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Get ready for a weekly dose of all things Enterprise Software and Cloud Computing! Join us as we dive into topics including Kubernetes, DevOps, Serverless, Security and Coding. Plus, we’ll keep you entertained with plenty of off-topic banter and nonsense. Don’t worry if you miss the latest industry conference - we’ve got you covered with recaps of all the latest news from AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).
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Dec 3, 2021 • 56min
Episode 332: Capabilities vs. Complexity
This week we recap the news from AWS re:Invent and Knative joins the CNCF. Plus, some discussion on trademarks…
Rundown
AWS re:Invent Recap
Top Announcements of AWS re:Invent 2021 | Amazon Web Services
AWS Free Tier Data Transfer Expansion – 100 GB From Regions and 1 TB From Amazon CloudFront Per Month
Where new AWS CEO Adam Selipsky plans to take cloud computing next
Announcing Pull Through Cache Repositories for Amazon Elastic Container Registry | Amazon Web Services
AWS launches its Graviton 3 processor
Amazon launches preview of new AWS Private 5G managed service
re:Invent Keynote Rebuttal
Goldman’s Cloud Will Pitch Trades
Knative
Knative applies to become a CNCF incubating project
Serverless offerings like AWS Lambda haven't hit the big time, but Kubernetes can help
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Why Sabre is betting against multi-cloud – TechCrunch
Kubernetes: what are the key benefits for companies?
Cloud security startup Lacework valued at $8.3 bln after mammoth funding round
Buyer Beware: Not All Names Are Created Equal
Shopify’s BFCM Live Map
Inside Amazon's struggle to break into the lucrative market for SaaS business applications, including an internal pitch to buy $38 billion HubSpot
WSJ News Exclusive | AT&T, Verizon Propose 5G Limits to Break Air-Safety Standoff
cryptoji | encrypted emoji
CITC - About | Greylock
Professions are most Vulnerable to Automation
The Essential Components of Digital Transformation
Quest Software Acquired: Private Equity Buys IT Management, Security Software Company (Again)
Upbound nabs $60M to grow its open source Crossplane multi-cloud management project – TechCrunch
Bill Gates Predicts the Future in a Rediscovered Microsoft Video from 1994
Oxide / Hubris and Humility
Britain's Blue Prism agrees to $1.65 bln takeover by SS&C, snubs Vista
Elon Musk tells SpaceX employees that Starship engine crisis is creating a 'risk of bankruptcy'
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is expected to step down, sources say
Who Is Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s New C.E.O.?
Jack Dorsey’s Square changes corporate name to Block
Nonsense
Cloth watch
Canada taps into strategic reserves to deal with massive shortage ... of maple syrup
Want a meal on the fly? A drone can bring you chicken wings in one Triangle neighborhood
Chatter Telephone| Fisher Price
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Nov 26, 2021 • 1h 4min
Episode 331: Graphics of Guerrillas
This week we discuss the rise of Web3 and make a few AWS re:invent predications. Plus, what if Billy Joel and Huey Lewis formed a band…
Rundown
It's a Web3 World Now — How the Hype Compares to Web 2.0
Crypto group tries to claw back fees after failed Constitution bid
$10B is the new $1B, and we need a new framework for startup valuations
AWS Re:Invent Predictions
5 Things To Know About New AWS Channel Chief Ruba Borno
Andy Jassy was reportedly surprised when Jeff Bezos asked him to take on the job of Amazon CEO: 'I wasn't clamoring for it'
“Who Is He?”: Andy Jassy, Amazon’s New CEO, Enters the Ring
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Amazon's Dark Secret: It Has Failed to Protect Your Data
Apple's Plan to Scan Handset Images Stopped Before It Started
Andy Jassy’s Big Idea for AWS Expansion Marred by Glitches, High Prices
The NFT Bay Debuts to Save You a Right-Click on Someone's Precious Digital Art
Follow Matthew Ball for MetaVerse Info
IBM tells POWER8 owners: the end is nigh for upgrades
VMware withdraws major vSphere release due to bugs
Webhooks provider Svix snags $2.6M to simplify software management
Drama in the Rust community — mod team resignation
The bitcoin fanatics fuel GPU shortages for gamers
AWS commits to update its own Linux every other year
Announcing $150M to build the end-to-end platform for the modern Web
Oracle and Google join Microsoft and Amazon in bidding for Defense Department's Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability
Passwordless authentication platform Stytch raises $90M
Passwordless authentication platform Stytch raises $90M
We got an exclusive look at the 13-slide pitch deck Stytch, a passwordless startup, used to raise $90 million from Coatue
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Dollar Tree will raise prices from $1 to $1.25
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Nov 19, 2021 • 1h 19min
Episode 330: The marketing became the technology
This week we discuss Splunk’s CEO Transition, Crypto.com renames the Staples Center and Netlify’s attempt to realize Git Push Nirvana. Plus, when do house shoes become just shoes.
Rundown
Splunk stock plunges as CEO Doug Merritt steps down
Git Push Nirvana
Heroku itself isn’t what people want. What we actually want is
git push heroku main
Netlify Raises $105 Million to Transform Development for the Modern Web
Goodbye, Staples Center. Hello, Crypto.com Arena
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Spotify expands into audiobooks with acquisition of Findaway
Apple’s unexciting 2021 Mac and iPhone software prove it should take a break from annual OS updates
Red Hat 8.5 released with SQL Server and .NET 6
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FBI system hacked to email 'urgent' warning about fake cyberattacks
Citrix Systems Inc. Layoffs - TheLayoff.com
if you use the "Cost Explorer" to check the details of your bill, they will charge you $0.01 (yes, 1 cent) per each request?
Vizio’s profit on ads, subscriptions, and data is double the money it makes selling TVs
Seven years after last venture investment, Mixpanel scores $200M Series C – TechCrunch
Twitter acquires Threader, an app that compiles and shares threads – TechCrunch
PlanetScale raises $50M Series C as its enterprise database service hits general availability – TechCrunch
Frontpage -- Terms of Service; Didn't Read
Snowflake adds Python option for developers
5 ways to improve mental health for software developers
Here's why identity software firm Okta plans to open a retail location in New York City
Akamai Exec Rick McConnell to Succeed John Van Siclen as Dynatrace CEO - GovCon Wire
Twilio CEO touts company's long-term growth outlook after recent stock plunge
AWS Channel Chief Doug Yeum Stepping Down
The future of work
Apple announces Self Service Repair
Nonsense
Introducing the Icelandverse
MoviePass is coming back, under original founder Stacy Spikes
Dude, he’s back.
Mattress company Casper to be sold in private equity deal
Corey Quinn explains AppConfig
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Nov 12, 2021 • 59min
Episode 329: Eat the complexity
This week we discuss the state of severless, the agility equation and Twitter goes blue. Plus, what exactly happens in an Internet Minute…?
Rundown
The Unfulfilled Promise of Serverless
Twitter will now let you pay to undo tweets and read ad-free news in the US
From Amazon to Zoom: What Happens in an Internet Minute In 2021?
Clubhouse rolls out Replay to let users record live rooms and share them later
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HashiCorp: Benchmarking the S-1 Data
Cloudflare Announces Third Quarter 2021 Financial Results
Hello, world! Meet Kyndryl, the services biz spun-out by IBM
Google is working on a more user-friendly way to find files in Drive
Habitica - Gamify Your Life
Red Hat to hire fewer senior engineers after budget frozen
Datadog Acquires Ozcode - Ozcode
What I Talk About When I Talk About Platforms
To reinvent work, we have to destroy the clock
We've gone backwards since the Bronze Age with calendars
AWS Announces Plans to Open Second Region in Canada
Security software company McAfee acquired for $14 billion
Unity is buying Peter Jackson’s Weta Digital for over $1.6B
Amazon’s Cloud’s New Boss Is Girding to Defend Turf in the Field Company Pioneered
GE to break up into 3 companies focusing on aviation, health care and energy
You’re scheduling too many 1:1 meetings
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Elon Musk faces a $15 billion tax bill, which is likely the real reason he's selling stock
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Nov 5, 2021 • 1h 2min
Episode 328: Your MOM is a SaaS
This week we discuss HashiCorp’s S1, AWS Earnings and highlights from Microsoft Ignite. Plus, Coté teaches us a new Dutch phrase.
Rundown
Cloud software vendor HashiCorp files for IPO as investors pour money into high-growth tech stocks
Coté’s highlights.
Understanding the 2021 State of Open Source Report
Amazon
Amazon badly misses on earnings and revenue, gives disappointing fourth-quarter guidance
Amazon Web Services tops analysts' estimates on profit and revenue
Amazon Is The Flywheel, AWS Is The Cash Register
A fully functional local AWS cloud stack. Develop and test your cloud & Serverless apps offline!
Your hybrid, multicloud, and edge strategy just got better with Azure
Compliance in a DevOps Culture
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Abacus.ai snags $50M Series C as it expands into computer vision use cases
NeuVector is excited to announce we are joining SUSE
Monitor Your Azure Environment Using Amazon Managed Grafana
Facebook’s new name will be Meta
New product: Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W on sale now at $15 - Raspberry Pi
Universal Search & Productivity App | Command E
Software services firm Zendesk to buy SurveyMonkey parent for nearly $4 bln
Kalshi
Popular gaming platform Roblox back online after multi-day crash
Dell spins off $64 billion VMware as it battles debt hangover
BMC Unveils New Data Management and Analytics Capabilities
Squid Game Cryptocurrency Scammers Make Off With $2.1 Million
AI programming tool Copilot helps write up to 30% of code on GitHub
Introducing the Free Java License
Backblaze’s IPO a test for smaller tech concerns
Happy 1.0, Knative
A Return to the General Purpose Database
Microsoft Teams enters the metaverse race with 3D avatars and immersive meetings
Nat Friedman to step down as head of Microsoft's GitHub
Microsoft launches Google Wave
Nonsense
Apple's worst shipping delay is for a $19 polishing cloth — Engadget
Aussie++
Microsoft resurrects Clippy again after brutally killing him off in Microsoft Teams
Allbirds shares surge 60% in eco-friendly shoe maker's market debut
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Nov 2, 2021 • 52min
Episode 327: Jack Naglieri on security at scale
Brandon interviews Jack Naglieri, Founder & CEO at Panther Labs. They discuss the challenges of security at scale and the current state of security tools. Plus, we learn how Jack transitioned from Security Analyst to Security Engineer and now CEO.
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Oct 29, 2021 • 55min
Episode 326: Just Jump In
This week we recap Datadog’s announcements, discuss Sequoia’s investment pivot and hot takes on Facebook’s intent to rebrand. Plus, some thoughts on heated pools…
Rundown
Dash 2021: Guide to Datadog’s newest announcements
The Sequoia Fund: Patient Capital for Building Enduring Companies
Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name
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Sam Altman’s Worldcoin wants to scan eyeballs in exchange for crypto
Sphere has joined Twitter!
Red Hat continues to grow, but IBM’s struggles continue
Apple Safari browser might become the new Internet Explorer
VMware/Dell split confirmed for November 1st
Microsoft reverses controversial .NET change after open source community outcry
Scaled Agile DevOps Maturity Framework 2.4 - Enterprise transformation without the risk of culture change!
Amazon Web Services plans to design more of its own semiconductors, CEO says
Hertz Orders 100,000 Teslas, Part of Plan to Electrify Fleet
Web 2 Map
Australia Buys Telecom in Expensive Push to Keep China Out of Pacific
Microsoft acquires Clear Software to enhance connectivity to systems of record
NewRelic acquires CodeStream to provide chat in developer environments, inks Microsoft IDE partnership
Cisco Accelerates Innovation of AppDynamics Business Observability Platform with Intent to Acquire replex
vscode.dev Visual Studio Code for the Web
EBCDIC is incompatible with GDPR
Nonsense
Open enrollment video for Facebook employees
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Oct 22, 2021 • 1h 4min
Episode 325: Nothing says Enterprise like a function key
This week we discuss TriggerMesh going open source, the new Enterprise Mac and Honeycomb raising VC . Plus, will Matt become a TikTok influencer…?
Rundown
Introducing TriggerMesh Open Source
Cockroach Labs Announces CockroachDB Serverless
The Enterprise of the MacBook Pro
macOS Monterey Release Candidate Undoes Safari Changes, Reintroduces Old Tab Design
HDMI Port Limitations
Apple innovators do it again with $19 'Polishing Cloth'
Apple’s new 140W charger can fast charge a lot more than just your MacBook Pro
Funny Tweet Storm of Apple Event
Steven Sinofsky on Apple
How Honeycomb Is Using $50M in New Funding to Bring Observability to All
Expensify builds a SQLite Database from their S-1
Yes, there’s a market for Excel influencers on TikTok
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Welcome to Dagger.io
Microsoft shutting down LinkedIn in China
How Windows NTFS finally made it into Linux
GitLab jumps 22% in its Nasdaq debut after code-sharing company priced IPO above expected range
Elastic to buy 'continuous profiling' startup Optimyze
Slackers of the World, Unite!
Amazon To Allow Employees To Work Remotely Indefinitely
Google bets on the cloud breaking up
The replacement for Google Reader?
Why a Key Google Cloud Product Ended Up Generating Less Than 0.1% of Revenue
Fully-local simulator for Cloudflare Workers
The Largely Untold Story Of How One Guy In California Keeps The World’s Computers On The Right…
Expensify Announces Filing of Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering
Programming languages ranked by how much electricity they use:
Yes, there’s a market for Excel influencers on TikTok
IBM shares drop on weaker-than-expected quarterly revenue
Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name
****- Amazon cloud storage challenger Backblaze files to go public
Snowflake Launches A Media Cloud, As It Builds Out Programmatic Services
Twilio delves more deeply into marketing with new tool built on $3.2B Segment acquisition
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Oct 15, 2021 • 1h 5min
Episode 324: Stockpile EULAs
This week we discuss the real-world use of containers, recap the Google Cloud Next announcements and make some Apple predications. Plus, how often do you wash jeans…?
Rundown
Containers in the Real World
10 trends in real world container use
What Workloads Do Businesses Run on Kubernetes?
Google Cloud Next `21
What’s New at Google Cloud Next ‘21
Introducing Google Distributed Cloud—in your data center, at the edge, and in the cloud
Introducing Anthos for VMs and tools to simplify the developer experience
Build a more secure future with Google Cloud
Google Cloud will show users their gross carbon emissions
GKE AutoPilot not new but mentioned
Google Cloud launches a managed Spark service
Weave & Chick-fil-A: Managing Fleets of Kubernetes Clusters...
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Eating the Cloud from Outside In
The Confidential Computing Consortium Year in Review, 2021 - Confidential Computing Consortium
Experts Discuss Top Kubernetes Trends and Production Challenges
Microsoft and Amazon reach truce allowing former AWS executive Charlie Bell to start in new role
Series A Funding Announcement | cloudtamer.io
Reddit hires former Google Cloud exec as its first chief product officer
The next big thing in podcasts is talking back
1Password’s new feature lets you safely share passwords using just a link
Coinbase is launching its own NFT platform to take on OpenSea – TechCrunch
The Air Force’s First Software Chief Stepped Down—But He Won’t Be Quiet
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Tesla is moving its headquarters to Austin, Texas
VC firm associate has built a crypto marketplace designed for fantasy startup investing
Musk vs. Bezos in a Tweet
Pon agrees to buy Dorel Sports for $810 million
The first USB-C iPhone is here thanks to a mod
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Oct 8, 2021 • 54min
Episode 323: Boxes and Arrows
This week we discuss AWS Step Functions, VMware Tanzu Community Edition and Zoom’s M&A Strategy. Plus, some thoughts on car batteries…
Rundown
AWS Step Functions Supports 200 AWS Services To Enable Easier Workflow Automation
Introducing VMware Tanzu Community Edition
Tanzu Community Edition
Zoom M&A
And that’s that, as the Zoom deal to buy Five9 is called off – TechCrunch
Zoom loses Five9 - leaves the cloud contact center business open to innovative alternatives
Telegram added 70M new users amid six-hour WhatsApp outage
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Announcing Trusted Cloud Principles
Australian Bureau of Statistics runs 2021 Census on the AWS Cloud
"A New Strategy, R2"
Cloudflare’s Disruption
PSPDFkit raises $116M, its first outside money; now nearly 1B people use apps powered by its collaboration, signing and markup tools
Microsoft announces Office 2021 features and pricing
Paperlike, the Screen Protector for iPad: write and draw like on paper
Microsoft sets Oct. 5 as Windows 11 launch date
COVID Breathalyzers Could Transform Rapid Testing
AWS Mistakes
The Verica Open Incident Database
Developer-focused infrastructure security platform Mondoo raises $15M
1 big thing: Enterprise software's reawakening
FB Outage
Understanding How Facebook Disappeared from the Internet
Tools to explore BGP
Facebook is down, along with Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Oculus VR
Security
The entirety of Twitch has reportedly been leaked | VGC
DeFi bug accidentally gives $90 million to users, founder begs them to return it
Hackers rob thousands of Coinbase customers using MFA flaw
Company That Routes Billions of Text Messages Quietly Says It Was Hacked
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There are six internet links on my office on wheels. Seven when Starlink arrives.
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