Exploring the open source challenges Open Banking brings to incumbent firms
Open source technologies are everywhere but in the banking sector, firms face perceptual and skills issues.
Archive: Open source
SugarCRM CEO - ignore AI “parlour tricks” and focus on people
In the first of a two part interview with SugarCRM CEO Larry Augustin, AI hype and sensationalism comes under scrutiny.
How AdStage moved beyond startup scale with Apache Cassandra as a data service
Startup growth is never a bad thing - but the strain it puts on an IT team is real. Jason Wu of AdStage told me how AdStage addressed its data scale issues, and why Apache Cassandra-as-a-Database service was the right choice.
Inside SAP's blockchain as a service strategy - an SAP TechEd analysis
Several candid meetings at SAP TechEd Barcelona brought clarity to SAP's blockchain direction. Here's what I learned from SAPs Torsten Zube - and my analysis of SAP's approach.
Is Kubernetes SAP Leonardo's Mona Lisa? The role of Kubernetes in the SAP Cloud
Just in time for SAP TechEd Barcelona, Dick Hirsch unearths the surprising connections between Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry and the SAP Cloud. The kicker question: what does the mean for customers, and the developer community?
Couchbase CEO Matt Cain - why NoSQL is the right platform for digital transformation
At Couchbase Connect, Couchbase surprised me by using digital transformation as a rallying cry. But what is an "engagement database" really? I sat down with CEO Matt Cain to get answers.
Microsoft fraternises with old enemy Linux, moves toward quantum computing
Microsoft cosies up to Linux in Azure while trying to pin down and make sense of technology’s latest slippery eel, quantum computing.
Don’t get too sweet on AI, warns SugarCRM CEO
As Dreamforce gets underway with AI top of the agenda, another CRM vendor issues a note of caution about the limitations of the technology.
Mapbox weighs in on location platforms, augmented reality, and the open source enterprise
At Connected Enterprise '17, Alex Barth of Mapbox shared their open source business model - and why augmented reality has traction.
Topcoder - developers are excited about AI, but they must embrace data science
Is AI good news for developers? Topcoder thinks so - and they have the feedback of a million-plus developers. But there's a skills transitions ahead - and new options for companies as well.
The SAP TechEd stakes - some stories to watch on S/4HANA, SCP and Leonardo
With SAP TechEd season almost upon us, it's a good time to pose the questions SAP needs to answer. I also have views from SAP's Robert Enslin on SCP and integration - and a fresh S/4HANA podcast.
Docker loses its first-mover advantage to Kubernetes - now what?
Kubernetes solved problems that Docker neglected to address early enough to maintain the moat around its ecosystem. What's happening?
SUSE and Red Hat proclaim OpenStack’s maturity and match fitness
If the majority of large enterprises need mature systems on which to run their businesses rather than the sex-drugs-and-rock’n’roll of technology’s bleeding edges, then SUSE and Red Hat, the producers of the two main distributions of OpenStack, are ready to tell you it is now very much fit for that purpose