Day #3 => DeployCon && Enterprise && Data Gravity
A lot of things were mentioned during the panels and sessions during DeployCon. Some things I agree with, some things I don’t. The “Web Way” There is one prevalent thing that came up over and over, the “web way”. What’s the web way? It is building horizontally, scalable, with RESTful APIs, and applications at an [...]
Day #2 => Cloud Expo, A Few Pictures & Associated Thoughts
This first one is of Effective UI a company out of Denver, Colorado. You’re probably asking yourself, why are they at a cloud conference? I asked the same question and they brought up a really good point. Most cloud computing interfaces are horrible. I have to agree, most are or at least have been pretty [...]
Day #1 => Cloud Expo & Cloud Bootcamp
Thanks to Larry Carvalho and Krishnan Subramanian for lining me up to speak at the kick off bootcamp keynote and for a PaaS Session at the Cloud Expo Boot Camp. I had a great time and was able to cover some great material with the audience. It was great to hear a number of companies [...]
The Importance Of Open Source In Cloud Computing
At Cloud Computing Bootcamp on the sidelines of Cloud Expo, I gave a talk on the favorite topic of mine. I was putting forward my arguments about why Open Source is critical in cloud computing. I had a simple take away from my talk: World cannot afford a monopoly offering around cloud services, a handful [...]
Predictions For 2012 – Cloud Expo Edition
I know it is too early for 2012 predictions and let us consider this to be the preview of what will come towards the end of this year. Cloud Expo is round the corner and Jeremy Geelan asked me to send him five predictions for 2012 as a part of Cloud Expo preview. They have [...]
