Best DB2 Podcasts (2025)

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325: Db2 or Not Db2: That Is the Backup Question 1:12:32

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Welcome to episode 325 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin is on vacation this week, so it’s up to Ryan and Matthew to bring you all the latest news in cloud and AI, and they definitely deliver! This week we have an AWS invoice undo button, Sora 2, and quite a bit of news DigitalOcean – plus so much more. Let’s get started…

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Db2 Trends and Directions with Haakon Roberts 52:12

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In this episode, Marcus asked guest Haakon Roberts to "unpack the sweeties from the box of delights that is Version Next" of Db2 for z/OS. (With an ask like that, how could Haakon refuse?) Hear a preview of Haakon's planned IDUG #EMEA25 session, including why users can now have their cake and eat it relative to Db2 stability and product quality. Ha…

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326: Oracle Discovers the Dark Side (And Finally Has Cookies) 50:54

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Welcome to episode 326 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin and Ryan are your guides to all things cloud and AI this week! We’ve got news from SonicWall (and it’s not great), a host of goodbyes to say over at AWS, Oracle (finally) joins the dark side, and even Slurm – and you don’t even need to ride on a creepy river to exp…

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323: Databricks One: Because Seven Eight Nine 1:22:16

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Welcome to episode 323 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin, Matt and Ryan are in the studio tonight to bring you all the latest in cloud and AI news! This week we have a close call from Entra, some DeepSeek news, Firestore, and even an acquisition! Make sure to stay tuned for the aftershow – and Matt obviously falling asle…

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324: Clippy’s Revenge: The AI Assistant That Actually Works - Sort Of 1:04:28

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Welcome to episode 324 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin, Ryan, and Jonathan are your hosts, bringing you all the latest news and announcements in Cloud and AI. This week we have some exec changes over at Oracle, a LOT of announcements about Sonnet 4.5, and even some marketplace updates over at Azure! Let’s get started. …

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322: Did OpenAI and Microsoft Break Up? It’s Complicated… 1:23:24

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Welcome to episode 322 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! We have BIG NEWS – Jonathan is back! He’s joined in the studio by Justin and Ryan to bring you all the latest in cloud and AI news, including ongoing drama in the Microsoft/OpenAI drama, saying goodbye to data transfer fees (in the EU), M4 Power, and more. Let’s get start…

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Big Numbers and Deep Thoughts – with Steen Rasmussen 38:37

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In this upbeat conversation, Steen discusses his Db2 career of more than 40 years, and the revolutionary nature of his favorite but "very boring" Db2 feature. Of particular note are Steen’s innovative method to save on IDUG travel costs, an eye-opening conference-related beverage experience, and the total number of IDUG Conferences Steen has attend…

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321: The Cloud Pod is in Tears Trying to Understand Azure Tiers 54:07

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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…

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320: Azure gives your Finops person a heart attack 55:42

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Welcome to episode 320 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin, Matt, and Ryan are coming to you from Justin’s echo chamber and bringing all the latest in AI and Cloud news, including updates to Google’s Anti-trust case, AWS Cost MCP, new regions, updates to EKS, Veo, and Claude, and more! Let’s get into it. Titles we almost w…

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319: AWS Cost MCP: Your Billing Data Now Speaks Human 1:36:14

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Welcome to episode 319 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin, Matt, and Ryan are in the studio to bring you all the latest in cloud and AI news. AWS Cost MCP makes exploring your finops data as simple as english text. We’ve got a sunnier view for junior devs, a Microsoft open source development, tokens, and it’s even Kuberne…

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318: One Extension to Rule Them All (And in the VS Code Bind Them) 1:05:22

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Welcome to episode 318 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! We’re going on an adventure! Justin and Ryan have formed a fellowship of the cloud, and they’re bringing you all the latest and greatest news from Valinor to Helm’s Deep, and Azure to AWS to GCP. We’ve water issues, some Magic Quadrants, and Aurora updates…but sadly no po…

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Sweet Little Synergy with Namik Hrle 1:09:56

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Recently retired IBM Fellow Namik Hrle discusses his journey from the beginning, where he grew up in "a country that doesn't exist." He shares the realization that inspired him to broaden his perspective beyond the mainframe, the technology that any Z customer running cloud should be interested in, and how retirement feels a bit like keeping a plan…

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317: I Got 99 Problems, But a Hallucination Ain’t One 1:28:42

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Welcome to episode 317 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin, Matt, and an out-of-breath (from outrunning bears) Ryan are back in the studio to bring you another episode of everyone’s favorite cloud and AI news wrap-up. This week we’ve got GTP-5, Oracle’s newly minted AI conference, hallucinations (not the good kind), and ev…

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316: Microsoft’s New AI Agent Has Trust Issues (With Software) 1:05:12

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Welcome to episode 316 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! This week we’ve got earnings (with sound effects, obviously) as well as news from DeepSeek, DocumentDB, DigitalOcean, and a bunch of GPU news. Justin and Matt are here to lead you through all of it, so let’s get started! Titles we almost went with this week: Lake Sentinel…

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IDUG #EMEA25 Preview: A Panel Discussion 36:08

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In this special edition of IDUG Db2 Table Talk, Julia and Marcus chat with a group of attendees who are relatively new to the IDUG EMEA Db2 Tech Conference, with varied levels of professional experience. The panel share insights about key conference benefits that will help justify management approval for attendance, plus easy ways to plan ahead and…

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315: EC2's New Shutdown Shortcut: Because Sometimes You Just Need to Pull the Plug 1:20:37

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Welcome to episode 315 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! Your hosts, Justin and Matt, are here to bring you the latest in cloud and AI news, including news about AI from the White House, the newest hacker exploits, and news from CloudWatch, CrowdStrike, and GKE – plus so much more. Let’s get into it! Titles we almost went with …

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314: Vector? I Hardly Know Her! S3's New AI Storage Play 1:30:13

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Welcome to episode 314 of The Cloud Pod, where your hosts, Matt and Ryan, are holding down the fort in Justin’s absence and bringing what’s left of our audience (those of you still here after the last time they were left in charge) the latest and greatest in cloud and tech news. We’ve got undersea cables, vector storage, and even some hobos – but n…

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313: The Gartner Guide to Breaking Things on Purpose 1:20:11

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Welcome to episode 313 of The Cloud Pod, where your hosts, Matt, Ryan, and Justin, are here to bring you all the latest in Cloud and AI news. This week we’ve got an installation of Cloud Journey featuring Gartner and chaos AND an aftershow! We’ve got acquisition news, new tools, an undersea cable, and even a little chaos, all right now in the cloud…

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312: Azure Firewall Finally Learns to Spell (FQDN Edition) 1:29:15

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Welcome to episode 312 of The Cloud Pod, where your hosts, Matt, Ryan, and Justin, are here to bring you all the latest in Cloud and AI news. We’ve got security news, updates from PostgreSQL, Azure firewall and BlobNFS, plus TWO Cloud Journey stories for you! Thanks for joining us this week in the cloud! Titles we almost went with this week: Git Ha…

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De-Mystifying the High Performance DBAT with John Campbell 51:23

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After hearing John Campbell speak at GSE Nordic 2025, Marcus had questions...What is a high-performance DBAT? How do you make a thread "high performance"? John Campbell – Db2 guru, consultant, and former IBM Distinguished Engineer – starts at the beginning of the distributed journey within Db2 for z/OS. Tune in to learn about cheap connections vs e…

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311: The Crawlers are Running the Asylum 1:10:10

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Welcome to episode 311 of Two Old Men Yelling at Cloud – aka The Cloud Pod, featuring Matt and Ryan who absolutely, definitely did NOT record an aftershow. This week, they’re talking about Cloudflare’s new Pay Per Crawler, a new open-source Terraform provider from mkdev, and lots of fabric news that Ryan doesn’t understand – plus so much more. Let’…

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310: CI You Later, Manual Testing 1:51:15

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Welcome to episode 310 of The Cloud Pod – where the forecast is always cloudy! Matt, Ryan and Justin are here to bring you all the latest and greatest in cloud and AI news. Literally. All of it. This week we have announcements from re:Inforce, Manual Testing, GuardDuty, Government AI (what could go wrong?) Gemini 2.5 and, in a flash from the past, …

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309: Microsoft tries to give away cloud services for free, sadly, it's only SQL 51:05

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Welcome to episode 308 of The Cloud Pod – where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin and Matt are on hand and ready to bring you an action packed episode. Unfortunately, this one is also lullaby free. Apologies. This week we’re talking about Databricks and Lakebridge, Cedar Analysis, Amazon Q, Google’s little hiccup, and updates to SQL – plus so m…

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308: SCC: Security Command Center or Super Cool Capabilities? 1:46:18

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Welcome to episode 308 of The Cloud Pod – where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin, Matt and Ryan are in the house today to tell us all about the latest and greatest from FinOps and SnowFlake conferences, plus updates from Security Command Center, OpenAI, and even a new AWS Region. All this and more, today in the cloud! Titles we almost went wit…

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307: The AI Assistant That Finally Understands Your Kubernetes Cluster (We are Doomed) 1:11:17

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Welcome to episode 307 of The Cloud Pod – where the forecast is always cloudy! Who else is at a conference? Justin is coming to us this week from sunny San Diego where he’s attending FinOps – so we have that news to look forward to for next week. Matt and Ryan are also on hand today to share the latest news from Kubernetes, Salesforce acquisitions,…

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Things I Wish I Knew before Interviewing Michael Cotignola 39:39

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Famous for his globally recognised presentation, ‘Things About Db2 I wish I'd Remember When’, BMC Software’s Principal Solution Engineer, Michael Cotignola is the latest victim of Marcus and Julia’s latest podcast. Learn more about IDUG, the International Db2 User Group, at www.idug.org.By Julia Carter & Marcus Davage for IDUG

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306: Batch Better Have MySQL: Azure's Maintenance Makeover 1:34:13

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Welcome to episode 306 of The Cloud Pod – where the forecast is always cloudy! This week, we have a bunch of announcements concerning the newest offering from Anthropic – Claude Sonnet 4 and Opus 4, plus container security, Azure MySQL Maintenance, Vertex AI, and Mistral AI. Plus, we’ve got a Cloud Journey installment AND an aftershow – so get comf…

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305: AWS Breaks Up with Unpopular Services - "It's Not You, It's Me" 1:12:49

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Welcome to episode 305 of The Cloud Pod – where the forecast is always cloudy! How did you do on your Microsoft Build Predictions? As badly as us? Plus we’ve got news on AWS service changes, a lifecycle catch up page for all those services that bought the farm, tons of Gemini news (seriously, like a lot) and even some AI for .NET. Welcome to the cl…

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304: It’s Chile Up Here in The Cloud! 1:16:54

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Welcome to episode 304 of The Cloud Pod – where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin, Ryan and Matt are in the house tonight to bring you all the latest and greatest in Cloud and AI news, including AWS new Chilean region, the ongoing tug of war between Open AI and Microsoft, and even some K8 updates – plus an aftershow. Let’s get started! Titles w…

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303: Someday You Will Find Me, Caught Beneath the AI Landslide, in a Champagne Premier Nova in The Sky 1:24:54

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Welcome to episode 303 of The Cloud Pod – where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin, Ryan and exhausted dad Matt are here (and mostly awake) ready to bring the latest in cloud news! This week we’ve got more news from Nova, updates to Claude, earnings news, and a mini funeral for Skype – plus a new helping of Cloud Journey! Titles we almost went w…

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09 Jesse Gorzinski Unleashed: AI, Open Source, and IBM i’s Bright Future 57:16

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09 Ready to rethink what’s possible on IBM i? In this episode, IBM’s Jesse Gorzinski returns to share how AI is not just a buzzword — it’s already happening inside your IBM i environment. From open-source innovations to on-chip acceleration in Power10, Jesse breaks down the tools, tech, and transformations redefining the platform. We cover: How Pow…

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A Man of Many Talents with Henrik Loeser 45:46

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Perhaps it's natural for Henrik Loeser to share Db2 tips and guidance since he comes from a family of educators. Tune in to learn how Henrik's blog began, what it's like to be a translator from bits & bytes to benefits, and what prompted this next statement: "Brahms Requiem is a banger." (Hint: Will there be an IDUG House Band performing in Dusseld…

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302: It’s So Hot, Even Windows is Hotpatching 1:32:41

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Welcome to episode 302 of The Cloud Pod – where the forecast is always cloudy! This week Justin and Ryan are on hand to bring you all the latest in Cloud (and AI news.) We’ve got hotpatching, Project Greenland, and a rollback of GPT-4.o, which sort of makes us sad – and our egos are definitely less stroked. Plus Saas, containers, and outposts – all…

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301: The Cloud Pod PartyRocks in the House Tonight 1:19:31

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Chapters (00:00:00) - The Cloud Pod (00:01:07) - How to Write a 300-Episode Recap With AI (00:03:05) - We're Turning 300 Episodes Down (00:07:39) - Reinventing: The Future of the Podcast (00:13:52) - Google Wins Antitrust Case vs. DOJ (00:21:18) - Google's Proposal for the Antitrust Case (00:24:29) - OpenAI Launches OpenAI03 and O4 Mini (00:30:27) …

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08 Steve Will Unplugged: IBM i, Code Assist & What’s Coming Next 48:54

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08 Steve Will, Chief Architect of IBM i, is back on The Incredible i Show — and he’s bringing the fire. 🔥 In this episode, we unpack the newly released IBM i 7.6, where security takes center stage with integrated multi-factor authentication (MFA), full system encryption, and a push to adopt modern tools. Steve explains why this release is different…

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300: The Next Chapter: How Google’s Next-Level Next Event Nexted All Our Next Expectations – and What’s Next Now That Next Is Past 1:20:18

6M ago1:20:18

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Welcome to episode 300 of The Cloud Pod – where the forecast is always cloudy! According to the title, this week’s show is taking place inside of a Dr. Suess book, but don’t despair – we’re not going to make you eat green eggs and ham, but we WILL give you the low down on all things Vegas. Well, Google’s Next event which recently took place in Vega…

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A Peculiar watsonx.data Use Case Example" and other insights with Frank Fillmore 46:42

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What do IBM Champion Frank Filmore and the late Tupac Shakur have in common? Marcus and Julia discuss this connection, plus Frank's favorite Db2 feature of all time, and why you'll have to wait 5 years to hear his views on AI. Don't miss these insights, plus his "peculiar" watsonx.data use case example and a few stories from the road. Learn more ab…

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07 Announcement Day with Scott Forstie: Like Christmas, But With More Acronyms 50:16

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07 It’s IBM i announcement day, and joining us is the legendary Scott Forstie, IBM i database architect and innovation leader. In this episode, we unpack the highlights of the latest IBM i Technology Refresh, explore the brand-new Migrate While Active (MWA) functionality, and take a fresh look at security from the inside out. Scott shares what’s ne…

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299: We Predict Next, for Next Week’s, Next-Level Google Next Event. What’s Next? 1:20:01

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Welcome to episode 299 of The Cloud Pod – where the forecast is always cloudy! Google Next is quickly approaching, and you know what that means – it’s time for predictions! Who will win this year’s Crystal Ball award? Only time and the main stage will tell. Join Matthew, Justin, and Ryan as they break down their thoughts on what groundbreaking (and…

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298: BigQuery Gits it With Devops 1:05:02

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Welcome to episode 298 of The Cloud Pod – where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin, Matthew and Ryan are in the house (and still very much missing Jonathan) to bring you a jam packed show this week, with news from Beijing to Virginia! Did you know Virginia was in the US? Amazon definitely wants you to know that. We’ve got updates from BigQuery G…

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06 Automate This! Adventures in Ansible with Steve Wolk & Nima Bank 54:34

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06 Get ready for a fun and insightful episode of The Incredible i Show! This week, I welcome IBM Champion and CTO Steve Wolk, and Senior Infrastructure Engineer Nima Bank, to talk all things Ansible on IBM i. Steve and Nima share their real-world automation journey—from tackling unexpected performance issues to discovering the magic of Ansible auto…

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297: Save the Date So You Can Get Some Skills – In AI! 1:07:38

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Welcome to episode 297 of The Cloud Pod – where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin, Ryan, and Matthew have beaten the black lung and are in the studio – ready to bring you all the latest and greatest in cloud and AI news! We’ve got Wiz buyouts (that security, it’s so hot right now!) Gemma 3, Glue 5 (but not 3 or 4) and Gemini Robots – plus looki…

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296: Google Forces AI Protection 59:26

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Welcome to episode 296 of The Cloud Pod – where the forecast is always cloudy! Today is a twofer – Justin and Ryan are in the house to make sure you don’t miss out on any of today’s important cloud and AI news. From AI Protection, to Google Next, to Amazon Q Developer, we’ve got it all, this week on TCP! Titles we almost went with this week: Amazon…

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"No one else wanted to learn it" - and other surprises with Craig Mullins 55:08

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IBM Champion and Gold Consultant Craig Mullins shares how he got into Db2, plus the most common error found in almost every Db2 shop, his thoughts on AI (“both brilliant and awful”) and the single most interesting experience in his IT career. Learn more about IDUG, the International Db2 User Group, at www.idug.org.…

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A Tribute to Robert Catterall with Mark Radar, Anthony Ciabattoni, Sueli Almeida and Frank Fillmore 28:32

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Marcus and Julia are joined by a few of Robert's closest colleagues and friends from the last few decades to reminisce and share stories about the Perfect Man, who very sadly left us too soon. Learn more about IDUG, the International Db2 User Group, at www.idug.org.By Julia Carter & Marcus Davage for IDUG

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05 From Green Screen to Greatness: Ted Macksam’s IBM i Modernization Journey 49:50

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05 IBM Power Rockstars, this one’s a must-listen! On this episode of The Incredible i Show, we sit down with Ted Macksam, an IT leader who’s pushing the boundaries of modernization on IBM i. Imagine running your entire IBM i ERP without traditional green screens, without terminal sessions, and without legacy roadblocks—just open-source technology a…

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295: Skype follows Chime to the Grave 1:03:59

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Welcome to episode 295 of The Cloud Pod – where the forecast is always cloudy! Welp, it’s sayonara to Skype – and time to finally make the move to Teams. Hashi has officially moved to IBM, GPT 4.5 is out and people have…thoughts. Plus, Google has the career coach you need to make all your dreams come true.* *Assuming those dreams are reasonable in …

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04 Power Moves: The Future of IBM i with Steve Sibley at IBM 50:54

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04 IBM i explorers, get ready! In this episode, Steve Sibley joins us to talk about the future of IBM i—from platform innovations and cloud strategy to application modernization and cybersecurity advancements. We’ll dive into how businesses are modernizing, IBM’s evolving roadmap, and the opportunities ahead for IBM Power users. Plus, Steve shares …

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294: Ding: Chime is Dead 1:01:25

8M ago1:01:25

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Welcome to episode 294 of The Cloud Pod – where the forecast is always cloudy!Ilya Boy, do we have a news packed week for you! Sutskever raised $30B without a product, Mira Murati launched her own AI lab, and Claude 3.7 now thinks before it speaks. Meanwhile, Microsoft casually invented new matter for quantum computing, Google built an AI scientist…

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293: Terraform Apply – Output Pizza 1:09:53

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Welcome to episode 293 of The Cloud Pod – where the forecast is always cloudy! This week we’ve got a lot of new and, surprise, a new installment of Cloud Journey AND and aftershow – so make sure to stay tuned for that! We’ve got undersea cables, Go 1.24, Wasm, Anthropic and more. Titles we almost went with this week: ️Lets Go! Under Sea cables make…