321: The Cloud Pod is in Tears Trying to Understand Azure Tiers

321: The Cloud Pod is in Tears Trying to Understand Azure Tiers

Author: Justin Brodley, Jonathan Baker, Ryan Lucas and Matt Kohn | Cloud Computing & AI News September 19, 2025 Duration: 54:07

The Cloud Pod is in Tears Trying to Understand Azure Tiers  

 Welcome to episode 321 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin, Ryan, and Matt are all on hand to bring you the latest in cloud and AI news, including increased metrics data (because who doesn’t love more data), some issues over at Cloudflare, and even bigger issues at Builder.ai  – plus so much more. Let’s get started! 

Titles we almost went with this week

  • Lost in Translation: Google Helps IPv6 Find Its Way to IPv4
  • BigQuery’s Soft Landing for Hard Problems
  • CloudWatch Gets a Two-Week Memory Upgrade
  • VM Glow-Up: From Gen1 Zero to Gen2 Hero
  • Azure Gets Contextual: API Management Learns to Speak AI
  • The Cloud Pod: Now Broadcasting from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
  • LoRA LoRA on the Wall, Who’s the Finest Model of Them All
  • Azure Says MFA or the Highway for Resource Management
  • Two-Factor or Two-Furious: Azure’s Security Ultimatum
  • Agent 007: License to Build
  • CUD You Believe It? Google’s Discounts Get More Flexible
  • WAF’s New Deal: Free Logs with Every Million Requests Served
  • SOC It To Me: Google’s AI Security Workshop Tour
  • MFA mandatory in Azure, now you too can hate/hate MS Authenticator
  • AWS AMIs no longer the Tribbles of cloud computing
  • ECS Exec; Justin’s prediction from 2018 finally comes true

General News

00:56 FinOps Weekly Summit 2025

  • Victor Garcia reached out and asked us to share the news about the FinOps Weekly Summit coming up on October 23rd, 2025. 
  • A lot of great speakers; if you’re in the FinOps space, we recommend it. 
  • Want to register? You can do that here

01:53 Ignite Registration Opens 

  • San Francisco, Moscone Center
  • November 18–21, 2025
  • Need to convince your manager to pay for you to go? Find that letter here

02:45 Addressing the unauthorized issuance of multiple TLS certificates for 1.1.1.1

  • Some issues over at Cloudflare recently…
  • Fina CA issued 12 unauthorized TLS certificates for Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver IP address between February 2024 and August 2025, violating domain control validation requirements and potentially allowing man-in-the-middle attacks on DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-HTTPS connections.
  • The incident highlights vulnerabilities in the Certificate Authority trust model where any trusted CA can issue certificates for any domain or IP without proper validation, though exploitation would require the attacker to have the private key, interce

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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