Joe Daly, Director of Community at the FinOps Foundation, joins the pod to discuss his FinOps journey, tackling cloud molehills before they become mountains and his top picks for a Scottish FinOps playlist.This episode was recorded in late 2021

Security in the cloud, with Joe Pindar, Founder of FreshSecurity.

Nov 17th, 2021 55m 35s

November's guest is Joe Pindar, Founder of FreshSecurity, who aim to provider a hacker's view of you and your business.And Joe really knows his stuff - kicking off his cyber security career at GCHQ, followed by stints at the National Crime Age

Buying cloud your way, with James Mitchell of Strategic Blue.

Oct 20th, 2021 42m 33s

Can you trade cloud like you trade coal?This month Aled and Alasdair are joined by Dr James Mitchell, founder and CEO of Strategic Blue. Strategic Blue specialise in cloud financial operations and partner with leading cloud vendors like AWS, Mi

Weathering turbulence, with Edinburgh Airport's Digital Team

Sep 21st, 2021 32m 7s

Aviation has been particularly hard-hit by the covid-19 pandemic. Restrictions on travel and customer confidence saw passenger numbers at Edinburgh Airport, Scotland's busiest airport, drop by over 90%. Airports are complex, tech-rich environme

Taming complexity in the cloud, with Kylie Fowler of ITAM Intelligence

Aug 18th, 2021 48m 28s

In this month's episode we talk to Kylie Fowler, a leading consultant in the realm of IT and Software Asset Management, enabling companies to optimise their IT estate through best practice and maximise their investments in tech. Connect with K

Understanding cloud costs, with Ashley Hromatko, Snr FinOps Manager at Pearson

Jul 20th, 2021 37m 35s

Cost is often one of the main drivers for adopting the cloud, but it's not always plain sailing once you get there. Cloud bills are complicated, so it can be a challenge to understand where your money is being spent, never mind how to manage an

Going Serverless, with the Burning Monk

Jul 20th, 2021 56m 50s

Yan Cui (aka Twitter's The Burning Monk) is goldmine of knowledge when it comes to Serverless Architectures. But what is Serverless? And where did the inspiration for his Twitter handle come from? Aled and Alasdair spoke to him to find out...To

Human Centric Innovation, with David Cairns, Head of Innovation at Fujitsu

Jul 20th, 2021 46m 25s

Welcome to the first episode of Cloudy With A Chance of Brain, the podcast where we bring the cloud down to earth. As well as having an excuse to talk to interesting people in the industry, we want to create a space to bring together the cultu

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