Tag: podcasts
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“No one wants to eat a finger-pie.” – Software Defined Talk #70
This week we discuss Rackspace going private and the OpenStack cloud scenarios that could have been. We also cover Matt Ray’s first trip to New Zealand where, sadly, he finds no Power Ranger monuments. Also, a little bi-modal flavor for ya. Also see full show notes.
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The two types of sales dudes you meet in heaven, the IaaS MQ, and layoffs – Software Defined Talk #69
There’s always good food in the enterprise sales meeting racket: gourmet pimento cheese, sushi and sake, and booze. Also, the Gartner magic quadrant for IaaS in out, which we discuss. With layoffs at Cisco we look at the broader numbers around layoffs in the tech sector. Before recommendations we briefly talk about Walmart buying Jet.…
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Too old for the buffet – Software Defined Talk #68
With Matt securely setup in Australia, we get the low-down on the down under. We also discuss rumors of HPE and Rackspace going private and catch up on Verizon buying Yahoo! Also see full show notes.
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Fried chicken, Docker Swarm, tech journalism, or, “but that sweet @MattRay interpolation, tho.” – Software Defined Talk #67
Is anyone minding the business side of these container orchestration plays? That’s the main topic we discuss after doing over recent Docker announcements. We then discuss the state of tech journalism and throw out a free business plan for left-ish fried chicken slinging. Also see full show notes.
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I-Bankers Smokin’ L’s in the Hot-tub – Software Defined Talk #66
With two surprise acquisitions this week we have a lot of synergies to discuss. We cover Samsung picking up Joyent, and Microsoft buying LinkedIn. Highly related is a recent article trying to explain what’s going on with private equity buying tech companies. Then, we discuss the big news from chef we’ve been waiting for: the…
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Coté Memo #11 – Why would MSFT buy LinkedIn? Lots-o-links too!
What’s more delightful than finding a cup of coffee you forgot about earlier in the morning? Bonus coffee, more than you thought was left. I have some trips coming up, not least of which is the week in Poland. I’ll be speaking at a meet-up in Warsaw and then twice at Devoxx.PL in Kraków. Hopefully…
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Residential Diaper Rash – Software Defined Talk #64
While Texas moistens up, we talk about the morals of rich tech folks suing journalists, the state of open source business, the history of the BI market, and how to use the Meeker decks. Check out the full show notes for links to the recommendations, conferences, and tech news items we didn’t get to cover.…
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The Snack-Tracker, Uber in Austin, & Tater Salad – Software Defined Talk #63
After we learn how to divide by eight, we discuss Uber being shut-down in Austin, then a recent case for hypervisors aging out. Also, we all agree that we’re way too old to consider anything new. Also see full show notes.
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Peak Ping Pong – Software Defined Talk #62
This week, we discuss DevOpsDays Austin, Pivotal’s funding round, and some follow-up for the OpenStack Summit: turns our Gartner doesn’t hate them. Also, with the new ping-model out, we discuss the potential for peak ping pong. Also see full show notes.
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Baltimore is not the same as Annapolis. Also, they like crab there – Software Defined Talk #61
OpenStack is crawling its way into the plateau of productivity, we submit, during this week of the OpenStack Summit. We also discuss the recent Docker survey findings, and some overly precise number on private vs. public cloud adoption. Coté also manages to insult the entire Eastern seaboard, esp. Annapolis. Also see full show notes.
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Talking DevOps ROI with the Finance Department
I followed up my recent column on DevOps ROI with a podcast on the topic. Back from the podcasting dead, I called up Ed who is actually a real, live “finance person” to walk through what ROI is and how you’d calculate it for something like DevOps. As ever with Ed, it’s a great conversations.…
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Coté Memo #074: \”Let’s start an anonymous club.\”
It’s mostly links this week, with a big add video ad for my pal below: Get your lurn on [player.vimeo.com/video/121…](https://player.vimeo.com/video/121473651?color=01786e&byline=0&portrait=0) Do you want to bone up on your product management skills? Check out this two day workshop from Craftman PM. I used to work with Prabhakar and he’s anything but boring when it comes to…
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Coté Memo #073: If you like tater-tots, go to Minneapolis
I’m in transit between Minneapolis and San Francisco right now. The MSP airport is delightful, with a long mall at the base and concourses reaching out, it seems civilized. Follow-up I had lunch with one of you today who said, “looks like you started up the newsletter,” to which I replied, “well, if I can…
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Coté Memo #072: Since last time…
It’s been forever since a memo! Here’s this week’s. I’ve tried to craft a work-flow that will allow me to collect links I want to share, in addition to shameless self-promotion and the occasional commentary in here…and actually send these out weekly. We’ll see what happens. Travel I’ve been traveling a lot recently and have…
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The Agility Frontier – Continuous Delivery and Pivotal Cloud Foundry
What’s Pivotal Cloud Foundry have to do with continuous delivery? Fresh off presenting at a recent Jenkins User Conference on that topic, I ask Karun Bakshi to go over his presentation. We discuss how Pivotal Cloud Foundry helps enable continuous delivery and also some of the “deleted scenes” from his talk. The Agility Frontier –…
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Podcasting has something like 17% market penetrarion
According to data compiled by Pew Research for its annual State of the Media report, awareness of podcasts grew significantly last year. One-third of all Americans now say they have listened to a podcast; 17% said they had listened to one in the last month alone, as of January. You know, over whatever the survey…
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Chip Childers and the Cloud Foundry Foundation – Pivotal Conversations
My most recent Pivotal Conversations podcast is up. In it, I talk with Chip Childers of the Cloud Foundry Foundation. Check out the show notes for a full transcript, or just take a listen.
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Coté Memo #069: Chili Cheese Tots, shift key avoidance syndrome
Follow-up, Follow-forward The column I excerpted from last time is up, over at FierceDevOps: Software-defined businesses need software-defined IT departments. Tell me what you think; they asked me to write a monthly piece, so I’d love to get some ideas for topics going: got any? I got some good feedback on the podcast sponsorship meanderings.…
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Coté Memo #068: Are they really making $48,000 a month just talking about Apple?
Tech & Work World Podcasting Rates Brandon shared some podcast revenue estimates with me from the Hot Pod newsletter recently. I’m all for there being lots of money in podcasting, but they seem bonkers high: Then there’s Standard Broadcast Co., independently produced shows that hang a banner under the same ad sales network. This includes…
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