Author: Coté
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Extreme Programming, 14 years later
[F]ourteen years ago it was wildly controversial. Indeed, it was so controversial that whole books were published describing how this couldn’t possibly work, and how all the proponents were knuckle-dragging, money-grubbing, nitwits who never wrote a line of code in their lives and…. Extreme Programming, 14 years later
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IBM goes bonkers for DevOps, highlighting how it’s being interwoven with its portfolio
After attending the IBM software group analyst summit, it was clear that IBM is going “all in” on DevOps. This is not only product-wise, but internally as well. I hope to be covering this topic more. In the meantime, for 451 clients, here’s my report on the topic, and the summary out-take: These activities feel…
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Developers gorging on speed and data
I like how Alex sums up the current, overriding approach to development in passing: Speed is the differentiator in almost any market that is getting disrupted by online services. In turn, online providers need faster ways to serve their customers. For example, a physical retailer will have to increasingly find new ways to minimize the…
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Crazy cloud pricing confusion
451 found that there is a large differentiation among providers when it comes to pricing, which it says is because the market is still “finding its feet” so there are not standards for anything across providers, and especially with pricing. “Obviously this isn’t great for consumers, who have to understand each method and weigh every…
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Spying in virtual worlds
Can virtual marketplaces for magical D&D weapons really be used for laundering real-world cash from criminal enterprises? Spying in virtual worlds
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SmartBear adds APM capabilities with Lucierna acquisition
The APM stuff is going like hot-cakes apparently. Adding to it’s developer & QA tools and monitoring (AlertSite) portfolio, SmartBear announced it’s acquisition of Lucierna. On that note, one of the analysts on my team, Dennis Callaghan, has a long report coming out on the APM as a Service market this month. I’ve, of course, read…
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Relative momentum around Chef (née Opscode)
Chef’s Sales grew 250 percent year-over-year for the third quarter. The number of new Chef Software customers grew by 350 percent for the nine-month period ending September 30, 2013, with Fortune 1000 companies accounting for nearly 60 percent of Chef’s sales. Relative momentum around Chef (née Opscode)
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LeAnn Rimes new video shot entirely on iPhone
LeAnn Rimes new video shot entirely on iPhone
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An editor’s reading like and habbits
I like to spend some time looking through that and try to figure out, do I understand this paper and can I explain what it’s saying to people in a way that will make sense in a post on a website? A good reading list and explanation of habits too. An editor’s reading like and…
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The weekly manager meeting
Your job in a 1:1 is to give the smallest voice a chance to be heard, and I start with a question: “How are you?” The weekly manager meeting
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IBM developing cloud storage broker software
The software provides a single interface that administrators can use to spread data across multiple cloud vendors. Administrators can specify which cloud providers to use through a point-and-click interface. Both file and block storage is supported, though not object storage. The software contains mechanisms for encrypting data so that it remains secure as it crosses…
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The kookie, nerd uncle
My 16-year-old cousin: I broke my phone. Me: I will give you an iPhone 5s if you agree to one condition. Young cousin: Deal. Me: I’m also going to send you a three-pound bronze plaque that says “Donated by the world’s best uncle/cousin” and you need to superglue the phone to the plaque and carry…
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You are being watched over by twentysomething computer handlers who can be bought with foosball, free sodas and easily approved car loans. Chris N. Brown
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Finding patterns of misbehavior
Palantir got its start building software that helps tie disparate databases together to make it easier to search and analyze information. The technology proved to be a big hit among police agencies and intelligence services that wanted to illuminate patterns of behavior among individuals and manage large volumes of data more efficiently. Wall Street firms…
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Dell now using Puppet for it’s private cloud box
This is the private cloud in a box that Dell doesn’t call a “private cloud.” It’s converged infrastructure. Adding in Puppet is great and certainly makes it feel more cloudy. Dell has spent a long time, with several acquistions, trying to get ActiveSystems just right. As TPM sums it up: Active System Manager is largely…
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With time you realize that the number of questions outnumbers the number of answers. Pr Rodolfo Coria, Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia
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Maybe MDM is sort of silly
Arguably, there are still data on these devices, such as local copies of corporate email that might contain sensitive information. However, does the risk of unauthorized access to the average user’s email account and the loss of a $300 piece of hardware necessitate specialized technologies and a cadre of staff to implement and monitor them?…
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Going beyond a simple ordering system at Applebees
“It could show me things I can eat based on my activities for the day,” he notes. There could also be sensors built into the tablet that regulate things such as ambient lighting and noise, he notes. “There are a lot of things a tablet can pick up beyond showing you a menu,” he says.…
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IDC forecasts continuing PC decline for 2013
Down 15% for consumers, 5% for business users. IDC forecasts continuing PC decline for 2013
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Amazon getting into hybrid cloud storage
“AWS will have a long way to go to be able to accomplish this. They will need architects in the field, real people, they will need the help of the channel, allowing them to architect, sell and make good margin — perhaps white-label themselves like we have done with others,” Shepard told CRN. Amazon getting…
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