This week we discuss the legacy of Puppet, Private Equity acquisitions and a few thoughts on Cloud Migrations. Plus, the five types of All Hands meetings…
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Rundown
Perforce to acquire infrastructure as code pioneer Puppet
The PE Yo-Yo
Thoma Bravo to take cybersecurity firm SailPoint private for $6.1 billion
Private equity giant KKR buys security firm Barracuda Networks
How big could the cloud get? Part 1
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