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This week we discuss Cloud Earnings, OpenSSF’s new project and Tim Bray’s take on Cloud. Plus, some thoughts on data gravity… Rundown Earnings Apple tops earnings expectations on strong iPhone sales Microsoft Azure exceeded $40 billion in annualized revenue Alphabet crushes earnings, announces 20-for-1 stock split Docker makes comeback with over $50M in ARR two years into restructuring OSS Security Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) OpenSSF Announces The Alpha-Omega Project to Improve Software Supply Chain Security for 10,000 OSS Projects Citrix goes private Tim Bray’s take on Cloud Relevant to your Interests Confluent and AWS just announced a "Strategic Collaboration Agreement." Internal messages show Amazon is telling employees to warn customers away from using Microsoft's or Google's clouds as a hedge against AWS outages Google Cloud is hiring a legion of blockchain experts to expand its business Google cloud unit shuffles partnerships and sales groups as CEO Kurian chases market share Science says ‘Zoom fatigue’ is real — and worse when you don’t like your face Power tool companies have discovered USB-C Life360 Says It Will Stop Selling Precise Location Data – The Markup Germany will break the Internet A guide to Web3 for Web2 frontend devs Meta doubles down on Oculus Quest name change and everyone hates it Streaming Service Retention Rates Okta Chart for Cloud Adoption Commentary: How homeowners defeated Zillow’s AI, which led to Zillow Offers’ demise Following his fiery Twitter tirades, Bolt founder Ryan Breslow is no longer CEO — and he says it’s his choice The numbers behind Spotify's Rogan How “Engineering-Driven” Leads to “Engineering-Supremacy” Universal Control was worth the wait – here's how it's changing the way I work Craob X: World's First Portless Laptop on The Way (Exclusive Leak) - My Laptop Guide .NET Beyond Bolt founder Ryan Breslow announces new CEO after Silicon Valley Twitter rant SpaceX’s new Starlink Premium tier promises up to 500Mbps for $500 a month MariaDB Corporation Ab to Become a Publicly Traded Company via Combination with Angel Pond Holdings Corporation Sony buying Bungie for $3.6 billion Serverless less trendy? Nonsense Tesla launches 'TeslaMic,' a microphone for in-car karaoke Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT Listener Feedback Brian recommends you read Amp It Up Conferences THAT Conference comes to Texas, May 23-26, 2022 Discount Codes: Everything Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriends75 3 Day Camper Ticket ($50 off): SDTFriends50 Virtual Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriendsON75 THAT Conference Wisconsin Call for Speakers is open, July 25, 2022 DevOpsDays Chicago 2022: Call for Speakers/Papers, May 10 & 11th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, DevOps Days Birmingham AL, 2022 Call for Speakers, April 18 & 19th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, SDT news & hype Join us in Slack. Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk! Recommendations Brandon: DDOG Dashboard for ERCOT Power in Texas Wordle and some news The New York Times Buys Wordle Coté: The Important Thing podcast. Matt: TriggerMesh Office Hours Living With Yourself Photo Credits Banner Art Cover Art Sponsored By:strongDM: Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT.

This week we discuss the SAT going online, the Pyramid of Open Source and dealing with tech debt. Plus, some thoughts on expense reports… Rundown Starting in 2024, U.S. students will take the SAT entirely online Enforcing the Pyramid of Open Source Microsoft cloud revenues power Microsoft's $51.7 billion second FY'22 quarter | ZDNet Relevant to your Interests Twitter brings NFTs to profile photos, but only for Twitter Blue subscribers | Engadget Peloton hires McKinsey to review cost structure; cycle maker may cut jobs, close stores Michael Dell Op-ed: There will never be a post-Covid world Merck wins cyber-insurance lawsuit related to NotPetya attack Anitian Raises $55 Million Series B to Further Transform the Cloud Security and Compliance Automation Industries with Pre-Engineered, Zero Trust Cloud Platforms Google kills off FLoC, replaces it with Topics Nvidia Quietly Prepares to Abandon $40 Billion Arm Bid SparkCognition, which develops AI solutions for a range of industries, nabs $123M Oracle audit also a 'sales enablement tool' Apple pays record $100,500 to student who found Mac webcam hack | AppleInsider This Post Was Written by GitHub Copilot | flower.codes Can CNN make streaming work? Kelsey Hightower vs. Chris Dixon Meta-backed Diem in talks to sell off assets: report Nonsense Boeing Adds $450 Million to Air-Taxi Effort A bot tried to ruin Wordle by posting the next day’s answer. Twitter suspended the account. Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT Listener Feedback From Slack: Line Goes Up - The Problem With NFTs by Dan Olson Michale wants you to work at ****Honeycomb as a Senior Product Marketing Manager Brian wants you to be a Senior Product Manager - Cloud Infrastructure in Remote Conferences THAT Conference comes to Texas, May 23-26, 2022 Discount Codes: Everything Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriends75 3 Day Camper Ticket ($50 off): SDTFriends50 Virtual Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriendsON75 THAT Conference Wisconsin Call for Speakers is open, July 25, 2022 DevOpsDays Chicago 2022: Call for Speakers/Papers, May 10 & 11th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, DevOps Days Birmingham AL, 2022 Call for Speakers, April 18 & 19th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, SDT news & hype Join us in Slack. Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk! Recommendations Brandon: Ozark Season 4 Part 1 Coté: Pea soup/stew. Photo Credits Banner CoverArt Sponsored By:strongDM: Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT.

This week we discuss Open Source Model Business Models, Cloud Migrations and the prospect of cloud providers becoming “dumb pipes.” Plus, some thoughts on the rise of Professor Galloway. Rundown There is such a thing as an open source business model Web3 | No Mercy / No Malice AWS is Not a Dumb Pipe Clouded Judgement 1.14.22 Remote work and cloud adoption lands 1Password with $620M Series C, now valued at $6.8B Relevant to your Interests Kubernetes needs a developer platform Observable raises $35.6M to bring better visibility to enterprise data People Building 'Blockchain City' in Wyoming Scammed by Hackers - Slashdot NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Custom Models Production Reportedly Halted Amidst BIOS & Design Issues Superior Court judge rules that Google's nondisclosure agreements are so broad they violate the state's ban on noncompete agreements Dutch competition authority recently ruled that Apple must allow dating apps to offer alternative payments. Web3 is going just great It was nice to be invited but I wish I hadn’t been. #aws #tektok 10 real-world stories of how we’ve compromised CI/CD pipelines Ford signs five-year payments deal with Stripe for e-commerce drive Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard to bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone, across every device - Stories I automated my job over a year ago and haven't told anyone. Tales From Crypto: A Billionaire Meme Feud Threatens Industry Unity Better.com CEO Who Fired 900 Workers On Zoom Call Reinstalled Charted: Big tech's ballooning deals Airlines warn of "catastrophic disruption" in 5g service deployment Harness releases open version of continuous delivery product with access to source code – TechCrunch Kubernetes needs a developer platform ‘It’s All Just Wild’: Tech Start-Ups Reach a New Peak of Froth SaaS acquisition multiples in 2021 Google to free G Suite users: Pay up or lose your account Zoom multiple Nonsense Busy Simulator Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT Conferences THAT Conference comes to Texas, May 23-26, 2022 Discount Codes: Everything Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriends75 3 Day Camper Ticket ($50 off): SDTFriends50 Virtual Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriendsON75 THAT Conference Wisconsin Call for Speakers is open, July 25, 2022 DevOpsDays Chicago 2022: Call for Speakers/Papers, May 10 & 11th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, DevOps Days Birmingham AL, 2022 Call for Speakers, April 18 & 19th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, SDT news & hype Join us in Slack. Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk! Recommendations Brandon: Sweet Booby Podcast. Link to subscribe in Overcast. Matt: Eufy RoboVac35c Wi-Fi Robotic Vacuum. Cricket Explainer. Coté: The Good Enough Parent. Photo Credits Cloud Pipes Banner CoverArt Sponsored By:strongDM: Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT.

This week we discuss NPM corruption, why Web3 may not be different and the future focus of Hyperscalers. Plus, some thoughts on Dutch Doctors. Rundown NPM corruption Open source developer corrupts widely-used libraries, affecting tons of projects Dev corrupts NPM libs 'colors' and 'faker' breaking thousands of apps Web 3 is exciting because incumbents like solving known problems Computing and data infrastructure in '22 Aneel Lakhan take on Web3 and the need for a currency but not necessarily bitcoin via The Cloud Cast. Reasons why Web3 may not be all that different Matt Mullenweg on Web 2.0 vs. Web 3.0 My first impressions of web3 The Cloud Cast episode Look Ahead VC Funding Maybe Hyperscalers should just focus in on primitives? I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months. Relevant to your Interests Is Clubhouse dead? Not if you are in South Asia NFT kingpin OpenSea lands monster $13.3B valuation in new raise Andreessen Horowitz completes massive $9B fundraise for startups - FinLedger The Multicloud Engineer Lyft did a four part blog series on scaling engineering productivity Podcasting Hasn’t Produced A New Hit in Years Take-Two is buying Zynga This company just decided to give employees a 4-day workweek permanently Free to read: Coronavirus tracked: has the epidemic peaked near you? New year, new CEO Carriers Are Pissed About Apple's Best New Privacy Feature CEO Of $10 Billion Open-Source Company Elastic Steps Down, President Leaves Nonsense Forced by shortages to sell chipless ink cartridges, Canon tells customers how to bypass DRM warnings Every few years Australia takes an international superstar hostage for unclear reasons Snoop Dogg Is Planning To Launch A Hot Dog Brand Called “Snoop Doggs” – Billboard Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT Conferences THAT Conference comes to Texas, May 23-26, 2022 Discount Codes: Everything Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriends75 3 Day Camper Ticket ($50 off): SDTFriends50 Virtual Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriendsON75 THAT Conference Wisconsin Call for Speakers is open, July 25, 2022 DevOpsDays Chicago 2022: Call for Speakers/Papers, May 10 & 11th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, DevOps Days Birmingham AL, 2022 Call for Speakers, April 18 & 19th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, SDT news & hype Join us in Slack. Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk! Recommendations Brandon: ANOVA Precision Cooker. Coté: MSG. Tanzu Application Platform 1.0. Photo Credits Banner Photos CoverArt Sponsored By:strongDM: Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT.

This week we discuss why cloud numbers don’t add up, Oracle buys Cerner and the demise of BlackBerry. Plus, Matt gives advice for keeping up with Web3. Rundown Cloud numbers don’t add up A Look Back at Q3 '21 Public Cloud Software Earnings Oracle to buy medical records company Cerner in its biggest acquisition ever Apple hits $3 trillion market cap, becoming first company to hit the mark If you're clinging to an old BlackBerry, it will officially stop working on Jan. 4 Relevant to your Interests AWS Amazon Cloud Unit Draws Antitrust Scrutiny From Khan’s FTC You have asked for this, it is basically your fault! MongoDB Poaches Top Amazon Executives to Compete With AWS AWS DynamoDB architect who recently left for MongoDB Enterprise Strategy Blog 2021: Year-End Roundup Amazon announces broad cloud and AI collaboration with auto giant Stellantis M&A and VC Google confirms it acquired cybersecurity specialist Siemplify, reportedly for $500M, to become part of Google Cloud’s Chronicle Google confirms it acquired cybersecurity specialist Siemplify, reportedly for $500M, to become part of Google Cloud’s Chronicle PitchBook: seed and early stage startups in the US raised $93B in 2021 through December 15, up from $52B in 2020 and $30B in 2016 Spotify acquires podcast tech company Whooshkaa which turns radio broadcasts into on-demand audio Cal.com, Inc. raises $7.4m Seed Redpoint Ventures is Launching a Media Operation—And Embracing TikTok Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreesen are still working Crypto Money in the Metaverse The Block Unicorn Index RadioShack goes Crypto Pay Google will pay top execs $1 million each after declining to boost workers’ pay Apple Pays Its Engineers $180,000 Bonuses to Stop Them From Joining Meta Apple Apple is rebuilding Apple Music as a full native app with macOS 12.2 beta Apple is reportedly going to make more of its own chips Alexa Amazon’s Alexa Stalled With Users as Interest Faded, Documents Show Alexa tells 10-year-old girl to put penny in plug socket Security LastPass users warned their master passwords are compromised Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp users targeted in phishing scheme Misc TikTok is accused of violating GPL with new live streaming software Retailers To Lose $828 Million Of Sales Over Christmas Due To Inaccessible Websites What’s next for Cloud Foundry A big video game company enters the metaverse IBM has restarted attempts to sell its unprofitable Watson Health division Minecraft as a k8s admin tool Web3 For and Against Jack Dorsey says VCs really own Web3 (and Web3 boosters are pretty mad about it) Nonsense U Refill Toner | Laser printer cartridge refills you do yourself Pedant-friendly millipede discovered: First with 1,000+ legs Largest ever giant millipede fossil found on UK beach A DAO wants to make Blockbuster a decentralized film streaming service Marvel Cinematic Universe is taking over the box office Researchers make world's thinnest Christmas tree Dieser Tortilla ist köstlich! Kein Öl, kein Backofen! Einfaches und leckeres Frühstück # 110 Crypto CEO Brian Armstrong Buys Los Angeles Home for $133 Million Taco Bell launches taco-a-day subscription program nationwide to drive visits North Koreans enjoy burritos after paper bizarrely claims Kim Jong-il invented them ****## Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT Conferences THAT Conference comes to Texas, POSTPONED UNTIL MAY Discount Codes: Everything Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriends75 3 Day Camper Ticket ($50 off): SDTFriends50 Virtual Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriendsON75 THAT Conference Wisconsin Call for Speakers is open, July 25, 2022 DevOpsDays Chicago 2022: Call for Speakers/Papers, May 10 & 11th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, DevOps Days Birmingham AL, 2022 Call for Speakers, April 18 & 19th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, Listner Feedback Polishing Cloth Unboxing SDT news & hype Join us in Slack. Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk! Recommendations Brandon: Station Eleven on HBO Book originally recommend on episode 137 Matt: State of the World 2022 Photo Credits CoverArt Banner Picture Sponsored By:strongDM: Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT.

This week we discuss the stories of the year, make a few predications and answer listener questions. Plus, some thoughts on grammar… Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT CBT Nuggets — Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. Start your 7-day Free Trial today at cbtnuggets.com/sdt Conferences THAT Conference comes to Texas January 17-20, 2022 Software Defined Talk Live Recording - THAT Discount Codes: Everything Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriends75 3 Day Camper Ticket ($50 off): SDTFriends50 Virtual Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriendsON75 DevOpsDays Chicago 2022: Call for Speakers/Papers, May 10 & 11th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, DevOps Days Birmingham AL, 2022 Call for Speakers, April 18 & 19th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, SDT news & hype Join us in Slack. Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk! Recommendations Brandon: Apple Photo Widget. Matt: Hades. Coté: Chateau La Fleur Perey, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, 2018. Photo Credits Banner Art Cover Art Sponsored By:CBT Nuggets: Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. Start learning today at cbtnuggets.com/sdt. strongDM: Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT.

This week Brandon interviews Michael Wilde. They discuss Wilde's career progression from Sales Engineer to Account Executive and Honeycomb's approach to Observability. Plus, some thoughts on yoga... Show Links Honeycomb.io BubbleUp Contact Wilde LinkedIn: michael wilde Twitter: @michaelwilde Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT CBT Nuggets — Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. Start your 7-day Free Trial today at cbtnuggets.com/sdt Photo CreditSpecial Guest: Michael Wilde.Sponsored By:CBT Nuggets: Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. Start learning today at cbtnuggets.com/sdt. strongDM: Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT.

This week we discuss how the industry reacted to the Log4j vulnerability and the merits of going Multicloud. Plus, some thoughts on printer paper. Rundown Log4j and OSS Security warning: New zero-day in the Log4j Java library is already being exploited ‘Extremely bad’ vulnerability found in widely used logging system What you need to know about the Log4J vulnerability rocking the internet Zero-Day Exploit Targeting Popular Java Library Log4j Paying people to work on OSS Don’t pay people to work on OSS? AWS Outage and Multicloud Is multi-cloud getting more popular? It always has been, also, it means a lot. Summary of the AWS Service Event in the Northern Virginia (US-EAST-1) Region https://www.whoownsmyavailability.com Relevant to your interests Oracle swings to loss because of payment tied to dispute over former CEO Hurd's employment Snowflake stock soars after software sales more than double Better.com CEO Vishal Garg steps back as employees detail how he ‘led by fear’ Top Excel experts will battle it out in an esports-like competition this weekend Is multi-cloud getting more popular? Who gets left out of ‘bootstrapping’? SnapLogic raises $165M to accelerate enterprise automation via data integration Take one last look at Google Toolbar, which is now dead The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience Apple Officially Delays macOS Monterey Universal Control Until Spring 2022 Software start-up Airtable hits $11 billion valuation in latest funding, adds Salesforce, Michael Dell as investors Noname Security Becomes First API Security Unicorn Catching Up On Cloud Infrastructure Startups After The HashiCorp IPO GitLab acquires Opstrace - FAQ Nonsense How to speak Australian : Abbreviate Everything Recycling Center - Sorting Aluminum and Steel NIKE, Inc. Acquires RTFKT A Quadruped Humanoid Robot Might Be Able To Do It All Busy Simulator Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT CBT Nuggets — Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. Start your 7-day Free Trial today at cbtnuggets.com/sdt Postlight — Postlight co-founders Paul Ford and Rich Ziade talk tech, business, ethics, and culture. Subscribe to the Postlight Podcast: https://postlight.com/podcast Conferences THAT Conference comes to Texas January 17-20, 2022 Software Defined Talk Live Recording - THAT Discount Codes: Everything Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriends75 3 Day Camper Ticket ($50 off): SDTFriends50 Virtual Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriendsON75 DevOpsDays Chicago 2022: Call for Speakers/Papers, May 10 & 11th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, DevOps Days Birmingham AL, 2022 Call for Speakers . April 18 & 19th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, SDT news & hype Join us in Slack. Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk! Recommendations Brandon: Apple Legacy Contact Matt: A.P. Bio Coté: Texas Sun. Also, the song Coté was trying to remember, “Didn’t I,” by Darondo - an example of perfection. Number two on that list. Photo Credits Banner Picture CoverArt Sponsored By:strongDM: Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT.Postlight: Postlight co-founders Paul Ford and Rich Ziade talk tech, business, ethics, and culture. Subscribe to the Postlight Podcast.CBT Nuggets: Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. Start learning today at cbtnuggets.com/sdt.

Brandon interviews Jordan Tigani, Chief Product Officer at SingleStore. They discuss Jordan's experience at Google building BigQuery and how to use SingleStore to build data intensive applications. Plus, some good stories on caviar and marathon running. Links Google Big Query A Return to the General Purpose Database SingleStore SingleStore Free Trial Work at SingleStore SingleStore Recognized in the Gartner Magic Quadrant Contact Jordan @jrdntgn LinkedIn: jordantigani Banner Photo CreditSpecial Guest: Jordan Tigani.Sponsored By:SingleStore: The Database for the Data-Intensive Era

This podcast discusses the State of Developer Relations and Cloud Adoption Trends. They also touch on trash disposal methods, challenges in trash sorting and recycling in Amsterdam, and different perspectives in developer relations. Additionally, they explore reputation and trust in the Kubernetes ecosystem, survey results on cloud usage and migration, and cloud technology use and modernization. The episode concludes with recommendations for the lens desktop app, a compact monochrome laser printer, and tips on gingerbread.