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This week we discuss Copilot’s use of Open Source, changes at IBM and the Infinidash Meme. Plus, an update on Coté’s return to Twitter.

Rundown

• Adam Jacob on OSS
• IBM Leadership Changes
• IBM (IBM) Announces President Jim Whitehurst Leaving
• IBM Email Woes
• IBM insiders say CEO Arvind Krishna downplayed impact of email troubles, asked for a week to sort things out
• Amazon Eyeing 'Rebel Alliance' With Dropbox, Slack To Challenge Microsoft: Insider
• New mystery AWS product ‘Infinidash’ goes viral — despite being entirely fictional

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• A Large Ransomware Attack Has Ensnared Hundreds of Companies
• Independence Day: REvil uses supply chain exploit to attack hundreds of businesses
• Gurman: Apple rapidly expanding outside of Silicon Valley as it struggles to recruit and retain talent
• Are you ready to become a TV company? The future of tech events is media.
• Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management
• We Replaced Splunk at 100TB Scale in 120 Days
• Roblox partners with Sony Music to connect artists with money-making activities in the metaverse
• Russia ‘Cozy Bear’ Breached GOP as Ransomware Attack Hit
• Apple and Google crowd out the competition with default apps
• Layoffs hit a record low as companies hold onto employees for dear life
• TikTok wants you to send video resumes directly to brands to land your next gig – TechCrunch
• Box claims activist investor wanted in on deal it publicly opposed

Nonsense

• job description: must be willing to work in a fast-paced unpredictable high-energy environment
• Puppy in a cone is 2% unhappy?
• Google Reader

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Conferences

• RabbitMQ Summit, July 13-14
• Carolina VMUG, July 22nd - Coté giving a talk on DevOps metrics, and BEYOND!
• THAT Conference, July 26-29, Special Promotion
• SpringOne, Sep 1-2

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• Brandon: Some Kind of Heaven
• Coté: Newsify

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