Minnov8 Gang 378 – “Cloud” is the Answer

We cover the usual Minnesota tech stories as well as other top ones, but our guest this week is all about the cloud. Tom Iverson is an Enterprise Solutions Consultant with a Minneapolis firm and we dig in to questions about cloud computing and why it’s the answer.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson

Music: Penitentiary Blues by DJ Ecklectic Mick under a CC by 3.0 License

The Podcast

Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories

• Comcast
  
  
  
  • Comcast to roll out internet data caps in Minneapolis-St. Paul
  
  
  • Comcast XFinity data cap FAQ
  
  
  • Comcast’s ‘Cloud DVR’ kind of a disaster for me so far
  
  
  
  


• Amazon has scared Target into a management shake-up, just like it did to Walmart


• Home buyers can view 360-degree virtual ‘open houses’


• The FBI is trying to crack another locked iPhone (about St. Cloud stabbings in mall)

This Week’s Guest – Tom Iverson

Tom Iverson (LinkedIn) is an Enterprise Solutions Consultant with RBA, Inc., a firm specializing in Cloud, DevOps, Application Lifecycle Management, custom software development, and integration. The firm is a national digital and technology consultancy based in Minneapolis and they’ve been recognized as one of the nation’s fastest growing private companies and consistently named a Best Place to Work.

We discuss RBA’s focus, the acceleration in cloud solutions, spend some time on cloud security, and chat a bit about their client base.

Other Top Tech Stories

• Google’s Tuesday Oct. 4th Event
  
  
  
  • Introducing Pixel, our new phone made by Google
  
  
  • The fastest Chromecast yet, with 4K and HDR support
  
  
  • Daydream: Bringing high-quality VR to everyone
    
    
    
    • Daydream View video
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Google Home is official: Google undercuts the Amazon Echo at $129
    
    
    
    • Google Assistant
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Mossberg: How Google’s bold moves shake up the tech industry
  
  
  • The real reason Google’s fancy new products are so cheap
  
  
  
  


• Exclusive: Yahoo secretly scanned customer emails for U.S. intelligence


• Source Code for IoT Botnet ‘Mirai’ Released
  
  
  
  • Background: KrebsOnSecurity Hit With Record DDoS
  
  
  
  

Cool Thing of the Week

• Phil: Motion Code


• Tim: Google Home


• Steve: WattNott: Classic Bulbs with a Design Twist (Plus I love the Plumen 003)

Upcoming Events

• The Complete List of 250+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2016
  
  
  
  • The list as a Google spreadsheet
  
  
  • 32 conferences for Mac and iOS professionals in 2016
  
  
  
  


• MN Blogger Conference, Saturday, Oct 15th, Concordia U – St Paul


• U of MN’s Cyber Security Summit 2016, JWMarriott (MOA), October 11-12


• Minnesota Venture Conference, Oct 13th, Mpls Cnv Ctr


• Converted 2016 by Leadpages, Oct 18th, Depot Renaissance Hotel, Mpls


• IoT Hack Day, October 22, Minnetronix


• WE* Made It by MN Cup, Nov. 7th, Clockwork


• Gamer’s Rhapsody 2016, Nov 18th, Bloomington