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Eric Raisters on the CLC Security team joins Jonathan Townsend to talk all things security on the cloud and how the cloud handles new security measures, how CSPs develop their protocols, the merging of Security processes with DevOps culture and what role the customer plays in developing and maintaining security in a cloud-based environment.

This podcast episode features Jessica Weber and Jonathan Townsend from the CLC Content Team based in STL talking to Jon Tait and Joe Pritzel of the Backup Team about Simple Backup Service, its key features, capabilities, service details, and other functionality-based elements.

On this Cloud Talk episode, the Content Team at CenturyLink Cloud talks about the team's roles and responsibilities within the CLC organization. The team works with a diverse range of platform teams to generate, edit, and curate documentation for internal and external consumption, education, and communication. The Content Team operates on a wide array to help product and platform teams, partners, contributing authors, and stakeholders so they can all have their work represented as accurately and effectively as possible. This podcast discusses the importance of continued attention to detail around documentation processes and details what goes on day-to-day within the content engine at CenturyLink Cloud.

On this CenturyLink Cloud Podcast Principal Data Scientist, Ryan Kirk who’s based in the CenturyLink Cloud offices in Bellevue, Washington joins us to chat about the Internet of Things (IoT) and Capacity Planning. Ryan sheds some light on what he as his team are currently working on and what products, programs, and ideas are currently in use. Ryan also shares information on projects, pieces of content, and conferences he is planning on working on and attending in the near future. The bulk of the conversation revolves around things in development as they relate to Capacity Planning.

Additionally, the podcast shifts towards exploring new, innovative ideas and emphasizes CenturyLink Cloud’s commitment to cultivating and fostering thought leadership in the industry. One of Ryan’s key insights is the Analytics as a Service products and ideas surrounding that concept with real life applications in real-time. The conversation also covers Data-based paradoxes such as Simpson’s Paradox, Anonymity Paradox, the Spotlight Paradox and many of the associated trends that take place with regards to data analysis and cultivation.

Jon Townsend (Content Team) and Christine Parr (Relational DB Product Owner) talk about Relational Database while focusing on a. Our team is responsible for building out the database as a service product with a focus on relational database engines like: MySQL, MSSQL and Oracle. The team released its first database engine in late January of this year (2016), which is a MySQL-compatible Relational DB product.

Jon Townsend (Content Team) and Christine Parr (Relational DB Product Owner) talk about Relational Database while focusing on a. Our team is responsible for building out the database as a service product with a focus on relational database engines like: MySQL, MSSQL and Oracle. The team released its first database engine in late January of this year (2016), which is a MySQL-compatible Relational DB product.