Top 100 Cloud Computing Experts on The Cloudcast

This past week, both Aaron Delp (@aarondelp) and Brian Gracely (@bgracely) were named to the "Top 100 Cloud Computing Experts on Twitter" list. A quick scan of the list reveals that 20% have been guests on The Cloudcast over the last two years, with many others that hopefully will be on very soon (lots of scheduling challenges to overcome). We consider ourselves very lucky to have created a platform that allows us to engage with many of the experts in our industry. As we soon move beyond Eps.100 and into our third year, we promise to focus not only on the thought-leaders, but also on many of the people doing amazing things behind the scenes (eg. operators and software developers) at the most innovative cloud computing companies.

NOTE: Many other guests of the show were mentioned in the comments section of the Top 100 list.

1. Randy Bias, @randybias - Eps.36
2. James Urquhart, @jamesurquhart - Eps.21 and Eps.34
3. George Reese, @georgereese - Eps.19
4. Ben Kepes, @benkepes - Eps.46
5. Simon Wardley, @swardley - Eps.51
6. James Watters, @wattersjames - Eps.63
7. Dave McCrory, @mccrory - Eps.17, Eps.37, Eps.82
8. Mark Collier,@sparkycollier - Eps.94
9. Botchagalupe, @botchagalupe - Eps.58 
10. Sinclair Schuller, @sschuller - Eps.29 and Eps.76
11. Rodney Rogers, @rjrogers87 - Eps.39
12. Christian Riley, @reillyusa - Eps.3, Eps.12, Eps.32 
13. John Mark Troyer, @jtroyer - Geek Whispers episode
14. Andi Mann, @AndiMann - Eps.22
15. Brian Gracely, @bgracely
16. Ed Saipetch, @edsai - Eps.8, Eps.68
17. Vanessa Alvarez, @vanessaAlvarez1 - Eps.6, Eps.26, Eps.41
18. Cody Bunch, @cody_bunch - Eps.93
19. Vaughn Stewart, @vStewed - Eps.67
20. Aaron Delp, @aarondelp

The Mobilecast - #12 - Data Ingestion

Topic 1 – What is the Data ingestion problem and how it came from FUIT

Topic 2 – How people work, it’s not trying to be nefarious

Topic 3 – How do we manage content

Topic 4 – Identity and personas

Topic 5 – maybe there is a way to use auditing

Topic 6 – Christmas lights

The Cloudcast - #98 - Real-life AWS Apps and DevOps

The Cloudcast - #97 - Docker and PaaS Containers

The Cloudcast - #96 - Swift - More than OpenStack

Links

• SwiftStack - http://www.swiftstack.com/
• Joe’s OpenStack Swift Book on Amazon
• SwiftStack YouTube Channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/SwiftStackVideos

Topic 1 – Joe, who are you?  You’ve been at CloudScaling & Engine Yard prior to your current gig at SwiftStack.  Author of a book on Swift.

Topic 2 - (Everything is Open and a Stack in the name, run us through some basics of terminology) Project vs. Product has come up a lot recently.  Tell me about Swift 1.9 as a project first (Global Clusters).  Private Cloud Storage as a product and just an OpenStack project?

Topic 3 – Object vs. File or Block?  Start at the lowest level, what kind of hardware?  What kind of software protections?  Discuss the ring vs. controller.  Geo-disbursement.  Scale out by de-coupling the controller from the actual storage nodes (SAN dual-head analogy).  How does it compare to others (i.e. Gluster, Ceph, Basho, etc.) & what makes it unique?

Topic 4 – Storage Efficiency?  Deduplication?  Actual Storage Algorithms?  Governance? Compliance?

Topic 5 - Use Cases?  Performance?  When is it a good fit?  When is it a bad fit?

The Mobilecast - #11 - An EMM Primer

The Mobilecast - #10 - VMware End User Computing

Note: After our recording the podcast, VMware announced how they are addressing iOS7 changes in their tools. You can find the information here: http://cto.vmware.com/vmwares-strategy-for-ios-7-and-industry-implications/