Episode 312: Crossing The Brown Horizon

This week we discuss Netflix getting into games and review the latest State of DevOps Report. Plus, what do you call a domicile in Amsterdam? Rundown Why Netflix is getting into games State of DevOps Report 2021 Relevant to your interests Twitter Is Shutting Down Fleets, Its Vanishing-Post Format, After Less Than a Year Morgan Stanley‘s CIO survey shows a significant moderation in expectations for the migration of workloads to the public cloud. Say hi to Microsoft's own Linux: CBL-Mariner Austin sees pay-off from pandemic-era tech reshuffling Report: Spyware used to target journalists, activists and world leaders IBM Insight — Can IBM Deliver? The end of open source? DevRev: Former Nutanix execs look to lure in dev startups with new Business Infrastructure-as-a-Service firm – Blocks and Files Where on Gartner's Hype Cycle is Gartner's Hype Cycle? Rapid7 + IntSights: Own Your Entire Attack Surface, Internally and Externally Apple to delay office returns to October - Bloomberg News Amazon Shuts Down NSO Group Infrastructure Apple's AirPods did ~$16B in 2020 You're not imagining it. Amazon and AWS want to hire all your friends, enemies, and everyone in between Briton arrested over high-profile Twitter account hacks Report: Spyware used to target journalists, activists and world leaders IBM Insight — Can IBM Deliver? IBM shows strongest revenue growth in three years What Ever Happened to IBM’s Watson? Why Zoom bought Five9 for $14.7 billion: Enterprise wallet share and a big customer engagement play Zoom is buying cloud contact center provider Five9 for $14.7 billion Zoom acquires an AI company building real-time translation Zoom will now let you add third-party apps to your calls ## Nonsense Well, now it is. It's Pregnancy Test Doom! Noise cancellation neither helps productivity nor perceived performance World's First 3-D-Printed Steel Bridge Debuts in Amsterdam Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT CBT Nuggets — Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. Start your 7-day Free Trial today at cbtnuggets.com/sdt Listener Feedback Sent stickers to Craig in Fort Worth. Craig bought the Doc Martin’s recommended in episode 82. See the pictures. Conferences THAT Conference, July 26-29 SpringOne, Sep 1-2 DevOps Loop | October 4, 2021 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 Brandon: Dark Sky Matt: BOM Weather Coté: 8ball newsletter; Buienradar in the Netherlands. Image Credit Image Credit