This week, Brandon is joined by Brian Gracely from The Cloudcast to tackle the top cloud news and trends of 2025. We sort through 12 big topics and decide which ones are still worth your time and which ones should be starred. archived, or marked as spam. Plus, some thoughts on Bill Belichick becoming the head coach at UNC. Runner-up TitlesOpenAI’s Open RelationshipWhy are you doing this?The Pete Rose of Silicon ValleyCommit Fraud in a Bull MarketA Phone that Doesn’t BreakGrouchyParenting TeenagersRundownArtificial Intelligence and Generative AI: The next wave of innovation and industry impactNvidia’s Role in AI: The power behind the AI boomMicrosoft’s Cloud & AI Strategy: How Microsoft is positioning itself for the futureAWS Updates: Key trends and new services from the cloud leaderOpen Source Licensing: Trends, challenges, and changesKubernetes and the CNCF Ecosystem: What’s next for cloud-native computingData Sovereignty and Regulations: How laws are shaping cloud strategies globallyRepatriation: Is on-prem making a comeback?Broadcom/VMware: The fallout and what it means for cloud customersReturn to Office vs. Work From Home: Policies, debates, and where things standApple’s Cloud Ambitions: Is Apple finally serious about cloud?Bill Belichick at UNC: Leadership lessons from an unexpected crossoverRelevant to your InterestsSubscribe to The Cloudcast (https://www.thecloudcast.net)China Opens Investigation Into Nvidia Over Potential Antitrust Violations (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/technology/china-nvidia-investigation-antitrust-ai.html)Gnomes ( (https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/Starred-Archived-or-Deleted--CcxaX_1TQMbovVOUc4lKd1KpAg-LNhPY8ia5CTwHX4ZJYlKJ)South Park (https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/Starred-Archived-or-Deleted--CcxaX_1TQMbovVOUc4lKd1KpAg-LNhPY8ia5CTwHX4ZJYlKJ)) (https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/Starred-Archived-or-Deleted--CcxaX_1TQMbovVOUc4lKd1KpAg-LNhPY8ia5CTwHX4ZJYlKJ)ConferencesCfgMgmtCamp (https://cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/), February 2-5, 2025.Civo Navigate North America (https://www.civo.com/navigate/north-america), San Francisco, Feb 10-11, 2025DevOpsDayLA (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/events/devopsday-la) at SCALE22x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x), March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOPSDT News & CommunityJoin our Slack community (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email)Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com)Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com)Follow us on social media: Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com)Watch us on: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk)Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt)Sponsor the show (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads): ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com)Photo Credit (https://unsplash.com/photos/soccer-players-on-field-during-daytime-dPy7wWeb4Pc)Special Guest: Brian Gracely.