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 (https://twitter.com/adamhjk/status/1413173291909484558)
IBM Leadership Changes (https://newsroom.ibm.com/IBM-Leadership-Changes)
IBM (IBM) Announces President Jim Whitehurst Leaving (https://www.streetinsider.com/dr/news.php?id=18638012)
IBM Email Woes (https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/08/ibm_arvind_email/)
IBM insiders say CEO Arvind Krishna downplayed impact of email troubles, asked for a week to sort things out (https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/08/ibm_arvind_email/)
Amazon Eyeing 'Rebel Alliance' With Dropbox, Slack To Challenge Microsoft: Insider (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-eyeing-rebel-alliance-dropbox-173352783.html)
New mystery AWS product ‘Infinidash’ goes viral — despite being entirely fictional (https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/05/infinidash/)
Relevant to your interests
Who's Winning in the Container Software Market (https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/cloud/whos-winning-container-software-market)
Do the costs of the cloud outweigh the benefits? (https://www.economist.com/business/2021/07/03/do-the-costs-of-the-cloud-outweigh-the-benefits)
After Jeff Bezos: the changing of the guard at Amazon (https://www.ft.com/content/7475ae98-7e25-4d6f-8470-e8b9effb0ee7)
Russia Linked Group Hacks 200 Businesses With Ransomware (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzTD2pkJHs4)
A Large Ransomware Attack Has Ensnared Hundreds of Companies (https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEGqxeYOWfy8AZ_smpDvRjdoqGQgEKhAIACoHCAowipWZCzCan7EDMKS42wY?hl=en-AU&gl=AU&ceid=AU%3Aen)
Independence Day: REvil uses supply chain exploit to attack hundreds of businesses (https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2021/07/04/independence-day-revil-uses-supply-chain-exploit-to-attack-hundreds-of-businesses/amp/)
Gurman: Apple rapidly expanding outside of Silicon Valley as it struggles to recruit and retain talent (https://9to5mac.com/2021/07/04/apple-expanding-silicon-valley-talent/)
Are you ready to become a TV company? The future of tech events is media. (https://redmonk.com/jgovernor/2021/06/29/are-you-ready-to-become-a-tv-company-the-future-of-tech-events-is-media/)
Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management (https://www.gartner.com/doc/reprints?id=1-26Q47L81&ct=210706&st=sb)
We Replaced Splunk at 100TB Scale in 120 Days (https://medium.com/lets-xplore/how-we-replaced-splunk-at-100tb-scale-in-120-days-e5a59db63f6)
Roblox partners with Sony Music to connect artists with money-making activities in the metaverse (https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/06/roblox-partners-with-sony-music-to-connect-artists-with-money-making-activities-in-the-metaverse/)
Russia ‘Cozy Bear’ Breached GOP as Ransomware Attack Hit (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-06/russian-state-hackers-breached-republican-national-committee)
Apple and Google crowd out the competition with default apps (https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/7/22549338/apple-google-apps-comscore-study-facebook)
Layoffs hit a record low as companies hold onto employees for dear life (https://www.axios.com/layoffs-all-time-low-656979a1-38e0-48d4-b3bb-5ad9b5345aa3.html)
TikTok wants you to send video resumes directly to brands to land your next gig – TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/07/tiktok-resumes-job-applications/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEHDmvKOaaLh3HshMxX8UZq11CLj9pXU9brF854gAzMY59GYmPKqB6viF4iJzAuAll_J1nhSSYrbuxaDvrWBA_9HSRY2kKHeI9hwg8vntjRda0KWK7eG3cTUThM4-snNbwX01cesPdy6l_dJu_5PzpHOStKn1i2qEKOb9sGh1FhO)
Box claims activist investor wanted in on deal it publicly opposed (https://www.axios.com/box-activist-investor-starboard-deal-opposed-kkr-02f529dd-6870-41b3-8f5b-de5c89033859.html)
Nonsense
job description: must be willing to work in a fast-paced unpredictable high-energy environment (https://twitter.com/_robertschultz/status/1412470172485521408?s=21)
Puppy in a cone is 2% unhappy? (https://twitter.com/mattray/status/1412594479895175170?s=21)
Google Reader (https://twitter.com/ronamadeo/status/1412909940474265602?s=12)
Sponsors
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Conferences
RabbitMQ Summit (https://rabbitmqsummit.com), July 13-14
Carolina VMUG (https://www.vmug.com/vmug2019/events2/power-sessions/network-security-power-session), July 22nd - Coté giving a talk on DevOps metrics, and BEYOND!
THAT Conference, (https://that.us/activities/call-for-counselors/wi/2021) July 26-29, Special Promotion (https://that.us/promo/claim?eventId=7wiuRWI7EZjcdF4e9MDz)
SpringOne (https://springone.io), Sep 1-2
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Recommendations
Brandon: Some Kind of Heaven (https://decider.com/2021/01/14/where-to-watch-some-kind-of-heaven-doc/)
Coté: Newsify (https://newsify.co)
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