Episode 101: Cloud is just "jigglin’ wires"

By Software Defined Talk August 3, 2017 · Edited October 4, 2025

Calling in hot from New Braunfels Texas, we got a country mile’s worth of topics this week: we have container services from Microsoft, a lengthy discussion of how enterprise software companies

Episode 101: Cloud is just "jigglin’ wires"

Calling in hot from New Braunfels Texas, we got a country mile’s worth of topics this week: we have container services from Microsoft, a lengthy discussion of how enterprise software companies organize their global sales regions, the possible emergence of a new private cloud meme, and rumors that BMC is no longer in acquiring CA.

Also, be sure to check out this week’s white paper analysis for patrons, on IoT (https://www.patreon.com/posts/trillion-iot-by-13636097).

Global expansion tips and tricks

• “EMEAians.”

• Open source as the scouts.

Microsoft laying off 19,000 people

• Link (http://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft/microsoft-starts-layoffs-with-reportedly-thousands-of-job-cuts/)

• Who’s hirin’?

Microsoft Container Service

• What’s a “container service” (https://www.geekwire.com/2017/microsoft-launches-new-container-service-joins-cloud-native-group-isolating-aws-kubernetes/)?

TechCrunch notices private cloud

• Link (https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/20/all-clouds-dont-have-to-be-public/)

• Vendors have begun offering a variety of approaches that give the feel of the public cloud, but inside the comfort zone of a customer’s data center.

• Oracle cited rather large customers like AT&T and Bank of America using the Cloud at Customer product.

• Oracle cloud news picking up.

That Antitrust Meme in Tech

• As you know, I’m not a lawyer (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-20/should-america-s-tech-giants-be-broken-up)

• How would it make sense? What’s the justification?

• “Google and Facebook Account For Nearly All Growth in Digital Ads (http://fortune.com/2017/04/26/google-facebook-digital-ads/).”

• Coté looking down the barrel of getting taxed at way high (https://twitter.com/cote/status/892063123288580097)?

BMC not buying CA

• Too much regulation (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ca-m-a-bmcsoftware-idUSKBN1AC2L8)

• CA financials (https://finance.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3ACA&fstype=ii&ei=sjyCWZjTNczG2AbQ95SQCg).

Flash, he gone

• Link (http://redmonk.com/fryan/2017/07/25/adobe-eol-flash-content-continues-to-move-to-mobile/)

BONUS LINKS! Not covered in show.

GoDaddy dumps OpenStack cloud

• The cloud business is hard (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/24/gone_daddy_gone_godaddy_offloads_its_cloud_businesses/)

HEB was an Amazon Option?

• Not really, just some dude talking (http://austin.culturemap.com/news/innovation/07%E2%80%9318%E2%80%9317-amazon-acquisition-whole-foods-heb/).

Containers are Linux

• Link (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/some-thoughts-containers-frank-feldmann).

• “DevOps is more suitable for containerisation compared to other traditional approaches”

• Operating system vendors have something to sell you say?

A History of Docker/Linux Containers

• Link (https://opensource.com/article/17/7/how-linux-containers-evolved).

• Red Hat maintainer breaking down the short but convoluted history of containers.

Slack Getting Paid

• Link (https://www.recode.net/2017/6/15/15810088/slack-deal-funding-amazon-microsoft-buyers-business-communication?stream=top-stories).

• Slack is raising another $500 million — and has attracted interest from a range of big buyers like Amazon

Meta, follow-up, etc.

• Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/sdt) - like anyone who starts these things, I have no idea WTF it is, if it’s a good idea, or if I should be ashamed. Need some product/market fit.

• Check out the Software Defined Talk Members Only White-Paper Exiguous podcast over there.

• Join us all in the SDT Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack).

End-roll

• Get $50 off Casper mattresses with the code: horraymattray

• NEW DISCOUNT! DevOpsDays Nashville (https://www.devopsdays.org/events/2017-nashville/), $25 off with the code 2017NashDevOpsDays - Coté will be keynoting (https://www.devopsdays.org/events/2017-nashville/speakers/michael-cote/).

• Coté speaking at DevOps Riga (https://www.devopsdays.org/events/2017-riga/welcome/) and DevOps Kansas City (https://www.devopsdays.org/events/2017-kansascity/welcome/).

• Coté also speaking at Austin OpenStack Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Austin/events/241908089/), August 17th, 207.

• The Register’s conference, Continuous Lifecycle (https://continuouslifecycle.london/), in London (May 2018) has it’s CFP open, closed October 20th - submit something (https://continuouslifecycle.london/call-for-papers/)!

• SpringOne Platform registration open (https://2017.springoneplatform.io/ehome/s1p/registration), Dec 4th to 5th. Use the code S1P200_Cote for $200 off registration (https://2017.springoneplatform.io/ehome/s1p/registration).

• Matt’s on the Road!

• August 3rd - Auckland AWS User Community (https://www.meetup.com/AWS_NZ/events/237833579/)

• August 8th - Canberra Infracoders (https://www.meetup.com/Infrastructure-Coders-Canberra/events/241775704/)

• August 10th - Sydney AWS Security Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Sydney-AWS-Security-User-Group/events/239370748/)

• August 17th - Sydney Chef Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/Chef-Sydney/events/240660647/)

• August 22nd - Sydney Cloud Native Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/Sydney-Cloud-Native-Meetup/events/241712226/)

• September 12 - Perth MS Cloud Computing User Group (https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Perth-Cloud/events/241297999/)

• October 11th - Brisbane Azure User Group (https://www.meetup.com/Brisbane-Azure-User-Group/events/240477415/)

Recommendations

• Brandon: Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/title/80117552)’s (https://www.netflix.com/title/80117552)Ozark.

• Matt Ray: Mr. Robot.

• Coté: BaseIQ microSD adaptor (http://amzn.to/2vjFdiH). Ikea STUNSIG World t-shirt (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40376911/). Also: not giving a shit.