Episode Details

This week we discuss the Rackspace-Platform9 partnership, Microsoft buying Kinvolk and the commodification of DevOps. Plus, some hot takes on Zoom’s new immersive view.

Rundown

• Zoom launches Immersive View to unify participants in the same virtual room
• M&A
  • Rackspace Technology Announces Strategic Investment in Platform9 and Launches Rackspace Managed Platform for Kubernetes
  • Kinvolk: Microsoft acquires Kinvolk
  • IBM Acquires Turbonomic to Power the Future of AI-Driven Hybrid Cloud
• Microsoft
  • Microsoft beats Q3 revenue expectations on strength of cloud and PC sales
  • Microsoft books biggest revenue growth since 2018
  • Kubernetes Usability SIG
  • Court snubs Microsoft, US govt's request to throw out Amazon's complaint against JEDI cloud contract decision
• Earnings
  • Alphabet reports big earnings beat as revenue grows 34%
  • Apple is on Fire - The Irrelevant Investor
• The Commodification of DevOps
  • 7 things wrong with Deloitte’s Agile Tube Map
  • Atlassian’s Open DevOps
• Crypto miners are killing free CI

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