The Business of Open Source
Episodes
Using Technology to its Fullest with Justin Borgman
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Cloud Native Startup, Justin Borgman, Chairman and CEO of Starburst Data, takes us through Starburst’s evolution as it speedily m...
Fueling Innovation Through Open Source with Tobi Knaup
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Cloud Native Startup, I’m joined by Tobi Knaup, CEO & Co-Founder of D2iQ.In this episode, Tobi provides insight on how D2iQ helps i...
Building a Vibrant Open Source Community with Armon Dadgar
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
HashiCorp’s Co-Founder and CTO, Armon Dadgar, joins me for a conversation on Cloud Native Startup.In this episode, we focus on open source and how i...
Embracing the New Paradigm with Neil Cresswell
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Cresswell, co-founder of Portainer, joins me this week on Cloud Native Startup. In this episode, we talk about the evolution of Neil’s fascinat...
The Power of Computing with Michael Hyatt
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Hyatt joins me on this episode of Cloud Native Startup. Not only is Michael a leading tech investor and philanthropist, but he also ranks as ...
Filling the Gap In the Market with JJ Guy
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
J.J. Guy, Co-founder and CEO of Sevco Security, joins me this week on Cloud Native Startup. In this episode, J.J. breaks down Sevco Security and the I...
The Core Value of Your Business with William Morgan
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Cloud Native Startup, I am joined by William Morgan, CEO of Buoyant, Inc. In this episode, William talks about his beginnings as a softwa...
Conducting Your Business Orchestra with David Friend
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
David Friend, co-founder and CEO of Wasabi Technologies, Inc. writes the rules of his own success. With 7 companies under his belt, David continues to...
Creating an Open Source Business Model with Swaroop Jagadish
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Swaroop Jagadish, co-founder of Acryl Data, takes us through his journey from quitting his day job as an engineer to founding his first sta...
Building the Next Layer of Innovation with Dhiraj Sharan
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dhiraj Sharan, CEO and founder of Query.AI, joins me this week on Cloud Native Startup. With a career that spans over 20 years in cybersecurity, Dhir...
Transitioning Your Career Focus with Anurag Goel
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anurag Goel, Founder and CEO of Render, joins me on this episode of Cloud Native Startup. Learn about his beginnings at Stripe as employee #8, the bir...
Starting and Scaling a K8s Security Company with Wei Dang
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Cloud Native Startup, I talked with Wei Dang, founder of cloud native security company StackRox which was acquired by RedHat in 2020. Hi...
Introducing Cloud Native Startup
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Business of Cloud Native is now Cloud Native Startup. Going forward, I'm moving away from talking to end users and focusing instead on what it tak...
The Changing Role of Tech in the Enterprise with Abby Kearns
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Business of Cloud Native, I spoke with Abby Kearns, CTO at Puppet, about the changing role of technology in the enterprise and how th...
Understanding the Kubernetes Journey with Kelsey Hightower
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Business of Cloud Native, I talked with Kelsey Hightower, principle engineer at Google and Kubernetes expert. We talked about how tec...
Turning IT into a Profit Center with Mark Thiele
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Business of Cloud Native, I spoke with Mark Thiele of Edgevana about the definition of cloud and cloud native, where the line is betw...
Building Community with Jana Boruta
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Business of Cloud Native, I spoke with Jana Boruta, Director of Global Events at HashiCorp, about building community — for startups...
Security Forensics in a Cloud Native Environment with James Campbell
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Business of Cloud Native, I spoke with James Campbell, CEO of Cado Security, about his background in the security world and why he fe...
Building on the Edge with Samy Fodil
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is edge? What is cloud? What is the difference and what are the different requirements for each use case? I talked to Samy Fodil, CEO and founder...
Positioning Open Source: Rook
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Business of Cloud Native I spoke with Travis Nielsen and Sebastien Han about how Rook has evolved over the years, beginning as a way ...
Moving Between Market Categories in Cloud Security with Augusto Barros
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Business of Cloud Native, I talked with former Gartner Analyst, current VP of Solutions at Securonix Augusto Barros. We talked about ...
Choosing a Cloud Provider for Strategic Business Reasons with Evan Reiser
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode with Evan Reiser, CEO of Abnormal Security, we explored how positioning and an understanding of who your ideal customers are and what ...
Positioning Open Source: The Evolution of CoreDNS
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Business of Cloud Native I talked with Yong Tang, one of the maintainers of CoreDNS, about how the project started, how it’s evolve...
The Edge, the cloud and Kubernetes with Brian Gracely
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Business of Cloud Native, I talked with Brian Gracely about using Kubernetes for edge workloads as well as the difference between “...
Positioning Open Source: Prometheus
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Business of Cloud Native, I talked with Julien Pivotto and Richard Hartmann, two of the maintainers of Prometheus, about h...
Connecting ‘legacy’ apps and cloud native apps with Chris Holmes
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Business of Cloud Native, Chris Holmes talks about bootstrapping Decipher Technology Studies and their core product, intelligen...
Cutting through the Multicloud Hype with Chris Psaltis
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Business of Cloud Native I spoke with Chris Psaltis, CEO and co-founder of mist.io. We spoke about why multicloud is necessary (and s...
Security, Clouds and Open Source with Tzury Bar Yochay
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Business of Cloud Native, I talked to Tzury Bar Yochay, founder and CTO of Reblaze, about building a cloud native security company be...
Building a reliable, transactional cloud native database with Karthik Ranganathan
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I talked with Karthik Ranganathan about the challenges going from employee of a large company to startup frounder and why he founded Yugaby...
Hiring a Team for your Technical Startup with Natalie Ledbetter
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I talked to Natalie Ledbetter, Head of People and Platform at Boldstart Ventures. We talked about how startups can approach team and cultur...
What Does Cloud Freedom Mean with Sirish Raghuram
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Business of Cloud Native, we talk about the hard business goals behind words like "freedom" as well as what it's like to go fro...
The Importance of Managing SaaS Applications with Shawn Lankton
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Business of Cloud Native, Shawn Lankton talks about how Microsoft 365 and related applications fit into an organization's move ...
Overcoming hosting challenges for OSS with Thomas Markey
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas Markey talks about how to remove some of the barriers to running an open source project with free hosting services. Links: https://fosshost...
Separating Compute and Storage with Ranjan Parthasarathy
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ranjan Parthasarathy talks about why separating compute and storage makes it easier to operate at hyper scale and why he decided to found Logiq.ai to ...
The Business Implications of Open Source Licenses with McCoy Smith
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have you thought about how your OSS license could impact your ability to grow your community and monetize your OSS in the future? Attorney McCoy Smith...
Connecting Cloud Native Technology to Unique Business Goals with Bola Rotibi
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As an analyst at CCS insight, Bola Rotibi gets a birds-eye view of trends in how industries use software to advance their business goals. We had an in...
Managing Data Locality with Oran Sears
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
SaaS companies that handle customers' sensitive data need to worry about how they manage data locality. In this podcast, Canopy CTO and founder talks ...
Positioning for Startups in the Cloud Native Ecosystem
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Here's what I covered in this episode: What positioning and market segmentation is and is notThe specific positioning challenges facing companies in ...
The Business of Cloud Native #30 with Jim Bugwadia
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Bugwadia, CEO and co-founder of Nirmata, talks about what has changed (and what has stayed the same) since the company started in 2013. Links:htt...
The Business of Cloud Native #29 with Krishnan Subramanian
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 29 of The Business of Cloud Native, I talked to Krishnan Subramanian of Rishidot Research about trends he sees in how end users use cloud n...
Solving Application Networking Challenges with with Idit Levine
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation covers:Idit’s role at Solo.io, and what she typically does on a daily basis. Idit also talks about how her job duties have changed...
Positioning Open Source Projects with Sam Selikoff
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation covers:Mirage’s role as an API mocking library, the value that it offers for developers, and who can benefit from using it.How Mir...
Discussing Bloomberg’s Cloud Native Journey with Andrey Rybka
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation covers:How Bloomberg is demystifying bond trading and pricing, and bringing transparency to financial markets through their various ...
How Systematic Approaches Cloud-Native with Thomas Vitale
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation covers:An average workday for Thomas as senior systems engineer at Systematic.How Systematic uses cross-functional collaboration to ...
Discussing Forter with CTO Iftah Gideoni
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation covers:The value that Forter provides, and the types of companies that they work with. Iftah also explains what makes Forter so uniq...
Aligning Open-Source and Business Goals with Tobie Langel
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation covers:Laying the groundwork for a successful open-source program office (OSPO).Why legal and engineering are usually the two main s...
Exploring Open-Source and Cloud-Native with Tracy Miranda
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The conversation covers: Tracy’s thoughts on how the relationship between open-source and cloud-native should be described.The advantages and disad...
The Importance of OSPO with Nithya Ruff
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The conversation covers: The main function of an OSPO, and why Comcast has one.How Nithya approaches non-technical stakeholders about open-source. W...
Disrupting the Cloud Storage Market with Ben Golub
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation covers:The advantages of using a distributed data storage model.How Storj is creating new revenue models for open-source projects, a...
Securing the Cloud with Josh Stella
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The conversation covers: Josh’s role as CTO of Fugue, a leading cloud security and compliance provider for engineers. The difference between cloud...
Cloud-Native Considerations for SMBs with Apurva Joshi
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The conversation covers: The difference between cloud computing and cloud-native, according to AJWhether it’s possible to have a cloud-native appli...
Enabling Cloud Native Environments with Gou Rao
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The conversation covers: Gou’s role as CTO of Portworx, and how he works with customers on a day to day basis.Common pain points that Gou talks abo...
Exploring Single Music’s Cloud Native Journey with Kevin Crawley
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The conversation covers: Why Kevin helped launch Single Music, where he currently provides SRE and architect duties.Single Music’s technical evolut...
Navigating the Cloud Native Ecosystem with Harness Evangelist Ravi Lachhman
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The conversation covers: An overview of Ravi’s role as an evangelist — an often misunderstood, but important technology enabler. Balancing organ...
Simplifying Cloud Native Testing with Jón Eðvald
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The conversation covers:Some of the pain points and driving factors that led Jón and his partners to launch Garden. Jon also talks about his early en...
CERN’s Transition to Containerization and Kubernetes with Ricardo Rocha
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the highlights of the show include: The challenges that CERN was facing when storing, processing, and analyzing data, and why it pushed them ...
Discussing the Latest Cloud Trends with Cloud Comrade Co-founder Andy Waroma
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from this episode include: Key market drivers that are causing Cloud Comrade’s clients to containerize applications — including the ro...
RVU’s Cloud Native Transformation with Paul Ingles
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some highlights of the show include:The company’s cloud native journey, which accelerated with the acquisition of Uswitch. How the company assessed...
Vodafone’s Cloud Native Journey with Tom Kivlin
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the highlights include: Why Vodafone moved to a cloud native architecture. As Tom explains, the company was struggling to manage operations a...
Cloud Costs: A Conversation with Travis Rehl
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation covers: Why many businesses are shifting away from analyzing total cloud spend (CapEX vs. OpEX) and are now forecasting spend based...
The Power of Aligning Engineering and Operations with Dave Mangot
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the highlights of the show include: The difference between cloud computing and cloud native.Why operations teams often struggle to keep up wi...
Discussing Cloud Native Security with Abhinav Srivastava
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation covers:How Frame.io was faced with the decision to be cloud native or cloud-enabled — and the business and technical reasons why F...
Scaling in the Cloud: A Conversation with Jon Tirsen
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Business Cloud Native, host Emily Omier talks with Jon Tirsen, who is engineering lead for storage at Cash App. This conversati...
Exploring 8x8’s Cloud Native Journey with Chief Product Officer Dejan Deklich
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Emily and Dejan cover the following points:8x8’s journey to a leading cloud technology provider.Why 8x8 decided to migrate to Kubernetes, a move tha...
Why Companies Go Cloud-Native with Austin Adams and Zach Arnold
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the highlights of the show includeThe diplomacy that’s required between software engineers and management, and why influence is needed to mo...
Exploring Ant Financial’s Cloud-Native Journey with Haojie Hang
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some highlights of the show includeThe challenges of operating digital commerce at scale, including the need for resource pooling and resiliency — a...
Key Factors to Consider During Containerization with Travis Jeppson
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the highlights of the show includeHow containerization enabled Nav to spread roughly 250 virtual machines across multiple environments, while ...
The Kubernetes Learning Curve with Edgaras Apsega
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the highlights of the show includeWhy Adform decided to move to a cloud native architecture and Kubernetes specifically Who was the driving f...
Introduction to The Business of Cloud Native
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About Emily OmierEmily Omier is a content strategy consultant who helps companies leverage content to build thought leadership, increase website traff...