Technology of the Year for 2016 – The Web Platform
We’re starting to see predictions about what’s going to be hot in enterprise technology in 2017. Cloud (yet again), Blockchain,…
The Curious Case of the WordPress Docker Container and the Devious XML-RPC Denial of Service Attack
Republished from 04/29 as it was lost due to a Docker Container crash… Irony! I have an article in the…
The Anonymous Neighbor Problem in IT
COMED, my power company, sends out a monthly report that shows me my energy consumption relative to my neighbors. Every…
Hard Choices Are Required When Adopting a Cloud Operating Model
When was the last time you’ve ever heard anyone say “IT Applications & Operations”? Frankly, in my 30+ year career…
A Reality Check on “Everyone’s Moving Everything To The Cloud”
A recent CIO editorial by Bernard Golden regarding the future of private cloud spurred some interesting commentary in my network.…
What Will You Do With What You Learn From IoT?
When the Internet of Things (IoT) started to emerge as a popular topic, I had to stop and ask myself…
Modernization or Transformation: Which Is The Right IT Fix For Your Business?
Much of IT terminology is often misused and misapplied. Modernization and transformation are two such terms. They are often used…
If Everything is DevOps, Then Nothing is DevOps
Tom Healy of Jama Software published a blog entry entitled, “DevOps is Dead, Long Live DevOps” as did Andrey Akselrod and…
DevOps Is the Future of Service Integration & Management (SIAM)
Enterprises with internally sourced IT operations typically struggle with typical tensions associated with siloed application and infrastructure organizations. They are…
Cloud Native: The Next Major Developer Paradigm Shift
Every decade for the past forty years we’ve seen a major paradigm shift in software development. The next major paradigm…