This week we recap the news from AWS re:Invent and discuss application vendors mandating use of specific Kubernetes distros. Plus, some thoughts on dog boarding…
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 389 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8L0QEIMvOs)
Runner-up Titles
Everyone gets a Graviton Instance
What a Boring re:Invent
Part of our brand
17 Days in the Hole
Under the Stars, Under the Sea
Tighten it up
Don’t make me pay for security
Secure by default
That’s a great message and I don’t believe it
Works with Lambda
Security, it keeps getting better?
Rundown
AWS re:Invent
What’s New at AWS – Cloud Innovation & News - 2022 Archive (https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/?whats-new-content-all.sort-by=item.additionalFields.postDateTime&whats-new-content-all.sort-order=desc&awsf.whats-new-analytics=*all&awsf.whats-new-app-integration=*all&awsf.whats-new-arvr=*all&awsf.whats-new-blockchain=*all&awsf.whats-new-business-applications=*all&awsf.whats-new-cloud-financial-management=*all&awsf.whats-new-compute=*all&awsf.whats-new-containers=*all&awsf.whats-new-customer-enablement=*all&awsf.whats-new-customer%20engagement=*all&awsf.whats-new-database=*all&awsf.whats-new-developer-tools=*all&awsf.whats-new-end-user-computing=*all&awsf.whats-new-mobile=*all&awsf.whats-new-gametech=*all&awsf.whats-new-iot=*all&awsf.whats-new-machine-learning=*all&awsf.whats-new-management-governance=*all&awsf.whats-new-media-services=*all&awsf.whats-new-migration-transfer=*all&awsf.whats-new-networking-content-delivery=*all&awsf.whats-new-quantum-tech=*all&awsf.whats-new-robotics=*all&awsf.whats-new-satellite=*all&awsf.whats-new-security-id-compliance=*all&awsf.whats-new-serverless=*all&awsf.whats-new-storage=*all)
Compute
Amazon EC2 C7g instances – Compute –Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/c7g/?sc_icampaign=aware_ec2-c7gn-instances_reinvent22&sc_ichannel=ha&sc_icontent=awssm-11814_aware_reinvent22&sc_iplace=ribbon&trk=1b39069e-86fc-466c-99c7-4ab2427ddb3a~ha_awssm-11814_aware_reinvent22)
Announcing Amazon EC2 M6in, M6idn, R6in, and R6idn network optimized instances (https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/11/amazon-ec2-m6in-m6idn-r6in-r6idn-network-optimized-instances/)
Announcing Amazon EC2 Hpc6id instances (https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/11/announcing-amazon-ec2-hpc6id-instances/)
AWS Nitro Enclaves now supports Amazon EKS and Kubernetes (https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/11/aws-nitro-enclaves-supports-amazoneks-kubernetes/)
Introducing Finch: An Open Source Client for Container Development (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/introducing-finch-an-open-source-client-for-container-development/)
New – Accelerate Your Lambda Functions with Lambda SnapStart (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-accelerate-your-lambda-functions-with-lambda-snapstart/)
Data
Announcing Amazon Redshift integration for Apache Spark with Amazon EMR (https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/11/amazon-redshift-integration-apache-spark-amazon-emr/)
AWS announces Amazon Redshift integration for Apache Spark (https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/11/aws-announces-amazon-redshift-integration-apache-spark/)
AWS announces Amazon Aurora zero-ETL integration with Amazon Redshift (https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/11/amazon-aurora-zero-etl-integration-redshift/)
Serverless Open-Source Search Engine – Amazon OpenSearch Serverless (https://aws.amazon.com/opensearch-service/features/serverless/)
Introducing AWS Glue 4.0 (https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/11/introducing-aws-glue-4-0/)
Security
Introducing Amazon Security Lake (Preview) (https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/11/amazon-security-lake-preview/)
AWS co-announces release of the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF) (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/aws-co-announces-release-of-the-open-cybersecurity-schema-framework-ocsf-project/)
Amazon GuardDuty now protects Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service clusters (https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/01/amazon-guardduty-elastic-kubernetes-service-clusters/)
Solutions
AWS CEO: The cloud isn’t just about technology (https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/aws-adam-selipsky-cloud)
AWS Supply Chain (https://aws.amazon.com/aws-supply-chain/)
AWS Clean Room (https://aws.amazon.com/clean-rooms/)
Announcing AWS SimSpace Weaver (https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/11/aws-simspace-weaver-available/)
Amazon Connect announces Contact Lens agent performance evaluation forms (https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/11/amazon-connect-contact-lens-agent-performance-evaluation-forms/)
Introducing Amazon Omics (https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/11/amazon-omics-generally-available/)
Corey Quinn on re:Invent (https://twitter.com/QuinnyPig/status/1597664998234345472)
Ask SDT — “using a "supported platform" list to drive cross sales.” (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/archives/C6CDLDCVB/p1669255641385689) (SDT Slack)
Relevant to your Interests
SigmaOS raises $4 million to build a browser for productivity nerds (https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/16/sigmaos-raises-4-million-to-build-a-browser-for-productivity-nerds/)
The Distributed Computing Manifesto (https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2022/11/amazon-1998-distributed-computing-manifesto.html)
Unpacking Musk's "hardcore" marching orders (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-3bf3c6e4-d8cd-492c-942d-c7f80719e66b.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0)
Akeyless secures a cash infusion to help companies manage their passwords, certificates and keys (https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/16/akeyless-secures-a-cash-infusion-to-help-companies-manage-their-passwords-certificates-and-keys/)
Vista passes halfway mark to $20bn target for latest flagship (https://www.privateequityinternational.com/vista-passes-halfway-mark-to-20bn-target-for-latest-flagship/)
1Password Will Support Passkeys Starting in Early 2023 (https://www.macrumors.com/2022/11/17/1password-passkeys-support-2023/)
Passkeys: the future of authentication in 1Password (https://www.future.1password.com/passkeys/?utm_medium=sign-in-side-panel&utm_source=1password&utm_campaign=passkeys)
10,000 Google Employees Could Be Rated as Low Performers (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/10-000-google-employees-could-be-rated-as-low-performers)
Resignations Roil Twitter as Elon Musk Tries Persuading Some Workers to Stay (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/17/technology/twitter-elon-musk-ftc.html)
Hundreds of employees say no to being part of Elon Musk’s ‘extremely hardcore’ Twitter (https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/17/23465274/hundreds-of-twitter-employees-resign-from-elon-musk-hardcore-deadline)
Security of Passkeys in the Google Password Manager (https://security.googleblog.com/2022/10/SecurityofPasskeysintheGooglePasswordManager.html)
With $8.6M in seed funding, Nx wants to take monorepos mainstream (https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/17/with-8-6m-in-seed-funding-nx-wants-to-take-monorepos-mainstream/)
Facebook parent Meta winding down some non-core hardware projects (https://www.reuters.com/technology/facebook-parent-meta-winding-down-some-non-core-hardware-projects-2022-11-11/)
OpenStack passes 40 million cores in production use (https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/18/openstack_thriving_survey/)
A note from CEO Andy Jassy about role eliminations (https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/a-note-from-ceo-andy-jassy-about-role-eliminations)
Twitter is Going Great (https://twitterisgoinggreat.com/)
Building Kubernetes Applications with Acorn (https://acorn.io/building-kubernetes-applications-with-acorn/)
Platforms at Kubecon 2022 (https://blog.joshgav.com/posts/kubecon-platforms-review)
Zoom's looming squeeze (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-149ea16b-be11-451a-b4de-5a1e2f8f0ce7.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0)
Sony’s VR headset-console integration could limit sales, but allow depth (https://www.emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2022/11/18/sony-s-vr-headset-console-integration-could-limit-sales-but-allow-depth?utm_campaign=etb&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=morning_brew&mid=f642abf4dca6751d0ec109d4cbc6782e)
The State of Kubernetes {Open-Source} Security | ARMO (https://www.armosec.io/blog/the-state-of-kubernetes-open-source-security/)
Considerations when implementing developer portals in regulated enterprise environments (https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/considerations-when-implementing-developer-portals-regulated-enterprise-environments)
Broadcom's proposed $61B VMware acquisition scrutinized by UK regulators (https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/21/broadcoms-proposed-61b-vmware-acquisition-scrutinized-by-uk-regulators/)
2023 may be the year of multicloud Kubernetes (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3679752/2023-may-be-the-year-of-multicloud-kubernetes.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email)
Server-side WebAssembly prepares for takeoff in 2023 (https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/252527414/Server-side-WebAssembly-prepares-for-takeoff-in-2023?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email)
Zoom shares drop on light forecast as company faces 'heightened deal scrutiny' (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/21/zoom-zm-earnings-q3-2023.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
What's coming for cloud computing in 2023 (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3680553/whats-coming-for-cloud-computing-in-2023.html)
The Rise of Platform Engineering - Software Engineering Daily (https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2020/02/13/setting-the-stage-for-platform-engineering/)
IBM sues Micro Focus, claims it copied mainframe software (https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/22/ibm_sues_micro_focus_for/)
How to beat the Kubernetes skills shortage (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3679749/how-to-beat-the-kubernetes-skills-shortage.html)
TikTok Couldn’t Ensure Accurate Responses To Government Inquiries, A ByteDance Risk Assessment Said (https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2022/11/28/tiktok-inaccurate-government-inquiries-internal-bytedance-risk-assessment/?sh=7f57dc9723fe)
Exclusive: Sam Bankman-Fried says he's down to $100,000 (https://www.axios.com/2022/11/29/sam-bankman-fried-100000-ftx-cftc-regulation?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top)
Why Big Tech is not rushing to clone Twitter (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-1cea6d1a-1428-448d-b0d3-5da3ae9425ef.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0)
Amazon Alexa is a “colossal failure,” on pace to lose $10 billion this year (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/11/amazon-alexa-is-a-colossal-failure-on-pace-to-lose-10-billion-this-year/)
I analyzed 290 booths at KubeCon - here are the DevOps trends for 2023 (https://www.uptime.build/post/i-analyzed-290-booths-at-kubecon-here-are-the-devops-trends-for-2023?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email)
Nonsense
Billionaires like Elon Musk want to save civilization by having tons of genetically superior kids. Inside the movement to take 'control of human evolution.' (https://www.businessinsider.com/pronatalism-elon-musk-simone-malcolm-collins-underpopulation-breeding-tech-2022-11)
Australia: How 'bin chickens' learnt to wash poisonous cane toads (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-63699884)
A 12,000 lb. metal sculpture of Elon Musk's head on a goat body riding a rocket parked outside Tesla HQ failed to elicit a response from the billionaire (https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-head-on-goat-body-riding-a-rocket-sculpture-2022-11)
The leap second's time will be up in 2035—and tech companies are thrilled (https://www.popsci.com/technology/bipm-abandon-leap-second/)
Conferences
THAT Conference Texas Speakers and Schedule (https://that.us/events/tx/2023/schedule/). Jan 15th-18th use code SDT for 5% off
CloudNativeSecurityCon North America (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloudnativesecuritycon-north-america/), Seattle, Feb 1 – 2, 2023
DevOpsDays Birmingham, AL 2023 (https://devopsdays.org/events/2023-birmingham-al/welcome/), April 20 - 21, 2023
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