Episode 332: Capabilities vs. Complexity

This week we recap the news from AWS re:Invent and Knative joins the CNCF. Plus, some discussion on trademarks… Rundown AWS re:Invent Recap Top Announcements of AWS re:Invent 2021 | Amazon Web Services AWS Free Tier Data Transfer Expansion – 100 GB From Regions and 1 TB From Amazon CloudFront Per Month Where new AWS CEO Adam Selipsky plans to take cloud computing next Announcing Pull Through Cache Repositories for Amazon Elastic Container Registry | Amazon Web Services AWS launches its Graviton 3 processor Amazon launches preview of new AWS Private 5G managed service re:Invent Keynote Rebuttal Goldman’s Cloud Will Pitch Trades Knative Knative applies to become a CNCF incubating project Serverless offerings like AWS Lambda haven't hit the big time, but Kubernetes can help Relevant to your interests Why Sabre is betting against multi-cloud – TechCrunch Kubernetes: what are the key benefits for companies? Cloud security startup Lacework valued at $8.3 bln after mammoth funding round Buyer Beware: Not All Names Are Created Equal Shopify’s BFCM Live Map Inside Amazon's struggle to break into the lucrative market for SaaS business applications, including an internal pitch to buy $38 billion HubSpot WSJ News Exclusive | AT&T, Verizon Propose 5G Limits to Break Air-Safety Standoff cryptoji | encrypted emoji CITC - About | Greylock Professions are most Vulnerable to Automation The Essential Components of Digital Transformation Quest Software Acquired: Private Equity Buys IT Management, Security Software Company (Again) Upbound nabs $60M to grow its open source Crossplane multi-cloud management project – TechCrunch Bill Gates Predicts the Future in a Rediscovered Microsoft Video from 1994 Oxide / Hubris and Humility Britain's Blue Prism agrees to $1.65 bln takeover by SS&C, snubs Vista Elon Musk tells SpaceX employees that Starship engine crisis is creating a 'risk of bankruptcy' Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is expected to step down, sources say Who Is Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s New C.E.O.? Jack Dorsey’s Square changes corporate name to Block Nonsense Cloth watch Canada taps into strategic reserves to deal with massive shortage ... of maple syrup Want a meal on the fly? A drone can bring you chicken wings in one Triangle neighborhood Chatter Telephone| Fisher Price 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 Conferences THAT Conference comes to Texas January 17-20, 2022 Software Defined Talk Live Recording - THAT DevOpsDays Chicago 2022: Call for Speakers/Papers CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, Event Date: May 10 & 11th, 2022 DevOps Days Birmingham AL, 2022 Call for Speakers CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, Event Dates: April 18 & 19th, 2022 SDT news & hype Join us in Slack. Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. 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: Plain English: The Omicron Variant: So, How Bad Is It? Matt: Cautionary Tales: Wrong Tools Cost Lives Knative in Action author Jacques Chester on Cloud Native AF Coté: War Horse Photo Credits Web Banner CoverArt