities. Lastly,... Read more »
D2DO249: The Anatomy of TLS 1.3 and Why You Should Risk It
21 augusti 2024 |
36 min
Transport Layer Security (TLS) is today’s topic with guest Ed Harmoush. TLS plays a critical role in Internet security, and we dive into the differences between versions 1.2 and 1.3 In addition, Ed shares his journey into TLS, explains its components, and addresses common misconceptions about certificates and their validation processes. The episode also highlights... Read more »
D2DO248: Using Creativity and Empathy to Ease the Pain of Compliance Audits
7 augusti 2024 |
33 min
On today’s Day Two DevOps we talk with Jen Stone, a technical security assessor and aerial arts competition organizer. Jen shares her journey from IT service desk to becoming a security assessor. She emphasizes the importance of creativity and empathy in regulatory compliance while advocating for a collaborative approach to assessments and auditing Episode Guest:... Read more »
D2DO247: Chocolate or Carrots? How Humor Can Foster Good DevOps Relationships
24 juli 2024 |
41 min
Guests Ashish and Shilpi from the Cloud Security Podcast converse with Ned and Kyler on how humor and relatability can foster an engaging and collaborative environment in DevOps. The conversation also covers the importance of foundational knowledge in technology, the impact of AI on careers, and the value of just being human and learning from... Read more »
D2C246: Can Service Level Objectives (SLOs) Help Keep Users Happy?
3 juli 2024 |
39 min
Service Level Objectives (SLOs) are a set of reliability measurements for customer or user expectations of services; in other words, are people having a good experience with your application or service? Today’s Day Two Cloud explores SLOs, the relevant metrics, and how to measure them. We also talk about how SLOs are a cross-discipline objective... Read more »
D2C245: Don’t Fear Database DevOps
19 juni 2024 |
min
Most platform engineers are scared of databases, and most database administrators prefer it that way. But our guest today says it’s time to move forward together toward a future of database linters, observability, and abstraction. Adam Furmanek makes the case that just like how developers had to learn some networking, and networking tools were created... Read more »
D2C244: When the Cloud was Born
5 juni 2024 |
45 min
Eric Chou was there for the birth of the public cloud. Before DevOps or SREs were a thing, before Azure was Azure, Eric was a network engineer for Amazon, helping them build out their retail technology platform. Of course, that platform evolved into the world’s leading public cloud–AWS. Eric joins the show today to tell... Read more »
Heavy Strategy: Failure and Resilience
28 maj 2024 |
45 min
Welcome to a crossover episode with the Heavy Strategy podcast! Firing the wrong person, mistakenly rebooting core switches in a massive network, not passing the CCIE exam– today we talk all about failure. For this conversation, we’re joined by fellow Packet Pushers Kyler Middleton and Ned Bellavance, hosts of the Day Two Cloud podcast. We... Read more »
D2C243: Your Kubernetes Clusters are Showing
22 maj 2024 |
38 min
There are about 1.4 million Kubernetes clusters just sitting out there on the public internet as we speak. That is 1.4 million lateral-movement rich, highly privileged environments. The bearer of this anxiety-provoking news is today’s guest, Lee Briggs. Lee explains why major cloud providers make this the default option– ease of use. The good news... Read more »
D2C242: Data Engineering and its Streams, Rivers, and Lakes
8 maj 2024 |
min
Keith Gregory teaches us about data engineering in a way DevOps folks (and hydrologists) can understand. He explains that the role of a data engineer is to create pipelines to transport data from metaphorical rivers and make it usable for data analysts. Keith walks us through the testing process; the difference between streaming pipelines and... Read more »
D2C241: Choose Your Own Adventure: Manager, Director, or IC
24 april 2024 |
39 min
What makes for a good manager, director, and independent contributor (IC), and how do you figure out which is the best fit for you? Hazel Weakly has had a whirlwind tour of all three and is ready to share her insight into each. We talk about the skill set needed for each, and figuring out... Read more »
D2C240: The Duality of Enterprise AI
17 april 2024 |
55 min
AI has been around forever; AI is emergent. AI is just data analytics; AI hallucinates. AI doesn’t have many business use cases; AI is already being used by your employees. Today, Greg and Johna from the Heavy Strategy podcast join Day Two Cloud to give their takes on enterprise AI. Johna brings with her the... Read more »
D2C239: “(Almost) Every Infrastructure Decision I Endorse or Regret”
10 april 2024 |
42 min
You can’t just drop a knife on fish and expect there to be sushi. Jack Lindamood joins us today to share his metaphors and thoughts on picking the right IT tools and processes as outlined in his popular article, “(Almost) Every Infrastructure Decision I Endorse or Regret after 4 Years Running Infrastructure at a Startup.”... Read more »
D2C238: Tech Hiring is Borked
27 mars 2024 |
39 min
Life isn’t easy for someone looking for a job in tech. There are lots of content mills pushing the idea that if you just pass this one six-month course, you’ll have a six-figure career in no time. There are lots of hiring companies who make job applicants jump through a ton of hoops, but often... Read more »
D2C237: Managing Medical IoT Devices on AWS
20 mars 2024 |
50 min
In this podcast episode, Randy Horton from Orthogonal and Ian Sutcliffe from AWS discuss the complexities of supporting regulated medical devices in the cloud. They explore the challenges of adhering to regulations, the importance of security, and the need for robust frameworks. The conversation highlights the non-prescriptive nature of regulations, encouraging best practices rather than... Read more »
D2C236: Introducing New Co-Host Kyler Middleton
6 mars 2024 |
33 min
Today we welcome a new co-host, Kyler Middleton, to the Day Two Cloud podcast. Kyler grew up in rural Western Nebraska, fixing neighboring farmers’ computers in exchange for brownies and Rice Krispies. Now she’s the newest co-host for Day Two Cloud… perhaps a lateral move, given the lack of baked goods. Kyler will draw on... Read more »
D2C235: Building Modern Apps In GovCloud
28 februari 2024 |
min
Chances are, you’ve probably only heard of GovCloud because at the bottom of new feature releases from the Big 3 there’s usually an asterisk that says “not yet available in GovCloud.” So what is GovCloud? And why does it not get the newest shiny thing as fast as the rest of us? Chris Wahl has... Read more »
D2C234: What to Do About VMware
21 februari 2024 |
42 min
Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware has generated a lot of anxiety among VMware customers. In this episode, we closely analyze the situation. First, we look at Broadcom’s past acquisitions in the infrastructure sector. Then we examine the product alignment and possible new product offerings and whether the acquisition will hamper innovation and development. We also cover... Read more »
D2C233: Pinning Down Private Clouds
14 februari 2024 |
31 min
What are we talking about when we are all talking about private clouds? On-prem? Hybrid? Virtualization? Where does hardware fit into it all– and would younger engineers even know what to do with a physical piece of hardware? Driven by Broadcom’s acquisition of VMare and the anticipated rising costs of VMare licenses, enterprises are exploring... Read more »
D2C232: Chaos Engineering: Breaking Things on Purpose
7 februari 2024 |
37 min
Chaos engineering is all about resilience and reliability… it just takes the harder path to get there. By injecting random and unpredictable behavior to the point of failure, chaos engineers observe systems’ weak points, apply preventative maintenance, and develop a failover plan. Matt Schillerstrom from Harness introduces Ned and Ethan to this wild corner of... Read more »
D2C231: Cloud Repatriation: Can Workloads Ever Come Home Again?
31 januari 2024 |
49 min
Cloud repatriation: Is it a good idea? Guest Marino Wijay, an OSI and networking open source advocate, joins hosts Ethan Banks and Ned Bellavance to discuss the recent interest in cloud repatriation. They cover the intricacies of moving workloads from the cloud back to on-premises or edge environments, and question if it is possible to... Read more »
D2C230: Adding Python To Your Operations Toolkit
24 januari 2024 |
54 min
Today we’re talking about Python. If you’re new to Python and want to add it to your toolkit, this is the show for you. This episode offers a broad perspective on all the approaches and plug-ins that Python includes. Our guest Michael Kennedy is a Python enthusiast and Python instructor. We discuss: Why you should... Read more »
D2C229: Standing Out From The Crowd With Tim Banks
17 januari 2024 |
49 min
We talk with Tim Banks about a wide range of topics including career development, how to stand out as an interview candidate, building a resume, finding your blind spots, diversity in tech (or lack thereof), and more. Let’s get into all the things with Tim! Episode Guest: Tim Banks | Lead Developer Advocate at Dell... Read more »
D2C228: Building Local Tech Communities
10 januari 2024 |
44 min
While it’s easy to find technical content and make professional connections online, in-person interactions are still valuable for learning, forging business and personal connections, and career development. On today’s Day Two Cloud we discuss how and why to build local tech communities. Guest Laura Santamaria is a developer, developer advocate, and longtime community builder. We... Read more »
D2C227: Platforms Reduce Cognitive Overhead
27 december 2023 |
42 min
Today’s show explores platform engineering. Guest Chad McElligott has thought a lot about the practice of platform engineering, and a blog post and talk he gave about the subject inspired us to reach out and have a conversation. Chad describes platform engineering as “the application of a Product Mindset to supporting your engineering organization’s software... Read more »
D2C226: Creating An Effective Cloud Migration Strategy
20 december 2023 |
45 min
On today’s Day Two Cloud podcast we talk about a cloud project where things didn’t go as planned. There were people problems, technical problems, and regulatory problems. Our guest Jonah Andersson shares lessons learned and how they can inform your own cloud strategies. We also talk about how to identify your project goals to determine... Read more »
D2C225: Security KubeConversations Part 2 – Cloud-Native Security Challenges
15 december 2023 |
51 min
This is part two of a special edition of Day Two Cloud we’re calling Security KubeConversations. I spent two days in the Windy City, attending KubeCon Cloud Native Con Chicago 2023. I had the opportunity to speak to a wide array of vendors and open source maintainers about what’s happening on the security front in... Read more »
D2C224: Security KubeConversations Part 1 – Protecting Your Kubernetes Infrastructure
13 december 2023 |
52 min
Our KubeConversations series continues with a two-part episode on securing Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure. I attended KubeCon 2023 in Chicago and had the opportunity to speak with vendors and open-source maintainers about the work they’re doing to help protect your Kubernetes environments. In this episode we’ll talk about a Kubernetes Bill of Materials, protecting K8s... Read more »
D2C223: Accelerating VM Performance With Azure Boost
6 december 2023 |
47 min
Welcome to Day Two Cloud! In this episode with Microsoft, it’s November 2023, and I’m in Seattle for the Microsoft Ignite conference. If you think you heard this intro before and you’re wondering if you’re hearing the same episode again, you’re not. This is the second episode from Microsoft Ignite 2023. Today, I’m talking with... Read more »
D2C222: What’s New In Azure Networking (Sponsored)
29 november 2023 |
41 min
From using hollow core fiber to building networks designed to support AI workloads and modern applications, there’s a lot happening in Azure networking. In this sponsored Day Two Cloud episode, recorded live at Microsoft Ignite this November, we have a wide-ranging discussion about new and forthcoming features and capabilities. My guest is Narayan Annamalai, who... Read more »
D2C221: KubeConversations Part 2 – Building Cloud Platforms
22 november 2023 |
58 min
Welcome to part 2 of my KubeConversations. I spent two days in the Windy City attending KubeCon Cloud Native Con Chicago. I had the opportunity to speak to a wide array of vendors and open source maintainers about what’s going on in the cloud native ecosystem. From those conversations, I picked up on some major... Read more »
D2C220: KubeConversations Part 1 – Platform Engineering
15 november 2023 |
46 min
Welcome to a special edition of Day Two Cloud. Host Ned Bellavance traveled to KubeCon Chicago 2023 and spoke to vendors and open source maintainers about what’s going on in the cloud-native ecosystem. This episode features conversations on platform engineering. Part 2 will focus on security. Episode Guests: Cole Morrison, Developer Advocate at HashiCorp LinkedIn... Read more »
D2C219: Building A Multi-Cloud Network With A Cloud-Native Approach (Sponsored)
8 november 2023 |
51 min
What if you could have a multi-cloud network that was cloud-native, but you didn’t have to know the nitty-gritty details for each of the clouds? That is, you work with a cloud network interface, and that platform handles the networking–in a cloud-native way–for you. You wouldn’t need to know the nuances of AWS, Azure, and... Read more »
D2C218: What’s Inside The AI Magic Box?
1 november 2023 |
49 min
AI and machine learning are being more widely used in IT and elsewhere. Today's episode opens the AI magic box to better understand what's inside, including software and hardware. We discuss essentials such as training models and parameters, software components, GPUs, networking, and storage. We also discuss using cloud-based AI platforms vs. building your own in-house, and what to consider when assembling your own AI infrastructure.
D2C217: Building Successful Security Operations – Blue Teaming And Beyond
25 oktober 2023 |
48 min
On today's Day Two Cloud we talk about how to build a successful security practice within your organization. Our guest is Swathi Joshi, VP, SaaS Cloud Security at Oracle. She breaks down security teams into three core groups: proactive security, defensive security, and assurance (risk reduction, enabling secure access, meeting compliance requirements). She also shares her insights around SoCs, security automation, threat and vulnerability management, and successful blue team practices.
D2C216: Implementing Private AI Architecture With VMware (Sponsored)
18 oktober 2023 |
39 min
The goal of private AI is to bring AI models and compute to where your data is stored to ensure privacy and control. On today's Day Two Cloud, sponsored by VMware, we dig more deeply into private AI, major use cases, and the kinds of data that get fed into a private AI system. We also discuss the infrastructure required to build out a private AI platform, how to connect to your data stores, and VMware's role in virtualizing GPUs to maximize efficiency.
Day Two Cloud 215: Highlights From The Edge
11 oktober 2023 |
39 min
Today's Day Two Cloud covers highlights from a recent Edge Field Day event. Ned Bellavance was a delegate at the event and will share perceptions and insights based on presentations from the event. Topics include a working definition of edge, the constraints of hosting infrastructure in edge locations (power, space, network connectivity and others), and operational models for running software and services in these environments.
Day Two Cloud 214: Preparing People, Teams, And Infrastructure For Automation
4 oktober 2023 |
45 min
Welcome to Day Two Cloud. If you want your journey to infrastructure automation to be successful, you have to prepare for that journey. On today's show we talk about how to lay the groundwork for infrastructure automation or Infrastructure as Code (IaC). And this isn't just about tools and training (though we do also discuss these). There are organizational, team, and personal elements required to help people to incorporate automation into their daily work.
Day Two Cloud 213: Get Application Visibility And Governance For Your K8s Clusters With Lens AppIQ (Sponsored)
28 september 2023 |
38 min
Welcome to Day Two Cloud! Today we talk with sponsor Mirantis about Lens AppIQ. If you've started using Kuberentes and you've got multiple clusters supporting many applications, Lens AppIQ help you get visibility into what's going on. Lens AppIQ is a SaaS service that provides app-centric visibility, policy management, and governance. It's targeted at developers and DevOps teams.
Day Two Cloud 212: Cloud Essentials – Object, File, And Block Storage
27 september 2023 |
40 min
Day Two Cloud continues the Cloud Essentials series with cloud storage. We focus specifically on AWS's offering, which include object, file, and block storage options. We also discuss special file systems, file caching, instance stores, and more. We cover use cases for the major storage options and their costs. We also touch briefly on storage services including data migration, hybrid cloud storage, and disaster recovery and backup.
Day Two Cloud 211: Cloud Security Acronym Soup With Jo Peterson
20 september 2023 |
41 min
Today on Day Two Cloud we go deep on new areas of cloud security that you may not be familiar with. There are forces out there that are driving the rise of new security tools and processes, and we bring back guest Jo Peterson to help us make sense of it all.
Day Two Cloud 210: Can Network Automation Catch Up To The Cloud?
13 september 2023 |
min
On today's Day Two Cloud we discuss the state of network automation and whether and how it can catch up to automation in the public cloud. We look at network automation challenges, define boundaries with other elements of the infrastructure stack, the impact of cloud networking, whether AI and ML can help, and more. Our guests are Chris Grundemann and Scott Robohn, co-founders of the Network Automation Forum (NAF).
Day Two Cloud 209: Cloud Essentials – Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs)
6 september 2023 |
48 min
Today's Day Two Cloud kicks off an occasional series on cloud essentials. For the first episode we discuss the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). A VPC is an fundamental construct of a public cloud. It's essentially your slice of the shared cloud infrastructure, and you can launch and run other elements within a VPC to support your workload. Ned Bellavance walks through key VPC components including regions and AZs, networking and IP addressing, paid add-ons, data egress and associated charges, monitoring and troubleshooting, and basic security controls.
Day Two Cloud 208: HashiCorp Licensing Changes And The Day Two Cloud-Chaos Lever Crossover
30 augusti 2023 |
45 min
Today on Day Two Cloud we dive into the implications of licensing changes that HashiCorp has made to its popular Terraform software. In short, the company has switched from an open source to a business source license. HashiCorp says it felt compelled to make the change to ensure that some other business entity doesn't take the open-source software and turn it into a competing product (looking at you, AWS). Will the licensing change have a significant impact? For 99% of users probably not, but there are caveats and concerns to discuss. Today's show is a crossover with Chaos Lever, a weekly podcast co-hosted by Ned Bellavance and Chris Hayner that covers IT news.
Day Two Cloud 207: Making Sense Of SSE, SASE, And SD-WAN
16 augusti 2023 |
52 min
On today's Day Two Cloud we examine the similarities and differences among SSE and SASE, which provide cloud-delivered security; and SD-WAN, which can provide connections to these services. We also discuss the drivers for cloud-delivered security, the role of networking, where and how zero trust can come into play, some of the big players in these spaces, and more.
Day Two Cloud 206: Making The Most Of Red Teaming With Gemma Moore
9 augusti 2023 |
51 min
Red teams attack a customer's security systems. The idea of a red team, whether consultants or in-house, is to approach the target like an attacker would. A red team includes technical and human-based exploit and attempts to test defenses, probe for weaknesses, and identify vulnerable systems and processes. On today's episode we look at how to get the most out of a red team engagement--it's much more than just an attack and a report.
Day Two Cloud 205: States Of Quantum Computing With Abby Mitchell
2 augusti 2023 |
42 min
Today's Day Two Cloud peers inside the box of quantum computing. We explore how it works, what qbits are and why they matter, the current state of quantum computing hardware, what problems could be solved with quantum computing, and how you can get involved with it via the Qiskit open-source project. Our guest is Abby Mitchell, Quantum Developer Advocate at IBM.
Day Two Cloud 204: Deploying Cloud-Delivered Security With Cisco Secure Access (Sponsored)
26 juli 2023 |
57 min
On today's Day Two Cloud we get inside Cisco Secure Access, a new set of cloud-delivered security services from Cisco. We discuss the security capabilities on offer, the service's architecture and components, how Cisco addresses concerns around user experience and performance, and more. This is a sponsored episode.
Day Two Cloud 203: Becoming An SRE – It’s More Than Just Software Skills
19 juli 2023 |
56 min
If you want to be a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) you need strong software skills. You also have to be versed in observability, incident response, capacity planning, change management, performance, even security. But wait, there's more! Our guest on today's Day Two Cloud argues you need strong communication skills, emotional intelligence, personal resilience, and the ability to work with a team. Our guest is Amin Astaneh.
Day Two Cloud 202: How Azure Embraces Terraform For Infrastructure As Code
12 juli 2023 |
45 min
On today's Day Two Cloud, we talk with Microsoft about how it's embracing Terraform to make it Azure-friendly, including the Terraform Export Tool, the AzAPI Provider, and a Terraform on Azure community. This is not a sponsored episode.
Day Two Cloud 201: Building A Product That Uses LLMs
5 juli 2023 |
57 min
Today we talk about Large Language Models (LLMs) and writing products and applications that use LLMs. Our guest is Phillip Carter, Principal PM at Honeycomb.io. Honeycomb makes an observability tool for site reliability engineers, and Carter worked on a project called Query Assistant that helps Honeycomb users get answers to questions about how to use the product and get insights from it. We discuss taking natural language input and turning it into outputs to help SREs do their jobs.
Day Two Cloud 200: Coaching For Accidental (And On-Purpose) Managers
28 juni 2023 |
50 min
Going from a tech role to manager is more than just a new gig---it's a full-blown career change. On today's Day Two Cloud we talk with management coach Steve Dwire about a manager's primary responsibilities, what new managers usually get wrong, management education vs. experience, and how to get better at the job. This episode goes places we didn't expect, so come along for the ride.
Day Two Cloud 199: Platform Engineering With Suzanne Daniels
14 juni 2023 |
51 min
Welcome to this episode of Day Two Cloud! Today, we'll be diving into the world of platform engineering and internal developer portals. Our special guest, Suzanne Daniels, Developer Relations Lead at Port, will be sharing her insights on how platform engineering can take your DevOps journey to the next level. With platform engineering, you can treat technology as a product and developers as customers, resulting in a more efficient and effective workflow.
Day Two Cloud 198: Modern Cloud Design Themes From CFD 17
7 juni 2023 |
37 min
Today's Day Two Cloud explores some design themes that emerged from the Cloud Field Day event. These themes include platform engineering, data protection and recovery, and how to deal with the fact that old technology never dies. Guest Michael Levan joins Ned Bellavance and Ethan Banks to discuss these themes and their implications for cloud application builders and operators.
Day Two Cloud 197: Understanding Decentralized Identity With Dr. Joanne Friedman
31 maj 2023 |
54 min
On today's Day Two Cloud we dive into Decentralized Identity, or DID. This W3C standard is a unique identifier, authenticated by cryptographic proofs, that individuals and organizations can generate themselves using systems they trust. A DID can be a person, an object, an organization, a data model, or other subject. We explore DIDs, how they work, and what they can be used for with Dr. Joanne Friedman.
Day Two Cloud 196: Peering Behind The Curtain Of Podsqueeze’s AI Podcasting Service
24 maj 2023 |
47 min
Today's show gets behind the curtain of a cloud service called Podsqueeze. Podsqueeze is an application that ingests audio and video files and then produces text-based output including a show description, an episode transcript, suggested headlines, segment timestamps, suggested social media posts, and more. The Packet Pushers are experimenting with Podsqueeze as part of our own production. Being curious nerds, we thought this was a good opportunity to see how the service really works. Our guest is Tiago Ferreira, one of the entrepreneurs and developers of Podsqueeze.
Day Two Cloud 195: Planning For Post-Quantum Cryptography
17 maj 2023 |
40 min
Today's Day Two Cloud explores post-quantum cryptography and how to make your cryptographic secrets safe from quantum computers. We're looking at a time horizon of at least five or ten years, so this isn't an immediate threat, but it doesn't hurt to start thinking about it now. We dive into how quantum computing and quantum encryption work, their impact on cryptographic secrets, what it means for technologies such as IPSec VPNs, and more. Melchior Aelmans is our guest.
Day Two Cloud 194: Unpacking Flexera’s State Of The Cloud Report With Keith Townsend
10 maj 2023 |
49 min
When you're deep in the trenches of operating your cloud, sometimes it's helpful to step back and get a broader view of what's happening in the industry. On today's Day Two Cloud we explore the results of an annual State of the Cloud survey to get a snapshot of trends impacting the cloud industry, including multicloud adoption, services used, cloud usage and spending, and the challenges of finding and training talent. Our guest to help us unpack the report is Keith Townsend.
Day Two Cloud 193: Should You Get A Cloud Networking Cert?
4 maj 2023 |
57 min
On today's Day Two Cloud we explore cloud networking certifications. Who do these certs make sense for? Which clouds should you focus on? What do certifications typically cover? Where do third-party devices such as firewalls and load balancers fit into the certification picture? If you're an old-school CLI jockey coming into cloud networking, how should you approach concepts such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC)?
Day Two Cloud 192: OpenTelemetry – Getting From Visibility To Observability With Ben Hall
26 april 2023 |
62 min
OpenTelemetry is an open-source project that brings together tools, SDKs, and APIs for collecting telemetry--that is, logs, metrics, and traces---in a standardized way. The goal of the project is to help developers and operators instrument highly distributed applications and services to understand dependencies, monitor performance, and quickly troubleshoot problems. On today's Day Two Cloud podcast we explore OpenTelemetry and how it works. We also discuss the difference between visibility and observability, and why this matters. Our guest is Ben Hall.
Day Two Cloud 191: Modernizing Cloud Security And Optimizing Costs With Jo Peterson
19 april 2023 |
42 min
Today's Day Two Cloud delves into cloud security and cloud cost optimization for SaaS and public clouds. Our guest is Jo Peterson. On the security front, we compare and contrast traditional on-prem and cloud security challenges, explore the shared responsibility model of cloud security, and more. For cost optimization we discuss the growing concern about cloud costs, why optimization tools still need humans, tips for tracking multicloud spending, and more.
Day Two Cloud 190: Serious Public Clouds Invest In Infrastructure With Charles Fitzgerald
12 april 2023 |
45 min
On today's Day Two Cloud we dive into how the public clouds spend their money and what IT and engineering folks can learn from those spending patterns. We also look at the notion of cloud repatriation and how prevalent (or not) it is. Our guest is Charles Fitzgerald, a CapEx obsessive who writes the Platformonomics blog.
Day Two Cloud 189: The Cloud Network Engineer Career Path With Kam Agahian
5 april 2023 |
50 min
Today on Day Two Cloud we explore what it takes to transition from traditional networking to a career as a cloud network engineer. Guest Kam Agahian shares insights from his own career journey about what's the same and what's different between on-prem and cloud networking, what skills might you want to pick up to make the transition, recommended certifications, and more.
Day Two Cloud 188: Out-Of-Band Management And Infrastructure Automation With ZPE Systems (Sponsored)
29 mars 2023 |
49 min
On today's Day Two Cloud podcast we talk through out-of-band management network design with sponsor ZPE Systems. If your idea of OOB management is a jump box and some terminal servers, there’s a lot more to the story when you bring automation tooling into the picture. We'll learn how ZPE gear works and talk with customer Vapor IO about using ZPE gear in its edge compute sites.
Day Two Cloud 187: The Back End Of Bear Blog With Herman Martinus
22 mars 2023 |
48 min
Today on Day Two Cloud we talk with developer Herman Martinus about his open-source blogging platform Bear. We talk about how a developer views infrastructure and operations, and how he went about building his platform.
Day Two Cloud 186: A Day In The Life Of A Sales Engineer With Pete Robertson
15 mars 2023 |
46 min
Today's Day Two Cloud episode gets into sales engineering. IT pros may look down on sales for not being a strictly technical discipline, but it turns out there's more overlap between an engineer and a sales engineer than you might think. Both have to solve problems, understand requirements, and design and deliver outcomes. Our guest is Pete Robertson, a sales engineer for a value-added reseller.
Day Two Cloud 185: Grappling With Cloud Strategies With Tim Banks
8 mars 2023 |
51 min
Today on Day Two Cloud we engage in strategic thinking about cloud, workload repatriation, costs and spending, DevOps and Kubernetes, and more with guest Tim Banks. Tim is a Lead Developer Advocate at Dell Technologies and has done stints at AWS, Equinix, and the Duckbill Group. Besides being a techie, Tim Banks is also a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu champion and world-ranked competitor in his class.
Day Two Cloud 184: Think Multiplatform, Not Multicloud
1 mars 2023 |
54 min
Today on Day Two Cloud we put on our thinking caps about platforms, cloud, and multicloud. The last ten years or so has been a push for "cloud-first," but any wholesale approach to "X-first" (cloud, edge, digital, etc.) is problematic. We discuss why. We also explore strategies for CTOs, IT managers, and engineers on how to grapple with cloud strategy, implementation, and operation.
Day Two Cloud 183: How Did We Get To WebAssembly And What Is It For?
22 februari 2023 |
58 min
WebAssembly (Wasm) is an up-and-coming technology that's probably going to fall into the lap of operations folks. WebAssembly is basically a specification on how to compile things to a bytecode format and how to execute that bytecode. On today's Day Two Cloud we start to peel the onion on what WebAssembly, what it's used for, and why you might want to get your hands on it.
Day Two Cloud 182: Assembling The Multicloud Networking Puzzle To Operate At Cloud Speed (Sponsored)
16 februari 2023 |
35 min
Today's Day Two Cloud assembles a panel to discuss the challenges of multicloud networking. We're sponsored by Prosimo, and the recording took place live at AWS re:Invent 2022. We discuss how and why an org goes multicloud, cloud networking issues, integrating ZTNA, and more.
Day Two Cloud 181: Implementing Patterns And Practices For Infrastructure as Code
8 februari 2023 |
55 min
On today's Day Two Cloud podcast we talk about Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and software practices you might want to put in place for the parts of your team who know what they're doing with infrastructure but may not be familiar with developer practices that can help make code more reliable and operational processes more repeatable. Our guest is author Rosemary Wang.
Day Two Cloud 180: Understanding AWS EC2 At The Edge
1 februari 2023 |
32 min
On today's Day Two Cloud podcast, we speak with Jan Hofmeyr, a VP within Amazon Web Services (AWS). This show was recorded at AWS re:Invent 2022 in Las Vegas, and we discuss EC2 at the edge, AWS Outposts and how local zones work, connecting Outposts to the AWS cloud, and more.
Day Two Cloud 179: Will CXL Make Composable Infrastructure Real?
25 januari 2023 |
48 min
On today's Day Two Cloud podcast we talk about Compute Express Link (CXL), a technology for composable infrastructure. The idea is to take all the peripherals in a system---network cards, memory, graphical processing units, and so on---and put them on a bus outside the chassis to share them among multiple hosts. Is this the dream of composable infrastructure coming true?
Day Two Cloud 178: Implementing Zero Standing Privilege (Sponsored)
18 januari 2023 |
48 min
On today's sponsored Day Two Cloud podcast we talk about zero standing privilege with strongDM. Zero standing privilege goes beyond just-in-time credentials to a model where no credentials pre-exist, but are created in real-time and paired with appropriate permissions built from policy, also created in real-time. Can such a thing be accomplished technically---and without irritating all your end users? StrongDM's Sebastian Mankowski is here to make the case.
Day Two Cloud 177: IT Security Is Broken; Here’s Ideas On How To Fix It
11 januari 2023 |
52 min
IT security is broken. Vendors ship insecure products, customers have to bolt on and then operate more and more security products, compliance and regulatory requirements don't necessarily make things safer, and getting business done always takes priority over securing systems and data. On today's Day Two Cloud podcast, guest Mick Douglas shares ideas on how to make security less excruciating and more effective.
Day Two Cloud 176: Comparing Cloud Provider Network Performance (Sponsored)
14 december 2022 |
39 min
Today on Day Two Cloud we examine global network performance of some of the biggest public cloud providers. Sponsor ThousandEyes shares key findings and surprising data points from its 2022 Cloud Performance Report on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
Day Two Cloud 175: Deploying Kubernetes And Managing Clusters
7 december 2022 |
49 min
On today's Day Two Cloud we continue our Kubernetes conversation with guest Michael Levan. Today's show focuses on Kubernetes deployments and managing clusters once they're up and running. We discuss whether Kubernetes is really more complex than traditional application infrastructure; examine management options such as GitOps, manifests, and Kubectl; share useful tools, and talk about why Kubernetes is all about APIs.
Day Two Cloud 174: Building Kubernetes Clusters
30 november 2022 |
54 min
On today's Day Two Cloud podcast we walk through how to build a Kubernetes cluster to support a container-based application. We cover issues such as what constitutes a minimum viable cluster, rolling your own vs. Kubernetes-as-a-service, managing multiple clusters, pros and cons of bare metal vs. running clusters in VMs, design recommendations and gotchas using a cloud service, and more.
Day Two Cloud Invite: Recording At TopGolf Las Vegas Nov. 30, 2022
27 november 2022 |
1 min
If you're headed to AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas, you can catch Ned & me recording a show live. On Wednesday, November 30, 2022, we’ll be at TopGolf with sponsor Prosimo from 4 to 7 pm. Join us to have some fun! Links and drinks, meet fellow engineers building clouds for their companies, and then watch us record the show. Space is limited, so register at prosimo.io. We’ll see you at TopGolf Las Vegas on Wednesday the 30th!
Day Two Cloud 173: Istio Ambient Mesh Minimizes Sidecar Proxies
23 november 2022 |
50 min
Today on Day Two Cloud we examine Istio Ambient Mesh, a new option for building service meshes in a microservices environment. Istio Ambient Mesh essentially brings the concept of a load balancer to a cluster of containers. Rather than run a sidecar proxy for each pod or container, you can run Ambient Mesh per node. Our guest and guide to this open source project is Christian Posta, Global Field CTO at Solo.io.
Day Two Cloud 172: Lock Down Access With Zero Standing Privilege (Sponsored)
16 november 2022 |
41 min
On today’s Day Two Cloud we talk through the idea of “zero standing privilege”. Zero standing privilege is an evolution of credentials management that goes beyond always-on usernames and passwords and more advanced forms of privileged access management to help lock down access to sensitive systems. Our sponsor is strongDM and our guest is Britt Crawford, Director of Product.
Day Two Cloud 171: The Challenges Of Scaling Microservices Testing
9 november 2022 |
45 min
On today's Day Two Cloud we talk about testing. While developers do the testing, operators may be responsible for setting up testing environments, which can be a lot of work. That work increases with microservices because of all the complexities and dependencies that come with connecting and orchestrating microservices-based applications. Today we talk about how to address testing challenges with Arjun Iyer, and explore a solution he's developed for simplifying end-to-end microservices testing in a Kubernetes environment. This is not a sponsored show, but we do talk about Signadot, a startup Arjun founded in the testing space.
Day Two Cloud 170: Sovereign DBaaS And Severalnines (Sponsored)
2 november 2022 |
49 min
Welcome to Day Two Cloud! On today’s episode---databases. More specifically, controlling your databases. We’re discussing the database control plane company Severalnines with CEO Vinay Joosery. Severalnines is sponsoring today’s discussion about sovereign Databases as a Service (DBaaS).
Day Two Cloud 169: Splitting Up Mono-Repositories In Infrastructure As Code
26 oktober 2022 |
49 min
Today on the Day Two Cloud podcast we're going to talk with someone who was part of a DevOps teams deploying Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and applications in the public cloud. This project ran into challenges around scaling, the environments they needed to support, how to store certain artifacts, working with pipeline, and breaking up a monolithic repo into smaller repos and the repercussions of that decision.
Day Two Cloud 168: Get Kubernetes Observability With AppDynamics Cloud (Sponsored)
19 oktober 2022 |
45 min
Today's Day Two Cloud podcast, sponsored by AppDynamics, explores how AppDynamics Cloud brings observability to your Kubernetes deployments by ingesting and visualizing all metrics, events, log and trace data from across your cloud and on-prem landscapes.
Day Two Cloud 167: Interviewing At A Huge Tech Company
12 oktober 2022 |
54 min
On today's Day Two Cloud we talk about what it's like to interview for a job at a massive tech company. How do you get yourself in line? What can you expect from the interview? How do you prepare? How do you overcome your own imposter syndrome? Our guest is Nathaniel Avery, Outbound Product Manager at Google Cloud. He recently ran the gauntlet of the tech interview, and is here to share tips and insights on the process.
Day Two Cloud 166: VMware: How Multi-Cloud Services Address Cloud Complexity (Sponsored)
5 oktober 2022 |
47 min
Multi-cloud services are an emerging category of software designed to make your Dev and Ops teams' multi-cloud reality easier to cope with. Sponsor VMware stops by the Day Two Cloud podcast to talk about how the operational challenges of running workloads in a mix of public and private clouds and how its multi-cloud services initiative can help.
Day Two Cloud 165: Does Your Infrastructure Need Istio?
28 september 2022 |
54 min
On today's Day Two Cloud we dive into Istio with Kevin Davin, a senior back end engineer who works deeply with Istio. We discuss Istio's promises, balancing its complexity with the capabilities it enables, understanding when and when not to use it, and more.
Day Two Cloud 164: DevSecOps Is A Real Thing
22 september 2022 |
47 min
Today on the Day Two Cloud podcast, we talk DevSecOps and how it's more than just a marketing term. We also discuss Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and IT as Code and what that actually means for operations folks. It doesn't mean you have to write code all day, but we make an effort to put some specifics around what an Ops person should know when it comes to code.
Day Two Cloud 163: Is The Tech Market Too Focused On Developers?
14 september 2022 |
50 min
Today on the Day Two Cloud podcast we have a frank discussion about tech marketing. Why? Because engineers are a target of marketing, so it's helpful to know how marketing works, what's trying to be communicated, and how it could be better. We also discuss whether the tech industry has over-committed on chasing developers while ignoring operations and sysadmins, why ops and sysadmins shouldn't be ignored, and more. Our guest is Gina Rosenthal, founder of Digital Sunshine Solutions.
Day Two Cloud 162: The Mental Health Of The 10x Samurai Ninja Engineer
7 september 2022 |
50 min
In this Day Two Cloud episode, Ned and Ethan discuss the tradeoffs of mental health and professional achievement. Maybe you spend a lot of extra hours at work for your employer. Perhaps you focus on certifications after work and on the weekends. Maybe you say “yes” to more than you should, because you’re scared you’ll lose it all if you don’t. The tradeoffs are in your personal relationships. Your mental health. You suffer from burnout, anxiety, and stress. Is it all worth it? Ned and Ethan don't have all the answers, but they share their experiences and perspectives.
Day Two Cloud 161: Tech Marketing Sucks; Let’s Make It Better
31 augusti 2022 |
54 min
Tech marketing is often terrible. The problem is that marketers tend to develop material aimed at "C-level" or executive audiences, which doesn't resonate with developers and engineers who influence buying decisions and actually use products. Today's Day Two Cloud podcast examines how to improve tech marketing, and why communication is a good skill for technologists themselves.
Day Two Cloud 160: Going Deep Into Cilium Service Mesh With eBPF
24 augusti 2022 |
51 min
Today on the Day Two Cloud podcast we go deep on the Cilium service mesh, including a packet walk that takes us from packet ingestion all the way through a Kubernetes cluster. We also talk about how Cilium eBPF differs from other sidecar proxies and the potential performance and observability gains. Strap on your propeller beanie as we try to keep up with guest is Thomas Graf, a co-creator of Cilium and CTO of Isovalent.
Day Two Cloud 159: DevOps Is A Failure
17 augusti 2022 |
65 min
DevOps originated as a cultural movement to try and get developers and infrastructure operators to better work together to support applications in production. According to our guest Lee Briggs, that movement has failed. We discuss this premise on today's Day Two Cloud podcast.
Day Two Cloud 158: On Leadership With Chris Wahl
10 augusti 2022 |
43 min
According to Chris Wahl, everyone in an organization can lead--not just those with "chief" or "manager" in their job title. Leadership isn't about telling everyone else what to do. Not at all. Have a listen as Chris explains what it is to lead, and how you can do so yourself while enabling others around you to do the same.
Day Two Cloud 157: Highlights Of Cloud Field Day 14
3 augusti 2022 |
53 min
Today's Day Two Cloud podcast brings you highlights from Cloud Field Day 14, where Day Two Cloud's Ned Bellavance was a delegate. The Field Day event brings together cloud vendors and tech bloggers for in-depth presentations. Ned will share highlights and impressions from presentations from companies including Weka, Alkira, and Morpheus Data.
Day Two Cloud 156: Multi-Cloud Experience Monitoring With Broadcom Software (Sponsored)
27 juli 2022 |
47 min
It's hard to guarantee quality of experience for users accessing cloud applications. The users are connected via networks we don’t own, and the apps are hosted on networks we don’t own. So what can a network operations team do about quality of experience in a world of cloud-hosted apps and cloud-connected users? Sponsor Broadcom Software is here to help us answer this question.
Day Two Cloud 155: Terraform Stinks
20 juli 2022 |
53 min
Today on Day Two Cloud, we talk about why Terraform stinks. OK, maybe it doesn't stink, but just because everyone seems to love a particular tool doesn't make it right for you. We talk with Dan Moore, a developer advocate at FusionAuth, who tried to use Terraform and just couldn't get behind it. This episode is based on a presentation Dan gave at Gluecon in May 2022.
Day Two Cloud 154: Can eBPF Replace Sidecar Proxies?
13 juli 2022 |
43 min
Today's Day Two Cloud turns the nerd knob to eleven as we delve into kernels, eBPF, sidecar proxies, and service meshes. If you're an old-school engineer used to working with load balancers and proxies, this show looks at new ways to do application delivery in the Kubernetes world.
Day Two Cloud 153: IaC With GPPL Or DSL? IDK
29 juni 2022 |
42 min
On Day Two Cloud we’ve had a lot of conversations about using infrastructure as code. We’ve looked at solutions like Ansible, Terraform, the AWS CDK, and Pulumi. Which begs the question, which IaC solution should you learn? A Domain Specific Language (DSL)? A General Purpose Programming Language (GPPL)? Something else? We discuss.
Day Two Cloud 152: How To Right-Size Access With strongDM (Sponsored)
22 juni 2022 |
36 min
Welcome to Day Two Cloud. In this episode we take on the problem of over-provisioning access to resources. Sponsor strongDM joins the conversation to share how to properly manage roles and access in our IT systems, focusing heavily on the process of discovery. Who has access to what, and why do they have that access? Our guest from strongDM is Britt Crawford, Director of Product.
Day Two Cloud 151: How To Tell If Infrastructure As Code Is Working For You
15 juni 2022 |
48 min
Today's Day Two Cloud podcast gets into Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and how to evaluate it so that IaC practices fit your organization, your processes, the infrastructure you're trying to support, and so on. Our guest lays out some guideposts to help you understand if IaC is working for you.
Day Two Cloud 150: Proactive Network Operations With Augtera (Sponsored)
8 juni 2022 |
49 min
Sponsor and startup Augtera Networks joins Day Two Cloud to discuss Augtera's proactive network analysis and operations product, which is meant to make you aware of problems before they become…problems. Augtera brings together traditional network sources such as flows and SNMP, plus telemetry and metadata to provide actionable information across networks you own and networks you don't.
Day Two Cloud 149: On-Prem Cloud Networking With Netris (Sponsored)
1 juni 2022 |
45 min
Today's Day Two Cloud sponsor Netris promises to deliver a cloud-like experience for running your physical network. Netris software lets you build a private cloud on premises, and integrates with Terraform and Kubernetes. Our guest is Alex Saroyan, Netris CEO and founder.
Day Two Cloud 148: Understanding Cloud Security Roles And Responsibilities
26 maj 2022 |
51 min
If you're a security or network professional wondering if your skills aren't as applicable or useful when it comes to public cloud, don't worry: they are very, very useful. On today's Day Two Cloud podcast we talk with Brandon Carroll on how to properly map traditional infrastructure and network security to public cloud deployments.
Day Two Cloud 147: Google Cloud Is Not Just For Devs
18 maj 2022 |
65 min
Today on Day Two Cloud we peel back the curtains on Google Cloud with a GCP insider to find out how Google Cloud differentiates itself, its embrace of a multi-cloud approach, and more. Our guest is Richard Seroter, Director of Outbound Product Management at Google Cloud. This is not a sponsored episode.
Day Two Cloud 146: Deploying And Managing Cloud Infrastructure With Pulumi
11 maj 2022 |
54 min
Today's Day Two Cloud digs into an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) platform called Pulumi. Pulumi can be used to build, deploy, and manage cloud applications using familiar languages such as .Net and Java, as well as well-known tools and practices.
Day Two Cloud 145: Using Open Policy Agent For Cloud-Native Policy Enforcement
4 maj 2022 |
66 min
Today's Day Two Cloud explores the Open Policy Agent (OPA), an open-source project that serves as a policy engine for cloud-native environments. According to the OPA Web site, you can use OPA to "enforce policies in microservices, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, API gateways, and more." Guest Anders Eknert walks through how it works, use cases, and more.
Day Two Cloud 144: The State Of IPv6 In Public Cloud
27 april 2022 |
51 min
Today's Day Two Cloud explores the vastness of IPv6 and public cloud. IPv6 provides so much address space that you can use an address once for one connection and never use it again, and it isn't wasteful. The abundance of IPv6 may influence how you approach cloud applications and networks.
Day Two Cloud 143: Application Security Isn’t Just For Developers
20 april 2022 |
53 min
Today's Day Two Cloud gets into application security and working with developers to make sure code is sanitized and tested. Writing secure code at the outset can dramatically reduce risk and help simplify operations and security. Our guest is Tanya Janca, founder of We Hack Purple. We Hack Purple offers free training courses for people who want to get into security.
Day Two Cloud 142: OpenZiti Serves Up Zero Trust For Applications (Sponsored)
13 april 2022 |
54 min
Today's Day Two Cloud episode bites into OpenZiti, an open-source project that brings zero trust principles to networks and applications. OpenZiti builds an overlay network to enforce zero trust. It has several moving parts including edge routers, a controller, and SDKs. OpenZiti was created by NetFoundry, our sponsor for this episode. Guest Clint Dovholuk takes us through the nitty-gritty of how it works.
Day Two Cloud 141: Developing Multicloud Fluency
6 april 2022 |
60 min
Today's Day Two Cloud is a discussion about how to build your multicloud fluency. That is, having knowledge of, and competence in, more than one cloud. The short answer? Learn to code. That's the position of our guest Forrest Brazeal, and he brings his justifications.
Day Two Cloud 140: Troubleshooting Cloud Outages With End-To-End Visibility (Sponsored)
30 mars 2022 |
51 min
On today’s sponsored Day Two Cloud episode with Cisco ThousandEyes, we discuss how to monitor what’s broken in public cloud services. With the right information, you can offer a nuanced, knowledgeable answer when executives want to know when the company’s crucial customer-facing app hosted on a bunch of cloud services is coming back online.
Day Two Cloud 139: Azure Bicep Is (Not) ARM
23 mars 2022 |
55 min
Today's Day Two Cloud podcast gets into Azure Bicep, a language that IT teams can use to deploy Azure resources in a consistent manner. While Bicep is Azure-specific, it can be useful as part of an Infrastructure-as-Code initiative. Guests Ben Weissman and Rob Sewell explore how Bicep works, discuss use cases, compare it to Terraform, and more.
Day Two Cloud 138: Rethinking Logs And Analysis With vRealize Log Insight Cloud (Sponsored)
16 mars 2022 |
47 min
VMware is our sponsor today for a Day Two Cloud episode about logging. Specifically, we're talking about vRealize Log Insight Cloud. It’s not just about collecting logs and events, and it's not just for VMware products. What do you get out of the data being logged? That’s what’s interesting. This is much more than a pile of syslogs with a search engine dropped on top.
Day Two Cloud 137: Automating Windows Container Builds
9 mars 2022 |
47 min
Today's Day Two Cloud gets into the weeds of a real-world project build around Windows containers. Windows containers? Yes, the goal was to run a particular job and deploy it on Kubernetes using Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS). Our guest is Sai Gunaranjan, Principal Architect for a large healthcare company.
Day Two Cloud 136: The Role And Responsibilities Of A Kubernetes Operator (Sponsored)
2 mars 2022 |
49 min
Today on the Day Two Cloud podcast we examine the role and responsibilities of Kubernetes operators; that is, the humans in charge of running Kubernetes. Kubernetes operators have to support application and security teams, handle capacity planning, keep an eye on versioning, and more. This episode is sponsored by F5's NGINX team. Our guests are Jenn Gile, Sr Manager of Product Marketing; and Brian Ehlert, Sr Product Manager.
Day Two Cloud 135: Infrastructure As Code Should Foster Infrastructure As Collaboration
23 februari 2022 |
59 min
On today's Day Two Cloud we examine why Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is about more than the just the tools that enable it. Guest Rob Hirschfeld puts forth the notion that while the tools are there for a reason, those tools have to serve a purpose: supporting collaboration, re-use, and efficient operations.
Day Two Cloud 134: Simplifying Infrastructure Access With StrongDM (Sponsored)
16 februari 2022 |
42 min
Today's Day Two Cloud is a sponsored episode with StrongDM, which helps engineers and IT professionals get access to databases, servers, Kubernetes clusters, switches, Web apps, and more from a desktop or laptop. We dive into StrongDM's proxy model, integrations with directories and ID stores, audit features, and more.
Day Two Cloud 133: Tips For Tech Interview Success
9 februari 2022 |
57 min
Today on the Day Two Cloud podcast we offer tips and advice for those on the job market, from finding new opportunities, building a professional network, prepping for interviews, handling curve-ball interview questions, managing nerves, and more.
Day Two Cloud 132: What Web3 Means For Infrastructure Engineers
2 februari 2022 |
49 min
Web3 is the term for an emerging technology movement that aims to create a more decentralized Internet and put more ownership in the hands of individual users and consumers. At present Web3 is associated with cryptocurrencies and NFTs, but it's worth understanding the technological underpinnings of Web3, particularly blockchain and its broader applications. Our guide to Web3 infrastructure is Josh Neuroth.
Day Two Cloud 131: Monitoring The Cloud From The Cloud
26 januari 2022 |
47 min
Today's Day Two Cloud podcast delves into issues about monitoring all the things, including the notion of monitoring the cloud...from the cloud. Ned Bellavance and Ethan Banks discuss the pros and cons of DIY vs. using a service, differences between monitoring infrastructure stacks and applications, what to monitor and why, how to deal with all that data, the necessity of alerting, constructing meaningful dashboards, and more.
Day Two Cloud 130: Getting Started With OpenShift For Kubernetes Orchestration
19 januari 2022 |
48 min
On today's Day Two Cloud we have a career conversation with Angela Andrews, a Solution Architect at Red Hat. Angela provides an introduction to OpenShift, a cloud-based offering for running and orchestrating Kubernetes containers in public clouds and on premises from Red Hat. We also discuss how to integrate communication skills with technical knowledge, the role of a Solution Architect, how to stay on top of new and changing technologies, and more.
Day Two Cloud 129: Practical Advice On Optimizing Cloud Costs
12 januari 2022 |
51 min
Optimizing cloud costs means more than looking at your bill and hunting down unused instances. It's about understanding the full lifecycle of cloud workloads, dealing with management that wants predictable spending even as your actual usage varies, and setting up repeatable processes. Guests Fred Chagnon and Jeremy Roberts, both at Info-Tech Research Group, offer practical advice for optimizing your cloud spending.
Day Two Cloud 128: DevOps’ing All The Things
15 december 2021 |
48 min
Today is a deeply technical episode on DevOps, Azure, Docker, Terraform, and more. Our guest is Kyler Middleton, Principal DevOps Network Architect. Kyler is also a Pluralsight author and blogger.
Day Two Cloud 127: Avoiding Infrastructure As Code (IaC) Pitfalls
8 december 2021 |
45 min
There are a lot of good things you can do with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for automation, repeatability, and ease of operations and development. But there are also code and infrastructure pitfalls where you can tumble into a hole, break your leg, and get eaten by spiders. OK, maybe not that bad, but on today's episode we talk about potential IaC pitfalls and how to avoid them with guest Tim Davis.
Day Two Cloud 126: Azure Arc And Building A Hybrid Cloud
1 december 2021 |
49 min
On today's Day Two Cloud, we dig into Azure Arc and the construction of hybrid clouds with guest Ben Weissman, a consultant, author, and Pluralsight creator.
Day Two Cloud 125: Scanning Infrastructure-as-Code For Security Issues
24 november 2021 |
46 min
It's always better to catch misconfigurations and security issues earlier in your pipeline rather than later. That's especially true for cloud services where a simple configuration error can expose sensitive assets to the entire Internet. On today's Day Two Cloud podcast we discuss how to incorporate security checks into your Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) workflows. Our guest is Christophe Tafani-Dereeper, a cloud security engineer.
Day Two Cloud 124: New Cloud Security Thinking
18 november 2021 |
55 min
Today on Day Two Cloud, we talk about new ways of thinking about security for cloud. As organizations adopt cloud services, they're applying on-prem security designs. Our guest Adeel Ahmad is here to argue that this doesn't work, and that you need a different approach.
Day Two Cloud 123: Managing Multi-Cloud Applications And Infrastructure With vRealize Operations Cloud (Sponsored)
10 november 2021 |
55 min
Welcome to Day Two Cloud, where the topic is visibility. Hybrid cloud visibility with a side of Kubernetes, to be specific. VMware has come alongside as today’s sponsor for a discussion about vRealize Operations Cloud to give you that visibility into applications and infrastructure running in complex, multi-cloud environments.
Day Two Cloud 122: Two Customer Journeys To VMware Cloud (Sponsored)
3 november 2021 |
43 min
Ethan Banks and Ned Bellavance hosted a panel discussion at VMworld 2021 with two VMware customers using VMware Cloud---the University of Miami and Sterling National Bank. This discussion looks at what works, where the customers ran into issues, and how their cloud journeys are progressing.
Day Two Cloud 121: Building Cool Things With GraphQL And AWS AppSync
27 oktober 2021 |
49 min
Today's Day Two Cloud is a nerdy show on GraphQL and AWS AppSync and what you can do with these tools. Our guest is Amrut Patil, a senior software engineer using these tools.
Day Two Cloud 120: Web Assembly, K8s Rivals, And Other Cloud Computing Trends
20 oktober 2021 |
46 min
On today's Day Two Cloud we talk trends and predictions in cloud computing, including emerging technologies such as Web assembly, rivals to Kubernetes, and the role of GitOps in infrastructure as code. Our guest is Adrian Mouat, Chief Scientist at Container Solutions. His blog post "10 Predictions for the Future of Computing or; the Inane Ramblings of our Chief Scientist" inspired this episode.
Day Two Cloud 119: Unifying Multi-Cloud Security With Valtix (Sponsored)
13 oktober 2021 |
48 min
Ethan Banks & Ned Bellavance have a tech discussion with CEO Doug Murray and CTO Vishal Jain about multi-cloud security startup Valtix. Along the way, we find out that Valtix is a cloud-delivered security control-plane paired with a data-plane of enforcement points (sort of firewalls, but not exactly) delivered between any two points in the cloud you need them. Engineers should walk away from this chat with a solid idea of Valtix architecture and how it fits into their cloud design.
Day Two Cloud 118: Growing Your Open-Source Community
6 oktober 2021 |
51 min
How does a company building a product from an open-source project get off the ground? How does it communicate its value, attract contributors, and develop a user base? And how does it spread the word without turning off engineers with typical tech marketing? Guest Emily Omier is a positioning consultant who helps companies and projects get it right.
Day Two Cloud 117: How Akamai Helped Transform IBM Cloud Console’s Architecture (Sponsored)
29 september 2021 |
44 min
Today on the Day Two Cloud podcast we have a sponsored show with Akamai and a customer, IBM Cloud. When IBM rebuilt its Cloud Console from a monolithic application to microservices, the company turned to Akamai to help improve application performance while also supporting routing, failover, and availability across six global data centers. We get details from Pavel Despot, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Akamai; and Tony Erwin, Senior Technical Staff Member/Architect at IBM.
Day Two Cloud 116: Emotional Intelligence, Hard Conversations, And Other Essential Management Skills
22 september 2021 |
54 min
Guest Shelley Benhoff stops by the Day Two Cloud podcast to discuss essential skills for moving into tech management, and how to decide if management is the right career path for you. Shelley has twenty years' experience in IT as a developer and manager, runs a tech training company, and is a Pluralsight instructor.
Day Two Cloud 115: Software-Defined Interconnects With Console Connect (Sponsored)
15 september 2021 |
47 min
Today's Day Two Cloud sponsored episode dives into software-defined interconnects. The big idea is that you go up to a Web browser, click a few times, and now you've got a circuit stood up between your data center and AWS, or between you and a business partner, and so on. We'll get into the details about how it's done with Console Connect, a PCCW Global company.
Day Two Cloud 114: Successfully Transitioning From A Tech Role To Management
8 september 2021 |
59 min
Today's Day Two Cloud podcast topic is about moving from a tech role into management. Is it a good idea? Why might you want to make the change? How can you do it successfully? We speak with two guests who've made the leap.
Day Two Cloud 113: Multi-Cloud Network Visibility And Automation With Aviatrix (Sponsored)
1 september 2021 |
45 min
Today's Day Two Cloud episode dives into multi-cloud networking with sponsor Aviatrix. Aviatrix offers a cloud network platform with a common data plane and operational model that works across public clouds and supports visibility and automation. We dig into the product with Aviatrix guests and a customer.
Day Two Cloud 112: Complex Multi-Cloud Networking
26 augusti 2021 |
51 min
Today's Day Two Cloud podcast discusses the challenges of stitching together a fabric across more than one public cloud. How do you architect a fabric given the constraints of each cloud? We also drill into the idea of API gateways. Our guest is Chris Oliver, a network architect at NI.
Day Two Cloud 111: Infrastructure As Software With Kris Nóva
18 augusti 2021 |
53 min
Kris Nóva, Senior Principal Software Engineer at Twilio, claims that managing infrastructure using tools like Terraform isn't that far away from just writing your own code to do the job yourself. Kris joins co-hosts Ned Bellavance and Ethan Banks to challenge the notion that ops folks can't become developers. Kris says they can.
Day Two Cloud 110: Automation’s Unintended Consequences – The Bunny.net Outage Saga
11 augusti 2021 |
60 min
Today's Day Two Cloud podcast walks through a massive outage that hit CDN provider Bunny.net. An automated update triggered cascading failures that essentially took the company offline for two frantic hours. The company shared a detailed postmortem of what happened, and we're joined by company founder Dejan Pelze to walk us through the issues and share lessons learned about infrastructure, automation, and dependencies.
Day Two Cloud 109: PacketFabric Wants To Make Networking As Easy As Cloud (Sponsored)
4 augusti 2021 |
45 min
Today's sponsored Day Two Cloud episode talks WAN networking with PacketFabric. PacketFabric lets you provision point-to-point and hybrid cloud connectivity as a service. Built on a private fiber network, the company's goal is to let you set up networking as if it was software. Our guest is Anna Claiborne, Co-Founder, CTO and CPO.
Day Two Cloud 108: Putting The Dev In DevOps
28 juli 2021 |
52 min
Today's Day Two Cloud podcast dives into Cloud Development Kits (CDKs). How do CDKs differ from tools such as Terraform? What are the selling points for CDKs for infrastructure and development professionals? Our guest is Michael Levan, Researcher and Consultant at GigaOM.
Day Two Cloud 107: Making The Management Mistake
21 juli 2021 |
41 min
Today on the Day Two Cloud podcast, Ethan and Ned discuss two new AWS courses from Ned, and then tell stories about the time they took management jobs they shouldn't have. They share lessons learned about transitioning from technical to managerial roles and why it was the wrong move for them.
Day Two Cloud 106: Towards A More Open Cloud
14 juli 2021 |
49 min
On today's Day Two Cloud we discuss the notion of open cloud. The premise is about reducing or minimizing costs of migrating from a public cloud. In theory, open cloud lets organizations keep their options open to make changes and reduces lock-in. But is open cloud even feasible? Our guest is Chris Psaltis, co-founder and CEO of Mist.io, a startup building an open-source, multi-cloud management platform.
Day Two Cloud 105: How The Fly.io Cloud Brings Apps Closer To Users
7 juli 2021 |
52 min
Fly.io is a public cloud that can run your applications all over the world. The goal of Fly.io is to allow developers to self-service complicated infrastructure without an ops team, while making multi-region a default setting to get apps as close to the user as possible. Our guest is founder Kurt Mackey. This is not a sponsored show.
Day Two Cloud 104: Cloud Is No Escape From Your Data Center Dumpster Fire
30 juni 2021 |
43 min
IT and business leaders need to be more nuanced in their approach to the cloud. On today's Day Two Cloud podcast, guest Melissa Palmer discusses why cloud hype is a problem for organizations, the need to understand why you'd use cloud, what problems you're trying to solve, and why poor operational processes on prem won't magically vanish by moving to the cloud.
Day Two Cloud 103: Scality ARTESCA Is More Than An Object Store (Sponsored)
23 juni 2021 |
48 min
On today's Day Two Cloud podcast we talk storage with sponsor Scality about its ARTESCA platform, cloud-native object storage for modern workloads. It integrates with Kubernetes, serves as storage for your public cloud, and more. We dive into the product architecture, use cases, and hardware options via Scality's partnership with HPE.
Day Two Cloud 102: Edge Cloud Isn’t Magic
16 juni 2021 |
53 min
Today we're talking Edge Cloud. Guest Alex Marcham has written a book on the subject and we'll get his take on edge infrastructure, what edge cloud is all about, real-world use cases, and how it differs from typical colo facilities or centralized public cloud data centers. We also look at requirements for edge deployments including networking and 5G, and the workloads driving edge infrastructure.
Day Two Cloud 101: Closing The Network/Cloud Gap Before You Fall In (Sponsored)
9 juni 2021 |
50 min
On today's episode, sponsored by BlueCat Networks, we examine the technology and human challenges that arise when you integrate on-prem and the public cloud. You can't continue to do things in the cloud with traditional toolsets and processes. You need to update the tech and the people, including how they collaborate. We also discuss a new report that examines the need for, and challenges of, integrating networking and cloud teams. Our guest is Andrew Wertkin, Chief Strategy Officer at BlueCat.
Day Two Cloud 100: Get To Know Crossplane: An Infrastructure Control Plane For K8s
2 juni 2021 |
54 min
Crossplane is an open-source project that plugs into Kubernetes to serve as a control plane that can run across multiple private and public clouds. It allows infrastructure teams to compose infrastructure with all the required policies, permissions, and guardrails, while also providing APIs for developer self-service. Today's Day Two Cloud podcast dives into Crossplane and how it works with maintainer Daniel Mangum.
Day Two Cloud 099: Can Cloud Computing Get Simpler?
26 maj 2021 |
48 min
We're a good ten years into public cloud as an industry, and cloud operations don't seem to be getting any simpler. Why is that? Is it a problem? If so, can clouds become simpler? Guest Brian Gracely stops by the Day Two Cloud podcast to wrestle with these questions.
Day Two Cloud 098: Cloud Centers Of Excellence – Should You Have One?
19 maj 2021 |
48 min
A fractured cloud strategy causes headaches such as duplicated services, unnecessary costs, poor security controls, and other problems. A cloud center of excellence can reduce the pain by developing and championing best practices, socializing adoption, and addressing inevitable exceptions. Fred Chagnon visits the Day Two Cloud podcast to advocate for building a cloud center of excellence in your org.
Day Two Cloud 097: Azure Cloud Networking Essentials
12 maj 2021 |
52 min
Today's Day Two Cloud podcast explores essential networking capabilities in Azure, including Virtual WAN, VPN gateways, availability zones, SSL termination options, connecting premises and branch offices to the cloud, and more. Our guest is Pierre Roman, Sr Cloud Ops Advocate at Microsoft. This is not a sponsored episode.
Day Two Cloud 096: Public Cloud Isn’t Wrong. You Are.
5 maj 2021 |
55 min
Today's Day Two Cloud is a wide-ranging discussion about the value of public cloud, a response to the growing backlash toward cloud cost and complexity, and techniques to better meld automation with application and infrastructure delivery. Our guest is Chris Wahl, Senior Principal at Slalom.
Day Two Cloud 095: Grappling With The Open Source Business Model
28 april 2021 |
49 min
Today on Day Two Cloud we get into a whole lot of things. For example, what is IT's value in the age of cloud? How can IT figure out what's actually providing value to the business vs. undifferentiated heavy lifting? How companies built on open-source software make their money? Our guest is Stu Miniman, Director of Market Insights at Red Hat.
Day Two Cloud 094: Essential Concepts Of Zero Trust
21 april 2021 |
50 min
Today's Day Two Cloud episode aims to pick apart the marketing fluff around Zero Trust (there's a lot of it) to uncover a workable definition, discuss the rationale for this approach, and develop a framework for how to think about zero trust.
Day Two Cloud 093: Application Modernization With VMware (Sponsored)
14 april 2021 |
53 min
Today’s Day Two Cloud tackles application modernization with sponsor VMware. As new application platforms such as containers and the public cloud take hold, organizations need to examine their application portfolio to figure out how applications are meeting business requirements—and how they aren’t. The point of app modernization is to determine whether a new approach and... Read more »
Day Two Cloud 092: What AWS Lambda Is Good For
7 april 2021 |
62 min
Today's Day Two Cloud podcast is a thorough introduction to AWS Lambda, which is AWS's serverless compute service. We discuss how Lamdba works, what it can do, use cases, and more. Our guide for today's conversation is Julian Wood, Senior Developer Advocate for the Serverless Product Group at AWS. This is not a sponsored show.
Day Two Cloud 091: BGP School For Cloud People
31 mars 2021 |
47 min
On today's Day Two Cloud, Ethan Banks and Ned Bellavance dive into essentials about BGP including why it's so widely used, concepts such as the Autonomous System (AS), the AS number, loop prevention, BGP communities, IBGP, EBGP, and more.
Day Two Cloud 090: Hashicorp Vault For Beginners
24 mars 2021 |
47 min
HashiCorp Vault is a management tool that stores and controls access to sensitive data (passwords, certificates, API keys, and so on). Today's Day Two Cloud is a deep dive on Vault and its use cases. This is an unsponsored show that came together unexpectedly due to a scheduling issue.
Day Two Cloud 089: Connect All The Cloud Things – AWS Networking In 2021
17 mars 2021 |
46 min
Network engineer and AWS product manager Nick Matthews visits the Day Two Cloud podcast to talk about the newest cloud networking capabilities in AWS. We also discuss common design mistakes, what's happening with IPv6, SD-WAN and cloud, and more.
Day Two Cloud 088: The Tech Recruiter – Friend Or Foe?
10 mars 2021 |
51 min
Our guest is Taylor Desseyn, Sr. Recruiter Advocate at Vaco. Taylor knows tech recruiting forwards and backwards. He gives us an insider's view of how recruiters look at you and how you should look at them to maximize the benefit of the relationship. Because it IS a relationship. And like any relationship, you need to work at it.
Day Two Cloud 087: Inside The World Of A Technical Marketer
3 mars 2021 |
46 min
Engineers are skeptical of vendor marketing, which is typically heavy on buzzwords and light on actual information. But technical marketing tries to change that dynamic by creating collateral to help engineers and practitioners understand a product. We get into this world with guest Martez Reed, Director of Technical Marketing at Morpheus Data.
Day Two Cloud 086: AWS Succession – Does It Matter Who’s The Next CEO?
24 februari 2021 |
48 min
AWS needs a new CEO now that Andy Jassy has been tapped to run the Amazon mothership. Does the cloud giant need a high-powered, Type-A successor to drive AWS's growth, or is it now so dominant that a ham sandwich could run the company? That's the topic for discussion on today's Day Two Cloud podcast.
Day Two Cloud 085: Hosting Your Infrastructure Code In The Cloud
17 februari 2021 |
49 min
Let’s say I host my Infrastructure as Code provisioning stuff locally. It works. It’s nearby. I feel in control. Are there good reasons I should move that stuff to the cloud? Here to help us sort the pros and cons of that question is Calvin Hendryx-Parker. Calvin is the co-founder and CTO of Six Feet Up, a Python web application development company.
Day Two Cloud 084: So You Want To Be A Consultant
10 februari 2021 |
61 min
Today's Day Two Cloud gets into consulting. How do you start? What does the job entail? Is it a good job to have? How do you build a client base? There are so many questions! We're joined by Michael Jenkins, Sr. Systems Reliability Engineer at Managed Kaos; and Anthony Nocentino, Enterprise Architect at Centino Systems and Pluralsight author, to get some answers.
Day Two Cloud 083: Should Cloud Be A Public Utility?
3 februari 2021 |
48 min
Computing power is a vital part of modern life. Should access to that power be more equitably distributed? Is there a role for a public-utility-style cloud that could make computing more cost-effective and accessible to a broader number of constituencies? These are the starting questions for today's episode of Day Two Cloud. Our guest is Dwayne Monroe, a cloud architect, consultant, and author.
Day Two Cloud 082: You Don’t Need A Service Mesh
27 januari 2021 |
51 min
Today's Day Two Cloud podcast speaks with the creator of the Envoy proxy, Matt Klein, about the challenges of networking, load balancing, and service discovery in microservices architectures. The upshot? Depending on what you're trying to do and why, you may not need a service mesh. You may not need microservices. Sometimes a VM is just right.
Day Two Cloud 081: Abstractions Should Save Typing, Not Thinking
20 januari 2021 |
48 min
Today's Day Two Cloud episode is part one of a two-part show on abstractions. Hosts Ned Bellavance and Ethan Banks riff on the idea that "Abstractions are there to save you typing, not to save you thinking." The upshot? Abstractions don't eliminate issues, they just move them someplace else. And that has repercussions for design, development, infrastructure, and operations.
Day Two Cloud 080: Multi-Cloud Isn’t A Myth – We Have Proof
13 januari 2021 |
48 min
Is multi-cloud real? Some say no, but others know the reality of multi-cloud because they are living it every day. One such human is William Collins, and he joins us to talk through some actual multi-cloud use cases.
Day Two Cloud 079: Kubernetes Is Inevitable But Not Always Necessary
16 december 2020 |
65 min
There's a lot of hype and fanfare around Kubernetes, but on today's Day Two Cloud episode we'll cut through the hype with a guest who has enterprise experience with Kubernetes and containers--including the pain and problems. Those pains revolve around complexity, the ignorance of the Kubernetes platform, and the disconnect between the designers of Kubernetes and the people trying to use it now. Our guest is Eric Wright, Technology Evangelist at Turbonomic and host of the DiscoPosse podcast.
Day Two Cloud 078: Cloud Economics Are Ridiculous
9 december 2020 |
57 min
Corey Quinn stops by the Day Two Cloud podcast to explore the complicated world of understanding and managing cloud costs, CapEx vs OpEx, cloud lock-in, and other tricky issues. Corey is Chief Cloud Economist at Duckbill Group. He also publishes the Last Week In AWS newsletter.
Day Two Cloud 077: Why Kubernetes Is Wrong For You
2 december 2020 |
48 min
Kubernetes seems like a shining paragon of Ops efficiency, but the reality of running it is quite different. Is your organization up to the task? Is Kubernetes the thing you actually want or need? In this Day Two Cloud episode we talk to Cory O’Daniel and Rishi Malik from Container Heroes, and they have some thoughts on why Kubernetes is wrong for you.
Day Two Cloud 076: A Curated KubeCon And CloudNativeCon Roundup
25 november 2020 |
53 min
On today's Day Two Cloud we review announcements and make our observations of the KubeCon and CloudNativeCon North America 2020 virtual event. That includes a new Kubernetes certification, the results of a Cloud Native survey, the quality of technical sessions, and new product releases.
Day Two Cloud 075: Operationalizing Your Hybrid Cloud With VMware vRealize (Sponsored)
18 november 2020 |
49 min
Consistency is key for your cloud operations team and your end users (be they employees, customers, or developers). On today's Day Two Cloud episode with sponsor VMware, we discuss how to implement consistent operations for your hybrid cloud. Our guests from VMware are Brandon Gordon, Staff Technical Marketing Architect; and Matt Bradford, Sr. Technical Marketing Manager.
Day Two Cloud 074: Why Is There Still Shadow IT?
11 november 2020 |
50 min
Why are we talking about shadow IT in 2020? Didn't we DevOps shadow IT out of the picture? Turns out we didn't. All the initiatives and process changes that were supposed to eliminate the need for shadow IT didn't quite work out the way we expected. Guest Christopher Kusek stops by to talk about why shadow IT still exists, and how to deal with it.
Day Two Cloud 073: AnsibleFest & HashiConf 2020 Announcements, Analysis & Awesomeness
4 november 2020 |
45 min
Ned Bellavance and Ethan Banks analyze the big announcements from two conferences the clouderati should care about: AnsibleFest and HashiConf Digital. Both of these were virtual events because there's still an pandemic on, folks. Speaking of which, how do Ned and Ethan feel about virtual events? Not great, really. Slidewhipping the attendees in multi-day webinars seems to be how vendors are running their virtual conferences, and it ain't workin'...
Day Two Cloud 072: VMworld 2020 Analysis And Roundup – Project Monterey And More
28 oktober 2020 |
48 min
Today's Day Two Cloud covers the most interesting announcements and presentations from VMworld 2020, including Project Monterey and partnerships with nVidia and Pensando, an an announcement from analysis tool vendor Runecast, and highlights from Pure Storage.
Day Two Cloud 071: It’s Not Too Late To Make DevOps Work
21 oktober 2020 |
58 min
Technology is accelerating like crazy, with new tools, services, open-source projects, and processes. If you're trying to make DevOps work in your organization, you might feel like you're perpetually behind. This Day Two Cloud episode is here to say: You're going to be OK. You can still engage with DevOps to move your career and your organization forward. Our guest to tell you how is April Edwards, a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft.
Day Two Cloud 070: The State Of Multi-Cloud Networking
14 oktober 2020 |
50 min
Today's show is a vigorous discussion of multi-cloud networking. Our guest, networking expert Ivan Pepelnjak, brings a heavy dose of skepticism, nuance, and informed perspective to the tricky issue of connecting workloads across different public clouds.
Day Two Cloud 069: The Life Of A Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
7 oktober 2020 |
49 min
On today's Day Two Cloud podcast we talk with a real-live SRE, or Site Reliability Engineer, who works in an IT group that delivers applications using DevOps principles as part of their day-to-day work. Our guest is James Quigley, SRE at Bloomberg. He and his team builds infrastructure and tooling for application and infrastructure teams to develop for the public cloud.
Day Two Cloud 068: Achieving Crucial Cloud Visibility With Riverbed (Sponsored)
30 september 2020 |
50 min
Today's show explores cloud visibility with sponsor Riverbed. Perhaps best known for its Steelhead WAN optimization appliances, Riverbed has a suite of solutions that target cloud performance and visibility, and we'll get to know them. Our Riverbed guests are Dr. Vincent Berk, VP, Chief Architect Security, CTO; and Brandon Carroll, Director, Technical Evangelist, Worldwide Marketing Management.
Day Two Cloud 067: Choosing The Right Applications For The Cloud With SolarWinds (Sponsored)
23 september 2020 |
48 min
What apps belong in the cloud and which are better on premises? Dave Wagner, Senior Manager, Product Marketing at SolarWinds, joins Day Two Cloud to develop a strategy and find the right tooling to help you make the best decision. SolarWinds is the sponsor for today's episode.
Day Two Cloud 066: Cloud Computing At The Edge(s)
16 september 2020 |
60 min
Mark Thiele joins the Day Two Cloud podcast to school us on all things edge. He argues that edge is more than a buzzword, with a specific set of opportunities and challenges for IT operations and infrastructure.
Day Two Cloud 065: Building Your Cloud On-Ramp With SD-WAN
9 september 2020 |
min
SD-WAN vendors offer a variety of mechanisms to connect end users to cloud applications while incorporating policy and performance requirements. Day Two Cloud co-host Ethan Banks interviewed many of these vendors to understand the architectural nitty-gritty of different approaches. In this episode, he shares the fruits of his research.
Day Two Cloud 064: Bringing Ansible Into A Windows Shop
2 september 2020 |
55 min
Today's Day Two Cloud podcast makes the case for bringing Ansible into your Windows automation toolkit with guest Josh Duffney. Josh is an SRE, a Microsoft MVP, and author of a book on Ansible. We discuss key elements of Ansible, how it fits in a Windows shop, using Ansible with the Chocolately package manager, and more.
Day Two Cloud 063: The How And Why Of Migrating Databases To The Cloud
26 augusti 2020 |
49 min
Planning a database migration to the cloud? If you're going to do it right, prepare to dig in because you have many options and trade offs to consider, including whether to go with IaaS or PaaS, security and monitoring issues, and much, much more. Day Two Cloud dives into the inner workings of database migration with expert Joey D’Antoni, Principal Consultant at Denny Cherry & Associates.
Day Two Cloud 062: What Do Words Mean?
19 augusti 2020 |
48 min
Some words mean different things to different IT disciplines. And tech vendors often twist the meaning of technical terms to suit their own purposes. On today's Day Two Cloud, guest Karen Lopez helps us sort out the semantics of IT language and discusses why accuracy matters.
Day Two Cloud 061: Using Public Cloud For Disaster Recovery
12 augusti 2020 |
59 min
The Day Two Cloud podcast explores different approaches to using the public cloud for disaster recovery. We examine costs and benefits, discuss recovery times, dive into planning, and more. The show draws on co-host Ned Bellavance's experience working on DR projects for a variety of customers during his VAR days.
Day Two Cloud 060: Charting Global Internet Performance With ThousandEyes (Sponsored)
5 augusti 2020 |
46 min
What's really going on in the cloud? ThousandEyes, our sponsor for this episode, has just released its inaugural Internet Performance Report, which tracks the performance and availability of ISPs, public clouds, CDNs, and DNS across multiple geographical regions. The report measures performance over time and also looks at the current impact of COVID-19 on Internet usage. Angelique Medina, Director, Product Marketing at ThousandEyes, is our guide.
Day Two Cloud 059: Cloud Field Day Wrap-Up
30 juli 2020 |
53 min
Today's Day Two Cloud is a smorgasbord of cloud-related vendor analysis courtesy of Cloud Field Day 8, where host Ned Bellavance and guest Adam Fisher were delegates. This episode includes discussions about Veeam, Zerto, Diamanti, and others, but it's not a sponsored show.
Day Two Cloud 058: Using Curiosity And Mistakes To Advance Your Career
22 juli 2020 |
58 min
Today's Day Two Cloud gets into career advancement with guest Sam Erskine. Curiosity is key, and the mistakes you make can actually lead to new knowledge and opportunities. Sam is head of cloud engagement for a large consulting firm and has worked in a variety of IT roles. He's distilled his career experiences into a helpful five-step process, which we explore.
Day Two Cloud 057: See Your Data With Grafana
15 juli 2020 |
58 min
Day Two Cloud gets into data visualization with the open-source Grafana project. Grafana helps you visualize, alert on, and query all kinds of data and metrics. We look at how Grafana works, how it manipulates and stores data, and common use cases. Our guest is Ryan McKinley, VP of Applications at Grafana.
Day Two Cloud 056: (Not) Streaming Telemetry
8 juli 2020 |
52 min
Streaming telemetry is all the rage, but today's show dives into an architecture that forgoes streaming telemetry in favor of other options. We talk about why our guests went in a different direction, the problems they're trying to solve, and how it's working out. Our guests are Kevin Landreth, Director, Service Reliability; and Carl Montanari, Network Reliability Engineer, both at Packet Fabric.
Day Two Cloud 055: Securing Cloud Infrastructure And Applications
1 juli 2020 |
55 min
Security is difficult and tricky, but we've got an amazing guest on today's Day Two Cloud podcast to help you improve your security posture and manage your cloud risk. Our guest is Tanya Janca, Founder, Security Trainer, and Coach at She Hacks Purple. We discuss key security areas including the network, identity, and applications; taking advantage of cloud visibility; securing SaaS apps; and more.
Day Two Cloud 054: Real Life VMware Cloud On AWS
24 juni 2020 |
49 min
We discuss the reality of running VMware Cloud (VMC) on AWS with Adam Fisher, Cloud & DevOps Engineer at RoundTower. Adam's been deploying VMC on AWS in the real world for customers since the product's early days, and has plenty of insights. VMC on AWS presents a VMware software defined data center (SDDC) hosted on bare metal in AWS data centers. If you're trying to vacate your own data centers or colos, but aren't going to refactor your applications to do it, VMC on AWS presents a compelling technical solution.
Day Two Cloud 053: Effectively Monitoring Cloud-Native Applications
17 juni 2020 |
65 min
Monitoring is the topic for Day Two Cloud. Before you skip because you think it's boring, this conversation may change your mind. We dig into what's necessary to effectively monitor cloud-native and microservices applications to help you run infrastructure smoothly, improve troubleshooting, and anticipate issues before they affect performance or services. Our guest is Josh Barratt, Senior Principal Engineer at Twilio.
Day Two Cloud 052: Moving Back Home From The Cloud
10 juni 2020 |
57 min
Today's Day Two Cloud episode is a frank conversation about cloud migration, multicloud, cloud repatriation, and more. If you're here for rainbows and unicorns, prepare for disappointment. We talk about what's real, how expensive it can be to move to cloud, why people bring workloads back on premises, and more. Our guest is Bobby Allen, CTO at CloudGenera.
Day Two Cloud 051: Building And Running A Cloud User Group
4 juni 2020 |
52 min
On Day Two Cloud we talk about how to start and participate in a cloud user group. We explore logistics, money, sponsors, a venue--in other words, the nuts and bolts of running and engaging with a cloud community. Our guest is Chris Williams, an AWS Community Hero and participant in a variety of user groups.
Day Two Cloud 050: Nerding Out On GitHub Actions With Chris Wahl
27 maj 2020 |
47 min
Today's Day Two Cloud podcast gets into the nerdy details of how an infrastructure professional can use GitHub Actions. Actions lets you chain together steps or instructions and trigger them to run as a workflow. Our guest and guide to GitHub Actions is Chris Wahl.
Day Two Cloud 049: The Gritty Details Of Designing And Running A Private Cloud
20 maj 2020 |
49 min
On today's Day Two Cloud we tackle the practical aspects of private cloud, including designing the infrastructure and creating policies before you start racking gear, and why thinking about services is critical. Our guest is Brett Johnson, a Senior Consultant at VMware.
Day Two Cloud 048: Migrating Your Data Center To The Cloud
13 maj 2020 |
47 min
If you're thinking about migrating applications from your data center to the cloud, prepare to do a lot of planning. Today's Day Two Cloud podcast delves into the gritty details with guest Sarah Lean, a Cloud Advocate at Microsoft. We discuss migration business drivers, what apps are better off staying on prem, tips to minimize migration pain, and more.
Day Two Cloud 047: Highlights And Analysis From Cloud Field Day 7
6 maj 2020 |
59 min
Today's Day Two Cloud podcast storms into your podcast player with product news from VMware, SolarWinds, and startup Pensando. Ethan Banks attended a virtual Cloud Field Day event where vendors with cloudy products showcased their wares. Ethan and Ned share highlights from those presentations, discuss pros and cons of the products, and tease out a theme: solving problems related to distributing computing.
Day Two Cloud 046: A Cloud Checkup During Covid-19 With ThousandEyes (Sponsored)
29 april 2020 |
49 min
Day Two Cloud dives into the health and performance of the global cloud during the pandemic. Sponsor ThousandEyes measures, collects, and reports on Internet performance, giving it a unique perspective into how cloud providers are faring region by region, provider by provider, and service by service. Our guests are Archana Kesavan, Director of Product Marketing; and Angelique Medina, Director of Product Marketing.
Day Two Cloud 045: Tackling Multi-Cloud Challenges With An Actual Multi-Cloud Consumer
22 april 2020 |
52 min
We get the architectural nitty-gritty on a multi-cloud migration to Azure and Oracle Cloud on today's Day Two Cloud podcast. Guest Snehal Patel, Network and Cloud Architect for a large corporation, walks us through design and migration details as his company moves applications into two different public clouds.
Day Two Cloud 044: Dev+Ops, Ops+Dev
15 april 2020 |
46 min
Derek Campbell joins Day Two Cloud for a discussion about DevOps. Of course, DevOps has been discussed to death across the IT landscape, so we drill into specifics with Derek to get his unique take, which he delivers with a Scottish accent. Even if you can't make out what he's saying, you've love listening to him.
Day Two Cloud 043: Git For Ops People
8 april 2020 |
54 min
Day Two Cloud dives into Git for operations people. Git is a version-control system used to track changes in software. If you've heard of it but aren't familiar with it and want to learn more, this is your show. Our guest is Damien Garros, Managing Director at Network To Code.
Day Two Cloud 042: AWS Networking Part 1: Performance
1 april 2020 |
61 min
Today on Day Two Cloud, Ned Bellavance and Ethan Banks answer listener questions about AWS Networking. They get into the nitty gritty on core AWS networking concepts including placement groups for EC2 instances, Elastic Network Adapters, network and application load balancing, Route 53, and more.
Day Two Cloud 041: Practical Automation In The Cloud And On Premises
25 mars 2020 |
52 min
On today's Day Two Cloud, we discuss practical automation, including tools and tips to make automation work. In particular, we focus on deploying consistent builds for VMs across public cloud providers and on premises. We also examine key issues such as the need to close the loop on automation processes, and how to ensure that one person doesn't become irreplaceable. Our guest is Larry Smith, Senior DevOps Engineer.
Day Two Cloud 040: Building And Operating A Private Cloud
18 mars 2020 |
53 min
Today's Day Two Cloud delves into how and why to build a private cloud that functions as well as a public cloud. We examine the design and operational challenges of assembling and running cloud infrastructure on premises. Our guest is Bryan Sullins, Senior Systems Engineer for a large retailer.
Day Two Cloud 039: Kubernetes Fundamentals For Infrastructure
11 mars 2020 |
51 min
Kubernetes is making a lot of noise in the infrastructure world. Day Two Cloud co-host Ethan Banks spent three days taking a deep-dive course on the orchestration platform, and on today's show aims to provide Kubernetes fundamentals as they apply to your infrastructure.
Day Two Cloud 038: Making The Case For Third-Party Cloud Storage
4 mars 2020 |
52 min
Today's Day Two Cloud podcast focuses on third-party cloud storage. While cloud providers have native storage offerings, there may be times when you want an alternative. Guest Stephen Foskett discusses why third-party storage in the cloud is viable, describes common enterprise use cases, and examines key issues including performance, data management, and operations.
Day Two Cloud 037: NetApp – The Cloud Data Services Company (Sponsored)
26 februari 2020 |
54 min
In today's sponsored Day Two Cloud podcast, we talk with NetApp, the storage company that's embracing the cloud. While most people associate NetApp with storage arrays, the company has brought cloud automation principles to its portfolio to make daily operations easier, and has a panoply of products and services to manage your data on premises and in the cloud. Our guest is Nick Howell, Global Field CTO for Cloud Data Services.
Day Two Cloud 036: The Container Contrarian
19 februari 2020 |
57 min
Are containers a fad? Or maybe just the wrong answer to a problem you're trying to solve. On today's Day Two Cloud podcast, container contrarian Dave Tucker discusses the problems containers solve, the new ones they create, and why you might want to think twice before you immediately adopt containers as your next application platform.
Day Two Cloud 035: Understanding Kubernetes Operators For Complex Applications
12 februari 2020 |
42 min
Kubernetes is being used in more and more complex application architectures. It today's episode, we talk about Kubernetes Operators, a way to automate and ensure that complex applications stay up and running. Our guest is Rob Szumski, Senior Manager, Product Management, Red Hat OpenShift.
Day Two Cloud 034: Everything As Code – Including Documentation
5 februari 2020 |
50 min
One key idea for automation and cloud is "everything as code." That includes networking, infrastructure, and documentation. Yes, documentation. On today's Day Two Cloud episode we dive into how to get beyond using Microsoft Office as your infrastructure management strategy. Our guest is William Collins, a cloud architect at a large healthcare company.
Day Two Cloud 033: Cloud Governance – Bringing Order To Your Cloud Chaos
29 januari 2020 |
45 min
Your cloud is starting to look like the wild West. Accounts and subscriptions are created willy-nilly. Your devs have stitched together a networking nightmare. Nothing is named or tagged consistently. Today's Day Two Cloud episode explores how to bring some governance order to your chaos. Our guest is Steve Buchanan, Cloud Architect at Avanade. We discuss how to apply practical governance to the nebulous and ever-changing world of cloud.
Day Two Cloud 032: The Foggy Path To Cloud Certification
22 januari 2020 |
46 min
Certifications are a tried and true way to boost skills and knowledge, burnish your resume, and create new opportunities. But when it comes to cloud, which certifications should you pursue? Can cloud cert programs keep up with technology churn and rapid rollout of new services? How should you study? What if you fail? We tackle all these questions and more with guest Mike Pfeiffer.
Day Two Cloud 031: Melding Network Automation With CI/CD Pipelines And Infrastructure As Code (Sponsored)
15 januari 2020 |
57 min
Today's Day Two Cloud episode explores network automation through the lenses of infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines. As network automation permeates organizations, does it make sense for network engineers to adopt more developer-like processes, methods, and tools? Can you successfully automate without them? Our guests for this conversation, sponsored by Cisco, are Carl Moberg, Senior Director of Product Management at Cisco; and Kristian Larsson, who has dual roles at Cisco and Deutsche Telekom.
Day Two Cloud 030: The Gnarly Challenges Of Edge Computing
8 januari 2020 |
27 min
On today's Day Two Cloud podcast, Rob Hirschfeld joins us to examine the challenges of working in edge environments. Many of those challenges include the infrastructure itself: how to provision, configure, and operate equipment in remote locations, how to ensure logical and physical security, and how to manage it all remotely.
Day Two Cloud 029: Kubernetes Needs To Disappear
25 december 2019 |
47 min
This is a special holiday episode of Day Two Cloud with guest Kelsey Hightower, a Kubernetes evangelist and contributor. We discuss the current state of Kubernetes and the future for this orchestration platform, including how it will address networking, should you get certified, and will Kubernetes eventually fade into the background as hidden infrastructure you don't have to think about so much.
Day Two Cloud 028: Using Ansible And Cisco NSO To Automate Hybrid And Multi-Cloud (Sponsored)
18 december 2019 |
56 min
Day Two Cloud explores how network engineers can delight their application counterparts by making network resources effortlessly consumable in hybrid and multi-cloud deployments using Cisco's Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) and Ansible. Our guests are Carl Moberg, Senior Director of Product Management at Cisco; and Peter Sprygata, Distinguished Engineer at Ansible by Red Hat. Cisco is our sponsor for today's episode.
Day Two Cloud 027: Do Enterprises Need Kubernetes?
12 december 2019 |
45 min
As an IT practitioner, do you actually need to know more about Kubernetes? Does Kubernetes and its ecosystem materially matter to your organization? Is K8s just stepping stone to more advanced technologies? We tackle these questions on today's episode of Day Two Cloud with guests Keith Townsend and Justin Warren.
Day Two Cloud 026: Build Cloud-Native Networks With Aviatrix (Sponsored)
4 december 2019 |
48 min
Today on Day Two Cloud, we talk about multi-cloud networking with sponsor Aviatrix. Aviatrix has built a networking solution that’s multi-cloud capable and leverages cloud-native constructs wherever possible. And they do it in a way designed to make the life of IT engineers better. Our guests are Rod Stuhlmuller, VP Marketing; and Nauman Mustafa, VP Solutions Engineering.
Day Two Cloud 025: The KubeCon 2019 Wrap-Up
27 november 2019 |
33 min
KubeCon 2019 is a wrap. In today's Day Two Cloud podcast, Ethan Banks and Ned Bellavance share their impressions of the event and dive into why Kubernetes is so complex, what that means for enterprises considering Kubernetes, the role of community, and more.
Day Two Cloud 024: Why IT Operations Needs A Cloud Strategy And How To Form One
20 november 2019 |
44 min
You need a cloud strategy so you can tackle complex issues such as access and identity management, security and compliance, and networking. Ed Horley sits in on the Day Two Cloud podcast to share sensible advice on how to build a workable strategy that incorporates high-level business goals with more nitty-gritty operational requirements.
Day Two Cloud 023: Optimizing Multi-Cloud Connectivity With VeloCloud (Sponsored)
13 november 2019 |
44 min
As more workloads get spread across private and public clouds, how do you operationalize and optimize connectivity, traffic design, and more? Can you stitch together services that reside in different clouds? What about the edge? On today's Day Two Cloud, sponsor VeloCloud, a VMware company, brings some answers. Our guest is Marco Murgia, Senior Director of Product Engineering.
Day Two Cloud 022: Day Two Cloud Scales Out And Up!
6 november 2019 |
37 min
The Day Two Cloud podcast is getting a new co-host, Ethan Banks; and becoming a weekly show! Now you can get deep dives on cloud and infrastructure topics including Kubernetes, cloud security, design and deployment, and more every week.
Day Two Cloud 021: Nice Design; We Need To Change It – The Reality Of Building A Cloud Service
30 oktober 2019 |
42 min
How does technical implementation and user feedback shape a cloud-based solution? When is it time to make a significant change in your design? And how do you know you’re headed in the right direction? This Day Two Cloud podcast episode tackles these questions with guest Michael Fraser, co-founder and CEO of Refactr.
Day Two Cloud 020: Design Tips For Cloud Networking Success
16 oktober 2019 |
47 min
VPCs. Vnets. DirectConnect. Kubernetes. Calico. Public clouds. Hybrid clouds. Networking is no small feat when it comes to the cloud. How does an organization keep their cloud networks from turning into a flying spaghetti monster? Day Two Cloud tackles this critical question with guest Andrew Wertkin, Chief Strategy Officer at BlueCat Networks. We discuss design tips, the critical role of DNS, monitoring and troubleshooting options, and more.
Day Two Cloud 019: Building Your First CI/CD Pipeline
2 oktober 2019 |
41 min
CI/CD. You’ve got a vague notion of what it might be. Then you're asked to help the dev team put together an automated delivery process for a cloud app. How you do get from CI/CD as a concept to making it a reality? That's the subject of today's Day Two Cloud podcast with guest Nathaniel Avery.
Day Two Cloud 018: “I’m Not As Terrified As I Was” – Making The Transition To Cloud And DevOps
18 september 2019 |
35 min
Today's Day Two Cloud podcast explores the struggle of transitioning from traditional infrastructure ops to the public cloud using DevOps principles and new tools. My guest is Aaron Strong, a cloud architect. We talk about how to skill up quickly, where to start, when and where to ask for help, and more.
Day Two Cloud 017: Grappling With Multi-Cloud’s Operational Implications
4 september 2019 |
49 min
More and more organizations are adopting “multi-cloud" strategies. Some do it as a hedge against cloud system failures, others as a competitive cudgel. Day Two Cloud looks at the business, technical, and process implications with guest Alex Neihaus, a cloud infrastructure architect.
Day Two Cloud 016: Checking Up On Azure Kubernetes Service
22 augusti 2019 |
44 min
On today's Day Two Cloud podcast, host Ned Bellavance checks in on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), which launched to the public in June of 2018. Ned and guest Justin Luk discuss why Microsoft rolled out AKS when it already had existing container services, business drivers for AKS, customer adoption, lessons learned, and more.
Day Two Cloud 015: How To Prepare For And Run Azure Stack
7 augusti 2019 |
45 min
What exactly are Day Two operations for Azure Stack? Does your company have the skill sets to properly manage and support your newly deployed hybrid cloud infrastructure? Today's episode, with guest Kristopher Turner, examines all the things you have to account for when planning and then running this integrated system.
Day Two Cloud 014: Turning A “Get Us Into Cloud” Order Into Operational Reality
24 juli 2019 |
38 min
On today's Day Two Cloud we dive into the challenges of adopting and operationalizing a cloud deployment with guest Mark Gossa. We discuss how to incorporate DevOps principles and automation tools into the organization, examine tool options such as Terraform, and chat about going serverless.
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