Cloudy With A Chance of Brain - Bringing the Cloud Down to Earth
Thought-provoking conversations about cloud computing with expert industry players: current trends, interesting developments, and tales from the trenches. Bias towards practical advice, real-world stories and bridging the tech/business divide.
Episodes
8 episodes
Adopting FinOps, with Joe Daly, Head of Community at the FinOps Foundation
Joe Daly, Director of Community at the FinOps Foundation, joins the pod to discuss his FinOps journey, tackling cloud molehills before they become mountains and his top picks for a Scottish F...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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43:08
Security in the cloud, with Joe Pindar, Founder of FreshSecurity.
November's guest is Joe Pindar, Founder of FreshSecurity, who aim to provider a hacker's view of you and your business.And Joe really knows his stuff - kicking off his cyber security career at G...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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55:35
Buying cloud your way, with James Mitchell of Strategic Blue.
Can you trade cloud like you trade coal?This month Aled and Alasdair are joined by Dr James Mitchell, founder and CEO of St...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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42:33
Weathering turbulence, with Edinburgh Airport's Digital Team
Aviation has been particularly hard-hit by the covid-19 pandemic. Restrictions on travel and customer confidence saw passenger numbers at Edinburgh Airport, Scotland's busiest airport, drop by over 90%. Airports are complex, tech-rich environme...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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32:07
Taming complexity in the cloud, with Kylie Fowler of ITAM Intelligence
In this month's episode we talk to Kylie Fowler, a leading consultant in the realm of IT and Software Asset Management, enabling companies to optimise their IT estate through best practice and maximise their investments in tech.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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48:28
Going Serverless, with the Burning Monk
Yan Cui (aka Twitter's The Burning Monk) is goldmine of knowledge when it comes to Serverless Architectures. But what is Serverless? And where did the inspiration for his Twitter handle come from? Aled and Alasdair spoke to him to find out...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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56:50
Understanding cloud costs, with Ashley Hromatko, Snr FinOps Manager at Pearson
Cost is often one of the main drivers for adopting the cloud, but it's not always plain sailing once you get there. Cloud bills are complicated, so it can be a challenge to understand where your money is being spent, never mind how to manage an...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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37:35
Human Centric Innovation, with David Cairns, Head of Innovation at Fujitsu
Welcome to the first episode of Cloudy With A Chance of Brain, the podcast where we bring the cloud down to earth. As well as having an excuse to talk to interesting people in the industry, we want to create a space to bring together the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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