Software Defined Talk

A podcast about Enterprise Software and Cloud Computing that doesn't take itself too seriously.

About the show

Get ready for a weekly dose of all things Enterprise Software and Cloud Computing! Join us as we dive into topics including Kubernetes, DevOps, Serverless, Security and Coding. Plus, we’ll keep you entertained with plenty of off-topic banter and nonsense. Don’t worry if you miss the latest industry conference - we’ve got you covered with recaps of all the latest news from AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).

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Episodes

  • Episode 142: Harness that peer pressure for good

    July 27th, 2018  |  59 mins 13 secs

    This week we cover all the important announcements from the Google Next Conference including: GKE On-Prem, Knative and “serverless containers.” Plus, an important parenting discussion on tying shoes.

  • Episode 141: Broadcom acquiring CA, AT&T acquiring AlienVault, the mysteries of cloud native vendor product management

    July 12th, 2018  |  1 hr 7 secs

    We try to discern the strategy behind two acquisitions this week: Broadcom buying CA and AT&T buying AlienVault. Seems fine. Meanwhile, you get to join conversation as we talk about how much different product management seems at cloud native vendors than traditional, “enterprise product management.”

  • Episode 140: Meanwhile, in microchips…

    July 6th, 2018  |  59 mins 35 secs

    For some reason, we talk about Intel. Plus, SUSE going PE and sun screen strategies for kids.

  • Episode 139: “Docker? Never heard of ‘em.”

    June 29th, 2018  |  1 hr 5 mins

    Why would a company buy Docker? With “near triple digit revenue,” perhaps there’s a good business model to match the interest in free, but, in turn, why would an acquirer want to pay for free? We speculate wildly, and without spreadsheets. Also, lots of people have been funded, there’s a new bundle of kubernetes releases, and we discuss t-shirts.

  • Episode 138: 8 Duffle bags, some permitted food enhancer and, GitHub goes to Redmond

    June 7th, 2018  |  52 mins 49 secs

    GItHub got bought so we breakdown what it all means for devs and open source. Matt Ray offers expert tips on relocating your family aboard as Coté prepares to move to Amsterdam. Finally, we announced the first live in person Software Defined Talk meetup in July somewhere in Austin. Don’t miss it.

  • Episode 137: “I didn’t choose the Immortan Joe life-style, it chose me.”

    June 1st, 2018  |  48 mins 11 secs

    There’s a new IaaS magic quadrant out that we finally take a look at. Plus, with some nerd-fighting in the kubernetes world, we discuss the point of all these blinking cursors.

  • Episode 136: That time Matt didn’t eat for 24 hours, or, #chefconf 2018

    May 25th, 2018  |  58 mins 31 secs

    “Packaging,” let’s talk about it - still your beating heart, dear listeners! We discuss the news, eats, and entertainment from ChefConf and then dip into the news from the OpenStack summit. As we meander between those two we also talk about kubernetes Helm, packaging, and how Docker is (they say) going to save you $50m in computer costs.

  • Episode 135: Coté's magical, mystery mortgage application workflow, or, "serverless: WTAFF?!"

    May 18th, 2018  |  1 hr 28 mins

    We discuss recent kubernetes news, London, and whatever the hell "serverless" is.

  • Episode 134: “Hardly enough diggities”

    May 11th, 2018  |  1 hr 5 mins

    Conference season is upon us so we recap all the announcements from Google I/O and Microsoft Build. We also discuss the Mesosphere funding and attempt to deceiver what exactly they are doing with DC/OS. Finally, we have recommendations for Mother’s Day gifts, making kid lunches and some talk of the Lego Millennium Falcon.

  • Episode 133: If only there was some way to automate software deploys, hopefully with yaml…?

    May 5th, 2018  |  1 hr 12 mins

    There’s a lot of container and kubernetes news this week what with KubeCon. We discuss some highlights from there, including Google’s gVisor project, angling to make life more secure in cloud native land. We then discuss Red Hat’s Operators, Chef, and related ways to package up applications and related configuration for deployment onto cloud platforms. Plus, once again, we finally solve how to calendar better.

  • Episode 132: Capturing dumpling juice, the Pentagon selects AWS, & Thor

    April 30th, 2018  |  1 hr 5 mins

    Eating dumplings, it turns out, is more complicated than just sticking them in your dumpling hole, as Coté found out in Bangkok thanks to a Singaporean friend. We’re live-to-tape from DevOpsDays Jakarta this episode, just Coté and Matt Ray. We discuss the Pentagon’s stubbornness of (seemingly) picking just one cloud provider for their major cloud project and then have an oddly lengthy discussion of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

  • Episode 131: How to eat (Hill Country) BBQ, plus, PE in systems management

    April 20th, 2018  |  54 mins 22 secs

    It’s hard to be a medium sized systems management (“monitoring”) company: you either have to niche it out and exit early, or go big. With some recent funding and PE activity in that area, Brandon and Coté discuss that. Also, a detailed HOWTO on eating Texas BBQ.

    Full show-notes: http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/131

  • Episode 130: CROSS-OVER BONUS! Christopher Luciano on Kubernetes & Istio - Software Defined Interviews

    April 12th, 2018  |  1 hr 29 mins

    A sample from Software Defined Interviews: Why does kubernetes even exist, why don’t existing things work just as well for it? And then what kind of applications can you run on it, at least following the original intentions. Once we sort that out, we talk about the same for Istio. We also discuss hospital IT and how large companies like IBM decide which open source projects to work on.

  • Episode 129: Amazon’s serverless strategy: what happens next will shock you!

    April 6th, 2018  |  52 mins 14 secs

    “In Australia, I have access to all the Full House episodes.”

    We finally nail down Amazon’s strategy with serverless (AWS Lambda), and also go over some recent AWS announcements in the security and compliance area. Plus, Cloudflare’s new consumer DNS service, The Man in the High Castle, and Oracle goes after those sweet government cloud contracts. And, Coté gets a little too angry about Google Fiber giving his neighborhood the finger.

  • Episode 128: “Mark’s home, actually, it costs about the same as this”

    March 30th, 2018  |  1 hr 6 mins

    Talking about Facebook this week is inescapable, so we do, but in a rant-y kind of way. We also discuss Oracle’s plans to hire 10,000 more people in Austin, Solomon Hykes leaving Docker, and the Google/Oracle case around Java’s copyright.

  • Episode 127: Nothing but "cold takes" on Mulesoft, Red Hat and the Facebook

    March 24th, 2018  |  46 mins 39 secs

    We discuss Salesforce buying Mulesoft, rumors about Google buying Red Hat and provide cold takes on the Facebook crisis. Plus, Matt Ray explains why there are pictures of a giant snake, a kangaroo and dog's bottom posted on Facebook Wall.