This week we revisit the major cloud news and tech trends of 2022. Topics include: hyperscaler growth, remote work, missed opportunities and what were watching in 2023. Plus, we buy or sell: Serverless, Blockchain, Crypto, Twitter and Cloud Repatriation/FinOps.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 394 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7N-aGJUM1Y)
Runner-up Titles
Software Defined Talk is Going Hardcore
The Old Dr. Skateboard
What a World (https://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechthewizardofozwitchmelt.html)
The Pile-On Lifestyle
A little more in booth directions
Cloud Bucket
We’ve done all the stuff
Predictions and Hopes and Dreams
Working from home is over like COVID is over
It fell down the Chasm of Nonsense
Bring in the Big Monkeys
Rundown
What were the major Cloud/Hyperscaler stories?
Has the economic downturn killed WFH? and Remote Work
Buy or Sell: Serverless, Blockchain, Crypto, Twitter, Cloud Repatriation
What are we watching this year?
What were the biggest missed opportunities?
Best Digital Transformation Success of 2023
Conferences
THAT Conference Texas Speakers and Schedule (https://that.us/events/tx/2023/schedule/), Round Rock, TX Jan 15th-18th
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State of Open Con 2023, (https://stateofopencon.com/sponsors/) London, UK, February 7th-8th 2023
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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Recommendations
Brandon: Echo 3 (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjxkfuErP77AhUinWoFHXUeAR0QFnoECC4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftv.apple.com%2Fus%2Fshow%2Fecho-3%2Fumc.cmc.mzqa5sj4m2i80g51cgu04i3j&usg=AOvVaw32mM5QflNs76__4SV1TiRh)
Matt: Triple Trail Challenge 2023 (https://jabulanichallenge.com.au/event-info/triple-trail-challenge/)
Coté: Apple’s new app, Freeform (https://www.macstories.net/reviews/freeform-leverages-the-freedom-and-flexibility-of-a-blank-canvas/) - a little beta-ish (typical Apple 1.0), but worth checking out.
Photo Credits
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CoverArt (https://unsplash.com/photos/LRnIZoco__8)
