Episode 274: Can we start a Slack Channel to discuss this?

This week we discuss Salesforce acquiring Slack and recap all the important announcements from AWS re:Invent. Plus, some advice on chopping onions and robot vacuums.

The Rundown

• AWS Outage
  • Amazon Web Services outage takes a portion of the internet down with it
  • The cold reality of the Kinesis Incident
• AWS re:Invent
  • AWS re:Invent: Top Announcements for 2020 | Amazon Web Services
  • Compute
    • AWS launches EC2 computing instances that run Apple's MacOS operating system
    • Use Amazon EC2 Mac Instances to Build & Test macOS, iOS, ipadOS, tvOS, and watchOS Apps
    • EC2 C6gn Instances – 100 Gbps Networking with AWS Graviton2 Processors
    • How An Acquisition Made By Amazon In 2016 Became Company's Secret Sauce
  • Databases
    • Want more PostgreSQL? You just might like Babelfish
  • Kubernetes
    • Introducing Amazon EKS Distro (EKS-D) | Amazon Web Services
    • Introducing Amazon ECS Anywhere
    • Amazon EKS Anywhere
    • New for AWS Lambda – Container Image Support
    • AWS quietly enters the multicloud era
  • Serverless
    • Amazon Aurora Serverless | MySQL PostgreSQL Relational Database
    • New for AWS Lambda – Container Image Support
  • DevOps Guru
    • New- Amazon DevOps Guru Helps Identify Application Errors and Fixes
  • Hybrid Cloud or a cloud close to you
    • In the Works – 3 More AWS Local Zones in 2020, and 12 More in 2021
    • AWS Outposts 1U and 2U form factors
• Slack
  • Best analysis ever
  • Salesforce reportedly poised to scoop Slack for billions
  • How a Merger of Salesforce and Slack Would Change the SaaS Landscape
  • Salesforce deal to buy Slack expected to be announced Tuesday after market close
  • Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack - Salesforce News
  • Slack + Salesforce Emergency Pod with Packy McCormick of Not Boring | Acquired Podcast
  • Slack: The Bulls are typing...
  • Salesforce Picks Up (The) Slack To Extend CRM’s Reach Into Collaboration, But Won’t Dethrone Microsoft Teams

Relevant to your Interests

• Splunk acquires network observability service Flowmill
• Productivity Scores in Office 365
• IBM Planning 10,000 Job Cuts in Europe Ahead of Unit Sale
• Apple Plans to Run Most of Its ‘Compute Management’ on Kubernetes
• Tony Hsieh, iconic Las Vegas tech entrepreneur, dies aged 46
• Linus Torvalds doubts Linux will get ported to Apple M1 hardware
• Robert Smith Breakup Exclusive: Billionaire Brian Sheth Reveals Why He’s Leaving Vista Following Tax Evasion Case
• Learnings From Two Years of Kubernetes in Production
• Should we really be worried about vendor lock-in in 2020?
• Future of Online Security and Privacy is being decided now
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the latest tech company to leave Silicon Valley, and is moving to Houston

Nonsense

• People Can't Vacuum Or Use Their Doorbell Because Amazon's Cloud Servers Are Down

Listener Feedback

• Brett from Slack recommends Upptime an open source Status Page

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• Brandon:
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  • Yahoo Mail discontinues automatic email forwarding for free users
• Coté: Photoshop Express.

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• Teleport: Teleport provides consolidated access to all computing resources such as servers, Kubernetes clusters or internal applications across all environments. Watch a demo, download the free version, or sign up for cloud at goteleport.com.