We’ve all heard how big, unstructured data is being generated at an unprecedented pace today, and about the tremendous value that can be generated by capturing insights from big data–whether fro…
Part 2: Who Doesn’t Like Lock-In?
Recently I wrote about the often-thorny problem of enterprise-IT lock-in, or using only one vendor’s product for key functions. I discussed how some new technology trends—such as the DevOps movement a…
Who Doesn’t Like Lock-In?
That was my opening line at an OpenStack technology summit presentation I delivered last year. Many people raised their hands after I asked the question. I followed up by asking, “How many of you are …
Cloud at Scale – Is Google Ready for Enterprise Yet?
Google made a series of announcements today at its Google Cloud Platform GCPNext event in San Francisco, and, notably, recently signed up Spotify to run on its platform. But I found the event somewhat…
BigPanda–Analyzing the MonitoringScape, the Explosion of IT Data and the “Tragic Quadrant”
There are so many monitoring products that it’s hard to keep track of them all. And the scale of information that these tools generate can be difficult to keep up with.…
The State of the Cloud 2015: A Review of Industry Milestones and Future Predictions
In June 2014 I presented “Cloud Trends,” a presentation on the state of the cloud computing industry at the Gigaom Structure conference. At that time I tried to show both the current state of the clou…
Go to GOTO in London to Shore Up Your Agile, Lean and Rugged Development Skills
Competitive pressures have pushed speed of software development to become one of the highest priorities for businesses today.…
Was 2014 the End of Enterprise Computing?
It’s been just over a year since I left Netflix and joined Battery Ventures. So it seemed appropriate (if a couple of weeks late) to take a look back at some technology and cloud themes that bubbled u…
Capital One: Disrupting Banking for Good
As a technology fellow at Battery Ventures, there are many cool things I get to do as part of my job: These include diving into the technology infrastructures that enable cutting-edge startups to disr…
DevOps isn’t just for unicorns: A recap of the DevOps Enterprise conference
Early adopters of DevOps, such as Etsy and Netflix, have often been called ‘unicorns.’ However, the development methodology’s ability to speed up application delivery and save enterprises millions of …