Tag: APIs
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Link: The path to self-sovereign digital identity starts with blockchain
“We don’t think that blockchain is the universal solution to the identity problem; however, it certainly provides a missing link by allowing people and organizations to prove things about themselves online, as they do offline, using decentralized and verifiable identifiers. Identity-related information can be looked up (verified) without involving a central directory or paper-based document.…
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Link: Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, JPMorgan form health care mega-company
‘There aren’t many, but the announcement says this new entity focuses on “technology solutions that will provide U.S. employees and their families with simplified, high-quality and transparent healthcare at a reasonable cost,” beginning with the companies’ own workers.’ Original source: Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, JPMorgan form health care mega-company
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Link: Should that be a Microservice? Keep These Six Factors in Mind
Also, a long section on matching your culture to the stuff. Original source: Should that be a Microservice? Keep These Six Factors in Mind
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Link: WSO2: Our 2017 Results and 2018 Plan
2% profit margin is much better than no- or negative-percent. “In 2017, we will exit our Annualized Recurring Revenue (ARR) between $24.5 — $25.5M, a growth of 52%, up from 46% growth the previous year. Our gross margin for the recurring business is 88%, and will increase in coming years. In 2017, we will turn our first…
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Link: The critics are wrong about AWS’s open source approach
“Is AWS selfish? Sure. Does that selfishness translate into greater developer productivity with machine learning and other enterprise software in the process? Yes. And it’s not merely a convenient byproduct: It’s the whole reason AWS exists.” Original source: The critics are wrong about AWS’s open source approach
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Link: Squeezing more out of slippery big tech may even take tax reforms
“One-off moves don’t change the fact that tech giants are likely to continue to make vast amounts of money overseas, on which they often pay little tax.” Original source: Squeezing more out of slippery big tech may even take tax reforms
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Link: Rupert Murdoch says Facebook needs to pay publishers the way cable companies do
“The publishers are obviously enhancing the value and integrity of Facebook through their news and content but are not being adequately rewarded for those services,” Murdoch wrote. “Carriage payments would have a minor impact on Facebook’s profits but a major impact on the prospects for publishers and journalists.” Original source: Rupert Murdoch says Facebook needs…
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Link: On the Rise of Digital Addiction Activism – Study Hacks – Cal Newport
“At the core of almost everything negative about the smartphone era is the attention economy business model, which depends on getting a massive number of people to use free products for as many minutes as possible. This model, of course, dates back to the beginning of mass media, but the combination of big data and…
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Link: Facebook grows a conscience, admits it corroded democracy
They want to be more responsible. Original source: Facebook grows a conscience, admits it corroded democracy
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Link: Comparing Kubernetes to Pivotal Cloud Foundry — A Developer’s Perspective
Exactly what it says. The install and ops experiences are not covered, of course. Original source: Comparing Kubernetes to Pivotal Cloud Foundry — A Developer’s Perspective
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Link: The latest media pivot: voice
“30% of web browsing will be done via voice by 2020, according to the technology research firm Gartner. Presumably, a large chunk of those search commands could be monetized.” Original source: The latest media pivot: voice
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Link: Cisco is strengthening its ‘cloud first’ posture
Finally, an explanation of that Cisco/Google partnership: “CloudCenter is key to the hybrid cloud partnership that Cisco and Google recently announced, where CloudCenter will be used to integrate Google Cloud Platform services with on-premises datacenters. The integrated offering includes Cisco’s Hyperflex hyperconverged infrastructure and Nexus 9k networking. Cisco is also leveraging its networking (CSR) and…
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Link: Taking Stock of Cloud Application Platforms
Basically, he expects it to all go kubernetes. Original source: Taking Stock of Cloud Application Platforms
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Link: API’s and Mainframes
“When looking at exploiting them from the web, if you let “imagineers” run away with what they “might” want, you’ll fail. You have to start with exposing the transaction and database as a set of core services based on the first application that will use them. Define your API structure to allow for growth and…
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Link: These Kubernetes developments make the platform ripe to explode in 2018
Matt takes stock ok kubernetes. Link to original
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Link: 451 JFrog update
“JFrog reports more than 4,000 paying customers… 451 Research estimates JFrog’s annual revenue at between $70m and $90m.” Link to original
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Link: Developers, developers, developers: How ‘serverless’ crowd dropped ops like it’s hot
“Serverless is all about giving developers the ability to execute code without requiring sysadmins.” Link
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Link: Datical cozies up to Pivotal for synchronized database updates
‘Datical automatically examines SQL scripts created by developers and aligns them with a common object model. “We create a package so you have an immutable artifact that goes from development to test to production just like your app code,” Reeves said. The software checks for inefficiencies, such as the use of multiple indices or joins,…
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Link: Middleware-as-a-service turns enterprise integration on its head – Reseller News
“Global analyst firm Ovum forecasts the global spend on middleware software is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.8 percent between 2014 and 2019, amounting to $US22.8 billion by end of 2019.” Source: Middleware-as-a-service turns enterprise integration on its head – Reseller News
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Link: Microservices Beyond the Hype: What You Gain and What You Lose
Pretty good benefits/problem list, plus commentary on the “autonomy” angle. Source: Microservices Beyond the Hype: What You Gain and What You Lose
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