Red Hat is pretty good at being Red Hat
Yesterday I attended Red Hat’s European analyst day at the Tate Modern art gallery. Here are some of thoughts based on what I heard. So it turns out Red Hat is pretty good at being Red Hat. By that I mean Red Hat sticks to the knitting, carries water and chops wood, and generally just […]
Java’s late flowering, Solaris cut back to roots.
At the risk of starting from the beginning, which is somewhat unfashionable these days in these days of Netflix box sets with complex chronologies, I am going to start at the beginning. Java, the language, was introduced on May 23, 1995, just as the Internet took off. Netscape’s initial public offering was just a couple […]
So where’s the Visual Studio Code at?
We’ve have been thinking about Visual Studio Code, Microsoft’s relatively new open source cross platform code editor, a fair bit lately. One reason Code is on our radar is that it keeps coming up positively in conversations with developers and making surprise appearances in demos at grassroots tech conferences. Folks from modern language communities […]
A good day at the office for Amazon Web Services, partner commitments deepen
One of the things that historically defined our coverage of AWS Cloud is that Amazon never really needed to ping us, never mind send us a press release. When a new AWS service release came out we’d see developers parsing the news and immediately kicking the tyres, often excited about the possibilities being opened to […]
On multi-cloud tradeoffs and the paradox of openness
In any technology adoption decision organisations are faced with a balancing act between openness and convenience. Open standards and open source, while in theory driving commoditization and lower cost, also create associated management overheads. Choice comes at a cost. Managing heterogeneous networks is generally more complicated, and therefore resource intensive, than managing homogenous ones, which […]
Enterprise architecture in a world of automated change
I posted the other day on the Enterprise CIO blog an entry about the CIO’s role and the self-driving business that got me thinking about the Enterprise architect and the processes (e.g., TOGAF). There seems to be a lack of any real automation thread. Do you see one? This clearly needs to be addressed. One […]
It Ain’t Easy Making Money in Open Source: Thoughts on the Hortonworks S-1
It took me a week or so to get to it, but in this post, I’ll take a dive into the Hortonworks S-1 filing in support of a proposed initial public offering (IPO) of their stock. While Hadoop and big data are unarguably huge trends driving the industry and while the future of Hadoop looks very bright indeed, […]
The Best Cloud Computing Companies And CEOs To Work For In 2014
2014 continues to be a year marked by the accelerating hiring cycles across nearly all cloud computing companies. Signing bonuses of $3K to $5K for senior engineers and system design specialists are becoming common, and the cycles from screening to interviews to offers is shortening. The job market in the cloud computing industry is leaning in favor of applicants […]
Best- And Worst-Performing Cloud Computing Stocks Feb. 10th To Feb. 14th And Year-to-Date
The five highest performing cloud computing stocks year-to-date in the Cloud Computing Index are Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM), F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV), Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR), Fusion-IO (NYSE:FIO), Qualys (NASDAQ:QYLS) and Workday (NYSE:WDAY). A $10K investment in Akamai on January 2nd of this year is worth $12,901 and $10K invested in F5 Networks is worth $12,509 as of market close yesterday. IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP share […]
The Best Enterprise Software Companies And CEOs To Work For In 2013
Comparing the latest Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) List Of Top 100 Global Software Leaders published in May of this year with current Glassdoor ratings based on employee feedback provides valuable insights into the best software companies to work for in 2013. The Glassdoor ratings of the percentage of employees who would recommend their employer to […]
