Episode 312: Crossing The Brown Horizon

This week we discuss Netflix getting into games and review the latest State of DevOps Report. Plus, what do you call a domicile in Amsterdam?
Rundown
Why Netflix is getting into games (https://www.vox.com/recode/2021/7/20/22586084/netflix-gaming-strategy-earnings-explained)
State of DevOps Report 2021 (https://puppet.com/resources/report/2021-state-of-devops-report/)
Relevant to your interests
Twitter Is Shutting Down Fleets, Its Vanishing-Post Format, After Less Than a Year (https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/twitter-fleets-shutting-down-1235019174/)
Morgan Stanley‘s CIO survey shows a significant moderation in expectations for the migration of workloads to the public cloud. (https://twitter.com/Atreidesmgmt/status/1414945521026875393)
Say hi to Microsoft's own Linux: CBL-Mariner (https://www.zdnet.com/article/say-hi-to-microsofts-own-linux-cbl-mariner/)
Austin sees pay-off from pandemic-era tech reshuffling (https://www.axios.com/austin-pandemic-reshuffling-tech-entrepreneurs-investors-11669cb1-edf5-4d00-8043-036c49215fe6.html)
Report: Spyware used to target journalists, activists and world leaders (https://www.axios.com/pegasus-spyware-journalists-activists-report-5af14a4f-dce1-454d-b0e2-dc2b043b2b0e.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onhrs)
IBM Insight — Can IBM Deliver? (https://blog.newagealpha.com/can-ibm-deliver)
The end of open source? (https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/18/the-end-of-open-source/)
DevRev: Former Nutanix execs look to lure in dev startups with new Business Infrastructure-as-a-Service firm – Blocks and Files (https://blocksandfiles.com/2021/07/16/devrev-genius-nutanix-pair-envisage-massive-new-saas-opportunity/)
Where on Gartner's Hype Cycle is Gartner's Hype Cycle? (https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/19/gartner_hype_cycle/)
Rapid7 + IntSights: Own Your Entire Attack Surface, Internally and Externally (https://www.rapid7.com/rapid7-acquires-intsights/)
Apple to delay office returns to October - Bloomberg News (https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-delay-office-returns-october-bloomberg-news-2021-07-20/)
Amazon Shuts Down NSO Group Infrastructure (https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgx5bw/amazon-aws-shuts-down-nso-group-infrastructure)
Apple's AirPods did ~$16B in 2020 (https://twitter.com/trungtphan/status/1417500092395753472?s=21)
You're not imagining it. Amazon and AWS want to hire all your friends, enemies, and everyone in between (https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/21/amazon_aws_recruitment/)
Briton arrested over high-profile Twitter account hacks (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jul/21/briton-arrested-over-high-profile-twitter-account-hacks)
Report: Spyware used to target journalists, activists and world leaders (https://www.axios.com/pegasus-spyware-journalists-activists-report-5af14a4f-dce1-454d-b0e2-dc2b043b2b0e.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onhrs)
IBM Insight — Can IBM Deliver? (https://blog.newagealpha.com/can-ibm-deliver)
IBM shows strongest revenue growth in three years (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/19/ibm-earnings-q2-2021.html)
What Ever Happened to IBM’s Watson? (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/technology/what-happened-ibm-watson.html)
Why Zoom bought Five9 for $14.7 billion: Enterprise wallet share and a big customer engagement play (https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-zoom-bought-five9-for-14-7-billion-enterprise-wallet-share-and-a-big-customer-engagement-play/)
Zoom is buying cloud contact center provider Five9 for $14.7 billion (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/19/zoom-is-buying-cloud-contact-center-provider-five9-for-14point7-billion.html?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=Main&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1626659760)
Zoom acquires an AI company building real-time translation (https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/29/22556500/zoom-kites-acquisition-machine-translation-real-time-captions)
Zoom will now let you add third-party apps to your calls (https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/21/22585980/zoom-apps-events-launch-onzoom)
(https://twitter.com/Atreidesmgmt/status/1414945521026875393)## Nonsense
Well, now it is. It's Pregnancy Test Doom! (https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1302820468819288066)
Noise cancellation neither helps productivity nor perceived performance (https://twitter.com/rakyll/status/1416764559159742469)
World's First 3-D-Printed Steel Bridge Debuts in Amsterdam (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/worlds-first-3-d-printed-steel-bridge-debuts-amsterdam-180978228/)
Sponsors
strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT (http://strongdm.com/SDT)
CBT Nuggets — Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. Start your 7-day Free Trial today at cbtnuggets.com/sdt (https://cbtnuggets.com/sdt)
Listener Feedback
Sent stickers to Craig in Fort Worth. Craig bought the Doc Martin’s recommended in episode 82. See the pictures. (https://www.instagram.com/p/CRnMmSGL6m5/)
Conferences
THAT Conference, (https://that.us/activities/call-for-counselors/wi/2021) July 26-29
SpringOne (https://springone.io), Sep 1-2
DevOps Loop | October 4, 2021 (https://devopsloop.io/?utm_campaign=Global_P6_TS_Q322_Event_DevOpsLoop_at_VMworld&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social)
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!
Follow us on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/) and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/).
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
Brandon: Dark Sky (https://darksky.net/app)
Matt: BOM Weather (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.gov.bom.metview)
Coté: 8ball newsletter (https://www.8ball.report); Buienradar (https://www.buienradar.nl/) in the Netherlands.
Image Credit (https://unsplash.com/photos/M_eB1UjE0do)
Image Credit (https://unsplash.com/photos/By-tZImt0Ms)

This week we discuss Netflix getting into games and review the latest State of DevOps Report. Plus, what do you call a domicile in Amsterdam?

Rundown

Why Netflix is getting into games
State of DevOps Report 2021

Relevant to your interests

Twitter Is Shutting Down Fleets, Its Vanishing-Post Format, After Less Than a Year
Morgan Stanley‘s CIO survey shows a significant moderation in expectations for the migration of workloads to the public cloud.
Say hi to Microsoft's own Linux: CBL-Mariner
Austin sees pay-off from pandemic-era tech reshuffling
Report: Spyware used to target journalists, activists and world leaders
IBM Insight — Can IBM Deliver?
The end of open source?
DevRev: Former Nutanix execs look to lure in dev startups with new Business Infrastructure-as-a-Service firm – Blocks and Files
Where on Gartner's Hype Cycle is Gartner's Hype Cycle?
Rapid7 + IntSights: Own Your Entire Attack Surface, Internally and Externally
Apple to delay office returns to October - Bloomberg News
Amazon Shuts Down NSO Group Infrastructure
Apple's AirPods did ~$16B in 2020
You're not imagining it. Amazon and AWS want to hire all your friends, enemies, and everyone in between
Briton arrested over high-profile Twitter account hacks
Report: Spyware used to target journalists, activists and world leaders
IBM Insight — Can IBM Deliver?
IBM shows strongest revenue growth in three years
What Ever Happened to IBM’s Watson?
Why Zoom bought Five9 for $14.7 billion: Enterprise wallet share and a big customer engagement play
Zoom is buying cloud contact center provider Five9 for $14.7 billion
Zoom acquires an AI company building real-time translation
Zoom will now let you add third-party apps to your calls
## Nonsense
Well, now it is. It's Pregnancy Test Doom!
Noise cancellation neither helps productivity nor perceived performance
World's First 3-D-Printed Steel Bridge Debuts in Amsterdam

Sponsors

strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT
CBT Nuggets — Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. Start your 7-day Free Trial today at cbtnuggets.com/sdt

Listener Feedback

Sent stickers to Craig in Fort Worth. Craig bought the Doc Martin’s recommended in episode 82. See the pictures.

Conferences

THAT Conference, July 26-29
SpringOne, Sep 1-2
DevOps Loop | October 4, 2021

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

Brandon: Dark Sky
Matt: BOM Weather
Coté: 8ball newsletter; Buienradar in the Netherlands.

Image Credit

Image Credit

Sponsored By: