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Episode 323: Boxes and Arrows


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This week we discuss AWS Step Functions, VMware Tanzu Community Edition and Zoom’s M&A Strategy. Plus, some thoughts on car batteries…

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  • AWS Step Functions Supports 200 AWS Services To Enable Easier Workflow Automation
  • Introducing VMware Tanzu Community Edition
    • Tanzu Community Edition
    • Zoom M&A
      • And that’s that, as the Zoom deal to buy Five9 is called off – TechCrunch
      • Zoom loses Five9 - leaves the cloud contact center business open to innovative alternatives
      • Telegram added 70M new users amid six-hour WhatsApp outage
      • Relevant to your interests
        • Announcing Trusted Cloud Principles
        • Australian Bureau of Statistics runs 2021 Census on the AWS Cloud
        • "A New Strategy, R2"
        • Cloudflare’s Disruption
        • PSPDFkit raises $116M, its first outside money; now nearly 1B people use apps powered by its collaboration, signing and markup tools
        • Microsoft announces Office 2021 features and pricing
        • Paperlike, the Screen Protector for iPad: write and draw like on paper
        • Microsoft sets Oct. 5 as Windows 11 launch date
        • COVID Breathalyzers Could Transform Rapid Testing
        • AWS Mistakes
        • The Verica Open Incident Database
        • Developer-focused infrastructure security platform Mondoo raises $15M
        • 1 big thing: Enterprise software's reawakening
        • FB Outage
          • Understanding How Facebook Disappeared from the Internet
          • Tools to explore BGP
          • Facebook is down, along with Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Oculus VR
          • Security
            • The entirety of Twitch has reportedly been leaked | VGC
            • DeFi bug accidentally gives $90 million to users, founder begs them to return it
            • Hackers rob thousands of Coinbase customers using MFA flaw
            • Company That Routes Billions of Text Messages Quietly Says It Was Hacked
            • Nonsense
              • There are six internet links on my office on wheels. Seven when Starlink arrives.
              • Australia accelerates its plans to allow international travel.
              • As of today, Australia has 5 time zones once again.
              • April Fools' copy-paste button for lazy programmers now actually for sale
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