While we couldn’t be at HashiConf this year, we wanted to be sure to share some of the major announcements from the show. Aaron Strong wrote up a great recap, be sure to check it out.

The Gestalt IT Rundown is here to get you up to speed on the latest IT news. This week, Tom Hollingsworth and Ken Nalbone discuss Linus Torvalds returning to Linux, the latest in the Supermicro saga, Intel restructuring their manufacturing division, and why you can’t quit Oracle.

In another addition to his series on using Terraform, Gabe Maentz shows how you can move your server fleet from AWS and Azure. The whole series is worth a look.

Here’s a live blog from Glenn Dekhayser to get you up to speed on everything announced on the Day 1 NetApp Insight Keynote.

Linus Torvalds is returning from his self-imposed exile from the Linux development community. After a month away, it seems he’s ready to live up to the new kernel developer Code of Conduct.

Over the weekend, the European Commission approved with Microsoft acquisition of GitHub. Notably, the regulator imposed no conditions on the deal.

Given the plethora of cloud mail options out there, does a home mail server make sense? Helm thinks so. They’re banking on privacy and ease of use as being compelling reasons to add their server to your home. We’re skeptical.

Samsung has reported they are beginning mass production of 7nm […]

Rich Stroffolino runs down one of the major bits of IT news this week, the acquisition of X-IO by Violin Systems, and what bits got spun out into a new exciting company. Plus some of the major announcements from Commvault GO 2018.

NetApp will host their sixth annual Women in Technology panel at NetApp Insight next week. Keynote speaker Kate Swanborg will be on the panel. In a year that’s seen increasing discussion on gender issues, this session should have a lot to say.