Episode 194: Datadog's S1, Ping, vKubernates

Software Defined Talk

This week, the title says it all.

Mood board:

• Jandels and togs
• That’s why they call it The Lucky Country.
• Decoding “Fly-Wheel.”
• 1 part synergy and 10 parts how business is done.
• Unlocking value.
• It’s always fun to see value created.
• I bet they got RBAC.
• The Funny Name Startup Strategy to Success.
• Brandon looks at The Business End.
• The Platform of the Future.
• Brisket for the last Fortune 500.
• It’s too complicated.
• You could put a million containers on this one box.
• I bet the Oracle field has some really cool spreadsheets.
• Bespoke nachos.
• Knowing stuff is dangerous.
• He’s going to Roko’s Basilisk me for his inheritance.

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Relevant to your interests

• State of DevOps Report - Coté’s notes.
• VMware
  • VMware acquires application security startup Intrinsic.
  • VMware Adds Containers to Its Cloud Provider Platform.
  • VMware is bringing VMs and containers together, taking advantage of Heptio acquisition.
  • VMware plan elevates Kubernetes to star enterprise status
    • “VMware says that from 2018 to 2023 – with new tools/platforms, more developers, agile methods, and lots of code reuse – 500 million new logical apps will be created serving the needs of many application types and spanning all types of environments.”
  • Project Pacific - Technical Overview.
  • VMware Tanzu
  • Introducing VMware Tanzu Helm.
  • VMware gets new CTO in Greg Lavender.
• IPO’s
  • Ping Identity files for $100M IPO on Nasdaq under the ticker ‘Ping’
  • Datadog S1
  • Datadog IPO | S-1 Breakdown
    • Corey Quinn on Monitoring
• Service Mesh
  • Red Hat Creates Service Mesh for OpenShift
  • Starter Istio from Salesforce.com Engineering
• Oracle
  • Oracle customers cause a Dyn over withdrawal of lifetime licenses
  • Oracle directors: Shareholders can go ahead with billion-dollar...
• Platform9 Raises $25 Million D-Round
• Popular JavaScript library starts showing ads in its terminal
• Google and Dell team up to take on Microsoft with Chromebook Enterprise laptops ## Nonsense
• Apple warns new credit card users over risks of it touching wallets and pockets
• Tiny Go
• Mobile Phone Markets in a GIF
• Apple reportedly shelves 'walkie talkie' iPhone feature
• Costco shuts early on first day in China due to overcrowding

Sponsors

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Conferences, et. al.

• Coté will be at #AgileScotland this Friday giving a 90 minute overview of how large orgs. scale THE DIGITALTRANSFORMATION. There's still a handful of tickets left, use the code AS-SPEAKER-MICHAEL for a discount.
• CF Summit EU, Sep 11th to 12th.
• Sep 26th to 27th - DevOpsDays London - Coté at the Pivotal table, come get free shit.
• Oct 7th to 10th - SpringOne Platform, Oct 7th to 10th, Austin Texas - get $200 off registration before August 20th, and $200 more if you use the code S1P200_Cote. Come to the EMEA party if you’re in EMEA.
• Oct 9th to 10th - Cloud Expo Asia Singapore, Oct 9th and 10th
• Oct 10th to 11th - DevOpsDays Sydney 2019, October 10th and 11th
• Nov 2nd - EmacsConf 2019
• December - 2019, a city near you: The 2019 SpringOne Tours are posted: Toronto Dec 2nd and 3rd, São Paulo Dec 11th and 12th.
• December 12-13 2019 - Kubernetes Summit Sydney
• Listen to Brandon’s interview on the Cloudcast with Brian Gracely

SDT news & hype

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• Listen to the Software Defined Interviews Podcast. Check out the back catalog.
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• Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.

Recommendations

• Brandon: Free Solo; GoNFCEast Podcast; listen to Brandon’s interview on the Cloudcast with Brian Gracely
• Matt: Empire State of Mind, On The Media.
• Cote: Wilhelmina mints, Limoncello.