AWS and Azure announce earnings, Backblaze takes on Amazon, Cloud Native Survey Results and Fortnite takes our suggestions. Plus, Matt updates us on his quest to turn a smartphone into a webcam.
The Rundown
Tech Giant Earnings
AWS tops $10 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/30/aws-earnings-q1-2020.html)
Microsoft Azure update (https://twitter.com/chetanp/status/1256259448462405632?s=21)
The Immunity of the Tech Giant (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/opinion/tech-companies-coronavirus.html)
The Small-Business Die-Off Is Here (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/bridge-post-pandemic-world-already-collapsing/611089/)
Backblaze challenges AWS by making its cloud storage S3 compatible (https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/04/backblaze-challenges-aws-by-making-its-cloud-storage-s3-compatible/)
The State of Cloud Native Development: A new survey report! - Cloud Native Computing Foundation (https://www.cncf.io/blog/2020/05/04/the-state-of-cloud-native-development-a-new-survey-report/)
Salesforce will help businesses return to work with a new set of tools it just announced (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/04/salesforce-announces-tools-that-help-businesses-return-to-work.html)
Fortnite's no-combat mode is its next bold step towards creating a metaverse (https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-05-04-fortnites-no-combat-party-royale-is-its-next-bold-step-towards-creating-a-metaverse)
Relevant to your interests
M&A
DocuSign acquires Seal Software for $188M to enhance its AI chops (https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/27/docusign-acquires-seal-software-for-188m-to-enhance-its-ai-chops/)
Hot On The Heels Of Mellanox, Nvidia Snaps Up Cumulus Networks (https://www.nextplatform.com/2020/05/04/hot-on-the-heels-of-mellanox-nvidia-snaps-up-cumulus-networks/)
Intel's Mobileye targets urban mobility growth with Moovit deal (https://www.axios.com/intels-mobileye-targets-urban-mobility-growth-with-moovit-deal-52e883e8-6862-45b9-93d8-8b67bce46cb6.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
Keybase joins Zoom (https://keybase.io/blog/keybase-joins-zoom)
Announcements
IBM Cloud Satellite (https://www.ibm.com/cloud/ibm-cloud-satellite)
Abby Kearns takes over as Puppet CTO (https://www.zdnet.com/article/abby-kearns-takes-over-as-puppet-cto/)
Microsoft to establish first datacenter region in New Zealand (https://news.microsoft.com/en-nz/2020/05/06/aotearoa-disclosure/)
SaltStack Security
Critical Salt Vulnerability: Thousands Exposed, Bug Gives Full RCE as Root (https://www.cbronline.com/cybersecurity/threats/salt-vulnerability-f-secure/)
Hackers are Running Rampant Exploiting the SaltStack Vulnerability (https://www.cbronline.com/news/salt-bug)
Departures
VMware Confirms Employee Salary Freeze, CEO Pay Cut (https://www.crn.com/news/virtualization/vmware-confirms-employee-salary-freeze-ceo-pay-cut)
A Message from Co-Founder and CEO Brian Chesky (https://news.airbnb.com/a-message-from-co-founder-and-ceo-brian-chesky/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
Tim Bray, Goodbye (https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2020/04/29/Leaving-Amazon)
Nutanix cuts 1,500 (https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/nutanix-confirms-furloughs-of-nearly-1-500-employees)
Google
Google Cloud training available at no cost for 30 days (https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/training-certifications/google-cloud-training-available-at-no-cost-for-30-days/)
Google Authenticator’s first Android update in years lets you move your account between devices (https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/6/21249621/google-authenticator-update-transfer-account-between-devices-2fa)
Google tells employees they can't expense food or other perks when working from home (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/06/google-tells-employees-not-to-expense-food-perks-in-work-from-home.html?campaign_id=4&emc=edit_dk_20200507&instance_id=18283&nl=dealbook®i_id=96663344&segment_id=26792&te=1&user_id=3b9974c0611611c30bec718ef4367430)
Google unifies all of its messaging and communication apps into a single team (https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/7/21250790/google-android-messaging-duo-phone-g-suite-javier-soltero-hangouts-chat)
Nonsense
Fortnite hosted a Diplo concert in its new party mode (https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/5/1/21244874/fortnite-diplo-concert-jordan-fisher-party-royale)
About Those Asian Giant Hornets... (https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=41391)
Sponsors
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Conferences, Videos et. al.
Chef Tools & Terraform: Better Together (https://www.hashicorp.com/resources/chef-tools-and-terraform-better-together) from Matt Ray
Michael Coté - Intro - Spring Live (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/spring-live-videos/michael-cot%C3%A9-intro-spring-live)
FlylessConf (https://flylessconf.com/) May 27
ChefConf 2020 (https://chefconf.chef.io/) June 2, 2020 All Digital. (https://www.chefconf.io/)
MongoDB’s virtual event http://MongoDB.Live on June 9-10, 2020
THAT Conference (https://www.thatconference.com/wi) August 3 - 6 in Wisconsin Dells®. Fill out their survey (https://forms.gle/KGhcUAaiuDmSHbgE9).
SDT news & hype
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Recommendations
Brandon: American Factory (https://www.netflix.com/title/81090071) on Netflix
Matt Ray: Small Victories: The True Story Of Faith No More (https://amzn.to/3c6qZnC)
