Episode 289: The sabbatical is not going well

This week we discuss how corporate life changes in a post-pandemic world, security startups raising VC and the adoption of Zero Trust. Plus, we test Coté’s geography skills. Rundown Post-pandemic Predications? Late-Stage Pandemic Is Messing With Your Brain (https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/03/what-pandemic-doing-our-brains/618221/) VC Aqua Security reaches ‘unicorn’ status with $135M late-stage funding round (https://siliconangle.com/2021/03/10/aqua-security-reaches-unicorn-status-135m-series-e-funding-round/) Snyk raises $300 million at a $4.7 billion valuation as employees cash in and the security company beefs up (https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/10/snyk-raises-300-million-at-a-4-7-billion-valuation-as-employees-cash-in-and-the-security-company-beefs-up/) How to pronounce Snyk (https://support.snyk.io/hc/en-us/articles/360000890358-How-do-you-pronounce-Snyk-) Sign of the primes: Linux Foundation serves up free code-signing service (https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/09/sign_of_the_primes_linux/) Programming Languages / Follow Up — Brandon can also mention this in follow up Excel Never Dies (https://www.notboring.co/p/excel-never-dies) Microsoft's New Programming Language for Excel Now Turing Complete (https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2021/01/27/excel-lambda.aspx) Pickle Rick (Pure CSS) (https://codepen.io/aitchiss/pen/jOWBbNO) Relevant to your interests Move over, SolarWinds: 30,000 orgs’ email hacked via Microsoft Exchange Server flaws (https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/5/22316189/microsoft-exchange-server-security-exploit-china-attack-30000-organizations) India Threatens Jail for Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter Employees (https://www.wsj.com/articles/india-threatens-jail-for-facebook-whatsapp-and-twitter-employees-11614964542) Hackers are using home office selfies to steal your personal data (https://www.techradar.com/news/hackers-are-using-home-office-selfies-to-steal-your-personal-data) McAfee Announces Sale of Enterprise Business to Symphony Technology Group for $4.0 Billion (https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210308005291/en/McAfee-Announces-Sale-of-Enterprise-Business-to-Symphony-Technology-Group-for-4.0-Billion) Facebook is now testing Reels…because how else will it beat TikTok? (https://thenextweb.com/plugged/2021/03/09/facebook-reels-instagram-tiktok-test-analysis/) Twitter sues Texas AG Ken Paxton, alleging he launched probe in retaliation for Trump ban (https://www.axios.com/twitter-sues-texas-ag-ken-paxton-trump-retaliate-claim-c13d327e-60e7-4ae6-8c04-7ea7642521cb.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top) SolarWinds just keeps getting worse: New strain of backdoor malware found in probe (https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/08/in_brief_security/) Blame the Intern (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfs1IIeq5n0) Vista Equity buys controlling stake in Austin startup AlertMedia (https://fortune.com/2021/03/10/vista-equity-buys-controlling-stake-in-alertmedia/) What CEOs Need to Know About the Cloud in 2021 (https://hbr.org/2021/03/what-ceos-need-to-know-about-the-cloud-in-2021) Presentations — Benedict Evans (https://www.ben-evans.com/presentations) Amazon staffers reportedly fear secret ‘Vesta’ robot will be a pricey flop (https://nypost.com/2021/03/10/amazon-staffers-fear-vesta-robot-will-be-a-flop-report/) Apple picks German city of Munich for major chip lab (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/10/apple-picks-german-city-of-munich-for-major-chip-lab.html) Tetrate, the company born out of Istio’s open source app networking project, raises $40 million (https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/10/tetrate-the-company-born-out-of-istios-open-source-app-networking-project-raises-40-million/) Spot raises $1.9 million to bring back conference calls (https://www.axios.com/spot-raises-19-million-to-bring-back-conference-calls-f15dcb60-47c6-4655-b8ca-01e9b057779a.html) Dropbox to acquire secure document sharing startup DocSend for $165M – TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/09/dropbox-to-acquire-secure-document-sharing-startup-docsend-for-165m/) Zapier buys no-code-focused Makerpad in its first acquisition (https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/08/zapier-buys-no-code-focused-makerpad-in-its-first-acquisition/) - Multicloud deployments surge as Microsoft Azure duels with AWS (https://www.zdnet.com/article/multicloud-deployments-surge-as-microsoft-azure-duels-with-aws/) Identity and Access Management Making sense of the $6.5B Okta-Auth0 deal – TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/04/making-sense-of-the-6-5b-okta-auth0-deal/) IGA - Identity Governance & Administration | Gartner Magic Quadrant 2019 (https://www.sailpoint.com/identity-library/identity-governance-leader-gartner-magic-quadrant/) Farewell Gartner Magic Quadrant for IGA (https://saviynt.com/blog/farewell-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-iga/) Brandon interviews Squire Earle (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/279) Nonsense That Mitchell and Webb Look - Discoverer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOBhf8f7cXM) IBMDeveloper - JJ Hates Computers (https://clips.twitch.tv/HardHardCobblerSuperVinlin-Mrzkh4-L03-r5IoV) The Absurd Nike Scandal That Has Sneakerheads Losing Their Minds (https://slate.com/business/2021/03/joe-hebert-nike-bloomberg-sneaker-scandal.html) Man Makes $300,000 Racking up $6.4 Million in Credit-Card Charges (https://www.thestreet.com/mishtalk/economics/man-makes-300000-racking-up-6-4-million-in-credit-card-charges) Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. 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