Episode 232: Amazon’s doing OK

AWS and Azure announce earnings, Backblaze takes on Amazon, Cloud Native Survey Results and Fortnite takes our suggestions. Plus, Matt updates us on his quest to turn a smartphone into a webcam. The Rundown Tech Giant Earnings AWS tops $10 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time Microsoft Azure update The Immunity of the Tech Giant The Small-Business Die-Off Is Here Backblaze challenges AWS by making its cloud storage S3 compatible The State of Cloud Native Development: A new survey report! - Cloud Native Computing Foundation Salesforce will help businesses return to work with a new set of tools it just announced Fortnite's no-combat mode is its next bold step towards creating a metaverse Relevant to your interests M&A DocuSign acquires Seal Software for $188M to enhance its AI chops Hot On The Heels Of Mellanox, Nvidia Snaps Up Cumulus Networks Intel's Mobileye targets urban mobility growth with Moovit deal Keybase joins Zoom Announcements IBM Cloud Satellite Abby Kearns takes over as Puppet CTO Microsoft to establish first datacenter region in New Zealand SaltStack Security Critical Salt Vulnerability: Thousands Exposed, Bug Gives Full RCE as Root Hackers are Running Rampant Exploiting the SaltStack Vulnerability Departures VMware Confirms Employee Salary Freeze, CEO Pay Cut A Message from Co-Founder and CEO Brian Chesky Tim Bray, Goodbye Nutanix cuts 1,500 Google Google Cloud training available at no cost for 30 days Google Authenticator’s first Android update in years lets you move your account between devices Google tells employees they can't expense food or other perks when working from home Google unifies all of its messaging and communication apps into a single team Nonsense Fortnite hosted a Diplo concert in its new party mode About Those Asian Giant Hornets... Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT Conferences, Videos et. al. Chef Tools & Terraform: Better Together from Matt Ray Michael Coté - Intro - Spring Live FlylessConf May 27 ChefConf 2020 June 2, 2020 All Digital. MongoDB’s virtual event http://MongoDB.Live on June 9-10, 2020 THAT Conference August 3 - 6 in Wisconsin Dells®. Fill out their survey. SDT news & hype Join us in Slack. Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn Listen to the Software Defined Interviews Podcast. Check out the back catalog. Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total. Recommendations Brandon: American Factory on Netflix Matt Ray: Small Victories: The True Story Of Faith No More