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Episode 392: Success is going to Day 2

This week we discuss the Pentagon’s new C loud Contract, Day 2 at Amazon and Nutanix acquisition rumors. Plus, some thoughts on kids and headphones…

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Runner-up Titles

We’re always recording, Coté, we’re not always streaming.
I live the middle.
Best 10 microphones to put in a drawer and never use.
The lanyard is a child-management platform
“That’s great, Brandon…”
Finally DNS does something good
Amazon is a dog now
But then what?
N equals me

Rundown

Google, Oracle, Amazon, and Microsoft awarded $9 billion Pentagon cloud deals
Amazon CEO, Putting Stamp on Company, Promotes Four Executives
Amazon's heroic phase is over
A Faster Horse
Layoffs, buyouts, and rescinded offers: Amazon’s status as a top tech employer
Report: HPE has expressed interest in acquiring Nutanix
Nutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami Talks Broadcom, VMware, And His Vision

Relevant to your Interests

What if failure is the plan?
Tensions Grew at Salesforce Between Co-CEOs Benioff and Taylor
Apple advances user security with powerful new data protections
ChatGPT has crossed 1M+ users in just 5 days.
A good discussion on ChatGPT from Benedict Evans
OpenAI ChatGPT is now an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner!
Airtable, last valued at $11 billion for its no-code software, lays off over 250
Hello from GitHub’s new Chief Product Officer | The GitHub Blog
As Carvana crashes hard, used car dealers — not buyers — stand to win big
Amazon Wants to Kill the Barcode
RIP Passwords? Passkey support rolls out to Chrome stable
An Introduction to Event-Driven Architectures
Broadcom braced for full EU probe into $61B VMware buyout
AWS Events
Ngrok, a service to help devs deploy sites, services and apps, raises $50M
The death of Rackspace's ‘Fanatical Support’
News aggregator Flipboard to add user-generated "conversations"
Snyk scores another $196M as valuation drops 12% to $7.4B
Japan to Join US Effort to Tighten Chip Exports to China
LSEG and Microsoft launch 10-year strategic partnership
Oracle beats on top and bottom lines
How Slack’s Marriage to Salesforce Crumbled

Nonsense

Dr Pepper Unveils Limited-Edition Bourbon Flavored Fansville Reserve
Hertz Car-Rental Company to Pay $168 Million over False Arrests

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Recommendations

Brandon: Wednesday **on Netflix

AirPods case with AirTag Holder

Matt: RIP Mike Leach

Swing your Sword via Brandon

Coté: Fishman’s Friend, which I should have some of in this episode. Substack.

Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas Movie.

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Success is going to Day 2

Episode 392

December 16th, 2022