
Is platform or provider lock-in the future of cloud services integration?
Yesterday, Dell bought Cloud Services integration provider Boomi and cloud punditry (including myself) started speculating on Dell’s strategy with this acquisition. My take on the acquisition is that Dell will put Boomi along with Perot Systems in its efforts to reposition the company as a consulting company a la IBM. Today Phil Wainewright wrote a […]

Open Philosophy: Innovating Around Roadblocks
I have been advocating mobile apps over native apps in this space. In my opinion, mobile apps based on open standards help us overcome the restrictions thrown on our way with proprietary vendors wanting to influence control over their customers. Even though these restrictions are anti-competitive and, in some cases, goes against the very essence of […]