Episode 272: This time we’re doing it in green

This week we discuss IBM buying Instana, highlights from Kubecon and the rise of Substack. Plus, Coté updates us on his quest to live the iPad lifestyle.
The Rundown
IBM To Acquire Instana For Undisclosed Terms (https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/ibm-to-acquire-instana-for-undisclosed-terms-quick-facts-2020-11-18)
Instana Crunch Base Overview (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/instana)
KubeCon Review
Envoy Mobile Joins the CNCF (https://medium.com/@mike.schore/99aee4bdb32e)
Open Source Web Engine Servo to be Hosted at Linux Foundation - The Linux Foundation (https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press-release/2020/11/open-source-web-engine-servo-to-be-hosted-at-linux-foundation/)
Relevant to your Interests
The Evolution of Cloud (https://greylock.com/jerry-chen-the-evolution-of-cloud/)
2020 State of DevOps Report | presented by Puppet, & CircleCi (https://puppet.com/resources/report/2020-state-of-devops-report/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWldSbVpUbGtaVEZtWVRFMiIsInQiOiJhYWtBcEcxQ3Z2TitXcCtkbXJDZTBIbVcrb25qMEtTR1VvWXZNaDV2QmZEXC96ekJxZGxIRmxcL0JwaHdjN1FVYWMrUm9rRG8rYTE3QmozRlo4QU9IdFhvRWt3WUNvdDVvZWJSVmpLaFEzZnhNMllocGZNZUlUS0RmcVwvTDVZSEh3RSJ9)
Amazon's Inferentia AI Chip Is Ready For Prime Time, Now Powers the Alexa Service (https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/11/12/amazons-inferentia-ai-chip-is-ready-for-prime-time/)
FinOps Foundation launches Kubernetes Whitepaper with CNCF, adds vendor members, Densify, SoftwareOne, Virtasant and more... (https://www.finops.org/blog/finops-foundation-launches-kubernetes-whitepaper-with-cncf-adds-vendor-members-cloudcmx-densify-softwareone-and-virtasant/)
Google Pay reimagined: pay, save, manage expenses and more (https://blog.google/products/google-pay/reimagined-pay-save-manage-expenses-and-more/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
New Zoom feature can alert room owners of possible Zoombombing disruptions (https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-zoom-feature-can-alert-room-owners-of-possible-zoombombing-disruptions/)
Fast Facts
Your Pa$$word doesn't matter (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-active-directory-identity/your-pa-word-doesn-t-matter/ba-p/731984)
11 facts about real world container use (https://www.datadoghq.com/container-report/)
Half of all containers are now managed by cloud provider and third-party registries (https://www.datadoghq.com/container-report/#10)
Apple
Apple to lower commissions for small businesses on App Store (https://www.axios.com/apple-to-lower-commissions-for-small-businesses-on-app-store-a385a49b-9558-411d-bd1b-6cb57f2d44cc.html)
Safely open apps on your Mac (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202491?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
Yeah, Apple’s M1 MacBook Pro is powerful, but it’s the battery life that will blow you away (https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/17/yeah-apples-m1-macbook-pro-is-powerful-but-its-the-battery-life-that-will-blow-you-away/)
Mac users couldn’t launch apps this afternoon after Apple verification server issue (https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/12/21563092/apple-mac-apps-load-slow-big-sur-downloads-outage-down-issues)
Nonsense
Welcome to Slow Boring (https://www.slowboring.com/p/welcome-to-slow-boring)
Zoom Is Temporarily Removing Its 40 Minute Limit on Video Calls for Thanksgiving Day (https://www.news18.com/news/tech/zoom-is-temporarily-removing-its-40-minute-limit-on-video-calls-for-thanksgiving-day-3083945.html)
Sponsors
strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT (http://strongdm.com/SDT)
Teleport provides consolidated access to all computing resources such as servers, Kubernetes clusters or internal applications across all environments. Watch a demo, download the free version, or sign up for cloud at goteleport.com (https://goteleport.com/)
Listener Feedback
Little Snitch (http://Little Snitch 4) from Jordy
Mac users couldn’t launch apps this afternoon after Apple verification server issue (https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/12/21563092/apple-mac-apps-load-slow-big-sur-downloads-outage-down-issues)
Conferences
Mykel Alvis All Day DevOps Talk (https://youtu.be/cttjekzVEqU?t=1945)
SDT news & hype
Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack).
Send your postal address to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) and we will send you free laptop stickers!
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Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quick-concall/id1399948033?mt=8) and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total.
Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)!
Recommendations
Matt: Rewatching Veep (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1759761/).
Brandon: The Undoing (https://www.hbo.com/the-undoing?camp=GOOGLE%7cHTS_SEM%7cPID_p56310902692&keyword=the+undoing+hbo+show&utm_id=sa%7c71700000070858786%7c58700006239587173%7cp56310902692&utm_content=tun&gclid=Cj0KCQiA48j9BRC-ARIsAMQu3WSxjOpeoiBA6i3bBzeC-IL0JpPrwhoPrBOmtfTcNA37YokcAcnFo54aAtPnEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds) on HBO (https://www.hbo.com/the-undoing?camp=GOOGLE%7cHTS_SEM%7cPID_p56310902692&keyword=the+undoing+hbo+show&utm_id=sa%7c71700000070858786%7c58700006239587173%7cp56310902692&utm_content=tun&gclid=Cj0KCQiA48j9BRC-ARIsAMQu3WSxjOpeoiBA6i3bBzeC-IL0JpPrwhoPrBOmtfTcNA37YokcAcnFo54aAtPnEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds) and Serverless Data APIs (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2020/11/serverless-data-apis.html) from the Cloudcast
Coté: Dithering (https://dithering.fm/)) podcast (https://dithering.fm/)) (https://dithering.fm/ (https://dithering.fm/)); Ted Laso. (https://tv.apple.com/show/umc.cmc.vtoh0mn0xn7t3c643xqonfzy?itscg=MC_20000&itsct=atvp_brand_omd&mttn3pid=a_google_adwords&mttnagencyid=1625&mttncc=US&mttnsiteid=143238&mttnsubad=OUS2019863_1-469980364686-c&mttnsubkw=106182847425_kwd-937070194980_rdMG7cVq_&mttnsubplmnt=)
Photo Credit from Red Hat Container Coloring Book (https://developers.redhat.com/books/container-coloring-book-whos-afraid-big-bad-wolf)
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This week we discuss IBM buying Instana, highlights from Kubecon and the rise of Substack. Plus, Coté updates us on his quest to live the iPad lifestyle.

The Rundown

IBM To Acquire Instana For Undisclosed Terms

Instana Crunch Base Overview

KubeCon Review

Envoy Mobile Joins the CNCF
Open Source Web Engine Servo to be Hosted at Linux Foundation - The Linux Foundation

Relevant to your Interests

The Evolution of Cloud
2020 State of DevOps Report | presented by Puppet, & CircleCi
Amazon's Inferentia AI Chip Is Ready For Prime Time, Now Powers the Alexa Service
FinOps Foundation launches Kubernetes Whitepaper with CNCF, adds vendor members, Densify, SoftwareOne, Virtasant and more...
Google Pay reimagined: pay, save, manage expenses and more
New Zoom feature can alert room owners of possible Zoombombing disruptions
Fast Facts

Your Pa$$word doesn't matter
11 facts about real world container use
Half of all containers are now managed by cloud provider and third-party registries

Apple

Apple to lower commissions for small businesses on App Store
Safely open apps on your Mac
Yeah, Apple’s M1 MacBook Pro is powerful, but it’s the battery life that will blow you away
Mac users couldn’t launch apps this afternoon after Apple verification server issue

Nonsense

Welcome to Slow Boring
Zoom Is Temporarily Removing Its 40 Minute Limit on Video Calls for Thanksgiving Day

Sponsors

strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT
Teleport provides consolidated access to all computing resources such as servers, Kubernetes clusters or internal applications across all environments. Watch a demo, download the free version, or sign up for cloud at goteleport.com

Listener Feedback

Little Snitch from Jordy

Mac users couldn’t launch apps this afternoon after Apple verification server issue

Conferences

Mykel Alvis All Day DevOps Talk

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 Twitch, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
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.
Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!

Recommendations

Matt: Rewatching Veep.
Brandon: The Undoing on HBO and Serverless Data APIs from the Cloudcast
Coté: Dithering) podcast) (https://dithering.fm/); Ted Laso.

Photo Credit from Red Hat Container Coloring Book

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