Topics include:

• Trivia Question?
• AWS new console
• Stop Saying CapEx Vs. OpEx
• Eli Lilly using AWS
• OCC
• Hyperic - Top 20 Companies to Watch in 2009

It only took 30 podcasts to figure out a way to get my favorate analyst, and IT management co host on my Cloud Cafe series.  Actually I wanted the 30th podcast to be special and I had this idea of doing a “What is a Cloud from the Beginning” a few weeks back.  At first I was going to do it all by myself, then I thought how cool would it be to get Michael Coté to interview me.  I always have a great time being a co host on his “IT Management” podcast series and he really has a great style for doing podcasts.  We hammer out all of the basics for what is a cloud.  Here is an outline of the podcast:

• What is a “Cloud” and what is “Cloud Computing”?
• What do “Grids” and “Utility Computing” have to do with clouds?
• What about “Cloud Security”?
• We also talk about the latest cloud success stories.
• I end the podcast with describing 4 patterns of cloud computing.

We both had a great time and I really think you will enjoy this podcast.

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Topics include:

• Cloudera Smoudera
  
• IBM Support in China
  
• openQRM 4.3
  
• SDB Dev Forum
• #25C3
  
• Free T-Shirts
• GoGrid New Years Resolutions