CloudTech Talks, the podcast where we explore all things related to cloud technology. Join us as we delve into the latest developments and trends in cloud including topics such as cloud FinOps, migration strategies, and more. Each episode features expert guests from the tech industry, who share their insights, experiences, and practical tips to help you navigate the complexities of the cloud. We'll also discuss real-world use cases and success stories, highlighting how businesses are leverag ...
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In this episode, we dive deeper into Agentic AI and its impact on cloud management. Ilyas, Senior Technical Program Manager at Microsoft, shares insights on: How Agentic AI can optimize cloud budget management The risks and limitations of relying on AI-driven automation Practical tips for beginners looking to explore Agentic AI…
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Listen to the trending topic on Agentic AI to stay abreast in the industry. In this episode, Ilyas, Senior Technical Program Manager from Microsoft will be covering some of the key aspects on the topic, What is Agentic AI and how is it different from the traditional models? How is Agentic AI revolutionizing the cloud? Real-world examples of Agentic…
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The Role of FOCUS in Cloud Finops Evolution (Part 2)
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14:33Goutam, Director of Engineering, Ascendion is continuing on the topic. Key takeaways in this episode:- Real-world use cases where FOCUS has significantly streamlined FinOps processes The learning curve for practitioners new to FOCUS and the resources available
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The Role of FOCUS in Cloud Finops Evolution (Part 1)
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16:50Listen to Goutam Mukherjee, Director of Engineering, Ascendion answering some of the key questions on the topic - "The Role of FOCUS in cloud finops evolution". At the end, you'll understand, What is FOCUS, and why was it created by the FinOps Foundation? What are the benefits of FOCUS adoption to the stakeholders (Consumers, Vendors, CSPs)? What a…
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Streamlining Developer Focus: How Platform Engineering Reduces Cognitive Load (Part 2)
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11:55Part 2 on "How Platform Engineering Reduces Cognitive Load", featuring Shannon Eldridge Kuehn hosted by Sindhu Priya Dhanabalan is now live! Key takeaways: 1. How do we choose the right developer platform? What are the key features to look at? 2. What future trends, including AI and machine learning, will shape and enhance developer platforms?…
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Streamlining Developer Focus: How Platform Engineering Reduces Cognitive Load (Part 1)
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15:38We had Shannon Eldridge Kuehn, Cloud Engineering Lead at AHEAD as our guest hosted by Sindhu Priya Dhanabalan. Shannon added intriguing insights on topic - "Streamlining Developer Focus: How Platform Engineering Reduces Cognitive Load" Key takeaways include, - A brief on the evolution of developer platforms - Importance of developer platforms for p…
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Developing and Empowering Cloud FinOps Professionals (Part 2)
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15:50In this episode, we continue our exploration of empowering Cloud FinOps professionals with Dustin Mullenix, Director of Cloud FinOps at KPMG. Tune in to discover: Where Cloud FinOps practitioners fit into the overall cloud FinOps journey. Mullenix’s expert advice for companies just starting with Cloud FinOps and those already on their way, includin…
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Developing and Empowering Cloud FinOps Professionals (part 1)
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15:01In this episode, we’re joined by Dustin Mullenix, Director of Cloud FinOps at KPMG, as he addresses essential questions like: How can you identify the right Cloud FinOps professionals? How important are negotiation skills for Cloud FinOps practitioners? What role has gamification played in enhancing FinOps at KPMG? Is it more effective to train fin…
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Aligning Product Management Values With Cloud FinOps (Part 2)
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11:26Mirhaz continues in this epsiode on, His experience in successful product and cloud finOps alignment His take on future of product alignement with cloud finops
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Aligning Product Management values with FinOps
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13:17In this episode, Mirhaz Pradhan, Cloud FinOps Lead from Direct Line Group addresses, What are the key values of product management, and how do they intersect with FinOps How can product managers balance customer focus with cost efficiency while aligning with FinOps? What challenges arise in aligning product goals with FinOps?Listen to the full epis…
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Achieving Cost Efficiency in AWS: Best Practices for RDS, EC2, and S3
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28:54Choo Yang Tan, Cloud FinOps Program Manager at Araza, in this episode will address several key questions, including: Finance to Cloud finops - How the shift is helping? What are the best practices for RDS, EC2 and S3 optimization? What quick fixes can deliver immediate Cloud FinOps results? Is cloud repatriation becoming more intense? FinOps for Ge…
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From Bytes to Brighter Futures: The Promise of GreenOps in Cloud Services - Part 2
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13:25Manpreet covers in this episode, Right time to begin GreenOps practices GreenOps and FinOps - the correlation Future of GreenOps
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From Bytes to Brighter Futures: The Promise of GreenOps in Cloud Services - Part 1
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12:03In this enlightening episode, we explore the emerging concept of GreenOps, a blend of sustainability and operational excellence in cloud services. Manpreet Singh, Senior Principal Infrastructure Engineer at Mphasis, joins us to detail: The definition of GreenOps Common misconceptions surrounding GreenOps…
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Maintaining Fiscal Discipline Under Economic Uncertainities:Cloud FinOps in Public Sector Transportation - Part 2
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15:56Know more on cloud finops in public sector from Arvind Sashtry. In this episode, he continues on, Top 3 challenges in cloud cost optimization for public sector organizations His success story Future of cloud finops for public sector organizations
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Maintaining fiscal discipline under economic uncertainty: Cloud FinOps in Public sector transportation
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10:46Listening to this episode featuring Arvind Shastry, FinOps Manager, Transport for NSW, will make you understand, Primary goals of implementing cloud finops in NSW transport Ideal ways to reduce cloud waste in public sector organisations
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Navigating Cloud FinOps in IT Services Industry
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22:28Are you one among them who finds managing cloud costs while ensuring optimal performance in your IT services challenging? You're not alone! Our expert guest Rajesh Natesan, Cloud Consultant will share invaluable insights and actionable strategies to help you steer through the complexities of Cloud FinOps in IT Services. Tune in to learn about: Typi…
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Breaking into Cloud - The Non-Technical Perspective
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18:15Ever thought of switching from non-technical background to cloud finops and worried about the success? You can win undoubtedly. Hear it from Donal who has proved it already. Discussion covers, Donal's fascinating journey from finance to cloud How non-technical professionals can offer unique perspectives to the cloud conversation Impact of macro-eco…
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Strategies for Multi-cloud cost optimization (Part 2)
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14:36Hear what Erol has to say in Part 2 of strategies for multi-cloud cost optimization, Real world examples of successful multi-cloud cost optimization, Serverless computing, Edge computing, AI-driven cloud computing - Erol's take
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Strategies for Multi-cloud Cost Optimization
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12:15Don't miss to check out on this insightful episode on multi-cloud cost optimization featuring Erol kavas, Director, EPAM Systems. He addressed, Key drivers behind rapid multi-cloud adoption Challenges in multi-cloud cost optimization Importance of centralized cost managment and governance policy Effectiveness of resource tagging and organization…
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Implement Cloud FinOps with a touch of Gamification. Listen to the full episode where Brian McCumber, a cloud finops leader, shares his thoughts on, Challenges in motivating Engineers to take meaningful action A case-study on gamification for finops A brief on his recent book - "Gamification - How to host a finops hackathon?"…
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Pankaj Bajaj, Certified FinOps Professional from HashiCorp in this episode briefs about, Cloud Unit Economics in simple words Significance of cloud unit economics in IT operations KPIs of cloud unit economics Use case of cloud unit economics Cloud unit economics implementation challenges and its future scope…
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Dont miss Part - 2 of "How to embrace cloud in 2024?" featuring Arvind Purushothaman from EY. You'll hear in this episode, Contributions businesses should make towards fostering sustainable cloud practices adoption Recommendations for businesses to get the best out of their efforts on cloud Top 3 approaches business should avoid in 2024 on their cl…
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How prepared is your cloud this year? Hear the top actionable tactics to embrace the cloud effectively from Arvind Purushothaman, Cloud Leader from EY. This episode holds, Major cloud trends to expect in 2024 Best ways to optimize cloud expenses this year Listen to the full episode.
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Cloud Unveiled: Navigating AWS Best Practices, FinTech Nuances, and Global Presence Management with Tide.co Insights (Part 2)
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18:33Madhu Kumar and Kelly is back with the intriguing topic. You'll understand from this episode, What keeps Tide.co up and moving? What does Kelly see as major architectural guidelines for fintech businesses from his experience? Does Kelly see productivity improvements in using Gen AI tools? What is Kelly's view on the slowdown of cloud migration?…
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Cloud Unveiled: Navigating AWS Best Practices, FinTech Nuances, and Global Presence Management with Tide.co Insights
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18:52Listen to thought provoking insights from Kelly Looney, SVP of Engineering on, AWS best practices advising Vs doing - Where does he see the difference? Nuances the cloud-native FinTech companies should pay attention to Strategies to choose between CSPs and tools for improving efficiency How Tide.co keeps the global presence organized? Uniqueness in…
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Fireside Chat on Upcoming Cloud Trends (Part 2)
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21:14Here comes the other episode with David Linthicum. This fireside chat Part 2 between Madhu Kumar, Founder & CEO – Amadis and David Linthicum covers, What the enterprises should choose NOT to do in the upcoming 2 to 3 years? David’s views on the young talent’s urge to learn the new technologies skipping the fundamental engineering concepts? One rece…
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Fireside Chat on Upcoming Cloud Trends (Part 1)
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18:14Are you updated on the recent cloud trends? Hear from one of the most trusted "Cloud Visionary" himself - David Linthicum This fireside chat between Madhu Kumar, Founder & CEO - Amadis and David Linthicum covers, Views on cloud adoption rate in next 3 to 5 years What’s happening in the industry cloud and where are we now? Cloud native migration tre…
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Unpacking the Evolution of AI in Cloud Services - Part 2
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14:27Back with Part 2 of "Unpacking the Evolution of AI in Cloud Services" with Janakiram MSV on CloudTech Talks- Your Go-To Cloud Podcast. This episode covers, - Latest strategies of hyperscalers on AI - A sneak peek of a course by Janakiram MSV - "Mastering Generative AI with Open AI" on Kodecloud.
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Unpacking the Evolution of AI in Cloud Services
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16:19Listen to Janakiram MSV as he unleashes all the recent strategies of the hyperscalers like Azure, AWS and GCP towards AI. Some of the key discussion points are, Why the hyperscalers want to invest in AI? What are the key differences between conventional AI models and foundational models? Wait for part-2 for more interesting insights.…
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Listen to Yugesh Deshpande's strategies for seamless cloud migration. You'll hear in this episode,-The common pitfalls of cloud migration-Key Practices for seamless cloud migration-Facilities from CSP for cloud migration-Impact of AI in cloud migration
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Maximizing ROI: Zero Trust Principles in Multi-Cloud Strategy
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28:21Listen to what the cybersecurity expert and thought leader, Abhishek Bansal has to say about ZTA architecture principles and how it can maximize your ROI.
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Kubernetes Cost Optimization(Part 2) - The Vital Lowdown
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26:25Ready for more insights on optimizing your Kubernetes costs? Tune in to our latest episode, "Kubernetes Cost Optimization Part 2," back again with Govardhan. In this episode, you’ll hear.1. How to leverage clusters and containers for optimal costs?2. Kubernetes rightsizing process drill-down3. How to strike the right balance between Kubernetes perf…
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Kubernetes Cost Optimization - The Vital Lowdown(Part 1)
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20:48Are you navigating the complex world of Kubernetes Cost Management?Join us on CloudTech Talks, as our guest Govardhana Miriyala Kannaiah discuss the nuances of optimizing your Kubernetes expenses!This episode covers,💡Kubernetes basics💡Areas where organizations drain their Kubernetes investments💡Ways to overcome the common pitfalls in optimizing Kub…
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Mastering Cloud Native Microservices - A Practitioner's Approach (Part 2)
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15:21Don't miss the continuation of Episode 6.This episode focuses on, Key principles for migration to microservices architecture. Future cloud development trends that Telecom industries should note down About Chetan's new book "Mastering Cloud Native Microservices"
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Critical Elements Of Successful Enterprise CloudOps
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28:29In this insightful podcast, we embark on a journey to explore the indispensable components of Enterprise CloudOps. While there are many, this episode focuses on 'Security' and 'Well Architected Frameworks'.
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Mastering Cloud Native Microservices - A Practitioner's Approach (Part 1)
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14:53Hear what Chetan Walia has to say on the strategic practices for the transition to cloud-native microservices architecture, benefits, and challenges. Wait for Part 2 to hear about real-world examples and more interesting tips.
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Best Practices For Efficient Cloud Cost Optimization
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17:33Get ready for the change! Don't wait for the right experts to be in place to start the journey. Cloud Cost Optimization is now more inevitable than ever before. Check out this episode for "What are the best practices to make your cloud cost optimization process optimal?".
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Cloud adoption itself was a buzz for a longer period. Scalability, flexibility, Elasticity, reduced downtime and a plethora of other factors forced organizations to cling to the cloud for business survival. With this widespread adoption, the focus has now slightly shifted to other factors like cost, performance, utilization, governance, and securit…
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Is the Cloud really cost-effective - Part 2
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15:16Cloud cost-effectiveness can be achieved in various simple ways. Listen to what the expert says.
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Is The Cloud Really Cost Effective? - Part 1
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18:27One of the pivotal reasons why enterprises migrate on-prem workloads to cloud is “cost-effectiveness” but is that true – Is the cloud really cost-effective?
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How to plan a master cloud budget for 2023?
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23:41We are on the verge of Q1 2023. It’s time to review our previous year’s cloud performance, analyze, map them with the business goals, determine the pitfalls, and spikes, and hit the upcoming year with a master “cloud budget”.
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