Cloud Computing Insider

15:57

Serverless Cloud Hype Is Colliding with Reality

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2026/06/29

Serverless computing was supposed to simplify cloud architecture, cut operational drag, and lower costs. Instead, what we got from AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud is a far more complicated reality: more abstraction, more lock-in, more hidden costs, and more ways to build systems that look elegant in a slide deck but become painful in production. In this episode of Cloud Computing Insider, we take a hard look at the real state of serverless across the big three cloud providers. We break

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17:48

The Consulting Collapse: Why Big Firms Are Failing in...

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2026/06/25

The consulting industry sold itself as the indispensable guide to enterprise transformation, but the results are getting harder to defend. While AI exploded, budgets shifted, and companies faced real pressure to modernize, many of the biggest firms still stumbled into the moment with bloated delivery models, weak differentiation, and armies of expensive talent built for a market that no longer exists. That is the contradiction at the center of this discussion: there has been no shortage of change,

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12:06

AI Features Sound Great — Until You See the Bill

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2026/06/22

This video breaks down the real cost difference between building a simple business inventory system with traditional software tools versus adding AI features on top. It shows how a standard inventory app usually covers core functions like stock tracking, reorder alerts, supplier records, reporting, and cloud hosting at a relatively predictable cost. Then it contrasts that with an AI-enabled version that adds natural-language search, smart reorder recommendations, anomaly detection, and

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11:00

AI Killed the Green Cloud Fairy Tale

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2026/06/15

The video argues that hyperscalers no longer deserve unquestioned credibility on green energy because the AI investment boom has exposed what their real priority has always been: growth. For years, the biggest cloud companies positioned themselves as champions of renewable power, carbon reduction, and sustainability leadership. But once AI created a massive new revenue opportunity, the narrative shifted. Now those same companies are racing to build enormous, power-hungry data centers across the

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14:46

Top 5 NeoClouds Explained: CoreWeave, Nebius, Crusoe,...

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2026/06/11

AI infrastructure is changing fast, and NeoClouds are becoming one of the most important categories in enterprise technology. In this video, I break down what a NeoCloud actually is, how it differs from traditional public cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, and why so many enterprises are paying attention right now. The core idea is simple: NeoClouds are built specifically for AI workloads, especially GPU-heavy training and inference, rather than trying to be all things to all

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09:26

Cloud Wars End? Shocking Truth Behind Tech Giants...

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2026/06/08

The landscape of cloud computing is witnessing a seismic shift as major cloud providers, once fierce competitors, are now forging unexpected alliances to meet the demands of today's connected digital world. Oracle's recent partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) exemplifies this trend, delivering private managed connections that allow customers to move applications and data seamlessly between clouds. These moves are driven not only by the pursuit of technical innovation and access to new

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13:21

The Enterprise AI Cloud Battle: AWS vs Microsoft vs...

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2026/06/04

Cloud computing is entering a new chapter, and the biggest shift is happening around AI platforms. For years, enterprises compared AWS, Microsoft, and Google based on compute, storage, databases, and global infrastructure. Now the conversation is changing. The real question is which cloud provider gives businesses the best foundation for building, deploying, governing, and scaling AI applications in the real world. In this video, we are looking at that race through three specific products:

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15:36

How "Cloud-First" Turned Into a Money Pit

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2026/06/01

For years, "cloud-first" was sold as the default path to modern business: faster deployment, more flexibility, less hardware, less hassle. And in some cases, that promise was real. But for a growing number of companies, cloud-first became a financial trap disguised as innovation. What starts as agility can quietly become dependency. What starts as convenience can become a recurring bill that never stops growing. This video looks at the moment cloud-first becomes clown-first — when

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14:12

Why Enterprises Suck at AI

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2026/05/25

Enterprises are struggling with AI for reasons that have less to do with the models and more to do with the way large companies operate. Many organizations rushed into AI because of hype, not because they had a clearly defined business problem worth solving. They bought tools before fixing messy data, broken workflows, disconnected systems, and weak governance. That means AI often gets dropped on top of chaos instead of improving a stable foundation. On top of that, leadership teams want fast

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13:35

Are Hyperscalers Turning Consulting Firms into Sales...

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2026/05/21

This commentary argues that Google Cloud's "agentic enterprise" partner push is less an open ecosystem strategy than a carefully structured channel motion designed to increase platform dependency. Google is offering funding, early model access, embedded engineering help, and in-platform distribution, all of which make it harder for consulting firms to remain neutral when advising enterprise clients. The core concern is conflict of interest. Enterprises hire advisors to assess the full market

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11:23

Why You Still Can't Get a Cloud Job in 2026

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2026/05/18

If you are struggling to land a cloud computing job in 2026, this video breaks down the ugly truth nobody wants to say out loud. The market is not just competitive, it is distorted. Too many job seekers are wasting time on scam listings, ghost jobs, fake remote roles, and job descriptions written by people who clearly do not understand cloud work. On top of that, candidates are getting screened out by recruiters who cannot tell the difference between real ability and keyword stuffing. Employers

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11:32

The DRAM Squeeze Pushing Enterprises to Cloud

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2026/05/14

This video breaks down a troubling dynamic in the server market: the biggest cloud providers may be helping drive the DRAM shortage and then benefiting when enterprises are forced to react. According to The Register, AI infrastructure is absorbing huge amounts of memory, suppliers are prioritizing the largest buyers, and many enterprises are facing higher prices, slower deliveries, and less negotiating power when trying to expand or refresh their own hardware. That creates a harsh feedback loop

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12:32

Why Consultants Keep Recommending Bad Tech

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2026/05/11

AI consulting is being sold as the next great enterprise revolution, but too much of the market looks more like a land grab than real transformation. In this video, I break down why so many consulting firms seem obsessed with partnerships, ecosystems, and "owning the stack," while saying far less about measurable client value. The issue is not that AI lacks potential. It clearly has enormous potential. The issue is that many firms are treating vendor alignments and flashy positioning as if they

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34:46

Why Digital Transformation Stalls: Cloud, Culture, AI...

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2026/05/07

This session explores why digital transformation efforts often stall even after major cloud investments. The core issue is that infrastructure can be modernized faster than culture, governance, and workforce behavior. Rather than treating cloud as a migration exercise, leaders must use it to redesign operating models, decision-making, and value creation. The discussion highlights how the Capability Maturity Model can help organizations move from fragmented practices to continuous monitoring and a

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10:08

Public Cloud Reliability Sucks. Let's Stop Pretending

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2026/05/04

Public cloud reliability sucks, and the industry has spent years pretending otherwise. The sales pitch is always the same: better uptime, better resilience, less operational pain. But when public cloud fails, it fails big, and everyone pays for it. These platforms are supposed to reduce risk, yet they often concentrate it. One outage in a major provider can cripple applications, break authentication, disrupt storage, kill APIs, and leave entire businesses frozen. That is not resilience. That is

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10:16

The Great Agentic Distraction: Why Cloud Innovation...

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2026/04/30

In this video, I break down what I call the Great Agentic Distraction: the growing tendency of cloud providers to pour talent, capital, and roadmap attention into agentic AI while slowing improvement in the core cloud services most enterprises still depend on. For more than a decade, cloud computing won enterprise trust through steady gains in reliability, security, governance, observability, scalability, and cost efficiency. That kind of progress mattered because it improved real-world operations

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16:16

5 Ways to Stay Relevant in Cloud Computing in 2026

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2026/04/27

Cloud careers in 2026 are being shaped by more than technical knowledge alone. Employers still want strong capability in platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, but they are increasingly looking for people who can connect infrastructure work to security, automation, cost control, AI readiness, and business outcomes. That means career growth now depends on building a solid foundation, adding a specialty, and proving your skills through hands-on work that others can see and trust.

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13:40

Agentic AI Meets Enterprise Reality

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2026/04/23

Agentic AI is one of the most talked-about trends in enterprise AI, AI architecture, and digital transformation, but how much of it is real and how much is hype? In this video, David Linthicum explains what agentic AI actually is, how AI agents work, and why so many companies are overestimating the business value of autonomous AI systems. You'll learn where agentic AI can deliver real results, especially in complex enterprise environments that require distributed decision-making, autonomous

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14:08

Why I'll Never Go Back to Big Consulting

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2026/04/20

This video is a blunt critique of why I will never return to a big consulting firm. After years inside the machine, I came to see how far the industry has drifted from real client service and honest advisory work. What gets marketed as strategy and transformation is often a sales engine driven by partner incentives, internal politics, and quarterly revenue pressure. The result is predictable: clients are treated like accounts to mine, not businesses to serve; leadership rewards politics over

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15:26

Did Cloud Providers Blacklist Me from Their Conferences?

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2026/04/16

In this video, we take a hard look at the growing tension between independent cloud analysts and the hyperscaler machine. Why would one of the industry's most outspoken voices, David Linthicum, seem absent from the biggest cloud conferences and marquee vendor stages? Is it a coincidence, a branding mismatch, or something deeper about how Big Cloud handles criticism? David Linthicum has built his reputation on blunt analysis, not polished vendor talking points. He has consistently challenged cloud

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