Episode 287: The Bureaucracy Episode

This week we discuss LinkedIn’s new marketplace, Platform9, TriggerMesh and Event-based Architectures. Plus, are meetings always bad?

Rundown

LinkedIn is building a gig marketplace. What you need to know.
Microsoft’s New Gig: A LinkedIn Freelancer Market Rivaling Upwork, Fiverr
Platform9 Raises Additional Series-D Funding
HEY World experiment

Relevant to your interests

Clouds

The Google Cloud Surge: 5 Slides from Thomas Kurian Tell the Story
HPE Acquires Cloud Assessment ‘Crown Jewel’ CloudPhysics

Watson

IBM Explores Sale of IBM Watson Health
IBM Is Said to Consider Sale of Watson Health Amid Cloud Focus
Happy birthday, Python, you're 30 years old today: Easy to learn, and the right tool at the right time

IPOs and M&A

Airbrake has been acquired by LogicMonitor
TransferWise rebrands as Wise ahead of an expected IPO
HPE Acquires Cloud Assessment ‘Crown Jewel’ CloudPhysics

Security

SolarWinds hack was work of 'at least 1,000 engineers', tech executives tell Senate
SolarWinds Hack Grabs Senate Spotlight With CEO in the Hot Seat
Apple Offers Its Closest Look Yet at iOS and MacOS Security
New malware found on 30,000 Macs has security pros stumped
RubyGems dependency confusion attack side of things - Running with Ruby

Investing

The GameStop Craze Was Mostly Just Crazy
Bitcoin Hits $1 Trillion Market Cap, Soars To Another Record High

Chips

Chip Shortage
Biden signs executive order to address chip shortage through a review to strengthen supply chains

IBM teases new AIX release – the first since 2015
Salesforce is building a private CRM for the State Department
Overcast overhauls its Apple Watch app
As Power BI aces Gartner's new Magic Quadrant, what's the story behind Microsoft's success?

Nonsense

Fry's Electronics suddenly went out of business
New next-gen USPS delivery vehicle coming to your
Alexa Has No Place on Your Face. The Echo Frames Prove it

Sponsors

strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT

Listener Feedback

Cloudbees is looking for a Remote DevOps Consultant-Continuous Delivery anywhere in North America.

Conferences

DevOpsDay Texas on March 2nd.
SpringOne.io, Sep 1st to 2nd - CFP is open until April 9th.
Two SpringOne Tours: (1.) developer-bonanza in for NA, March 10th and 11th, and, (2.) EMEA dev-fest on April 28th.

SDT news & hype

Join us in Slack.
Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com 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

Read this book we are going to discuss it: Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
Brandon: I Care a Lot
Coté: LoseIt! The Golem and the Jinni.

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The Bureaucracy Episode

Episode 287

February 26th, 2021

1 hr 25 mins

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About this Episode

This week we discuss LinkedIn’s new marketplace, Platform9, TriggerMesh and Event-based Architectures. Plus, are meetings always bad?

Rundown

• LinkedIn is building a gig marketplace. What you need to know.

• Microsoft’s New Gig: A LinkedIn Freelancer Market Rivaling Upwork, Fiverr

• Platform9 Raises Additional Series-D Funding

• HEY World experiment

Relevant to your interests

• Clouds

• The Google Cloud Surge: 5 Slides from Thomas Kurian Tell the Story

• HPE Acquires Cloud Assessment ‘Crown Jewel’ CloudPhysics

• Watson

• IBM Explores Sale of IBM Watson Health

• IBM Is Said to Consider Sale of Watson Health Amid Cloud Focus

• Happy birthday, Python, you're 30 years old today: Easy to learn, and the right tool at the right time

• IPOs and M&A

• Airbrake has been acquired by LogicMonitor

• TransferWise rebrands as Wise ahead of an expected IPO

• HPE Acquires Cloud Assessment ‘Crown Jewel’ CloudPhysics

• Security

• SolarWinds hack was work of 'at least 1,000 engineers', tech executives tell Senate

• SolarWinds Hack Grabs Senate Spotlight With CEO in the Hot Seat

• Apple Offers Its Closest Look Yet at iOS and MacOS Security

• New malware found on 30,000 Macs has security pros stumped

• RubyGems dependency confusion attack side of things - Running with Ruby

• Investing

• The GameStop Craze Was Mostly Just Crazy

• Bitcoin Hits $1 Trillion Market Cap, Soars To Another Record High

• Chips

• Chip Shortage

• Biden signs executive order to address chip shortage through a review to strengthen supply chains

• IBM teases new AIX release – the first since 2015

• Salesforce is building a private CRM for the State Department

• Overcast overhauls its Apple Watch app

• As Power BI aces Gartner's new Magic Quadrant, what's the story behind Microsoft's success?

Nonsense

• Fry's Electronics suddenly went out of business

• New next-gen USPS delivery vehicle coming to your

• Alexa Has No Place on Your Face. The Echo Frames Prove it

Sponsors

• strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT

Listener Feedback

• Cloudbees is looking for a Remote DevOps Consultant-Continuous Delivery anywhere in North America.

Conferences

• DevOpsDay Texas on March 2nd.

• SpringOne.io, Sep 1st to 2nd - CFP is open until April 9th.

• Two SpringOne Tours: (1.) developer-bonanza in for NA, March 10th and 11th, and, (2.) EMEA dev-fest on April 28th.

SDT news & hype

• Join us in Slack.

• Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com 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

• Read this book we are going to discuss it: Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon

• Brandon: I Care a Lot

• Coté: LoseIt! The Golem and the Jinni.

Photo Credit

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Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT.](http://strongdm.com/SDT)

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