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Episode Synopsis
Heikki Nousiaine (@hnousiainen, Founder/CTO at @aiven_io) talks about how Aiven delivers a broad set of open source data and messaging services via the public cloud, as a managed service. SHOW: 510SHOW SPONSOR LINKS:Datadog Security Monitoring Homepage: Modern Monitoring and AnalyticsTry Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today. Listeners of this podcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.CBT Nuggets: Expert IT Training for individuals and teamsSign up for a CBT Nuggets Free Learner accountOkta - Safe Identity for customers and workforceTry Okta for FREE (Trial in 10 minutes)CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW NOTES:Aiven HomepageAiven closes $100M C-round to expand open source innovationTopic 1 - Welcome to the show. Before we dive into the work you’re doing to expand open source innovation, let’s talk about your background. Topic 2 - Let’s talk about Aiven and the services it provides - all the most popular open source “data-centric” projects (Kafka, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, InfluxDB, Grafana), on top of AWS, Azure, GCP, DigitalOcean and UpCloud - plus a bunch of popular integrations (logging, monitoring, authentication, etc.)SRE / Support ModelsPricing ModelsIntegrating with the underlying cloudTopic 3 - How do you typically engage with customers / developers? How much work is typically needed to get those teams initially successful with a given service?Topic 4 - How does Aiven think about the cloud “shared responsibility model”, in terms of where Aiven’s service stops and the customer's engagement starts? Who is responsible for the data?Topic 5 - What open source projects are on your radar for adding new services?Topic 6 - As more technology companies are migrating applications to the cloud, or creating SaaS offerings, are there opportunities for companies to partner with Aiven on the breadth of services you offer? FEEDBACK?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet
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