This week we discuss cloud migration strategies, the rise of Serverless and the future of PaaS. Plus, advice on how to start your day.
Rundown
AWS introduces new Application Migration Service (https://www.zdnet.com/article/aws-introduces-new-application-migration-service/)
AWS App Runner – Fully managed container application service (https://aws.amazon.com/apprunner/)
Develop production-scale modern web apps quickly with Azure Static Web Apps (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/develop-production-scale-modern-web-apps-quickly-with-azure-static-web-apps/)
Relevant to your interests
Only 4% of iOS users in US are opting in to ad tracking, report says (https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/05/07/only-4-of-ios-users-in-us-are-opting-in-to-ad-tracking-report-says)
Lightstep is joining ServiceNow (https://lightstep.com/blog/lightstep-joins-servicenow/)
Pentagon Weighs Ending JEDI Cloud Project Amid Amazon Court Fight (https://www.wsj.com/articles/pentagon-weighs-ending-jedi-cloud-project-amid-amazon-court-fight-11620639001?mod=hp_lead_pos4)
Crypto Markets Are Where the Fun Is (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-05-11/crypto-markets-are-where-the-fun-is)
You can now buy NFTs on eBay, and ‘blockchain-driven collectibles’ are coming soon (https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/11/22430827/ebay-nft-collectibles-blockchain-sale)
TikTok is launching a job hiring service to help find gigs for Gen Z (https://www.axios.com/tiktok-job-hiring-tiktok-576f3b99-602c-46ac-afed-218ddf61a9ba.html)
VMware CEO Raghuram On ‘Vigorously’ Competing With Nutanix (https://www.crn.com/slide-shows/data-center/vmware-ceo-raghuram-on-vigorously-competing-with-nutanix)
Apple employees circulate petition demanding investigation into "misogynistic" new hire (https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/12/22432909/apple-petition-hiring-antonio-garcia-martinez-chaos-monkeys-facebook)
A Conversation With a Dogecoin Millionaire (https://overcast.fm/+oIe8VShIo)
Apple’s ‘Find My’ Network Exploited via Bluetooth (https://threatpost.com/apple-find-my-exploited-bluetooth/166121/)
Jeff Blackburn Returns To Amazon To Oversee Combined Media & Entertainment (https://deadline.com/2021/05/jeff-blackburn-returns-amazon-oversee-media-entertainment-operations-1234755875/?stream=top)
Goldman Sachs Executive Quits After Making Fortune on Dogecoin: Report | The Daily Hodl (https://dailyhodl.com/2021/05/14/goldman-sachs-executive-quits-after-making-fortune-on-dogecoin-report/)
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2021 (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj6h78yzYM2MqBm19mRz9SYLsw4kfQBrC)
Antonio García Martínez’s controversial exit from Apple — Recode Media (https://overcast.fm/+QL2c_llMU)
Google Cloud CEO predicts boom in business-process-as-a-service (https://venturebeat.com/2021/05/13/google-cloud-ceo-predicts-boom-in-business-process-as-a-service/)
GitHub now lets all developers upload videos to demo bugs and features (https://venturebeat.com/2021/05/14/github-now-lets-all-developers-upload-videos-to-demo-bugs-and-features/)
1 big thing: The new digital extortion (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-d0286b8d-d3fb-4652-8ad5-14f21c899c8d.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare)
Oracle sues Envisage claiming unauthorized database use amid licensing crackdown (https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/17/oracle_sues_envisage/)
Apple robbed the mob's bank | Mobile Dev Memo (https://mobiledevmemo.com/apple-robbed-the-mobs-bank/)
Apple Music subscribers will get lossless and spatial audio for free next month (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/apple-music-subscribers-will-get-lossless-and-spatial-audio-for-free-next-month/)
Top 15 Kubernetes Podcasts You Must Follow in 2021 (https://blog.feedspot.com/kubernetes_podcasts/)
Happy Blurpthday to Discord, a Place for Everything You Can Imagine (https://blog.discord.com/happy-blurpthday-to-discord-a-place-for-everything-you-can-imagine-fc99ee0a77c0)
Apple’s M1 is a fast CPU—but M1 Macs feel even faster due to QoS (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/apples-m1-is-a-fast-cpu-but-m1-macs-feel-even-faster-due-to-qos/)
First Enterprise-Grade Distribution of the Popular CNCF Project Crossplane Arrives, (https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210518005942/en/Industry%E2%80%99s-First-Enterprise-Grade-Distribution-of-the-Popular-CNCF-Project-Crossplane-Arrives-Bringing-the-Kubernetes-Powered-Universal-Control-Plane-Approach-to-Platform-Teams-Everywhere)
PlanetScale grabs YouTube-developed open-source tech, promises (https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/18/planetscale_promises_vitess_dbaas/)
Project Starline: Feel like you're there, together (https://blog.google/technology/research/project-starline/)
Python programming: We want to make the language twice as fast, says its creator (https://www.zdnet.com/article/python-programming-we-want-to-make-the-language-twice-as-fast-says-its-creator/)
Google Workspace turns to "smart chips" to weave Docs, Tasks, and Meet together (https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/18/22440226/google-workspace-smart-canvas-features-docs-updates)
Google Cloud launches Vertex AI, a new managed machine learning platform – TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/18/google-cloud-launches-vertex-a-new-managed-machine-learning-platform/)
Freenode IRC staff quit after new owner "seizes" control of network (https://boingboing.net/2021/05/19/freenode-irc-staff-quit-after-new-owner-seizes-control.html)
Service Mesh Wars, Goodbye Istio (https://medium.com/polymatic-systems/service-mesh-wars-goodbye-istio-b047d9e533c7)
Google revives RSS (https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/19/undead-again-google-brings-back-rss/)
Google Wants to Make Everyone Use Two Factor Authentication (https://www.vice.com/en/article/93yyqe/google-wants-to-make-everyone-use-two-factor-authentication?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
Cloudflare launches campaign to ‘end the madness’ of CAPTCHAs (https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/14/cloudflare_cryptographic_attestation_of_personhood_captcha_killer/)
Media Statement Updated May 8, 2021: Colonial Pipeline System Disruption (https://www.colpipe.com/news/press-releases/media-statement-colonial-pipeline-system-disruption)
Snyk Acquires FossID to Accelerate Worldwide Developer-First Security Adoption (https://snyk.io/news/snyk-acquires-fossid-to-accelerate-worldwide-developer-first-security-adoption/)
We raised $100M in our Series F: here’s what we’re building next (Circle CI) (https://circleci.com/blog/series-f/)
Amazon Said to Make $9 Billion Offer for MGM (https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/amazon-mgm-acquisition-talks-9-billion-1234975168/)
What to Know Ahead of the Squarespace's Direct Listing (https://www.barrons.com/articles/squarespace-direct-listing-51621376597?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
WarnerMedia and Discovery combine to create a $150B streaming giant (https://thehustle.co/05182021-WarnerMedia-Discovery/)
Cisco to acquire Indy startup Socio to bring hybrid events to Webex (https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/12/cisco-to-acquire-indy-startup-socio-to-bring-hybrid-events-to-webex/)
A Big Day for Business Texting: Twilio Acquires Zipwhip for $850 Million (https://www.zipwhip.com/blog/twilio-acquires-zipwhip-for-850m/)
SoftBank Reports Highest-Ever Annual Profit for a Japanese Company (https://www.wsj.com/articles/softbank-reports-highest-ever-annual-profit-for-a-japanese-company-11620803131)
Netlify Acquires FeaturePeek and Launches Next Generation of Deploy Previews to Streamline Collaboration for Web Teams (https://www.netlify.com/press/netlify-acquires-featurepeek-and-launches-next-generation-of-deploy-previews-to-streamline-collaboration-for-web-teams)
Nonsense
Video shows man making slow escape in ride-on mower 'test drive' (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-13/video-shows-alleged-ride-on-mower-thief-cairns-qld/100137376)
Company forgets why they exist after 11-week migration to Kubernetes (https://www.theolognion.com/company-forgets-why-they-exist-after-11-week-migration-to-kubernetes/)
Reborn: Journals and Notebooks (https://www.amazon.com/Reborn-Notebooks-1947-1963-Susan-Sontag/dp/0312428502/ref=pd_lpo_14_t_0/131-0459878-9390864?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0312428502&pd_rd_r=f0c639d8-2be9-4acc-a954-350a8fa89913&pd_rd_w=ZJBem&pd_rd_wg=snlZD&pf_rd_p=a0d6e967-6561-454c-84f8-2ce2c92b79a6&pf_rd_r=Y0JR2H6A0SZVRHVH29P1&psc=1&refRID=Y0JR2H6A0SZVRHVH29P1)
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Conferences
RabbitMQ Summit (https://rabbitmqsummit.com), July 13-14, 2021.
SpringOne (https://springone.io), Sep 1st to 2nd.
June 3rd modernization webinar for EMEA (https://twitter.com/cote/status/1394655403468804105).
SDT news & hype
Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack).
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