Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb, announces new remote-first work policy: https://twitter.com/bchesky/status/1519831566486147073   Simpsons meme about Elon Musk criticism: https://i.imgflip.com/3mtyfq.jpg   Google parent Alphabet’s results come up short despite cloud strength https://siliconangle.com/2022/04/26/google-parent-alphabets-results-come-short-despite-cloud-strength/ Google Cloud hit $5.82B in Q1 sales, up from $4.05B YoY and above estimates of $5.75B, and an operating loss of $931M, down from $974M YoY Amazon's cloud business grows almost 37%, but slows from last quarter https ..read more

GitOps https://explodingtopics.com/topic/gitops Searches for “GitOps” are up 96% over the last 12 months. The reason for growing interest in the practice is that GitOps can lead to increased productivity, higher reliability and better stability. GitOps is part of the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) meta trend. According to E-Topics, Searches for “GitOps” are up 96% over the last 12 months. The mainstreaming of cloud practices and the continued increase in adoption of DevSecOps are two main drivers of accelerating IaC growth. Hyperautomation https://explodingtopics.com/topic/hyperautomation Hypera ..read more

Foundry — Cloud computing study 2022 https://foundryco.com/tools-for-marketers/research-cloud-computing/ Puppet acquired (by Perforce) https://puppet.com/blog/an-open-letter-from-the-ceo-of-puppet Backup frustration brought this CTO to forefront of ransomware protection https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/12/nasuni-ransomware-without-backup/ Microsoft Customers Decry Cloud Contracts That Sideline Rivals https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-12/microsoft-customers-decry-cloud-contracts-that-sideline-rivals Atlassian cloud outage could take days to resolve https://www.techtarget.com/se ..read more

Back to (in-person) work Big tech conferences aren’t coming back https://www.protocol.com/newsletters/sourcecode/rip-big-tech-events Microsoft’s CEO Warns of the Impact of All Those Late-Night Emails https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-07/microsoft-ceo-warns-of-the-impact-of-all-those-late-night-emails Using your dishwasher is more Earth-friendly. Here's why. https://www.cnet.com/home/kitchen-and-household/how-much-water-do-dishwashers-use/ Any other news Microsoft Azure to build Arm servers with chips from Ampere https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/microsoft-azure-arm-chips-ampere ..read more

Remote meetings are big money HP Inc. to Acquire Poly Poly is the lash-up of Polycom and Plantronics. And where was Zoom when this was going down? https://www.reuters.com/technology/hp-buy-poly-33-bln-deal-2022-03-28/ How much of IT should be self-serve? Cloud self-service doesn’t need to invite the orc apocalypse | CloudPundit: Massive-Scale Computing Shadow IT discourse is back, baby! As Docker gains momentum, it hauls in $105M Series C on $2B valuation https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/31/as-docker-gains-momentum-it-hauls-in-105m-series-c-on-2b-valuation/ Large-scale npm attack targets Azure ..read more

Okta popped Original tweet: https://twitter.com/billdemirkapi/status/1506107157124722690 Okta denial: https://twitter.com/toddmckinnon/status/1506184721922859010 Okta detailed statement: https://www.okta.com/blog/2022/03/updated-okta-statement-on-lapsus/ FBI warns about attacks that bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA): https://www.zdnet.com/article/fbi-warns-about-attacks-that-bypass-multi-factor-authentication-mfa/ Lapsus$: Oxford teen accused of being multi-millionaire cyber-criminal: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-60864283 Japan's Self-Defense Forces launch new cyberdefense unit ..read more

- Google Stadia and Vimeo both pivoting to enterprise https://www.bgr.in/opinions/google-stadia-dead-for-you-it-is-1247361/  https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/15/22979126/vimeo-patreon-creators-price-increase  - Sabotage of NPM packages is back in the news once again  BIG sabotage: Famous npm package deletes files to protest Ukraine war https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/big-sabotage-famous-npm-package-deletes-files-to-protest-ukraine-war/  - Remote events are still with us  Google I/O takes place May 11th and 12th, and it will be fully online  https ..read more

NVIDIA follow-up: leaked certs being used to sign malware https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malware-now-using-nvidias-stolen-code-signing-certificates/ Google's Mandiant Acquisition Brings Cybersecurity Automation to Forefront https://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/google-s-mandiant-acquisition-brings-cybersecurity-automation-to-forefront Amazon jumps 10% on 20-for-1 share split, $10 billion buyback https://seekingalpha.com/news/3811399-amazon-jumps-10-on-20-for-1-share-split-10-billion-buyback?lctg=60c1e2e9dba83e59148a0f62&mailingid=26973903&messageid=wall_street_b ..read more

Ukrainian tech companies https://www.fastcompany.com/90725211/ukraine-tech-companies Grammarly, Readdle, MacPaw, many indie developers, and contracting/outsourcing outfits People around the world are booking Airbnbs in Ukraine. They don't plan to check in https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/ukraine-airbnb-donations-cec/index.html Nvidia Confirms Company Data Was Stolen in Hack https://www.pcmag.com/news/nvidia-confirms-company-data-was-stolen-in-hack https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/01/nvidia-hackers-leak-ransomware/ DARVO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO $50/month to plug a mystery box i ..read more

Forbes — Disney World Could Have Gone Nuclear - https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2019/02/21/disney-world-could-have-gone-nuclear/ Citrix To Be Acquired, Taken Private And Merged With Tibco In $16.5B Deal - https://www.crn.com/news/applications-os/citrix-to-be-acquired-taken-private-and-merged-with-tibco-in-16-5-billion-deal Weighted ACV as more useful SaaS metric - https://whoisnnamdi.com/weighted-acv/ Intel plans - https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/18/intel_gelsinger_plan/ Intel — Powering the Metaverse- https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/opinion/powering-metaverse.html ..read more