With every passing holiday season, the number of Internet-connected, electronic devices that fill our homes continues to grow, from smart assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Home, to the video-doo…
State of the OpenCloud 2019
We’re at a major inflection point in enterprise IT—and the future, we believe, is open, and in the cloud. More specifically: Enterprises today are sitting at the confluence of several major industry t…
Choose Your Own Adventure: Which AI Business Model Is Right For You?
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing every aspect of work and life, as nonstop news headlines make clear. Yet one aspect of the AI disruption remains relatively unexamined: the right business mo…
Another Open-Source IPO Shows the Market Power of “Free” Software
Last week brought more evidence that open-source software has gone mainstream—and that the IPO market for business-focused tech companies is back. Open-source company Elastic, whose software helps big…
So You’re A European, B2B Startup Hoping To ‘Hop The Pond’ And Grow? Here’s How
Click here to learn how the CEO of Collibra and the CEO of Mendix successfully “hopped the pond” by scaling their companies over to the U.S. Some of the most prominent—and valuable—Europe…
Swipe Right For A Cloud Instance: How To Build Successful Software In A Low-Commitment World
In cities from San Francisco to New York, and Houston to Atlanta for that matter, we hear the buzz of easy, quick lifestyle choices these days. Just hop in an Uber to get to the restaurant—forget driv…
Back to the Future–Putting the Silicon Back in Silicon Valley
It may be true that software is “eating the world”, and every company on the planet is going digital. But in many ways, hardware is now moving back into the tech-industry limelight—and generating stoc…
The BOSS Index: Tracking the Explosive Growth of Open-Source Software
Many of today’s hottest new enterprise technologies are centered around free, “open-source” technology. As a result, many big companies—from financial giants to retailers to services firms—are buildin…
Blue-Collar Revenge: The Rise Of AI Will Hit the Professional Class, Too
New, more-modern manufacturing processes, including the use of robots, have gutted the number of high-paying factory jobs in the U.S. and caused economic angst in large portions of the country. The mo…
How viral open-source startups can build themselves into enterprise-IT powerhouses
In the last several years, hordes of new enterprise-IT upstarts have popped up in Silicon Valley, with some drawing lofty valuations from investors. They’re driven by new, more-advanced technologies i…