Episode 204: Foiled by Physical Access Again

We dig into the Microsoft Azure Arc announcement and discuss when or if a multi-cloud strategy makes sense. Plus, Matt explains how daylight savings time works with calendar invites and offers tips on how to upgrade you old MacBook.
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Matt:
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We dig into the Microsoft Azure Arc announcement and discuss when or if a multi-cloud strategy makes sense. Plus, Matt explains how daylight savings time works with calendar invites and offers tips on how to upgrade you old MacBook.

Hey, Coté got off his ass and finally reved back up his newsletter. People love it! Subscribe and tell all your friends to subscribe.

Relevant to your interests

The 7 most important announcements from Microsoft Ignite
Microsoft unveils Azure Arc, Stack Edge, and new virtual machine instances
Announcing Visual Studio Online Public Preview | Visual Studio Blog
IBM, Bank of America Team Up on Public Cloud Aimed at Banks
HP confirms it has received a proposal from Xerox about being acquired
WSJ News Exclusive | Xerox Considers Takeover Offer for HP
This Time, There Really Are NO IPv4 Internet Addresses Left
Google buys Fitbit for $2.1 billion
Founders’ note: IOpipe joins New Relic!
Pack Your Bags – Systemd Is Taking You To A New Home
Use your iPad as a second display for your Mac with Sidecar
Apple AirPods Pro review: perfect fit
New cyberattacks targeting sporting and anti-doping organizations
Microsoft Azure customers reporting hitting virtual machine limits in U.S. East regions
Editorial: Apple Pay passes PayPal, tramples Google Pay & Samsung Pay
Linux Foundation Introduces a Telemetry Policy for All Projects
Turbonomic Buys SevOne | FinSMEs
Hootsuite founder Ryan Holmes steps down after 11 years as CEO; sees no urgency for IPO
In the Trump era, Oracle holds tech sway
Join the beta: our new serverless compute environment gives you more power at the edge
Twitter drops all political ads in shot at Zuckerberg
DevRel is like coffee.. and other profundities.
Writing Docs at Amazon

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To see how companies like GE, Vodafone, Box and American Eagle Outfitters rely on PagerDuty to continuously improve their digital operations visit https://pagerduty.com.

Suggested Jobs

Digital Solution Architect in Bratislava, Slovakia

EmacsConf

YouTube Video of Matt’s Presentation and Demo
Slides from Presentation
Matt’s Tweet

Conferences, et. al.

December - 2019, a city near you: The 2019 SpringOne Tours are posted: Toronto Dec 2nd.
December 12-13 2019 - Kubernetes Forum Sydney
Discount off KubeCon North America which is November 18 – 21 in San Diego. Use code KCNASFTPOD19 for a 10% discount.
NO-SSH-JJ wants you go to DeliveryConf in Seattle on Jan 21st & 22nd, Use promo code: SDT10 to get 10% off. JJ wants you to read about Delivery Conf Format too.

SDT news & hype

Join us in Slack.
Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn
Listen to the Software Defined Interviews Podcast. Check out the back catalog.
Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.

Recommendations

Brandon:

HBO’s The Watchmen
Apple Music Watchmen Playlist
NIN Watchmen Soundtrack

On Spotify

Matt:

True Facts

Photo Credit

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