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The Startup Holy Trinity
My last post was about agile ideologies, the practice of suspending disbelief and trying something without too much thinking or tweaking for long-enough to collect quality data but not long-enough to go native and lose perspective. A great starting point … Continue reading
The master moves to the cloud
Fact: data is moving en masse from PCs and enterprise networks to SaaS applications in the cloud. This trend will reshape the computing industry and change the very core of how we think about data and applications. For example, we … Continue reading
Posted in cloud computing, Google, Microsoft, startups
Tagged Backupify, ChromeOS, cloud computing, cloud data, Google, Google Gears, HTML5, Microsoft, startups
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The next reincarnation of cloud computing
Over Memorial Day weekend I wanted to play with CrunchBase data. I wrote a quick bash script that pulled data from CrunchBase and put it in MongoDB, one of the new databases from the NoSQL movement. In the process, I … Continue reading
Posted in amazon web services, cloud computing, SaaS
Tagged amazon web services, cloud computing, Google App Engine, Heroku, IaaS, PaaS, Paul Maritz, Programming, SaaS, vCloud, virtualization, VMWare, Werner Vogels
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Speaking at Cloud3 Forum
I will be leading an unPanel (like unConference but smaller) at Xconomy’s Cloud3 Forum. Great lineup of speakers and the audience will be full of pundits (trust me, see the invite list) so the conversation is guaranteed to be both … Continue reading
More cloud computing
I am doing another cloud computing event next week, this time moderating a panel at a MassNetComms event titled “Cloud Computing – Beyond the Hype – A Discussion on the Real Benefits and Issues.” There is a great speaker line-up: … Continue reading
Tollbit — Cloud Virtualization
The initial web site for the latest startup I’m working with through FastIgnite is finally up. Tollbit is a cloud virtualization company with the lofty goal to do for cloud computing what virtualization did for data centers. Wish us luck … Continue reading
Posted in startups
Tagged cloud computing, cloud virtualization, FastIgnite, startups, Tollbit
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Cloud Ecosystem Map
Many of you who were at the MIT Enterprise Forum cloud computing event I organized a couple of weeks ago have asked for the “eye chart” showing companies in the cloud space. As I mentioned at the event, it is … Continue reading
Posted in cloud computing
Tagged cloud computing, MIT Enterprise Forum, Tory Angringnon
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FastIgnite is born
Spring time. Time for changes. I’ve moved on from Polaris and I have a new company called FastIgnite. Read about it here, subscribe to my feed and follow me on Twitter to stay informed and, while you are at it, … Continue reading
Cloudy, With a Chance of Rain
Xconomy put together a cloud computing event at Akamai‘s HQ in Cambridge today. The location was appropriate since Akamai was one of the first companies to work on computing in the cloud or, more specifically, at the edge of the … Continue reading
Posted in amazon web services, cloud computing
Tagged Akamai, amazon web services, App Engine, AWS, cloud computing, edge computing, Google, Project Caroline, Sun
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Forced Upgrades
Rolling out a product upgrade used to be a big deal. Decades ago it was about replacing boards and ICs. Twenty years ago it was about shipping stacks of floppies and hoping they survive the UPS trip. A decade ago … Continue reading
Posted in cloud computing, SaaS, startups, Web 2.0
Tagged cloud computing, PaaS, SaaS, startups, Web 2.0
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