The Cloudcast (.net) - Weekly Cloud Computing Podcast

15 years ago, when we started The Cloudcast the definition of cloud was pretty clear cut. But now in 2026, the rules are all different and a new era of Cloud is upon us. Let’s explore what the next generation might provide. SHOW: 994SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #994 TranscriptSHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW NOTESAWS in 2026: The year of proving they still know how to operate (This Week in AWS)WHAT IS AND ISN’T CLOUD IN 2026?Cloud isn’t a single companyCloud isn’t just public cloudA CIA cloud isn’t a Gov cloud isn’t your Enterprise CloudMulti-cloud is a real thing that needs technologyGoogle, the people that invented “cloud” are a real company in cloudDefining cloud by purity, or IaaS/PaaS/SaaS terms doesn’t really matterDoes data locality matter more in an AI-Cloud era?Do we begin to see price wars over the core Cloud 1.0 primitives?Are we in the 9th inning of Cloud, and the 1st