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Episode 552: Tech Strategy: Past, Present, Future

This week, Brian Gracely joins to dissect strategic choices made by Broadcom, Docker, Netflix and Intel. Plus: The AI Bifurcation—are models commodities or product pillars?

Rundown

Licensing in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0
Hardened Images for Everyone
Introducing Chainguard EmeritOSS
Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros.
Anthropic reportedly preparing for one of the largest IPOs

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cfgmgmtcamp 2026, February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE.

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DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA

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Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA.
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Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026), Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026), Toronto (May 12-14, 2026), Dallas (June 9-11, 2026), Orlando (October 20-22, 2026)

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Tech Strategy: Past, Present, Future

Episode 552

December 26th, 2025

1 hr 16 mins

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About this Episode

This week, Brian Gracely joins to dissect strategic choices made by Broadcom, Docker, Netflix and Intel. Plus: The AI Bifurcation—are models commodities or product pillars?