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Simplifying Cloud for Developers

2022/5/11
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Raman Sharma (@rasharm_), VP Product & Programs Marketing @DigitalOcean) talks about the evolution of Digital Ocean, the right tools for developers, and managing simplicity and scale.

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**Topic 1 - **Welcome to the show. Your career has followed a parallel path to the evolution of the cloud. Let’s talk a little bit about your background, and especially your involvement with developers. 

**Topic 2 - **It’s been a while since we last had DigitalOcean on the show. Before we dive into the technology stack, let’s talk about how DigitalOcean thinks about developer needs. 

**Topic 3 - **Compute, Storage, Networking, Databases, Kubernetes, PaaS, Marketplace. Walk us through where DigitalOcean helps developers make it simple to use these primitives. 

**Topic 4 - **What do developers ask you for next? Is it more capabilities, or different pricing, or something else to make their lives easier? 

**Topic 5 - **What do your customer’s teams look like? Do they align to the primitives (e.g. cloud infrastructure teams), or is it more “you build it you run it”, or something else?

**Topic 6 - **Where are some of the areas where DigitalOcean is focused or sees new opportunities in 2022 and beyond?

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