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Temboo, Connected Devices and Web Services

October 4, 2013

Business

Application programming interface, Arduino, dropbox, opensource, PayPal, Temboo, twitter, Yun

Much has been written about the rise of connected devices – the number of people who are tinkering with Arduino, various sensors and wearable devices is growing rapidly. One aspect of connected devices use that has been a little…

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Open Discussions On Open Cloud

October 26, 2012

Business

cloud, Jonathan Bryce, Krish, Krishnan Subramanian, opensource, OpenStack, Rackspace Cloud, Rishidot Research

As I go from conference to conference, I’m seeing more and more examples of people talking about the “open cloud.” Proponents talk about choice, flexibility and the inherent safety of the open cloud. Opponents, on the other hand, point…

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If Developers are the new Kingmakers–Salesforce is Starting to Own the Castle

October 4, 2012

Business

AppExchange, Heroku, Heroku Platform, New Zealand, opensource, RedMonk, salesforce, Salesforce.com

I’ve been attending Salesforce’s user conference now for a few years and one thing that’s always been a little awkward is the fact that Salesforce has always tried to make the event meaningful for developers but has generally created…

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The Future of the Cloud

September 21, 2012

Business

cloud computing, IBM, opensource, OSCON, Platform as a service, Portland

While in Portland for OSCON a few months ago, I was invited to take part in an open discussion with a couple of colleagues, Krishnan Subramanian and Alex Williams. The idea of the session was to have a free…

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A Conversation on Open Cloud–Google+ Hangout

August 31, 2012

Business

CloudOpen, Diversity Limited, Jonathan Bryce, Krishnan Subramanian, opensource, OpenStack, Rackspace Cloud, YouTube

The discussion around open versus closed in the cloud is reaching fever pitch but what does it all mean? Many people have but the loosest understanding of what open cloud means and the differences between open source, open clouds…

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ActiveState Lanches Stackato 2.0

July 10, 2012

Business

.NET Framework, ActiveState, cloudcomputing, Cloudfoundry, Iron Foundry, opensource, Platform as a service, VMware

ActiveState (see coverage here), is today announcing the general availability of version 2 of Stackato, their private PaaS designed for enterprise customers. By way of introductions, over the 15 or so years it has existed, ActiveState have focused on…

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HP’sCloud Forays – DreamWorks runs on OpenStack Powered Production Kit

June 25, 2012

Business

cloud computing, DreamWorks, hewlett packard, IBM, Jeffrey Katzenberg, opensource, OpenStack

At HP Discover (disclosure – HP covered my T&E to attend Discover), almost half of the opening day keynote was given over to DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg to articulate why DreamWorks has gone “all in” with HP. Katzenberg’s presentation…

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Moving up the Stack–VMware and the Software World

June 19, 2012

Business

Cloudfoundry, opensource, OpenStack, Platform as a service, sliderocket, SpringSource, TriCipher, VMware

Summary – Another long post so here’s a summary. Infrastructure will become commoditized and because of this VMware is moving up the stack. Ecosystem partners involved with CloudFoundry are best to partner with multiple PaaS vendors rather than CloudFoundry…

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Linux Foundation Launches CloudOpen Event

April 24, 2012

Business

cloud computing, Eucalyptus Systems, IBM, linux, opensource, OpenStack, Red Hat

I’m a firm believer in the value that an open approach towards cloud computing can bring. Aside from any technical benefit (of which there are many) open appeals to my sense of community, of fairness, of democratization. For this…

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OpenStack Rolls Out Diablo–DashBoard Included

September 23, 2011

Business

amazon web services, cloud computing, enStratus, George Reese, opensource, OpenStack, rackspace, RightScale

Yesterday OpenStack (disclosure, RackSpace, one of the originators of the OpenStack project, is sponsoring CloudU, an education program that I’m curating) rolled out the latest release of its software, this time codenamed “Diablo”. Diablo sees OpenStack edge closer towards finally…

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