Software Defined Talk

Episode 274: Can we start a Slack Channel to discuss this?

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This week we discuss Salesforce acquiring Slack and recap all the important announcements from AWS re:Invent. Plus, some advice on chopping onions and robot vacuums.

The Rundown
  • AWS Outage
    • Amazon Web Services outage takes a portion of the internet down with it
    • The cold reality of the Kinesis Incident
    • AWS re:Invent
      • AWS re:Invent: Top Announcements for 2020 | Amazon Web Services
      • Compute
        • AWS launches EC2 computing instances that run Apple's MacOS operating system
        • Use Amazon EC2 Mac Instances to Build & Test macOS, iOS, ipadOS, tvOS, and watchOS Apps
        • EC2 C6gn Instances – 100 Gbps Networking with AWS Graviton2 Processors
        • How An Acquisition Made By Amazon In 2016 Became Company's Secret Sauce
        • Databases
          • Want more PostgreSQL? You just might like Babelfish
          • Kubernetes
            • Introducing Amazon EKS Distro (EKS-D) | Amazon Web Services
            • Introducing Amazon ECS Anywhere
            • Amazon EKS Anywhere
            • New for AWS Lambda – Container Image Support
            • AWS quietly enters the multicloud era
            • Serverless
              • Amazon Aurora Serverless | MySQL PostgreSQL Relational Database
              • New for AWS Lambda – Container Image Support
              • DevOps Guru
                • New- Amazon DevOps Guru Helps Identify Application Errors and Fixes
                • Hybrid Cloud or a cloud close to you
                  • In the Works – 3 More AWS Local Zones in 2020, and 12 More in 2021
                  • AWS Outposts 1U and 2U form factors
                  • Slack
                    • Best analysis ever
                    • Salesforce reportedly poised to scoop Slack for billions
                    • How a Merger of Salesforce and Slack Would Change the SaaS Landscape
                    • Salesforce deal to buy Slack expected to be announced Tuesday after market close
                    • Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack - Salesforce News
                    • Slack + Salesforce Emergency Pod with Packy McCormick of Not Boring | Acquired Podcast
                    • Slack: The Bulls are typing...
                    • Salesforce Picks Up (The) Slack To Extend CRM’s Reach Into Collaboration, But Won’t Dethrone Microsoft Teams
                      • Relevant to your Interests
                      • Splunk acquires network observability service Flowmill
                      • Productivity Scores in Office 365
                      • IBM Planning 10,000 Job Cuts in Europe Ahead of Unit Sale
                      • Apple Plans to Run Most of Its ‘Compute Management’ on Kubernetes
                      • Tony Hsieh, iconic Las Vegas tech entrepreneur, dies aged 46
                      • Linus Torvalds doubts Linux will get ported to Apple M1 hardware
                      • Robert Smith Breakup Exclusive: Billionaire Brian Sheth Reveals Why He’s Leaving Vista Following Tax Evasion Case
                      • Learnings From Two Years of Kubernetes in Production
                      • Should we really be worried about vendor lock-in in 2020?
                      • Future of Online Security and Privacy is being decided now
                      • Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the latest tech company to leave Silicon Valley, and is moving to Houston
                        • Nonsense
                        • People Can't Vacuum Or Use Their Doorbell Because Amazon's Cloud Servers Are Down
                          • Listener Feedback
                          • Brett from Slack recommends Upptime an open source Status Page
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                              • SDT news & hype
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                                • Recommendations
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                                  • Brandon:
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                                    • Yahoo Mail discontinues automatic email forwarding for free users
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