263: Ticketmaster Gets a Snow Job – MFA Matters Folks!

263: Ticketmaster Gets a Snow Job – MFA Matters Folks!

Author: Justin Brodley, Jonathan Baker, Ryan Lucas and Matt Kohn | Cloud Computing & AI News June 12, 2024 Duration: 55:13

Welcome to episode 263 of the Cloud Pod Podcast – where the forecast is always cloudy! This week we’re diving into the world of Snowflake, including announcements from their latest conference and details about their recent breach. Seriously – MFA is important! Plus we look at updates to Terraform, Claude 3, and OCI pushing the IOPS limits and much more. Join us! 

Titles we almost went with this week:

  • Snowflake Announces State-of-the-Art way for hackers to Talk to your Data
  • Ticketmaster gets a snow job – MFA matters! 
  • The CloudPod wouldn’t use Oracle even for a million IOPS
  • Azure finally wakes up to hibernation support JJB
  • No one ever called a Bastion Host Premium until Today – JPB MK
  • I look forward to connecting Kinesis to Pub Sub to Event Hub in the most rube   
  •     goldberg eventing architecture ever
  • Hashicorp shows you the way
  • 10 ways to say I want you Matt (I’m not bias with the name)
  • Can we just hibernate ourselves on AI announcements
  • Sus is how i feel about the new Susscanner from AWS
  • OCI has enough power to run Oracle databases with 1 MIllion IOPS
  • OCI wants 1 Million IOPS (dr evil voice)
  • Monday, Tuesday, Hashidays…

General News 

Terraform AWS Cloud Control API provider is now generally available 

  • The AWS Cloud Control Provider (AWSCC), built around the AWS Cloud Control API and designed to bring new services to Terraform faster, is now generally available. 
    • The 1.0 release represents a step in their effort to provide launch-day support of AWS services.  
  • This service was put into tech preview in 2021. 
  • Glad it’s finally here; although we thought this effort was abandoned, honestly. 
  • Interesting that you can mix HCL Terraform and AWSCC, but specify the different resource types in the configurations.  

00:53 New Vault and Boundary offerings advance Security Lifecycle Management at HashiDays 2024  

  • Hashicorp held their “Hashidays” event in London this last week, and announced improvements to their Security Lifecycle Management (SLM) products: Vault and Boundary
  • Vault will be getting Workload Identify Federation, coming soon to Vault Enterprise which enables secretless configuration for vault plugins that integrate with external systems supporting WIF, such as AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. 
    • By enabling secretless configuration, organizations reduce security concerns that can come with using long-lived and highly privileged security credentials. 
    • With WIF, Vault no longer needs access to highly sensitive roo

Every week, the team behind The Cloud Pod gathers to sift through the constant stream of announcements from AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Hosts Justin Brodley, Jonathan Baker, Ryan Lucas, and Matt Kohn bring their combined expertise to the table, translating complex platform updates and new service launches into practical insights. This isn't just a headline recap; it's a detailed analysis meant for engineers, architects, and tech leaders who need to understand the "why" and "how" behind the news. You'll hear them debate the real-world implications of the latest AI tooling, unpack FinOps strategies for managing costs, and track the evolving competitive landscape between the major providers. The conversation is grounded in years of hands-on experience, offering a perspective that goes beyond the press releases. Tuning into this weekly podcast provides a consistent, informed checkpoint for anyone whose work depends on the cloud. It’s a direct line to understanding the innovations and shifts that are actively reshaping how businesses build and scale technology, all from one of the most enduring voices in the space.
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