Software Defined Interviews

This week, we look at one of the new analyst models , and what they do, by way of Ben Thompson . Horace Dediu and RedMonk are other examples of this model, but Ben Thompson is the highest flying, most interesting practicer now. Ben’s business model is pretty straight-forward: a partial paywall around his some of his weekly content, podcast sponsorships, and (maybe?) consulting. Also, the DC steak...

This week we look at The Four . Coté had high hopes. More importantly, we look at the medium and mechanics of a business book. More detailed show notes and such .

The big fluffy, leather chair interview is a staple of the tech world now. A big named executive (usually) comes up on the stage with a big name journalist and is interviewed in a “wide ranging” discussion. In addition to videos of these being broadcast, tech outlets often write summaries - news stories even - based on the interviews, and others sometimes post “lighted edited transcripts.” One of...

This week, we look at an article from Susan Hall at The New Stack . Susan is a solid reporter, so looking at her piece allows us to discuss the world and machination of the tech press, what it’s like to brief them, and our imagination of what it’s like to be a tech reporter. See the detailed notes for more. This episode was made free since we haven't been recording the regular show.

Press releases are a high art in our trade. There’s certain formats to follow, the audiences are always precise, and making a good one is a sign of a cunning PR pro. This week, we look at   a funding announcement from Heptio . It follows the classic form fairly well, so you’ll see how general press releases are done and some attributes of the funding press release. See more detailed show note...

In part two of our cloud-native enterprise architect talk, we discuss the more technical functions of the EA. We think of these as the "southbound" functions. Special Guest: Matt Walburn.

We discuss a recent Forrester Wave: “The Forrester Wave: Continuous Delivery And Release Automation, Q3 2017.”   See more detailed notes here .

On the DevOps question: sure they do, but there are many variations depending on the company.

This week, we talk about two PDFs setting out to briefly describe the kubernetes and great container orchestration landscapes. See [the usual more detailed write-up and analysis elsewhere]( https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/WP006-Kubernetes-container-landscapes-from-Forrester-Gartner-pnTuTycrvQribNjWNB7tE ). This episode was also made free in the regular Software Defined Talk podcast feed - marketing!

This week’s paper is sent in by Matt Ray: “ Continuous Automation for the Continuous Enterprise.” See detailed, typed analysis in the show-notes , find the paper attached, and enjoy the podcast in your members only RSS feed.

We look at the 2017 Gartner PaaS Hype Cycle , just released. See more show notes, though not very detailed here . As always, thanks for being a supporter!

It’s another in the Matt Curry discussions sub-series! We discuss how enterprise are shifting over to a microservices approach, or not. As Matt explains: “A lot of enterprise are trying to figure out how to do microservices…but what they’re actually trying to figure out how to do is small, empowered teams that can independently release.”

We discuss what the deal is with Canadian whiskey and then talk about why we like The Economist . Your pals, @cowboyd & @ cote .

IoT will be big by 2035, a trillion devices driving a $1tn of spend/year, according to this paper . How does one come to that figure, and what exactly is IoT. Even better, how would you put together the business case to justify doing an IoT project? Well, you’ll get an average of 5x returns, the paper says, so that’s a compelling start. Also, you should buy some ARM chips. Put together by one of A...

This week, Brandon and Coté talk analyze Coté's 2016 stump-speech, Not a DevOps Talk. We talk about the process of putting together a talk like this, how it flows, and the desired effect and rhetoric behind it all. See the extensive show notes and much more detail in the attached PDF or online . There's also a bonus write-up about two of Coté's Register columns. As always, thanks for being a patro...

Let’s finally get to the punchline on this “cloud-native enterprise architect” quest. Here, Matt Curry , Andrew Clay Shafer , and I discuss the things that would motivate such a role and try to chart out what functions the cloud-native EA would serve. This still doesn’t answer the question perfectly, but it does point towards good why’s and even some how’s. We do alright at trying to pull it all t...

Our first white paper review, starting with "what is digital, and what are/should enterprises do about it. See the detailed notes on it, either in the attached PDF, or in Dropbox Paper . You should be able to find your members only RSS feed and add it to your podcast listener. First, thanks to our initial, super-fan handful of members who'll be getting this. Second, tell us if you like this show,...

What’s the “business” side of enterprise architecture? And how does EA’ing start mapping to DevOps, cloud-native, and all the new stuff? In part one of this discussion, I talk with Matt Walburn about how EA’s fit into The Business. Rough Outline Rorschaching “Enterprise Architect” (EA) The bad parts of EA - governance “Neo-classical DevOps” Matt Walburn - AWS, Pivotal, Target. DIY Whitepaper Under...

In this Drunk and Retired cameo episode: What's up with Irish and Italian names, and why is the Irish brand so much bigger than the Scottish brand? Also, it seems like there's a lot to learn from 2,000 years of Europeans fighting. Charles and Coté quickly meander through all of this.

Without a build pipeline, you might as well pack it up and go home. Matt Curry and I talk about his team’s experience with putting a pipeline in place and dip a bit into how Concourse and other options, like Jenkins. Matt also goes over some of the common meatware barriers to getting CI/CD in place. Find us here: @mattjcurry and @cote .

All these cloud-native apps don’t magically figure out how to talk with each other themselves. They need to usual help with finding each other (registries) and then mediating and managing their ongoing “chatter” with one-another (API gateways). While killing time at the Pivotal booth at OSCON, I talked with Spencer Gibb who works on these things and more in Spring.

As organizations get deeper into improving how they do IT, they’re interested in replicating the collaborative benefits of open source communities. Jono Bacon has worked in this space for many, many years and shares some of his experiences here with Barton George and I , while we were all at OSCON. Jono also goes over some of the important parts of community management. See also the video of this...

Abby Kearns talks with Barton and I about what's up at the Cloud Foundry Foundation. We also discuss the encouraging people at enterprises (users of software, not vendors) to share more of best/worst practices and knowledge with each other. See also a video of the interview . Special Guests: Abby Kearns and Barton George.

At DevOpsDays Austin, 2017, Barton George and I talk with Patrick Debois . See also a video of this interview . Special Guests: Barton George and Patrick Debois.

At DevOpsDays Austin 2017, Barton George and I talk with Diego Lapiduz about his experience introducing and managing a cloud platform for the US government and, now, his work at Pivotal. Special Guests: Barton George and Diego Lapiduz.