This podcast is intended to add value to any large enterprise that is planning on moving to, or is currently in the midst of moving to the cloud. We will share our decade-long experience with listeners as well as current market trends, customer perspectives, thought leadership, partner landscape and third-party tools. We will dive deep and explore best practices as well as how customers like you are overcoming challenges including organizational transformation, job skills, changing role of IT professionals and future technologies, events, news and trends.

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On our last episode of Cloud Crunch, we will discuss “The Importance and Benefits of a Datalake”. This powerful conversation is led by the Director of Marketing, Michael Elliott, and co-host Fred Bliss, CTO of all things data at 2nd Watch. Our honored guest is George Estrada, Principal Strategic Advisor - Credit Unions | Amazon Web Services.

S4E8: The Importance and Benefits of a Datalake

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As we wrap up Season 4 of Cloud Crunch, we will discuss &#34;Building a Center of Excellence for Machine Learning and AI: A Journey across HC, Insurance, and PE&#34;. This powerful and insightful conversation is led by the Director of Marketing, Michael Elliott, and co-host Fred Bliss, CTO of all things data at 2nd Watch. Our honored guest is Jason Mass, Executive Director of Data Insights for 2nd Watch.

As we wrap up Season 4 of Cloud Crunch, we will discuss "Building a Center of Excellence for Machine Learning and AI: A Journey across HC, Insurance, and PE". This powerful and insightful conversation is led by the Director of Marketing, Michael Elliott, and co-host Fred Bliss, CTO of all things data at 2nd Watch. Our honored guest is Jason Mass, Executive Director of Data Insights for 2nd Watch.

S4E7: Building a Center of Excellence for Machine Learning and AI: A Journey across HC, Insurance, and PE

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With only two episodes left in Season 4, today we will discuss &#34;What key things do I need to know about Snowflake and AWS?&#34; We are joined by our lead host and Director of Marketing Michael Elliott, and co-host Fred Bliss, CTO of all things data at 2nd Watch. Our special guest is Jason Mass, Executive Director of Data Insights for 2nd Watch.

With only two episodes left in Season 4, today we will discuss "What key things do I need to know about Snowflake and AWS?" We are joined by our lead host and Director of Marketing Michael Elliott, and co-host Fred Bliss, CTO of all things data at 2nd Watch. Our special guest is Jason Mass, Executive Director of Data Insights for 2nd Watch.

S4E6:  Snowflake within the AWS Ecosystem

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Welcome back to Cloud Crunch. Today’s topic, &#34;Barbarians At The Door&#34;. We will discuss the risk factors you need to be thinking about when it comes to securing your cloud. We are joined by our lead host and Director of Marketing Michael Elliott, and co-host Fred Bliss, CTO of all things data at 2nd Watch. Our honored guest is Jeff Collins, Solutions Manager for 2nd Watch.

Welcome back to Cloud Crunch. Today’s topic, "Barbarians At The Door". We will discuss the risk factors you need to be thinking about when it comes to securing your cloud. We are joined by our lead host and Director of Marketing Michael Elliott, and co-host Fred Bliss, CTO of all things data at 2nd Watch. Our honored guest is Jeff Collins, Solutions Manager for 2nd Watch.

S4E5:  Barbarians at Door

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In today’s episode, we intend to discuss the world of Cyber Security Analytics and the &#34;Cyber Security Risk Mitigation and Compliance Dashboard&#34;. We are joined by our lead host and Director of Marketing Michael Elliott, and co-host Fred Bliss, CTO of all things data at 2nd Watch. Our honored guest is Joey Brown, Senior Consultant for 2nd Watch.

In today’s episode, we intend to discuss the world of Cyber Security Analytics and the "Cyber Security Risk Mitigation and Compliance Dashboard". We are joined by our lead host and Director of Marketing Michael Elliott, and co-host Fred Bliss, CTO of all things data at 2nd Watch. Our honored guest is Joey Brown, Senior Consultant for 2nd Watch.

S4E4: Cyber Security Risk Mitigation and Compliance Dashboard

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Welcome back to Cloud Crunch. Today’s topic, “Modern Cloud Operations – Managing a Cloud Native Environment.” Learn how managing the cloud has evolved, and what leadership needs to do now to adjust for the change. This conversation is led by our lead host and Director of Marketing, Michael Elliott. We are also joined by our honored guest Jeff McInnish – VP, Managed Cloud Services for 2nd Watch.

S4E3: Modern Cloud Operations – Managing a Cloud Native Environment

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Welcome back to Season 4 of Cloud Crunch. We intend to cover &#34;How to control AWS spend to enable innovation investment.” Discover what does it mean to control my AWS spend to invest in Innovation? Why did you go to the cloud in the first place, and what does this look like for client? This conversation is led by our lead host and Director of Marketing, Michael Elliott. We are also joined by our honored guest Mary Fellows– Practice Director, Cloud Economics for 2nd Watch.

Welcome back to Season 4 of Cloud Crunch. We intend to cover "How to control AWS spend to enable innovation investment.” Discover what does it mean to control my AWS spend to invest in Innovation? Why did you go to the cloud in the first place, and what does this look like for client? This conversation is led by our lead host and Director of Marketing, Michael Elliott. We are also joined by our honored guest Mary Fellows– Practice Director, Cloud Economics for 2nd Watch.

S4E2: Controlling my AWS spend to Invest in Innovation

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Welcome to Season 4 of Cloud Crunch. In todays episode, we intend to cover “How to extract the most out of Reinvent”. Our goal is to educate both experienced and non experienced ReInvent attendees on how to extract the most out of reInvent. This inclues our experience from last year, what to expect from this year “before you go”, trends, and AWS. This powerful conversation is led by our host and Director of Marketing, Michael Elliott. We are also joined by our honored guest Lisa Culbert – Senior Marketing Manager for 2nd Watch.

S4E1: How to extract the most out of Reinvent

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As we wrap up Season 3 of Cloud Crunch, we will be discussing “What is driving Application Modernization? And the digital trends and business imperatives for the industry”. How can our listeners know if they are ready for these trends? What are some questions they can ask themselves? This powerful conversation is led by our CTO of all things data at 2nd Watch Fred Bliss, and Director of Marketing Michael Elliott. We are also joined by our honored guest Jesse Samm.

S3E6: Application Modernization Trends for 2022

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With only two episodes left, today&#39;s episode is centered around “Data ecosystem around Snowflake &amp; private equity verticals” We will focus on, &#34;What are the areas where you are seeing strong adoption of cloud-analytics solutions at Private Equity companies, and &#34;What are typical use cases for advanced analytics at PE portfolio companies? This conversation is led by our CTO of all things data at 2nd Watch Fred Bliss, and Director of Marketing Michael Elliott. We are also joined by our honored guest Paul Corning – Practice Director, Private Equity.

With only two episodes left, today's episode is centered around “Data ecosystem around Snowflake &amp; private equity verticals” We will focus on, "What are the areas where you are seeing strong adoption of cloud-analytics solutions at Private Equity companies, and "What are typical use cases for advanced analytics at PE portfolio companies? This conversation is led by our CTO of all things data at 2nd Watch Fred Bliss, and Director of Marketing Michael Elliott. We are also joined by our honored guest Paul Corning – Practice Director, Private Equity.

S3E5: Data ecosystem around Snowflake & private equity verticals

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Welcome back to Cloud Crunch. Today&#39;s episode, we will cover &#34;What we learned from HIMSS – Now what, Innovations from HIMSS and beyond &#34;. We will discuss one of the biggest Healthcare conferences of the year, HIMSS and our key takeaways. &#34;This conversation is led by our CTO of all things data at 2nd Watch Fred Bliss, and Director of Marketing Michael Elliott. We are also joined by our honored guest Jim Anfield, Healthcare Practice Leader for 2nd Watch

Welcome back to Cloud Crunch. Today's episode, we will cover "What we learned from HIMSS – Now what, Innovations from HIMSS and beyond ". We will discuss one of the biggest Healthcare conferences of the year, HIMSS and our key takeaways. "This conversation is led by our CTO of all things data at 2nd Watch Fred Bliss, and Director of Marketing Michael Elliott. We are also joined by our honored guest Jim Anfield, Healthcare Practice Leader for 2nd Watch

S3E4: What we learned from HIMSS, or HIMSS Recap – Now what, Innovations from HIMSS and beyond

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Welcome back to Cloud Crunch. Today&#39;s episode, we will cover &#34;How Snowflake Empowers You to Unleash Your Business&#34;. Snowflake, is a worldwide leader in cloud-computing and offers a cloud-based data storage and analytics service, generally termed &#34;data-as-a-service. &#34;This powerful conversation is led by our CTO of all things data at 2nd Watch Fred Bliss, and Director of Marketing Michael Elliott.

Welcome back to Cloud Crunch. Today's episode, we will cover "How Snowflake Empowers You to Unleash Your Business". Snowflake, is a worldwide leader in cloud-computing and offers a cloud-based data storage and analytics service, generally termed "data-as-a-service. "This powerful conversation is led by our CTO of all things data at 2nd Watch Fred Bliss, and Director of Marketing Michael Elliott.

S3E3: How Snowflake Empowers You To Unleash Your Business

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Last week on Cloud Crunch, we covered, &#34;Don’t Leave Out Your Data &amp; Analytics Element when Migrating to the Cloud.&#34; Today we cover, &#34;What is Business Intelligence&#34; when migrating to the cloud. We are joined with our new co-host Fred Bliss, CTO of all things data at 2nd Watch and our honored guest for the second time, Evi Hatzopoulos.

Last week on Cloud Crunch, we covered, "Don’t Leave Out Your Data &amp; Analytics Element when Migrating to the Cloud." Today we cover, "What is Business Intelligence" when migrating to the cloud. We are joined with our new co-host Fred Bliss, CTO of all things data at 2nd Watch and our honored guest for the second time, Evi Hatzopoulos.

S3E2: How to Create Business Intelligence before Cloud Migration

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Welcome back to a new season of Cloud Crunch. In today’s episode, we intend to address many of the difficulties, and opportunities, of your evolution in the cloud. We are joined with our new co-host Fred Bliss, CTO of all things data at 2nd Watch and our guest Evi Hatzopoulos as we explore the topic &#34;Don’t Leave Out Your Data &amp; Analytics Element when Migrating to the Cloud&#34;

Welcome back to a new season of Cloud Crunch. In today’s episode, we intend to address many of the difficulties, and opportunities, of your evolution in the cloud. We are joined with our new co-host Fred Bliss, CTO of all things data at 2nd Watch and our guest Evi Hatzopoulos as we explore the topic "Don’t Leave Out Your Data &amp; Analytics Element when Migrating to the Cloud"

S3E1: Don’t Leave Out Your Data & Analytics Element when Migrating to the Cloud

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Covering the 5th and final strategy in our series on maximizing your cloud&#39;s value, cloud cost optimization expert, Jeff Collins, joins us today to examine our 7 Pillars of Cloud Cost Optimization. Find out how to apply these pillars to reduce your cloud spend without decreasing the benefits of your cloud environment.

Covering the 5th and final strategy in our series on maximizing your cloud's value, cloud cost optimization expert, Jeff Collins, joins us today to examine our 7 Pillars of Cloud Cost Optimization. Find out how to apply these pillars to reduce your cloud spend without decreasing the benefits of your cloud environment.

S2E13: 5 Strategies to Maximize Your Cloud’s Value: Strategy 5 - Reducing Cloud Spend While Accelerating Application Deployment

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When thinking about ways to maximize the value of your cloud, two important factors to consider are security and compliance. These strategies go hand-in-hand but are vastly different. Security and compliance expert, Ken Weinreich, joins us today to discuss ways security and compliance can improve your cloud use.

When thinking about ways to maximize the value of your cloud, two important factors to consider are security and compliance. These strategies go hand-in-hand but are vastly different. Security and compliance expert, Ken Weinreich, joins us today to discuss ways security and compliance can improve your cloud use.

S2E12: 5 Strategies to Maximize Your Cloud’s Value: Strategies 3 & 4 - Increase Your Cloud’s Security & Ensure Compliance

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Today we dive into the second strategy you should consider using to maximize your cloud&#39;s value - accelerating application development with DevOps. Google Cloud DevOps expert and the Solution Manager Lead for App Modernization on GCP, Harish Jayakumar, joins 2nd Watch&#39;s own Joey Yore to talk about the power of brining applications to market faster and fully immersing your company in a DevOps transformation.

Today we dive into the second strategy you should consider using to maximize your cloud's value - accelerating application development with DevOps. Google Cloud DevOps expert and the Solution Manager Lead for App Modernization on GCP, Harish Jayakumar, joins 2nd Watch's own Joey Yore to talk about the power of brining applications to market faster and fully immersing your company in a DevOps transformation.

S2E11: 5 Strategies to Maximize Your Cloud’s Value: Strategy 2 - Accelerating Application Development with DevOps

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AWS Data Expert, Saunak Chandra, joins today&#39;s episode to break down the first of five strategies used to maximize your cloud&#39;s value - creating competitive advantage from your data. We look at tactics including Amazon Redshift, RA3 node type, best practices for performance, data warehouses, and varying data structures.

AWS Data Expert, Saunak Chandra, joins today's episode to break down the first of five strategies used to maximize your cloud's value - creating competitive advantage from your data. We look at tactics including Amazon Redshift, RA3 node type, best practices for performance, data warehouses, and varying data structures.

S2E10: 5 Strategies to Maximize Your Cloud’s Value: Strategy 1 - Create Competitive Advantage from your Data

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You migrated your applications to the cloud for a reason. Now that you&#39;re there, what’s next? How do you take advantage of your applications and data that reside in the cloud? What should you be thinking about in terms of security and compliance? In this first episode of a 5-part series, we discuss 5 strategies you should consider to maximize the value of being on the cloud.

You migrated your applications to the cloud for a reason. Now that you're there, what’s next? How do you take advantage of your applications and data that reside in the cloud? What should you be thinking about in terms of security and compliance? In this first episode of a 5-part series, we discuss 5 strategies you should consider to maximize the value of being on the cloud.

S2E09: You’re on the Cloud. Now What? 5 Strategies to Maximize Your Cloud’s Value

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When you’re considering moving to the cloud, it&#39;s important to take a personal examination of your goals for migrating, outside of the basic benefits achievable with the cloud. To maximize the value of the cloud, you have to make sure you’re moving for the right reasons. Today we discuss just that with our very own 2nd Watch CEO, Doug Schneider.

When you’re considering moving to the cloud, it's important to take a personal examination of your goals for migrating, outside of the basic benefits achievable with the cloud. To maximize the value of the cloud, you have to make sure you’re moving for the right reasons. Today we discuss just that with our very own 2nd Watch CEO, Doug Schneider.

S2E08: CXO Considerations: Moving to the Cloud for the Right Reasons