Episode 328: Your MOM is a SaaS

This week we discuss HashiCorp’s S1, AWS Earnings and highlights from Microsoft Ignite. Plus, Coté teaches us a new Dutch phrase. Rundown Cloud software vendor HashiCorp files for IPO as investors pour money into high-growth tech stocks (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/04/cloud-software-vendor-hashicorp-files-for-ipo.htmlCot) Coté’s highlights (https://twitter.com/cote/status/1456344043433177091). Understanding the 2021 State of Open Source Report (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/state-of-open-source-report-highlights) Amazon Amazon badly misses on earnings and revenue, gives disappointing fourth-quarter guidance (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/28/amazon-amzn-earnings-q3-2021.html) Amazon Web Services tops analysts' estimates on profit and revenue (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/28/aws-earnings-q3-2021.html) Amazon Is The Flywheel, AWS Is The Cash Register (https://www.nextplatform.com/2021/10/29/amazon-is-the-flywheel-aws-is-the-cash-register/) A fully functional local AWS cloud stack. Develop and test your cloud & Serverless apps offline! (https://github.com/localstack/localstack) Your hybrid, multicloud, and edge strategy just got better with Azure (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/your-hybrid-multicloud-and-edge-strategy-just-got-better-with-azure/) Compliance in a DevOps Culture (https://martinfowler.com/articles/devops-compliance.html) Relevant to your interests Abacus.ai snags $50M Series C as it expands into computer vision use cases (https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/27/abacus-ai-snags-50m-series-c-as-it-expands-into-computer-vision-use-cases/) NeuVector is excited to announce we are joining SUSE (https://www.suse.com/c/accelerating-security-innovation/) Monitor Your Azure Environment Using Amazon Managed Grafana (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5z4ysfz_gA) Facebook’s new name will be Meta (https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/28/22745234/facebook-new-name-meta-metaverse-zuckerberg-rebrand) New product: Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W on sale now at $15 - Raspberry Pi (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/new-raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-2/) Universal Search & Productivity App | Command E (https://getcommande.com/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top) Software services firm Zendesk to buy SurveyMonkey parent for nearly $4 bln (https://www.reuters.com/technology/software-services-firm-zendesk-buy-surveymonkey-parent-nearly-4-bln-2021-10-28/) Kalshi (https://kalshi.com/markets) Popular gaming platform Roblox back online after multi-day crash (https://www.marketwatch.com/story/popular-gaming-platform-roblox-suffers-multi-day-crash-01635713002) Dell spins off $64 billion VMware as it battles debt hangover (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/11/dell-spins-off-64-billion-vmware-as-it-battles-debt-hangover/) BMC Unveils New Data Management and Analytics Capabilities (https://thenewstack.io/bmc-helix-and-control-m-data-management-and-analytics/) Squid Game Cryptocurrency Scammers Make Off With $2.1 Million (https://gizmodo.com/squid-game-cryptocurrency-scammers-make-off-with-2-1-m-1847972824) AI programming tool Copilot helps write up to 30% of code on GitHub (https://www.axios.com/copilot-artificial-intelligence-coding-github-9a202f40-9af7-4786-9dcb-b678683b360f.html) Introducing the Free Java License (https://blogs.oracle.com/java/post/free-java-license) Backblaze’s IPO a test for smaller tech concerns (https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/02/backblazes-ipo-a-test-for-smaller-tech-concerns/) Happy 1.0, Knative (https://off-by-one.dev/happy-1-0-knative/) A Return to the General Purpose Database (https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2021/10/26/general-purpose-database/) Microsoft Teams enters the metaverse race with 3D avatars and immersive meetings (https://www.theverge.com/e/22523015) Nat Friedman to step down as head of Microsoft's GitHub (https://www.zdnet.com/article/nat-friedman-to-step-down-as-head-of-microsofts-github/) Microsoft launches Google Wave (https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/02/microsoft-launches-google-wave/) Nonsense Apple's worst shipping delay is for a $19 polishing cloth — Engadget (https://apple.news/A5hFyYAq3RgG35nJT1AX6bA) Aussie++ (https://aussieplusplus.vercel.app/) Microsoft resurrects Clippy again after brutally killing him off in Microsoft Teams (https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/1/22756973/microsoft-clippy-microsoft-teams-stickers-return) Allbirds shares surge 60% in eco-friendly shoe maker's market debut (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/03/allbirds-ipo-bird-to-start-trading-on-the-nasdaq.html) Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT (http://strongdm.com/SDT) CBT Nuggets — Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. Start your 7-day Free Trial today at cbtnuggets.com/sdt (https://cbtnuggets.com/sdt) Conferences MongoDB.local London 2021 (https://events.mongodb.com/dotlocallondon) - November 9, 2021 Coté speaking at DevOops (https://devoops.ru/en/) (Russia), Nov 11th: “Kubernetes is not for developers…?” (https://devoops.ru/en/talks/kubernetes-is-not-for-developers/) THAT Conference comes to Texas January 17-20, 2022 (https://that.us/activities/call-for-counselors/tx/2022) Listener Feedback Mailed stickers to Stephan in Berlin. Brian wants you to work at Red Hat as a Senior Product Manager (https://us-redhat.icims.com/jobs/88701/senior-product-manager) or Principle Product Manager (https://us-redhat.icims.com/jobs/89053/principal-product-manager) in Security. SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quick-concall/id1399948033?mt=823) and he wants you to buy it for $0.99. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! Recommendations Brandon: Success Equation (http://success-equation.com) — The spiritual sequel to “The Halo Effect” Podcast Interview with Author (http://Michael> Mauboussin Master Class — Moats, Skill, Luck, Decision Making and a Whole Lot More | Acquired Podcast) YouTube Talk by Author (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JLfqBsX5Lc) Paradox of Skill (https://research-doc.credit-suisse.com/docView?language=ENG&format=PDF&source_id=em&document_id=805456950&serialid=LsvBuE4wt3XNGE0V%2B3ec251NK9soTQqcMVQ9q2QuF2I%3D) Matt: The Art and Soul of Dune (Companion Book Music) (https://open.spotify.com/album/0FGr97xSOQLD596ZebfU1T?si=9rTrMK_wTiWZOtwiKfvZMA) Dune (the book) (https://amzn.to/3whLKHx) Coté: LaserWriter II (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/56269270-laserwriter-ii). Also, check out my Tiny Tanzu Talk videos playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk_5VqpWEtiV6sJUlKx_4dse8U2tLjjn0) - 18 months of video madness. Also, I watch Frozen from three to ten times a day now with Dutch subtitles turned on. So, I’m trying to memorize “als een kip met het gezicht van een aap.” (https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=nl&text=like%20a%20chicken%20with%20the%20face%20of%20a%20monkey&op=translate&hl=en) Photo Credits Show Art (https://unsplash.com/photos/UMfGoM67w48) Hashicorp S1 Screenshot Show Art (https://twitter.com/cote/status/1456349608775491585re) Banner Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/dwBZLRPhHjc)