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On this episode of the Gestalt IT Rundown, Tom Hollingsworth and Rich Stroffolino look at the news from Commvault GO, the increasing attrition in the Libra Association, how AWS made Oracle sad, and why you might want to say “sudon’t make me a sandwich.” Be sure to catch each episode live on Facebook at 12:30pm ET.

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Rich Stroffolino discusses why we’re seeing a rise in semi-custom silicon approaches. General-purpose computing has been the rule for decades, but the slowing performance and efficiency gains on x86 have pushed chip makers to finding different paths to optimizing performance. Rich digs into it in this video.

This week, Stephen Foskett and Rich Stroffolino discuss VMware closing on the acquisition of Carbon Black, why Workplace by Facebook is growing so fast, how Puppet is going after cloud-native development with Project Nebula, and why semi-custom silicon is the new hotness.

On this episode, our roundtable discusses the premise that learning Kubernetes is a waste of time. With so many managed Kubernetes service available, actually learning the ins and outs of the obtuse orchestrator isn’t necessary for the vast majority of organizations. They discuss the actual business value of managing Kubernetes, compare it to learning vSphere, and discuss what organizations should be investing time in.

It’s Gestalt News to get you up to date on the latest on the site. We’ve got the latest news on the Gestalt IT Rundown, we have a look at how Docker got to it’s current financial struggles, a look at what to expect at Commvault GO, and more.

Recent reports say Docker is trying to raise a new funding round with two investors and is in need of cash in a hurry. Wait… aren’t they an IT unicorn? What happened to Docker to take them from the champion of containers to their current troubles? We dig into it in this video.

Rich Stroffolino and Ken Nalbone discuss the IT news of the week, including Docker’s quest for more funding, PDF encryption problems, WeWork cancelling their IPO, and why Congress is interested in DNS-over-HTTPS.

This week in Gestalt News, we have a brand new episode of the Gestalt IT Rundown, a new podcast discussing if security can keep up with modern threats, as pieces about the latest from NetApp and Pure Storage. Be sure to subscribe to get the latest in your inbox.