The Cloud Gambit
The Cloud Gambit Podcast unravels the state of cloud computing, markets, strategy, and emerging trends. Join William Collins and Eyvonne Sharp for valuable conversations with industry mavens that educate and empower listeners on the intricate field of innovation and opportunity.
Episodes
42 episodes
Beyond Well-Architected: Scaling Cloud Governance with Ryan Comingdeer
From managing servers in his closet to leading the AWS Well-Architected Framework performance pillar, Ryan Comingdeer's cloud journey mirrors the evolution of cloud governance itself. Now, as Co-Founder & CEO of Platformr, he's tackling one...
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Episode 42
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44:58
Founders Corner: The Psychology of Product-Market Fit with JJ Tang
Finding product-market fit is a psychological puzzle, especially for first-time founders launching during a pandemic. Meet JJ Tang, Co-Founder and CEO of Rootly. In this episode, JJ shares his journey—from growing up in China to attending unive...
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Episode 41
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52:17
The Road Less Traveled: From Mackinac Island to Tech with Nicholas Calcutti
Meet Nicholas Calcutti: Manager of IT Operations at US Assure and Adjunct Professor at Florida State College Jacksonville. Nick shares his fascinating journey from collecting garbage via horse and buggy on Mackinac Island to managing complex ne...
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Episode 40
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49:51
2024 Retrospective
In this final episode of 2024, William and Eyvonne dive into a comprehensive year-end retrospective. What is happening on a personal level with The Cloud Gambit hosts? What were our favorite technical innovations? Could it be Google’s Willow qu...
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Episode 39
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1:02:19
Real-World Kubernetes with Andy Suderman
Andy Suderman, CTO at Fairwinds, CNCF Ambassador, and Kubernetes Policy Working Group Co-Chair, joins us to decode the complexities of Kubernetes adoption. From deployment challenges to policy management best practices, Andy shares real-world i...
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Episode 38
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41:54
Mobile Development Tales and Thrills with Hanson Ho
What happens when your mobile app needs to perform flawlessly across thousands of different devices? Meet Hanson Ho - Android Architect at Embrace. In this episode, Hanson shares battle-tested strategies from his experience at Twitter and beyon...
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Episode 37
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48:27
Influencer Marketing Unplugged with Emily Freeman
Emily Freeman is a bestselling author, prolific speaker, and influencer across AI, DevOps, and Cloud Engineering. Prior to founding Freeman & Forrest, Emily led Developer Relations and Product Marketing at AWS and Microsoft. In this episode...
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Episode 36
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46:29
Storms, Brittle Infrastructure, Electrical Demand, and Time Management Collide
William and Eyvonne are back to dig into current events! They discuss the recent impacts of hurricanes Helene and Milton on critical infrastructure, the growing challenges of power grid stability and the future of nuclear energy. The conversati...
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Episode 35
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50:15
The Silicon Behind the Intelligence: AI Infrastructure with Pete Lumbis
Pete Lumbis, Principal Engineer at NVIDIA, joins us to discuss the resurgence of hardware importance in the AI era. Pete shares his journey from network engineering to the cutting-edge of AI infrastru...
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Episode 34
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49:56
Charting the AI Frontier with John Capobianco
John Capobianco, Product Marketing Evangelist at Selector.ai, joins us as we reflect on the passing of Nick Russo, a beloved figure in the networking community whose recent passing has left an indelible mark on ...
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Episode 33
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1:00:04
Navigating Community, Open Source, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with Tim Banks
In this episode, we dive deep into the multifaceted world of Tim Banks, a Staff Solutions Architect at Caylent. Tim shares his remarkable journey from the US Marine Corps to becoming a prominent voice in the t...
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Episode 32
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59:52
Bridging the Gap: From Network Engineering to Application Networking with Marino Wijay
In this enlightening episode, we dive deep into the world of application networking with Marino Wijay, Staff Solutions Architect at Kong. Marino shares his journey from traditional network engineering to the cl...
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Episode 31
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45:15
Venture Capital Unplugged: Startup Strategy, Funding Essentials, and Engineering Success with Dayakar Puskoor
Dayakar Puskoor is the Founder and Managing Director of Dallas Venture Capital (DVC). A serial entrepreneur turned visionary investor, Dayakar launched one of the first tech-focused venture funds, investing i...
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Episode 30
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47:22
July on Fire: Outages, Lawsuits, and Hacks Set the News Cycle Ablaze
Welcome back, for a scorching news episode! Alex Perkins from The Cables2Cloud Podcast joins William and Eyvonne as we dive into the inferno of outages, chaos, legal battles, and hacks that set the J...
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Episode 29
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41:08
Shifting Gears: The Cloud Gambit gets a Co-Host
Every Podcast needs an amazing Co-Host. As we pass the midpoint of 2024, Eyvonne Sharp will be joining The Cloud Gambit as our resident tech philosopher, merchant of wisdom, and Co-Host. In this episode, we break the exciting news and also dive...
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Episode 28
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42:57
Founder Stories and Building Context-Aware Access Control with Emre Baran
Emre Baran is the CEO and Co-Founder of Cerbos: an authorization management solution helping software companies implement and scale fine-grained access controls. Emre is an entrepreneur and a software exper...
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Episode 27
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36:24
Tech Debt, Communities, and the Rise of the New Kingmakers with Rachel Stephens
Rachel Stephens is a Senior Analyst at RedMonk, where she covers emerging growth technologies and markets while helping clients understand and contextualize technology adoption trends. In this conversation, we...
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Episode 26
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43:01
Career Pivots, OpenTelemetry, and Shifting to Observability 2.0 with Adriana Villela
Adriana Villela is a Sr. Developer Advocate at ServiceNow Cloud Observibility (formerly LightStep), Blogger, CNCF Ambassador, and host of the
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Episode 25
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41:26
Strolling through the AI/ML, Cyber, and Cloud News Cycle with Alex Perkins
Alex Perkins is a Senior Network Engineer at Presidio Federal, Co-Host of the Cables2Cloud Podcast, and
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Episode 24
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42:01
Roundtable: GenAI, Smart Agents, Automation, and What’s Next for Networking
William sits down with Chris Wade, Co-Founder and CTO of Itential, and Craig Johnson, Technical Solutions Architect at Forward Networks...
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Episode 23
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50:05
Leadership, Decision Making, Work-Life Balance, and Everything in Between with Kendall Miller
Kendall Miller is the Chief Extrovert for Axiom, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer for CTO Lunches, Co-Host of the Authority Issues Podcast, and serves on the
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Episode 22
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41:12
IBM Acquires HashiCorp, the Status of OpenTofu, and the Future of Open Source with Matt Gowie
Matt Gowie is the Founder and CEO of Masterpoint, an Infrastructure as Code agency focused on helping clients accelerate their infrastructure journey. Matt has over a dozen years of experience specializing ...
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Episode 21
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37:23
Unpacking the Current State of Authentication and Authorization with Dan Moore
Dan Moore is Principal Product Engineer for FusionAuth where he helps evangelize authentication, authorization, and security. Dan is a former CTO, AWS certification instructor, and Engineering Director and h...
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Episode 20
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46:13