Episode 287: The Bureaucracy Episode

This week we discuss LinkedIn’s new marketplace, Platform9, TriggerMesh and Event-based Architectures. Plus, are meetings always bad? Rundown LinkedIn is building a gig marketplace. What you need to know. Microsoft’s New Gig: A LinkedIn Freelancer Market Rivaling Upwork, Fiverr Platform9 Raises Additional Series-D Funding HEY World experiment Relevant to your interests Clouds The Google Cloud Surge: 5 Slides from Thomas Kurian Tell the Story HPE Acquires Cloud Assessment ‘Crown Jewel’ CloudPhysics Watson IBM Explores Sale of IBM Watson Health IBM Is Said to Consider Sale of Watson Health Amid Cloud Focus Happy birthday, Python, you're 30 years old today: Easy to learn, and the right tool at the right time IPOs and M&A Airbrake has been acquired by LogicMonitor TransferWise rebrands as Wise ahead of an expected IPO HPE Acquires Cloud Assessment ‘Crown Jewel’ CloudPhysics Security SolarWinds hack was work of 'at least 1,000 engineers', tech executives tell Senate SolarWinds Hack Grabs Senate Spotlight With CEO in the Hot Seat Apple Offers Its Closest Look Yet at iOS and MacOS Security New malware found on 30,000 Macs has security pros stumped RubyGems dependency confusion attack side of things - Running with Ruby Investing The GameStop Craze Was Mostly Just Crazy Bitcoin Hits $1 Trillion Market Cap, Soars To Another Record High Chips Chip Shortage Biden signs executive order to address chip shortage through a review to strengthen supply chains IBM teases new AIX release – the first since 2015 Salesforce is building a private CRM for the State Department Overcast overhauls its Apple Watch app As Power BI aces Gartner's new Magic Quadrant, what's the story behind Microsoft's success? Nonsense Fry's Electronics suddenly went out of business New next-gen USPS delivery vehicle coming to your Alexa Has No Place on Your Face. The Echo Frames Prove it Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT Listener Feedback Cloudbees is looking for a Remote DevOps Consultant-Continuous Delivery anywhere in North America. Conferences DevOpsDay Texas on March 2nd. SpringOne.io, Sep 1st to 2nd - CFP is open until April 9th. Two SpringOne Tours: (1.) developer-bonanza in for NA, March 10th and 11th, and, (2.) EMEA dev-fest on April 28th. 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 Twitch, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. 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. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk! Recommendations Read this book we are going to discuss it: Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon Brandon: I Care a Lot Coté: LoseIt! The Golem and the Jinni. Photo Credit Photo Credit