Episode 232: Amazon’s doing OK

Software Defined Talk

English - May 08, 2020 05:15 - 1 hour - 28.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 64 ratings
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AWS and Azure announce earnings, Backblaze takes on Amazon, Cloud Native Survey Results and Fortnite takes our suggestions. Plus, Matt updates us on his quest to turn a smartphone into a webcam.
The Rundown
Tech Giant Earnings
AWS tops $10 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/30/aws-earnings-q1-2020.html)
Microsoft Azure update (https://twitter.com/chetanp/status/1256259448462405632?s=21)
The Immunity of the Tech Giant (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/opinion/tech-companies-coronavirus.html)
The Small-Business Die-Off Is Here (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/bridge-post-pandemic-world-already-collapsing/611089/)
Backblaze challenges AWS by making its cloud storage S3 compatible (https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/04/backblaze-challenges-aws-by-making-its-cloud-storage-s3-compatible/)
The State of Cloud Native Development: A new survey report! - Cloud Native Computing Foundation (https://www.cncf.io/blog/2020/05/04/the-state-of-cloud-native-development-a-new-survey-report/)
Salesforce will help businesses return to work with a new set of tools it just announced (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/04/salesforce-announces-tools-that-help-businesses-return-to-work.html)
Fortnite's no-combat mode is its next bold step towards creating a metaverse (https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-05-04-fortnites-no-combat-party-royale-is-its-next-bold-step-towards-creating-a-metaverse)
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M&A
DocuSign acquires Seal Software for $188M to enhance its AI chops (https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/27/docusign-acquires-seal-software-for-188m-to-enhance-its-ai-chops/)
Hot On The Heels Of Mellanox, Nvidia Snaps Up Cumulus Networks (https://www.nextplatform.com/2020/05/04/hot-on-the-heels-of-mellanox-nvidia-snaps-up-cumulus-networks/)
Intel's Mobileye targets urban mobility growth with Moovit deal (https://www.axios.com/intels-mobileye-targets-urban-mobility-growth-with-moovit-deal-52e883e8-6862-45b9-93d8-8b67bce46cb6.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
Keybase joins Zoom (https://keybase.io/blog/keybase-joins-zoom)
Announcements
IBM Cloud Satellite (https://www.ibm.com/cloud/ibm-cloud-satellite)
Abby Kearns takes over as Puppet CTO (https://www.zdnet.com/article/abby-kearns-takes-over-as-puppet-cto/)
Microsoft to establish first datacenter region in New Zealand (https://news.microsoft.com/en-nz/2020/05/06/aotearoa-disclosure/)
SaltStack Security
Critical Salt Vulnerability: Thousands Exposed, Bug Gives Full RCE as Root (https://www.cbronline.com/cybersecurity/threats/salt-vulnerability-f-secure/)
Hackers are Running Rampant Exploiting the SaltStack Vulnerability (https://www.cbronline.com/news/salt-bug)
Departures
VMware Confirms Employee Salary Freeze, CEO Pay Cut (https://www.crn.com/news/virtualization/vmware-confirms-employee-salary-freeze-ceo-pay-cut)
A Message from Co-Founder and CEO Brian Chesky (https://news.airbnb.com/a-message-from-co-founder-and-ceo-brian-chesky/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
Tim Bray, Goodbye (https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2020/04/29/Leaving-Amazon)
Nutanix cuts 1,500 (https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/nutanix-confirms-furloughs-of-nearly-1-500-employees)
Google
Google Cloud training available at no cost for 30 days (https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/training-certifications/google-cloud-training-available-at-no-cost-for-30-days/)
Google Authenticator’s first Android update in years lets you move your account between devices (https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/6/21249621/google-authenticator-update-transfer-account-between-devices-2fa)
Google tells employees they can't expense food or other perks when working from home (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/06/google-tells-employees-not-to-expense-food-perks-in-work-from-home.html?campaign_id=4&emc=edit_dk_20200507&instance_id=18283&nl=dealbook&regi_id=96663344&segment_id=26792&te=1&user_id=3b9974c0611611c30bec718ef4367430)
Google unifies all of its messaging and communication apps into a single team (https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/7/21250790/google-android-messaging-duo-phone-g-suite-javier-soltero-hangouts-chat)
Nonsense
Fortnite hosted a Diplo concert in its new party mode (https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/5/1/21244874/fortnite-diplo-concert-jordan-fisher-party-royale)
About Those Asian Giant Hornets... (https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=41391)
Sponsors
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Conferences, Videos et. al.
Chef Tools & Terraform: Better Together (https://www.hashicorp.com/resources/chef-tools-and-terraform-better-together) from Matt Ray
Michael Coté - Intro - Spring Live (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/spring-live-videos/michael-cot%C3%A9-intro-spring-live)
FlylessConf (https://flylessconf.com/) May 27
ChefConf 2020 (https://chefconf.chef.io/) June 2, 2020 All Digital. (https://www.chefconf.io/)
MongoDB’s virtual event http://MongoDB.Live on June 9-10, 2020
THAT Conference (https://www.thatconference.com/wi) August 3 - 6 in Wisconsin Dells®. Fill out their survey (https://forms.gle/KGhcUAaiuDmSHbgE9).
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Recommendations
Brandon: American Factory (https://www.netflix.com/title/81090071) on Netflix
Matt Ray: Small Victories: The True Story Of Faith No More (https://amzn.to/3c6qZnC)

AWS and Azure announce earnings, Backblaze takes on Amazon, Cloud Native Survey Results and Fortnite takes our suggestions. Plus, Matt updates us on his quest to turn a smartphone into a webcam.

The Rundown

Tech Giant Earnings

AWS tops $10 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time
Microsoft Azure update
The Immunity of the Tech Giant
The Small-Business Die-Off Is Here

Backblaze challenges AWS by making its cloud storage S3 compatible
The State of Cloud Native Development: A new survey report! - Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Salesforce will help businesses return to work with a new set of tools it just announced
Fortnite's no-combat mode is its next bold step towards creating a metaverse

Relevant to your interests

M&A

DocuSign acquires Seal Software for $188M to enhance its AI chops
Hot On The Heels Of Mellanox, Nvidia Snaps Up Cumulus Networks
Intel's Mobileye targets urban mobility growth with Moovit deal
Keybase joins Zoom

Announcements

IBM Cloud Satellite
Abby Kearns takes over as Puppet CTO
Microsoft to establish first datacenter region in New Zealand

SaltStack Security

Critical Salt Vulnerability: Thousands Exposed, Bug Gives Full RCE as Root
Hackers are Running Rampant Exploiting the SaltStack Vulnerability

Departures