Episode 296: Fungated into my mind

This week we discuss the Rackspace-Platform9 partnership, Microsoft buying Kinvolk and the commodification of DevOps. Plus, some hot takes on Zoom’s new immersive view. Rundown Zoom launches Immersive View to unify participants in the same virtual room (https://venturebeat.com/2021/04/26/zoom-launches-immersive-view-to-unify-participants-in-the-same-virtual-room/) M&A Rackspace Technology Announces Strategic Investment in Platform9 and Launches Rackspace Managed Platform for Kubernetes (https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/04/29/2219796/0/en/Rackspace-Technology-Announces-Strategic-Investment-in-Platform9-and-Launches-Rackspace-Managed-Platform-for-Kubernetes.html) Kinvolk: Microsoft acquires Kinvolk (https://kinvolk.io/blog/2021/04/microsoft-acquires-kinvolk/) IBM Acquires Turbonomic to Power the Future of AI-Driven Hybrid Cloud (https://blog.turbonomic.com/ibm-acquires-turbonomic-to-power-the-future-of-ai-driven-hybrid-cloud?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=124211037&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8bgvAwh22J1XyhQ904BZseJT0hDZ64fB5OvSvr9lVdQLRHZY0gS8_3E8JGPecL4b7I4lxO2rrnQU4ntmTsPzDG6j0dnQ&utm_content=124211037&utm_source=hs_email) Microsoft Microsoft beats Q3 revenue expectations on strength of cloud and PC sales (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-q3-earnings-2021-164756837.html) Microsoft books biggest revenue growth since 2018 (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/27/microsoft-msft-earnings-q3-2021.html) Kubernetes Usability SIG (https://github.com/kubernetes/community/tree/master/sig-usability) Court snubs Microsoft, US govt's request to throw out Amazon's complaint against JEDI cloud contract decision (https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/28/aws_jedi_ruling/) Earnings Alphabet reports big earnings beat as revenue grows 34% (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/27/alphabet-goog-earnings-q1-2021.html) Apple is on Fire - The Irrelevant Investor (https://theirrelevantinvestor.com/2021/04/28/apple-is-on-fire/) The Commodification of DevOps (https://aparker.io/posts/the-commodification-of-devops/) 7 things wrong with Deloitte’s Agile Tube Map (https://medium.com/tech-sojourna/7-things-wrong-with-deloittes-agile-tube-map-641192e20068) Atlassian’s Open DevOps (https://sdtimes.com/devops/atlassian-reveals-open-devops-vision/) Crypto miners are killing free CI (https://layerci.com/blog/crypto-miners-are-killing-free-ci/) Relevant to your interests Is Octopus Deploy Australia’s next unicorn? (https://ia.acs.org.au/content/ia/article/2021/is-octopus-deploy-australia-s-next-unicorn-.html) Panasonic to buy U.S. supply-chain software firm Blue Yonder for $7.1 bln (https://www.reuters.com/business/panasonic-says-it-will-buy-us-supply-chain-software-firm-blue-yonder-2021-04-23/) Convicted Post Office workers have names cleared (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56859357) Apple to build first East Coast campus in N.C., will spend $430b across U.S. over 5 years (https://www.axios.com/apple-5g-infrastructure-north-carolina-east-coast-b7b3e756-12f5-4b96-ad46-f7ee0defddb3.html) Thoma Bravo buys cybersecurity vendor Proofpoint for $12.3B in cash (https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/26/thoma-bravo-buys-cybersecurity-vendor-proofpoin-for-12-3b-in-cash/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top) Open-source software company SUSE to float in Frankfurt (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-suse-ipo/open-source-software-company-suse-to-float-in-frankfurt-idUSKBN2CD0ND) SiriusXM Acquires Roman Mars' 99% Invisible Podcast (https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/siriusxm-acquires-roman-mars-99-invisible-podcast-301276779.html) Spotify unveils subscription platform for podcasts (https://www.axios.com/spotify-subscription-podcast-platform-408aa2c6-5a4b-46ce-bbda-851b829f5500.html) What is Amazon Athena? An Introduction and Walkthrough - Last Week in AWS (https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/what-is-amazon-athena-an-introduction-and-walkthrough/) Snap has acquired Pixel8earth, a 3D mapping developer, for $7.6M – TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/26/snap-has-acquired-pixel8earth-a-3d-mapping-developer-for-7-6m/) How your mobile carrier makes money off some of your most sensitive data (https://www.vox.com/recode/22325420/t-mobile-verizon-att-ad-targeting-data) Changes at Basecamp (https://world.hey.com/jason/changes-at-basecamp-7f32afc5) Microsoft Teams was down worldwide for many users for two hours (https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/27/22405300/microsoft-teams-down-outage-worldwide-issues) IBM Stock: Things Are Changing (NYSE:IBM) (https://seekingalpha.com/article/4421480-ibm-stock-things-are-changing) HCSEC-2021-12 - Codecov Security Event and HashiCorp GPG Key Exposure (https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-12-codecov-security-event-and-hashicorp-gpg-key-exposure/23512) Facebook benefits from pandemic ad spending but Apple could spoil its party (https://www.reuters.com/technology/facebook-quarterly-revenue-beats-expectations-2021-04-28/) The Slander Industry (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/24/technology/online-slander-websites.html) What really happened at Basecamp (https://www.platformer.news/p/-what-really-happened-at-basecamp) Changes at Basecamp (https://world.hey.com/jason/changes-at-basecamp-7f32afc5) In Search of Stupidity: Over Twenty Years of High Tech Marketing Disasters (https://www.amazon.com/Search-Stupidity-Twenty-Marketing-Disasters/dp/1590597214) Nonsense YOO! - Microsoft Sweden 1993 (https://youtu.be/rjQV0U56FVk) Google Timelapse (https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse/) World's Oldest Known Bottle Of Whiskey Could Fetch $40,000 At Boston-Based Auction (https://boston.cbslocal.com/2021/04/25/skinnker-auctioneers-worlds-oldest-whiskey/) "Microsoft Excel Influencer” (https://twitter.com/adamnash/status/1387236381684944896?s=21) N.Y.P.D. Robot Dog’s Run Is Cut Short After Fierce Backlash (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/nyregion/nypd-robot-dog-backlash.html?referringSource=articleShare) Beyond Calibri: Finding Microsoft's next default font (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2021/04/28/beyond-calibri-finding-microsofts-next-default-font/) Sponsors CBT Nuggets — Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. Start learning today at cbtnuggets.com/sdt (https://cbtnuggets.com/sdt) strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT (http://strongdm.com/SDT) ConfigCat — Release features faster with less risk with ConfigCat. Start today by visiting ConfigCat.com (https://configcat.com) and signing for their forever free plan. Listener Feedback Samanyu wants you to work InfraCloud. They are hiring Solutions Architects (https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2520288425/) and SREs (https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2516404219/). 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