276: New from AWS – Elastic Commute – Flex Your Way to an Empty Office

276: New from AWS – Elastic Commute – Flex Your Way to an Empty Office

Author: Justin Brodley, Jonathan Baker, Ryan Lucas and Matt Kohn | Cloud Computing & AI News September 30, 2024 Duration: 1:10:14

Welcome to episode 276 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! This week, our hosts Justin, Matthew, and Jonathan do a speedrun of OpenWorld news, talk about energy needs and the totally not controversial decision to reopen 3 Mile Island, a “managed” exodus from cloud, and Kubernetes news. As well as Amazon’s RTO we are calling “Elastic Commute”. All this and more, right now on The Cloud Pod. 

Titles we almost went with this week:

  • The Cloud Pod Hosts don’t own enough pants for five days a week
  • IBM thinks it can contain the cost of K8s
  • Microsoft loves nuclear energy
  • The Cloudpod tries to give Oracle some love and still does not care
  • The cloud pod goes nuclear on k8s costs
  • Can IBM contain the costs of Kubernetes and Nuclear Power? 
  • Google takes on take over while microsoft takes on nuclear
  • AWS Launches ‘Managed Exodus’: Streamline Your Talent Drain
  • Introducing Amazon WorkForce Alienation: Scale Your Employee Discontent to the Cloud
  • Amazon SageMaker Studio Lab: Now with Real-Time Resignation Prediction

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General News

01:08 IBM acquires Kubernetes cost optimization startup Kubecost 

  • IBM is quickly becoming the place where cloud cost companies go to assimilate? Or Die? Rebirthed mabe? Either way, it’s not a great place to end up. 
  • On Tuesday they announced the acquisition of Kubecost, a FinOps startup that helps teams monitor and optimize their K8 clusters, with a focus on efficiency – and ultimately cost. 
  • This acquisition follows the acquisitions of Apptio, Turbonomic, and Instana over the years. 
  • Kubecost is the company behind OpenCost; a vendor-neutral open source project that forms part of the core Kubecost commercial offering.  
    • OpenCost is part of the Cloud Native Computing Foundations cohort of sandbox projects.
  • Kubecost is expected to be integrated into IBM’s FinOps Suite, which combines Cloudability and Turbonomic. 
    • There is also speculation that it might make its way to OpenShift, too.

02:26 Jsutin- “…so KubeCost lives inside of Kubernetes, and basically has the ability to see how much CPU, how much memory they’re using, then calculate basically the price of the EC2 broken down into the different pods and services.”

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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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