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This week it's just Gabriel and Marc.Topics include:@00:00 Intros@04:30 Tech news roundup@05:00 SSD pricing chinwag @5:00@06:00 Biz news roundup@06:30 MS and HPE cozy up on Azure deal.... but who wants the deal the most@10:40  Object storage space is hotting up.... and  OpenIO has a whapping PB under management!@18:00 EMC VNX system outage in NZ and sheep reproduction@20:40 Missed flash drives@25:10 What's the deal with the HPE Synergy composable infrastructure@34:50 Is the server hardware market a slow road to hell - this is the link Marc referenced@41:33 The EMC+Dell deal and Virtustream.... does anybody get it @45:50 Balmer doesn't like microsofts new way of reporting earnings@51:20 Hot or not hot

It's war in the clouds and hell if you're backing up VMware! This week the gang are all over the recent VMware CBT backup issue.... and then dive into a cloud war. OpenStack vs AWS, AWS vs Azure, Google makes a key hiring decision for GCP, will Oracle Cloud ever make it... plus more!@ 00:00 It's Thanksgiving!@ 06:45 Tech News roundup@ 07:35The bugs are crawling over the VMware storage stack@ 25:15 The Gurdian get up on stage as AWS summit and slam OpenStack... as if they'd say anything else at an AWS event!@ 39:00 Google hires in Dianne   serious adult supervision@ 46:00 Oracle cloud  @ 52:00 Hot or not - littlebits.cc@ 55:50 Business news roundup@ 56:24 End

The weeks show's a Dockerfest! Nigel returns from Dockercon in Barcelona and can't shut up about it.Here's the full list of what the guys talk about - @00:00 Intros... including a bit of a book review on The Martian by Andy Weir.@10:45 DockerCon review.@18:37 The impact of Docker Swarm on the wider Docker ecosystem.@23:00 The state of play with containers on Windows. Plus....how hard is it for Microsoft to change as a company?@39:51 Hot or Not: $150 Lenovo laptop. @44:35 News round-up@45:40 Oracle appears to be fudging its cloud numbers.... but is that a good long-term plan?

This week the whole team is together and they cover everything worthy of note from the last week in enterprise tech.@00:00 Intros@01:50 ++++ Tech news roundup@02:40 Google revs its Docker offerings, but who does Google Cloud Platform cater to?@13:00 HDS announces all-flash bullet proof VSP platform - @ ~13:00@19:30 ++++ Business news roundup@21:00 Is the Dell + EMC deal on the rocks over potential tax liability?@26:37 Docker takes a second Series D funding round@30:15 Rackspace reports some good numbers but doesn't seem to have convinced investors@37:00 Amazon: today restaurant delivery, tomorrow world domination.

This week Rick returns from the most gruelling couple of months of his professional career. So it's Rick, Lauren and Nigel talking about Azure, Docker, IBM and Walmart...@start Intros@06:30 Agenda and news round-up@07:15 Microsoft and Red Hat get into bed on the Azure cloud [Link]@11:50 Some seemingly reliable info on real-world adoption of Docker [Link]@20:00 IBM acquires Gravitant as a cloud broker for its ever-growing cloud portfolio. Is this a nascent market? [Link]@32:30 WalmartLabs releases it's in-house-built OneOps cloud portability tool (and more). Rick predicts a Walmart buyout of Amazon in the future :-D [Link]

It's a Halloween special! Marc, Lauren, and Nigel spook their way through what's going down in the tech world this week. A short and sharp episode getting into OpenStack and Oracle Cloud. @start  Intros and favourite Halloween tech.@9:45   Lauren's at OpenStack Summit and gives the low down on some of the vibes there. Hint: HP are there and there's life in Helion private cloud@14:00  That cloud thing that wasn't gonna affect Oracle..... well apparently within 10 years Oracle will be number one or number two in public cloud! Don't hold your breath though...

This week Gabriel, Marc and Nigel are once again joined by Lauren Malhoit as they disect the troubles at HP.. and it aint pretty!

@start It’s Back to the Future Day… at least it was when the show was recor [...]

This week Nigel and Marc add some further thoughts on the Dell EMC merger now that a few days have passed since the announcement. They also discuss the state of Oracle, and mention Bracket Computing - a startup with over $130M from two rounds of funding.

@00:00 A few more thoughts on the Dell + EMC thing

@16:00 Are Oracle on the rocks?