Episode 429: This is peak VMware

This week, we discuss VMware’s Announcements, SUSE goes private and some thoughts on streaming services. Plus, Matt provides an update on the repercussions of spilled Orange Juice.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/live/U-2FKuo7Rdo?si=pSW288no0k5R6E_l) 429 (https://www.youtube.com/live/U-2FKuo7Rdo?si=pSW288no0k5R6E_l)
Runner-up Titles
Matt Ray Vibe
Ethically flexible
And one more thing me
Is it new?
You’re gold plating your gold.
Hello World and my Mom’s Blog
SAP known for being nimble
I guess I am excited
There’s no way you sold 50,000 Chinese knock off water piks in Australia.
Rundown
Tech's broken promises: Streaming is now just as expensive and confusing as cable (https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-broken-promises-streaming-ride-hailing-cloud-computing-2023-8?utm_source=reddit.com)
VMware
Broadcom's $61B planned VMware purchase clears U.S., UK (https://seekingalpha.com/news/4004614-broadcoms-61b-planned-vmware-purchase-clears-us-uk)
Introducing vSAN Max | VMware (https://core.vmware.com/blog/introducing-vsan-max)
VMware Expands Tanzu to Accelerate App Delivery at Enterprise Scale (https://news.vmware.com/releases/vmware-explore-2023-tanzu)
VMware Explore 2023 Media Kit - VMware News and Stories (https://news.vmware.com/vmware-explore-vegas-2023-media-kit)
VMware edges towards multi-cloud, adds AI side quest (https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/22/vmware_explore_2023_ai_news/)
SUSE
EQT Private Equity Announces Voluntary Public Purchase Offer and Intention to Delist SUSE (https://www.suse.com/news/EQT-announces-voluntary-public-purchase-offer-and-intention-to-delist-SUSE/)
SUSE Manager Ansible Integration Becomes Fully Supported (https://www.suse.com/c/suse-manager-ansible-integration-becomes-fully-supported/)
Oracle, SUSE and CIQ launch the Open Enterprise Linux Association amid Red Hat controversy (https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/10/oracle-suse-and-ciq-launch-the-open-enterprise-linux-association-amid-red-hat-controversy/)
Microsoft is bringing Python to Excel (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/22/23841167/microsoft-excel-python-integration-support)
What Happened to Wirecutter? (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/what-happened-to-wirecutter/ar-AA1fCoQs?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email)
Relevant to your Interests
YouTube is adding chat, highlights, and Shorts to NFL Sunday Ticket (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/16/23834242/youtube-nfl-sunday-ticket-tv-shorts-highlights-chat)
Hopin Events and Session Products Sold for $15 Million (https://meetings.skift.com/hopin-events-and-session-products-sold-for-15-million/)
80% of execs regret calling employees back to the office (https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/15/return_to_office_survey/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email)
How we reduced the cost of building Twitter at Twitter-scale by 100x (https://blog.redplanetlabs.com/2023/08/15/how-we-reduced-the-cost-of-building-twitter-at-twitter-scale-by-100x/)
Will Broadcom’s pending purchase overhang VMware Explore? (https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/analysis/will-broadcoms-pending-purchase-overhang-vmware-explore/2023/08/)
VMware’s future: Navigating multicloud complexity and generative AI under Broadcom’s wing (https://siliconangle.com/2023/08/19/vmwares-future-navigating-multicloud-complexity-generative-ai-broadcoms-wing/)
System Initiative Code Now Open Source (https://thenewstack.io/system-initiative-code-now-open-source/)
How Amazon is racing to catch Microsoft and Google in generative A.I. with custom AWS chips (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/12/amazon-is-racing-to-catch-up-in-generative-ai-with-custom-aws-chips.html?ck_subscriber_id=512840665)
Report: Threads app to launch website version this week - 9to5Mac (https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/21/report-threads-app-to-launch-website-version-this-week/)
Cisco's Duo Security suffers major authentication outage (https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/21/ciscos_duo_outage/)
If I were you: Here are the the Google Cloud Next ’23 talks for six different audiences (https://seroter.com/2023/08/22/if-i-were-you-here-are-the-the-google-cloud-next-23-talks-for-six-different-audiences/)
Amazon Worker Has A Witty Take On Return-To-Office Policy (https://www.benzinga.com/news/23/08/33931883/amazon-employee-crafts-satirical-leadership-principles-amid-return-to-office-uproar-fire-and-demote)
Mark Zuckerberg’s new ‘in-person time policy’ will crack down on Meta’s remote work rebels (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-person-time-policy-115713318.html)
Nonsense
All signs point to a late summer COVID wave (https://www.axios.com/2023/08/17/covid-19-cases-2023-uptick-where-why)
American States As Real People Generated by AI (https://www.travlerz.com/en/american-states-real-people-generated-ai)
LG now sells this bizarre TV in a suitcase, and I must have it (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/15/23832712/lg-stanbyme-go-suitcase-tv-announced-pricing-features)
Listener Feedback
What is AWS after the Chasm? (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2023/08/what-is-aws-after-chasm.html)
Conferences
Sep 6th to 7th DevOpsDays Des Moines (https://devopsdays.org/events/2023-des-moines/welcome/), Coté speaking.
Sep 18th to 19th SHIFT (https://shift.infobip.com/) in Zadar, Coté speaking.
October 2-6, 2023, QCon San Francisco (https://qconsf.com/workshop/oct2023/open-source-kubernetes-cloud-cost-monitoring-opencost), Matt’s doing a workshop, sign up!
October 6, 2023, KCD Texas 2023 (https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-kcd-texas-presents-kcd-texas-2023/), CFP Closes: August 30, 2023
November 6-9, 2023, KubeCon NA (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/), SDT’s a sponsor, Matt’s there
November 6-9, 2023 VMware Explore Barcelona (https://www.vmware.com/explore/eu.html), Coté’s attending
Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas (https://that.us/events/tx/2024/schedule/)
If you want your conference mentioned, let’s talk media sponsorships.
SDT news & hype
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Recommendations
Brandon: Costco | Acquired Podcast (https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/costco)
Matt: Lenovo Go Wireless Split Keyboard (https://amzn.to/3smvHdP), decent clone of Microsoft Sculpt keyboard
Photo Credits
Artwork (https://unsplash.com/photos/CLFveFXjwyk)

This week, we discuss VMware’s Announcements, SUSE goes private and some thoughts on streaming services. Plus, Matt provides an update on the repercussions of spilled Orange Juice.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 429

Runner-up Titles

Matt Ray Vibe
Ethically flexible
And one more thing me
Is it new?
You’re gold plating your gold.
Hello World and my Mom’s Blog
SAP known for being nimble
I guess I am excited
There’s no way you sold 50,000 Chinese knock off water piks in Australia.

Rundown

Tech's broken promises: Streaming is now just as expensive and confusing as cable
VMware

Broadcom's $61B planned VMware purchase clears U.S., UK
Introducing vSAN Max | VMware
VMware Expands Tanzu to Accelerate App Delivery at Enterprise Scale
VMware Explore 2023 Media Kit - VMware News and Stories
VMware edges towards multi-cloud, adds AI side quest

SUSE

EQT Private Equity Announces Voluntary Public Purchase Offer and Intention to Delist SUSE
SUSE Manager Ansible Integration Becomes Fully Supported
Oracle, SUSE and CIQ launch the Open Enterprise Linux Association amid Red Hat controversy

Microsoft is bringing Python to Excel
What Happened to Wirecutter?

Relevant to your Interests

YouTube is adding chat, highlights, and Shorts to NFL Sunday Ticket
Hopin Events and Session Products Sold for $15 Million
80% of execs regret calling employees back to the office
How we reduced the cost of building Twitter at Twitter-scale by 100x
Will Broadcom’s pending purchase overhang VMware Explore?
VMware’s future: Navigating multicloud complexity and generative AI under Broadcom’s wing
System Initiative Code Now Open Source
How Amazon is racing to catch Microsoft and Google in generative A.I. with custom AWS chips
Report: Threads app to launch website version this week - 9to5Mac
Cisco's Duo Security suffers major authentication outage
If I were you: Here are the the Google Cloud Next ’23 talks for six different audiences
Amazon Worker Has A Witty Take On Return-To-Office Policy
Mark Zuckerberg’s new ‘in-person time policy’ will crack down on Meta’s remote work rebels

Nonsense

All signs point to a late summer COVID wave
American States As Real People Generated by AI
LG now sells this bizarre TV in a suitcase, and I must have it

Listener Feedback

What is AWS after the Chasm?

Conferences

Sep 6th to 7th DevOpsDays Des Moines, Coté speaking.
Sep 18th to 19th SHIFT in Zadar, Coté speaking.
October 2-6, 2023, QCon San Francisco, Matt’s doing a workshop, sign up!
October 6, 2023, KCD Texas 2023, CFP Closes: August 30, 2023
November 6-9, 2023, KubeCon NA, SDT’s a sponsor, Matt’s there
November 6-9, 2023 VMware Explore Barcelona, Coté’s attending
Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas
If you want your conference mentioned, let’s talk media sponsorships.

SDT news & hype

Join us in Slack.
Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us: Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, BlueSky, LinkedIn, TikTok, Threads and YouTube.
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: Costco | Acquired Podcast
Matt: Lenovo Go Wireless Split Keyboard, decent clone of Microsoft Sculpt keyboard

Photo Credits

Artwork