Mike Vizard and Paul Nashawaty, practice lead for application development at the Futurum Group, dive into the highlights of the recent Red Hat Summit before discussing how application modernization is being achieved. Then the conversation turns to what degree observability will require a real-time database before revisiting the degree to which DevOps teams are helping organizations rein in cloud costs. Links Referenced in the Podcast: https://cloudnativenow.com/news/red-hat-expands-scope-of-ai-ambitions-for-openshift-platform/ https://techstrong.tv/videos/interviews/technical-debt-in-application-modernization-with-vfunctions-moti-rafalin https://devops.com/startree-makes-observability-case-for-apache-pinot-database/ https://cloudnativenow.com/editorial-calendar/container-kubernetes-management/finops-for-kubernetes-engineering-cost-optimization/ https://devops.com/survey-credits-engineering-teams-with-keeping-lid-on-cloud-costs/

Mike and Paul Nashawaty, practice lead for application development at the Futurum Group, discuss the implication of millions of repositories on Docker Hub that were used to distribute malware before diving into how cloud-native application security might improve. Then the conversation turns to applying artificial intelligence (AI) to managing application programming interfaces (APIs) and the rise of control planes to centralize the management of distributed IT platforms. Links Referenced in Podcast: https://cloudnativenow.com/topics/cloudnativedevelopment/docker/jfrog-reveals-docker-hub-compromise-spanning-millions-of-repositories/ https://cloudnativenow.com/news/isovalent-strengthens-cloud-native-security-via-tetragon-enterprise-update/ https://cloudnativenow.com/features/upbound-adds-console-to-centralize-management-of-crossplane/ https://devops.com/postman-makes-ai-tool-for-api-management-platform-available/

Mike and Paul, a practice lead for application development at the Futurum Group, discuss the cloud-native implications of the IBM move to acquire HashiCorp before diving into why NVIDIA acquired Run:AI. Then the conversation shifts to applying best FinOps to rein in Kubernetes costs. Additionally, Paul previews some of the results of an observability survey conducted by Futurum.