Episode 274: Can we start a Slack Channel to discuss this?

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English - December 04, 2020 06:30 - 1 hour - 33.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 64 ratings
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This week we discuss Salesforce acquiring Slack and recap all the important announcements from AWS re:Invent. Plus, some advice on chopping onions and robot vacuums.
The Rundown
AWS Outage
Amazon Web Services outage takes a portion of the internet down with it (https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/25/amazon-web-services-outage-takes-a-portion-of-the-internet-down-with-it/)
The cold reality of the Kinesis Incident (https://cloudirregular.substack.com/p/the-cold-reality-of-the-kinesis-incident)
AWS re:Invent
AWS re:Invent: Top Announcements for 2020 | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-reinvent-announcements-2020/)
Compute
AWS launches EC2 computing instances that run Apple's MacOS operating system (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/01/aws-launches-ec2-computing-instances-running-apple-macos.html)
Use Amazon EC2 Mac Instances to Build & Test macOS, iOS, ipadOS, tvOS, and watchOS Apps (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-use-mac-instances-to-build-test-macos-ios-ipados-tvos-and-watchos-apps/)
EC2 C6gn Instances – 100 Gbps Networking with AWS Graviton2 Processors (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/coming-soon-ec2-c6gn-instances-100-gbps-networking-with-aws-graviton2-processors/)
How An Acquisition Made By Amazon In 2016 Became Company's Secret Sauce (https://www.forbes.com/sites/janakirammsv/2019/03/10/how-an-acquisition-made-by-amazon-in-2016-became-companys-secret-sauce/?sh=26ef6d42f67a)
Databases
Want more PostgreSQL? You just might like Babelfish (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/want-more-postgresql-you-just-might-like-babelfish/)
Kubernetes
Introducing Amazon EKS Distro (EKS-D) | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/introducing-amazon-eks-distro/)
Introducing Amazon ECS Anywhere (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/introducing-amazon-ecs-anywhere/)
Amazon EKS Anywhere (https://aws.amazon.com/eks/eks-anywhere/)
New for AWS Lambda – Container Image Support (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-for-aws-lambda-container-image-support/)
AWS quietly enters the multicloud era (https://www.protocol.com/aws-multicloud-era)
Serverless
Amazon Aurora Serverless | MySQL PostgreSQL Relational Database (https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/serverless/?nc2=h_ql_re_gev)
New for AWS Lambda – Container Image Support (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-for-aws-lambda-container-image-support/)
DevOps Guru
New- Amazon DevOps Guru Helps Identify Application Errors and Fixes (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-devops-guru-machine-learning-powered-service-identifies-application-errors-and-fixes/)
Hybrid Cloud or a cloud close to you
In the Works – 3 More AWS Local Zones in 2020, and 12 More in 2021 (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/in-the-works-more-aws-local-zones/)
AWS Outposts 1U and 2U form factors (https://aws.amazon.com/outposts/1u-2u/)
Slack
Best analysis ever (https://ftrain.medium.com/lets-skim-the-slack-salesforce-press-release-22e941ddc1e0)
Salesforce reportedly poised to scoop Slack for billions (https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2020/11/26/salesforce_slack_acquisition_rumour/)
How a Merger of Salesforce and Slack Would Change the SaaS Landscape (https://www.tomtunguz.com/slack-salesforce-rumors/)
Salesforce deal to buy Slack expected to be announced Tuesday after market close (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/30/salesforce-deal-to-buy-slack-expected-to-be-announced-tomorrow.html)
Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack - Salesforce News (https://www.salesforce.com/news/press-releases/2020/12/01/salesforce-definitive-agreement-update/)
Slack + Salesforce Emergency Pod with Packy McCormick of Not Boring | Acquired Podcast (https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/slack-salesforce-emergency-pod-with-packy-mccormick-of-not-boring)
Slack: The Bulls are typing... (https://notboring.substack.com/p/slack-the-bulls-are-typing)
Salesforce Picks Up (The) Slack To Extend CRM’s Reach Into Collaboration, But Won’t Dethrone Microsoft Teams (https://go.forrester.com/blogs/salesforce-picks-up-the-slack-to-extend-crms-reach-into-collaboration-but-wont-dethrone-microsoft-teams/)
Relevant to your Interests
Splunk acquires network observability service Flowmill (https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/24/splunk-acquires-network-observability-service-flowmill/)
Productivity Scores in Office 365 (https://twitter.com/wolfiechristl/status/1331221942850949121?s=21)
IBM Planning 10,000 Job Cuts in Europe Ahead of Unit Sale (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-25/ibm-planning-about-10-000-job-cuts-in-europe-ahead-of-unit-sale)
Apple Plans to Run Most of Its ‘Compute Management’ on Kubernetes (https://thenewstack.io/apple-plans-to-run-most-of-its-compute-management-on-kubernetes/)
Tony Hsieh, iconic Las Vegas tech entrepreneur, dies aged 46 (https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/28/tony-hsieh-iconic-las-vegas-tech-entrepreneur-dies-aged-46/)
Linus Torvalds doubts Linux will get ported to Apple M1 hardware (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/11/__trashed-6/)
Robert Smith Breakup Exclusive: Billionaire Brian Sheth Reveals Why He’s Leaving Vista Following Tax Evasion Case (https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoinegara/2020/11/26/billionaire-breakup-robert-smiths-tax-fraud-and-a-bout-of-covid-send-vistas-brian-sheth-packing/?sh=26345c18733c&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top)
Learnings From Two Years of Kubernetes in Production (https://lambda.grofers.com/learnings-from-two-years-of-kubernetes-in-production-b0ec21aa2814)
Should we really be worried about vendor lock-in in 2020? (https://www.protocol.com/manuals/new-enterprise/vendor-lockin-cloud-saas)
Future of Online Security and Privacy is being decided now (https://thehustle.co/12022020-online-security-privacy/)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the latest tech company to leave Silicon Valley, and is moving to Houston (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/01/hpe-is-relocating-headquarters-to-houston-from-california.html)
Nonsense
People Can't Vacuum Or Use Their Doorbell Because Amazon's Cloud Servers Are Down (https://eminetra.com.au/people-cant-vacuum-or-use-their-doorbell-because-amazons-cloud-servers-are-down/74505/)
Listener Feedback
Brett from Slack recommends Upptime an open source Status Page (https://github.com/upptime/upptime)
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This week we discuss Salesforce acquiring Slack and recap all the important announcements from AWS re:Invent. Plus, some advice on chopping onions and robot vacuums.

The Rundown

AWS Outage

Amazon Web Services outage takes a portion of the internet down with it
The cold reality of the Kinesis Incident

AWS re:Invent

AWS re:Invent: Top Announcements for 2020 | Amazon Web Services
Compute

AWS launches EC2 computing instances that run Apple's MacOS operating system
Use Amazon EC2 Mac Instances to Build & Test macOS, iOS, ipadOS, tvOS, and watchOS Apps
EC2 C6gn Instances – 100 Gbps Networking with AWS Graviton2 Processors
How An Acquisition Made By Amazon In 2016 Became Company's Secret Sauce

Databases

Want more PostgreSQL? You just might like Babelfish

Kubernetes

Introducing Amazon EKS Distro (EKS-D) | Amazon Web Services
Introducing Amazon ECS Anywhere
Amazon EKS Anywhere
New for AWS Lambda – Container Image Support
AWS quietly enters the multicloud era

Serverless

Amazon Aurora Serverless | MySQL PostgreSQL Relational Database
New for AWS Lambda – Container Image Support