Coté

As it says, some books. Original source: Diplomacy and delusion: books to understand differences between Brits and Americans

As it says, some books. Original source: Diplomacy and delusion: books to understand differences between Brits and Americans

“Air Force acquisition leaders recognized the current acquisition strategy, in progress since 2009, will not deliver capability to the warfighter fast enough. Today, we terminated the current AOC 10.2 contract with Northrop Grumman in order to take a different approach.” And: “Once we field this platform and establish the software pipeline, we will begin the iterative improvement process,” said Sanders. “That’s where this acquisition process really makes a difference. The customers, in this case Airmen at the AOCs, are able to communicate their needs directly to developers and see the changes they request within weeks.

“Air Force acquisition leaders recognized the current acquisition strategy, in progress since 2009, will not deliver capability to the warfighter fast enough. Today, we terminated the current AOC 10.2 contract with Northrop Grumman in order to take a different approach.” And: “Once we field this platform and establish the software pipeline, we will begin the iterative improvement process,” said Sanders. “That’s where this acquisition process really makes a difference. The customers, in this case Airmen at the AOCs, are able to communicate their needs directly to developers and see the changes they request within weeks.

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.

Sounds like a (rightly) sympathetic, interesting take on being a representative. Original source: Why We Get the Wrong Politicians by Isabel Hardman review – the travails of being an MP | Books | The Guardian

Sounds like a (rightly) sympathetic, interesting take on being a representative. Original source: Why We Get the Wrong Politicians by Isabel Hardman review – the travails of being an MP | Books | The Guardian

“Harbor is a privately hosted registry, which allows running either on-premises or in any of the major cloud vendors, making it a possibility for organizations that cannot use a public container registry or want to implement a multi-cloud strategy. Harbor started as an internal VMware project and became open source in 2016. Multiple partners, including companies like Pivotal and Rancher, either use Harbor for their container-based environment or work together with Harbor to give the possibility of running the project on their infrastructure.

“Harbor is a privately hosted registry, which allows running either on-premises or in any of the major cloud vendors, making it a possibility for organizations that cannot use a public container registry or want to implement a multi-cloud strategy. Harbor started as an internal VMware project and became open source in 2016. Multiple partners, including companies like Pivotal and Rancher, either use Harbor for their container-based environment or work together with Harbor to give the possibility of running the project on their infrastructure.

“For the six months ending April 30, 2018, SUSE saw revenues of $182.9 million, which represents continued growth of approximately 17 percent over the same period in the previous year. Adjusted EBITDA for that period was $56 million, nearly 23 percent year-over-year growth.” Original source: SUSE Builds Momentum with Innovative Open Source Offerings, Revenue Growth and Commitment to Enterprise Customers