Blog Archives

Removing the Barriers to Cloud Adoption

April 3, 2013

Business

Amazon.com, Business, cloud computing, Information technology, Netflix, Servers, Technology, Zynga

Cross posted from the Cloudability blog… I spend my life doing a bunch of different things – but whether I’m investing, commentating on the technology industry, advising a startup or consulting to a large vendor, there are some common…

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On Being Part of an API-Based Ecosystem

April 1, 2013

Business

Application programming interface, Groupon, IFTTT, John Sheehan, Netflix, Software as a Service, twitter, Zynga

Much hand wringing and gnashing of teeth has occurred in the past around the Twitter ecosystem as slowly but surely Twitter identifies opportunities for development that sometimes encroach upon the functionality delivered by their ecosystem partners. Whether it’s buying…

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Cloud ERP Starts to Break Out–NetSuite Reports Good Numbers

July 30, 2012

Business

enterprise, Enterprise resource planning, larry ellison, netsuite, oracle, Oracle Corporation, SuccessFactors, Zynga

Last week say NetSuite report it’s Q2 revenue and earnings – hi level numbers include; Subscription and support revenue was $61.0 million, a 27 percent increase on an annual basis Cash flows from operations were $15.2 million, up by…

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On Public, Private and Horses for Courses…

March 20, 2012

Business

cloud connect, cloudcomputing, Netflix, twitter, Zynga

CloudU Notebooks is a weekly blog series that explores topics from the CloudU certificate program in bite sized chunks, written by me, Ben Kepes, curator of CloudU. How-to’s, interviews with industry giants, and the occasional opinion piece are what…

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Zynga and Z-Cloud–A Corollary to the Public Cloud

February 27, 2012

Business

amazon, amazon web services, Chief technology officer, Netflix, Zynga

At the Cloud Connect event in Santa Clara recently, Allan Leinwand, CTO from Zynga presented a keynote the day after a fairly emphatic statement contained in their earnings call that speaks to their marked retreat from the public cloud.…

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Blog Archives

Removing the Barriers to Cloud Adoption

On Being Part of an API-Based Ecosystem

Cloud ERP Starts to Break Out–NetSuite Reports Good Numbers

On Public, Private and Horses for Courses…

Zynga and Z-Cloud–A Corollary to the Public Cloud