This week we recap the news from AWS re:Invent and Knative joins the CNCF. Plus, some discussion on trademarks…
Rundown
AWS re:Invent Recap
Top Announcements of AWS re:Invent 2021 | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/top-announcements-of-aws-reinvent-2021/)
AWS Free Tier Data Transfer Expansion – 100 GB From Regions and 1 TB From Amazon CloudFront Per Month (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-free-tier-data-transfer-expansion-100-gb-from-regions-and-1-tb-from-amazon-cloudfront-per-month/)
Where new AWS CEO Adam Selipsky plans to take cloud computing next (https://siliconangle.com/2021/11/28/new-aws-ceo-adam-selipsky-plans-take-cloud-computing-next/)
Announcing Pull Through Cache Repositories for Amazon Elastic Container Registry | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/announcing-pull-through-cache-repositories-for-amazon-elastic-container-registry/)
AWS launches its Graviton 3 processor (https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/30/aws-launches-its-graviton-3-processor/)
Amazon launches preview of new AWS Private 5G managed service (https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/30/amazon-announces-the-preview-of-aws-private-5g/)
re:Invent Keynote Rebuttal (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uuLGsK89-Y)
Goldman’s Cloud Will Pitch Trades (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-12-01/goldman-s-cloud-will-pitch-trades)
Knative
Knative applies to become a CNCF incubating project (https://opensource.googleblog.com/2021/11/Knative-applies-to-become-CNCF-incubating-project.html)
Serverless offerings like AWS Lambda haven't hit the big time, but Kubernetes can help (https://www.techrepublic.com/article/serverless-offerings-like-aws-lambda-havent-hit-the-big-time-but-kubernetes-can-help/)
Relevant to your interests
Why Sabre is betting against multi-cloud – TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/19/why-sabre-is-betting-against-multi-cloud/?guccounter=1)
Kubernetes: what are the key benefits for companies? (https://blog.sparkfabrik.com/en/kubernetes-key-benefits-for-companies)
Cloud security startup Lacework valued at $8.3 bln after mammoth funding round (https://www.reuters.com/technology/cloud-security-startup-lacework-valued-83-bln-after-mammoth-funding-round-2021-11-18/?ck_subscriber_id=512840665)
Buyer Beware: Not All Names Are Created Equal (https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/buyer-beware-not-all-names-are-created-equal-24-11-2021-en)
Shopify’s BFCM Live Map (http://datastories.shopify.com/)
Inside Amazon's struggle to break into the lucrative market for SaaS business applications, including an internal pitch to buy $38 billion HubSpot (https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-aws-struggles-in-saas-business-applications-cloud-market-hubspot-2021-11?nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_content=10_things_tech&utm_campaign=Post%20Blast%20sai:%2010%20things%20in%20tech%20you%20need%20to%20know%20today&utm_term=10%20THINGS%20IN%20TECH%20YOU%20NEED%20TO%20KNOW%20-%20ENGAGED%2C%20ACTIVE%2C%20PASSIVE%2C%20DISENGAGED)
WSJ News Exclusive | AT&T, Verizon Propose 5G Limits to Break Air-Safety Standoff (https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-verizon-propose-5g-limits-to-break-air-safety-standoff-11637778722)
cryptoji | encrypted emoji (https://cryptoji.com/)
CITC - About | Greylock (https://greylock.com/castles/)
Professions are most Vulnerable to Automation (https://twitter.com/mitsmr/status/1465123356395683840)
The Essential Components of Digital Transformation (https://hbr.org/2021/11/the-essential-components-of-digital-transformation)
Quest Software Acquired: Private Equity Buys IT Management, Security Software Company (Again) (https://www.channele2e.com/investors/private-equity/quest-software-acquired-again/)
Upbound nabs $60M to grow its open source Crossplane multi-cloud management project – TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/29/upbound-grabs-60m-series-b-to-grow-open-source-crossplane-cloud-management-project)
Bill Gates Predicts the Future in a Rediscovered Microsoft Video from 1994 (https://thenewstack.io/bill-gates-predicts-the-future-in-a-rediscovered-microsoft-video-from-1994/)
Oxide / Hubris and Humility (https://oxide.computer/blog/hubris-and-humility)
Britain's Blue Prism agrees to $1.65 bln takeover by SS&C, snubs Vista (https://www.reuters.com/business/britains-blue-prism-agrees-165-bln-takeover-by-ssc-2021-12-01/)
Elon Musk tells SpaceX employees that Starship engine crisis is creating a 'risk of bankruptcy' (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/30/elon-musk-to-spacex-starships-raptor-engine-crisis-risks-bankruptcy.html)
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is expected to step down, sources say (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/29/twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-is-expected-to-step-down-sources-say.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top)
Who Is Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s New C.E.O.? (https://www-nytimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/technology/parag-agrawal-twitter.amp.html)
Jack Dorsey’s Square changes corporate name to Block (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/01/square-changes-corporate-name-to-block-.html)
Nonsense
Cloth watch (https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2021/11/model-this-apple-pricing-decision.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=model-this-apple-pricing-decision)
Canada taps into strategic reserves to deal with massive shortage ... of maple syrup (https://www.npr.org/2021/11/25/1059236116/canada-taps-into-strategic-reserves-to-deal-with-massive-shortage-of-maple-syrup)
Want a meal on the fly? A drone can bring you chicken wings in one Triangle neighborhood (https://amp.newsobserver.com/news/local/article255262531.html)
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Knative in Action author Jacques Chester on Cloud Native AF (https://www.cloudnativeaf.com/3)
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