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RedMonk principal analyst and co-founder Stephen O'Grady talks virtual machines (VMs) in this quickish take, outlining what they are, high-points in VM history, major players in the space, how containerization and Kubernetes shook up the infrastructure landscape, and why VMs continue to matter in 2024.

RedMonk analyst Kate Holterhoff and J Chris Anderson, cofounder of Couchbase and CEO of Fireproof, discuss trends in the data space including the history and importance of Apache CouchDB, the evolution of client-side technologies, and the local-first movement. Chris highlights the use of cryptography for data integrity and identity verification, as well as the future of data management in the AI era. He also shares Fireproof's go-to-market strategy, open source philosophy, and approach to community engagement.

As AI continues to reshape our industry, it's important to understand how it intersects with open source. AI is dependent on and composed of open source software, for one, and it's also triggering new questions on how to define open source in the context of AI. To explore these and other questions, Julia Ferraioli of AWS joined Stephen O'Grady of RedMonk for a lively discussion of all things AI and open source.
This RedMonk Conversation was originally published in video form on July 9, 2024.

Join RedMonk analyst Kate Holterhoff and Sean McQuaid, Lead Software Engineer at Chick-fil-A, as they chat about the Atlanta conference scene, software engineering at Chick-fil-A, and some hot takes on the state of Frontend frameworks, micro-frontends, TypeScript, and leveraging AI code assistants.

As AI continues to reshape the technology industry, it's important to understand its foundations. In this RedMonk Conversation, Stephen O'Grady and Poolside CEO Jason Warner get together to discuss training data. Covering questions that range from ownership and licensing to accessibility and inspection, anyone interested in better understanding the roots of AI and the vital importance of training data will find this conversation of interest.
This RedMonk Conversation was originally published in video form on June 26, 2024.

"Security at the expense of usability comes at the expense of security."

Security consultant and OWASP board member Avi Douglen joins RedMonk's Rachel Stephens to explore how to build meaningful security practices into our applications.

Is the OWASP Top 10 a useful standard? (Hint: nope!)
What's the best tool for threat modeling? (Hint: a whiteboard!)

Come listen as Avi explains practical approaches to security.