Software Defined Talk

A podcast about Enterprise Software and Cloud Computing that doesn't take itself too seriously.

About the show

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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Episodes

  • Episode 261: Arnav Hiray on High School, Tech and Debate

    October 3rd, 2020  |  54 mins 42 secs
    interview

    Brandon interviews Arnav Hiray from Stony Point High School. Arnav is an accomplished High School Senior who has a passion for learning and technology. They discuss what it's like to go to High School during a pandemic, Arnav's tech projects and Lincoln-Douglas Debates.

  • Episode 260: Show me what you got

    October 2nd, 2020  |  1 hr 13 mins

    This week we recap the latest announcements at VMworld, discuss App Modernization and rate the best software features of all time. Plus, lots of talk on what makes for a great EBC experience.

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    Episode 259: Michael Levan on Developer Relations, Go Programming and Code Quality.

    September 29th, 2020  |  57 mins 57 secs
    interview

    Brandon interviews Michael Levan from Octopus Deploy. They discuss developer relations, Go Programming and Code Quality. Plus, Michael offers some tips for lighting your home office.

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    Episode 258: One more adjustment and then we can start

    September 25th, 2020  |  40 mins 55 secs

    Cote and Brandon discuss PagerDuty's acquisition of Rundeck, the current state of AIOps and why is Reed Hastings writing a book about Netflix’s Culture. Plus, some advice on haircuts.

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    Episode 257: Once again, I have not read the report

    September 18th, 2020  |  1 hr 39 secs

    This week we discuss Snowflake’s IPO, Forrester’s Multicloud Container Wave and Nvidia buying ARM. Plus, an extensive discussion of what constitutes a breakfast taco.

  • Episode 256: There is no passion in peanut butter and jelly sandwiches

    September 11th, 2020  |  54 mins 28 secs

    Cote and Brandon discuss Chef being acquired, the Private Equity Operating Model and Gartner’s Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services (CIPS) Magic Quadrant. Plus, Cote offers advice on peanut better and jelly sandwiches.

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    Episode 255: We should not emphasise this behaviour

    September 4th, 2020  |  1 hr 5 mins

    Matt and Brandon discuss VMware’s flex, recap Kubecon and aww at the sight of Zoom’s latest earnings. Plus, we are enlisting all listeners to come help stress test Slack Threads.

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    Episode 254: Alexandra Martinez on MuleSoft and API Design

    September 1st, 2020  |  39 mins 30 secs
    interview

    Brandon interviews Alexandra Martinez and they discuss the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, API Design and ProstDev. Plus, Alexandra recommends the best tacos in Monterrey, Mexico.

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    Episode 253: People don’t understand how pay works

    August 28th, 2020  |  52 mins 25 secs

    This week we give our “expert analysis” of all the impending enterprise IPO’s, discuss Multi-Cloud and try to make sense of Roblox and TikTok. Plus, are salary bands good or bad…?

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    Episode 252: It can be exciting, but excitement ends.

    August 21st, 2020  |  1 hr 59 secs

    Why would Oracle buy TikTok? Why would Amazon invest in Rackspace? We answer these questions and discuss the state of cloud migrations. Plus, Matt and Coté offers advice on hot dogs.

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    Episode 251: Don’t you use my words against me

    August 14th, 2020  |  1 hr 1 min

    We discuss all the latest M&A rumors including: MSFT buying TikTok, Nvidia buying ARM and Salesforce.com buying Datadog. We also weigh in on the latest fight between Fortnite and Apple over the App Store.

  • Episode 250: Jana Werner, a Head of Transformation

    August 7th, 2020  |  46 mins 40 secs
    interview

    This week, Coté talks with Jana Werner about a recent paper she co-authored about changing how a large financial institution does software.

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    Episode 249: Was Tom Landry cool?

    July 31st, 2020  |  57 mins 35 secs

    The week we discuss New Relic’s open source plans, why monitoring is so complicated and try to unravel the mystery of enterprise pricing. Plus, Coté finds out that you can indeed use too much soap.

  • Episode 248: They want cloud grade

    July 24th, 2020  |  46 mins 48 secs

    We recap the recent announcements from Google Next and discuss Rackspace's upcoming IPO. Plus, Coté reviews the ambient noise videos on YouTube.

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    Episode 247: Richard Seroter on App Modernization

    July 16th, 2020  |  55 mins 6 secs
    interview

    On this episode Brandon interviews Richard Seroter from Google. They discuss Richard's career, Product Management & Marketing, Google Anthos and what App Modernization really means. Plus, Richard tells us how a doctor removes a wedding ring when you have a fractured finger.

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    Episode 246: Istio-washing, 20 domain names, .docx

    July 11th, 2020  |  1 hr 2 mins

    We discuss: the trademark moves of Google; open source skullduggery; why Slack has the upper-hand on Teams…or not?; and Coté’s growing love of .docx files.