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Published: March 12, 2021, 6:30 a.m.

This week we discuss how corporate life changes in a post-pandemic world, security startups raising VC and the adoption of Zero Trust. Plus, we test Cot\xe9\u2019s geography skills.

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• Post-pandemic Predications?\n\n
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  • Late-Stage Pandemic Is Messing With Your Brain
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• VC\n\n
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  • Aqua Security reaches \u2018unicorn\u2019 status with $135M late-stage funding round
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  • Snyk raises $300 million at a $4.7 billion valuation as employees cash in and the security company beefs up
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  • How to pronounce Snyk
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• Sign of the primes: Linux Foundation serves up free code-signing service
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• Programming Languages / Follow Up \u2014 Brandon can also mention this in follow up\n\n
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  • Excel Never Dies
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  • Microsoft's New Programming Language for Excel Now Turing Complete
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  • Pickle Rick (Pure CSS)
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\n\nRelevant to your interests\n\n

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• Move over, SolarWinds: 30,000 orgs\u2019 email hacked via Microsoft Exchange Server flaws
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• India Threatens Jail for Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter Employees
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• Hackers are using home office selfies to steal your personal data
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• McAfee Announces Sale of Enterprise Business to Symphony Technology Group for $4.0 Billion
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• Facebook is now testing Reels\u2026because how else will it beat TikTok?
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• Twitter sues Texas AG Ken Paxton, alleging he launched probe in retaliation for Trump ban
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• SolarWinds just keeps getting worse: New strain of backdoor malware found in probe
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• Blame the Intern
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• Vista Equity buys controlling stake in Austin startup AlertMedia
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• What CEOs Need to Know About the Cloud in 2021
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• Presentations \u2014 Benedict Evans
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• Amazon staffers reportedly fear secret \u2018Vesta\u2019 robot will be a pricey flop
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• Apple picks German city of Munich for major chip lab
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• Tetrate, the company born out of Istio\u2019s open source app networking project, raises $40 million
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• Spot raises $1.9 million to bring back conference calls
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• Dropbox to acquire secure document sharing startup DocSend for $165M \u2013 TechCrunch
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• Zapier buys no-code-focused Makerpad in its first acquisition
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• - Multicloud deployments surge as Microsoft Azure duels with AWS
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• Identity and Access Management\n\n
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  • Making sense of the $6.5B Okta-Auth0 deal \u2013 TechCrunch
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  • IGA - Identity Governance & Administration | Gartner Magic Quadrant 2019
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  • Farewell Gartner Magic Quadrant for IGA
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  • Brandon interviews Squire Earle
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\n\nNonsense\n\n

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• That Mitchell and Webb Look - Discoverer
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• IBMDeveloper - JJ Hates Computers
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• The Absurd Nike Scandal That Has Sneakerheads Losing Their Minds
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• Man Makes $300,000 Racking up $6.4 Million in Credit-Card Charges
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\n\nConferences\n\n

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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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• Matt: William Gibson\u2019s Agency
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• Brandon: WandaVision
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• Cot\xe9: Werther\u2019s Originals
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