Episode Details

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.

Global expansion tips and tricks

• “EMEAians.”
• Open source as the scouts.

Microsoft laying off 19,000 people

• Link
• Who’s hirin’?

Microsoft Container Service

• What’s a “container service”?

TechCrunch notices private cloud

• Link
• 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
• How would it make sense? What’s the justification?
• “Google and Facebook Account For Nearly All Growth in Digital Ads.”
• Coté looking down the barrel of getting taxed at way high?

BMC not buying CA

• Too much regulation
• CA financials.

Flash, he gone

• Link

BONUS LINKS! Not covered in show.

GoDaddy dumps OpenStack cloud

• The cloud business is hard
• More from 451

HEB was an Amazon Option?

• Not really, just some dude talking.

Containers are Linux

• Link.
• “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.
• Red Hat maintainer breaking down the short but convolu