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Episode 237: Cisco’s string of pearls, also, “daddy, are pirates real?”

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What is a ThousandEyes, Cisco’s acquired businesses and oddly named BUs, nailing your bi-annual performance review. Plus, a review of ChefCon online.

Mood board:

  • Sounds normal for now.
  • It was kinda cool, kinda sad.
  • Covered in yoke.
  • We just had to speed test it out.
  • Katamari Damacy M&A.
  • I hate network monitoring, shut it all down!
  • The ProductTK.
  • 7G.
  • What’s the plural of Kubernetes?
  • Managers are really into career development, what’s the deal with that?
  • Chernobyl as a metaphor for corporate life.
  • Return the Jewels.
    • The Rundown
    • Cisco acquires ThousandEyes for around $1 billion to make deeper push into software
    • Chef Turns Its Focus to Security with Compliance, Desktop Additions
    • DevOps from above! US Air Force says upcoming B-21 stealth bomber will run Kubernetes
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      • Priyanka Sharma Joins CNCF as General Manager
      • Google’s “overpromising” led to Stadia “disappointment,” says RDR2 publisher
      • Leaked posts show Facebook employees asking the company to remove Trump’s threat of violence
      • Google’s Anthos Expansion Follows Technical Track - SDxCentral
      • Behind tech layoffs lay systemic cash flow negative companies
      • Is a trillion-dollar worth of programming lying on the ground
      • Police scanner apps get record downloads
      • Google faces $5 billion lawsuit in U.S. for tracking 'private' internet use
      • Mirantis’ Docker Enterprise 3.1 Adds Windows Support, Enterprise SLAs
      • Where GREP Came From - Computerphile
      • Software Engineering Within SpaceX
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        • the CEO of Zoom, Eric Yuan, just started talking on his company's blowout earnings call on Zoom and he was on mute
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                • Recommendations
                • Brandon: Pod Save America and Pod Save the People podcasts.
                • Matt Ray: Upload; Run The Jewels 4.
                • Coté: DrunkAndRetired.com Podcast; The Xero Music Hour; Magma notebooks.

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