Episode 294: I already have a job

This week we discuss IBM’s Kyndryl, AWS launches OpenSearch and what makes a good strategy. Plus, how much do you really need to know about wine?

Rundown

• Kyndryl
  • IBM to name infrastructure services business 'Kyndryl' after spinoff
  • IBM spinoff joins a long list of questionable corporate names
• Introducing OpenSearch

Relevant to your interests

• Social Media Use in 2021
• Next Chapter for Gitpod
• Reddit is secretly exploring a Clubhouse-like voice chat feature
• JetBrains 2020/21 Annual Highlights
• Apple M1 hardware support merged into Linux 5.13
• Apple TV Digital Signage: Low up-front cost and easy to deploy
• Amazon defeats warehouse union push, RWDSU challenges results
• China Fines Alibaba Record $2.8 Billion After Monopoly Probe
• Microsoft accelerates industry cloud strategy for healthcare with the acquisition of Nuance
• Microsoft buys AI speech tech company Nuance for $19.7 billion
• Glow – Glow joins Libsyn
• Cloud transformation challenges in 9 cartoons
• Epic reportedly set to lose at least $330m in efforts to compete with Steam
• Sony adds $200M to its investment in Epic Games
• FreeBSD gives ARM64 green light for production over x86 alternative's 'growth trajectory'
• MicroStrategy Pivots to Bitcoin Payouts for Board of Directors
• Neelan Choksi posted on LinkedIn
• Senior execs Forsyth, Frasca and Lemieux leaving Shopify
• Bash Uploader Security Update
• Parallels 16.5 with native Apple Silicon support now available, up 30% faster VM performance than Intel
• Docker Desktop for Mac Updated With Apple Silicon Support
• Dell Selling Boomi Cloud iPaaS Business?
• Dell is spinning out VMware in a deal expected to generate over $9B for the company
• 1Password acquires SecretHub and launches new enterprise secrets management tool
• 1Password targets developers with Secrets Automation, acquisition of SecretHub
• Here’s how the FBI managed to get into the San Bernadino shooter’s iPhone

Nonsense

• No more vests
• Software Defined Baby?
• The Problem with Time & Timezones

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Recommendations

• Brandon: Coherence
• Coté: Montreal Steak Seasoning
• Matt: Soviet-era Lord of the Rings

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