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Cloud ControlEp. 34 - GPU Economics: The Cloud's Next Big Challenge with Tolga TarhanJoin Cloud Control host Shon Harris and technology veteran Tolga Tarhan for an insightful exploration of cloud computing's evolution and the transformative impact of AI on infrastructure management. With 25 years of experience and former roles as CEO of Kibisi and CTO at Rackspace Technology, Tolga shares compelling perspectives on the industry's journey from physical data centers to cloud-native architectures, while addressing critical questions about GPU computing, data infrastructure scaling, and the future of AI adoption. This episode cuts through the hype to deliver practical insights on cloud repatriation, Kubernetes deployment, and the real-world applications of AI in infrastructure management. 2025-01-1744 min
Service Management Leadership PodcastEp 27: "Confessions Of A Serial Entrepreneur" - Tolga TarhanIn this episode, kengon talks with his long-time friend Togla Tarhan about what it's like to be a successful entrepreneur and what he's learned along the way. If tech entrepreneurship is of interest to you, this is an episode you won't want to miss!2024-08-2231 min
Channel Insider: Partner POVHow To Get New Insights From Surveillance Video With KibsiWhat new opportunities could you unlock for your business if your security camera system could record more than just video? What if it could record and interpret data as well? In this episode of Channel Insider: Partner POV, host Katie Bavoso sits down with Tolga Tarhan, CEO and founder of Kibsi. This AI-powered computer vision platform startup is helping businesses be safer, gain actionable insights on customer experience, reduce shrinkage and lost inventory, monitor animal health, and much more. Find out how Kibsi works with hyperscalers, like AWS, and the unique opportunity IT channel partners have to work with...2024-05-0220 min
The Rebekah Panepinto ProjectBuild & Launch Computer Vision Solutions In Minutes - Not Years!Join me in this podcast episode where I sit down with Tolga Tarhan, who is a seasoned entrepreneur with a knack for both business and technology. Tolga discloses the transformative power of vision-enabled apps. Discover how these cutting-edge innovations are reshaping industries and gain insights into fostering teamwork, harnessing cutting-edge tech, and venturing into new realms of innovation.Timestamps:00:00 Meet Tolga Tarhan – CEO Kibsi02:00 Exploring Digital Transformation: Evolution and Impact05:30 Navigating Business Timing & Technological Trends09:00 People-Centric to Software-First: Tolga Tarhan's Journey & Skillsets14:35 Striking the Balance: Entrepreneurial Freedom vs...2023-09-2126 min
Critical Mass Business Talk Show | Orange County’s Longest-Running Business Talk ShowCritical Mass Business Talk Show: Ric Franzi Interviews Tolga Tarhan, Founder & CEO of Kibsi (Episode 1357)Tolga Tarhan has more than two decades of experience leading companies. He was an early pioneer of cloud native thinking, popularizing developer and automation-focused workflows and serverless application development.
In 2013, Tolga co-founded Sturdy.cloud, an AWS Premier Consulting Partner, which popularized these concepts as one of the most innovative AWS partners. In 2017, Sturdy was acquired by Onica, where Tolga continued to lead the industry by pushing cloud native concepts into the Fortune 500 and building Onica into the largest cloud native AWS-focused professional and managed services company, worldwide.
In 2019, Onica was acquired by Rackspace Technology for $323...2022-05-0220 min
Cloud TalkThe Best of Cloud Talk Season 1Cloud Talk has covered a lot of ground over the last six months, with topics including recovering from a major cyberattack to leading through a pandemic. Here’s a special episode with a selection of the best bits from Season 1. Special Guests: Juan Riojas, Kathy Kersten, Kevin M. Jones, Lara Indrikovs, Peter Coffee, Pontus Noren, Tolga Tarhan, and Tye Hayes.2020-12-2334 min
Cloud TalkAutomation and Security Are the Trends to WatchWhich tech trends should you be exploring right now? Two CTOs discuss the most important tech trends for the end 2020 and early 2021, unwrapping the contents of The Rackspace Technology Trends Viewpoint e-book. Special Guest: Tolga Tarhan.2020-12-0334 min
Cloud TalkIt’s time to reclaim ‘DevOps’ for its original purpose.Some tech words become buzzwords and lose their meaning. In this episode of Cloud Talk, Rackspace CTO Tolga Tarhan sets out to reclaim one such word: DevOps. In just 30 minutes, he delves into what DevOps really means, how to set your company up for success in DevOps, and the best ways to build DevOps teams.Special Guest: Tolga Tarhan.2020-09-0935 min
Cloud UnfilteredEp107: Are VMs Becoming Obsolete? feat. Tolga TarhanReady for a juicy technical episode that doles out super-strategic advice at the same time? Excellent. Because in this half-hour Tolga explains what he meant when he said VMs are in fact becoming obsolete in a recent Forbes article. He and Pete also go deep into a discussion about whether or not "serverless first" is becoming a thing, and who serverless may not actually work for. We also talk about whether public cloud is cost effective, and what you might be doing wrong if it's not at your company; why you don't need to be worried about lock-in anymore, the...2020-09-0132 min
Cloud TalkUnlock Innovation with Containers and ServerlessTolga Tarhan is an authority on serverless computing and containers. As the CTO of Onica, a Rackspace company, Tarhan has long pushed for the adoption of cloud native application development. According to Tarhan, the cloud is especially exciting, relevant and vital — and that also makes it necessary for companies to take a different approach to cloud native processes.
“Cloud native involves people, processes and technology changes,” Tarhan said. “Cloud native processes can lead you to a promised land in the cloud, which is cost-effective, with elastic scaling, better reliability and faster time to market,” he added. In looking at...2020-05-2632 min
Geeks Who Lead PodcastMoving to a Cloud Native Architecture with Tolga TarhanTolga Tarhan got his start single-handedly running all the technology in his high school. Fast forward to today in which his experience during the dot com bust and incremental steps at various development firms have led him to the belief that the cloud is the ultimate goal of any organization.On today’s episode of CTO Connection, Tolga shares wisdom and advice on how to find the right mechanisms for your business so you can gradually shift to a cloud native architecture. For Tolga, the key is not “lift and shift,” but making a gradual shift that will e...2020-04-1633 min