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I've written in-house for FireEye (cyber security leader), BrightEdge (SEO/martech leader), DataStax (database/data management leader), and Tuya Smart (IoT leader) and freelanced for SAP/CallidusCloud, Amazon, RingCentral, Hyundai, Hippo Insurance, Esurance, Rec.gov, Trasers, OrientDB, Algolia, and many others. I've also published articles in Forbes, Business Insider, San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, and more.
Below is just a sampling of my work. Bylines that aren't me were ghost written by me. Also —I accept bribes in the form of good beer.
Gartner also states that "By 2020, most data and analytics use cases will require connecting to distributed data sources" and "most organizations' DBMS deployments will coexist in the on-premises and cloud worlds simultaneously - the hybrid cloud DBMS".
The classic icon for a great idea is a light bulb. But the symbol is gaining new meaning as we enter the era of smart buildings. Because, as it turns out, lighting is the heart of a smart building.
Few historical images are more iconic than the ones of NASA's lunar modules landing on the surface of the moon. These modules allowed astronauts to make exploration history. They were also one of the first major applications of a hydrogen-powered or fuel cell system, a technology chosen for the moon mission because of its cleanliness, efficiency and ability to generate electricity in space.
I have worn a lot of different hats in my day: football coach, software engineer and now CEO of a data management company. All of them are unique with very different demands, but one common thread through them all is the need to communicate well.
The Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) revolution has begun, as car buyers and automotive industry powerhouses alike shift their investments from gas-powered internal combustion engines to electrification. Governments are getting in on the action, too, with states like California and Massachusetts placing big bets on electrification by funneling money into massive new infrastructure plans.
In a mere couple of years, the Internet of Things has evolved from outlying tech curiosity to a full-fledged industry promising to become the next major tech boom. With the number of connected devices expected to reach more than 38 billion by 2020, the potential for an IoT-based tech revolution is practically unlimited.
Being a project manager is tough. It requires top-notch interpersonal and organizational skills and the ability to successfully interact with team members and stakeholders alike. Project managers need to be cheerleaders and coaches, as well as leaders and team players. Almost all of us, at some point, will be part of a project - if ...
Nostalgic AIM users shed a collective tear as news that the pioneering chat app will close its windows forever at the end of this year. Pushed to the sidelines by the likes of Facebook and Google Hangouts, AOL can no longer compete.
Thanks to advances in computational power, reductions in computing costs and the rise of big data, artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly critical role in the success of the modern organization. More and more tasks that were previously handled by data management professionals are being tackled by intelligent machines today.
Millennials get a bad rap - perhaps deservedly. While there are always exceptions, generally speaking, millennials have less patience and (forgive me) fewer skills than people of earlier generations. They're finickier, dicier, more restless. They're also less loyal and not afraid to take full advantage of happy hours and vacation time.
Joe Smith, sales director for Great Start-Up Number 5 Billion and Thirty-One, puts on a blindfold and reaches out blindly for something, ANYTHING, to help him organize his team’s deals and commissions.
The ocean crashes a mere 300 yards away, across Hwy. 1, close enough to hear its rumble, and taste the salty air.
Microservices are an architectural and organizational approach to software development where software is composed of small independent services that communicate over well-defined APIs. These services are owned by small, self-contained teams. Microservices architectures make applications easier to scale and faster to develop, enabling innovation and accelerating time-to-market for new features.
Government agencies are at a unique operational crossroads that is forcing them to modernize their information architectures and service models.
A financial industry leader as famous for its credit cards as its Samuel L. Jackson-starring "What's in your Wallet?" commercials, Capital One's applications generate huge amounts of data, the mining of which has become of paramount importance for making critical business decisions.
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Companies are in a race to set themselves apart from the competition in a meaningful way. Pre-Internet and pre-cloud, beating the competition meant out-advertising them, out-spending them, out-maneuvering them, or getting to a certain demographic before they did.
Most of today's enterprises are headed for hybrid and multi cloud data architectures, if they're not there already. The issue is that this transition to hybrid cloud often comes with drawbacks, such as data silos, cloud vendor lock-in, and data governance concerns.