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AI Moves Off the Cloud, Google Breaks the Internet, Google-Wiz Deal Under Fire
This week on Cloud Unplugged: AI goes local, Google Cloud breaks the internet, and the DOJ turns up the heat on Google’s $32B Wiz acquisition.We’re breaking down the b...
UK’s £1B AI Push, China’s 631GB Data Leak, and Robotic Exoskeletons
This week, we delve into the UK government’s substantial investment in AI infrastructure and its implications for cloud sovereignty; Is it related to the trump adminis...
From AI Labs to Warzones: Proteins, Drones & Dog Tech
In this episode, Jon and Lewis cover four wildly different stories, from Warfare to the impact of Trump conspiracies on Datacentres.First up, Microsoft is investing $4...
Design Meets AI: OpenAI and Jony Ives, VEO AI film creation, and how to predict the weather with M.S
This week, we dive into OpenAI’s $6.5B acquisition of Jony Ive’s ‘io’ and what it means for the future of AI-native devices. We explore Google’s VEO 3 and the deepfake...
AI Infrastructure Boom: CoreWeave's IPO, AWS Transform, and Quantum Computings Next Leap
In this episode, we dissect industry-shaping stories, debating CoreWeave's $35 billion IPO, AWS Transform: AI for legacy app modernisation, and the exciting intersecti...
Saudi’s AI Empire, Nvidia’s Robot Plans, and talking Dolphins
In this, almost, but never quite, 30-minute episode, we investigate how Saudi Arabia is set to become the world’s next AI hub. Unravelling the state-backed initiative,...
Big Retail Cyber Attack: Amazon’s AI Offensive & the Google AI Opt‑Out Illusion
In this 30‑minute episode, Jon and Lewis unpick the coordinated ransomware wave that struck Britain’s high‑street giants. They trace the attack chain that emptied Co‑o...
Europe in the Dark: Cyber-attack Suspicions, Meta’s New AI, Qwen 3 & Earths rotation changes
In this 30-minute episode, Jon and Lewis delve into the root causes of Europe’s recent Spain, France and Portugal blackouts, scrutinising grid-failure reports and prob...
Google AI Agentspace Workflows, Oracle Cloud Breach and OpenAI’s New Features
In this fact-busting 30-minute episode, Jon and Lewis explore Google’s AI AgentSpace technology and how it could let business teams run complete workflows without ever...
CTO/Co-founder Thomas Boltze: Why Your Engineering Team is Slow - and How to Fix It | Episode 40
In this episode of Cloud Unplugged, Jon talks with Thomas Boltze—CTO at Santander’s PagoNxt, former CTO of Funding Circle, Agile Coach, and cloud/fintech leader with 1...
AI Monopoly Madness: Microsoft’s Moves and the Future of ChatGPT! | Episode 39
In this episode of Cloud Unplugged, Lewis and Jon explore the latest in AI and cloud computing, discussing Microsoft's board changes and the evolving AI landscape. The...
CIO of Sportradar, Ian Poland: How to manage your cloud spend well, career journey to CIO | Episode 38
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GitOps: The gaps it has and what can be done about it! | Episode 37
In this episode of Cloud Unplugged, Mark and Lewis join Jon to discuss the challenges of the Gitops model, what's good about it and where it is lacking!Follow us on so...
Open Source: Tesla car takeovers and rogue washing machines with Lewis Marshall and Mark Hughes Open Source: Tesla car takeovers and rogue washing machines | Episode 36
In this episode of Cloud Unplugged, Mark and Lewis join Jon in the unknown of Open Source, Cyber Security and the takeover of cars and rogue washing machines!Is Open s...
Head of Engineering of Moonpig, Richard Pearson: Career Progression, Leadership and Enablement teams | Episode 35
Richard Pearson joins The Cloud Unplugged podcast to talk discuss his career journey to become Head of Engineering at Moonpig.We take a look at how he began his career...
Product vs. Program, what's the difference and do you really need them? | Episode 34
Jon and Jay sit down to discuss what a program is, what a product is and what the difference between the two is. Are they company-specific and completely unrelated, or...
The importance of consistency in cloud infrastructure: Cloud Landing Zones | Episode 33
Jon and Jay sit down to discuss the importance of consistency when structuring cloud setups.
Rafe Colburn, Depop (owned by Etsy). Pitfalls of measuring engineering productivity | Episode 32
Jon and Rafe sit down to discuss how things changed for Depop, after the Etsy acquisition, what the CPTO role comprises and when makes sense for an organisation to hav...
Dean Bryen, CTO of Cloud UBS maintaining innovation with new technologies | Episode 31
Dean and Jon discuss Cloud adoption and the trials and tribulations of implementing new technologies while maintaining best practices and not hindering innovation! ...
Idriss Selhoum, Marks & Spencer's cloud adoption journey | Episode 30
Jon and Idriss sit down to discuss Marks and Spencer's cloud adoption journey, from hosting on-prem to Microsoft Azure. Landing zones and developer self-service were c...