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The Value of Value-Stream Mapping Mar 10, 2021

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Steve Pereira (@SteveElsewhere, Value-Stream Whisperer @ Visible) talks about measuring, understanding business and technology process through Value-Stream Mapping.
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Visible (homepage) - Value Stream Consulting
Steve Pereira’s homepage
Steve’s 4x4 Method of DevOps Traction
Value Stream Link - Value Stream resources

Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background and how you eventually became focused on helping companies improve their Value-Streams.

Topic 2 - Let’s start by talking about Value-Streams and Mapping. What are they, why do we need them, what do they provide?

Topic 3 - Walk us through a Value-Stream-Mapping exercise with a company. What is their pre-homework? What questions do you ask? How do you keep it focused on their language?

Topic 4 - Do you need to fix everything at once, or can it be done in phases? How much of the improvement has to do with the application, and how much is adjusting existing processes?

Topic 5 - Lots of people like to compare this to Lean Manufacturing (Toyota Production System, Six Sigma, etc.). Optimize the system, design for efficient flows, empower the workers to make changes and give feedback, etc. But does this break with software, where there isn’t really an end to a production line?

Topic 6 - Once people understand it, what tends to work well and what tends to lead to on-going failures?

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Lessons Learned from Cloud Foundry Mar 07, 2021

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Cloud Foundry was going to create an open source alternative to Heroku, as well as replace how Enterprise companies built software. But change is never easy. Looking back, what can we learn from the lessons of Cloud Foundry?

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HOW DID CLOUD FOUNDRY EVOLVE?

An open source, programmable cloud application platform (PaaS). Heroku (2007), Google AppEngine (2008) existed before Cloud Foundry (April 2011). OpenShift launched in May 2011. Apcera was launched in 2012 by Derek Collison

Open Source, Multi-cloud
Multiple languages, frameworks
Automation for the infrastructure (BOSH)
Integrated Logging, Tracing, Routing, GUI
Data Services live off the platform, via Service Broker
Very heavy platform footprint (up to 50 VMs)
Diego container scheduler
Warden container runtime

Many large vendors got involved once it became a foundation.

IBM, SAP, Intel, Cisco, EMC/VMware
Many end-user customers joined (great for recruiting)
None of the Cloud providers, other than an infrastructure stem-cell

By 2016-17, most large Cloud Foundry vendors were shifting their focus to Kubernetes

LESSONS LEARNED FOR THE FUTURE

Single-vendor led communities are difficult, especially if a foundation is created.
Technology transitions are hard, oftentimes impossible. Cloud Foundry chose to downplay Docker and Kubernetes as “just for infrastructure”, even within their own community.
Make it simple to get environments/clusters (Managed Kubernetes services, Cluster API, laptop-level environments (minikube). Needs to be a managed cloud service on good clouds.
Platform-aware, Infrastructure automation is important (e.g. like BOSH, except that it works)
Industry is mixed on if stateful / data services should run on-platform or off-platform. Having to also manage the off-platform is difficult.

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Solving Developers Security Challenges Mar 03, 2021

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Shira Shamban (@ShambanIT, CEO @SolvoCloud) talks about easily bringing security to CI/CD pipelines and software development, the rise of DevSecOps and "Shifting Left.
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Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background, you have a very interesting journey starting in cybersecurity for the Isreal Defense Force all the way to CEO of a newly funded startup.

Topic 2 - The rise of CI/CD created some great benefits to software development, it also created some security challenges. Let’s start there, why do developers seem to have so many challenges with security, especially in production?

Topic 3 - Increasingly we hear about the concept of DevSecOps, you introduced the term “Shifting Left”. What does that mean and how does this relate to the larger concept of DevSecOps?

Topic 4 - When a developer pushes code, where is the friction from a security perspective? How does Solvo solve this problem as code is pushed and how do you integrate with the cloud providers to make sure a least-privilege model is used? You recently released a security tool for health checks of your cloud accounts? (link in the show notes)

Topic 5 - We recently raised your first round of funding completely remotely. Tell us about the experience and challenges you faced.

Topic 6 - You are passionate about empowering women and under-represented communities in our industry. Tell us about your ongoing partnerships with SheCodes, Cyber Ladies and other mentoring programs you are involved with.

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How the Cloud is Changing OSS Licensing Feb 28, 2021

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Brian looks at the recent changes in open source licensing, as it relates to managed cloud offerings, and how the perception of end-users towards free software vs. cloud services is changing.
#SundayPerspectives

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Server Side Public License (SSPL)
What does Open Source mean in the Era of Cloud APIs? (Redmonk)
Cockroach and the Source Available Future (Redmonk)
MongoDB Cloud, MongoDB vs. AWS, MongoDB’s Playbook (Stratechery)
Doubling Down on Open (Elastic)
Evolution of Commercial OSS (The Cloudcast, Eps.492)

THINGS WE KNOW

Open Source has become a mainstream source for innovation - with most of the Internet being built on OSS technologies (in some way or form)
Open Source is more widely used in the Enterprise (than in the past), beyond just Linux
Open Source is often the de facto choice for much of the public cloud (OS, VMs, DBs, etc.)
The need for a “free” experience is expected for anything new in software or cloud, whether that’s for any/all usage, or a fixed period of time.
“Open core”, or other variations on free OSS + non OSS (non-free) features has been a concept for quite a while.
Community driven development does bring a broad set of perspectives, and it distributes the workload across engineers, companies, etc.
Plenty of successful projects have been both Open Source and primarily driven by a single company (especially in the data-centric projects)

THINGS THAT WILL EVOLVE

Where does the value of software come from? Does it come from the features, from the distribution, from the creator(s), or from how it is run?
Do customers value ‘free”, or “stability” or “customizability” (features) or “operationalization”?
How much of an advantage or disadvantage (or neutral) is the OSS companies offering cloud services across clouds?

UNKNOWNS AND UNCERTAINTIES

How will the VC community view the changes in competitive landscape and licensing? How does it impact their future funding models?

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Evolution of Commercial OSS Feb 24, 2021

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Joseph “JJ” Jacks (@asynchio, Founder/General Partner OSS Capital) talks about how Commercial OSS has evolved, coopetition with cloud providers, and what's next for Commercial OSS business models and communities.

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Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. For those that don’t already know you, tell us a little bit about your background, and some of the things you’re focused on today.

Topic 2 - You’ve been tracking the commercialization of open-source projects for quite a while now. What big trends have you seen evolve over the last two decades (from Red Hat to MongoDB)

Topic 3 - Even in the face of new OSS-centric offerings from the cloud providers, we still continue to see companies getting funded. What is the sentiment in the VC-communities about what the new competitive landscape looks like? Are there new rules in the game?

Topic 4 - We’ve recently seen MongoDB and Elastic changing their licensing model to SSPL. The stock of both companies continues to rise. Is what they are doing a short-term “fix” to a competitive threat, or a critical mistake? Does licensing need to evolve as a company matures?

Topic 5 - Are there fundamental shifts in how OSS companies are created and eventually operationalized happening now?

Topic 6 - Where do you see commercial OSS trending over the next 5 years, and what big changes need to happen to make those realities happen?

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Public Cloud Look Ahead for the 2020s Feb 21, 2021

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Looking forward at the biggest public clouds, what are the things we are sure of, the trends we expect to evolve, and the uncertainties that will shape the next 5+ years in cloud computing?
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THINGS WE KNOW - OVERALL GROWTH OF THE INDUSTRY

More adoption of SaaS applications (which run on Big 3)
More migrations of apps from data center to cloud
Huge CAPEX spending (low-interest rates) for Cloud + Other Businesses (Healthcare, Driving, Gaming, AR/VR, FinSvcs, etc.)
More rapid adoption of ARM in the cloud than data centers (40% lower costs)
Edge still has alot of evolution to go through (footprint, mgmt/updates, security, etc.)

TRENDS THAT WILL EVOLVE

Beginning to see a wave of Telco’s partnering with Big 3 (edge computing)
2nd/3rd-generation of being built as cloud-native first
Vendors partnering with Big 3 to be “native-services”
The data-centric OSS projects in the cloud

UNKNOWNS AND UNCERTAINTIES

Acquisitions
Changes in Leadership
Pricing Wars
Are there emerging players (Alibaba, Apple, etc.)?

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Asynchronous Development for Remote Teams Feb 17, 2021

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Dan Lines, (@linknfg182, COO @LinearB_Inc) talks about asynchronous development for remote teams, managing business-level discussions, bringing greater transparency and accountability to projects, and identifying early signs of developer burnout.

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Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background, and what brought you to be so focused on developer productivity and team agility?

Topic 2 - We want to talk about remote teams today, but before we get started, let’s talk about how much this past year has changed the day-to-day life of application development teams.

Topic 3 - You’ve spoken about Asynchronous Development (for Remote Teams) and how the pandemic sort of created the environment that has been evolving for years. Tell us about the concept and some of the things companies can do to embrace it?

Topic 4 - LinearB is a tool/platform that gives teams visibility into what’s happening with projects (status/velocity), backlogs, bottlenecks, etc. How do you think about transparency and accountability for teams, since software projects can get fairly complex?

Topic 5 - How much does it help in conversations with business leaders, who might not have as much understanding of how development teams work, to have the data trends right in front of them?

Topic 6 - You make a point that you can see “burnout” happening within teams or around individuals. What are some tips to reduce that, or address it in ways that it can lead to better long-term conditions within teams?

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Lessons Learned from OpenStack Feb 14, 2021

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OpenStack was going to create an open source alternative to AWS, as well as displace VMware in the Enterprise. But change is never easy, and some things didn't go as planned. Looking back, what can we learn from the lessons of OpenStack?
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HOW DID OPENSTACK EVOLVE?
An open source, programmable cloud infrastructure. Eucalyptus and CloudStack existed prior to OpenStack. Created as a partnership between NASA (Nova) and Rackspace (Swift).

API-driven, software-defined infrastructure

Every vendor (HW and SW) was on-board: the anti-VMware project

OpenStack Foundation was created - control was maintained by Rackspace (initially).

Focus was split on building an AWS-alternative &/or a VMware-alternative

Was it an integrated platform, or independent projects, or a combination?

What defined something as “OpenStack”? How do you upgrade OpenStack?

The scope eventually got too big - way behind an IaaS (PaaS, DBaaS, Hadoop, etc.)

Cloud Foundry, OpenShift launched in 2011
Threats from Hadoop companies

VMware admins didn’t know how to use python. AWS admins wanted AWS APIs
Where were the customers?

LESSONS LEARNED FOR THE FUTURE

Independent governance body; leverage the Linux foundation (events, infrastructure, etc,)
Focus on enabling something new (cloud-native apps, more flexible than PaaS), not replacing something existing
Enable early customers, and remain customer focused.

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The New Economics of Cloud Infrastructure Feb 10, 2021

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Kevin Deierling (@TechSeerKD, SVP Marketing @NVIDIA) talks about the evolution of cloud and datacenter infrastructure, the new economics of computing, and how DPUs are redefining how data gets inspected and offloaded.

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NVIDIA Homepage - Artificial Intelligence, Computing Leadership
What is a DPU? (NVIDIA Blog)
NVIDIA CUDA
NVIDIA DOCA
NVIDIA Maxine
NVIDIA Omniverse

Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background, and what brought you to this place where NVIDIA is now the center of cloud and the data center?

Topic 2 - Before we dive into your specific area of focus, I want to see if we can get a big picture view of where we are in 2021 with cloud & the datacenter?

Topic 3 - Everybody knows NVIDIA for GPUs (for gaming, or AI/ML/Analytics) and now ARM is part of the NVIDIA family. Your focus is on something called “DPUs”. Help us understand what a DPU is, and the core technical challenges it solves.

Topic 4 - As we see DPUs start to come into use, design/architecture-wise or SmartNICs, what are the key things that architects need to think about? And who is thinking about DPUs - infra architects, AI teams, etc?

Topic 5 - Where are the most common places where we’ll see DPUs / SmartNICs deployed today (how are they offered)? Can common applications take advantage of them, or do they need to be written to be DPU-aware? “Putting a computer in front of the computer”

Topic 6 - Give us some perspective on what the next couple of years might look like as this amount of processing and throughput becomes available, affordable and distributed to different platforms and clouds.

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Andy Jassy's Legacy at AWS Feb 07, 2021

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As Amazon transitions to a new CEO, we look back at Andy Jassy's leadership at AWS from 2006 to 2021.

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HOW AWS SHAPED AND RESHAPED CLOUD COMPUTING (Andy's Influence)

Brought on-demand computing to IT infrastructure (and beyond)
Established that AWS was "the cloud"
Brought the Amazon psychology of "low-cost" to IT
Focused on "price reductions" and the new economics of cloud (vs. IT)
Focused on highlighting big name customers early (e.g. Netflix)
Refused to acknowledge competitors (in the early years)
Used data to see customer-usage patterns, to inform the next services.
Announced new capabilities all the time, not big releases.
And many more....

WHAT COMES NEXT FOR AWS?

Who takes over at the leader of AWS?
How does AWS manage slowing growth rates?
Taking over from a legend is never easy? What personality does the next leader bring?
Does Hybrid Cloud change how they go-to-market? How they partner?

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