2023 Year in Review and 2024 Predictions

@AaronDelp and @BGracely talk about the biggest stories, trends and events of cloud in 2023, and some predictions for 2024.SHOW: 782CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Datadog Application Monitoring: Modern Application Performance MonitoringGet started monitoring service dependencies to eliminate latency and errors and enhance your users app experience with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.CloudZero – Cloud Cost Visibility and Savings​​CloudZero provides immediate and ongoing savings with 100% visibility into your total cloud spendFind "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBESHOW NOTES:All the 2023 Year In Review Show Notes2023 Year-End Mailbag2022 Year-End Mailbag2022 Year in Review and PredictionsOur 2021 PredictionsOur 2020 PredictionsTHE BASICS:Our second 2M listens show Thank you to all our sponsors throughout the year (Datadog, CloudZero, Cisco Panoptica, Section, Fix the Internet, Sysdig, DoIT, Eaton, theCUBE, CNCF, Upland Software, Equinix, Red Hat, Cloudfix, GCore, Kosli)2023 PREDICTIONS: Our 2020 PredictionsOur 2021 PredictionsOur 2022 Predictions AARON’S PREDICTIONS:A Hyperscaler that isn’t 1 or 2 throws in the towel - We start to see consolidation in the categoryPlatform Engineering hits its Trough of DisillusionmentCompact, OSS, specialized AI models will become the standard for anything not in the cloud (on device, datacenter, edge)A new category emerges - AI Customization for the masses (Data Science as a Service) - intersection of ITOps and AIBRIAN’S PREDICTIONS:We’ll see the 1st 500M-user AI serviceAI economics start to change (smaller models, non-GPU chips)40-50 former unicorns ($1B valuations from 2020-22) get acquired Every product adds an AI / LLM capability to simplify usageFEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet