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The Business of Open Source

Whether you"re a founder of an open source startup, an open source maintainer or just an open source enthusiast, join host Emily Omier as she talks to the people who work at the intersection of open source and business, from startup founders to leaders of open source giants and all the people who help open source startups grow.

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27:30

Building Community with Jana Boruta

The Business of Open Source ·

2021/06/02

This week on The Business of Cloud Native, I spoke with Jana Boruta, Director of Global Events at HashiCorp, about building community — for startups, for big companies and for open source projects with no budget. We also touched on digital-first events and how they differ from in person events. Highlights:What is community and why does it matter for companies building commercial tools for developers. Why community building is for everyone — from Nike to volunteer organizations to enterprise

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25:15

Security Forensics in a Cloud Native Environment with...

The Business of Open Source ·

2021/05/26

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 felt like there needed to be a better way to manage security forensics in a cloud native environment. Highlights: Why it’s important to get better information about security incidents — or potential security incidents — to make better decisions. Why security has to be relatively easy because otherwise people will ignore it — at their peril. How

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23:46

Building on the Edge with Samy Fodil

The Business of Open Source ·

2021/05/21

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 of Taubyte, about edge computing, industrial IoT and how the edge requires a dramatically different approach from the cloud. Highlights:Why edge is a truly distributed system, unlike the cloud. What inspired Fodil to start Taubyte and why he thinks the edge will be the default computing platform in the years to come.What overlap there is in

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29:39

Positioning Open Source: Rook

The Business of Open Source ·

2021/05/12

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 to build a cloud native storage platform but before anyone was talking about cloud native or Kubernetes. Links: Travis on LinkedInSebastien on LinkedInThe Rook project page

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35:58

Moving Between Market Categories in Cloud Security...

The Business of Open Source ·

2021/05/05

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 how Securonix’s positioning has evolved over the years as it has move between market categories as well as how to evaluate and test cloud native security solutions. Links:Augusto on TwitterAugusto on LinkedInSecuronix

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27:57

Choosing a Cloud Provider for Strategic Business...

The Business of Open Source ·

2021/04/28

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 their needs are can influence technology choices, including which cloud provider you build on. HighlightsHow a seemingly pure technology choice like cloud provider can have serious implications for customer experience. The difference between having a board-level discussion about cloud providers is different from gathering the engineering team

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27:48

Positioning Open Source: The Evolution of CoreDNS

The Business of Open Source ·

2021/04/21

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 evolved over the years and how the team decided to integrate it with Kubernetes. Links: CoreDNSYong Tang on LinkedIn

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28:58

The Edge, the cloud and Kubernetes with Brian Gracely

The Business of Open Source ·

2021/04/14

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 “cloud” and “edge.” HighlightsIs edge part of the cloud, is cloud a part of edge or are they completely separate but slightly related environments? What makes something a data center vs what makes something an edge device? How enterprises think of edge vs how Telcos think about edge. How the edge has gone from being a cost center to a competitive

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29:32

Positioning Open Source: Prometheus

The Business of Open Source ·

2021/04/07

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 how the project started, how it’s evolved over the years (and how it’s stayed the same) as well as some novel ways Prometheus is used in the real world. HighlightsWhy both Julien and Richard got started with PrometheusSome surprising ways that Prometheus is used to monitor things beyond the software engineering worldHow Prometheus has evolved in

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34:19

Connecting ‘legacy’ apps and cloud native apps with...

The Business of Open Source ·

2021/03/31

In this episode of The Business of Cloud Native, Chris Holmes talks about bootstrapping Decipher Technology Studies and their core product, intelligent service mesh Greymatter.io. He also talks about why it's so important for brownfield and greenfield apps to talk to one another and the many similarities between public sector and private sector organizations. Highlights: How Greymatter combines business intelligence and security controls.The difference between working with public sector

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26:53

Cutting through the Multicloud Hype with Chris Psaltis

The Business of Open Source ·

2021/03/24

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 scenarios where multicloud is not necessary), where multicloud is headed in the future and the journey Chris and his co-founders have been on with Mist. HighlightsThe difference between using multicloud for legal / regulatory reasons or because of the company’s history and using multicloud strategically to improve developer velocity or improve

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35:05

Security, Clouds and Open Source with Tzury Bar Yochay

The Business of Open Source ·

2021/03/17

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 before twelve thousand people were going to KubeCon. Highlights:Why your security measures have to keep up with hackers’ sophistication.The moment when Tzury decided to go from being a contractor for the defense industry to founding a company.Why the default path for startups is failure. Why open source is key to securing your cloud

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37:24

Building a reliable, transactional cloud native...

The Business of Open Source ·

2021/03/10

This week, I talked with Karthik Ranganathan about the challenges going from employee of a large company to startup frounder and why he founded Yugabyte because he wanted a database that both was transactional and still could be highly available.Highlights: Why the ability to scale is important for any cloud native application, including for a cloud native database.Why Yugabyte is still open source and why being open source is important to the company. Why enterprises wanted an open source

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37:26

Hiring a Team for your Technical Startup with Natalie...

The Business of Open Source ·

2021/03/03

This week, I talked to Natalie Ledbetter, Head of People and Platform at Boldstart Ventures. We talked about how startups can approach team and culture building, including:How to prioritize your hiresCommon mistakes founders make when building a teamWhy you should always avoid brilliant jerks, even if they are very brilliantHow to divide responsibilities between foundersAnticipating growth and setting your team up so that it can scale as easily as possibleThe difference in skills sets

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36:30

What Does Cloud Freedom Mean with Sirish Raghuram

The Business of Open Source ·

2021/02/24

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 from engineer to CEO. My guest, Sirish Raghuram, is the CEO and co-founder of Platform9.Links: https://platform9.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/sirishraghuram/

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20:39

The Importance of Managing SaaS Applications with...

The Business of Open Source ·

2021/02/17

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 to the cloud and why organizations need to pay attention to security for all their SaaS applications. Links: https://www.coreview.comShawn on Twitter

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28:21

Overcoming hosting challenges for OSS with Thomas Markey

The Business of Open Source ·

2021/02/10

Thomas Markey talks about how to remove some of the barriers to running an open source project with free hosting services. Links: https://fosshost.orgThomas on LinkedInFOSSHOST on TwitterDiscord

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24:16

Separating Compute and Storage with Ranjan Parthasarathy

The Business of Open Source ·

2021/02/03

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 make it easier for companies to do so. Links: LinkedInLogiq.ai

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35:20

The Business Implications of Open Source Licenses...

The Business of Open Source ·

2021/01/27

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 talks about what to be aware of at the beginning to avoid messy legal issues down the road. Links: McCoy on LinkedIn Lex Pan LawOpsequ.io

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37:17

Connecting Cloud Native Technology to Unique Business...

The Business of Open Source ·

2021/01/20

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 incredible conversation about how companies use cloud native technology to meet business goals and how vendors in the cloud native space should pay more attention to the needs of specific industries. Links: https://www.ccsinsight.com/blog/author/bolarotibi/https://www.linkedin.com/in/bolarotibi/https://twitter.com/bolarotibi

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