Coté Memo #12 - The Gibberish of PaaS, Multi-cloud, Agile, etc.
Last week I had a tiny tour of Poland, speaking in Warsaw and in Devoxx in Krakow. It was fun! I got to give the long version of my "Surviving and Thriving in BigCo's talk" and also the "Better Ways of Doing Software" stump speech, as it were. Tragically, I missed the pigs on a spit.
Right now I'm up in Chicago at an EPA tech summit where I gave an overview of agile for orginizers such as theirselves. They have some pretty impressive desires to go agile and lean. Their distinction between those two is interesting: one is for exploring, the other for optimizing.
SpringOne Platform
We have our Pivotal conference, SpringOne Platform, coming up this August 1st the 4th. There's a bevy of talks across developer and management concerns, but all focused on creating and delivering better software. I'll be there speaking on DevOps, and the agenda is chock full of the kinds of "cloud native" and "digital transformation" topics I've been interested in of late.
For some previews of the content, my colleagues have been doing interviews with speakers, and I did an interview with Matt Curry at Allstate about how they've been transforming their orginizations, down to t-shirts.
If you're interested in coming, you can use the code pivotal-cote-300 for $300 off registration.
Coté Content
Other than the items listed above, here's some things I've been working on since last time:
Can The Term "PaaS" Be Saved, Or Is It Gibberish Now? — blog.pivotal.io
Richard and are keeping up a good stream of cloud native chatter. In this one, we talk about "PaaS." I'm always lamenting that this term has fallen out of favor, but I think Richard shows me the true path. See all the episodes over in SoundCloud.
Multi-Cloud is a Safety Belt for the Speed-Freaks — www.infoq.com
I forget how I started writing this. I think it was supposed to be on "lock-in," but instead I tried to explain what we (Pivotal) mean when we say "multi-cloud." Also, as someone pointed out, I finally get to use the word "frisson" professionally.
Webinar: Perfecting the Software Life Cycle — pivotal.io
Donnie and are doing a webinar later today (June 29th at 1pm central). Check it out!
Software Defined Talk 066: I-Bankers Smokin’ L’s in the Hot-tub — cote.io
With two surprise acquisitions this week we have a lot of synergies to discuss. We cover Samsung picking up Joyent, and Microsoft buying LinkedIn. Highly related is a recent article trying to explain what’s going on with private equity buying tech companies. Then, we discuss the big news from chef we’ve been waiting for: the announcement of habitat.
Links!
Developer Evangelism, Pair Programming, and Open Source Enterprise Support - The New Stack — thenewstack.io Why would any organization opt to pay for software when there are so many open source options available today? For larger enterprises, it all comes down to support, according to Michael Coté, Pivotal software director of technical marketing.
Whole Foods is replacing up to 90% of its systems – strong focus on cloud and data — diginomica.com
I like this as a peek into how many large orginizations are thinking about upgrading their approach to IT. Very "normal" in a good way.
How Yahoo derailed Tumblr — mashable.com
Who doesn't like integration stories and rumors about flashy acquisitions?