RIA Weekly

With Coté away attending to family matters, Matt Ray and Brandon have a lively discussion about the origins of VMware, product strategy and preview possible AWS Re:invent announcements. We also discuss how to celebrate Thanksgiving when you are an living down under. Most importantly, we reveal the new Software Define Talk logo! Show Notes: VMware Origins: Masters of Scale: Look Sideways — with Google / VMware’s Diane Greene (https://overcast.fm/+I6DDWoxy4). Strategy Discussion: Many Strategies Fail Because They’re Not Actually Strategies (https://hbr.org/2017/11/many-strategies-fail-because-theyre-not-actually-strategies) Bonus Links: Mesosphere, a San Francis (https://www.businessinsider.com.au/florian-leibert-mesosphere-ceo-reveals-50-million-run-rate-2017-11)c (https://www.businessinsider.com.au/florian-leibert-mesosphere-ceo-reveals-50-million-run-rate-2017-11)o cloud-infrastructure startup that once famously turned down an acquisition from Microsoft, is now on a $US50 million annualized run rate. (https