Software Defined Talk

This week we breakdown the upcoming Confluent IPO and rank the announcements from Apple’s WWDC. Plus, some thoughts on picking up kids from school. Rundown Confluent IPO Everything you need to know about the Confluent IPO Confluent - Benchmarking the S-1 Data Confluent S1 Analysis of Confluent’s S1, Jesse Anderson Apple WWDC 2021: the 15 biggest announcements Relevant to your interests Gong going...

Coté talks with John about the subject of his new podcast series: Deming. Find his podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1758599 Special Guest: John Willis.

This week we discuss Matt’s new job at TriggerMesh, the cost of Public Cloud and more M&A. Plus, Coté published a new book that everyone must read. Rundown Matt’s new job at TriggerMesh Interview with Sebastien Goasguen Cofounder of TriggerMesh Coté’s new book is out: Changing Mindsets . Johnny Leadgen’s can get it for free . The Cost of Cloud, a Trillion Dollar Paradox it's unfeasible to recr...

This week we try to make sense of Snowflake’s stance on open source and review the State of Serverless. Plus, some advice on parking cars in Amsterdam. Rundown Striking a balance with ‘open’ at Snowflake Matt Asay’s Take on Snowflake Data Warehouse Wars: Snowflake Vs. Google BigQuery The State of Serverless Relevant to your interests Tracking the San Francisco Tech Exodus SolarWinds CEO reveals mu...

Brandon interviews Justin McCarthy the CTO and Co-founder of strongDM and they discuss Zero Trust, securing hybrid clouds and keeping auditors happy. Plus, a few tips on gardening during a pandemic. Links strongDM Free Trial What is Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) Contact Justin Email: justin@strongdm.com LinkedIn: justinmccarthy

This week we discuss cloud migration strategies, the rise of Serverless and the future of PaaS. Plus, advice on how to start your day. Rundown AWS introduces new Application Migration Service AWS App Runner – Fully managed container application service Develop production-scale modern web apps quickly with Azure Static Web Apps Relevant to your interests Only 4% of iOS users in US are opting in to...

This week we take a deep look inside life at Amazon by discussing the book Working Backwards written by two former Amazon Executives. Rundown Working Backwards Amazon Leadership Principles Stevey's Google Platforms Rant AWS Compensation Explained The Everything Store Nonsense 17 Remarkable Facts About Outdoor Amsterdam Urinals Sponsors CBT Nuggets — Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere...

This week we discuss Red Hat’s open source strategy, public cloud adoption and Signal’s Instagram ads. Plus, advice on setting your thermostat. Rundown Red Hat Red Hat open-sources StackRox Kubernetes security product Red Hat Delivers Full GitOps CI/CD Built on Tekton and Argo RHEL, RHEL, RHEL, fancy that: Rocky Linux would-be CentOS replacement hits RC1 milestone AWS Earnings Amazon (and AWS) res...

Brandon interviews Grant Miller the CEO of Replicated . They discuss Grant's background, building enterprise software and how to deliver Kubernetes apps anywhere. Plus, Grant tell us what it's really like to be an intern at an investment bank. Show Links The Submarine by Paul Graham EnterpriseReady.io EnterpriseReady Podcast kURL Kots Contact Grant Twitter: @GrantM LinkedIn: grantlmiller Replicate...

This week we discuss the Rackspace-Platform9 partnership, Microsoft buying Kinvolk and the commodification of DevOps. Plus, some hot takes on Zoom’s new immersive view. Rundown Zoom launches Immersive View to unify participants in the same virtual room M&A Rackspace Technology Announces Strategic Investment in Platform9 and Launches Rackspace Managed Platform for Kubernetes Kinvolk: Microsoft...

This week we discuss Grafana moving to the AGPL, Signal goes on offense and Grad Students infecting the Linux Kernel. Plus, how many door locks do you need? Rundown AGPL Grafana, Loki, and Tempo will be relicensed to AGPLv3 Chris Aniszczyk’s take Another Thread Twitter Thread Hacking Exploiting vulnerabilities in Cellebrite UFED and Physical Analyzer from an app's perspective A Twitter Thread on S...

This week we discuss IBM’s Kyndryl, AWS launches OpenSearch and what makes a good strategy. Plus, how much do you really need to know about wine? Rundown Kyndryl IBM to name infrastructure services business 'Kyndryl' after spinoff IBM spinoff joins a long list of questionable corporate names Introducing OpenSearch Relevant to your interests Social Media Use in 2021 Next Chapter for Gitpod Reddit i...

This week we discuss the Supreme Court’s Ruling in Google vs. Oracle and the future of open source business models. Plus, do you really need a yard? Rundown API’s for Everyone Supreme Court sides with Google in Oracle’s API copyright case SCOTUS Decision Oracle vs. Google Xinuos—owners of what used to be SCO—file suit against Red Hat and IBM OSS Business Models The Identity Crisis Facing Open Sour...

This week we discuss a potential Box/Dropbox merger, Discord rumors and the meaning of work. Plus, what happens when you spill water on your laptop? Rundown Could Box and Dropbox Merge? @themotleyfool #stocks $BOX $DBX $MSFT Prof. Galloway likes MSFT buying Discord Amazon Twitter War Work / Life Tech Support: How can I cope with my meaningless job, and maddening manager? Solomon Hykes is back McKi...

This week we discuss Discord rumors, Slack Connect, the new AWS CEO and what would make Tableau and Salesforce better. Plus, why did Google Reader really get canceled…? Rundown Messaging Discord exploring sale that could be worth more than $10 billion Box shares rise on report company is exploring sale Slack Is About to Become a Nightmare The next Jassy Amazon hires former executive Adam Selipsky...

This week we discuss tech’s rich valuations, Airtable vs. Excel and the Goldman Analysts’ Presentation. Plus, some advice on when to buy a house. Rundown VC Stripe is now valued at $95 billion Airtable Tops $5.7 Billion Valuation On Growing Enterprise Sales And A Soaring Cloud Market Airtable is now valued at $5.77B with a fresh $270 million in Series E funding – TechCrunch Docker Series B: More F...

This week we discuss how corporate life changes in a post-pandemic world, security startups raising VC and the adoption of Zero Trust. Plus, we test Coté’s geography skills. Rundown Post-pandemic Predications? Late-Stage Pandemic Is Messing With Your Brain VC Aqua Security reaches ‘unicorn’ status with $135M late-stage funding round Snyk raises $300 million at a $4.7 billion valuation as employees...

This week we discuss Redmonk’s Language Rankings, Okta buys Auth0 and Zoom Fatigue. Plus, Matt gets a puppy and explains why he needs a longer sabbatical. Rundown Blameless Post Mortem Redux John Allspaw says we got it wrong How to run a blameless postmortem Former SolarWinds CEO blames intern for 'solarwinds123' password leak The RedMonk Programming Language Rankings: January 2021 Okta Signs Defi...

This week we discuss LinkedIn’s new marketplace, Platform9, TriggerMesh and Event-based Architectures. Plus, are meetings always bad? Rundown LinkedIn is building a gig marketplace. What you need to know. Microsoft’s New Gig: A LinkedIn Freelancer Market Rivaling Upwork, Fiverr Platform9 Raises Additional Series-D Funding HEY World experiment Relevant to your interests Clouds The Google Cloud Surg...

This week we discuss the demise of the blameless post mortem, a $500 Million mistake and some forgiveness for Red Hat. Plus, a live update on the Texas Winter Apocalypse. Rundown Citi Can’t Have Its $900 Million Back Brian Armstrong on the Crypto Economy (Ep. 115) Operating Systems CentOS Stream: Why it’s awesome The world’s second-most popular desktop operating system isn’t macOS anymore Relevant...

This week, we discuss Googler’s ideas for making open source more secure, obsessing over top of funnel influencer lifestyle management, and a bit of surfing. The power at Brandon’s house went out just as we were starting, so it’s mostly just Matt and Coté. Mood board: I have three screens. I have enough screen space. I don’t need my shit moved, I moved my own shit. This direct shit. Thank goodness...

This week we discuss Amazon’s new CEO, AWS & GCP Earnings and Facebook vs. Apple. Plus, should you sign up for Clubhouse…? Rundown Bezos out, Jassy In, AWS Earnings Email from Jeff Bezos to employees Amazon's cloud division reports 28% revenue growth; AWS head Andy Jassy to succeed Bezos as Amazon CEO Amazon earnings: Q4 sales topped $100 billion for the first time, Bezos to step down as CEO J...

This week we give our hot takes on GameStop, Clubhouse and Calendly. Plus, is Austin really a bad place to move? Rundown Matt Ray finds a snake…? The Battle of GameStop VC Clubhouse Gets Investment Interest at $1 Billion Valuation How Atlanta’s Calendly turned a scheduling nightmare into a $3B startup Bitcoin Follow up Graham says we were close to getting Crypto but missed it. Nathan from Slack sa...

This week we discuss Elasticsearch changing their license and the merits of Bitcoin. Plus, what is the prefect age for reincarnation. Rundown Elasticsearch and SSPL The SSPL is Not an Open Source License Give 'em SSPL, says Elastic. No thanks, say critics: 'Doubling down on open' not open at all Truly Doubling Down on Open Source | Logz.io Bitcoin and Blockchain Is blockchain coming to your bank?...

This week we discuss VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger jumping to Intel and what is going on with DevSecOps. Plus, lots advice on picking movies both you and your partner will enjoy. Rundown VMware CEO → Intel What’s the latest Solarwinds hack news? Coté is figuring out “DevSecOps” - or is it “DevOpsSec”? Relevant to your interests M&A Red Hat to Acquire Kubernetes-Native Security Leader StackRox F5 to...