Disruptive Cloud Start-Ups – Part 1: NimbusDB
Being at Under The Radar (UTR), watching disruptive companies present and network with entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and venture capitalists is an annual tradition that I don’t miss. I have blogged about disruptive start-ups that I saw in the previous years. The biggest exit out of UTR, that I have witnessed so far, is Salesforce.com’s $212 [...]
I’m Not Looking, But These Job Posts Just Suck
BEWARE: This is the beginning of a rant. If you’re temperamental it might piss you off. You’ve been warned, prepare to have a bit of rant with reality thrown on top for good measure. I’m not looking for another gig. I’m extremely happy with what I’m doing right now. The Russell Team I’m working with [...]
Why the “NoSQL” moniker is useful – for now
There’s been a lot of crowing as of late from folks that wish the whole NoSQL “movement” (where “NoSQL” means “not only SQL” – but gets misinterpreted a LOT) had been named something else. Since the whole movement is essentially engineers at this point, I thought I’d weigh in (I’m just a lowly marketing guy, [...]
Zoho shakes the SaaS world with CloudSQL
Zoho is the sponsor of this blog but this is an independent analysis done by me based on the same information Zoho shared with other bloggers. Zoho today announced the availability of CloudSQL, a middleware that allows Zoho customers to access their data on Zoho SaaS applications using SQL queries. This sits between the Zoho [...]
