Episode Details

This week, we discuss New Relic going private, Dell buying Moogsoft and digital transformation comes to Border Control. Plus, ideas for a last minute family vacation.

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Runner-up Titles

• The Paris economy is all croissants.
• The Euphoria of the Buffet
• All that firing people gave us a soft landing.
• Is it going to be New Logic, or SumoRelic?
• You drive a hard bargain, now we’re billionaires
• The tinfoil hat of complexity
• Just buy more backpacks
• Here in the United States, we have a lot of banks.
• Can Americans use it?
• Bigger numbers are smaller numbers.
• It’s pretty easy to quarantine with Internet.

Rundown

• More Monitoring, More Money
  • Dell Technologies Announces Intent to Acquire Moogsoft
  • What the New Relic Sale Means for SaaS by @ttunguz
  • Exclusive: Francisco Partners, TPG end talks to buy New Relic
  • Francisco Partners & TPG to take New Relic private in $6 billion all-cash deal
  • Inside the $6.5 billion buyout of New Relic
• Government IT
  • Federal Reserve announces that its new system for instant payments, the FedNow® Service, is now live
  • CBP Goes Paperless with Global Entry
  • Mexico Phasing Out Use of Paper Visitor Permits (FMM)
  • New requirements coming in 2024 for Americans traveling to Europe
  • Passport Palooza

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