Episode 68: Too old for the buffet

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Show notes

• If you like video, see this episodes’ video recording (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk_5VqpWEtiWnQ7od08nzkB32oT4gnDiP).

HPE on the block?

• Coverage (http://siliconangle.com/blog/2016/08/01/hpe-subject-of-rumored-40-billion-takeover-attempt/): “several private equity firms, including KRR, Apollo Global Management and the Carlyle Group, are looking to pay $40 billion or more to buy HPE outright”

• Bill Hilf out of HPE, another cloud re-org at HPE (http://siliconangle.com/blog/2016/08/01/hpe-cloud-boss-bill-hilf-departs-the-company/)

• Let’s compare: IBM, Oracle, EMC/Dell, even Verizon/Yahoo! - big tech companies surviving long term.

• Meanwhile: rumors of Rackspace going private (http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2016/08/04/rackspace-halted-in-advanced-talks-with-private-equity-to-be-taken-private-says-dj/).

YAHOO!

• What’s Verizon doing over there (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-24/verizon-said-to-announce-4-8-billion-deal-to-buy-yahoo-tomorrow)?

• Coté’s notes on this: one (https://cote.io/2016/07/25/verizon-buying-yahoos-core-businesses-for-4-83bn-a-third-place-com-contender/) and two (https://cote.io/2016/07/26/vzyahoo-the-next-step-is-how-do-we-differentiate-our-strategy/).

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• Lots of videos (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL11cZfNdwNyPo_EEgCGDe9mrUlMtTf361)

Recommendations

• Brandon: Stranger Things

• Matt: Utopia/Homeland (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3163562/?ref_=fn_al_tt_)2. My kids love Tim Tams (http://www.arnotts.com.au/products/tim-tam/). Manly (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSXEZe7tRuw). http://fan-o-rama.com/ (http://fan-o-rama.com/)

• Coté: Field Notes Byline (https://fieldnotesbrand.com/products/byline), reporter's notebook.