Software Defined Talk
A podcast about Enterprise Software and Cloud Computing that doesn't take itself too seriously.
Displaying all 3 Episode of Software Defined Talk with the tag “oracle”.
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Episode 91: Container orchestration framework names you can't pronounce, for $500. Or, everything’s coming Up kubernetes.
March 30th, 2017 | 54 mins 49 secs
accenture, cloud, kubernetes, open source, oracle, rumors
We discuss the continual rise of Kubernetes, with Amazon as seemingly the main hold-out. This leads to a not-too-painful discussion of the stat of open source, at least how companies are using it tactically. Then we close out discussing the rumor that Oracle is considering buying Accenture and how the enterprise software plus services model seems to be panning out.
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Episode 86: Life after artisanal pork rinds (i.e. tech M&A), CostCo Down Under
January 30th, 2017 | 1 hr 1 min
apiary, appdynamics, atlasssian, cisco, m&a, oracle, trello
With a flurry of M&A over the past few weeks, we discuss some of the more popular ones: AppDynamics, Trello, and Apiary. These kind of buys are all about what the acquirer plans to do with the new “asset” and the financial health of the company being acquired. We discuss these recent acquisitions, including who the “losers” are. Also, the low-down on CostCo in Australia!
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Episode 80: The case for flying Southwest and Oracle buying Dyn, and containers
November 29th, 2016 | 45 mins 37 secs
american airlines, cloud, containers, m&a, microsoft, oracle, southwest, travel
With all those domestic, direct flights, the gang lays out the case for Southwest. Coté salivates at the prospect but is worried about sitting next to chicken cages, but there's plenty of $500 shoe sales people on board. We also discuss Oracle buying Dyn, AWS's power, the looming cloud success of Microsoft, and, of course, containers.