Readit Newsakashcoach commented on IBM to buy HashiCorp in $6.4B deal reuters.com/markets/deals... · Posted by u/amateurhuman
So which of the other potential buyers of HCP is the magical non-shitty $BIGCORP you would’ve preferred?
I would have like Microsoft to buy it.
akashcoach commented on IBM to buy HashiCorp in $6.4B deal reuters.com/markets/deals... · Posted by u/amateurhuman
I don’t understand people’s beef with IBM. They have been responsible for incredible R&D within computing. I even LIKE redhat/fedora!
HashiCorp had already been sold out since waaaay before this acquisition and I also don’t understand why their engineers are seen as “special”…
Look at what they did with the Phoenix project for Canadian Government. They are not the same IBM they were 50 years ago. Now they are a consulting firm.
akashcoach commented on IBM to buy HashiCorp in $6.4B deal reuters.com/markets/deals... · Posted by u/amateurhuman
I don’t understand people’s beef with IBM. They have been responsible for incredible R&D within computing. I even LIKE redhat/fedora!
HashiCorp had already been sold out since waaaay before this acquisition and I also don’t understand why their engineers are seen as “special”…
Look at what they did with the Phoenix project for Canadian Government. They are not the same IBM they were 50 years ago. Now they are a consulting firm that employ cheap labor.
akashcoach commented on IBM to buy HashiCorp in $6.4B deal reuters.com/markets/deals... · Posted by u/amateurhuman
I don’t understand people’s beef with IBM. They have been responsible for incredible R&D within computing. I even LIKE redhat/fedora!
HashiCorp had already been sold out since waaaay before this acquisition and I also don’t understand why their engineers are seen as “special”…
You talk about beef, look at what they did with a project for Canadian Government. They are not the same IBM they were 50 years ago. Now they are a consulting firm and a shitty one.
akashcoach commented on Ask HN: How to ensure that AI and automated decision tools are traceable? · Posted by u/akashcoach
I'd suggest hiring a consultant to help with this. I mean, I'm the last person typically to engage in "gatekeeping" but on something like this, a mistake could represent an existential threat to the entire firm. You don't want to be "learning as you go" under those circumstances, IMO.
Thanks. By consultant, do you mean someone like EY etc?
akashcoach commented on Ask HN: Tool to share/exchange personal and confidential files · Posted by u/akashcoach
Another problem I've run into more than once is that many orgs don't allow ssh out through the firewall. One project I worked on recently the client had to send and receive data via his home computer after work and transport it to/from his work computer on a USB drive. Apparently that was fine.
That would be a strict no-no for us considering the sensitivity of data.
akashcoach commented on Ask HN: Tool to share/exchange personal and confidential files · Posted by u/akashcoach
SFTP.
For non-technical partners, we have a simple instructional document on how to download and use Filezilla[1] to connect. We haven't had many challenges.
External orgs sysadmin does not allow filezila installation. That is why we are looking for a web based solution that they can access via the browser.
akashcoach commented on Ask HN: Tool to share/exchange personal and confidential files · Posted by u/akashcoach
> Size of the files can be large in many GBs.
> Security is the main concern.
> Tool should be web based.
From your question it kinda sounds you actually have 3 main concerns, not just security. I can't give you any suggestions for web based tools but I can suggest:
1. Obtain a public SSH key out-of-band with the party that needs the large file and give them access to an SFTP share with that key.
2. Upload the file to a private S3 bucket and send them a signed link[1]
[1] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/ShareO...
Thanks for your suggestion. Unfortunately the users of the system are not too technical so some of these steps might be too much for them. Is there a user friendly tool in this space of secure file exchange?