Coté has a late night, mental breakdown about scorecards. Can Brandon save him? Also, kafka, Travis CI, and snow.

Relevant to your interests

• Atlassian surpassed $1B in calendar-year revenue in 2018
• Google remains the top open-source contributor to CNCF projects
• Oracle exec: Open-source vendors locking down licences proves 'they were never really open’
• Morgan Stanley Downgrades Oracle Stock on Dim Growth Prospects
• Vodafone signs $550m deal with IBM to offload cloud biz
• Insiders say that Google's new cloud boss is likely to make some very large acquisitions
• 'The goal is to automate us': welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism
• Just forget what Gartner said about AI in June 'cos CIOs are all over it now apparently
• Open-Source Unicorn: Confluent Reaches $2.5 Billion Valuation Three Years After Hiring Its First Sales Rep
• Travis CI joins the Idera family
• IBM Boasts Another Big Win, Touts Hybrid Cloud Prowess
• Microsoft wins cloud business from Albertsons as fear of Amazon grows among retailers

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• Oreo Competitor Makes Federal Case Out of ‘Cutthroat’ Cookie Rivalry
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• Jan 28th to 29th, 2019 - SpringOne Tour Charlotte, $50 off with the code S1Tour2019_100.
• Feb 12th to 13th, 2019 - SpringOne Tour St. Louis. $50 off the code S1Tour2019_100.
• Mar 7th to 8th, 2019 - Incontro DevOps in Bologna, Coté speaking.
• Mar 13th, 2019 - Coté speaking at (platform as a product) - Continuous Delivery, Amsterdam.
• Mar 18th to 19th, 2019 - SpringOne Tour London. Get £50 off ticket price of £150 with the code S1Tour2019_100.
• Mar 21st to 2nd, 2019 - SpringOne Tour Amsterdam. Get €50 off ticket price of €150 with the code S1Tour2019_100.

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