Episode 323: Boxes and Arrows

This week we discuss AWS Step Functions, VMware Tanzu Community Edition and Zoom’s M&A Strategy. Plus, some thoughts on car batteries…

Rundown

AWS Step Functions Supports 200 AWS Services To Enable Easier Workflow Automation
Introducing VMware Tanzu Community Edition

Tanzu Community Edition

Zoom M&A

And that’s that, as the Zoom deal to buy Five9 is called off – TechCrunch
Zoom loses Five9 - leaves the cloud contact center business open to innovative alternatives

Telegram added 70M new users amid six-hour WhatsApp outage

Relevant to your interests

Announcing Trusted Cloud Principles
Australian Bureau of Statistics runs 2021 Census on the AWS Cloud
"A New Strategy, R2"
Cloudflare’s Disruption
PSPDFkit raises $116M, its first outside money; now nearly 1B people use apps powered by its collaboration, signing and markup tools
Microsoft announces Office 2021 features and pricing
Paperlike, the Screen Protector for iPad: write and draw like on paper
Microsoft sets Oct. 5 as Windows 11 launch date
COVID Breathalyzers Could Transform Rapid Testing
AWS Mistakes
The Verica Open Incident Database
Developer-focused infrastructure security platform Mondoo raises $15M
1 big thing: Enterprise software's reawakening
FB Outage

Understanding How Facebook Disappeared from the Internet
Tools to explore BGP
Facebook is down, along with Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Oculus VR

Security

The entirety of Twitch has reportedly been leaked | VGC
DeFi bug accidentally gives $90 million to users, founder begs them to return it
Hackers rob thousands of Coinbase customers using MFA flaw
Company That Routes Billions of Text Messages Quietly Says It Was Hacked

Nonsense

There are six internet links on my office on wheels. Seven when Starlink arrives.
Australia accelerates its plans to allow international travel.
As of today, Australia has 5 time zones once again.
April Fools' copy-paste button for lazy programmers now actually for sale

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

KubeCon October 11-15 Virtual and In Person
GitOpsDays Community Special: GitOps One-Stop Shop Event October 20
MongoDB.local London 2021 - November 9, 2021
THAT Conference comes to Texas January 17-20, 2022

Listener Feedback

James wants you to wort at GoCardless in London as a IT Engineering Manager, IT Support Manager or Business Systems Engineer - HR Systems

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, 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!
TriggerMesh is hiring!

Recommendations

Brandon: Bayco LBC-400 Recessed Light Bulb Changer

Drones changing bulbs

Matt: Lee “Scratch” Perry A Live Injection: Anthology 1968-1979

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Boxes and Arrows

Episode 323

October 8th, 2021

54 mins 13 secs

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About this Episode

This week we discuss AWS Step Functions, VMware Tanzu Community Edition and Zoom’s M&A Strategy. Plus, some thoughts on car batteries…

Rundown

• AWS Step Functions Supports 200 AWS Services To Enable Easier Workflow Automation

• Introducing VMware Tanzu Community Edition

• Tanzu Community Edition

• Zoom M&A

• And that’s that, as the Zoom deal to buy Five9 is called off – TechCrunch

• Zoom loses Five9 - leaves the cloud contact center business open to innovative alternatives

• Telegram added 70M new users amid six-hour WhatsApp outage

Relevant to your interests

• Announcing Trusted Cloud Principles

• Australian Bureau of Statistics runs 2021 Census on the AWS Cloud

• "A New Strategy, R2"

• Cloudflare’s Disruption

• PSPDFkit raises $116M, its first outside money; now nearly 1B people use apps powered by its collaboration, signing and markup tools

• Microsoft announces Office 2021 features and pricing

• Paperlike, the Screen Protector for iPad: write and draw like on paper

• Microsoft sets Oct. 5 as Windows 11 launch date

• COVID Breathalyzers Could Transform Rapid Testing

• AWS Mistakes

• The Verica Open Incident Database

• Developer-focused infrastructure security platform Mondoo raises $15M

• 1 big thing: Enterprise software's reawakening

• FB Outage

• Understanding How Facebook Disappeared from the Internet

• Tools to explore BGP

• Facebook is down, along with Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Oculus VR

• Security

• The entirety of Twitch has reportedly been leaked | VGC

• DeFi bug accidentally gives $90 million to users, founder begs them to return it

• Hackers rob thousands of Coinbase customers using MFA flaw

• Company That Routes Billions of Text Messages Quietly Says It Was Hacked

Nonsense

• There are six internet links on my office on wheels. Seven when Starlink arrives.

• Australia accelerates its plans to allow international travel.

• As of today, Australia has 5 time zones once again.

• April Fools' copy-paste button for lazy programmers now actually for sale

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

• KubeCon October 11-15 Virtual and In Person

• GitOpsDays Community Special: GitOps One-Stop Shop Event October 20

• MongoDB.local London 2021 - November 9, 2021

• THAT Conference comes to Texas January 17-20, 2022

Listener Feedback

• James wants you to wort at GoCardless in London as a IT Engineering Manager, IT Support Manager or Business Systems Engineer - HR Systems

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, 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!

• TriggerMesh is hiring!

Recommendations

• Brandon: Bayco LBC-400 Recessed Light Bulb Changer

• Drones changing bulbs

• Matt: Lee “Scratch” Perry A Live Injection: Anthology 1968-1979

• Cloud Native AF: Farmers Don't Care About Kubernetes with Mike Dvorkin

Photo Credit

Photo Credit

Episode Sponsors

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Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. Start learning today at cbtnuggets.com/sdt.](https://cbtnuggets.com/sdt)

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