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.
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Post-pandemic Predications?Late-Stage Pandemic Is Messing With Your BrainVCAqua Security reaches ‘unicorn’ status with $135M late-stage funding roundSnyk raises $300 million at a $4.7 billion valuation as employees cash in and the security company beefs upHow to pronounce SnykSign of the primes: Linux Foundation serves up free code-signing serviceProgramming Languages / Follow Up — Brandon can also mention this in follow upExcel Never DiesMicrosoft's New Programming Language for Excel Now Turing CompletePickle Rick (Pure CSS)Relevant to your interests
Move over, SolarWinds: 30,000 orgs’ email hacked via Microsoft Exchange Server flawsIndia Threatens Jail for Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter EmployeesHackers are using home office selfies to steal your personal dataMcAfee Announces Sale of Enterprise Business to Symphony Technology Group for $4.0 BillionFacebook 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 banSolarWinds just keeps getting worse: New strain of backdoor malware found in probeBlame the InternVista Equity buys controlling stake in Austin startup AlertMediaWhat CEOs Need to Know About the Cloud in 2021Presentations — Benedict EvansAmazon staffers reportedly fear secret ‘Vesta’ robot will be a pricey flopApple picks German city of Munich for major chip labTetrate, the company born out of Istio’s open source app networking project, raises $40 millionSpot raises $1.9 million to bring back conference callsDropbox to acquire secure document sharing startup DocSend for $165M – TechCrunchZapier buys no-code-focused Makerpad in its first acquisition- Multicloud deployments surge as Microsoft Azure duels with AWSIdentity and Access ManagementMaking sense of the $6.5B Okta-Auth0 deal – TechCrunchIGA - Identity Governance & Administration | Gartner Magic Quadrant 2019Farewell Gartner Magic Quadrant for IGABrandon interviews Squire EarleNonsense
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