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Your co-hosts recap 2019 and make predictions for the year ahead on the first episode of 2020. We’re skipping the Lightning Round this week to focus on a collaborative Q&A segment pulled from our Slack channel.

A big thanks to this week’s sponsors:

• Foghorn Consulting, which provides full stack cloud solutions with a focus on strategy, planning and execution for enterprises seeking to take advantage of the transformative capabilities of AWS, Google Cloud and Azure.
• Blue Medora, which offers pioneering IT monitoring integration as a service to address today’s IT challenges by easily connecting system health and performance data —  no matter its source — with the world’s leading monitoring and analytics platforms. 

This week’s highlights

1. Our top 3 favorite headlines of the year.
2. Google released a white paper to help you comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA.)
3. We read your questions from our TCP Slack channel for our first Q&A!

2019 Cloud Computing Predictions and Headlines Recap

Last year (episode 4), we shared our predictions for what might happen in 2019.

Peter took the lead, predicting container-based models would continue to see more adoption over serverless. Justin — who predicted mergers in cloud providers would create a new top contender, and Jonathan, who predicted an acquisition of Slack — haven’t been vindicated. (Yet!)

Our 3 favorite headlines of the year.

Justin:

• Google Anthos is probably the best thought-out strategy for being multi-cloud with Kubernetes (if currently pricey.)
• Azure Tardigrade uses machine learning to address hardware failures before they impact uptime.
• Cloudwatch Container Insights shows off the power of Cloudwatch.

Peter:

• Transit Gateway became a viable method of creating a global network.
• DocumentDB (with MongoDB Compatibility) sets the direction for new business models for SaaS companies.
• EKS SLA reaches a 3 nines standard of reliability.

Jonathan:

• Google’s

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