Episode 394: 2022 Year in Review

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 Use code SDT for 5% off 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 SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! 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 Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/co_1uAT4oss) CoverArt (https://unsplash.com/photos/LRnIZoco__8)