Little check-in on IBM cloud strategy with OpenStack, Cloud Foundry, and misc.: “Perhaps more importantly IBM was explicitly positioning to the effect that not all workloads are Cloud Native, 12-Factor etc. Enterprise developers are not used to building or running stateless apps.”
IBM Cloud: it’s the infrastructure, stupid
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Coté Memo #074: "Let's start an anonymous club."
It’s mostly links this week, with a big add video ad for my pal below:
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In its Transition to a Service Company, Rackspace Embraces Azure
Rackspace to sell support for Azure, meaning they’re not just about OpenStack.
In its Transition to a Service Company, Rackspace Embraces Azure
Amazon moves nearer Platform as a Service concept with new developer tools
More for the “Amazon competes with everyone” file.
Amazon moves nearer Platform as a Service concept with new developer tools
Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 9.5 Percent in Second Quarter of 2015
They say it’s an anomaly, high dollar and all that.
Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 9.5 Percent in Second Quarter of 2015
Microsoft Targets Hardware Business With 7,800 Job Cuts
Seems like the Nokia acquisition was a bad idea? “As a result of the cuts, Microsoft said it will record an impairment charge of approximately $7.6 billion related to assets associated with the acquisition of the Nokia business in addition to a restructuring charge of approximately $750 million to $850 million.”
Microsoft Targets Hardware Business With 7,800 Job Cuts
Just out: [Mobile] Developer Megatrends H1 2015
“Only 20% of mobile developers target enterprises, but 46% of them makes over $10K per month, versus 19% for consumer-oriented developers.” The other thing to note is how close we are to having “mobile developers” just upgraded to simply “developers.”
Just out: [Mobile] Developer Megatrends H1 2015
Outlook is a good, mobile email client
And, when I actually think about what is going on, I’m using Microsoft Outlook on my Apple iPhone to read my Google Gmail.
I’ve used it since back when it was Acompli. It’s good stuff! I’m looking forward to the desktop Outlook working well in OS X (I run the preview and last I checked it didn’t work with GMail, need to check again). What a world!
Outlook is a good, mobile email client
OpenStack Kilo Rolls With Network, Storage Upgrades
Quick overview of the new OpenStack version.
OpenStack Kilo Rolls With Network, Storage Upgrades
I’m always wary of discounting Office: the closer you are to the corporate world, the more you appreciate its reach, but on the flip side, the further away I get from that world the more I appreciate how much of Office’s importance is based on habit rather than need.
Ben Thompson in his April 30th, 2015 newsletter.