Episode 68: Too old for the buffet
Summary: <h1>SPONSOR</h1> <ul> <li>See <a href="http://cote.io/promos" rel="nofollow">cote.io/promos</a> for a full list of all the deals "mid-roll" stuff currently going on.</li> <li>I have a discount code for Operability.IO, September 19th and 20th in London. I hear good things about this conference; check out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK4VB0cauli7-_RIvpmn651ePtddw9_Fp" rel="nofollow">their talks from last year</a>. It has a good list of speakers, including our very own Casey West. You can 10% off registration if <a href="https://ti.to/highops/operability-io-2016/discount/COTEMEMOOIO16" rel="nofollow">you use the code COTEMEMOOIO16</a>. Check out <a href="https://cote.io/promos/" rel="nofollow">https://cote.io/promos/</a> for more - free books, free cloud time, etc.</li> <li>Interested in speeding your software's cycle time, reducing release cycles, and a resilient cloud platform? Check out <a href="http://pivotal.io/cloud-foundry-the-cloud-native-platform?utm_source=Cote-promo&utm_medium=LP-link&utm_campaign=Duncan-Winn-OReilly-Cloud-Native-eBook-Q116" rel="nofollow">the free ebook on Cloud Foundry</a> or <a href="http://try.run.pivotal.io/SDT?utm_source=cotepivotallandingpage&utm_medium=landingpage&utm_term=FreeTwoMonthsPWS&utm_content=button&utm_campaign=cote" rel="nofollow">take Cloud Foundry for a test drive with Pivotal Web Services</a>. See those and other things at <a href="http://cote.io/pivotal/" rel="nofollow">cote.io/pivotal</a>.</li> </ul> <h1>Show notes</h1> <ul> <li>If you like video, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk_5VqpWEtiWnQ7od08nzkB32oT4gnDiP" rel="nofollow">see this episodes’ video recording</a>.</li> </ul> <h2>HPE on the block?</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="http://siliconangle.com/blog/2016/08/01/hpe-subject-of-rumored-40-billion-takeover-attempt/" rel="nofollow">Coverage</a>: “several private equity firms, including KRR, Apollo Global Management and the Carlyle Group, are looking to pay $40 billion or more to buy HPE outright”</li> <li><a href="http://siliconangle.com/blog/2016/08/01/hpe-cloud-boss-bill-hilf-departs-the-company/" rel="nofollow">Bill Hilf out of HPE, another cloud re-org at HPE</a></li> <li>Let’s compare: IBM, Oracle, EMC/Dell, even Verizon/Yahoo! - big tech companies surviving long term.</li> <li>Meanwhile: <a href="http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2016/08/04/rackspace-halted-in-advanced-talks-with-private-equity-to-be-taken-private-says-dj/" rel="nofollow">rumors of Rackspace going private</a>.</li> </ul> <h2>YAHOO!</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-24/verizon-said-to-announce-4-8-billion-deal-to-buy-yahoo-tomorrow" rel="nofollow">What’s Verizon doing over there</a>?</li> <li>Coté’s notes on this: <a href="https://cote.io/2016/07/25/verizon-buying-yahoos-core-businesses-for-4-83bn-a-third-place-com-contender/" rel="nofollow">one</a> and <a href="https://cote.io/2016/07/26/vzyahoo-the-next-step-is-how-do-we-differentiate-our-strategy/" rel="nofollow">two</a>.</li> </ul> <h2>ChefConf</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://thenewstack.io/chef-rolls-management-ingredients-one-package-chef-automate/" rel="nofollow">Unified products as Automate</a></li> <li>Certifications!</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL11cZfNdwNyPo_EEgCGDe9mrUlMtTf361" rel="nofollow">Lots of videos</a></li> </ul> <h1>Recommendations</h1> <ul> <li>Brandon: <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80057281" rel="nofollow"><em>Stranger Things</em></a> </li> <li>Matt: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3163562/?ref_=fn_al_tt_" rel="nofollow">Utopia/Homeland</a>2. My kids love <a href="http://www.arnotts.com.au/products/tim-tam/" rel="nofollow">Tim Tams</a>. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSXEZe7tRuw" rel="nofollow">Manly</a>. <a href="http://fan-o-rama.com/" rel="nofollow">http://fan-o-rama.com/</a> </li> <li>Coté: <a href="https://fieldnotesbrand.com/products/byline" rel="nofollow">Field Notes Byline</a>, reporter's notebook.</li> </ul>
