Episode 112: SaaS lunches will be eaten?

With Coté away attending to family matters, Matt Ray and Brandon have a lively discussion about the origins of VMware, product strategy and preview possible AWS Re:invent announcements. We also discuss how to celebrate Thanksgiving when you are an living down under. Most importantly, we reveal the new Software Define Talk logo! Show Notes: VMware Origins: Masters of Scale: Look Sideways — with Google / VMware’s Diane Greene. Strategy Discussion: Many Strategies Fail Because They’re Not Actually Strategies Bonus Links: Mesosphere, a San Francisco cloud-infrastructure startup that once famously turned down an acquisition from Microsoft, is now on a $US50 million annualized run rate. Introducing Certified Kubernetes (and Google Kubernetes Engine!) Stressed about serverless lock-in? Don't be Sponsor: This episode is sponsored by SolarWinds Cloud, Sign up for a free trial of SolarWinds AppOptics by visiting www.solarwinds.com/sdt and get a free launch t-shirt, Listener Survey & More Get a SDT Laptop Sticker when your fill out the SDT audience survey Check out the Software Defined Talk Members Only White-Paper Exegesis podcast Join us all in the SDT Slack. Recommendations Matt Ray: Laughing for Days Brandon: Movie: American Made