Episode 328: Your MOM is a SaaS

This week we discuss HashiCorp’s S1, AWS Earnings and highlights from Microsoft Ignite. Plus, Coté teaches us a new Dutch phrase.
Rundown
Cloud software vendor HashiCorp files for IPO as investors pour money into high-growth tech stocks (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/04/cloud-software-vendor-hashicorp-files-for-ipo.htmlCot)
Coté’s highlights (https://twitter.com/cote/status/1456344043433177091).
Understanding the 2021 State of Open Source Report (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/state-of-open-source-report-highlights)
Amazon
Amazon badly misses on earnings and revenue, gives disappointing fourth-quarter guidance (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/28/amazon-amzn-earnings-q3-2021.html)
Amazon Web Services tops analysts' estimates on profit and revenue (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/28/aws-earnings-q3-2021.html)
Amazon Is The Flywheel, AWS Is The Cash Register (https://www.nextplatform.com/2021/10/29/amazon-is-the-flywheel-aws-is-the-cash-register/)
A fully functional local AWS cloud stack. Develop and test your cloud & Serverless apps offline! (https://github.com/localstack/localstack)
Your hybrid, multicloud, and edge strategy just got better with Azure (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/your-hybrid-multicloud-and-edge-strategy-just-got-better-with-azure/)
Compliance in a DevOps Culture (https://martinfowler.com/articles/devops-compliance.html)
Relevant to your interests
Abacus.ai snags $50M Series C as it expands into computer vision use cases (https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/27/abacus-ai-snags-50m-series-c-as-it-expands-into-computer-vision-use-cases/)
NeuVector is excited to announce we are joining SUSE (https://www.suse.com/c/accelerating-security-innovation/)
Monitor Your Azure Environment Using Amazon Managed Grafana (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5z4ysfz_gA)
Facebook’s new name will be Meta (https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/28/22745234/facebook-new-name-meta-metaverse-zuckerberg-rebrand)
New product: Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W on sale now at $15 - Raspberry Pi (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/new-raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-2/)
Universal Search & Productivity App | Command E (https://getcommande.com/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top)
Software services firm Zendesk to buy SurveyMonkey parent for nearly $4 bln (https://www.reuters.com/technology/software-services-firm-zendesk-buy-surveymonkey-parent-nearly-4-bln-2021-10-28/)
Kalshi (https://kalshi.com/markets)
Popular gaming platform Roblox back online after multi-day crash (https://www.marketwatch.com/story/popular-gaming-platform-roblox-suffers-multi-day-crash-01635713002)
Dell spins off $64 billion VMware as it battles debt hangover (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/11/dell-spins-off-64-billion-vmware-as-it-battles-debt-hangover/)
BMC Unveils New Data Management and Analytics Capabilities (https://thenewstack.io/bmc-helix-and-control-m-data-management-and-analytics/)
Squid Game Cryptocurrency Scammers Make Off With $2.1 Million (https://gizmodo.com/squid-game-cryptocurrency-scammers-make-off-with-2-1-m-1847972824)
AI programming tool Copilot helps write up to 30% of code on GitHub (https://www.axios.com/copilot-artificial-intelligence-coding-github-9a202f40-9af7-4786-9dcb-b678683b360f.html)
Introducing the Free Java License (https://blogs.oracle.com/java/post/free-java-license)
Backblaze’s IPO a test for smaller tech concerns (https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/02/backblazes-ipo-a-test-for-smaller-tech-concerns/)
Happy 1.0, Knative (https://off-by-one.dev/happy-1-0-knative/)
A Return to the General Purpose Database (https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2021/10/26/general-purpose-database/)
Microsoft Teams enters the metaverse race with 3D avatars and immersive meetings (https://www.theverge.com/e/22523015)
Nat Friedman to step down as head of Microsoft's GitHub (https://www.zdnet.com/article/nat-friedman-to-step-down-as-head-of-microsofts-github/)
Microsoft launches Google Wave (https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/02/microsoft-launches-google-wave/)
Nonsense
Apple's worst shipping delay is for a $19 polishing cloth — Engadget (https://apple.news/A5hFyYAq3RgG35nJT1AX6bA)
Aussie++ (https://aussieplusplus.vercel.app/)
Microsoft resurrects Clippy again after brutally killing him off in Microsoft Teams (https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/1/22756973/microsoft-clippy-microsoft-teams-stickers-return)
Allbirds shares surge 60% in eco-friendly shoe maker's market debut (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/03/allbirds-ipo-bird-to-start-trading-on-the-nasdaq.html)
Sponsors
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Conferences
MongoDB.local London 2021 (https://events.mongodb.com/dotlocallondon) - November 9, 2021
Coté speaking at DevOops (https://devoops.ru/en/) (Russia), Nov 11th: “Kubernetes is not for developers…?” (https://devoops.ru/en/talks/kubernetes-is-not-for-developers/)
THAT Conference comes to Texas January 17-20, 2022 (https://that.us/events/tx/2022/)
Listener Feedback
Mailed stickers to Stephan in Berlin.
Brian wants you to work at Red Hat as a Senior Product Manager (https://us-redhat.icims.com/jobs/88701/senior-product-manager) or Principle Product Manager (https://us-redhat.icims.com/jobs/89053/principal-product-manager) in Security.
SDT news & hype
Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack).
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Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quick-concall/id1399948033?mt=823) 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: Success Equation (http://success-equation.com) — The spiritual sequel to “The Halo Effect”
Podcast Interview with Author (http://Michael> Mauboussin Master Class — Moats, Skill, Luck, Decision Making and a Whole Lot More | Acquired Podcast)
YouTube Talk by Author (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JLfqBsX5Lc)
Paradox of Skill (https://research-doc.credit-suisse.com/docView?language=ENG&format=PDF&source_id=em&document_id=805456950&serialid=LsvBuE4wt3XNGE0V%2B3ec251NK9soTQqcMVQ9q2QuF2I%3D)
Matt: The Art and Soul of Dune (Companion Book Music) (https://open.spotify.com/album/0FGr97xSOQLD596ZebfU1T?si=9rTrMK_wTiWZOtwiKfvZMA)
Dune (the book) (https://amzn.to/3whLKHx)
Coté: LaserWriter II (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/56269270-laserwriter-ii). Also, check out my Tiny Tanzu Talk videos playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk_5VqpWEtiV6sJUlKx_4dse8U2tLjjn0) - 18 months of video madness. Also, I watch Frozen from three to ten times a day now with Dutch subtitles turned on. So, I’m trying to memorize “als een kip met het gezicht van een aap.” (https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=nl&text=like%20a%20chicken%20with%20the%20face%20of%20a%20monkey&op=translate&hl=en)
Photo Credits
Show Art (https://unsplash.com/photos/UMfGoM67w48)
Hashicorp S1 Screenshot Show Art (https://twitter.com/cote/status/1456349608775491585re)
Banner Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/dwBZLRPhHjc)

This week we discuss HashiCorp’s S1, AWS Earnings and highlights from Microsoft Ignite. Plus, Coté teaches us a new Dutch phrase.

Rundown

Cloud software vendor HashiCorp files for IPO as investors pour money into high-growth tech stocks

Coté’s highlights.

Understanding the 2021 State of Open Source Report
Amazon

Amazon badly misses on earnings and revenue, gives disappointing fourth-quarter guidance
Amazon Web Services tops analysts' estimates on profit and revenue
Amazon Is The Flywheel, AWS Is The Cash Register
A fully functional local AWS cloud stack. Develop and test your cloud & Serverless apps offline!

Your hybrid, multicloud, and edge strategy just got better with Azure
Compliance in a DevOps Culture

Relevant to your interests

Abacus.ai snags $50M Series C as it expands into computer vision use cases
NeuVector is excited to announce we are joining SUSE
Monitor Your Azure Environment Using Amazon Managed Grafana
Facebook’s new name will be Meta
New product: Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W on sale now at $15 - Raspberry Pi
Universal Search & Productivity App | Command E
Software services firm Zendesk to buy SurveyMonkey parent for nearly $4 bln
Kalshi
Popular gaming platform Roblox back online after multi-day crash
Dell spins off $64 billion VMware as it battles debt hangover
BMC Unveils New Data Management and Analytics Capabilities
Squid Game Cryptocurrency Scammers Make Off With $2.1 Million
AI programming tool Copilot helps write up to 30% of code on GitHub
Introducing the Free Java License
Backblaze’s IPO a test for smaller tech concerns
Happy 1.0, Knative
A Return to the General Purpose Database
Microsoft Teams enters the metaverse race with 3D avatars and immersive meetings
Nat Friedman to step down as head of Microsoft's GitHub
Microsoft launches Google Wave

Nonsense

Apple's worst shipping delay is for a $19 polishing cloth — Engadget
Aussie++
Microsoft resurrects Clippy again after brutally killing him off in Microsoft Teams
Allbirds shares surge 60% in eco-friendly shoe maker's market debut

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

Conferences

MongoDB.local London 2021 - November 9, 2021
Coté speaking at DevOops (Russia), Nov 11th: “Kubernetes is not for developers…?”
THAT Conference comes to Texas January 17-20, 2022

Listener Feedback

Mailed stickers to Stephan in Berlin.
Brian wants you to work at Red Hat as a Senior Product Manager or Principle Product Manager in Security.

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, LinkedIn and YouTube.
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: Success Equation — The spiritual sequel to “The Halo Effect”

Podcast Interview with Author
YouTube Talk by Author
Paradox of Skill

Matt: The Art and Soul of Dune (Companion Book Music)

Dune (the book)

Coté: LaserWriter II. Also, check out my Tiny Tanzu Talk videos playlist - 18 months of video madness. Also, I watch Frozen from three to ten times a day now with Dutch subtitles turned on. So, I’m trying to memorize “als een kip met het gezicht van een aap.”

Photo Credits

Show Art
Hashicorp S1 Screenshot Show Art
Banner Header

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