The Cloud Pod · 2026-06-26 · 1h 38m
Welcome to episode 359 of The Cloud Pod, where the weather is always cloudy! Justin and Ryan are in the studio this week to bring you all the latest in cloud and AI news, including AI governance, FinOps’ final conference, and even an earnings story courtesy of Oracle. These and so much more - so let’s get started! Titles we almost went with this week You Shall Not Pass Unless Your Network Policy Says So One CLI Wizard to Rule All AWS Agents AWS WAF Turns AI Crawlers Into Cash Cows No More Delete and Pray for AWS Cost Reports Stop Rolling Your Own Certificate Rotation AWS Did It Tux Gets a Security Checkup, Microsoft Antivirus Style Coal Plant to Cloud Plant Google’s Billion Dollar Glow Up FinOps Grows Up and Gets an AI Spending Problem Tokenomics Foundation Wants to Bill AI by the Word Sweet Home Alabama Now Runs on Google Cloud Infrastructure A big thanks to this week’s sponsors: We’re sponsorless! Want to get your brand, company, or service in front of a very enthusiastic group of cloud news seekers? You’ve come to the right place! Send us an email or hit us up on our Slack channel for more info.
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