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Episode 289: The sabbatical is not going well


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This week we discuss how corporate life changes in a post-pandemic world, security startups raising VC and the adoption of Zero Trust. Plus, we test Coté’s geography skills.

Rundown
  • Post-pandemic Predications?
    • Late-Stage Pandemic Is Messing With Your Brain
    • VC
      • Aqua Security reaches ‘unicorn’ status with $135M late-stage funding round
      • Snyk raises $300 million at a $4.7 billion valuation as employees cash in and the security company beefs up
      • How to pronounce Snyk
      • Sign of the primes: Linux Foundation serves up free code-signing service
      • Programming Languages / Follow Up — Brandon can also mention this in follow up
        • Excel Never Dies
        • Microsoft's New Programming Language for Excel Now Turing Complete
        • Pickle Rick (Pure CSS)
        • Relevant to your interests
          • Move over, SolarWinds: 30,000 orgs’ email hacked via Microsoft Exchange Server flaws
          • India Threatens Jail for Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter Employees
          • Hackers are using home office selfies to steal your personal data
          • McAfee Announces Sale of Enterprise Business to Symphony Technology Group for $4.0 Billion
          • Facebook is now testing Reels…because how else will it beat TikTok?
          • Twitter sues Texas AG Ken Paxton, alleging he launched probe in retaliation for Trump ban
          • SolarWinds just keeps getting worse: New strain of backdoor malware found in probe
          • Blame the Intern
          • Vista Equity buys controlling stake in Austin startup AlertMedia
          • What CEOs Need to Know About the Cloud in 2021
          • Presentations — Benedict Evans
          • Amazon staffers reportedly fear secret ‘Vesta’ robot will be a pricey flop
          • Apple picks German city of Munich for major chip lab
          • Tetrate, the company born out of Istio’s open source app networking project, raises $40 million
          • Spot raises $1.9 million to bring back conference calls
          • Dropbox to acquire secure document sharing startup DocSend for $165M – TechCrunch
          • Zapier buys no-code-focused Makerpad in its first acquisition
          • - Multicloud deployments surge as Microsoft Azure duels with AWS
          • Identity and Access Management
            • Making sense of the $6.5B Okta-Auth0 deal – TechCrunch
            • IGA - Identity Governance & Administration | Gartner Magic Quadrant 2019
            • Farewell Gartner Magic Quadrant for IGA
            • Brandon interviews Squire Earle
            • Nonsense
              • That Mitchell and Webb Look - Discoverer
              • IBMDeveloper - JJ Hates Computers
              • The Absurd Nike Scandal That Has Sneakerheads Losing Their Minds
              • Man Makes $300,000 Racking up $6.4 Million in Credit-Card Charges
              • Sponsors
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                • Conferences
                  • 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!
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                    • 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
                      • Matt: William Gibson’s Agency
                      • Brandon: WandaVision
                      • Coté: Werther’s Originals
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