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David Linthicum

David S. Linthicum (Dave) is an internationally recognized industry expert and thought leader, and the author and coauthor of 13 books on computing, including the best-selling "Enterprise Application Integration" (Addison Wesley). Dave keynotes at many leading technology conferences on cloud computing, SOA, Web 2.0, and enterprise architecture, and has appeared on a number of TV and radio shows as a computing expert.

In his career, Dave has formed or enhanced many of the ideas behind modern distributed computing, including Enterprise Application Integration, B2B Application Integration, and SOA, approaches and technologies in wide use today. For the last 10 years, Dave has focused on the technology and strategies around cloud computing and how to make cloud computing work for the modern enterprise. This includes work with several cloud computing startups.

Dave’s industry experience includes tenures as CTO and CEO of several successful software companies, and upper-level management positions in Fortune 100 companies. In addition, he was an associate professor of computer science for eight years and continues to lecture at major technical colleges and universities, including the University of Virginia, Arizona State University, and the University of Wisconsin.

Dave's latest book is "Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise, a Step-by-Step Approach."

You can follow Dave on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/DavidLinthicum

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The cloud will finally solve the 'big data' problem

Innovation around the management of large data sets is coming from the cloud, such as through MapReduce and Hadoop... more

The great cloud debate's unsatisfying but true answer

Salesforce.com wants you to adopt the cloud whole hog. Microsoft wants you to tread lightly. Why they're both right -- and wrong... more

Application design guidelines for cloud computing

Well-designed applications for use on cloud computing platforms will provide more value in the long run... more

Cloud computing: Why the 'elastic waistband' promise falls on deaf ears

Providers make a big deal how the cloud can scale up and down as you need it, but most enterprises already have that capacity in-house -- and are looking for something else instead... more

How to kill the cloud: Claim it's about job loss

Unisys' bragging that a cloud project eliminated U.S. jobs does a huge disservice -- especially because cloud computing is not about job elimination... more

Cloud providers should welcome white hat hacking

Amazon.com's attempt to spin away a potential vulnerability detected by researchers hurts the cloud -- and ultimately Amazon.com... more

Amazon.com's vaunted new cloud 'elasticity' is so 1999

Elasticity -- old-fashioned load balancing -- is nothing new for IT, even if cloud providers are now discovering it... more

The cloud party will be hopping in 2010 -- leading to a hangover in 2011

Too-rapid adoption and a dearth of solid skills will create both failures and recriminations once the fad cools... more

Businesses should demand a tax break for cloud computing

The government subsidizes green tech through tax breaks, so why not the energy-efficient cloud, too?... more

Beware of cloud computing consultants who focus on infrastructure

The rise of cloud computing has led to a lot of 'consultants' who care more about the simple relocation of systems than real architecture... more

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