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Published: Dec. 16, 2022, 6:30 a.m.

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This week we discuss the Pentagon\\u2019s new C loud Contract, Day 2 at Amazon and Nutanix acquisition rumors. Plus, some thoughts on kids and headphones\\u2026

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Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 392

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Runner-up Titles

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• We\\u2019re always recording, Cot\\xe9, we\\u2019re not always streaming.
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• I live the middle.
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• Best 10 microphones to put in a drawer and never use.
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• The lanyard is a child-management platform
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• \\u201cThat\\u2019s great, Brandon\\u2026\\u201d
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• Finally DNS does something good
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• Amazon is a dog now
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• But then what?
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• N equals me
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Rundown

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• Google, Oracle, Amazon, and Microsoft awarded $9 billion Pentagon cloud deals
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• Amazon CEO, Putting Stamp on Company, Promotes Four Executives
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• Amazon\'s heroic phase is over
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• A Faster Horse
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• Layoffs, buyouts, and rescinded offers: Amazon\\u2019s status as a top tech employer
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• Report: HPE has expressed interest in acquiring Nutanix
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• Nutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami Talks Broadcom, VMware, And His Vision
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Relevant to your Interests

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• What if failure is the plan?
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• Tensions Grew at Salesforce Between Co-CEOs Benioff and Taylor
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• Apple advances user security with powerful new data protections
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• ChatGPT has crossed 1M+ users in just 5 days.
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• A good discussion on ChatGPT from Benedict Evans
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• OpenAI ChatGPT is now an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner!
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• Airtable, last valued at $11 billion for its no-code software, lays off over 250
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• Hello from GitHub\\u2019s new Chief Product Officer | The GitHub Blog
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• As Carvana crashes hard, used car dealers \\u2014 not buyers \\u2014 stand to win big
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• Amazon Wants to Kill the Barcode
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• RIP Passwords? Passkey support rolls out to Chrome stable
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• An Introduction to Event-Driven Architectures
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• Broadcom braced for full EU probe into $61B VMware buyout
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• AWS Events
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• Ngrok, a service to help devs deploy sites, services and apps, raises $50M
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• The death of Rackspace\'s \\u2018Fanatical Support\\u2019
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• News aggregator Flipboard to add user-generated "conversations"
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• Snyk scores another $196M as valuation drops 12% to $7.4B
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• Japan to Join US Effort to Tighten Chip Exports to China
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• LSEG and Microsoft launch 10-year strategic partnership
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• Oracle beats on top and bottom lines
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• How Slack\\u2019s Marriage to Salesforce Crumbled
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Nonsense

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• Dr Pepper Unveils Limited-Edition Bourbon Flavored Fansville Reserve
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• Hertz Car-Rental Company to Pay $168 Million over False Arrests
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Conferences

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• THAT Conference Texas Speakers and Schedule, Round Rock, TX Jan 15th-18th\\n\\n
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• State of Open Con 2023, London, UK, February 7th-8th 2023
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• CloudNativeSecurityCon North America, Seattle, Feb 1 \\u2013 2, 2023
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• DevOpsDays Birmingham, AL 2023, April 20 - 21, 2023
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SDT news & hype

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• Join us in Slack.
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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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Recommendations

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• Brandon: Wednesday **on Netflix\\n\\n
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• Matt: RIP Mike Leach\\n\\n
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  • Swing your Sword via Brandon
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• Cot\\xe9: Fishman\\u2019s Friend, which I should have some of in this episode. Substack.\\n\\n
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  • Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas Movie.
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Photo Credits

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