Insightful conversations. Less snark.

Jack Roehrig, Technology Evangelist at Uptycs, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss his love for the cybersecurity space and what made him so passionate about Uptycs that he became their technology evangelist. Jack illustrates the importance of combining security and compliance by sharing compelling stories from his days as a CISO, and also shares why he views AWS as an amazing innovation that happened to sacrificed governance. Jack also explains why he feels consumers need to be demanding proof of security and how they can go about doing that.

Join Corey and Kelsey as they explore the journey that led Kelsey to Kubernetes; where Corey feels Kubernetes falls short; how Kubernetes is just another step in the evolution of technology, with more to follow in the future; why Corey used to argue against the cloud; why Kelsey believes Kubernetes makes hyperspecialization worthwhile; Kelsey’s general feelings about multi-cloud; what Kelsey believes is the biggest thing that’s misunderstood about Kubernetes; what the future of Kubernetes looks like; and more. This holiday replay edition was originally aired February 19th, 2020.

Brian Hall, VP of Product Marketing at Google Cloud, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss the true meaning of digital transformation, where he sees us being in that process, and the approach Google Cloud is taking to cloud services. Listen in as Brian explains why he still sees cloud as being in its early days, and the approach Google Cloud has taken to unexpectedly delight its customers and gain its customers’ enthusiastic recommendation. Brian also reveals why calculating a Target Addressable Market for Google Cloud is nearly impossible, as the possible applications for cloud have barely scratched the surface.

Harry Perks, Principal Product Manager at Sysdig, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss how Sysdig is addressing challenges in the observability space. Harry describes the challenges he’s seen companies facing in the world of cloud lately, such as figuring out the costs of servicing customers, silos being created in an attempt to solve problems and calculate costs more accurately, and more. Harry also speaks to the impact Kubernetes adoption has on organizations, from costs to operational concerns, to ensuring end users can receive value from the end product.

Simen Svale Skogsrud, CTO & Co-Founder of Sanity.io, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss how Sanity.io is simplifying multi-cloud strategy. Simen reveals how they came up with the concept of a Content Lake, as well as the unique approach they’ve taken to architecting workflows for their clients. Simen and Corey discuss the phenomenon of old technology being made new (and hopefully improved) again, and how you can hate a technology while also appreciating the benefits it provides. Simen also describes the best practices Sanity has developed around architecting a multi-cloud approach.

Ram Sriharsha, VP of Engineering and R&D at Pinecone, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss Pinecone’s creation of Vector Databases, the challenges they solve, and why their customer adoption has seen such a rapid rise. Ram reveals the the common data management problems customers solve using Pinecone, as well as why he’s more focused on execution than concerned about cloud providers offering competing services. Ram also walks us through his quintessential Silicon Valley career journey and how it led him to joining Pinecone.

Rick Ochs, Principal Product Manager for AWS, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss the elephant in the Twitter feed - AWS cost optimization. Rick explains why recommendation accuracy is paramount for his team’s ability to instill trust in their customers, and how important it was to him that AWS prioritize cost optimization prior to him joining the team. Rick reveals the four major themes of cost optimization, as well as how his team is structured to help address not only cost optimization, but also scale, from multiple angles so they can meet the needs of all their customers. Rick also discusses the psychological and environmental impacts of optimizing savings on cloud.

Sam Nicholls, Director of Public Cloud Product Marketing at Veeam, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss best practices in the ever-evolving world of backups and restores. Listen as Sam describes how to evaluate the criticality of your workflows to determine a secure and cost-effective backup solution, as well as the reasoning and benefits of taking a hybrid- or multi-cloud approach. Sam also reveals how modern data protection has a security component to it, and why it’s so critical to take a proactive approach to avoid the financial impact of downtime.

Brian Mullen, Chief Marketing Officer at InfluxData, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss the complexity of time-series data and how InfluxDB is providing behind-the-scenes support in the world of IoT. Brian reveals some of the companies using InfluxDB so listeners can get an understanding of how InfluxDB is making everyday experiences possible, as well as InfluxDB’s new storage engine which allows for previously impossible query speed. Listen in to find out why Brian feels data is best understood through the lens of time, and how InfluxDB users approach their open-source offering.

Perry Krug, Director of Shared Services at Couchbase, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss all things databases. Perry describes the origins of database software and how they’ve gone from being developed by top tech companies to being vital for almost every industry, as well as Couchbase’s commitment to providing affordable service levels to meet the differing needs of their customers. Perry also touches on how important building and maintaining relationships with cloud providers such as AWS is to their strategy, and how they’ve managed to do that successfully while also offering an open-source database solution.

Andi Gutmans, General Manager and Vice President, Engineering at Google, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss all things database innovation at Google Cloud. Andi explains why significant surges of customers are switching from legacy proprietary databases to open APIs, and how Google is taking a pragmatic approach to understanding the main characteristics of the workloads their customers need to address and building the best services around those. Andi also reveals his thoughts on the worst and best database options, as well as how developers can future-proof their development by starting small without having to reengineer and reprovision as their projects scale.

Ashish Rajan, Principal Cloud Security Advocate at Snyk, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss the intricacies of cloud security and providing unbiased formal education in the world of cloud. Ashish discusses how he went from CISO to his current role where he spends all his time democratizing cloud security, as well as how cloud has opened up more opportunities for newcomers to break into cybersecurity careers. Ashish clarifies what he feels is misinformation around breaking into the cybersecurity space, explains the importance of having security guardrails in place so you can go faster towards your organization’s goals, and expands on the limitations of trust found in cloud providers today and why it’s so critical.