Roaring Elephant

Moving to cloud can be done in many different ways, but not all paths will be as forgiving. Unfortunately, Some internet sources give really bad advise, at least we think so. Here is the Roaring Elephant to set the record straight and offer some do's and don'ts! We typically list the internet sources we used for inspiration here, but considering we really do not agree with he source in this case, we really do not want to aid in spreading the misinformation... Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

Assembling a perfect team turns out to be closer to alchemy than science! During our research for the Corporate Culture series, we came across an article describing some research that was done by Google on the very subject. We really liked the article but feel it fell short on a couple of points, so here is us talking about our take on this subject. For this episode, we took some inspiration from the following article: What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team – The New York Times Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

Voluntarily or not, everything falls victim to the Hype Cycle and Kubernetes is no exception. Should you say 'NO' to Kubernetes? Well, at least one company that seems to be a poster child for the technology published a blog explaining why they are not using it... and the internet exploded.... Fr this episode, we found inspiration in the following internet resources: No, we don’t use Kubernetes | Ably Blog: Data in MotionApplication reveals which congressmen are distracted on their phones (newsbeezer.com) Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

Assembling a perfect team turns out to be closer to alchemy than science! During our research for the Corporate Culture series, we came across an article describing some research that was done by Google on the very subject. We really liked the article but feel it fell short on a couple of points, so here is us talking about our take on this subject. For this episode, we took some inspiration from the following article: What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team - The New York Times Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

Keeping software up to date is not always easy and even the biggest out there are not immune to "Software Update Hell"! For this episode, we got inspiration from the following online resources: Migrating Facebook to MySQL 8.0 - Facebook Engineering (fb.com)Bleak Cyborg Future from Brain-Computer Interfaces if We're Not Careful - AIP Publishing LLC Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

Assembling a perfect team turns out to be closer to alchemy than science! During our research for the Corporate Culture series, we came across an article describing some research that was done by Google on the very subject. We really liked the article but feel it fell short on a couple of points, so here is us talking about our take on this subject. For this episode, we took some inspiration from the following article: What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team - The New York Times Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

This episode was inspired by the cancelation of the much talked about 10 billion dollar Pentagon JEDI cloud project. Do enormous single vendor contracts make sense? Is 10 years really a realistic timeline to limit the technological advances to a single provider? Well, the Pentagon ultimately decided against it (or did they?). Should you? Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

In this continuation of last episode, we discuss the remaining 4 items on the "Corporate Culture to-do list for the dream company". We're slowly closing off this series on the subject with one more, maybe two more episodes coming up. Do let us know how you are enjoying this series? In this episode, we took inspiration from this wonderful article on the Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/2013/05/creating-the-best-workplace-on-earth Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

The SaaS technology company Snowflake has been in the news repeatedly, taking a firm stance on their views on Open Source and it is rather puzzling why they choose to do this... In this episode, the following articles were referenced: https://techexec.com.au/?p=3892https://finance.yahoo.com/news/c3-ai-ai-partners-snowflake-140702850.htmlhttps://gcn.com/articles/2021/05/18/open-source-serverless.aspx Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

After focusing on what can go wring when it comes to Corporate Culture and what the impact can be, we're switching gears now and look at the alternative. During our research for this series we fortunately also came across content that covered how it would be possible to build a corporate culture that is supportive and nurturing and in this first episode, we're looking at what kind of impact this can have on the organization and the people. In this episode, we took inspiration from this wonderful article on the Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/2013/05/creating-the-best-workplace-on-earth Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

In the technology space especially, but in general as well, organizations need to "keep up" or become obsolete. But how fast should emerging technology be adopted, if at all? The following articles were referenced n this episode: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/05/24/top-emerging-technologies/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-57394831 Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

Continuing our journey on everything about Company Culture, this episode focusses on what actually feeds a Toxic Culture and how one could potentially avoid going down that unfortunate path. Make sure to listen to the two earlier episodes on this topic if you want to get the full picture! Here are the links to the web resources we touched on this episode: Toxic workplace culture pissing off employees and pushing away customers?7 Signs of a Toxic Workplace Culture Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

Microsoft just release a blog post where the "guarantee" your data will no move out of the EU. Sounds great, but what are they really after... Why can't we all just get along? Data and nation borders are not the best of bed fellows and Microsoft is coming to the rescue with a firm guarantee that data that happens in the EU, stays in the EU! Or do they... Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

In this second episode on Company Culture, we move away from the specific case of Basecamp, though we'll still use it as an example. Specifically their new stance on how a company should distance itself from politics and social issues. Is that really a good idea? Is it even possible? Join us in this episode where we dive deeper into that aspect of Company Culture. Here are links to the web resources that we referenced during this episode: Changes at BasecampAmazon extends ban on police use of its facial recognition software ‘until further notice’Thousands of Google employees asked CEO Sundar Pichai to stop providing AI tech for the US military’s dronesMilitary work is a lightning rod in Silicon Valley, but Microsoft will sell the Pentagon all the AI it needs Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

In this episode, we look at how old tech is trying to retake their glory days by embracing Cloud and Apparently, just plain automation is no longer enough... Old Dog, New Tricks? Cloud continues to make live harder and harder for the traditional big tech companies. Is embracing cloud a way out for them, or do they just have their heads in the clouds.... Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

That Company Culture is a huge part of why someone chooses to work for a certain company (or not) should come as no surprise to anyone really. However as recent news has demonstrated, there are still many ways to stumble by misjudging the consequences of certain decisions made by company execs. We'll be covering this subject over multiple episodes and in this first episode we discuss not only why Basecamp made the news, but also why this news inspired us to do this episode series. Here are links to the web content we referenced during the episode: The story of Basecamp’s disastrous policyhttps://www.theverge.com/2021/5/4/22419512/basecamp-political-speech-policy-falloutChanges at Basecamphttps://world.hey.com/jason/changes-at-basecamp-7f32afc5Basecamp Just Broke the Mold to Grow Better, and Fasterhttps://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2021/05/07/basecamp_just_broke_the_mold_to_grow_better_and_faster_776155.html Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send

A couple of weeks ago, Signal pulled of a astonishing feat: not only did it do a remarkable job on getting the word out that the big ad companies are tracking you, they actually got Facebook to do most of the talking for them! When advertising goes Viral It feels like sheer genius: Signal tells the truth about tracking and gets Facebook to help spread the word. Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

Continuing on last weeks Open Source Roundup, this time we focus on concept of security and safety with Open Source projects. This weeks inspiration came from these articles: Is Open Source More Secure Than Closed Source?https://devops.com/is-open-source-more-secure-than-closed-source/Open-source, cloud-native projects: 5 key questions to assess riskhttps://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/open-source-cloud-native-projects-5-key-questions-assess-risk7 Reasons to Get Serious About Your Open-Source Strategyhttps://builtin.com/software-engineering-perspectives/open-source-program-office Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

Today's episode features a roundup of Open source related topics, more specifically about the importance of communities. Inspiration was taken from these online articles: What's the point of open source without contributors? Turns out, there are severalhttps://www.techrepublic.com/article/whats-the-point-of-open-source-without-contributors-turns-out-there-are-several/Apache Software Foundation retires slew of Hadoop-related projectshttps://www.zdnet.com/article/apache-software-foundation-retires-slew-of-hadoop-related-projects/New Linux Foundation project takes blockchain and the open source approach to the insurance industryhttps://www.techrepublic.com/article/new-linux-foundation-project-takes-blockchain-and-the-open-source-approach-to-the-insurance-industry/ Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

After a decade of court battles, Oracle finally lost their case against Google about copying the Java API for use in Android. The fact that Java has not been part of Android since version 7 (Nougat) did not mean Oracle would stop the litigation. O, no... Oracle wanted their 9 billion dollar claim and they were prepared to go to the supreme court for that... Today's Articles https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/04/05/supreme-court-gives-google-the-final-win-versus-oracle/ https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/back-popular-demand-google-cloud-products-4-words-or-less-2021-edition https://lists.apache.org/x/thread.html/rab2a820507f7c846e54a847398ab20f47698ec5bce0c8e182bfe51ba%40%3Cdev.mesos.apache.org%3E Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.