This week we offer hot takes on a whole bunch of topics including: COBOL, Unikernels, AWS Bottlerocket, Zoom, Slack, Circle CI, Marketplaces and IBM.
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Unikernels are unfit for productionKnative Crowds out Other Serverless Software (and Other CNCF Survey Takeaways)Bottlerocket: a special-purpose container operating systemSlack, Teams and ConferencingSlack is working on integrating with rival Microsoft Teams for calls, says CEO Stewart ButterfieldDHH is not happy with ZoomMaybe we shouldn’t use Zoom after all Microsoft’s Skype struggles have created a Zoom momentZoom responds with a Blog PostGoogle Has Banned Zoom Software From Employees' Computers, Citing Security VulnerabilitiesZoom isn’t Malware.IBMNew IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says hybrid cloud will be bigger than mainframes, services, middlewareIBM Taps Former Bank of America CTO to Oversee Cloud BusinessMy first day as CEO - our journey togetherRHEL pusher Paul Cormier appointed CEO to lead Red Hat into the IBM eraEmail to associates from Red Hat president and CEO, Paul CormierCircleCI CircleCI Raises $100M Series ECircleCI raises $100 million for automated app testing and deploymentAppleApple acquires popular weather app Dark Sky and will shut down the Android versionApple's SMS one-time passcode proposal moves forward with help from GoogleApple to Buy Virtual Reality Streaming Company NextVR for $100 MillioniOS 14: Keychain password manager to gain new 1Password-like features The a16z Marketplace 100 - Andreessen HorowitzSimplified global game management: Introducing Game ServersForrester’s Surprising Discovery About Robotic Process AutomationNext frontier in Microsoft, Google, Amazon cloud battle is over a world without codeBooz Allen analyzed 200+ Russian hacking operations to better understand their tacticsUpdate #2 on Microsoft cloud services continuityThe Next Chapter of MeetupSoftBank May Not Buy $3 Billion in WeWork SharesPortland technology companies lay off dozens amid coronavirus outbreakOneWeb goes bankrupt, lays off staff, will sell satellite-broadband businessHashiCorp Joins the CNCFWelcoming 3D Spatial Mapping Leader 6D.ai to Niantic: Accelerating Real-World AR Innovation - NianticMongoDB’s field-level encryption protects private data—even from DBAsMedtronic Shares Ventilation Design Specifications to Accelerate Efforts to Increase Global Ventilator Production Microsoft announces agreement to acquire Affirmed Networks to deliver new opportunities for a global 5G ecosystemFounded by Ex-Googlers, Tailscale Launches to Secure and Simplify Remote Network Access With $3MKpt: Packaging up your Kubernetes configuration with git and YAML since 2014Why Covid-19 has resulted in New Jersey desperately needing COBOL programmersDon’t Mute, Get a Better HeadsetNon Sense
Inside the Story of How H-E-B Planned for the PandemicLobsters given seats on coronavirus rescue flights... 50,000 Microsoft employees are currently replying all to a company-wide email.My boss turned herself into a potato on our Microsoft teams meetingHP TouchPad History: A Fire Sale 49 Days After ReleaseTrump order encourages US to mine the moonCNCF PuzzleSponsors
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