SaaS on Multiple Clouds with Steve Buchanan

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What does it take to get your SaaS offering on multiple cloud providers? Richard chats with Steve Buchanan about his new role at JAMF, which focuses on a mobile device management product for Apple devices. Originally built as a SaaS product on AWS, Steve is helping to build out the JAMF stack on Azure to support a broader range of customers. Steve talks about Kubernetes as the common ground among the major cloud players, but you need to dig into the rest of the tooling to minimize differences across implementations. That means cloud-agnostic tools for deployment, identity, instrumentation, and more! The good news is that there are plenty of tools out there to help you, but it does take time to work out your suite of tools to get consistent results, no matter where the backend resides.

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Recorded January 8, 2026

Steve Buchanan is a startup advisor & cloud engineering lead, delivering Azure & AKS cloud-native services powering Apple SaaS products used by over 70k customers worldwide. With over twenty years in the tech industry, Steve brings a unique blend of leadership, strategic planning, and technical expertise to one of the world's leading tech companies. An accomplished thought leader, Steve has shared insights on over a dozen podcasts, co-authored MN's computer science plan, he authored 9 technical books, a respected Pluralsight and O’Reilly author, empowering tech pros to master cutting-edge tech. He's a Docker Captain and 11-time Microsoft MVP. Steve's contributions to tech have been widely recognized, including features in prominent publications such as the Star Tribune (the fifth-largest newspaper in the U.S.), one of the "25 ITSM Experts to Watch in 2017," recognition as an "IT Unity Community Champ", listed as one of Onalytica's "Who's Who in Cloud?" top 50 thought leaders, and honored with the 2024 Tekne Exceptional Technology Leadership Award. Steve is also a sought-after speaker, having delivered engaging presentations at numerous high-profile events, including the keynote for Minnebar 18, and presenting at DevOps Days, Open Source North, Midwest Management Summit (MMS), Microsoft Ignite, Experts Live Europe, and OSCON. He stays active in the technical community and enjoys blogging about his adventures in the world of tech at www.buchatech.com

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