Some 2014 Stats
- 48 shows in 2014
- Grew Listeners by 40% YoY
- $2B in VC funding for our guests
Krispy Kreme Announcement ("The Donut Run") - http://www.razoo.com/story/Team-Cloudcast-1
Last Year’s Predictions (from: http://www.thecloudcast.net/2013/12/the-cloudcast-126-2013-in-review-2014.html)
- Make or Break year for OpenStack? - Result: Push
- Where will Software-Defined be? - Result: Win
- Converged Systems, Simplified Systems? - Result: Win
- Large Companies making big bets - Result: Win
Brian’s 2015 Thoughts (predictions: http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/cloud-computing-enterprise/2015-predictions-sure-to-be-wrong/)
- Containers, Containers, Containers
- Nobody is valuing the learning curve
- Nobody is valuing cloud management
- What happens to all the open-source VC money
- Do the SaaS apps go big, consolidate or stagnate?
Aaron’s 2015 Predictions:
- (non-cloud but related) Blogging will become a lost art
- Docker will become mature (trough of disillusionment - everyone will hate it - somebody will blow up, everyone will love it again)
- Infrastructure as code will replace “SDAnything” - http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/cloud-computing-enterprise/it-jobs-in-the-next-3-5-years/
- BiModal IT will become the new normal for next 5 years