A couple of excellent conversations this week on cloud performance metrics and software-defined storage. First up, returning guest Paul Miller (@paulmiller), an analyst with Cloud of Data, chats about transparency and conflict of interest in the consulting market, as well as cloud benchmarks and what they mean for enterprise workloads. Then Bernard Harguindeguy (@atlantisilio), the CEO of Atlantis Computing, discusses optimizing virtual machines (VMs) and how they interact with storage, resulting in less storage traffic on a network and a performance boost for apps. Show Timeline: • 0:00 – Introductions and News of the Week • 10:31 – Interview with Paul Miller • 21:42 – Interview with Bernard Harguindeguy • 36:45 – Wrap up