Overcast: Conversations on Cloud Computing

Listen to the podcast: Download Show #13 in MP3 formatShow Notes: So after another very long break, we're back with show #13. This time our guest is Krishnan Subramanian who writes for CloudAve and can be found on Twitter as @krishnan. In this show we discuss the topic of the LAMP Cloud, which Geva started off in a GigaOm post, Who Will Build the LAMP Cloud?, and James responded to with Does cloud computing need LAMP?. In an indirectly related post, Krish wrote about the Relevance of Open Source in a Cloud Based World, so we invited him to join us in a conversation about the LAMP cloud: Does it make sense? Who needs it? And what's the role of open source software in the world of cloud computing?We also talk about the adoption of Platform-as-a-Service and other topics. Some of the companies, products and technologies mentioned in this podcast include: Amazon, Zend, Google App Engine, PHPFog, Salesforce.com, Engine Yard, Heroku and Microsoft Azure. Follow us on Twitter: @jamesurquhart, @gevaperry

Listen to the podcast: Download Show #5 in MP3 formatShow Notes:In this podcast we host Lew Tucker, CTO of Cloud Computing at Sun Microsystems. Cloud is now one of the three major business units reporting to CEO Jonathan Schwartz and headed by Dave Douglas.Lew's background includes being part of the original Java team at Sun (Oak at the time) and architecting AppExchange at Salesforce.com.We discuss a variety of topics with Lew, including: Platform-as-a-Service lessons learned from AppExchange and the network effect The interest in implementing internal clouds at large enterprises  Sun's role in cloud computingand relevant compute, storage and software assets it has, such as Project Caroline, Sun Grid Engine, Solaris and more Cloud computing's role within the Sun organization

Listen to the podcast: Download Overcast Show #4 in MP3 format. Show Notes:In this show we host Greg Ness, senior director at Infoblox and author of the Archemedius.net blog, which covers virtualization, security, netowrking and cloud computing with specific attention to all things infrastrcuture.We discuss some of the notions that Greg has been writing about, namely the idea of Infrastructure 2.0: the idea that new IT environments such as virtualization and clouds require a new approach to infrastructure that embraces dynamic, automated and intelligent systems. We discuss with Greg his views on the need for a new approach to networking and other aspects of the infrastructure.Companies mentioned in this podcast include Infoblox, Cisco, GigaSpaces, F5 Networks, VMWare, and Microsoft. Individuals mentioned in this podcast include John Chambers, Dan Kaminsky, John Willis, Chris Hoff, Randy Bias, Reuven Cohen, Nick Carr and Simon Crosby.