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Episode 310 · July 9th, 2021 · 1 hr 11 mins
About this Episode
This week we discuss Copilot’s use of Open Source, changes at IBM and the Infinidash Meme. Plus, an update on Coté’s return to Twitter.
Rundown
- Adam Jacob on OSS
- IBM Leadership Changes
- IBM (IBM) Announces President Jim Whitehurst Leaving
- IBM Email Woes
- IBM insiders say CEO Arvind Krishna downplayed impact of email troubles, asked for a week to sort things out
- Amazon Eyeing 'Rebel Alliance' With Dropbox, Slack To Challenge Microsoft: Insider
- New mystery AWS product ‘Infinidash’ goes viral — despite being entirely fictional
Relevant to your interests
- Who's Winning in the Container Software Market
- Do the costs of the cloud outweigh the benefits?
- After Jeff Bezos: the changing of the guard at Amazon
- Russia Linked Group Hacks 200 Businesses With Ransomware
- A Large Ransomware Attack Has Ensnared Hundreds of Companies
- Independence Day: REvil uses supply chain exploit to attack hundreds of businesses
- Gurman: Apple rapidly expanding outside of Silicon Valley as it struggles to recruit and retain talent
- Are you ready to become a TV company? The future of tech events is media.
- Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management
- We Replaced Splunk at 100TB Scale in 120 Days
- Roblox partners with Sony Music to connect artists with money-making activities in the metaverse
- Russia ‘Cozy Bear’ Breached GOP as Ransomware Attack Hit
- Apple and Google crowd out the competition with default apps
- Layoffs hit a record low as companies hold onto employees for dear life
- TikTok wants you to send video resumes directly to brands to land your next gig – TechCrunch
- Box claims activist investor wanted in on deal it publicly opposed
Nonsense
- job description: must be willing to work in a fast-paced unpredictable high-energy environment
- Puppy in a cone is 2% unhappy?
- Google Reader
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Conferences
- RabbitMQ Summit, July 13-14
- Carolina VMUG, July 22nd - Coté giving a talk on DevOps metrics, and BEYOND!
- THAT Conference, July 26-29, Special Promotion
- SpringOne, Sep 1-2
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Recommendations
- Brandon: Some Kind of Heaven
- Coté: Newsify