The Cloud Journey Does NOT End At Migration

Cloud State Of Play April 2026 episode finally drops (I know, I know - I'm running late - but hey! I have been busy bringing you lots of livestreams lately!) In this episode, our topics are: 1 - Continuous Optimisation: The Cloud Journey Doesn't End At Migration. 2 - What Are Little APIs Made Of? 3 - Neglecting Cloud? Good Luck With AI. === I welcome back my resident guest, Paul Bevan, to this exciting and packed episode of CSOP, with another three very important and interesting topics. Agenda: 02:36 Topics For This Month 04:31 Topic 1 - MIT Tech Review Insights Report: The Cloud Journey Doesn't End At Migration (Continuous Optimisation). 52:12 Topic 2 - What Are Little APIs Made Of? (The API Master Guide by Ashish Joshi): 01:05:11 Topic 3 - Neglecting Cloud? Good Luck With AI!! === 1 - MIT Tech Review Insights Report: The Cloud Journey Doesn't End At Migration (Continuous Optimisation) - issued April 2026. In association with AWS I could not agree with the title more.  But what does the post/report say?   https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mit-te...   https://www.technologyreview.com/2025... === 2 - What Are Little APIs Made Of? (The API Master Guide by Ashish Joshi) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ashish... Star Trek - The Original Series episode: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708486/ === 3 - Neglecting Cloud? Good Luck With AI...! https://www.cio.com/article/4159281/n... https://www.cio.com/article/4137661/c... https://services.global.ntt/en-us/new... https://services.global.ntt/en-us/cam... Reference to NTT Data report (March 2026): AI Ambitions at Risk as Only 14% of Enterprises Fully Realise Cloud Value, NTT DATA Study Finds Links for everything will be in the Description of this video The CIO article argues that many enterprises are rushing into AI while underinvesting in the cloud foundations needed to run AI successfully at scale. The saving of IT (cloud) costs to divert to AI projects NTT DATA’s study found only 14% of organisations are “cloud evolved,” meaning most enterprises lack the cloud maturity considered optimal for AI success. Despite 99% of organisations saying AI is increasing demand for cloud, 84% report cloud spending has remained flat over the past year. 88% of IT leaders believe insufficient cloud investment is putting AI, modernisation, and cloud-native initiatives at risk. === Thanks again to my regular guest, Paul Bevan, for his insights. All opinions expressed in this video are solely of the person who gave them and do not reflect opinions/stance/policy of any other person(s)/employer(s)/organisations/entities/vendors, etc. All copyrights are of their respective owners and are used here (in various formats) purely for reference purposes and under fair use policy. === Intro + Outro Track: "Know Myself" - Patrick Patrikios (YouTube Music Library). #observability #platformengineering #genai #publiccloud #cloudnative #microservices #digitalsovereignty #sovereign #sovereignty #cloudabstraction #monolith #aiml #devops #finops #sre #api #opensourcesoftware #cloudarchitecture #aws #cloudtherapist #cloudstateofplay