Technology
This week we discuss AWS Step Functions, VMware Tanzu Community Edition and Zoom’s M&A Strategy. Plus, some thoughts on car batteries… Rundown AWS Step Functions Supports 200 AWS Services To Enable Easier Workflow Automation (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-aws-step-functions-supports-200-aws-services-to-enable-easier-workflow-automation/) Introducing VMware Tanzu Community Edition (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/vmware-tanzu-community-edition-announcement) Tanzu Community Edition (https://tanzucommunityedition.io/) Zoom M&A And that’s that, as the Zoom deal to buy Five9 is called off – TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/30/and-thats-that-as-the-zoom-deal-to-buy-five9-is-called-off/) Zoom loses Five9 - leaves the cloud contact center business open to innovative alternatives (https://diginomica.com/zoom-loses-five9-leaves-cloud-contact-center-business-open-innovative-alternatives) Telegram added 70M new users amid six-hour WhatsApp outage (https://9to5mac.com/2021/10/05/telegram-added-70m-new-users-amid-six-hour-whatsapp-outage/e) Relevant to your interests Announcing Trusted Cloud Principles (https://trustedcloudprinciples.com/) Australian Bureau of Statistics runs 2021 Census on the AWS Cloud (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/publicsector/australian-bureau-of-statistics-runs-2021-census-on-the-aws-cloud/) "A New Strategy, R2" (https://redmonk.com/rstephens/2021/09/30/a-new-strategy-r2/) Cloudflare’s Disruption (https://stratechery.com/2021/cloudflares-disruption/) PSPDFkit raises $116M, its first outside money; now nearly 1B people use apps powered by its collaboration, signing and markup tools (https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/01/pspdfkit-raises-116m-its-first-outside-money-now-nearly-1b-people-use-apps-powered-by-its-collaboration-signing-and-markup-tools/) Microsoft announces Office 2021 features and pricing (https://www.theverge.com/22704168/microsoft-office-2021-features-pricing-release-date) Paperlike, the Screen Protector for iPad: write and draw like on paper (https://paperlike.com/) Microsoft sets Oct. 5 as Windows 11 launch date (https://www.axios.com/microsoft-oct-windows-11-launch-date-7202798e-fa64-421a-835a-4c625c97e728.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top) COVID Breathalyzers Could Transform Rapid Testing (https://spectrum.ieee.org/covid-breathalyzers-could-transform-rapid-testing) AWS Mistakes (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28493193) The Verica Open Incident Database (https://www.thevoid.community/) Developer-focused infrastructure security platform Mondoo raises $15M (https://venturebeat.com/2021/10/05/developer-focused-infrastructure-security-platform-mondoo-raises-15m/) 1 big thing: Enterprise software's reawakening (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pro-rata-846feca0-b1b3-40c1-92b0-88c5cd3c0d46.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0) FB Outage Understanding How Facebook Disappeared from the Internet (https://blog.cloudflare.com/october-2021-facebook-outage/) Tools to explore BGP (https://jvns.ca/blog/2021/10/05/tools-to-look-at-bgp-routes/) Facebook is down, along with Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Oculus VR (https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/4/22708989/instagram-facebook-outage-messenger-whatsapp-error) Security The entirety of Twitch has reportedly been leaked | VGC (https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-entirety-of-twitch-has-reportedly-been-leaked/) DeFi bug accidentally gives $90 million to users, founder begs them to return it (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/01/defi-protocol-compound-mistakenly-gives-away-millions-to-users.html) Hackers rob thousands of Coinbase customers using MFA flaw (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-rob-thousands-of-coinbase-customers-using-mfa-flaw/) Company That Routes Billions of Text Messages Quietly Says It Was Hacked (https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3xpm8/company-that-routes-billions-of-text-messages-quietly-says-it-was-hacked) Nonsense There are six internet links on my office on wheels. Seven when Starlink arrives. (https://ghuntley.com/internet/) Australia accelerates its plans to allow international travel. (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/01/world/australia/australia-international-travel-covid.html) As of today, Australia has 5 time zones once again. (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FAv7UPuVEAA87S9.jpg) April Fools' copy-paste button for lazy programmers now actually for sale (https://www.cnet.com/news/april-fools-copy-paste-button-for-lazy-programmers-now-actually-for-sale/?PostType=link&ServiceType=twitter&UniqueID=5A6C2A44-2481-11EC-97B3-AFC2BDCD475E&ftag=COS-05-10aaa0b&TheTime=2021-10-03T19:37:32&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top) Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT (http://strongdm.com/SDT) CBT Nuggets — Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. 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