On this episode we discuss Tik Tok, OpenShift vs. VMware, Amazon simplifying YAML, Eclipse moving to Europe, Unreal Engine 5 and Datadog wins big.
The Rundown
Sanjay Poonen On VMware Vs. Red Hat OpenShift: ‘May The Best Product Win’ (https://www.crn.com/slide-shows/cloud/sanjay-poonen-on-vmware-vs-red-hat-openshift-may-the-best-product-win-)
Red Hat and AWS extend collaboration: Introducing Amazon Red Hat OpenShift (https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-and-aws-extend-collaboration-introducing-amazon-red-hat-openshift)
AWS pulls its Red Hat on with managed OpenShift collab (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/14/red_hat_openshift_aws/)
More Amazon
AWS open sources cloud development kit to make Kubernetes easier to use (https://siliconangle.com/2020/05/13/aws-open-sources-cdk8s-make-kubernetes-easier-use/)
Amazon Web Services announces the Alpha release of Cloud Development Kit (https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/05/introducing-the-cdk-for-kubernetes-a-new-software-development-framework-and-open-source-project-for-defining-kubernetes-applications-using-code/)
CDK for Kubernetes (https://cdk8s.io/)
AMC shares jump 17% after sources say Amazon is circling the theater chain (NYSE:AMC) (https://seekingalpha.com/news/3572552-amc-shares-jump-17-after-sources-say-amazon-is-circling-theater-chain)
Why AMC Networks Stock Soared Today $AMCX vs $AMC (https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/05/12/why-amc-networks-stock-soared-today.aspx)
Jeff Bezos Can’t Lose (https://www.cringely.com/2020/05/11/jeff-bezos-cant-lose/)
New – EC2 M6g Instances, powered by AWS Graviton2 | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-m6g-ec2-instances-powered-by-arm-based-aws-graviton2/)
The Eclipse Foundation Is Moving to Europe (https://eclipse-foundation.blog/2020/05/12/moving-to-europe/)
Security
Ohio Has Stopped Kicking Workers Off Unemployment After A Hacker Targeted Its Website (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7wwdw/ohio-has-stopped-kicking-workers-off-unemployment-after-a-hacker-targeted-its-website)
Thunderbolt Flaws Expose Millions of PCs to Hands-On Hacking (https://www.wired.com/story/thunderspy-thunderbolt-evil-maid-hacking/)
Microsoft adds protection against Reply-All email storms in Office 365 (https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-adds-protection-against-reply-all-email-storms-in-office-365/)
Microsoft adds initial support for DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) in Windows Insiders (https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-adds-initial-support-for-dns-over-https-doh-in-windows-insiders/)
Some of the world's best cloud talent is assembling in an unlikely place: Apple (https://www.protocol.com/apple-hires-cloud-open-source-engineers)
Epic Games announces Unreal Engine 5 with stunning PlayStation 5 demo (https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/13/21256079/epic-unreal-engine-5-playstation-5-demo-next-gen-graphics-release-date)
Cofounders Of Datadog Become Billionaires After The Cloud Computing Firm’s Shares Surge (https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2020/05/13/billionaires-datadog-cloud-computing/#36b2c90176ca)
Relevant to your interests
Podcaster Luminary Seeks Fresh Cash to Buoy Struggling Business (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-13/podcaster-luminary-seeks-fresh-cash-to-buoy-struggling-business?srnd=technology-vp)
Atlassian acquires Halp to bring Slack integration to the forefront – TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/12/atlassian-acquires-halp-to-bring-slack-integration-to-the-forefront/)
CyberArk Acquires Identity as a Service Leader Idaptive (https://investors.cyberark.com/press-releases/press-release-details/2020/CyberArk-Acquires-Identity-as-a-Service-Leader-Idaptive/default.aspx)
Uber Technologies Makes Takeover Approach to Grubhub (https://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-technologies-makes-takeover-approach-to-grubhub-11589296216)
Twitter Says Employees Can Work Remote Forever (https://www.thestreet.com/investing/twitter-says-employees-can-work-remote-forever)
Jeffrey Katzenberg Blames Pandemic for Quibi’s Rough Start (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/11/business/media/jeffrey-katzenberg-quibi-coronavirus.html)
VMware to acquire Kubernetes security startup Octarine and fold it into Carbon Black (https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/13/vmware-to-acquire-kubernetes-security-startup-octarine-and-fold-it-into-carbon-black/)
Open Sourcing Tinkerbell (https://www.packet.com/blog/open-sourcing-tinkerbell/)
Nonsense
Pretty cool stuff happening at WeWork (https://twitter.com/jmillstein/status/1259907300342415360)
Why we at $FAMOUSCOMPANY Switched to $HYPEDTECHNOLOGY (https://saagarjha.com/blog/2020/05/10/why-we-at-famous-company-switched-to-hyped-technology/)
Oil Trader Owes $9 Million After Starting The Day With $77,000 | OilPrice.com (https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Oil-Trader-Owes-9-Million-After-Starting-The-Day-With-77000.html)
Sponsors
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Conferences.
FlylessConf (https://flylessconf.com/) May 27
ChefConf 2020 (https://chefconf.chef.io/) June 2, 2020 All Digital. (https://www.chefconf.io/)
Kubecon + CloudNativeCon Virtual Conference (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/) on August 17th — 20th
MongoDB’s virtual event http://MongoDB.Live on June 9-10, 2020
THAT Conference (https://www.thatconference.com/wi) August 3 - 6 in Wisconsin Dells®. Fill out their survey (https://forms.gle/KGhcUAaiuDmSHbgE9).
SDT news & hype
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Jobs mentioned from the SDT Slack
Ryan says there are jobs at DataDog (https://www.datadoghq.com/jobs-engineering/), DataDog now worth $20B
LoopRock says they are hiring at Ethos (https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1812595956)
Dominic say they are hiring at MongoDB (https://www.mongodb.com/careers)
Recommendations
Brandon — Facebook Trilogy of Audiobooks:
Chaos Monkeys (https://www.audible.com/pd/Chaos-Monkeys-Revised-Edition-Audiobook/B07DFM9W2V?qid=1589428019&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=J13DX31VJNDS8G4QG3KS)
Facebook (https://www.audible.com/pd/Facebook-Audiobook/1524755478?qid=1589427957&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=Q86QJD38KTH24H15RDF5)
No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram (https://www.audible.com/pd/No-Filter-Audiobook/1797102958)
Matt Ray:
Starship (https://twitter.com/mattray/status/1260738961619603456?s=21)
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