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Nautobot Network Source of Truth May 10, 2023

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Jason Edelman (@jedelman8, Founder/CTO @networktocode) talks about the challenges of managing complex networks in a world of DevOps and automation.

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Topic 1 - Welcome back to the show Jason. Tell us a little bit about your journey with Network to Code, and your focus these days.

Topic 2 - Let’s talk about network automation and how it’s evolved over the years. Give a sense of the scope of complexity that companies are facing these days.

Topic 3 - How has the concept of a CMDB for the network, or Network Source of Truth emerged to provide a more centralized view of all aspects of the network?

Topic 4 - How does the Nautobot framework work? What type of team or skill sets typically build and maintain it?

Topic 5 - What are some of the typical problems that Nautobot is able to solve for companies?

Topic 6 - How does Network to Code engage with companies to get their Nautobot environments running?

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How AI will impact Cloud-Native May 07, 2023

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AI is at the center of many tech conversations these days. How will it potentially impact the Cloud-native ecosystem now, and into the future?

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Discussing AI in the Cloud-native Ecosystem (theCUBE at KubeConEU 2023)
What’s New - OPAL Co-Pilot Powered by GPT (from Observ)
Honeycomb Query Assistant (Honeycomb)
Using ChatGPT to document your software project (Aista)
Tech Assistant for Writing Code (StarCoder)

HOW WILL AI PLAY A ROLE IN CLOUD-NATIVE IT AND DEVELOPMENT?

Who will build models?
Where will the data/model be located?
Does the vendor vs. open source dynamic change when data models are involved?
What risks need to be mitigated?

THERE’S SOMETHING FOR (MOSTLY EVERYBODY). EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT ON THE SHOW.

Writing documentation
Configuration generation
Configuration Best-Practices - Interactions with Docs | Consulting Systems
Interactive Support - Bots, ChatOps, etc
AIOps - Self-correcting, self-adjusting systems
Chaos Engineering
Log Interpretation and Remediation
Writing Code | Pair Programming

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Behind the Scenes of a Major OSS Release May 03, 2023

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Leonard Pahlke (@LeonardPahlke, CNCF Ambassador & K8s 1.26 Release Team Lead) talks about the behind the scenes activities of releasing a major open source project.

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Topic 1 - Welcome to the show Leonard, this is another in a series on getting involved with the community. How did you get started with the CNCF and Kubernetes?

Topic 2 - What made you get started with the Open Source Software & the CNCF? If you had to recommend a path for someone to get started, would you advise them to follow the same path or a different path?

Topic 3 - It appears you started through the shadow program in Kubernetes 1.23 and worked your way up to Release Team Lead for 1.26. Tell everyone a little bit about the program and your experience. Are you going to do it again?

Topic 4 - I would imagine getting a new version of a large project like Kubernetes out the door is a lot of work and coordination of a lot of people. How did you handle that?

Topic 5 - Not all CNCF projects are as big as Kubernetes. How are the release cycles on smaller projects handled? Less Governance, Less Community Involvement, etc.

Topic 6 - You are the Co-Chair CNCF TAG Environmental Sustainability, tell everyone a little about that and your goals and motivations there.

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Kubernetes Community and Career Building Apr 26, 2023

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Steve Buchanan (@buchatech, Principal PM @Azure, Author @Pluralsight) talks about his journey in Kubernetes community, building a personal brand through education and sharing, content creation and maintaining a healthy work life balance

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Topic 1 - Today we are going to be talking about careers and Kubernetes. Steve, welcome to the show! You have a super fascinating career journey, can you give everyone a quick introduction?

Topic 2 - I heard you over on the Kubernetes Unpacked podcast. First off, it’s hard to keep up with everything you are doing in the community these days. What is your current focus and passion? Have you reached 20 courses on Pluralsight yet?!

Topic 3 - How do you balance the day job (Program Manager for AKS) and the nights and weekends (PluralSight courses, blogging, podcasts, etc.)? Besides learning and sharing, what benefits are you seeing with this approach?

Topic 4 - I believe your journey parallels our journey here. We started the podcast to learn and give back to the community. Prior to the podcast, blogging was the big thing (we are completely aging ourselves I know) but I think it is safe to say blogging isn’t a primary source today. How would you recommend folks new to the industry get started sharing their journey? Where is the most “bang for your buck” these days?

Topic 5 - Let’s talk about Kubernetes and specifically AKS, what are customers finding new and interesting? What are the leading solutions and integrations you see combined with AKS? How do you create a “stack” in AKS (GitHub Actions, Azure Container Registry, etc.)

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Reviewing KubeConEU 2023 Apr 23, 2023

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KubeConEU 2023 in Amsterdam had over 10,000 attendees. What were the highlights and new trends happening in the CNCF ecosystem?

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Conference sessions, and keynotes are available on-demand to in-person and virtual registrants in the event platform until 5 May 2023. They will also be available publicly on the CNCF YouTube channel by 8 May. CNCF-hosted co-located events will be available on the CNCF YouTube channel within 72 hours post-event.
CNCF Announcements (from vendors)
CNCF Press conference recording
What’s Next in Cloud Native roundtable
Platform Engineering roundtable
CNCF Envoy Documentary

10,000 ATTENDEES, 58% OF THEM ARE NEW TO CNCF

Thank you to the CNCF for the Media pass to the event.
10,000 people in attendance. Lots of energy.
Showers in Europe - why?

THERE’S SOMETHING FOR (MOSTLY EVERYBODY). EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT ON THE SHOW.

Kubernetes is mainstream for this audience. Now they are dealing with next-gen challenges beyond Kubernetes.
Lots of Observability usage (and vendors)
Lots of cloud cost-management (vendors), and talk that cloud providers would start pushing that message in 2023.
Service mesh drew a lot of interest. Between Ambient Mesh, Ciliium Mesh and Linkerd
Large European customers seem to be slightly behind the rest of the world in terms of adoption, but they were eager to engage at this point in time.
Data sovereignty (local countries) is a big concern in Europe, so it was interesting to hear how companies are dealing with those regulations.
This is a strange show to get a sense from developers. WASM seems to be going through its Java phases.

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Fax to the Future Apr 19, 2023

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Shawn Freligh (SVP/GM, Content Lifecycle Automation @UplandSoftware) talks about cloud delivery, AI and Security in managing document workflows and fax integrations.

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Upland Software - Enterprise Software for Getting Things Done
Interfax - Cloud based Fax
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Topic 1 - Welcome to the show Shawn. Tell us a little bit about your background

Topic 2 - How does technology like fax maintain a foothold in the market? How has fax technology evolved, in other words “survived?

Topic 3 - AI is a big topic in today’s market. Can fax benefit from current trends in AI?

Topic 4 - Security is of course top of mind for everyone – how do you view the security around fax?

Topic 5 - What markets are still reliant on fax technology and why?

Topic 6 - How do fax and digital transformation come together?

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How Incumbents Thrive and Survive Apr 16, 2023

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How much of an impact has Digital Transformation really had on major markets? How often do unicorns disrupt incumbents? Let’s dig into the data over the last 30 years.

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How Incumbents Thrive and Survive (HBR) - Jullian Birkinshaw

CHANGE COMES SLOW AT FIRST, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN (or does it?)

Since 1995, 40% have stayed, 50% have merged/sold, 7-8% dropped out, and 50% of existing move up into F500.
The Blockbuster, Nokia and Kodak stories are outliers.

THE USER EXPERIENCE HAS CHANGED, BUT THE COMPANIES BEHIND IT HAVEN’T AS MUCH

Disruption is about more than just newer/better technology
Existing brand relationships, trust, physical locations, supply-chains, partner-networks all play a key role for incumbents
Everyone is investing in digital transformation, for various reasons - user experience, data analysis, cost cutting, etc.
Four paths as an incumbent - [1] Fight back, [2] Double down, [3] Retrench, [4] Move away

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SBOM and Software Supply Chain Apr 12, 2023

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Rob Szumski (@robszumski, Founder/CEO @Edgebitio) talks about the evolution of software supply chains, SBOMs, and managing software dependencies in the age of cloud-native apps.

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Edgebit (homepage)
Edgebit (YC Launch)
Introducing the Real-time SBOM
Understanding VDR and VEX
Open VEX supercharges SBOM (Cloud Native Podcast)
SPDX (Software Package Data Exchange)
SBOM Sharing Lifecycle Report

Topic 1 - Welcome to the show Rob. Tell us a little bit about your background and what led you to start Edgebit.

Topic 2 - SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) has become a big topic, especially around the cloud-native community. Software and security have been around a long time, why the uptick in discussions around SBOM now?

Topic 3 - Let’s walk through the day-in-the-life of a typical team these days. Where are there holes in their current toolset and how are things potentially improving?

Topic 4 - Tell us about Edgebit. Where does Edgebit play a role in the Software Supply Chain?

Topic 5 - Edgebit take a broad view of a company’s software landscape, but a narrow view of action. Less of a boil the ocean approach. How do you find this approach is appreciated by developers vs. security teams?

Topic 6 - What are some of the ways you expect to see the SBOM and Software Supply Chain over the next year?

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A Framework for Making Sense of AI Chaos Apr 09, 2023

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AI is either having its 15 minutes of fame, or completely reshaping every aspect of technology (and maybe every aspect of life), right now. How is everyone comprehending this shift?

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SHOW NOTES:

NEW TECHNOLOGY TRENDS USUALLY COME OUT OF DOWNTURNS

SaaS came out of the Internet bubble burst
Cloud came out of the Housing bubble burst
AI isn’t new, but usable AI is coming out of COVID

HOW TO MAKE SENSE OF NEW + CHAOS + UNCERTAINTY

There’s lots of ways to dive in - learn the basics, build some intro applications, etc.
Follow the money, and find the frauds
Figure out the ecosystem and how to be involved
Figure out what might be sustainable vs. just being a wrapper
Don’t get overwhelmed by everything at once. Pick something that interests you, or applies to your job (or a side hustle)

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The Evolution of SaaS Business Models Apr 05, 2023

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Jamin Ball (@jaminball, Partner @ Altimeter Capital, author Clouded Judgement) talks about SaaS business models, common SaaS terminology in judging financials, models for multiples, the impact of interest rates, vision vs. product

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SHOW NOTES:

Topic 1 - Welcome to our guest co-host, Brandon Whichard. Jamin, can you give everyone a quick introduction?

Topic 2 - We’ve been huge fans of the Clouded Judgment Substack since inception in 2020. We regularly reference it during our weekly cloud news and recommend it as required reading for anyone interested in the business side of SaaS. What motivated you to start the substack?

Topic 3 - Can you start with SaaS financial terminology. We hear terms like ARR, customer churn, NTM, EV, LTM, etc. For those new to this, what terms matter the most and why? What picture are you trying to construct about the business from these financial values?

Topic 4 - One of the sections of your newsletter is “multiples”, can you explain what multiples are and why you use Revenue Multiple as a valuation framework? What are the strengths and weaknesses of this framework? What other frameworks could be used?

Topic 5 - Everyone is talking about the rise of interest rates, how do interest rates affect multiples and valuation? Why should we care about this? Why should employees at SaaS companies know about this? SaaS business models were on an up and to the right trend for a number of years but we’ve recently seen some ups and downs. What are your thoughts on the current and future state of SaaS as an industry sector?

Topic 6 - The newsletter is very focused on financial metrics, how do you as an investor balance these metrics vs. product vision? How much revenue does a company need for this to become value? What metrics should an early startup focus on?

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