Listen "Did COVID transform Tech?"
Episode Synopsis
The COVID-19 pandemic will last ~18 months, but how long will the impact to the technology industry last? SHOW: 499SHOW SPONSORS:Get started with the JumpCloud Directory Platform today Visit the JumpCloud Homepage. Email [email protected] for a FREE JumpCloud T-Shirt.See how O’Reilly online learning can help your tech teams. Request a free demo now.Datadog Security Monitoring Homepage: Modern Monitoring and AnalyticsTry Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today. Listeners of this podcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW NOTES:How COVID changed on people work (Pew Research)Remote Work Trends and StatsGoogle to invest $7B in post-pandemic officesMicrosoft report on post-COVID "Hybrid Work"Stocks with enough cash to outlast COVID-19HOW WILL COVID CHANGE THE TECH INDUSTRY?REMOTE WORK and COLLABORATIONThe foundational tools are in place (GitHub, Zoom, Slack, Jira, Public Cloud) but are they really designed for large # of remote workers collaborating? Event sign-ups were up 5-10x, but have people actually been consuming the content? Will companies continue to encourage and support remote workers, or do we see a boomerang in late 2021 and 2022? MORE RAPID ADOPTION OF THE PUBLIC CLOUDLess people in the office, so more adoption of public clouds?Public clouds grew, but not at faster rates than before - 2021/2022 might be better indicators, as 2020 had “budget concerns” for many companies (uncertainty)More adoption of SaaS-like offerings (be near the clouds, align buying models, more flexible)Acceleration of more agile approaches, as the world becomes more polarized - hence stability may be shorter intervals? WHY DIDN’T THE CLOUD PROVIDERS DO MORE?Cloud providers have massive cash reserves (Microsoft, $137B, Google $112B, Amazon $50B), but no major acquisitions.Nobody has initiate price-wars, but we are seeing more long-range ELAs announcedWHERE IS THE “NEXT BIG THING”?2006/2007 - iPhone, AWS launch ; 2008 Financial Crash2020 - ???FEEDBACK?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet
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