Listen "Listener Mailbag Questions"
Episode Synopsis
We get a lot of questions from our audience each week, so we thought that it would be useful to answer some listener questions that aren’t easily answered during one of the podcasts. SHOW: 526SHOW SPONSORS:CBT Nuggets: Expert IT Training for individuals and teamsSign up for a CBT Nuggets Free Learner account WSO2 Choreo: A simultaneous low-code and code platform for productive developmentTry WSO2 Choreo now - it's free!Okta - Safe Identity for customers and workforceTry Okta for FREE (Trial in 10 minutes)SHOW NOTES:2010’s Decade in Review and Reader Mailbag Questions (2019)CLOUDCAST LISTENER QUESTIONSThank you for all the questions. Send them to [email protected] GROWTH, PEOPLE MOVEMENT, OPEN SOURCE TRENDSQuestion 1 - Do you expect to see any significant changes to the top public clouds over the next few years? - Sam A.New AWS leadership; AWS profit center needed to keep driving the stock priceMicrosoft capturing more of developers “native tools”; more willing to acquireGCP coming up on the 2023 “1st or 2nd place” goal“Edge” computing is just starting to take shape.Will be interesting to watch how aggressive they get with acquisitions given the antitrust concerns from the US CongressQuestion 2 - How is the open source world keeping up with the public cloud? - Melissa L.Cloudera was recently acquired by private equityIBM acquired Red Hat, and IBM is doubling down on Red Hat technologiesMongoDB continues to grow their Atlas businessConfluent is scheduled to IPO soonSnowflake is trying to focus more on open APIs and ecosystemsSeveral companies (Solo, Hashicorp, Buoyant) recently launched cloud versions of their softwareThe public cloud providers continue to ride both sides of the fence regarding open sourceQuestion 3 - Any opinions on the better way to reduce technical debt - lift and shift apps to the cloud, or modernize existing apps? - Sanjay R.Question 4 - Is the recent consolidation in the IT training market a good thing or a bad thing? - Thomas A.Question 5 - Are you seeing any post-COVID trends accelerating or gaining more traction? - Michelle T.Question 6 - Does it seem like less people are making big money after working for a tech startup than in the past? - Nadir M.FEEDBACK?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet
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