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…
Making Financial Sense of PaaS, Part Deux
In my blog, “Making Financial Sense of PaaS,” I provided an analysis of delivering a newly-developed mobile application using a…
Making Financial Sense of PaaS
As a consultant one of the common artifacts I’m frequently asked for is a cost estimate for a statement of…
Software Testing is Too Critical to Overlook
Today’s software testing practices are abysmal. You’re a major provider of health insurance services to general consumers. Your website is…