Welcome to the inaugural episode of Getting Loud About the Cloud. I am your host, Derek Swanson, Chief Technology Officer at Silk. In this episode, I will cover the pros and cons of using cloud infrastructure aka Platform as a Service (PaaS) providers for your mission-critical applications.
Join us each episode for in-depth discussions across different elements and aspects of the cloud, from the technical to the absurd, with a focus on helping YOU understand the capabilities and limitations of various public cloud offerings. Our goal is to explain how a blend of cloud technology can be effectively married to business outcomes that help you be better prepared to smartly approach and solve your business problems with cloud technologies.
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Discussion Points
- Podcast and Derek introduction
- Some things to consider when shopping for a cloud service for your business
- Green field vs. brown field refactoring
- The sliding scale of cloud services– the more you use, the more you pay
- Considering the downsides: cost controls, portability, and outages of your cloud service
- Examining the cautionary tale of the recent AWS Route 53 failure
- Risks, limits, and right-sizing – did you know there are built-in limits?
- Cloud functionality is built for “average” usage, not peak periods
- The dangers of public-facing cloud services being ‘slow’ vs. ‘down’
- Can your cloud service support your peak periods? (Black Friday, sales, social events, etc.?)
- We welcome your suggestions– reach out to Silk for topics for upcoming episodes