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Published: July 16, 2021, 5:30 a.m.

This week, Cot\xe9 and Matt Ray finally nail the secrets of enterprise devrel. You won\u2019t want to miss this one! Also: Cot\xe9 gives up on streaming PowerPoint and IT survey show that it\u2019s time to ask for a raise.

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Mood board:

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• Free glowsticks for leadgenning yourself.
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• Our tragic doppleganger.
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• DevRel secrets.
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• If you open a terminal you win streaming.
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• Memes are serverless.
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• You gotta spend money to lose money.
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• All about the pincher.
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\n\nRundown\n\n

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• Cloud Native Integration Platform TriggerMesh Receives Strategic Funding from Cisco Investments, Existing Investors.\n\n
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  • Cisco leads $5M round for multicloud application integration startup TriggerMesh.
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  • Checking in on Matt\u2019s devrel notes.
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• Twitter is shutting down Fleets on August 3, citing low usage.
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• Labor shortages in IT, but growing IT budgets.
  
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• Microsoft is giving employees a $1,500 pandemic bonus
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• Biden is preparing an executive order targeting noncompete clauses for workers.
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\n\nRelevant to your interests\n\n

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• Oi! Our British Airways data breach compo sueball is still going, shouts rival law firm
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• Stamps.com Agrees to Thoma Bravo Buyout in $6.6 Billion Deal
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• CentOS Stream: 'I was slow on the uptake, but I get what they are doing now,' says Rocky Linux founder
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• Experts analyzed Andy Jassy's first memo to Amazon employees as CEO
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• Microsoft Agrees to Acquire Cybersecurity Company RiskIQ for >$500 million
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• Microsoft to acquire cybersecurity startup RiskIQ; reports peg deal at more than $500M
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• @vladtenev (CEO of @RobinHoodApp) is now following @profgalloway
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• The Future IBM We Will Probably Never See
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• Q3 IPO cycle starts strong with Couchbase pricing and Kaltura relisting
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• Report: Broadcom in talks to buy SAS for as much as $20B
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• Broadcom No Longer in Talks to Buy SAS Institute, Sources Say
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• Probably Wrong Flowchart, this time on AWS database services!
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• Concern trolls and power grabs: Inside Big Tech\u2019s angry, geeky, often petty war for your privacy
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• Person advises Principal AWS engineer not to build AWS on AWS, because a16z\u2019s cloud repatriation piece said it\u2019s too expensive at scale.
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• The Windows 365 Cloud PC
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• SonicWall warns of \u2018imminent ransomware campaign\u2019 targeting its EOL equipment
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• Analyzing the Legal Implications of GitHub Copilot
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• Kelsey Hightower changing Roles
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\n\nNonsense\n\n

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• Spike in \u201cChain Gang\u201d Destructive Attacks on ATMs
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• Tesla finally releases Full Self-Driving Beta v9
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• Netflix to offer Video Games
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\n\nConferences\n\n

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• RabbitMQ Summit, July 13-14
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• Carolina VMUG, July 22 - Cot\xe9 gives DevOps metrics talk.
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• THAT Conference, July 26-29
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• SpringOne, Sep 1-2
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\n\nSDT news & hype\n\n

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• Join us in Slack.
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\n\nRecommendations\n\n

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• Matt: McGruff's SMART KIDS Album
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• Cot\xe9: Cumin Beef, from FuLu Mandarijn.
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