For some reason, we talk about Intel. Plus, SUSE going PE and sun screen strategies for kids.
Meet us in Austin
Get your invite — July 11th 5:30 - Software Defined Talk - Drinks & Socializing (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/software-defined-talk-drinks-socializing-tickets-47452486665)
# Important nonsense
Coté wrote some stuff on compliance and DevOps/cloud native/digital transformation (https://medium.com/@cote/dealing-with-compliance-6f5f87141e65). What do you call that stuff?
Relevant to your interests
Micro Focus offloads Linux-wrangler SUSE for a cool $2.5bn (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/02/linux_makes_suse_sold_for_a_cool_2535bn/) - that’s 9.5 Red Hats!
Ding dong Dell deal: Firm is set to go public again (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/02/dell_set_to_go_public_again_after_emc_buy_transforms_it/)
Repository Attacks Continue with Backdoored Docker Images (https://thenewstack.io/repository-attacks-continue-with-backdoored-docker-images/)
5 Ways Serverless Changes Software Development (http://thenewstack.io/5-ways-serverless-changes-software-development/)
Intel veteran departs Google Cloud unit (https://www.axios.com/intel-veteran-departs-google-cloud-division-13cd620a-4dbd-43d9-905a-d7383f326b16.html)
“What your innovation process should look like,” (https://hbr.org/2017/09/what-your-innovation-process-should-look-like) Steve Blank, and a newer piece on the topic (https://steveblank.com/2018/06/05/whats-next-for-getting-stuff-done-in-large-organizations-the-innovation-stack/).
What gets me about these things is (a.) they sound real correct, and, (b.) the operational advice is “well, you should do this stuff.”
This one, though, has a good distinction between the innovator force and the get shit done force (“entrepreneur.”)
Adoption Profile: Public Cloud In Europe, Q2 2018 (https://www.forrester.com/report/Adoption+Profile+Public+Cloud+In+Europe+Q2+2018/-/E-RES142852)
Kubernetes korner
Pivotal Container Service 1.1, Now GA, Helps You Run Kubernetes Without Complexity. Why PKS Just Works. (https://content.pivotal.io/blog/pivotal-container-service-1-1-now-ga-helps-you-run-kubernetes-without-complexity-why-pks-just-works?utm_campaign=content-social&utm_medium=social-sprout&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=1530196081)
Kubernetes-fil-A (https://www.slideshare.net/BrianChambers10/chickfila-milking-the-most-out-of-thousands-of-kubernetes-clusteres), and interview (https://qconnewyork.com/ny2018/presentation/chick-fil-milking-most-out-thousands-kubernetes-clusters) - running kubernetes in-store for those sweet waffle fries.
DevOpsDays MINNEAPOLIS - JULY 12-13, 2018
Get a 20% discount for one of the best DevOpsDays on the planet, DevOpsDays Minneapolis (https://www.devopsdays.org/events/2018-minneapolis/welcome/). It's July 12th to 13th, and you can bet it'll be worth your time. If you're new to DevOps you'll get an idea of what it is, how it's practices, and how to get started. If you're an old pro, you'll dive down into topics and catch-up with all the other old hands. Code: SDT2018 (https://www.devopsdays.org/events/2018-minneapolis/registration/).
Conferences, et. al.
July 10th, Austin Cloud Native Meetup - The .Net Cloud-Native Renaissance (http://The .NET Cloud-Native Renaissance) - Coté’s co-host on Pivotal Conversations (https://soundcloud.com/pivotalconversations), Richard Seroter (https://twitter.com/rseroter), brings the .Net flavor.
Sep 24th to 27th - SpringOne Platform (https://springoneplatform.io/), in DC/Maryland (crabs!) get $200 off registration with the code S1P200_Cote. Also, check out the Spring One Tour - coming to a city near you (https://springonetour.io/)!
SDT news & hype
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Recommendations
Brandon: QuickConcall iPhone App (https://www.quickconcall.com/)
Matt: Australian NBN (https://www.nbnco.com.au/), but not my provider; The Wirecutter (http://thewirecutter.com/), just because.
Coté: “The Trouble With Johnny Depp.” (https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/the-trouble-with-johnny-depp-666010/)
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