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Cloud Computing Insider

David Linthicum

Hosted by cloud computing pioneer David Linthicum, the Cloud Computing Insider podcast gets to the bottom of what cloud computing, and generative AI can bring to your enterprise. New content will focus on what"s important to you as a user of cloud computing and generative AI, and the ability to find value the first time.

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12:06

How Grab YANKED 200 Macs Back On-Prem and Crushed Costs!

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2026/03/30

Grab, Southeast Asia's leading super-app for ridesharing and food delivery, recently completed a transformative overhaul of its app-building infrastructure by moving more than 200 Mac Minis from the cloud into a self-managed datacenter. Previously relying on a US cloud provider for its macOS Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) needs, Grab faced major cost pressures—macOS build minutes on cloud platforms were ten times pricier than Linux, and Apple's requirements meant paying for

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17:23

I Called RSA — Here's What I Got Right

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2026/03/28

David Linthicum returns with a follow-up to his RSA predictions video—this time to see what actually happened at last week's RSA Conference and which calls held up under real-world scrutiny. Before the event, David laid out his expectations for the biggest cybersecurity themes, vendor narratives, and industry shifts likely to dominate the conversation. Now that RSA is over, it's time to review the results, separate hype from substance, and look at where those predictions were right on target. In

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20:15

How Did I Go from Industry Expert to YouTuber with...

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2026/03/24

In this video, I explain how I built a successful YouTube channel by combining thought leadership, audience trust, and a focused content strategy. My growth did not start on YouTube alone. It was built on my existing followers and more than 20 years of podcasting, which gave me a strong foundation in technology media, IT analysis, and digital audience building. I also share why understanding audience demand, viewer engagement, and content performance metrics is essential for long-term growth. I

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Show the ROI or Shut Up About Quantum

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2026/03/23

Quantum computing is real science, but "useful quantum" in the enterprise is often sold like a holiday myth: inevitable, magical, and always just a year away. In this video, we cut through the hype and explain why most quantum programs stall at demos and pilots. You'll see what boards and CFOs actually need: a clear classical baseline, measurable outcomes, and a total-cost-of-adoption view that includes talent, integration, governance, security, and auditability. We'll unpack the NISQ

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12:49

Will the Cloud Move to Space? Here's What Happens Next

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2026/03/16

We're on the edge of a real shift: the "cloud" may stop being purely a terrestrial phenomenon and become a layered network that includes orbit. The strongest case isn't that your favorite web app moves to space, but that space systems start acting like their own cloud region—compute, storage, and networking placed near satellites that generate massive amounts of data. If that happens, the first "clouds in space" won't look like hyperscale campuses; they'll look like compact, rugged orbital nodes

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12:50

5 Unpopular Cloud Opinions (That Are Actually True)

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2026/03/09

David Linthicum challenges the feel-good narratives that dominate cloud conversations and lays out five opinions that many teams avoid saying out loud. He argues that cloud repatriation is not a failure but a rational response to economics and performance, and that some workloads belong back on dedicated or private infrastructure. He warns that vendor lock-in isn't an edge case—it's the default outcome unless you design deliberately for portability. Linthicum also focuses on "cloud fragility":

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10:45

The Slow Death of OpenAI: Nobody Wants to Admit This

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2026/03/03

OpenAI helped kick off the AI revolution, but behind the hype the numbers tell a much darker story. In this video, we break down how a company that once looked untouchable is now burning staggering amounts of cash, losing ground to faster, leaner rivals, and scrambling to bolt ads onto its flagship product just to keep the lights on. We'll look at leaks and estimates that suggest OpenAI could lose tens of billions of dollars, with compute and hardware costs that swallow a huge chunk of every

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08:40

The 5 Fundamental Cloud Mistakes AWS, Microsoft, and...

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2026/03/02

Cloud didn't fail—cloud providers did. AWS, Microsoft, and Google sold "simplicity," then normalized pricing that needs a spreadsheet degree, architectures that punish small mistakes, and service catalogs so bloated that teams spend more time choosing tools than shipping products. This video calls out the five fixable parts of modern cloud that vendors control. First: predictable economics—transparent rates, sane defaults, and guardrails that stop surprise bills before they happen. Second:

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12:22

Hyperscalers Are Panicking: Neoclouds Are Taking...

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2026/02/26

Neoclouds are a new wave of GPU-first cloud providers built specifically for AI training and inference, offering a focused alternative to hyperscalers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Instead of optimizing for thousands of general-purpose services, neoclouds optimize for what modern AI teams actually bottleneck on: high-availability NVIDIA-class GPUs, fast provisioning, bare‑metal performance, and low-latency networking for distributed workloads. That specialization can translate into lower

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14:56

AI Everywhere, Adoption Nowhere: Microsoft's Copilot...

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2026/02/24

Microsoft Copilot arrived as an AI layer across Windows, Microsoft 365, and cloud consoles, but many users experienced it less as a breakthrough and more as another interface demanding attention. In Word, Outlook, and Teams it could draft and summarize, yet the output often required careful editing for tone, accuracy, and missing context—work people didn't expect to add to already busy days. In Excel and PowerPoint, where users want precision and control, Copilot sometimes felt unreliable or slower

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11:56

Crypto Cloud Mining Scams EXPOSED!

Cloud Computing Insider ·

2026/02/23

A surge in fraudulent cloud mining schemes is pulling in unsuspecting investors with promises of guaranteed, sky-high returns—claims that regulators stress are not just too good to be true, but technically impossible. These scams mimic the model of legitimate cloud mining, where users lease real hashing power from authentic data centers, but instead operate like Ponzi schemes: returns are paid with the money of new recruits rather than genuine crypto mining profits. Hallmarks of these frauds include

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16:12

The Executives Who Botched Cloud Should've Been...

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2026/02/16

In this video, David Linthicum delivers a blunt critique of how large enterprises mishandled cloud adoption and are now repeating the same mistakes with AI. He explains that many IT leaders treated cloud as a simple outsourcing and cost‑shifting exercise rather than a deep architectural and operating‑model transformation, baking failure in from the start. Billions were spent lifting and shifting technical debt into the cloud, only to see complexity, fragility, and run‑rate costs rise while

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36:30

RSAC 2026: The "Securing AI" Pivot Is Here (Agentic...

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2026/02/13

RSAC 2026 is shaping up to be the year cybersecurity stops talking about "using AI" and starts obsessing over securing it. In this video, we break down the top conference trends emerging from early session themes and Innovation Sandbox signals: the Securing AI pivot (agent governance, inference-time protection, prompt injection, supply-chain integrity, and data leakage), Identity as the new perimeter (machine identities/NHIs eclipsing human users, phishing-resistant authentication, PKI at IoT

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09:29

Why Google Cloud Platform is Behind, and What They...

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2026/02/12

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) lags in third place among the top cloud providers, despite impressive financial growth, due to systemic challenges and fierce competition from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. As of Q3 2023, GCP generated USD 8.4 billion in revenue, significantly trailing AWS's USD 23.1 billion and Azure's estimated USD 24 billion, reflecting its smaller market share of about 11% compared to AWS's 31% and Azure's 25%. GCP entered the market later, missing the early adoption

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21:01

The Jig Is Up for Big Consulting: A 2026 Buyer's...

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2026/02/09

For years, big consulting firms have been selling "cloud and AI strategy" as if it were a product you can just buy off the shelf. In 2026, the jig is up. This video is your no‑nonsense buyer's guide to how large consulting firms should be engaged for cloud and AI work—what to let them do, what to keep in‑house, and where you're most likely to get burned. We'll walk through the real incentives behind those "preferred partner" AI cloud recommendations, how vendor alliances quietly shape your

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14:17

Oracle's AI Data-Center Overbuild Could Break the...

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2026/02/07

Oracle is reportedly tied to roughly USD 56 billion in AI data-center financing, and Wall Street is treating it like a stress test, not a victory lap. In this video I break down why "build it and they will come" can turn into "borrow it and you will bleed." Data centers are fixed-cost monsters: power commitments, depreciation, and interest expense don't care if enterprise customers take six quarters to migrate workloads. If demand ramps slower than supply, Oracle's only lever is discounting—lower

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13:02

The Cloud Security Crisis No One Wants to Admit—61%...

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2026/02/02

In this crucial video, cloud security leader David Linthicum exposes a troubling statistic: 61 percent of cloud security incidents are completely preventable. Drawing on the latest security research, David reveals the most common—and avoidable—mistakes that leave enterprises vulnerable to cyberattacks, data leaks, and compliance violations. He breaks down the top culprits, from misconfigured cloud environments and weak access controls to lapses in ongoing monitoring and lack of employee training

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15:44

Azure Softness + AI Capex = The Public Cloud's New...

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2026/02/01

Why did Microsoft stock drop even after a headline beat? In this episode, cloud analyst David Linthicum breaks down the market's "beat-and-drop" reaction to Microsoft's latest earnings and what it signals about Azure, AI, and hyperscaler spending. He explains how expectations for a clear cloud re-acceleration collided with guidance that sounded more like "we're investing ahead of demand," raising concerns about capital intensity and near-term margins. Linthicum walks through the optics around Azure

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22:51

Why the Tech Industry Keeps Lying to Itself (and You)

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2026/01/26

The tech industry is brilliant at building new things—and terrible at admitting when it gets them wrong. In this video, I break down why our predictions about cloud, AI, big data, blockchain, metaverse, and more so often miss reality by a mile. From wildly optimistic analyst forecasts (including early cloud growth predictions that were way off) to vendor-driven hype cycles, we've built a system that rewards confidence, not accuracy. I walk through concrete examples where the narrative sounded

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19:26

Agentic AI Playbook Spam: Why "Proven" Agentic AI...

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2026/01/22

In this video, David Linthicum breaks down the sudden explosion of "agentic AI" playbooks, frameworks, and branded platforms now pouring out of the consulting industry. Every big firm wants to look like it owns the future of autonomous work, so the market is being flooded with glossy diagrams, maturity models, and "fast paths" that promise cheap, repeatable success—sometimes with language that feels close to a guarantee. But agentic AI is not a plug-in. It's an architecture, and architecture only

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