https://bradshaw.cloud/media/video-core-to-edge-ai-inference-2026/ https://img.youtube.com/vi/pmXkr4JwJ1Y/maxresdefault.jpg From Core to Edge: Akamai on Where AI Inference Must Live Next Video companion to the Tech Talks Daily podcast episode. John Bradshaw examines where AI inference should live in 2026, exploring the shift from centralised cloud training to distributed edge inference. https://www.youtube.com/embed/pmXkr4JwJ1Y 1680 2026-03-03 AI inference edge cloud https://bradshaw.cloud/media/tfir-cost-aware-cloud-strategy-2025/ https://img.youtube.com/vi/mCC84dIqoag/maxresdefault.jpg Build Cost-Aware Cloud Strategy Without Vendor Lock-In John Bradshaw, Field CTO Cloud EMEA at Akamai, unpacks a counterintuitive principle for modern cloud strategy — plan your exit before you plan to start — and argues that core-and-edge architecture combined with strategic clarity on business goals is what keeps organisations cost-aware and free from vendor lock-in. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mCC84dIqoag 2025-12-30 cloud cloud economics vendor lock-in cloud strategy https://bradshaw.cloud/media/tfir-finops-valueops-2025/ https://img.youtube.com/vi/xPeO0Yuc7uY/maxresdefault.jpg From FinOps to ValueOps: Solving Cloud Cost Intelligence with AI John Bradshaw, Field CTO Cloud EMEA at Akamai, explains how cloud concentration risk has become a "clear and present danger" to modern enterprise, and how the shift from FinOps to ValueOps — engineering value through AI-driven insight — reframes cloud economics. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xPeO0Yuc7uY 480 2025-12-29 cloud FinOps AI cloud economics https://bradshaw.cloud/media/tfir-cloud-outages-design-2025/ https://img.youtube.com/vi/cLQF0L6vFR0/maxresdefault.jpg How to Design Cloud Infrastructure That Survives Major Outages John Bradshaw argues that major cloud outages reveal design failures, not just technology failures, and explains how abstraction across multiple providers creates true resilience rather than dependency on a single cloud's availability guarantees. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cLQF0L6vFR0 300 2025-12-22 cloud resilience multi-cloud infrastructure https://bradshaw.cloud/media/tfir-hyperscale-ai-cost-2025/ https://img.youtube.com/vi/P8rxTDzZ9mI/maxresdefault.jpg Why Hyperscale AI Models Are Too Expensive for Most Use Cases John Bradshaw argues the economics of hyperscale AI models don't stack up for most enterprise use cases, and makes the case for domain-specific and small language models running closer to users — trading raw parameter count for cost efficiency, latency, and fit-for-purpose outcomes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/P8rxTDzZ9mI 2025-12-18 AI cloud economics inference cloud https://bradshaw.cloud/media/tfir-cloud-economics-multicloud-2025/ https://img.youtube.com/vi/w3jNc74igBU/maxresdefault.jpg How AI is Reshaping Cloud Economics and Multi-Cloud Strategy John Bradshaw examines how artificial intelligence is transforming cloud economics, driving a shift toward value-focused strategies and accelerating adoption of multi-cloud architectures as enterprises balance cost, performance, and vendor risk. https://www.youtube.com/embed/w3jNc74igBU 360 2025-12-15 cloud AI multi-cloud cloud economics https://bradshaw.cloud/media/video-state-cloud-2025-emea/ https://img.youtube.com/vi/aLRHLvh5I_o/maxresdefault.jpg State of Cloud 2025: Navigating EMEA's Cloud Revolution John Bradshaw and Bryan Glick (Computer Weekly) discuss how enterprises in EMEA are reshaping their cloud strategies for 2025, balancing intelligence, agility, and global scale while managing rising costs and embracing distributed cloud architectures. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aLRHLvh5I_o 2025-12-12 cloud EMEA AI hybrid cloud https://bradshaw.cloud/media/tfir-cloud-no-longer-cheap-2025/ https://img.youtube.com/vi/2lyiPgDkhBQ/maxresdefault.jpg Why the Cloud Is No Longer Cheap John Bradshaw challenges the assumption that cloud is inherently cost-effective, exploring how organisations can build cost-intelligent architectures and adopt the principle of planning an exit before committing to a cloud vendor. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2lyiPgDkhBQ 1680 2025-12-08 cloud cloud economics vendor lock-in FinOps https://bradshaw.cloud/media/tfir-gecko-rollout-vision-2024/ https://img.youtube.com/vi/PnKeWM1I-2Y/maxresdefault.jpg Akamai's 2024 Vision to Expand Edge Presence with Gecko Rollout John's October 2024 interview with TFiR on Akamai's Generalized Edge Compute (Gecko): where it had reached by then, and the phased rollout he described. The region counts in the conversation are the 2024 plan as it stood, not a current roadmap; managed containers and fleet management were the next waves he outlined. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PnKeWM1I-2Y 2024-10-01 cloud edge Gecko distributed cloud https://bradshaw.cloud/media/tfir-developer-experience-edge-2024/ https://img.youtube.com/vi/Z-oq41CFQgU/maxresdefault.jpg What Does Edge Computing Mean for Developer Experience? John Bradshaw argues that edge computing transforms developer experience by letting programmers think of their workload as a fully distributed application — positioning larger components closer to end users and fundamentally changing how distributed systems are architected. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z-oq41CFQgU 2024-09-24 edge developer experience distributed cloud cloud https://bradshaw.cloud/media/tfir-edge-computing-challenges-2024/ https://img.youtube.com/vi/3xIe2v7R8Mk/maxresdefault.jpg How Akamai Is Tackling Edge Computing Challenges John's August 2024 interview with TFiR on the problems edge computing actually creates: distributed data gravity and workload orchestration. He argues the binding constraint is operator and developer experience rather than raw capacity, and sets out how Akamai approaches it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3xIe2v7R8Mk 2024-08-27 edge cloud distributed cloud infrastructure https://bradshaw.cloud/media/tfir-partnerships-user-experience-2024/ https://img.youtube.com/vi/vI3n08TCtJc/maxresdefault.jpg How Akamai's Partnerships and Technologies Are Optimising User Experience John's August 2024 interview with TFiR on why latency is a partnership problem as much as an infrastructure one, with gaming as the worked example. He describes Akamai's position as an infrastructure provider whose traffic reaches consumers only through somebody else's product. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vI3n08TCtJc 2024-08-13 cloud edge user experience distributed cloud https://bradshaw.cloud/media/tfir-gecko-closer-to-users-2024/ https://img.youtube.com/vi/jUukrWGF43c/maxresdefault.jpg Akamai's Gecko Brings Edge Computing Closer to Users John's June 2024 interview with TFiR on Akamai's Generalized Edge Compute (Gecko) and the case for putting full compute, not just caching, close to users. The roadmap he previews — region count, managed containers, fleet management — is the 2024 plan as it stood at the time of recording. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jUukrWGF43c 2024-06-24 cloud edge Gecko distributed cloud