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.
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AWS OutageAmazon Web Services outage takes a portion of the internet down with itThe cold reality of the Kinesis IncidentAWS re:InventAWS re:Invent: Top Announcements for 2020 | Amazon Web ServicesComputeAWS launches EC2 computing instances that run Apple's MacOS operating systemUse Amazon EC2 Mac Instances to Build & Test macOS, iOS, ipadOS, tvOS, and watchOS AppsEC2 C6gn Instances – 100 Gbps Networking with AWS Graviton2 Processors How An Acquisition Made By Amazon In 2016 Became Company's Secret SauceDatabasesWant more PostgreSQL? You just might like Babelfish KubernetesIntroducing Amazon EKS Distro (EKS-D) | Amazon Web ServicesIntroducing Amazon ECS AnywhereAmazon EKS AnywhereNew for AWS Lambda – Container Image Support AWS quietly enters the multicloud eraServerlessAmazon Aurora Serverless | MySQL PostgreSQL Relational DatabaseNew for AWS Lambda – Container Image Support DevOps GuruNew- Amazon DevOps Guru Helps Identify Application Errors and FixesHybrid Cloud or a cloud close to youIn the Works – 3 More AWS Local Zones in 2020, and 12 More in 2021AWS Outposts 1U and 2U form factorsSlackBest analysis ever Salesforce reportedly poised to scoop Slack for billionsHow a Merger of Salesforce and Slack Would Change the SaaS LandscapeSalesforce deal to buy Slack expected to be announced Tuesday after market closeSalesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack - Salesforce NewsSlack + Salesforce Emergency Pod with Packy McCormick of Not Boring | Acquired PodcastSlack: The Bulls are typing...Salesforce Picks Up (The) Slack To Extend CRM’s Reach Into Collaboration, But Won’t Dethrone Microsoft TeamsRelevant to your Interests
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