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
35 episodes
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
Upgrading Data and Analytics to First-Class with Collin Graves
Collin Graves is the Founder and CEO of North Labs, a leading fractional cloud data analytics firm. Before founding North Labs, Collin served with distinction in NATO Special Operations during his tenure ...
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Episode 19
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44:10
Roundtable: TikTok Ban, LLM Mischief, and Nvidia Domination
In this conversation, William Collins, Eyvonne Sharp, Alex Perkins, and ...
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Episode 18
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50:52
Living at the Intersection of Tech and Content Creation with Deirra Footman
Deirra Footman is a Senior Network Engineer, Cisco Champion, Blogger, and Podcaster operating at the intersection of Technology and Content Creation. In this conversation, we discuss the merits of vocational education, common hurdles of s...
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Episode 17
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46:11
Understanding where Digital Twins fit in Today’s Tech Stack with Craig Johnson
Craig Johnson is a Technical Solutions Architect for Forward Networks, Group Leader for USNUA (TX)NUG, and
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Episode 16
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48:11
Automation, Cloud, Networking, and Culture walk into a Time Machine with Scott Robohn
Scott Robohn is the Founder of Tech Sales Craft, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Network Automation Forum (NAF), and has a storied past in leadership w...
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Episode 15
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43:49
Making Budgets Behave and Dollars Dance with Corey Quinn
Corey Quinn is the Chief Cloud Economist at the Duckbill Group, an expert at cost optimization in AWS, and is truly a virtuoso of snark. In this conversation, we...
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Episode 14
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43:33
Building on OCaml, going Open Source, and other Hot Takes with Malcolm Matalka
Malcolm Matalka is the Co-Founder of Terrateam and is a trailblazer in the world of software engineering. Malcolm has deep expertise spanning Bioinformatics, Aerospace Software, and Infrastructure-as-Code. Ma...
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Episode 13
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46:38