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Published: Feb. 26, 2021, 6:30 a.m.

This week we discuss LinkedIn\u2019s new marketplace, Platform9, TriggerMesh and Event-based Architectures. Plus, are meetings always bad?

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• LinkedIn is building a gig marketplace. What you need to know.
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• Microsoft\u2019s New Gig: A LinkedIn Freelancer Market Rivaling Upwork, Fiverr
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• Platform9 Raises Additional Series-D Funding
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• HEY World experiment
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\n\nRelevant to your interests\n\n

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• Clouds\n\n
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  • The Google Cloud Surge: 5 Slides from Thomas Kurian Tell the Story
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  • HPE Acquires Cloud Assessment \u2018Crown Jewel\u2019 CloudPhysics
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• Watson\n\n
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  • IBM Explores Sale of IBM Watson Health
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  • IBM Is Said to Consider Sale of Watson Health Amid Cloud Focus
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  • Happy birthday, Python, you're 30 years old today: Easy to learn, and the right tool at the right time
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• IPOs and M&A\n\n
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  • Airbrake has been acquired by LogicMonitor
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  • TransferWise rebrands as Wise ahead of an expected IPO
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  • HPE Acquires Cloud Assessment \u2018Crown Jewel\u2019 CloudPhysics
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• Security\n\n
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  • SolarWinds hack was work of 'at least 1,000 engineers', tech executives tell Senate
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  • SolarWinds Hack Grabs Senate Spotlight With CEO in the Hot Seat
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  • Apple Offers Its Closest Look Yet at iOS and MacOS Security
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  • New malware found on 30,000 Macs has security pros stumped
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  • RubyGems dependency confusion attack side of things - Running with Ruby
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• Investing\n\n
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  • The GameStop Craze Was Mostly Just Crazy
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  • Bitcoin Hits $1 Trillion Market Cap, Soars To Another Record High
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• Chips\n\n
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  • Chip Shortage
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  • Biden signs executive order to address chip shortage through a review to strengthen supply chains
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• IBM teases new AIX release \u2013 the first since 2015
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• Salesforce is building a private CRM for the State Department
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• Overcast overhauls its Apple Watch app
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• As Power BI aces Gartner's new Magic Quadrant, what's the story behind Microsoft's success?
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\n\nNonsense\n\n

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• Fry's Electronics suddenly went out of business
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• New next-gen USPS delivery vehicle coming to your
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• Alexa Has No Place on Your Face. The Echo Frames Prove it
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\n\nListener Feedback\n\n

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• Cloudbees is looking for a Remote DevOps Consultant-Continuous Delivery anywhere in North America.
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\n\nConferences\n\n

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• DevOpsDay Texas on March 2nd.
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• SpringOne.io, Sep 1st to 2nd - CFP is open until April 9th.
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• Two SpringOne Tours: (1.) developer-bonanza in for NA, March 10th and 11th, and, (2.) EMEA dev-fest on April 28th.
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\n\nSDT news & hype\n\n

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• Join us in Slack.
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• Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers!
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• Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
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• Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
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• Use the code SDT to get $20 off Cot\xe9\u2019s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
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• Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!
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\n\nRecommendations\n\n

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• Read this book we are going to discuss it: Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
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• Brandon: I Care a Lot
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• Cot\xe9: LoseIt! The Golem and the Jinni.
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