Taking Back Control of the Cloud

Today, we’re going to be talking Kubernetes, and we’re joined by a very special guest, Shreyans Parekh, our resident cloud and application modernization expert. We’re going to be talking about how Kubernetes has taken the container ecosystem by storm but it adds new complexity for day-to-day tasks of managing application performance and gaining visibility into your services and infrastructure. We will also learn more about Shrey’s perspective on the future of Kubernetes and the Cloud.

Be honest: do you control your cloud strategy, or does it control you? If you’re like a lot of businesses, it’s probably the latter -- and that’s for good reason. Using cloud resources efficiently while also getting visibility into them is an ongoing battle for most IT teams. In the latest episode of the Shifting Left podcast, I talk to Vikram Parmar, our resident cloud expert, about what IT teams can do to finally take back control of cloud resources, once and for all. Get more Shifting Left content here.

Less than four months ago, most of us had never heard of “coronavirus” and the term “social distancing” sounded more like the name of an obscure metal band than a daily routine. But today, those terms are well understood, and there’s virtually no industry, business, or corner of the globe that hasn’t been affected by the COVID-19 health crisis. In this episode of the Shifting Left podcast, Sonja Jacob and Adrienne Jack dig into new research from AppDynamics outlining the impact of COVID-19 on the IT industry.