With a new CEO and president at IBM, we talk about what’s been going on good and bad at IBM in recent years. Big bets were made and that whole cloud things overshadowed things. We also talk about the…

How do we fix Privacy? How do you compete with AWS? Is the iPad a hit product? We discuss all this and Matt Ray teaches us how to decouple applications from the operating system. Plus, we offer more …

Coté proposes that there’s three types of apps to pay attention to in enterprises. Or something like that. Also, he has a magical method for doing digital transformation: actually do it. We open up d…

This week the title says it all. There’s also some more bread talk.

Mood board:

• “I love the talk about bread, can I get some stickers.”
• Do they have markdown in Intranets now?
• Kicking to fit use …

We discuss weird speculation that Google Cloud would buy Salesforce. It seems like bullshit, mostly, but it gives us a good jumping off point to talk cloud strategy. Also, Coté talks about being part…

This is an episode from the Exegesis Back Catalog. Coté and Brandon review Scott Galloway's book the "The Four."

The Pivot Podcast

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Holiday Special! Matt and Brandon interview Adam Jacob about open source and being a founder of Chef.

Orginally aired on Software Defined Interviews.

Special Guest: Adam Jacob.

“What choice do we have?”

At the end of the year, we answer listener questions. From middle-names, to athletes, to advice to startups. Also, we talk open source in 2020 predictions, that NYTimes sto…

This week: that best gadgets from the past ten years article, dreams of kubernetes on old hardware, and 451 Research’s acquisition.

Ask us questions for the next episode with the tag #asksdt — recor…

It’s the re:Invent episode! We also have digressions/delights on why Oracle is so sticky despite (rival vendors tell us) how much people want to leave it. And, since it’s that time of year, Sinterkla…

Why does SDN even exist? (No, not SDT, but Software Defined Networking). Also, we discuss a recent Google Anthos interview as well, some kubernetes stuff, and the Mongolian Grill restaurant concept. …

We discuss Kubecon and Slack vs. Microsoft Teams. Pretty frothy stuff!

Hey, Coté got off his ass and finally revved back up his newsletter. People love it! Subscribe and tell all your friends to sub…

Coté is eating and drinking in this episode, so deal with it. Also, we discuss some odd slides, Mirantis buying Docker Enterprise, and saving code with vikings.

Hey, Coté got off his ass and finally…

We dig into the Microsoft Azure Arc announcement and discuss when or if a multi-cloud strategy makes sense. Plus, Matt explains how daylight savings time works with calendar invites and offers tips o…

The annual team meetings are rolling around - what should you be doing and expecting from them? Also, we discuss what a big contract like JEDI can mean for a vendor, and also what those whacky develo…

How important is domain knowledge for a new CEO? What is the key to building a successful Open Source Business? What is Kelsey Hightower really asking? We answer all these questions and more. Plus, M…

"This week there has been a lot of confusion on social media” around MeetUp charging more, along with the launch of a rival service at LinkedIn. Yeah, we get deep into LinkedIn talk! Then we discuss…

The mystery of the 2,000

Two thrilling topics this week: moderating panels and the mystery of Oracle cloud. Also, some Austin talk.

Mood board:

• The East India Company and Kodak
• I just want your b…

Smokin’ hot webinar tips in this one, tips on things to put on your mouth in Austin, and then scandal in the open source world is getting fun again!

Hey, Coté got off his ass and finally revved back…

Matt explains the GitLab vs. CloudBees kerfuffle, Coté offers advice when attending a DevOps Day, we also recommend never buying a corporate jet. Plus, there is some discussion of AXE Body Spray.

H…