Every ten years or so, a really big new thing upsets the entire IT industry. In the seventies it was the minicomputer, in the eighties it was the personal computer, in the nineties the Internet appeared, and over the past few years we have seen the rise of cloud computing. All these innovation have a […]
Hurricane Irene damaged a lot of infrastructure along its way. Apparently the Internet fared fairly well, according to this really interesting blog post. The post also contains a time-lapse video with the damage to Internet connected networks plotted superimposed on a satellite movie of Irene. To sum up the conclusion of the author: I spent […]
This was one of the first questions when I opened up for questions on www.clubcloudcomputing.com A lot of people have this as their first question, when they think of using Cloud Computing. And so they should! For the people who do not think about this from day one are the ones who are going to […]
Arguably one of the single largest changes in the history of the internet comes closer with a succesfull completion of this year’s World IPv6 day. For more coverage I defer to these two interesting blog posts, each of which has additional links and background. Ars Technica, and Computerworld
OK, so the end of the world hasn’t happened yet. Trust me, it will, one day. In the meantime Internettters are preparing for the inevitable demise of IPv4. On June 6 major websites will turn on IPv6, which they have avoided so far in fear of brokenness at clients. To see how well prepared you […]
A recent post on The next web prompted me to pull together a bit of interesting material on WordPress, arguable the worlds’ most popular open source software for blogging and other websites. The post on TNW talks about the history and the entire ecosystem around WordPress, with particular emphasis on the commercial opportunities and legal subtleties around […]
The next web reports on some quantifications of the Twitter Eco system. Read their report from twitter’s developer conference Twitter is the canonical example of an application where the ‘software as a service’ version is augmented through a ‘platform as a service’ version. In fact, apparently, most Twitter users do not use twitter.com.
Here is the link: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110503_ipv6_is_growing_in_maturity_but_not_necessarily_in_adoption/
At the Aloft W hotel at Baltimore airport I trained the first trainers for ITpreneurs’ Virtualization and Cloud Computing courses. Inspiring people to work with. Great place to do this. More info at ITpreneurs
