Episode 314: Prime Minster of Thinking

This week we discuss Programming Language Rankings, CNCF Project Velocity and the new Gartner MQ for Cloud Infrastructure. Plus, are straws really necessary?

Rundown

Update on CNCF and Open Source Project Velocity 2020
Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2021

Heroku and Digital Ocean make the Cloud Platforms list

The RedMonk Programming Language Rankings: June 2021
AWS Named as a Leader for the 11th Consecutive Year in 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Services (CIPS)
Customers warn Gartner of AWS's high-pressure sales tactics in latest verdict on public cloud providers

Relevant to your interests

Amazon cloud revenue growth accelerates to 37% in Q2
Use the new Google Meet web app for better meetings on desktop devices
The Mark Cuban-founded audio app Fireside is asking its own users to invest
Russia hacked emails of US federal prosecutors around the country
Zoom agrees to pay $85M to settle privacy suit
Microsoft Teams rolls out native notification on its macOS app
Salesforce’s MuleSoft buys RPA specialist Servicetrace
Cloud Foundry Summit: Kubernetes Must Do Better by Developers
IBM Cloud took the evening off – 23 services were hard to provision for eight hours
Red Hat OpenShift 4.8 Is Now Generally Available
Deal Of The Century: How Michael Dell Turned His Declining PC Business Into A $40 Billion Windfall
Facebook is reportedly trying to analyze encrypted data without deciphering it | Engadget
Why Nvidia’s $40 billion bid for Arm could be in jeopardy
Keeping clients of OpenSearch and Elasticsearch compatible with open source | Amazon Web Services
Oracle launches Verrazzano container platform for Kubernetes
Verrazzano Enterprise Container Platform
Investing in Polywork - Andreessen Horowitz
Amazon’s drone project is experiencing turbulence
One big tech company changes its hybrid work policy in a permanent way
Apple's Plan to "Think Different" About Encryption Opens a Backdoor to Your Private Life
LISA Community Message

Nonsense

Zoom agrees to pay $85M to settle privacy suit
Goldman Sachs joins Wall Street rivals in boosting junior banker salaries
HEB sells candles that smell like fresh tortillas, because you can't live at the store

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

SpringOne, Sep 1-2
DevOps Loop | October 4, 2021
THAT Conference comes to Texas January 17-20, 2022

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

Brandon: Let Him Go.
Matt: Cloud Native Application Flows podcast.
Coté: La Vallade restaurant in Amsterdam, which serves La Pauline wine, which you should also try.

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Prime Minster of Thinking

Episode 314

August 6th, 2021

1 hr 7 mins

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About this Episode

This week we discuss Programming Language Rankings, CNCF Project Velocity and the new Gartner MQ for Cloud Infrastructure. Plus, are straws really necessary?

Rundown

• Update on CNCF and Open Source Project Velocity 2020

• Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2021

• Heroku and Digital Ocean make the Cloud Platforms list

• The RedMonk Programming Language Rankings: June 2021

• AWS Named as a Leader for the 11th Consecutive Year in 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Services (CIPS)

• Customers warn Gartner of AWS's high-pressure sales tactics in latest verdict on public cloud providers

Relevant to your interests

• Amazon cloud revenue growth accelerates to 37% in Q2

• Use the new Google Meet web app for better meetings on desktop devices

• The Mark Cuban-founded audio app Fireside is asking its own users to invest

• Russia hacked emails of US federal prosecutors around the country

• Zoom agrees to pay $85M to settle privacy suit

• Microsoft Teams rolls out native notification on its macOS app

• Salesforce’s MuleSoft buys RPA specialist Servicetrace

• Cloud Foundry Summit: Kubernetes Must Do Better by Developers

• IBM Cloud took the evening off – 23 services were hard to provision for eight hours

• Red Hat OpenShift 4.8 Is Now Generally Available

• Deal Of The Century: How Michael Dell Turned His Declining PC Business Into A $40 Billion Windfall

• Facebook is reportedly trying to analyze encrypted data without deciphering it | Engadget

• Why Nvidia’s $40 billion bid for Arm could be in jeopardy

• Keeping clients of OpenSearch and Elasticsearch compatible with open source | Amazon Web Services

• Oracle launches Verrazzano container platform for Kubernetes

• Verrazzano Enterprise Container Platform

• Investing in Polywork - Andreessen Horowitz

• Amazon’s drone project is experiencing turbulence

• One big tech company changes its hybrid work policy in a permanent way

• Apple's Plan to "Think Different" About Encryption Opens a Backdoor to Your Private Life

• LISA Community Message

Nonsense

• Zoom agrees to pay $85M to settle privacy suit

• Goldman Sachs joins Wall Street rivals in boosting junior banker salaries

• HEB sells candles that smell like fresh tortillas, because you can't live at the store

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

• SpringOne, Sep 1-2

• DevOps Loop | October 4, 2021

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

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

• Brandon: Let Him Go.

• Matt: Cloud Native Application Flows podcast.

• Coté: La Vallade restaurant in Amsterdam, which serves La Pauline wine, which you should also try.

Photo Credit

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