The benefits of open source and community - the view from the trenches
Some open source war stories with useful learnings.
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MariaDB CEO on the open source enterprise - we can bridge the gap between bare metal and microservices
The MariaDB OpenWorks show brought a flurry of news and open source drama. During my talk with MariaDB CEO Michael Howard, I asked him about an underreported storyline: MariaDB's commitment to Kubernetes and microservices.
OpenWorks 2019 - why Auto Europe moved their CMS database to open source, and what they've learned
MariaDB OpenWorks 2019 opened with "open source enterprise" fanfare. But what do customers think? Auto Europe gave me a view into their open source pursuit - and results. Up next? a careful approach to microservices.
Peek-a-boo! CAST helps you look inside software to find what might kill your business
CAST Software has been stopping some of the more edgy, extravagant applications developments from being freely used in business without serious inspection and evaluation. This is an important trick.
Why you should take notice of the open source in enterprise suckers conundrum
Using open source in enterprises is common practice but where does it start and stop and what are the problems underpinning its usage in an enterprise context?
Enterprise hits and misses - IoT security gets blockchained, and open source gets blogchained
This week, the problem of IoT security gets open sourced as we track blog chains and blockchains for insights. Retail's big show gets a diginomica dissection, and whiffs are off to a good start with indestructable snowmen and ill-fated trials by combat.
Securing trust and identity in IoT with open source - a conversation with Ockam co-founders
IoT gets a bad rap for its lack of security. Ockam hopes to solve that problem by open sourcing its foundational technology.
Experian's Global CIO - how we created a standardised platform for information consistency
Global CIO Barry Libenson explains how his firm creates information consistency in a fast-changing digital age.
Enterprise hits and misses - IBM gets Red Hat, the tech media goes trick or treating
In the latest “road burn” version of hits and misses, Jon picks the highlights from the week’s biggest shows, the highs from the enterprise web, and, as always – your weekly whiffs. Plus: separating the best IBM - Red Hat analysis from the rest.
SAP TechEd 2018 Barcelona - Björn Goerke, SAP's CTO - There is no future with ABAP alone, and there is no future in SAP without ABAP.
Björn Goerke's SAP TechEd Barcelona keynote struck me as one that had all the right ingredients but delivered to an audience that wasn't fully on board. That's debatable but it opens up an important discussion SAP developers and their business counterparts must have.
DSAG and SAP on more or less the same page? Tell me it ain't so.
A DSAG survey provides illuminating insights into how well aligned SAP is to its customers. It's not all smooth sailing but there are important areas of agreement that hold bright promise for the future.
MuleSoft CTO on the quest to open up metadata at Salesforce
In conversation with MuleSoft CTO Uri Sarid we talk about how Salesforce approaches data and metadata interoperability, service mesh and more
Web founder Berners-Lee rallies Solid rebellion against digital empires
WorldWide Web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee launches Inrupt to foment Solid citizen data rebellion against digital empires of Facebook, Google and others
Cloud-agnostic container platforms - it's all to play for
Avoiding lock-in when making multi-cloud decisions is a top of mind topic for infrastructure architects. The options are getting better.