Category: Podcasts
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Adam Jacob on saying Goodbye to OpenCore – Software Defined Interviews #81
Matt and Brandon interview Adam Jacob the co-founder of Chef. We discuss Adam’s career, what led him to start Chef and Chef’s recent decision to open source 100% of its Software. Plus, Adam give us some tips on Dungeons & Dragons and transitioning from being a founder to an executive. Also see full show notes.
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Tacos tomorrow, voice & AI are garbage – Software Defined Talk #173
IBM Watson didn’t work so well in health care, maybe it was too early. Also, Chef goes full open source, with Apache 2. Meanwhile, Coté has to pay taxes in two countries. Also see full show notes.
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The Mainframe Strangler – Software Defined Talk #172
There’s a new kubernetes, Oracle lay-offs, Zoom.US, and the problem with mainframe complainers. Also see full show notes.
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Tradies, plus, your Quarterly Linux Update – Software Defined Talk #171
SUSE is independent again, so we discuss what’s up with it and its uses. Open source, when mixed with business, is back once again: Coté craves some intellectual closer. Also, Google announced some big game platform thing. So. Chips? Also see full show notes.
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Zane Rockenbaugh on being the Startup CTO – Software Defined Interviews #76
Zane Rockenbaugh specializes in working with early stage startups. He helps founders take their idea and turn it into something real. We talk about his career and what it’s like to be a “Startup CTO.” Also see full show notes.
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Don’t call me an “evangelist” – Software Defined Interviews #75
Coté talks about his job being an “evangelist,” a word people no longer seem to use but everyone understands. Brandon interviews Coté about what the job is, what the work’s like, and some examples (other than himself) of people who do it well. Also see full show notes.
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Numbers. How do they work? Rachel Stephens – Software Defined Interviews #74
When Coté says he doesn’t know how numbers work, he actually means it. To help out, he talks with Rachel Stephens, from RedMonk, who not only explains ratios, but also finance numbers. Also see full show notes.
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Dustin Kirkland on Linux, Cloud Computing and Product Management – Software Defined Interviews #73
Dustin Kirkland joins us to discuss Linux, Cloud Computing and making wine. We talk about Dustin’s career journey from entry-level developer to Google Product Manager. Also see full show notes.
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Chris Donaldson on Automation – Software Defined Interviews #72
How do you implement IT Automation best practices at a large company? What’s the best approach to convince stakeholders that IT Automation is worth the effort? In this interview with Acxiom’s Chris Donaldson we talk all about the good, the bad and ugly of IT Automation. Also see full show notes.
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Matthew Brutsché on Amazon Go and Tech Marketing – Software Defined Interviews #71
Brandon interviews Matthew Brutsché from 500 Rockets Marketing. Matt makes bold predications based on his recent shopping experience at the Amazon Go store and we talk about the evolution of digital marketing. Also see full show notes.
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Satish Kodukula on Product Management – Software Defined Interviews #70
Brandon interviews Satish Kodukula about product management. We compare product management at large companies and startups, discuss how to validate your next startup idea and when to build your minimum viable product (MVP). Also see full show notes.
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Analyst Relations, with Rita Manachi – Software Defined Interviews #69
Getting familiar with analyst relations is a key component of an enterprise software business. “Analyst relations” is sort of like PR, but actually pretty different. You want to, of course, drive influence with the analysts, but also consume the content and advise they’re putting out. And while there’s two major firms in the tech world…
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Lineworkers and developers working side-by-side to improve Duke Energy’s software, with John Mitchell – Software Defined Interviews #68
This is a great conversation with John Mitchell about Duke Energy improving it’s software capabilities, doing “digital transformation,” as the kids like to call it. We start from the beginning of what kicked the company off, a shift from COTS software to mobile apps and analytics. Also see full show notes.
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Javvad Malik on security & being an industry analyst – Software Defined Interviews #67
Security, security, security! Everyone wants security, at least they say so. How it’s actually managed and even conceptualized in organizations is a lot more than just patching software and using CAPTCHA’s. In this discussion, Coté talks with Javvad Malik who’s been in the security business for countless years. In addition to talking about how security…
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Dominic Wellington on machine learning, or, shadows in the datacenter – Software Defined Interviews #66
If you only followed the daily headlines, AI and machine learning seem like a magical technologies that will either solve all our problems or put everyone out of work. In reality, there’s little to know AI and machine learning, though complex, has many practical uses. While they’re often delightful, there’re not mystical. Coté discusses how…
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FIXED! MOLLE all the dongles, DevOps snipe hunting, & Docker (claims it) cuts cost by 50% – Software Defined Talk #108
Has everyone gone kubernetes crazy? It seems like most buyers and sellers at least want it as an option and are, if you prefer the word, capitulating to supporting it. In past weeks most all vendors – even Oracle! – have announced support and road-maps for using Google’s container orchestrator in their cloud-native stacks. Also,…
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Apple makes major podcast updates, tracking how much user’s actually listen
Apple said today that it will be using (anonymized) data from the app to show podcasters how many people are listening and where in the app people are stopping or skipping. This has the potential to dramatically change our perception of how many people really listen to a show, and how many people skip ads,…
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The middle-class metallurgical people – boothing, streaming sportsball, M&As & IPOs – Software Defined Talk #92
Having something to sell is always key to a profitable business. We explore this life-hack of the business world in discussion Twitter and then Amazon licensing Thursday night football. There’s also some brief talk of Akamai buying SOASTA, Cloudera filing to IPO, and the lost dichotomy of agent/agentless. Also see full show notes.
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Life after artisanal pork rinds (i.e. tech M&A), CostCo Down Under – Software Defined Talk #86
With a flurry of M&A over the past few weeks, we discuss some of the more popular ones: AppDynamics, Trello, and Apiary. These kind of buys are all about what the acquirer plans to do with the new “asset” and the financial health of the company being acquired. We discuss these recent acquisitions, including who…
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“My pants are full of brisket,” Apple updates, & Oracle storms the AWS castle – Software Defined Talk #73
Apple has put out three new things – the phone, the watch, and the OS – which we discuss. And then Oracle announced it’s destroying Amazon, which is fun. We start it all off with a word-salad of the usual nonsense and deodorant talk. Also see full show notes.
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