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Tech Beats Unplugged

Tech Beats Unplugged

Written by: Cloud Dude
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 Welcome to Tech Beats Unplugged, the podcast where we dive into the dynamic world of technology, open source, cloud innovation, devops, Tech economics, and much more. Join us as we bring together experts, thought leaders, and innovators from diverse tech arenas and leading tech vendors. Here, we believe in creating a safe space where guests can freely share their opinions, insights, and experiences without any strings attached. It's a platform dedicated to unlocking knowledge, fostering meaningful discussions, and exploring the latest trends that shape the tech industry. Time to Tune in !Cloud Dude
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  • 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘀 ☁️| Ep 09

    𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘀 ☁️| Ep 09
    Feb 17 2026
    👨🏽‍🚀 Welcome to Episode 09 of "Tech Beats unplugged" 𝗜𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘀 ☁️" With Mark Boost CEO at Civo Cloud .𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 ...𝗼𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿? This time, Mark Boost and Kosseila H. go deep into the infamous 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘀 and explore where control is lost - and how to regained it for customers. 🌟 We’re so excited to share our latest tech Beats show with you! Topics discussed: (00:23) Introduction(01:42) From Formula 3 to serial entrepreneur (08:44) lessons from s𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 (pivoting, competition, timing) (18:59) CIVO Elevator pitch (21:50) Why the 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱, 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁, 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 ? (28:59) The infamous cloud traps: egress fees, exit tax (37:50) startup FREE credit : what's the catch? (44:02) Cloud regulation & fairness: blessing or curse? (47:32) Is Regulation killing AI innovation in Europe ? (51:31) David vs Goliath: independent providers vs the Big 3 hyperscalers "the MOAT"(56:56) 𝗔𝗜 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀: how do we power AI without torching the grid👨🏻‍🔧🏭?(01:01) ESG vs Greenwashing? (01:03) 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗼𝘀: CEO mistakes — and how to do it right (CrowdStrike case)𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀Civo website : civo.comEgress Fees: Big Tech Braces For Digital Market Act Civo talk "The cloud is broken": The Cloud is Broken Digital Market Acts ⁠European Data Act⁠⁠Free credits:A Call for Fair Competition by Addressing the Impact of Free Cloud CreditsGreen policies ESG: ESG reporting: Carbon in the cloudData Center Co2 footprint calculator🎙𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘀𝘁:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website: ⁠⁠https://markboost.com/ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠ ⁠markboost X(Twitter): ⁠@markboost10 tips for a successful career
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • 𝗡𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘅 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲-𝗨𝗽 (w/ Michael webster) | Ep08

    𝗡𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘅 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲-𝗨𝗽 (w/ Michael webster) | Ep08
    Dec 23 2025

    👨🏽‍🚀 Welcome to Episode 08 of "Tech Beats unplugged"

    🌐🦘This time the episode cuts through the 𝗩𝗠𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗰𝗼𝗺 chaos and breaks down where Nutanix really fits in today’s virtualized/multicloud world. With the help of no other than Nutanix Guru Michael Webster all the way from News Zeeland

    🎧 We’re so excited to share our latest tech Beats show with you🧡! Please share away 🤗

    We hope you'll enjoy it!!!

    Topics discussed:

    1. (00:21) Introduction
    2. (01:58) What's your story with Nutanix
    3. (09:41) Hyper Converged Infrastructure. What's that?
    4. (13:38) Understanding Nutanix.
    5. (18:25) The VMware–Broadcom Chaos for customers
    6. (26:00) Running VMware on Nutanix (and moving off)
    7. (30:05) Nutanix hardware ... a Lego of Nodes
    8. (36:20) Nutanix building blocks - What's Controller VM
    9. (43:05) Nutanix 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗗 storage - how?
    10. (52:04) Nutanix; from 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 company
    11. (57:00) What is Nutanix MOAT going forward ?


    Show Notes

    • VMware customers face up to 1,500% price increase News⁠

    • ⁠Nutanix How it works: ⁠⁠⁠Video

    • Dutch court forces Broadcom to support VMware migration after 85% price hike: ⁠Networkworld⁠

    • Nutanix Bible (nutanixbible.com)⁠

    • ⁠AT&T sues broadcom over licensing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Forbes

    • Nutanix AHV: ⁠Built-in Enterprise-Class Virtualization⁠

    🎙About Michael Webster:

    • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website: ⁠longwhiteclouds.com⁠

    • LinkedIn: ⁠Steve Giguere⁠

    • X(Twitter): @vcdxnz001


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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • 🔴TechBeats live : LLM Quantization "vLLM vs. Llama.cpp" | Ep07

    🔴TechBeats live : LLM Quantization "vLLM vs. Llama.cpp" | Ep07
    Jul 19 2025

    👋🏼 Hey AI heads 🎙️
    Join us for the very first Tech Beats Live 🔴, hosted by Kosseila—aka @CloudDude from @CloudThrill.

    🎯 This chill & laid-back livestream will unpack LLM quantization 🔥:

    • ✅ WHY it matters
    • ✅ HOW it works
    • ✅ Enterprise (vLLM) vs Consumer (@Ollama) trade-offs
    • ✅ and WHERE it’s going next.

    We’ll be joined by two incredible guest stars to talk Enterprise vs Consumer Quantz 🗣️:

    🔷 Eldar Kurtić – bringing the enterprise perspective with vLLM.
    🔷 Colin Kealty – aka Bartowski, creator of the top-downloaded GGUF quantized LLMs on Hugging Face.

    🫵🏼 Come learn and have some fun 😎.

    𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬:

    (00:00) Host Introduction
    (04:07) Eldar Intro
    (07:33) Bartowski Intro
    (13:04) What’s Quantization!
    (16:19) Why LLM Quantization Matters?
    (20:39) Training vs Inference – “The New Deal”
    (27:46) Biggest Misconception About Quantization
    (33:22) Enterprise Quantization in Production (vLLM)
    (48:48) Consumer LLMs & Quantization (Ollama, llama.cpp, GGUF) – “LLMs for the People”
    (01:06:45) BitNet 1-Bit Quantization from Microsoft
    (01:28:14) How Long It Takes to Quantize a Model (Llama-3 70B) – GGUF or lm-compressor
    (01:34:23) What Is I-Matrix & Why People Confuse It with IQ Quantization?
    (01:39:36) What’s LoRA & LoRA-Q?
    (01:42:36) What Is Sparsity?
    (01:47:42) What Is Distillation?
    (01:52:34) Extreme Quantization (Unsloth) of Big Models (DeepSeek) at 2-bits 70 % Size Cut
    (01:57:27) Will Future Models (Llama-5) Be Trained on FP4 Tensor Cores?
    (02:02:15) The Future of LLMs on Edge Devices (Google AI Edge)
    (02:08:00) How to Evaluate the Quality of a Quantized Model
    (02:26:09) Hugging Face’s Role in the World of LLM/Quantization
    (02:33:46) Hugging Face’s Role in the World of LLM/Quantization
    (02:36:41) LocalLlama Sub-Reddit Down (Moderator Goes Bananas)
    (02:40:11) Guests’ Hope for the Future of LLMs & AI in General

    📖 Check out the quantization blog: https://bitly/LLMQuant

    #AI #LLM #Quantization #TechBeatsLive #LocalLlama #vLLM #Ollama
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    2 hrs and 51 mins
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